by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jan 2, 2012 | Music and Musings Monday
In the coming year one of my goals is to be treating myself as I would my best friend. Not only is my inner dialog full of ugliness, but I don’t care for myself very well. If my best friend were allergic to wheat, I would never serve it to her. I would make sure there...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 30, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Norwegian Ninja is an odd movie, and has shown me that not everything coming from Norway is good. It’s supposed to be a campy spoof, I think, but they just didn’t take it far enough to make it really funny. I knew it was going to be a bad movie; my hope was it would...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 28, 2011 | Wise Witty and Wacky Wednesday
I am a sensitive person. I don’t mean this in a – I need thousand thread count sheets and my food served at exactly eighty-seven degrees because I’m very delicate and sensitive. I mean I’m a very emotional person, which can make life difficult. There are books...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 26, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
I used to think that achieve balance was like walking a tightrope. I did everything I could to get all my ducks in a row. I made charts, lists, graphs, and so many schedules I could have ran the entire world, if the world worked that way, unfortunately it doesn’t. No...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Dec 23, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Astropia is a fun quirky movie from Iceland. I can’t remember seeing a movie from Iceland before, and I’m very happy with my first choice. As Hildur finds her way after her boyfriend is put in jail, she slides between reality and fantasy. But not creepy fantasy, RPG...