Look, it’s not a scheduled series post! Didn’t know I could still do those, didja? I had to write this down, though, while I was thinking about it. A compulsion, you might say.
My friend Lis and I have a sort of ongoing casual conversation regarding our likes and dislikes of different media. We both love [...]

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Perhaps I am easily pleased, but I count today as one of the most convergently awesome days I’ve had lately. “Convergently” you say? Yes, for today marks a convergence of entertainment availability that makes me very happy.
1. The new season of The Guild starts today! You can see it on MSN Video, get it from [...]

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I have a million things I should have done today, including research a paper, read Portrait of a Lady, watch Black Books with a friend, watch Jean-Luc Godard films for a paper, look for jobs, look for apartments, get off the couch, etc. (I did get laundry and dishes done, and watch a lot of [...]

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I’m safely back in Texas after a week at home and a week doing nothing (in the best possible way) in Minnesota; classes start back up tomorrow, and while I’m not really ready to start writing papers again, I realized yesterday that I won’t be in the newbie group anymore and I’ll get to meet [...]

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Everybody, please go read my friend Sarah’s post. Especially if you’ve ever wondered about us crazy internet people and our internet friendships. I’ve not been terribly vocal about my internet friendships, for all the reasons that Sarah says in her post. But people who know me well may know that I went [...]

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I just found out that one of my friends committed suicide on Thursday. I met her a few years ago on one of the Buffy fanboards, we roomed together in LA for a weekend, and she was really wonderful person–always had the right thing to say when I was down, or any of our [...]

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dilettante (dil-i-tahnt)

A person who enjoys the arts.
An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
A person with a broad but superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge. (Sometimes derogatory.)

(via Wiktionary)
And also, 4. Jandy.
Yes, this is what I have decided I am. [...]

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I fail at cooking.
So I’m doing Hamburger Helper, right? Simple, right? Just brown the beef, throw in the noodles and sauce mix, simmer for 15 minutes, right? Well, to start with, I had frozen the beef a couple of weeks ago. Planning ahead (!), I put it in the refrigerator yesterday [...]

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