The Nine Lives of Chloe King (***) - Chloe King is a normal teen living with her single mom in San Fransisco, going to school, working at a vintage clothing store, and hanging out with her best friends Amy and Paul.  Weird things start happening to her on her birthday -- like she can easily walk on the edge of a bench, has retractable claws, and ( Read more... )

Allergies, The Sequel - A forty-five year old American woman finds out she's highly allergic to mold. When a small water leak in one of her bathroom pipes makes all kinds of sporing mold, she discovers mold isn't one of the allergens she's getting shots for and her talented DIY husband is working so much this month he can't tackle the mold until ( Read more... )

The Rowena Eureka Mega World Tour of Cinematic Armchair Travel - The Movie Portion

(Sweden) Slim Susie (*** 1/2) - Erik comes back to the rural Swedish town where he grew up in search of of his missing younger sister Susie. He meets up with a cast of eccentric characters and the tale of Susie becomes increasingly more tangled and dark. No one ( Read more... )

Highlights:

1) The following math problem describes my 1st three weeks in February:

School holiday + Snow day or delay + sub job = 2 writing days = frustrated writer

I’m glad my kids enjoyed the time off though. Thankfully, my sub job for the last week of February was cancelled and I had 5 straight days of writing. Whoo hoo! (Also thankfully, my sub ( Read more... )

TV on DVD

I need an hour of smashingly good storytelling each day or I’ll die.  Probably.  Notice how I’m still alive each summer even though my “stories” are on break.  How do I survive?  With TV shows on DVD.   I try out shows I’ve heard good things about and am sorry I missed.  The show is available whenever I want.  I don’t have to remember the ( Read more... )