Earlier, I listed every movie I've seen this year. I got to 124, more than 70 of which were released this year. Which means I think - though I have a few more yet to see - I can safely draft my top films of the year and even kinda know what I'm talking about while I do. How'd I do it? Once I'd ...
Archives for December 2013
183 hours on screen. Give or take.
By my count, I watched 124 films in 2013. That's films I'd seen for the first time - new this year, or new to me. I didn't count any films I was re-watching (like White Christmas, the film that's on while I write this). I feel like that's not too shabby. I also feel like it's nothing compared to ...
2013 [in books]
As previously documented, I've got a love of reading. And while I'm no good at reading more than one book at a time, I'm always reading one book at a time. Usually, I have a horrible time deciding which book I'll pick up; my habit of buying strolling secondhand bookstores means my shelves are ...
Whirlwind weeks (or: where I’ve been)
I just looked, and in August I posted to this blog 23 times. In December, I'm at four. Four. I'm working on a backlog of posts - about the adventures of holiday baking in NYC, about the 121 films I've seen this year, about my newfound love for audiobooks on Audible.com - but I thought I'd kick ...
Not feeling it (and not for the reasons you think)
When Paradise Valley released this summer, I rediscovered everything I've loved about John Mayer and his music for a decade now - the approachable melodies, the insightful lyrics, the album story from first track to last. I even appreciated Who You Love, the track co-written with Katy Perry, who ...