But first: apparently, I have an Internet kindred spirit on Cracked! OK, so what do I mean by a “story about storytelling”? There are lots of stories in which characters tell stories to one another, from the trivial type like, “Let me fill you in on the entire plot up…
When the season finale of House (or Dexter, or The X Files, or whatever single TV show I’m into) airs, I promise myself: next season, I will not fall for the same old trap. I will not seek out spoilers from Wikipedia or fanboards. I will not skim through fanfiction.net…
So often what I post on this blog is a critique of the stories I’m obsessed with, explorations of why points they bring up or moves they make drive me nuts. Most of the time, I say what I like about them, too, but some of the stories I mention…
Or, perhaps, a few least not-favourite female characters. See, I tend to have this love-hate relationship with female characters. I want to like them – I really, really want to like them, often because they’re one of only a handful of women or girls in their story (sometimes, seemingly, in…
So, about strong women in fiction. And I don’t mean strong only in this sense. This past month, I had the opportunity to work with U of T’s Drama Centre on a production as a historical consultant and a co-lighting-designer. While doing one of the many tasks that fall to…
Because why would I ever get tired of rambling on about my opinions instead of doing actual work?
TV is a strange medium. I forget how strange until I suddenly get caught up in a TV show again (yes, it’s House M. D. Why? I don’t know. I still don’t like any of the characters, I still get frustrated by the various cliches/thematic holes, and I still know…
Sorry for the delay and the strange site stuff happening yesterday – domain renewal troubles! (Aka, this is a funny way of celebrating this site’s first anniversary…) But first, if you missed it, an update to the About Me section. So, for those of you who don’t know, from season…