About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Tag Archives: movies
It’s cold and flu season, and I’m your canary in the coalmine. Got railroaded by the bug last week and I’ve been sick a full week. I spent my weekend being The Human Spigot and exploring my all-too-close love-affair with polar fleece and cozy slippers, sipping honeyed tea and regretting food choices that turned me into [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Society Also tagged fear, getting over fear, halloween, horror, life, opening your mind Leave a comment
On November 16th, 1959, Truman Capote read a New York Times article with only 300 words that would change his life, and American literature, forever. The article began: A wealthy wheat farmer, his wife and their two young children were found shot to death today in their home. They had been killed by shotgun blasts [...]
Posted in blogging, Crime, Dimestore Philosophy, Hollywood, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Specifically Steff, writing Also tagged americana, clutter family, dick hickock, film, hemingway, herbert clutter, History, in cold blood, kansas, literature, mass killing, murder, new york times, non-fiction, nyt, reviews, richard hickock, rural, thompson, true crime, truman capote, writing 2 Comments
Jun
04
2010
Fuck You, Hollywood.
We’re witnessing the end of an empire at the box office. Sex and the City 2 is lying there like a dead fish, with all the appeal of a used-up 45-year-old prostitute after a night of chasing 8-balls with gin after running the line for a sex-train at a frat party. Naturally, Hollywood is CONVINCED it’s [...]
Posted in Being me, Consumerism, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, feminism, Hollywood, keeping it real, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, Women's Department Also tagged bad movies, box office, carrie bradshaw, cliche, failure, feminism, Hollywood, kim catrall, mr. big, new york, sarah jessica parker, satc2, sex and the city 2, Sexism, stereotypes, stupidity 6 Comments
May
25
2010
My Culture of Disconnect
I don’t want to read the news today. Or have conversations of consequence with friends. Or watch TV or movies that require braincells. I sure as hell don’t want to read. I want to drift away and disconnect. Be anywhere but here. Heavy shit’s coming down, again. Dad’s lined up for serious surgery three provinces away. For anyone [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, keeping it real, Life 101, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Society, Specifically Steff, Steff Rants Also tagged art, awareness, becoming ignorant, being aware, Books, culture, disconnect, disconnected, film, happenings, life surviving, newspapers, papers, reading, Society Leave a comment
So, I’m drunk. It’s been forever and a day since I’ve drank and blogged, so you’re owed, dear reader, you’re owed. Of course, there’s about 60% chance that this posting will suck, but I’ve given you the “I’m drunk” caveat and I’m good if you are. :) Mm, wine! It’s a cheap and dirty Californian Burgundy. [...]
Posted in Being single, Best of Steff, Dating, Drugs, Journalling, Specifically Steff Also tagged drinking, life, random 3 Comments
Morning Movie, Memories, and Mental Detours