There Never Were Any Snakes: St. Patrick’s Day and Ireland

So I’m not Irish. Not even a teeny bit. I’ve never even dated an Irishman, as much as I may have wanted to. I dated a guy from Boston once. Turns out his origins were Eastern European, like mine. But I have been to Ireland. Multiple times. I’ve even been to Belfast and other areas in Northern Ireland, [...]

So This is Permanence: Joy Division and Me, Pt. 2

I never realized the lengths I’d have to go All the darkest corners of a sense I didn’t know. Just for one moment, I heard somebody call, Looked beyond the day in hand, there’s nothing at all Now that I’ve realized how it’s all gone wrong, Gotta find some therapy, this treatment takes too long [...]

Let Your Seoul Glow: My Journey to Korean Cinema

This will be my last and final piece for the Korean Blogathon. It has been a pleasure to participate in it, and I can’t wait to watch a slew of the films that have been written about by everyone else! Thanks to everyone that put this together and to Martin for designing such a lovely [...]

Silence=Death (to Feminism & Sexuality)

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to share a dinner table in Santa Barbara, California with many amazing women who were, like me, presenting at the Console-ing Passions conference. We had phenomenal discussion, some laughs, and great times. Over the weekend, I was incredibly impressed with many things, but that meal stood out [...]

I Must Make My Witness: Technojunkie-ism, Unemployment and the Loss of Anger

I’m sitting in a coffee shop. Surrounded by techno-junkies…and I…well, I might as well be one of them. My “smart” phone is on the left of me, charging through my computer. I have my headphones on, listening to the clips that I’m playing and readying for this piece and my iPod is on the right [...]

Killer (Prom) Queen

So, pun intended, I suppose, let’s get something straight: I fully support gay rights, k? But I am also a critical thinker and so when I see or read something that catches my eye and makes me think “Hrm, I dunno…” I gotta say something. Especially when no one else really seems to be doing [...]

Curtain Call

I have a bone to pick. And there is a hellovalot of marrow inside so…watch out. Look, I know the economy sucks. I know prices of things have gone up substantially in the last 10+ years. And furthermore, I know that changes in technology have gifted us with the wondrous ability to have more things [...]

Don’t give up on the boom box…

Got to work early today. It was nice. I was proud. Last week was a roughie…except for Friday. For some reason, Friday decided to be its own personal rendition of my favorite song by Elvis Costello, Indoor Fireworks, with all of the heat and passion and sensual amazingness that he describes in that song and [...]

Written on the pages is the answer to a never ending story…

I remember the first time I saw the film and I imagined….the concept. The film was released in 1984, so I was a whopping 8 years old, full of curly brown hair and Rogers & Hammerstein tunes.  With a bit of Culture Club and Michael Jackson’s Thriller, for good measure of course. After all, what [...]