by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m sorry but the holiday’s have won- I’m behind in reading blogs, tweets, and FB- I’m behind in posting, but I have knitted a bunch, made three batches of caramels, and spent way too much money on gifts- one of them is for ME! Anyway I wanted...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 9, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Attack the Block This film is what I mean when I talk about adding diversity without making it the focal point in your work. Attack the Block takes place in a London slum run by a drug gang. The main characters are black teenagers whose best option is getting in good...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 7, 2011 | Uncategorized, Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday
During yoga I had a piph today, not a full blown epiphany, just a small flash of insight into my life: a piph. As I was attempting to put my left foot by my right hip, cross my right leg over my left, then hug my knee and turn twisting to the left I had to stop. I...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 2, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Troll Hunter Is an amazing movie! It’s done in documentary style, and while at first I thought it was going to be a horror movie it really isn’t. There are some suspenseful parts, and one guy does get eaten; but he didn’t follow the rules, so that’s what happens when...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Nov 30, 2011 | Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday
To say my life is frustrating does not convey the daily restraint required to not commit acts which would require some friends, shovels, and a six foot hole. I can feel a breakdown coming soon. It might involve Mojitos and there will be crying. But then I hope to...
