While looking around to find ways to make my own film using a Super 8 camera, I stumbled upon Karen Hines and her amazing video of her alter-ego, Pochsy (pronounced “Poxy”). She sounds like the narrator in the M83 song “Moon Child,” which happens to be my all-time favorite M83 song. Unfortunately I can’t figure [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 24, 2009
Take Five Friday: Never-Fail Smiles
What do you do that “never-fails” to make you smile? Among other things, I have a list of websites: Tiny Art Director Awkward Things I Say To Girls photo credit XKCD My First Dictionary This post on Cake Wrecks makes me laugh til I cry. Addendum: I like watching this video of my sis talk [...]
April 23, 2009
Etymology Day, Part 2
For Part 2 in an ongoing series of words and phrases I have wondered about their meanings, we are greeted with far-fetched and foible. For some reason, my days have been filled with wondrous f-words. No, not that f-word! The adjective ‘far-fetched’ first appeared in the mid 1500′s replacing the earlier term ‘far-fet’ meaning forced [...]
April 17, 2009
Take Five Friday: Backing, Not Backup Bands
Side Note, before the post starts: I know I’m a little late to the table with Pandora, but it is really worth a click. I listened to Wanda Jackson all morning yesterday! Anyway, onto the real story. Having an “opinion party” with my beau, we were discussing great backing bands; he brought some up, I [...]
April 13, 2009
Shoevies: Shoes in the Movies
I was so giddy when I thought of that title, it was ridiculous! Anyway, I had been thinking about costume designers and how much effort they put in to making the costumes in a film look effortless. These characters are real, and their personalities shine through their clothes. You would never want to see Cher [...]
