Becky's Greatest Hits Vol. II

Head on over to My City Magazine for my next inappropriate beardy man crush on this guy, Benji Hughes .  And also read about the awesome band El Malpais and the cutey couple behind it.  Pick up print copies of the magazine all over Charlotte at these inspiring local venues . 

"Why do you suppose we always chase the ones that run away?" "Immaturity?" (Dangerous Liasons, 1988) "People die down there!  And dying when you're not really sick is really sick, ya know?  Really!" (Better Off  Dead, 1985) "Maybe we should just forget about fighting the phallacracy for a night and go and have a good time?" (PCU, 1994) "You're like the Ernest Hemingway of bullshit!" (Housesitter, 1992) "When you say things like that you make it impossible for me to hate you!  And I really hate you, Harry!" (When Harry Met Sally, 1989) "If you're from Africa, why are you white?" "Oh my god, Karen!  You just can't ask people why they're white!" (Mean Girls, 2004) "You're so young." "I'm 16.  I'm old enough to know when someone's acting like a total a-hole. Oh.  And you know what?  I bought another S...

Lemme just say straight up that I love the Rocky franchise.  I was born in 1975, so I was practically raised on all these movies.  Even though Rocky achieves major fame, every movie still seems to be about the struggle of the underdog, and I really dig that.  This film is no different.  Adonis may be the son of Apollo Creed, but he has definitely lived the life of the underdog. Full of throwbacks to the earlier films and references to past characters, Creed gives you everything you want if you still love Rocky Balboa and the rest of the gang.  It even gives you a story you can latch onto today and could open up another slew of sequels to a younger audience.  And may I just say: Phylicia Rashad ?  Yes, please.  Her role is small but pivotal and her performance strong as always.  A lot of peeps got mad about Michael B. Jordan being passed over for an Oscar nomination in this role.  I can understand the aggravation, bu...

My hope was to read this book and then watch the movie.  After just getting through a short part of it, I realized that was not going to happen.  Actually, I'm amazed I made it through the entire novel.  But in a time when there are way too many news stories of people (mainly women) being held captive by maniacal men, I wanted to see it through.  It is heartbreaking and poignant and at times I really just wanted to get away from it.  But the story of survival is valuable even as hard as it is to imagine.

Don't Sweat It Fest 5 June 23 - 25 Concerts at The Courtroom 201 E. Main Street Rock Hill, SC Bands include: Mineral Girls, Gasp, Amigo, Motel Glory, Mall Goth, Glass, Terror Pigeon, Dear Blanca, and LOTS MORE! All ages event.  Bring the kiddos!

I wouldn't call it transcendent, but this was a very sweet little period piece that damn near bored my husband to tears.  Maybe if we had more direct ties to the immigrant experience it would have moved us both more.  I just didn't feel like the characters were very well-developed and the main character wasn't all that, uh, likeable.  Likeability is very important to me. If you want to watch a charming film about Brooklyn, might I suggest one of my all-time fave Michael Showalter joints, The Baxter ? Now THAT is a likeable leading man right there, and one of my most favorite movies ever.  

It's Friday afternoon in my office.  It's 12:24 pm and it's quiet. Eerily quiet.  I sit down with my lunch and enjoy a blissful 22 minutes before the phone rings again.  That's probably a record.  And it's wonderful. All of my coworkers are sitting quietly at their desks too.  It's the rare event that we're all eating lunch at the same time.  But today was a special occasion in which management sprang for our meals, so we're all tucking into the gorgeous white Styrofoam boxes our summer intern has brought back for us.  We're spread out all over the wide expanse of our 1 floor office/showroom/ work place.  We don't talk.  We just eat.  Quietly.  And it is heavenly. First off, anybody that has ever had a job knows the difference in how you spend your time if you're salaried or hourly.  If you're a salaried employee you almost always work more than 40 hours.  You rarely take lunch and if you do, it's never for the full ...