Entries from February 2009

February 24, 2009

Feat of Friends

oops! i can’t find the photo credit! “Now that you are here with me, what we have is a great strength of feet.” –Ah-Sneeze (Isaac Hayes), Robin Hood, Men in Tights While unpacking and organizing my old journals and notebooks, I realized I had a lot of things written in them about, and from, friends. [...]

February 20, 2009

Oscar Time! My Top Movies of 2008

Or, The Top Movies I Saw in 2008 oscar cookie cutter brought to us by Since everyone will be doing their Top 10 and Top 50 ( editor’s note – no, there weren’treally that many good movies of 2008) lists in excitement for Oscar night, I thought I’d let you in to the top movies [...]

February 18, 2009

Movie Review: Coraline

photo credit Yesterday I saw Coraline and let me tell you, it is one of the closest movies to my imagination I have seen. Based on the wonderful book by Neil Gaiman, it follows Coraline (not Caroline) on a journey about being brave, standing up for yourself, and that all-encompassing subject of parents. Although it [...]

February 6, 2009

Happy Birthday, February 6th!

While looking up birthdays for today, I was astounded by how many kick-ass people were born on this day. Ready? Mamie Van Doren photo credit François Truffaut photo credit Tom Brokaw photo credit Bob Marley photo credit Axl Rose photo credit And yes, the man we all knew and adored for the last two years? [...]

February 4, 2009

On the Go Kit: Camping

 I have found that in camping adventures, events arise that call for certain items, and those items seem to be a standby of what you should always bring on a camping trip. Now, those lists can go on and on and you can find them at other more camping-savvy websites, but for this girlie, I have [...]