Okay it's been a dog's age since I posted here, and who knows if I'm going to keep this up, given how sparsely I post to my other blog/journal type thingies - but I figure if I start getting in the habit of virtually talking out loud to myself, that might prevent me from doing it in real life any more than I already do.

Yeah, right. I'm on track to be the next Little Edie, I'm quite sure of that.

Anyhoo, I'm thinking I'll use this for quickie reviews of things I've seen/heard/read that are more off the cuff and emotional response rather than analytical essay/criticism. Or not. Who knows - I see tons of films, and am always more than happy to talk about them, but when it comes to writing them down, something about that makes my brain cramp, and I can never decide if I want to go with the 'she blowed up real good' or 'mise-en-scene reminiscent of Ozu' style of film review. This is where I'll tease that out.

Also will have top of my head reactions to news/entertainment, not so much rants per se although I'm not ruling that out.

Be forewarned I'm going to let myself go to the maudlin/gallows humor room, too - but don't worry too much, because I'm Irish, which means I am a licensed melancholia* technician.

*melancholia as in the noun form of melancholy, not as in the psychiatric diagnosis, which in my mind misuses the definition of melancholy