Bulletin Board of the Brain

Weirdest Birthday Greeting I’ve Ever Sent

“If you were Queen Victoria under the controlling hand of Sir John Conroy, this would be the first day you could actually step into your power as sovereign. So glad neither of you ever had to sign a regency order. Happy 25th!”

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Ah…the Pleasures of Juxtaposition

From Joshua, the consummate minimalist

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2010 Pop Culture Conference Rundown

4 days, hundreds of professors, PhD/Grad/Undergraduate students and very short food breaks = the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association’s annual conference.

Ian Klein joined me in Albuquerque for another year of frying our brains with academic discourse on popular culture. We heard about 50 papers and drank a lot of smoothies. It was indescribably delightful.
Here’s [...]

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Talking Twilight, or am I…?

Powerpoint sneak peaks from my presentation for this year’s Southwest/Texas American & Pop Culture Association’s conference. Best week ever kicking off next Tuesday!

Oh the power of correlation

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One Meal to Feed Them All, One Meal to Find Them, One Meal to Bring Them All Where Watching Movies Binds Them

For the second year in a row, I spent the first day of the year going “There and Back Again” with friends, watching all three Lord of the Rings films. Last year we watched the theatrical cut of Fellowship and Return of the King, with the extended Two Towers in the middle (in my opinion, [...]

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“Facebook, Roadside Attractions and the Atonement” or “Vince on the Cross”

I was allowing myself to be distracted by Facebook one day, following friend’s links haphazardly to see what quizzes they’d scored 83% on or what pictures they took on their vacations. One link trail took me to a photo album of a friend from high school. No doubt it was the photo album [...]

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The “Roller-mance of the Library” Scarf for:

Name: Erin M. Blakemore
Location: Boulder, CO

Occupation: Writer and Director/Marketing/Social Media Consultant at the company I co-founded and co-own, VOCO Creative

A significant difference between California and Colorado: In California, I cry and curl up under massive blankets when the temperature hits 55. In Colorado, I laugh and go bare-legged. Also, rockabilly is [...]

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A Peak Into My Process

By the fourth Twilight Saga book, my annotations had evolved to the level of audience-interaction. Seen here- musical notes accompanying the words “Projective Identification” — so you can sing it as you read it.

Singing about projective identification:
Coping mechanism?
yes sir.

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Family Tree

Bridget made this for the little one she’s carrying right now.
It was so beautiful, I had to share it.

Joyous Advent To You and Yours, Kj

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This Made Me Laugh Heartily

Staff chat during tonight’s performance of Black Nativity, Intiman’s annual Christmas production.
William: It sounded like they just said “Sanjaya”.
Me: They did. He’s in the show this year.
William: WHAT???!!!! Are you serious?
Madeline: Does that mean you’re gonna see the show, William?
William: No. But if Sanjaya had done the one person Joan Didion play, I would [...]

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