January 2012
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I went to San Diego last December to visit my friend Berta’s baby. The baby is very adorable and has blue eyes and ten toes and is named Abbey. The third day we went to Balboa Park. Balboa Park, for those who don’t know, is essentially San Diego’s Central Park, and it is filled with exhibitions and museums and street vendors, as well as wide, sprawling hills covered with grass...
WatchI cut off the top of a champagne bottle with a knife! Happy New Year!
December 2011
10 posts
a bright wall in a dark room.: A Christmas Story... →
brightwalldarkroom:
AMAZON REVIEWS AS WRITTEN BY THE CHARACTERS OF A CHRISTMAS STORY
by Michelle Said
Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle (Compass in the Stock)
The best present of all time!!!!!
by Ralphie (Hammond, Indiana)
This is my dream gun! I have wanted this BB gun for…
Remember that time I created an Amazon gift guide for the characters of A...
a bright wall in a dark room.: Keanu Reeves Week:... →
brightwalldarkroom:
YOU MIGHT BE A KING OR A LITTLE STREET SWEEPER, BUT SOONER OR LATER YOU DANCE WITH THE REAPER
by Michelle Said
I assume that you are familiar with Bill S. Preston, Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan, they of metalheaded duncehood and the time-travelling phone booth. And I will assume…
My essay on Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. Things got dark.
a bright wall in a dark room.: Hugo (2011) →
brightwalldarkroom:
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM.
by Chad P.
I go to the movies because of movies like Hugo. I believe in movies because of movies like Hugo. And not to put too fine a point on it, but this entire site basically exists because of movies like Hugo.
Martin Scorsese’s first truly family friendly film…
November 2011
16 posts
tinkerbell and toothpaste
Today I bought a tank top for too much money that was on sale from WAY too much money and I bought it just so I could get it totally drenched in sweat. This is because I am going to the gym more often and therefore I need more gym clothing because I either have the option to be smelly or buy more clothes. There is a third option which is do laundry more often, which you and I both know is not an...
the intermittent time capsule
My mother sent me a physical copy of an email I wrote her in 2003 in the mail. It was written on a 2003 computer and printed out on a 2003 printer. I read it with 2011 eyes and saw that it was pretty boring, although it was sent to her right after I had arrived in England, so maybe she had printed it out in 2003 for posterity as I am her first-born and her first child to travel to a foreign...
BWDR Featured in Total Film's List of "100 Awesome... →
filmprojections:
This is pretty wow!
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“One day we will forget our commute was anything more than the hallway to our...”
– a bright wall in a dark room.: Drive (2011)
Brother: Well, I've been watching a lot of Sister Wives.
Me: Excuse me?
Brother: Yeah, well.
Me: I don't understand.
Brother: I'm getting in touch with my heritage.
Me: Just because you were born in Utah does not make Sister Wives your heritage.
BEDTIME (or: why do you wake me when all I want to...
CAT is sitting on rug quietly.
MICHELLE: Hi, cat. You're being quite cute. But I fear that you will start meowing in six hours just when I am in my deepest sleep. I highly value my sleep and so would dislike this if it were to occur.
CAT says nothing, licks paws.
MICHELLE: Therefore, I will kick you out of my room unless you promise me that you will not do this.
CAT blinks.
MICHELLE: I will take that as your word.
SIX HOURS LATER
MICHELLE is dead asleep.
CAT: HELLO. HOW ARE YOU?
CAT jumps onto bed.
CAT: I SEE YOU FELL FOR THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK. FOR I AM JUMPING ON YOUR BED AND MEOWING! LOUDLY! RIGHT IN YOUR EAR!
MICHELLE: Ughhhhhhgaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhwwwwwhggh.
CAT: I HAVE SEVERAL IMPORTANT ISSUES I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS. THIS WILL ONLY TAKE FIVE HOURS OF YOUR TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT AN ITEMIZED LIST OF GRIEVANCES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PROOFREAD SO IT MAY ACTUALLY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER BUT I GUESS WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES DOWN THE LINE IF THAT'S OKAY.
MICHELLE: Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
CAT: ITEM 1. NOT ENOUGH PLASTIC BAGS IN THE HOUSE. I ENJOY A GOOD PLASTIC BAG TO PAW AT AND THERE ARE SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH --- HEY, WHAT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STOP THAT! STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!
MICHELLE kicks cat out of room and is unable to go back to sleep for a long time! Very good story! THE END.
“Our hearts are not stones. A stone may disintegrate in time and lose its outward...”
– Haruki Murakami - “All God’s Children Can Dance”
October 2011
22 posts
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Halloween Costumes I Wore From Age 5 to 10
Age 5: princess
Age 6: fairy princess
Age 7: Snow White
Age 8: ghost princess
Age 9: Bride of Dracula
Age 10: homeless lady
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“It was an act of devotion. A little like writing or loving someone—it doesn’t...”
– Miranda July
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