I Wanted It That Way, Part III
| May 7, 2013 | Posted by Jess under Adventures in Real Life, Celebrities, Music |
Okay, folks, here comes the good stuff. On November 21st, 2000, the Backstreet Boys released their fourth album (third in the US), Black and Blue. (And no, I did not have to look that date up. THIS WAS A BIG DAY FOR ME.) As a way of building hype for the release, they went around…
I Wanted It That Way, Part II
| April 8, 2013 | Adventures in Real Life, Celebrities, Music |
As I mentioned last time, by the beginning of the new millennium I was a die-hard BSB fan. The chronology of my obsession is a little hard for me to reconstruct at this point. I definitely tried to get last-minute tickets for the final leg of the Millennium tour, found them for about $200 online,…
DC gets Carrie-d away with robbin’ Steph fans yet again. Also, puns.
| April 5, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Following the death of Damian Wayne, DC has announced the new Robin will be…Carrie Kelly, of Frank Miller’s out-of-continuity “The Dark Knight Returns” fame! Which of course begs the question: why not use that other girl Robin, the one with the passionate fanbase and trade paperbacks on The New York Times bestseller list? My Twitterlist…
I Wanted It That Way: A Retrospective of Backstreet Boys Fanatacism
| April 3, 2013 | Adventures in Real Life, Celebrities, Music, Tweendom |
I used to be a Backstreet Boys fan. Wait, let me rephrase that. I am a Backstreet Boys fan, though I’ve only listened to their most recent couple of albums once or twice through each and I didn’t go to see them on tour with New Kids on the Block. I’m still fond of those…
The Austen Project: Mansfield Park and Emma
| March 26, 2013 | Books, The Austen Project |
I haven’t forgotten about this! I just kind of got burned out on Mansfield Park for a while. It’s cool, I’ve got nine more months to (reread) the last two! Mansfield Park. Sweet baby Jesus, I hated this book. I loathed this book. I tore through it towards the end just so that I could…
The Great Disney Blogathon: Saludos Amigos (1943)
| March 12, 2013 | Posted by Jess under Cartoons, Disney, Movies, The Great Disney Blogathon |
Saludos Amigos is a bit of an odd duck, if Donald will excuse the term. As touched on in most of my previous posts, the early 1940s was a rough time for the studio – there was a bitter animators’ strike in 1941 that led to a permanent rift between Walt and his staff, plus…
So About Batman Incorporated #8…
| March 5, 2013 | Posted by Jess under Comics |
[Uh, spoilers, if you've somehow managed to avoid them up 'til now.] So they killed Damian Wayne. I am physically incapable of sighing as much as I believe that particular plot development merits. Look. I don’t read Batman Inc. or any other Batman titles, save for the only tangentially-related Batwoman. I’ve never read Batman and…
The Great Disney Blogathon: Bambi II (2006)
| February 12, 2013 | Posted by Jess under Cartoons, Disney, Movies, The Great Disney Blogathon |
When I started this series, I promised to watch all of the sequels as well as the original Disney animated canon. This isn’t as self-sacrificing as it seems; for one thing, I am legitimately fond of some of the sequels (the Aladdin ones! Cinderella III!), and for another, I am a crazy Disney completionist who…
The Great Disney Blogathon: Bambi (1942)
| February 4, 2013 | Posted by Jess under Cartoons, Disney, Movies, The Great Disney Blogathon |
It’s time for another classic Disney review! Like its predecessor, Bambi is a relatively short movie (67 minutes) about a baby animal. There the similarities end, however, because while Dumbo is fast and noisy and bright, Bambi is slow and stately. It has a great deal of dignity to it; there’s something very solemn about…
Back Issue Bin Review: Green Lantern v2
| January 29, 2013 | Posted by Jess under Back Issue Bin Review, Comics |
Time for another blast from the DCU’s past! Green Lantern v2 is the classic Silver Age Hal Jordan run. After a successful three-issue introduction in Showcase1, Hal was given his own series, which ran from 1960 to 1988, with one four-year hiatus and several official and unofficial renamings. It introduced not just Hal and his…
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