I just finished Barack Obama’s book Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. This book was written in 1995 not long after Mr. Obama became the first African American president and before he even thought about going into politics. As a result, this book is a lot more honest and [...]
Archive for February, 2009
27 Feb
The State of Melissa address
Well around the time right after watching Joseph Campbell, I came down with something. I was sleeping and sleeping and MORE SLEEPING! Then when I was awake I was exhausted. I was wondering what the hell is wrong with me? I had visions of thyroid conditions, diabetes, cancer . . . I was [...]
22 Feb
Power of Myth
For the past two days, I have been watching Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. This is a fascinating interview of Joseph Campbell, scholar of myths, by Bill Moyer.
Campbell manages to know all the myths that surround the world we live in and their explanation of why we are here. He manages [...]
22 Feb
Will probably be the funniest thing I’ve seen all month.
Lawrence Welk is more modern than I thought. Maybe he’s a NORML member. Oh wait he’s dead.
22 Feb
Better
I do feel better. IT’s amazing what a lot of sleep will do for you. Apparently, I was sleep deprived or something.
oh but now my sleep schedule is still messed up because it’s 2:37.
20 Feb
blargh
I cry. I sleep. I wake up. It’s all better.
Sometimes things really work that way. Somehow the subconscious mind, firing synapses, and all that REM sleep bullshit manage to fix the bug that’s bothering me.
I have a small amount of work to do: enough to keep me busy but not enough to [...]
18 Feb
ramblings on love and whatnot.
I guess my Valentine’s Day blurb was a little bit of a downer. It’s not that I’ve never had a man tell me that he loves me or that I haven’t dated. I’ve even dated one person for quite a while. It’s just that I get this weird dynamic. There’s a line. [...]
14 Feb
Valentine
Love is not a victory march. —- Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
It’s Valentine’s Day. I’m single. I should be bitter or have some great negative screed about today but I don’t.
It’s not that I don’t believe in love. I think love is great. I just don’t manage to get any of [...]
13 Feb
Movie roundup: Towncraft, Supersize Me, and Hubert Selby Jr.:It’ll Be Better Tomorrow
TOWNCRAFT
I vividly remember the first time I saw Slingblade. It was a matinee showing in a five screen movie theater in Dupont Circle (Washington DC). I remember scaring the other viewers because of my giggling. The movie itself wasn’t necessarily humorous but there were moments in that movie that were so quintessentially Arkansan and [...]
11 Feb
Check out “Let The Right One In”
I so want to see this. I missed it when it was in Little Rock. (living in Deer town sucks!!!!) so I’m anxiously waiting for this to to come out on video already.
It’s called “Let The Right One In.” Check out the trailer! It’s the first film to come out from a set of six [...]
