Top 10 lists are fun to write. It’s always fun to tell other people your opinions about stuff that doesn’t really matter, and top-anything lists mean that you get to review all the best experiences you had, compare happiness to happiness, and decide which was better. Remembering happiness is a…
The first three months of the year are always a rough time for me, what with work density, grey weather, and mood stuff. So I’m always glad to find activities and stuff like these that make my life better! Here are some new things that worked for me this quarter:
This year, I tried for the second time to play an installment of Phoenix Wright, mystery-solving, case-winning video-game lawyer extraordinaire. And, for the second time, I gave up in frustration close to the beginning of the game. I did this even though this particular game was a crossover with Professor…
Labour Day is fast approaching, and with it the crisp weather and colourful foliage of fall. If, like me, you work in academia or education, the more intense part of your job is on the horizon (or already here, depending on whether, like me, you left all your planning for the end…
I’ve learned a lot about creative work from video games: puzzle-making, entertainment design principles, and plot construction. But video games have also taught me about other important things in my life. Namely, about myself. And what have I learned? Well…
Books YA/MG fiction The Opposite of Hallelujah (***** – loved) Adult fiction Zoo City (***** – loved) Beauty and the Werewolf (*** – enjoyed) Broken Harbour (***** – loved) Adult non-fiction Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (*** – enjoyed) Movies Wreck-It Ralph (**** – liked) In…
Happy birthday, Deb A.! This is really late, but I am/have been at the cottage with my awesome extended family, so I win anyhow. Ha ha ha!
Yes, more micro reviews. Originally, I meant to have an election-related blog for this weekend, but I didn’t finish it in time. Whatever, you wouldn’t want me to attempt think-y blog entries if I didn’t feed my brain with all this stuff.
… and everybody who’s anybody is in love with her. (No, I’m not talking about Smurfette*.)