Posted by: calliopeblog on: October 7, 2008
I’m constantly in awe of the immaturity levels displayed by many. Sadly, that often includes my own.
It started as I drove out of work this afternoon. I was waiting to turn right, and a car in the parallel road was making a left turn onto my road. So, I turned right, knowing the car waiting [...]
Posted by: calliopeblog on: October 4, 2008
Well, I have been in Los Angeles for nearly four months now and have yet to see one drop of rain. By the looks of the angry clouds gathering over the hill across the road from my apartment, I’d say that’s all about to change. Having been raised in England, where the average number of [...]
Posted by: calliopeblog on: October 4, 2008
I think I’ll be the one and only blogger in the world not giving my opinion on the $700 billion bail out rejection. This is because I haven’t quite decided what to make of it yet. When I do, I’ll throw in my meaningless opinion too, because it’s what bloggers are supposed to do.
Instead, I’m [...]
Posted by: calliopeblog on: October 4, 2008
I love Sundays, though they always make me a bit sad. I’m considering a career in politics, and my first act will transform Sunday into the first 48-hour day. We can skip Thursday to make up for it. Thursday is always a rough day in my mind – far enough into the week for me [...]
Posted by: calliopeblog on: October 4, 2008
I finished Twilight. The writing actually got better towards the end, or perhaps I noticed its failings less thanks to an action-packed plot in the final third of the novel. I think it might actually make a much better film than it did a novel. A film can capture the highly visual story, and cut out [...]
Posted by: calliopeblog on: October 4, 2008
So I’m reading the first in the Stephanie Meyer vampire series, Twilight. The film is coming out soon, starring the delicious Robert Pattinson (oh, Cedric Diggory, how I still mourn you) and Kristen Stewart, and I wanted to take a stab at reading the teen-aimed novel first. I just revealed my Harry Potter geek tendencies with the above [...]
Posted by: calliopeblog on: October 4, 2008
It’s a sunny Saturday and I am sitting here watching Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. It’s making me homesick for London. I find it hard to believe a sophisticated guy like Mark Darcy would truly go for Bridget, but as a future Bridget I appreciate the notion…! Renee Zellweger really is a great actress [...]
Posted by: calliopeblog on: October 4, 2008
So. I admit, I watch Sex and the City. And I totally love it. I don’t love every bit of it, but I enjoy the funny insights into human relationships, both romantic and platonic. It’s quick-witted, often surprising, and can be as touching as it is surprising. Which is why, the upcoming book I am most [...]
Posted by: calliopeblog on: October 4, 2008
On September 17, 1787, America’s founding fathers signed the constitution. 221 years to the day later, I got a free lunch because of it! God bless America!
The constitution is the cornerstone of American freedoms, rights, and responsibilities, and it’s easy to forget that a written constitution is still an historically new concept. Even the United [...]
Posted by: calliopeblog on: October 4, 2008
RIP David Foster Wallace
Author David Foster Wallace was found dead at his home in Clarmont, California, on Friday 12 September, of a suspected suicide. Suspected because until the medical examiner/coroner/whoever it is that rules on these things, has decided, it’s not official, but he was apparently found hanging, so draw your own conclusion. It’s an [...]
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