• I Volunteer! I Volunteer As Micro-Reviews!!!

    by  • May 20, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Movies Chronicle (**** – liked) My Neighbour Totoro (***** – loved) Books Adult fiction: The Night Circus (**** – liked) Ready Player One (**** – loved) Double Dexter (**** – liked) Adult non-fiction: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (**** – liked) Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (****...

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    Houseless or Divergent?

    by  • May 13, 2012 • 5 Comments

    If I went to Hogwarts, I’d want to be Sorted into Slytherin. But not because I like power or ambition, because I see myself as cunning or ruthless, or even because I like the idea of being a “bad girl.”

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    Good Wife or Best Wife?

    by  • April 8, 2012 • 0 Comments

    But first: happy Passover! Happy Easter! And also, happy birthday to my cousin Seb! Yaaaaaaaay! So, if you don’t want to read the rest of this entry, here’s the bottom line: I am enjoying The Good Wife SO HARD.

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    In Defense of Twihards

    by  • April 1, 2012 • 0 Comments

    (I’m baaaaack…) Yes, it’s April Fool’s Day. No, this isn’t a joke. This is me writing about what I’ve come to think is one of the most common problematically expressed artistic criticisms on the Internet: the vilifying of Twilight fans manifested in everything from the Star Alliance to the “Still a better love story...

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    ANNOUNCEMENT: Going On Hiatus Until April

    by  • February 5, 2012 • 5 Comments

    Hey folks, So I thought I could handle recovering from this virus, doing physiotherapy, writing the first draft of my thesis, putting together some short stories, planning my flagship treasure hunt for the summer, taking online courses in cryptography and game theory, playing ice hockey, and keeping up with this blog all at the...

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    A Zombie Movie With Braaaiiins

    by  • January 15, 2012 • 2 Comments

    Move over, Shaun of the Dead! There’s another game in town. Its name is Pontypool, a 2008 film by Bruce McDonald. I originally rented it from iTunes because it was only 99 cents, and I vaguely recalled hearing some praise of it. I knew there were zombies involved; I put off watching the thing...

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