by Alica McKenna Johnson | Mar 12, 2012 | Music and Musings Monday
When I wrote my first post on Anti-Zen I didn’t realize I had more bit of wisdom to share. Today’s lesson is about feeling free to be yourself. In Zen philosophy you should detach yourself from others’ opinions. As you allow yourself to be free you inspire...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Mar 9, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
Regular Guys is a movie from Germany about a cop, Christoph, having a truly hideous day. In true macho style he gets drunk and wakes up naked next to another equally naked gay man. Christoph doesn’t know what he’s done, is confused about who he is, and what he wants....
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Mar 7, 2012 | Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday
The perfect guy is boring! I ranted recently about female characters, now it’s time for a go at heroes. Why are they suddenly always perfect? Especially in YA I see heroes with perfect abs, control of their tempers and hormones, money, understanding of their emotions,...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Mar 5, 2012 | Music and Musings Monday
I am a very high maintenance wife. I’m not expensive, I just require a lot of time and attention. A LOT. Anyway, one of the multitude of things my husband does for me is hide his finger nails. Not always. I’m fine with regular finger nails. However my husband is a...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Mar 4, 2012 | ROW80 update
I didn’t do too bad this week. 5 out of 7 days I made my 1000 word count- not getting on the internet helps a lot. I’ll continue with this goal. I did write a first lesson, but it’s weak. So for this week I’ll work on lesson 2 and see if I can...
