When I was a senior in high school my first history assignment of the year was an essay on my summer reading, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. The prompt had to do with analyzing and comparing the moral message in each book and … Continue reading
….you know, in case the world ends in 5 hours, Eastern Standard Time (universally acknowledged as the time zone, right?) The long awaited Seth Rogen and clan film about the end of world in which they all play….themselves has released its first footage. This is perfect timing because a) the world might end tomorrow and … Continue reading
I feel compelled to preface this recap by saying that to me, this season of Homeland began with a bang and just kept on running, but by the time the Brody and Carrie trust-me-but-I-don’t-trust-you romance was in full swing again I was oddly frustrated. It weighed down the speed of the show and while I … Continue reading
If you are anything like Erin and I you spend far too long looking at random articles and videos online every day. Whether you find them on your favorite sites, YouTube, Facebook Twitter, posted by friends of friends of friends, it doesn’t matter, you’re clicking away. Here are just a few of the ones from … Continue reading
The Finale, Season 7, Episode 12 “Surprise Motherfucker” by Eva This finale starts with the scene we’ve all been waiting to see. Some of us with excitement and some of us with dread. But come on, we all knew it had to happen at some point. Miami Metro had to wise up eventually, right? … Continue reading
Gossip Girl is evil. I’m not kidding. Gossip Girl thankfully ended it’s six year run last night and solidified itself as one of the top 10 things that epitomize everything wrong with the world. Some will think me hyperbolic, some irrational or silly because it’s just a silly guilty pleasure teen show, right? Here’s why … Continue reading
Eva and Erin weigh in on the mid-season finale of The Vampire Diaries. Beware, we’re fangirls first, trying to be legitimate recappers. We both share our two cents on various plot points or developments from the episode. But first: Eva’s Favorite Quote of the Night: “Caroline’s been lovely which I’ve come to recognize as a tool of … Continue reading
Scandal Season 2, Episode 9 “Blown Away” WARNING: As always, this recap contains SPOILERS This show puts me in the awkward position of rooting for the bad guys. Or at least the guys who are doing bad in order to do good. And in this episode, we see some of it coming back to bite them … Continue reading
I’ve been following awards season solidly since 2005 (the year that Crash won and I cried into my pillow for twenty minutes, I kid you not) and I’ve often wondered why I even bother. Most of my favorite movies from the past few years have never even had a hope of being in contention for major … Continue reading
Besides the obvious, I just love food, period, I find myself once again sucked into the world of televised cooking. Now I am not one to watch cooking tutorials or info sessions on the different kinds of cheeses, but give me a good competition like Top Chef or Cupcake Wars and I am in heaven. And while I … Continue reading
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