Natalia Antonova

So you think it’s funny… To let your four-year old pee on the seat in the women’s bathroom

I think this “funny” business may become a regular feature. I completely understand the impulse of not letting your kid wander into the men’s bathroom all by himself. The men’s bathroom is an eerie place to me too – like Easter Island with plumbing. I’m one of those sexist women who sometimes wonders if guysContinue reading “So you think it’s funny… To let your four-year old pee on the seat in the women’s bathroom”

As if I needed one more reason to fall in mad, mad love with Joss Whedon

You don’t even have to believe in womb envy as scientific theory (although I, for one, have entertained these thoughts – and continue to entertain them, especially wherein evolutionary science is concerned) to see the guy for what he is: thoughtful, compassionate, and utterly brilliant. I used to say that I am ever half theContinue reading “As if I needed one more reason to fall in mad, mad love with Joss Whedon”

8 is my favourite number

It’s also the number of random things I have to list, per Solnushka’s tag. Said things should, naturally, concern me; I suspect I’d have a much better time listing 8 random things about my dog, considering that her personality is a whole lot more complex and charming, but rules are rules. 1. My high schoolContinue reading “8 is my favourite number”

And the best thing about 28 Weeks Later

Is… *drumroll please*

28 Weeks Later. Thoughts. Spoilers. Head-Against-Wall Sessions.

This review contains a couple of spoilers. If you have not seen the movie, and you like surprises, go play a video game, or something. “28 Days Later” scared me so much that I found myself hanging out in virtual stranger’s dorm room one evening, telling said virtual stranger that I just couldn’t “be aloneContinue reading “28 Weeks Later. Thoughts. *Spoilers.* Head-Against-Wall Sessions.”