staring at film, tv, art, books, and the internet from my subjective perspective
In the spirit of "If you see something, say something," I'm going to share my thoughts on two movies I recently watched and recommend you watch one of them.* I do not think these two were ever intended to be a double feature, but here we
As I said on Monday, I'm going to drop the first video and the first recommendation here again because no one was paying attention at the beginning of indoor animal and these two things were major reasons why I started this newsletter to begin with. This one'
I'm going to drop the first video and the first recommendation here again because no one was paying attention at the beginning of indoor animal and these two things were major reasons why I started this newsletter to begin with. I was sharing this Joshua Idehen video back
I have a favorite joke from The Simpsons that I think about a lot. I have been meaning to share it here, but it never seemed to fit with what I was writing at the time, so I didn't. But, I'd like to share it now.
2025. It was an odd year.* indoor animal started one year ago as a way to: share some things I liked and felt warranted being shared; keep myself on a writing schedule where what I wrote could be viewed by the public instead of existing only on my laptop; and,
Merry Christmas, you filthy (indoor) animal(s)!* This is as good a time and place as any to share this year's campy holiday card full of Easter, I mean Christmas, eggs. Try to find them all! Wishing you and yours winter days that are merry and bright... * Why,
Here at indoor animal , we love holidays. So we're going to use mvm #49 to celebrate the season. Season 3, episode 10 of Community , "Regional Holiday Musical", directed by Tristram Shapeero and written by Steve Basilone & Annie Mebane, may be one of my favorite Christmas
It's mid-December and the Allegheny River already has ice on it pretty much from bank to bank so let's just say I'm not in the best of moods. I can stomach winter, and can even enjoy it, but it came in a bit
Choreography and colors? Sure, count me in. Fun is fun, right? When I'm furthest from myself (far away) Feeling closer to the stars (outer space) I've been invaded by the dark (can't escape) half•alive - "still feel" (Dir. Josh Taylor) indoor
Last week I wrote about being born in the right (or wrong) time , but this week I'm going to write about place. Where you are, anywhere you are, that place is sacred. Just look around you... I used to think I was going to find what I was
I lived in Manhattan for 1 month. Occupy Wall Street was happening and Banksy was there doing a monthlong project . The one Banksy I saw in Manhattan I walked around town, read and wrote and listened to music, and learned who Thomas Merton was. When I hear any song by
I have this insufferable rant that only a few of my closest people have heard, but they've all heard it too many times at this point, so I'll share it here for funzies. I won't subject you to the whole thing, just the bullet
I once heard from the head chef of a highly rated restaurant that you should find out where your favorite head chefs eat. Their own restaurants were likely too expensive to eat at more than occasionally, but they had to eat somewhere and they probably didn't want to
Be thankful. Even if things in the world and in your world are not how you want them to be right now. At least you're still up in the tree and not cooked and dressed on the table. That means you can still enjoy life and do something
It's always hard for me to tell with Paramore if what they are doing is working and fun or if it is kind of cheesy and derivative. Or is it just that Hayley Williams is the reason their stuff feels so effortless and cool? HARD TIMES / Gonna make