Author: oallen
Full disclosure, I haven’t seen any of the other Ocean’s movies, until recently I didn't even know that Ocean was the family's last name, but I just saw Ocean’s 8 and it was excellent. I tend to love stories that bring unlikely groups of people together on adventures, so this...
I would certainly be considered an introvert, at least a partial introvert, so this article was encouraging. Good to know that I'm clearly the queen of the world now. Though I don't agree that isolation is a direct path to creativity, many of the points in this article by Larry...
People like villains in fiction. I know I do. They’re great characters. They’re fun to hate, or sympathize with, or try to understand, or even forgive. And you can definitely love a morally questionable character without approving of their life choices. My favorite kind of villain, is nuanced, gives you...
Honestly, I needed this article. I love books, but I am so behind on everything I want to read. I have been reading the Last Jedi novelization since March, because I always just have something else I have to do. If you, like me, are a reader who needs to...
I don’t know about you, but I love a good podcast. So, yesterday I was thinking about one of my podcasts, and I thought, “huh, why not make a list of my top five?” And then, when I decided to make the little collage that is the featured photo above,...
Stories are gateways to alternate realities?! Wild! (I knew it all along, don’t tell anyone). This interesting article from Jonathan Gottschall, author of The Storytelling Animal:How Stories Make Us Human, talks about the science behind how our brains make fictional things seem so real. Gottschall says “When the protagonist of...
It’s been a good year for movies so far, the kind I like at least. We got Black Panther, an absolutely beautiful movie, we got Infinity War-don’t even get me started (again), and now Solo. I know there was some controversy about this one in the Star Wars fandom. I...
I have a friend who is currently applying to college. Like me, this will be her second college, and having gone through the college application process twice I know how absolutely frustrating it can be. When asked to write a personal statement she said, and I quote, “Essays are hard....
“It felt like I was drowning, underwater-no, that’s not right, I love water, water feels right, it felt like I was trying to move through honey, like I was seeing and hearing the world through it, but sort of just stuck there, because moving was so difficult” -Me, describing...
Disclaimer: I usually try to keep these little reviews a bit, relaxed, balanced, literary I suppose? This is going to be different, so if you’re not up for a whole lot of nerding, move right along. Fair warning, this will NOT be spoiler free. I repeat SPOILERS. . . . . ....
Stories are a big part of my life. It is a part of my job, blogging and running social media. I tell stories with my friends when I talk. Casual conversation about the stupid thing my friend’s roommate did today or how I completely fail at locking my front door...
