Foreign Film Friday: Hyde, Jekyll, Me

I have found Dramafever.com, a site with free Korean dramas, full of wonderful/awful shows. They have fun stories, and a different way to approach the stories. I think is important for writers to explore, so it is not entertainment, it’s research, people. I’m working here. Anyway Hyde, Jekyll, Me is a fun odd story. It has romance and a Jekyll/Hyde character, but the dominant character is a cold-hearted business man who fights to suppress the side of him that is a sweet, playful, artistic hero...

I’m Not Going To Starve!!

So it seems like every time I change my eating habits, my loving family starts out very supportive and then slowly changes what they bring me for meals. Yes, you will probably hate me after this, but I almost never cook. Breakfast and dinner are made by my hubby and daughter. They bring it down to the group home for me every day 🙂 But when I start trying to eat better, the meals seem to become bigger. Because I am no longer eating grains, I have to eat double portions of everything else,...

 First World Problems

There are times when I complain about something, and my privilege and wealth just smack me in the face. I am not wealthy by American monetary standards, but compared to so many people I am. So here are some things I’ve said to myself and then thought, “Really? You’re actually going to complain about that? What is wrong with you?” When I’m tired and go to put my bed together (it’s a futon that folds from a couch to a bed), sometimes the sheets are in the dryer, and I have to make up my bed. So...

The Grocer’s Son

This French movie was sweet and funny. A son is forced into going home and helping out at his family’s grocery store in a small mountain town. The town is so sweet, and he packs a van every day to drive over the mountain to smaller villages and homes were people live alone. I want this job. The views were beautiful, the people sweet, and quirky, and not willing to put with the son’s bad attitude. Something happened to estrange the father and son—we never know what it is. They don’t have a big...

So I’m not a millionaire yet.

  Phoenix Child has been out for a week and a half, and I’m not yet a millionaire, which is disappointing. I also haven’t gotten call for Oprah, Rove, or Grahame Norton to book me on their shows. I’m not sure this whole “reality” thing is working for me. I know it takes time, and multiple books, and reviews, and marketing. But surely I would be the exception. At least I expected to have someone ask me for the movie rights by now. I guess maybe I should stop shopping for my Oscar dress and...

The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox I loved this movie. One of my favorite things about foreign films is learning about other cultures. And in this movie we learn about the care and energy that goes into preparing lunch for working relatives. It’s so sweet and unique. The story is also fun. The way these two people become friends, share their lives with each other, and help each other through lunches and letters is wonderful. I adored both characters. Their lives are so rich and sad and have so much potential. The...

Picking a Meal Based on the Sauce.

I just opened the fridge and found left over plum sauce from when we’d had Chinese food. I love plum sauce! So now I’m wondering what I can make to go with it. There has to be something in this fridge that goes with plum sauce, and yet I don’t want to spend an hour chopping veggies for a stir fry! I found some frozen cooked shrimp and warmed them up covering them in the plum sauce to get my fix. Do you base meals on the random sauces you find in the fridge?

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Alica McKenna Johnson writes about snarky girls, kind boys, and the adults trying to keep them alive. After day dreaming for the first thirty years of life, Alica finally began writing her stories down, much to the delight of her readers. As Alica sits in her armchair at home dreaming of traveling the world, her diverse characters explore for her listening to music, seeing the sights, and eating exotic foods.

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