Not counting the ones he watched more than once, there was: Finding Nemo My Neighbor Totoro How to Train Your Dragon Despicable Me Kung Fu Panda Iron Man and Hulk (some random cartoon on Netflix) Harry…
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This perfect movie starts out with the perfect soundtrack that perfectly meshes two seemingly disparate, but upon closer look, rather parallel generations. Something about the late 80s meeting the early 60s feels so right. Both were…
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Ten years ago in New York City, my typical Saturday night might look a little something like this: 9pm dinner at some swanky establishment with a name like food. (no capitals, period at the end of…
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Through no real fault of her own, Taylor Swift has always been one of those people who I have hated HARD. This is not, I realize, a healthy sentiment for an adult human being to have…
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Living in an area that’s shrouded in fog June through August, it’s hard to feel as though you’re really experiencing summer—I wore boots the other day. But the weird thing about the Monterey Peninsula is that…
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I’d like to report that although we live 3,000 miles away from our Italian side of the family, Alex and I are doing a splendid job of teaching Lucas about the other half of his culture.…
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It was the summer after 9/11 in downtown New York. I had just graduated from NYU and, with my fancy degree, was working as a cocktail waitress while I tried to “make it” as a dancer.…
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Yesterday I got a voicemail from my doctor’s office. They wanted to know if I could come in an hour before today’s appointment to get some x-rays done on my back. If my voicemail were a…
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I shift in my chair uncomfortably. I’ve been staring at my computer screen for the last two hours and I’ve written and deleted and rewritten a passage that I’m still not satisfied with. Something is gnawing…
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How many times have you heard this? “Nobody told me I was going to be losing THIS much sleep!” And how many times have you thought this? “Well, people were telling you, you probably just didn’t…
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