American Grandstand

Who decided the halftime show needed to solve America's problems in 13 minutes? I can't even wash my hair that fast.

Rock of Ages

Too much skin, not enough Skynyrd.

SNAFU: Situation Normal, All F*ked Up

Once upon a time, we lived the simple life, and I thought that was just...how life would stay.

Sleep Is For the Weak

'Up All Night, Sleep All Day' - not just a song by Slaughter, but possibly the working title of my next autobiography, sadly without the fun or salacious bits.

Crossroads

Two movies this week posed the same question in very different ways: what do you choose when neither option is better?

Groundhog Day

The day never really changes, but you do.

A Long December

This was harder to write than I expected.

Ho Phase

Ho Phase: how I stay festive without losing my sense of reality. That’s it. That’s the whole thing.

Age Against the Machine

There's a big difference between getting older and getting old.

Premature Decoration

I decorated early, which is wildly out of character for me.

Two Truths and a Comic-Con Lie

It’s hard to explain a choice that looks selfish from the outside, but was the only one I had left.

Somewhere in Time

I went to Teslacon thinking I’d just watch other people escape their lives for a weekend. I didn’t expect to understand it as much as I did.