What’s the deal with haircuts? Yes, this question may sound like a Jerry Seinfeld bit from the late eighties, but that seems like the best way to phrase it. Going to the salon is a weird experience, right? We act like it’s just as uncomfortable as going to the dentist, but when we get in…
Tag: Random Rambling
Random Rambling: Beauty & The Beast, Tomorrowland, and The Muppets
Beauty & The Beast I have a problem, a very serious problem. It has come to my attention that Disney is currently in the process of translating a good portion of their beloved animated classics into live-action films. Jungle Book. Dumbo (Seriously?). Mulan. Pinocchio. Winnie the Pooh. Tinkerbell. I may be a die-hard Disney nerd, but…
Random Rambling: Binge Watching, Awards Season, and Jennifer Lawrence’s FanGirl Mishap
Binge Watching With so many exceptional viewing options available on television today, it’s hard to find time (and DVR space) to look after everything on your must-watch list. So you may skip an episode or two, maybe even an entire season. It’s okay, though. You’ll catch up, albeit slowly, by finding the random late-night rerun….
Obligated Viewing
It’s happened to all of us at one time or another. You’re sitting there, nothing to watch, flicking the buttons on the remote at an unusually swift speed, desperate to lose yourself in an hour of intense fictional fantasy. You ignore that annoying voice in your head that commands you to stop and go pick…
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
For Doctor Who fans, welcoming a new Doctor is like a rite of passage. In the days following the Doctor’s announcement of departure, you become overly emotional, sad to the point where you’re consistently contemplating and succeeding in writing long-form Facebook posts declaring your everlasting, incomparable love for the British actor and his portrayal. After…
The Ultimate Rivalry: The Writer vs. The Writer’s Block
It’s an all too common problem, one that resembles a kind of spontaneous disease, slaughtering any sort of imaginative concept or thought. It waits in the shadows, striking at the most inopportune moment, unashamed of its nefarious villainy. It laughs manically at your pain, depositing chaos with flawless frequency like a child would with a…
Dreaming With the Television On
He waited until the opportune moment to step out of the bright blue box, cautiously examining the surrounding thingamabobs and thingamajigs, before extracting the sonic screwdriver from his top left pocket. The mechanism was his favorite little watchamacallit and proved to be the most reliable. At least, most of the time. Curiously, it seemed to…
Random Rambling: Black Friday, Breaking Dawn, and The Host
Three Rants for the Price of One Black Friday Black Friday will be here next week. I’m guessing you already knew this, of course. But for you unfortunate fangirls overseas, this is the time of year – the day after our Thanksgiving – when Americans get up at ungodly hours of the morning, and freeze…
I Won’t Grow Up
“The second to the right and straight on till morning. That is the way to Neverland.” You’ve taken this journey before; a memory of childhood that has been held close, looked after and kept safe. You know the path by heart. For it is a tale of adventure ingrained into our spirits even still to…
Midnight In London?
I Wish I Were British On Sunday night, as I was watching the second season opener of Upstairs Downstairs, I began to have a miraculous moment of clarity. While I dissected the stylish dialogue, gazed upon the elegant satin gowns, and admired the outstanding archetypal set design, I realized I had a tenacious attachment to…
Kim the FanGirl 