lovely magic

...I couldn't stay away for long, could I? But I saw the new Harry Potter and couldn't wait to post about how I enjoyed it tremendously.

As the characters in this have evolved and matured, and new writers/directors have come on board, the result is very satisfying: Instead of twee and charming and "magical" kids movies, we now have resonant storylines, powerful moments and some really beautiful filmmaking, as we watch these characters come into their own, and "grow up, fall down and rise to meet their destinies."

vacation for my mind

I'm taking a temporary break from the blog world...

SYTYCD

I have accumulated, via my love of watching TV, a few embarrassing shows that I don't really admit to watching. 'So You Think You Can Dance' is king among them, mainly because I hate game shows and reality shows on principle (they are destroying television). however, I am hooked, because although you have to sit through foxtrots and tangos and even the hustle (ugh), you also get great interpretive jazz and contemporary broadway and hip-hop...and most of all, every once in awhile there is a piece that just knocks you on your ass, like this one:

the pandora percentile

I got an e-mail today from pandora.com -notifying the top 10% of their users about some changes taking place.

I am weirdly proud of being singled out as the top 10% of anything, despite the fact that I earned it purely by sitting at my desk and let them pour good music into my head holes.

mind bullets

I hate the movie Bruno already, and it hasn't even come out yet. If I could make someone dead with my mind, it would be Sacha Baron Cohen...