I remember thinking—a few years back, eyes glazed by the million-mile-an-hour flash of a Hello Kitty DVD—that life had picked up too much speed. It wasn’t just me feeling my age, that downhill journey where you tumble faster and faster, days blurring, one into the next, until suddenly you’re at the bottom and there’s aContinueContinue reading “The Impatience of Age”
Category Archives: Rambles
My Writing Process
Every writer has a process, from where they get their ideas to how they eventually encourage each spark into a story. We use different words and have a preference for different naming conventions. We write in varied genres. We deal with success differently. I think failure depresses all of us, even when we’re posting motivational quotationsContinueContinue reading “My Writing Process”
Something Like a Good Book
This is supposed to be my reading challenge update for April, but… I didn’t read the book. I chose one, made sure it was on my list, read the first chapter and then put it aside. I expected this to happen. The organisers of this event expected it to happen. That’s why there are twoContinueContinue reading “Something Like a Good Book”
Movie Mix-Ups (There’s a surprise inside)
To wrap up my week of movie posts, I’m going to share some of the weirdest stuff I’ve ordered from Netflix, accidentally on purpose. Yes, that phrase takes on an actual meaning when applied to my method of selecting movies. Here’s what happens: inspired to see a particular movie, I hit Netflix and conduct aContinueContinue reading “Movie Mix-Ups (There’s a surprise inside)”
Great Expectations (Movies that impressed or depressed)
You know when you put off renting a movie for a while, because it stars an actor that sets your teeth on edge, or it got bad reviews, or it got great reviews, but you’re sure you won’t like it? Or it was overhyped and therefore must be crap? Then, when you finally rent it,ContinueContinue reading “Great Expectations (Movies that impressed or depressed)”
Kelly Jensen 