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| Movie Log - November 2009 |
[Dec. 6th, 2009|11:38 pm] |
Movies I've watched or re-watched this month include: Love Laughs at Andy Hardy, Back to the Future Part II, Conan the Destroyer, Godzilla (1998), The Ruins, Felix Saves the Day, Tarkan Vs the Vikings, The Deathless Devil, Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds, Pulse (2001), Casshern, Used Cars, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Godzilla Final Wars, Watchmen: Director’s Cut, Judge Priest, Leolo, Hamlet 2, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Turner and Hooch, Superhero Movie, The Blue Gardenia, Bye Bye Birdie (1995), Castle in the Sky, Ratatouille, Flowers in the Attic, The Dark Knight, Volta, Zebraman, The Company of Wolves, 30000 Leagues Under the Sea, And Now for Something Completely Different, The Man with the Golden Gun, Diamonds Are Forever, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, High School Musical, Iron Man, The Lion King, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Land of the Lost, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, I Hate Valentine’s Day, It’s a Bug’s Life, The Incredibles, Imagine That, The Jungle Book (1967), Super Capers, Wall-E, The Tale of Despereaux and Fanboys.
The best this month (that I had not seen previously) would be The Blue Gardenia and the director’s cut of Watchmen. The worst this month would be the dated Used Cars, and of course the re-viewings of Dark Knight and the American Godzilla. That last one so bad I had to re-watch Final Wars again where the real G kills the faux one, just to get the bad taste out of my eyes.
The last dozen or so flicks listed were on constant loop on the Disney Cruise, so I not only got to see a couple I hadn’t seen yet, but also a few old favorites.
Of those that I’ll probably watch any time they’re on, the following would be included: Jungle Book, Castle in the Sky, Iron Man, Willy Wonka, any of the Harry Potters, any version of Watchmen or Bye Bye Birdie, and those two Bonds listed are two of my faves as well.
I've briefly reviewed some of them at my Welcome to Hell blog, among lots of other pop culture stuff, check it out if you're interested. |
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| Interview with Susan Tepper |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|02:44 pm] |
Author Susan Tepper grew up on Long Island, where many of the stories in her short story collection DEER take place. Prior to settling down and studying writing, Tepper worked as an actor, singer, flight attendant, marketing manager, television producer, tour guide, interior decorator and rescue worker.
Tepper has received five Pushcart Prize Nominations for fiction and poetry. Her work has been widely published in the US and abroad. In 2006, her poetry collection Blue Edge was released by Cervena Barva Press. Tepper curates the reading series FIZZ at KGB Bar in NYC, and she is Assistant Editor of the Istanbul Literary Review (an online journal based in Turkey).
In each of the linked stories in your new collection, a deer of some sort appears. Was this intentional?
Actually, the stories were written over a period of about ten years, and I didn't realize the deer kept coming into so many of my stories. A publisher had taken a few for his magazine, and he pointed out the fact of the deer. I do use a lot of animals in my work, but the deer seemed to be most prominent. So I dug up all my stories that contained deer, and Steve Glines, the publisher of Wilderness House Press, suggested we put them into book form.
You write a lot of poetry, too, does this affect your fiction writing?
I think it does tremendously. Poetry comes from an emotional place inside your body, whereas fiction tends to be somewhat more grounded. I believe writing poetry has allowed my fiction to really open up and take off in unexpected ways.
Besides being a writer, your bio states that you have worked as an actress, singer, flight attendant, rescue worker, television producer, amongst other things. Has all this varied work experience made an impact on your writing?
Oh, yes. I draw on my past all the time, though not consciously. I never plot out my stories or novels, but just let the lines flow one into the next. I think if you allow yourself to take in a lot of life, many new experiences, it can't help but enhance your writing. I believe the writer has to be out there in the world, not locked in a room or in the mind. You write as much as you can, then you go out there and live life.
Do you see yourself doing anything else in the future, career-wise?
Nope. This is it for me. I'm addicted to writing. I couldn't live without it.
Please visit Susan’s website here, her new blog here, and see her upcoming tour dates here. |
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| Um, Wow... |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|01:26 pm] |
Since leaving "American Idol" this guy has just been one big train wreck. I guess America was right in voting for Kris Allen... |
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