OK so I mentioned in class that I was having a spamming issue on my comments and I couldn’t figure out what it was about my entry that inspired all these companies to send me ads about anti-depressants and all sorts of other meds. True, I am a bit of a crazy but I’m already […]

Just got home from watching the 1994 Little Women.  I must say I’ve been looking forward to it all day.  There’s nothing quite like a good adaptation of one of your favorite novels to be a quick fix at the end of a long day.  Perhaps that’s what inspires folks to adapt books into film […]

So the 1949 version of Little Women was awful. But, there are definitely some interesting choices to be discussed. For one, I am a fan of the casting choice for Laurie. I couldn’t help but notice some interesting parallels between Peter Lawford’s life and the life of his character Laurie. Peter Lawford was a member […]

So I took almost all of the “Which March Girl Are You?” Quizes and I wasn’t really surprised.  I liked the ones that ranked them in order the best.  Overall I was mostly Jo but Amy was a VERY close second.  In fact, when ranked I was 75% Jo and 70% Amy (I told you […]

So I need to write before I forget all the things I was thinking about in class.  For one, I really believe in the idea that all these characters are bouncing off each other and none could really exist as the person they are without each other.  Lucky for me, although I do not have […]

So I was trying to comment on Robyn’s blog and I was hopelessly unsuccessful.  Therefore, before launching into my own post, I’m going to post here what it is I was going to say: I’m not sure I agree with the idea that no one wants to be like Beth.  She has an incredible strength […]

So this weekend I went out and bought that book “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs,” and then I was inspired to actually buy some Cocoa Puffs cereal to go with it.  So while I was enjoying my chocolaty goodness I began thinking about cliches.  Poor cliches have a bad rap amongst literary types for it […]

So I’m kind of late in getting around to my discussion of The Glass Key film. Oops, sorry about that. But I find myself sitting wondering what it is about movies that makes them stick in my head. I’ve always been that kid who corrects others when they misquote a movie even if it’s just […]

How to begin discussing a class when the first assignment involves reading about a glass phallic symbol that at one point breaks off while functioning??? I must say, it is a somewhat disturbing yet utterly intriguing beginning. In discussing some of the typical conventions of hard boiled detective novels, I was struck most by the […]