by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 8, 2011 | Music Monday
So here is another Tarkan video- I do adore him he’s so pretty and in this one we get a good look at male middle eastern dancing- we call it belly dancing- but in Turkey it’s the normal social dance. Why yes I am planning a trip to Turkey to go clubbing how did you...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 5, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
For the tenth movie I’ve chosen Waking Ned Devine. It is an adorable film about a group of friends who find out the man who won the lottery died from the shock of it, so they set out to pretend he’s still alive. The whole village is in on it, as the money will be...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 3, 2011 | Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday
Anyone who writes- or knows someone who writes- knows the agony of editing and revising. They say it’s what separates writers from authors- well we’ll see. Right now however I feel like I am revising my life- don’t worry no character changes- just need a new point of...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 1, 2011 | Music Monday
Today’s video is a bit different. This one is from t.A.T.u. A Russian teen girl band- or at least it was when the video was made. I like it because it shows that across the world people- in this case teens- are dealing with the some of the same issues, looking for...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jul 29, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Dead Snow is my ninth review for Foreign Film Friday. Dead Snow is a horror movie from Norway, there is an isolated ski cabin, college students not expected back till the end of spring break, buried treasure, and Nazi Zombies- oh yes, Nazi Zombies. It has a slow build...
