Friday, April 18, 2014

I was doing some housekeeping at the Verity! blog when I decided to pop in here for a dust and tidy as well...which is when I realized I hadn't updated since last summer. Crikey, how did THAT happen?! All I can say is thank you internet gods for The Twitters because some days 140 characters is just a about all I have time for.

Lots of things are happening, both personally and professionally but, to be honest, the personal is sucking all the air out of the room at the moment. The Eldest Child is down to the wire in making his choice for University. Having so many options is a *good* problem but it still is taking up a lot of brain space and family time as we do one last whip round of school visits.

On another personal note I have finally succumbed to the lure of the Mac. I'm writing this post on a shiny, new MacBook Air which I have fallen madly in love with. It's been a short, passionate affair that goes something like this:

Day 1:  Shiny!!!
Day 2:  Shiny, shiny toy!
Day 3:  Oh dear god, what have I done?
Day 4:  Okay, this isn't so bad...
Day 5:  I..think I'm getting the hang of this.
Day 6:  Okay, I know I still have things to learn, but I'm really liking this...
Day 7:  Forgive me Saint Jobs! All these years...wasted. Never leave me, you darling machine.

I know there are still frustrating days ahead but consider me a full-fledged consumer of the Apple Kool-Aid.

In a more serious note, Emma Vieceli recently wrote an excellent post on the limits of film production when it comes to female-driven properties. This topic has been nudging its way to the front of the brain queue as we're poised on the brink of the "summer blockbuster" season. Last summer Linda Holmes, of the NPR blog Monkeysee and Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, wrote a fantastic article on finding women in the movies. (Hint: it wasn't easy.) I'll be looking at this more in the very near future. Will this summer see something different or will we be, as in 2013, looking at another "solid, impenetrable wall of movies about dudes"? Hmmmm....





2 comments:

  1. There are lots of stores which market Indian native saris like the 1 your own hermes replica bollywood presenter dons and also the selection is actually consequently known as bollywood sarees. If you wish to purchase sarees because informal dons, absolutely nothing, may defeat 100 % cotton sarees. They're very comfy and you will very easily activity all of them during the day. Within prada replica it's favored through ladies within the warm summer time times thanks to this becoming really airy as well as gentle. This kind of Indian native saris can be found in numerous colours as well as designs, which means you have always a diverse selection to select from. It might be your best option for any official company gucci replica belts providing you with the nice as well as sharp appear. This particular, nevertheless, doesn't imply that you can't don it with regard to galas. Along with a lot range you have within excellent designs as well as colours 100 % cotton sarees might appear great even though put on for just about any event. Females style may be gucci replica very frequently with this the actual collecting obtainable style on the internet Cultural Garments modifications as well. The majority of Indian native average women choose putting on 100 % cotton sarees during the day. It's actually chosen to get through the to become instructors along with other gucci replica since it retains all of them comfy as well as clean all through. To keep these types of Indian native saris, all you could will have to perform is actually clean after which metal all of them plus they are prepared to end up being put on once again.

    ReplyDelete