One of my Pinterest boards is dedicated to fancy cakes. I started it when I was practicing to make my brother’s wedding cake last fall, and it just keeps growing. When I came across this cake, topped with fondant sushi, I was inspired. But since fondant is less than delicious, it seemed like a waste … Continue reading »
We Need to Talk about Kevin: The Movie is the story of Eva Khatchadourian, a mother with the unfortunate luck of having a sociopath for a son and an imbecile for a husband. Her son turned out to be a murderer, and the people of the town will punish her forever. It’s tragic, but not especially interesting.
The beauty of We Need to Talk About Kevin: The Book, was the nuance and the unknowns. Though I know it’s a cliché to whine about how the movie butchered the book, it’s true. What I loved about the book was that it left me with questions. Is Kevin a monster because he was destined to be a monster? Or is Kevin a monster because his mother rejected him from the beginning? Do parents actually have the power to ruin their children so completely or are our lives, the lives we’re so desperate to control, really out of our hands? The story of the murders is really secondary to the story of understanding motherhood and understanding Eva’s and Kevin’s place in the world. Continue reading »
I wasn’t going to blog about Weight Watchers. It’s not that I’m embarrassed per se — I’ve blogged about weight loss and exercise before — it’s mostly that blogging about it draws attention to my weight (which, obviously, if I don’t say it aloud people will totally not notice, right?). And discussing weight loss means … Continue reading »
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Slutwalk Toronto, a march down the streets of Toronto to protest the shaming women based on their appearance and their choices, and blaming women for sexual assaults (check out the list of other cities participating), happened today. Let me start by saying that I am not an authority on this event, and probably not even … Continue reading »
When a live performance sounds just like the album, be impressed.
