I was very excited to hear that a new Neil Gaiman / Dave McKean collaboration is in the works. It’s called “Crazy Hair” and is another childrens book based on a poem of Neil’s with accompanying art work by the amazing Dave McKean. No release date has been set yet buck according to Neil, Dave [...]
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The line up for Jazz Fest has been posted, and it sounds great this year! Among the many that I’m looking forward to are Dr. John, Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Ludacris :p, Rebirth Brass Band, Pete Fountain, Kermit Ruffins, Amanda Shaw (amazing), Harry Conick Jr., Allen Touissaint, Counting Crows, Allman Brothers, Better than Ezra, Benjy [...]
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While reading Neil Gaiman’s latest blog post, I discovered Sushi Pillows! These are so cool that I think I may treat myself to a couple. They sell pillows shaped like sushi rolls, nigiri, and edamame. How cool. They all look and sound like they’re great quality and they are apparently hand painted. So though they [...]
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**Spoiler alert from tonights episode of TopChef**
Well now…as mentioned earlier, the two chefs I was hoping to see in the finale were Sam and Elia. Both are fascinating people in my opinion and both have wonderful cooking styles. Elia’s food always looked delicious and seemed the most flavorful to me despite my not being able [...]
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Today was the first of I’m sure MANY exhausting days. At this point, my eyes feel like they’re about to burn out of my head. Wednesdays are always going to be bad I’m sure because I’m coming off of two 12 hour days (Monday and Tuesday) between school and work. Not to mention the reading [...]
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As I played on the internet, I found more and more beautiful prints of Yoshitaka Amano’s. For those who are not familiar with him, he is a very respectable artist from Japan. His “signature style” is oil painting, though recently he has experimented with traditional brush stroke paintings. He is the creative mind of the [...]
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First thing on the list is that I got Neverwhere in the mail today which made me very happy after a very sad day. I don’t know when I’ll have a chance to watch it, but I’m very much looking forward to it. I can’t wait to see if what the novel looked like in [...]
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I’m so excited that Heroes is back on. I missed that show and it was only off the air for what? A couple of weeks! It’s such a great show and such a huge refresher. I must admit that I’m a fan of Nip/Tuck, but aside from that, there’s no shows on TV that really [...]
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Masterpiece Theatre has some great shows this season. It begins with Jane Eyre tonight and next Sunday which looks really great (See above picture). February 11th will see Masterpiece Theatre’s version of Dracula which is sure to be excellent. February 18th and 25th has Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect 6: The Last [...]
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I’ve had a strong desire to write lately and have a “script” for my story laid out in my head. However, whenever I get the sudden creative urge to write, I find that things don’t want to translate from my head to the computer screen. This always happens to me when the creative side of [...]
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