TV watching
VH1’s Hindsight came out of nowhere, but I graduated high school in 1997 so I am totally the target audience. (Okay, the almost-not-quite Gen X tail end of the target audience, but still.)
A no-bullshit beginners guide to Star Wars books
I know far too much about Star Wars. And so, so much of this is in relation to the Expanded Universe (aka the EU,) which is basically the official uber-geek … Continue reading
What I read in 2014
Getting the Kindle and, more importantly, discovering that I can borrow library books through the Kindle meant for a ton of reading this year. Mind, I still have too many … Continue reading
Hyperventilating
The first teaser for the new Star Wars came out today. I am super excited and have ten billion things to do on CJ, but I thought I ought to … Continue reading
I am a grown-up (sort of)
About a month ago I traded my old car (the blue Matrix) in for my new car, the black Prius V. I was looking at small SUVs, because after ten … Continue reading
Links of the whatever
→ I’m reading the Scandals of Classic Hollywood book right now. There’s a bonus chapter on Anna May Wong at Buzzfeed and a new interview with author Anne Helen Petersen … Continue reading
Kitty drama don’t stop
→ My 5-year-old cat now has a cardiologist and is on heart medication. Hugo was diagnosed with a heart murmur at his last totally routine vet visit. I took him … Continue reading
Cowabunga, dude
This may come across as hypocritical coming from someone who’s been in Star Wars fandom for so long, but I really do not get this desire to constantly resurrect the … Continue reading
Adventures in torrid ’80s epic fantasy
Tor is finally doing a reread of a book series I actually read as a teen – Melanie Rawn’s Dragon Prince trilogy. Alas, this made me fall into a wave … Continue reading
Fannish pedantic nonsense
You’d think that someone who has vague plans to write a post about how annoying Star Wars fans can be about having to label every little thing (RIP EU and … Continue reading
Recent reads
My Real Children and What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton. Two very different books by Walton and also the most recent and oldest read of this post. … Continue reading
