Welcome to Rewatching Buffy, the part of the blog where I rewatch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Each Tuesday evening, you’re invited to join me as I attempt to rediscover what made me love this show 20 years ago. Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered Xander and Buffy are in a graveyard discussing his gift to Cordelia for … Continue reading Rewatching Buffy – Episodes 28, 29, & 30
Month: March 2017
AFI #29 – Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity 1944 Directed by Billy Wilder Netflix says... Smitten insurance man Walter Neff plots the perfect murder with femme fatale client Phyllis Dietrichson: staging her husband's "accidental" death to collect double indemnity on his life insurance and absconding with the loot. It seems my fate to catch up on all the great film noir … Continue reading AFI #29 – Double Indemnity
Question of the Week #109
Since adolescence, in what three-year period do you feel you experienced the most personal growth and change? Probably 2019-2021... I feel like those are gonna be some really good years. Really, though, I'd say the years I'm in right now. I'm in a great place right now. I'm finally doing something that I feel like … Continue reading Question of the Week #109
Running
Several years ago... more years than I care to admit... I was sitting around with a friend of mine lamenting some decisions that the powers that be in the city of Roanoke were making. The two of us thought it would be great to run for city council. Though it never happened. I moved to … Continue reading Running
Rewatching Buffy – Episodes 25, 26, & 27
Welcome to Rewatching Buffy, the part of the blog where I rewatch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Each Tuesday evening, you’re invited to join me as I attempt to rediscover what made me love this show 20 years ago. Surprise What's Drusilla doing in Buffy's house? And why is The Bronze inside Buffy's bathroom? And why … Continue reading Rewatching Buffy – Episodes 25, 26, & 27
AFI #30 – Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now 1979 Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Netflix says... Francis Ford Coppola's timeless epic adapts Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness to the Vietnam War, where special operations Capt. Willard (Martin Sheen) must travel deep into the Cambodian jungle to locate and kill the mysterious -- and insane -- Col. Kurtz (Marlon Brando). I really … Continue reading AFI #30 – Apocalypse Now
Question of the Week #108
You are invited to a party that will be attended by many fascinating people you've never met. Would you want to go if you had to go by yourself? A social butterfly like me? No, probably not. Wait, how fascinating are we talking? Is it, like, a list of every person I've ever thought would … Continue reading Question of the Week #108
The Entertainer
At my church, I'm a part of a group called GAP. GAP is an acronym meaning Graduates And Professionals. I once heard our demographic described by a friend's 5-year-old son as "pretend adults." Anyway, we're a group made up of grad students and young professionals. I guess. I always have a hard time describing the … Continue reading The Entertainer
Rewatching Buffy – Episodes 22, 23, & 24
Welcome to Rewatching Buffy, the part of the blog where I rewatch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Each Tuesday evening, you’re invited to join me as I attempt to rediscover what made me love this show 20 years ago. Y'all, the actual 20th anniversary of Buffy's series premiere was on Friday. Isn't that neat? Aren't you … Continue reading Rewatching Buffy – Episodes 22, 23, & 24
AFI #31 – The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 1941 Directed by John Huston Netflix says... Humphrey Bogart stars as private eye Sam Spade in this Oscar-nominated noir classic that finds the sultry Miss Wonderly (Mary Astor) seeking out protection from a man named Thursby. Spade's partner (Jerome Cowan) takes the case--but he winds up dead, along with Thursby. Spade's subsequent … Continue reading AFI #31 – The Maltese Falcon
The Confusing Middle 