Claire Conger

Where Juno and Beverly were inquisitive and rebellious in losing their virginity, Stella (played by Georgiana Cates) in An Awfully Big Adventure (the movie 1995) is direct and purposeful.  Read more... (264 words, 4 images, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)

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Juno is a thoroughly delightful coming-of-age story about a smart and quirky teen, Juno played by Ellen Page, who seduces her geeky boyfriend and gets pregnant in that quintessentially innocent first fumbling experiment with sex. She does it with the right person, her best friend. Her offbeat family—especially the younger sister—is reminiscent of the characters in Little Miss Sunshine.  Read more... (575 words, 10 images, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

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I didn’t go snowboarding this week because I didn’t like the weather report, which turned out to be too inaccurate for trip-planning purposes. Grr!

So instead, I went to yoga class. Riding my bike home, who should I encounter riding his bike to work? None other than Pseudo Boyfriend #2, the one whose calls this January I did not return.  Read more... (422 words, 4 images, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

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I was thoroughly entertained listening to Kathe Mazur’s reading of The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus.

The Nanny Diaries does what a good book ought, transport the reader—listener—to a different world. In this case, it’s upper-class Manhattan where the rich are clueless.  Read more... (212 words, 2 images, estimated 51 secs reading time)

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Last night I watched The Hours, a movie based on Michael Cunningham’s 2000 novel of the same name.

The Hours is a haunting psychodrama around the suicide of Virginia Woolf (played by Nicole Kidman) with the death theme running throughout.  Read more... (263 words, 8 images, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)

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