Penance

Friends, I have been a bad blogger. Furthermore, I am considering moving my thoughts to Tumblr, as it has a better app for my phone, and therefore I might blog more. Also, addendum to my "furthermore", I feel like this blog was perhaps for college-times, and now that I am in the workforce, perhaps I need something less time consuming. Tumblr seems perfect for my ten minutes of spare time per day. Abandonment of TeamLara seems cruel, though. Hmm...

Twinkle Lights

Merry Christmas

Video Crack

As I watch TV while waiting to go out for the evening, I realize that there are certain movies that, if broacasted, I cannot not watch. Now, this is in no way a list of my favorite movies. These are just movies that are on TV all the time that I love coming across while channel flipping. Here is a list of movies that captivate me every time they're on, even if I just caught a showing of it two days before:

1. Clueless.
2. Titanic.
3. Rudy.
4. Bridget Jones' Diary.
5. Witness.
6. Grease 2
7. You've Got Mail.
8. The Parent Trap (Hayley Mills or LiLo).
9. Jumanji.
10. I Know What You Did Last Summer (parts I and II).

Things I Like #17: Interviews

Okay, here is a confession:

One of my life-long desires is to have someone interview me. I don't just mean like, a two-liner interview in the The Spectator, but like, a 6 page Vanity Fair-style interview spread with long descriptive paragraphs about my facial expressions and recent real estate purchases. Whenever I read interviews I really like, I often come up with my own answers to the questions, or put in my own name in place of the actual interview-ee. Oftentimes, when I'm on a run and not in the zone and want to quit, I play Q and A with myself. When I was little and couldn't fall asleep, I would have an interview session with myself. It's very relaxing.

To clarify, I'm not like, making up a fake life and interviewing myself about the new hit movie I'm in; I always find interviews that delve into celebrities' mundane lives the most interesting, and so I often ask myself questions such as, "What is in your refrigerator?", "I hear you like cats; tell us about your cat", "What is your favorite holiday tradition?", etc. So I'm not that weird, right?! At least I'm not coming up with answers to things like, "Who was a bigger influence on this album, Tupac or Biggy?"!

I find that this interview process is both a) entertaining and b) semi-therapeutic. Perhaps I can de-ego the process and claim that it is exactly what St. Ignatius called for when he prescribed a daily "examination of conscious". Or something. I wholeheartedly recommend incorporating interviews into your weekly routine.