Oct 21, 2020 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
Art Experience Log: My bizarre relationship with Die Hard
Dec 4, 2019 | Art Archive Entries |
Batman: The Animated Series - Things Batman Doesn't Like https://kuroiyousei.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Things-Batman-Doesnt-Like.mp4 I posted this for my 37th birthday (i.e. September 2, 2017), because that was the year I discovered my love of Batman....
Apr 12, 2019 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
The Collegia Magica by Carol Berg — This was my second time through these books, and I find them a very interesting experience. The world the author has created is solidly conceived, makes sense, and fascinates. The characters she populates it with are...
Dec 22, 2018 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O’Brian — One thing that’s really sweet about these books is that they’re unexpectedly slice-of-lifey. The lives happen to be very unusual by the standards of the modern American reader, but we get looks into the...
Sep 9, 2017 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
Under the Red Hood — Of course all the DC animated movies featuring Batman are on my Amazon watch list (excepting the ones I know do terrible, offensive things to characters I love), but a friend had recommended I watch this one firstish. And then I saw a clip...
Aug 21, 2017 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
12 days ’til I turn 37! The Candle in the Wind by T.H. White — If the previous installment was the fanfiction leadup to the inevitable, this one is the leisurely, meaty examination of that inevitable. It’s ridiculously sad, and a brilliant dramatic...
Jul 24, 2017 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King — This was quite a good installment of Russ, but before I make any comments on its contents I have to get this out of the way: Jenny Sterlin’s attempts at pronouncing Japanese OH MY FUCKING POE. Her “Canadian...
May 29, 2017 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
Steven Universe episodes — I watched these episodes around when they came out, but then I put off writing up my thoughts about them for so long I forgot what they were about XD Finally I got brother caught up, and thereby rewatched them myself, so here are...
Apr 8, 2017 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
Moana again — So since the first time I watched it back when it came out, Moana has crept up and become possibly my favorite Disney movie of all time. When it became available to watch on Amazon, I had my parents watch it, and was pleased that mom did actually...
Feb 6, 2017 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
Middlemarch by George Eliot — I’m tempted to start this in the same way I started my second set of Pale Fire thoughts THERE JUST AREN’T WORDS FOR HOW AMAZING THIS BOOK IS. It interests me the extent to which Eliot points out ironies in the way men...
Jan 23, 2017 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens — As I mentioned in my Christmas movie roundup, it is a family tradition to read this story aloud every Christmas Eve whilst eating a smorgasbord of eclectic snacks. It takes a few hours, and we’re all hoarse and...
Nov 7, 2016 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein — I saw this book (and by extension this series) lauded as incredibly accurate procedural murder mystery, and I thought I’d check it out. Then I discovered it’s narrated by Barbara Rosenblatt, and became even more...
Oct 10, 2016 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
The Casual Vacancy — Just like the first time, the end of this book left me stunned and deep in thought. It’s so damn painful, and I love it so damn much. I’ve been trying to come up with a good old statement of theme for it, but maybe I’ve...
Sep 26, 2016 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
No.6 episodes 10-11 — What a leaping of heart I had in episode 10 to see how deeply touched Nezumi has been by Shion’s attitude and character! A respect for Shion’s respect for life is an excellent starting point, and one I can accept in their...
Sep 12, 2016 | Art Experience Log, Personal Journal Entries |
No.6 episode 9 — I always appreciate when a visual story can demonstrate death and horror without making me look at too much violence and gore. There are ways of showing the intensity of a horrific scene without resorting to a visual bloodbath. This episode did...
