Bad Movie

We saw a terrible movie last night. It was so bad that about 9 minutes in, there were the silent looks between E and me—this is awful, isn’t it? should I be the first one to say it?—and then soon after, and I don’t remember who said it first, we were outright bad-mouthing it, with [...]

On Ideas, Fragments of Ideas, and the Red Room

In my mind right now is a tiny little thing. It started smaller than a pea, just this miniature glob knocking around up in there, sometimes I’d notice it, but most times I’d just let it be. It’s this idea I have. For the past few days I had a headache, so I couldn’t think [...]

Lilya 4-Ever…

I first saw the movie Lilya 4-Ever by myself in a practically empty theater in the middle of a weekday, on a whim—knowing nothing of what to expect, just that it was about a girl, and there would be subtitles, and was showing at 1 o’clock. I sat toward the front. Two men were in [...]