I spent entirely too much time last night thinking about Charlie Sheen. War is raging all over the world, political dissent brought down the Internet in Egypt, and I was thinking about Charlie Sheen. That speaks, obviously, to my own entertainment-oriented consciousness, but it also, to me, is indicative of how our culture is so… Read More Idoling at the curb: Charlie Sheen, media and what matters
Eloisa James’ brand-new release When Beauty Tamed the Beauty managed to effortlessly tame this reader! A delightful story with vivid, genuinely funny characters, When Beauty Tamed the Beast combines elements of the classic fairy tale with the more modern story of House M.D.‘s cantankerous doc, Gregory House. Linnet Thrynne is the kind of beautiful woman that… Read More Perfect Romance Review: When Beauty Tamed the Beast, by Eloisa James
I’m not really a huge fan of Freudian or Jungian psychology, but DAYS’ Melanie seems to have one serious Electra Complex! Her hero worship of Daniel is so beyond being a “Daddy’s girl” that it’s almost uncomfortable to watch. That’s not to say that I think there’s anything sexual going on (Come on people, I’m… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
I finally cracked open The Vampire Diaries season one DVDs my brother got me for Christmas and amused myself by rewatching the pilot. And, my goodness, was it pilot-y! It’s stilted, with all the characters drawn in broad strokes and spouting info dump-y lines. The diary portions book-ending the episode are particularly painful. I remember… Read More The Vampire Diaries at first bite
I feel like I never have to look very far to be reminded that a “post-racial” society is still very much a pipe dream. In this case, I only have to look as far as my own neighborhood. It’s been hard hit by the recession, with businesses on the main thoroughfare closing left and right.… Read More There goes the neighborhood…
Riddle me this: Why isn’t GH’s new pediatrician, Terrell Jackson, Tommy Hardy? If you’re going to add someone to an already burgeoning cast, why not at least tie them to the show’s history and its founding family? Think about it…Lisa bringing Terrell to town to mess with Robin would be even more viable if he… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
“One more chapter,” I told myself, as the numbers on my bedside digital clock blurred from 8 to 9 to 10. Before I knew it, I was straight through to the end of When the Stars Go Blue, by Caridad Ferrer and it was after 11 o’clock. Ferrer’s 2006 release Adios To My Old Life… Read More When the Stars Go Blue, by Caridad Ferrer
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