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My life, as Amelia Edwards once said, is the "satisfaction of a purposeless curiosity."

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Monthly Archives: January 2013

Movie Resolution: Week #52

January 29, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

This bitch of a resolution should have been done this week, but no, I still have to watch three more movies and review them. I’ll always love movies, but I […]

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Anne Rice, cinema, film, Marlene Dietrich, movie, review, rich, vampire

Margarita Macarons

January 29, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I’ve become very fond of margaritas over the past year. Not the flavored ones so much, I prefer the traditional lime flavor. Never ever blended, mind you–always over ice. When […]

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baking, chocolate, cooking, eggs, food, genius, liqour, macaron, margarita, tequila

Regretting the End of the World: Part 2

January 27, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Time to finish up my last six regrets should the world end. I originally meant this to be about the words, but it’s all about the cat pictures. Who knew […]

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ancient Egypt, animals, apocalypse, archaeology, architecture, bricks, cat, celebrity, Egyptian, Egyptology, end of the world, famous, interior decorating, interior design, rapture, Terrible Miss Margo, Victorian, writing, zoo

Things I Loved / Hated This Week #16

January 26, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Vegetarian: I wrote extensively about this in my film blog this week, so I won’t rapturously go on and on, but I love everything about being a vegetarian. There […]

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Andrew Christian, animals, Apple, baking, chocolate, clothes, cute, drunk, eggs, electricity, exercise, fashion, food, hate, IKEA, interior decorating, interior design, Internet, love, sexy, underwear, vegetarian

Movie Resolution: Week #51

January 24, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

December 15: Call It A Day [Trailer] I watched a lot of Olivia de Havilland films this week, which is a good thing, I wish she starred in everything with […]

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cinema, film, movie, Olivia de Havilland, Paris, review, vegetarian

Regretting the End of the World: Part 1

January 20, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

 [Just to let you know, this post is going to be heavily illustrated with end-of-the-world-cat-imagery. You’re welcome.] A long time ago, I tried watching the movie, Apocalypto. It was the […]

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abs, ancient Egypt, apocalypse, beach, cat, Chanel, Coco Chanel, dance, drunk, Egyptian, Egyptology, end of the world, fat, Karl Lagerfeld, Paris, rapture, sexy, skinny

Things I Loved/Hated This Week #15

January 19, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Power Tools: [I bet you can’t even see my sexy heater. Yes, heaters can be sexy.] In my younger days, I never thought that I would enjoy anything at […]

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animals, Beyonce, hate, IKEA, interior decorating, interior design, Joanna Lumley, Karl Lagerfeld, language, literature, love, Susan Boyle, winter

Movie Resolution: Week #50

January 18, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

December 8: The Cockeyed Miracle [Trailer] I enjoy Frank Morgan. It’s always strange to see him in roles that aren’t the Wizard, but they’re usually good. They’re all the same […]

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cinema, film, movie, review

Movie Resolution: Week #49

January 14, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

December 1: Brief Encounter When I first started this one, I thought it was going to be another dreadful waste of time. I was wrong and right. The beginning was […]

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cinema, film, Judy Garland, movie, religion, review

Movie Resolution: Week #48

January 10, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

November 24: The Mummy This movie was my childhood. I don’t really recall much of my childhood besides dressing up like a witch and learning to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. […]

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Absolutely Fabulous, British Museum, cinema, film, Joanna Lumley, movie, review

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