Katherine Nabity's Blog, page 36
February 18, 2023
Cinema Saturday, 2/18/23
Annette Year: 2021Runtime: 2h 21mRated: R Director: Leos Carax Writers: Ron Mael, Russell Mael Stars: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg Double Feature Fodder:Sweeney Todd (2007) Initial: I put aside my aversion to musicals for Adam Driver. Production Notes: Annette features the “Hyper Bowl” halftime show. Coincidentally, I watched this movie after watching the Super […]
February 16, 2023
Reading Notes, 2/16/23
Read How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis I’m not a good housekeeper. That might come as a surprise to my mother who probably thinks she taught me better and the numerous employers who have paid me for housekeeping work throughout the years. Fact of the matter is, I never took to keeping […]
February 13, 2023
Monday Miscellanea, 2/13/23
What Happened Last Week? At the end of last year, I started watching “plan with me” videos on YouTube. I wanted schedule/productivity ideas because, well, I’m always playing around with my task lists. A few of the YouTubers I watched use the MäksēLife planner. I’m not one to spend $70 on a planner, but I […]
February 9, 2023
Reading Notes, 2/9/23
Read The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard Just before I let my Netflix subscription expire, I saw that a movie with Edgar Allan Poe as a character would be premiering later in January. Or, I should say, another movie with Edgar Allan Poe as a character, following Shudder’s 2022 Raven’s Hallow. Both of these […]
February 6, 2023
Monday Miscellanea, 2/6/23
What Happened Last Week? Ever have one of those weeks when things go a little wrong? When maybe you minorly screw up just about everything? Yeah, that was last week for me. Nothing went terribly wrong, but nothing was quite right either. By Thursday/Friday, I was in a foul, foul mood. Good bit: Eric started […]
February 4, 2023
Cinema Saturday, 2/4/23
The Dry Year: 2020Runtime: 1h 57mRated: R Director: Robert Connolly Writers: Harry Cripps, Robert Connolly, Jane Harper Stars: Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell Double Feature Fodder: Mystic River (2003) Initial: A recommendation by by husband. Production Notes: In the top 20 of highest-grossing Australian films of all time. What Did I Think:Solid crime thriller, […]
February 2, 2023
Reading Notes, 2/2/23
Read Short Stories 4♦️ “10 Rules for Being an Intergalactic Smuggler (the Successful Kind)” by Holly Black – Finally drew a card that wasn’t a heart! And finally dipped into a different anthology. “10 Rules . . .” is from Monstrous Affections, edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant. This was an ARC prize […]
January 30, 2023
Monday Miscellanea, 1/30/23
What Happened Last Week? As I predicted, I had a lot of ultimate frisbee things last week. Winter A/B league fully started, so I had some of the schedule and “B” division teams to post. I also had a couple updates for our yearly New Year Fest tournament. I played pickup twice. Dave, who was […]
January 28, 2023
Cinema Saturday, 1/28/23
Minari Year: 2020Runtime: 1h 55mRated: PG-13 Director: Lee Isaac Chung Writer: Lee Isaac Chung Stars: Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan Kim Double Feature Fodder: Initial: Being from Nebraska originally, even from the city of Omaha, the trailer to Minari made me a little homesick. Production Notes: I’m not surprised that Chung started out with the […]
January 26, 2023
Reading Notes, 1/26/23
Read Short Stories Deal Me In: 2❤️ I managed to pick yet another heart! That’s three in a row. Deuces are wild so I chose a story off my infinite short story list. “AITA for throwing away my wife’s haunted dolls?” by Annika Barranti Klein is an example of other-thing-as-narrative that didn’t really work for […]
