October 2009
2 posts
Small Talk- by Kelsey Dettman Navarro →
This is a short film made by Kelsey Dettman Navarro and written by Jeremy Navarro. I play Emma, the deaf girl in this film.
September 2009
5 posts
The block in writer's block.
You know when you are having one of those moments, when you have nothing to talk about for any period of time, due to the fact that you cannot think of anything else besides something unspeakable (or in this case unbloggable) being stubbornly persistent and unyielding from the front of your mind?
This….is one of those moments.
-Val
August 2009
25 posts
The self-absorbed crown of the day goes to....
the vainglorious but oh so wonderful Miss America 1983, Debra Maffett with her “humble” words:
“Sit by the homely girl, you’ll look better by comparison.”
I’m ashamed to say she’s from California.
credits to: http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2008/03/27/530703.html for the image
any thoughts?
I’m about to read this book by Richard Yates. I love this book cover, I wish I had this version. Any thoughts, ratings, or commentary before I indulge into the pages before me?
credits to: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/literaryminded/2009/02/17/read-and-seen-revolutionary-road/ for the book cover image
“Devastation occurred when I broke my camera yesterday….but depression fell...”
– a dismal version of myself.
House: Season 1, Sports Medicine episode
Wilson: I can’t go, there’s no way out.
House: Fine..I’ll ask one of my other friends.
Wilson: Huh…
House: What? You’re saying I only got one friend?
Wilson: Uh…and who?…
House: Kevin, from bookeeping.
Wilson: Ok well first of all, his name’s Carl.
House: I call him Kevin…..it’s a secret friendship club name.
“people don’t realize this, but loneliness is underrated”
– Tom, 500 Days of Summer
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To fall back from the flood stage.
I’m in the middle of Jane Eyre, page 253 and I have noticed a change with my reading. What started as a thorough reading and unraveling of the pages, ebbed into a scratching the surface, or a perusal. I don’t like this revelation, because skimming is for forced reading, such as an assigned book in English class.
I’m not a Jane Austen fanatic, but my friend is. She...
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"The Beach" by Alex Garland
I was in Thailand for 38 days this summer, and it was my first out of country trip. Thailand is amazing, beautiful, the people are friendly beyond American measure, and the food was spicy and delicious. Saddended to depart from my new found home, I perused books in the Bangkok Airport, and stumbled upon “The Beach” by Alex Garland.
The book focuses on Richard, a traveler who...
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