Just a bit of fluff inspired by insomnia and net surfing. These are a few songs that I just love, and no matter how many times I have heard them I want to stop and listen. Not in any particular order ( Read more... )

Today, fuschia  came over and showed M and I the first half dozen episodes of Veronica Mars.  I am completely hooked.  This yet another excellent show that I didn't see until years after it was canceled.  Alas.  The writing is witty, yet doesn't feel completely stylized, and Veronica makes mistakes and thus escapes the Mary Sue trap, and even the assholes ( Read more... )

So, I have been a bit mopy over the past few days, because of wrestling with accepting myself as I am, and not as idealized, good-bits only version of myself. A high point the other day, though, was seeing Miyazaki Hayao's film Spirited Away. It's simply amazingly good. Richly imagined, beautifully made, thoughtful, touching, loving, clear, ( Read more... )