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Very British Problems in All its Incarnations

Very British Problems in All its Incarnations. No longer just a Twitter feed--it's a book & TV show, as well.

(Source) As mentioned in my dispatch about self-doubt, the Twitter feed Very British Problems (@SoVeryBritish) has been something of a comfort in regard to my ability to fit into my new country. First, I discovered it had been turned into a book, which was on sale in the Kindle edition for .99 so I got that and read it in a couple hours. It has many of the tweets divided into categories, as well…

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#Comedy #Documentary

I Gave It My Best Shot

I Gave It My Best Shot. A comic from Fowl Language that illustrates the last six weeks of my life.

We leave the country in less than thirty-six hours. What a roller coaster the preparation for this move has been. It’s not over–we still don’t have a permanent place to live or any furniture of our own. And I rather want to take a break and just relax for a couple days but there’s some serious insanity in store for the final two days… I’d like to thank Brian Gordon of Fowl Language comics for so…

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Dispatch 005: Self Doubt Do-Si-Do

Dispatch 005: Self Doubt Do-Si-Do. What if this move is a terrible, terrible mistake?

Source is Google–this comes up when you type in ‘do-si-do’ to the search engine. (From Wikipedia–basically, you wind up where you started.) I once worked for a woman who’d decided to open an independent bookshop during an economic downturn after being a doctor for decades. Being that this was a risky business decision at the best of times, and doctoring tends to be a more highly esteemed career…

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Limitless

Limitless: If you could take an unregulated drug that would make you a genius--would you?

When will the fashion for orange and blue on film posters be over? (source) Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is a writer with a contract to fulfill and he’s not writing. Or doing much of anything else, really. (Sponging off your girlfriend isn’t exactly a job per se…) Said girlfriend (Abbie Cornish) has enough and breaks it off. Eddie crosses paths with his ex-brother-in-law Vernon (Johnny…

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#Science Fiction #Thriller

Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates

(source) It began with six students from various backgrounds at the fictional Pitt College at Oxford University. And it ended in New York City in the present day. Sort of. There are two stories being told. One of an American in England–Chad. Chad from the pig farm in upstate New York who managed to attend Oxford for a year. The other story takes place fourteen years later. It is told by a person…

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#Fiction #Literary Oxford

Dispatch 004: The Obligatory Bureaucracy Post

Dispatch 004: The Obligatory Bureaucracy Post. This post was inevitable.

I’d like to thank the one on the left for my husband moving to the U.S.–the one of my right for my moving to the U.K. (source) Choosing to emigrate is choosing to be complicit in the murder of many innocent trees. It’s easiest not to fight it—to simply accept your fate and do as you’re told to the best of your ability. Some instructions you’ll be given will seem nonsensical and some forms will…

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Dispatch 003: A Different Breed of People

Dispatch 003: A Different Breed of People: The Cravens vs Yard Salers pt 1. We prepare to sell our stuff to bargain hunters.

or The Cravens vs the Yard Salers (pt 1) Moving to the other side of an ocean will make a person re-evaluate how much you need all of the things you currently possess. Particularly when it costs an appendage or two to ship your possessions across said ocean. Suddenly the things that have composed the backdrop of your life for fifteen years don’t seem all that vital. A friend who’d moved even…

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Dispatch 002: The Future of Architecture in Oxford

Dispatch 002: The Future of Architecture in Oxford. I muse on some building decisions in my new city.

One of the reasons I am excited to be moving to Oxford is the sheer beauty of the place. The University was established in 1096, though the first college, St Edmund Hall was founded in 1226. It was constructed of the golden/yellow stone native to the area called Headington stone. Many colleges that followed over the next 600 years would also be constructed of said stone. Then the Victorians came…

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Dispatch 001: Panic, Planning and Palpitations

Dispatch 001: Panic, Planning and Palpitations. A new essay series about moving to another country. Yikes and yay! (And Yikes!)

‘You’re an Anglophile.’ I was sixteen and had met (for the first time) someone who was interested in the same sorts of books and television shows I was. He was in his early forties, quietly fabulous, and had a small painting of the Queen in his very well-appointed, Victorian style house. After seeing his books and vast collection of videos—it was twenty something years ago—I was happy to have…

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Writing from December 2015

Writing from December 2015 and some information about plans for 2016.

Seriously. We’ve had the a/c on. I’ve taken to pretending I live in Australia. (source) Article For the Greater Wilmington Business Journal I wrote a piece about Renewable Recreation, a company that aims to help gyms shrink their carbon footprint. Book Review Christopher J. Yates’ debut Black Chalk was a compelling mystery that would appeal to fans of The Secret History. I highly enjoyed it. Film…

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Writing from November 2015

I might be showing my age here, but this is from the video to November Rain and this song rocks. You will never rock as hard as Slash on Axl’s piano. (source) Articles For the Greater Wilmington Business Journal I wrote about the virtual reality lounge at Cucalorus (it was incredible). For WILMA I covered the InnovateHER Challenge and other events at the Cucalorus film festival that were geared…

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Writing from October 2015

Writing from October 2015. A screenplay review, two film reviews and an article. Oh my!

Oh look, a person with more fine motor skills than I have. (photo by Matthew Apgar) (source) We started redecorating/repurposing a room in October while I was writing essays and fiction, which I highly recommend, as it isn’t nearly as time-consuming or complicated as you might think. Article For the Greater Wilmington Business Journal I wrote about Human Innovations and their technology to help…

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Writing from September 2015

Writing from September 2015. Articles, an interview, a review and a post about New Orleans.

September 2015 will always be when I learned *this* abomination exists. September was a somewhat slow month writing-wise, as I spent some of it on holiday and the rest either recuperating from all the extroversion or catching up from being away. Articles Boundless Energy: A profile of Kristin Lancaster’s tech career from the Pentagon to GE Hitachi. Catwalk Coiffeur: A profile of Hannah Lynne,…

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New York Fashion Week — Beyond the Runway This month I wrote a piece for WILMA about three people from Wilmington participating in New York Fashion Week as a hair stylist, make up artist and nail tech.

Writing from August 2015

Me at the end of the month. August was too hot, is what I’m trying to say. Article This month’s tech column for the Wilmington Business Journal is about Blooswell, an SEO, SEM, social media management company. Film & Television Reviews Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play Grace and Frankie, two women blind-sided by the news that their husbands of forty years are leaving them in order to marry one…

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Writing from July 2015

Writing from July. 2 articles, 1 profile, 3 book reviews, 3 film reviews & a love note to an adored TV show. It was a good month.

Every July 4th, the US celebrates its independence from Britain by blowing up things. FREEDOM! (credit WETA) Articles This month’s first Greater Wilmington Business Journal Tech Column was about Schedulefly, software targeted to independent restaurants that make making schedules less of a nightmare from the Inferno and more of something you can do on your iPad. This month’s second GWBJ Tech…

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Writing from June 2015

Writing from June 2015. Film and TV reviews, an article and a book review. Come and get them!

Flaming June by Frederick Lord Leighton Article My tech article in the Greater Wilmington Business Journal was about Lapetus, a company aiming to revolutionize the life insurance business. Book Reviews Karim Dimechkie’s debut Lifted by the Great Nothing was a coming of age story about searching for truth and the tragedy of growing up. Film and Television Reviews Fresh Meat is a British TV series…

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