December 2011
“The show takes its time, letting small moments unfurl, like Sarah’s reaction...”
– “Parenthood,” “Husbands” Reviews : The New Yorker
Love the Lauren Graham love, and also the Parenthood appreciation: it is far better than many who dismiss it would assume, but it takes time to really grow on you. Then, you’re hooked.
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“If you want to do what you do on the biggest stage possible, you’re going...”
– Steve Jones Weighs In On the Ups and Downs of Hosting The X Factor - Today’s News: Our Take | TVGuide.com
It would be nice to have this attitude.
“Well, I could. No doubt I’m selfish and small, in thrall to an unfair...”
– No thank you, I don’t want a goat for Christmas | Diane Shipley | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
And the commenters LOVE me! Arf.
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My cat has a new morning routine.
I get up, she jumps up at me to be fed, I feed her, she meows.
Then she goes onto the windowsill and climbs inside the curtain lining for a bit before flopping down on her side with only one ear and one eye poking out, and stares at me with a creepy, glazed expression before falling asleep (and snoring).
At some point during her nap, she pulls back the curtain with one paw, like...
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My haircut, in pictures
Before:
Your classic “Blossom’s dad”.
After:
A touch too spiky, but it’ll settle down in a week or two.
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The Diane Shipley annual pre-Christmas harrowing...
I wasn’t joking the other day when I said this is a thing. Partly because of the upcoming Xmas over-indulgence (I seriously just moved an appointment from the 4th Jan to the 10th so I have an extra week without obligations), partly because it feels like my last chance of the year to learn something, and partly to cook up a little gratitude, I’ve started reading a...
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diane is tumbling: Project: Helene. (A 2012... →
annemariet:
dianeshipley:
I rewatched 84 Charing Cross Road yesterday (*weep*), and my friends Keris and Anne-Marie both agreed that the film and book are lovely. Keris also INSISTED that Anne-Marie and I need to read Helene Hanff’s other books, so I’m going to start after Christmas. (They seem like ideal post-Christmas…
I’m in!
Yay! It is on.
Project: Helene. (A 2012 reading goal)
I rewatched 84 Charing Cross Road yesterday (*weep*), and my friends Keris and Anne-Marie both agreed that the film and book are lovely. Keris also INSISTED that Anne-Marie and I need to read Helene Hanff’s other books, so I’m going to start after Christmas. (They seem like ideal post-Christmas cosy reading).
Here’s the order I’m planning on:
Underfoot in Showbusiness
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Also, rape jokes?
meowsense:
Generally really unclever and unoriginal. And not actually edgy, given that lack of concern about sexual violence is pretty much the dominant cultural narrative. When there’s so much better potential material out there, why oh why do people feel the need to fight for their right to produce hackneyed crap? (Tangentially related.)
Exactly. Also, Donald Glover argued for the need to...
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“But above all, as the department’s rallying around Leslie showed, it shares a...”
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James Poniewozik on my favorite show (at least until Doctor Who comes back next year and hopefully makes River Song less pathetic [I have a lot of feelings]) Parks and Recreation, and its ties to Friday Night Lights (which I have never seen [I know]) and Frank Capra (at the end of this episode I...
“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via vneckandacardigan)
Favorite book.
(via jennyjennybobenny)
It is a very good book.
“The word “hideous” has been mentioned, but that seems a little mean-spirited. If...”
– Angry Birds gown at Finnish Palace may be the most amazing formalwear ever sewn. (via caro)
Thoughts, Anne-Marie?
“The NHS should be “opened up” to private healthcare firms under...”
– BBC News - David Cameron eyes NHS-life sciences partnership
Wonder how critics worked that out.
“For writers who already share so many details of their personal lives online,...”
– Is our interest in other people’s birth stories a little bit much? - Parentdish
My latest. Comments encouraged!