Read this book, if you haven’t already. “My Sister’s Keeper,” by Jodi Picoult is a fantastic novel about a family dealing with childhood leukemia. I read it about four years ago while studying abroad and pretty much sobbed the enitre flight to Italy one weekend. The other passengers probably thought I was having a nervous breakdown or something. Anyway I just saw that they’ve made it into a movie, and of course the trailer had me in a puddle of tears. Plus, it’s from the same guy who directed “The Notebook.” Clearly every woman in the theatre will be dehydrated by the time the credits roll. It looks great, minus the awful miscasting of Cameron Diaz as the mom. Seriously? Gah. Check it out here.
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30 AprMy week’s picks for flicks and tunes
22 AprI promise I’ll write a real-life blog soon, one that doesn’t have to do with American Idol or Sex and the City (just for you, MWM). But until then… check out these new movie trailers that I’m VERY excited about.
Moon: Looks very much like a modern take on 2001: A Space Odyssey. Could be really awesome, could be lame. But I’m looking forward to it.
The Stoning of Soraya M.: This looks positively fantastic. I love Jim Caviezel (barely recognized him at first), and I love the woman who it appears plays the lead. I’ve seen her in other things and although I don’t know who she is, I love her voice. It’s captivating.
Extract: This pick is a little self-indulgent, but I have a huge, ginormous megacrush on Jason Bateman. Adorable. Plus, Kristen Wiig cracks me up, and Ben Affleck with long curly hair? Eww.
More here.
And, if you’re interested… two girly pop songs I can’t get out of my head:
Kelly Clarkson, “I Do Not Hook Up” I’m pretty sure KC can do no wrong. I heard this song once and immediately rushed to download it, learned all the lyrics and played it on my iPod about 135 times in a row. Sorry, neighbors. And in case you didn’t know: “OH NO/I do not hook UP, UP/I fall deep.”
Beyonce, “Diva” Crank up the volume and blast this lady-power song in the car while driving six hours roundtrip to your future city of employment for the third time in a week. “Diva is a female version of a hustler” and don’t you forget it.
featured calamities
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26 and talented
I used to get anxious about the passage of time growing up, especially in the summer. My birthday is toward the end of July, so after the last gift was ripped open and the thank-you notes had been sent, summer was almost over. It meant exchanging my carefree days at the pool for homework-filled nights after school. But by the time I aged out of feeling the back-to-school dread on my birthday, I began feeling the I-still-haven’t-lost-any-weight dread each year.
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Wandering into DIY territory
I’m not really interested in becoming a DIY blogger, but I am interested in making my home beautiful. I want to be happy where I live, and since I’m on a tight budget, finding quirky decorating ideas and doing projects myself is how I can best do that.
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The joys of renting
At first I thought I wasn’t cleaning my sink well enough, or taking out the trash often enough. But when I woke up one night with a buzzing in my ear, I knew there was a bigger problem than my kitchen’s cleanliness.
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Channeling J. Hud
I can’t remember a time when I was satisfied with my weight. I’ve been more or less overweight my entire adult life. My self-discipline comes and goes, but most of the time it goes.
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Guts
A quick follow-up to that last post: even when you have self-discipline and a voice to share, you can still lack inspiration or be plagued by uncertainty.
