Emily Belsey

Writer Extraordinaire

Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.

- Anne de Lenclos

Archive for April, 2007

Sweet Dreams?

Friday, April 27th, 2007

This past week I have been a bit of an insomniac. Late nights and early mornings, combined with frequent waking in the night, has made me a bit of a zombie.
I think my sleeplessness may be in part due to the fact that I am about two-thirds of the way through reading my third vampire [...]

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Too Much Talent

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Hugh Jackman is just way too talented.  Watch this video (starting about 2 minutes in) and you’ll see what I mean.

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Those Guys At Google? Very Funny.

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

The folks at Google are always having fun, changing the homepage to fit the seasons and holidays and stuff like that, and I’m always running into random and funny jokes.
For example…
Go to maps.google.com and click on the Get Directions tab.
Enter New York, New York as the “from” destination and Paris, France as the “to” destination.
Pay [...]

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Because She Said It Better Than I Did

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Janet Batchler, an instructor of mine from Act One, Inc, wrote the following blog reviewing the movie Blades of Glory.
She writes…
“As the must-see spring break movie for the tween set, we knew we were going to have to see Blades of Glory. But we didn’t expect to laugh so hard.
The movie milks what seems to be [...]

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Do You Blame Me?

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Seriously, they look so much alike, especially in black and white.  So what if I forgot that it wasn’t Liam Neeson who is Lord Voldemort but in fact it was Ralph Fiennes.  See if you can tell them apart yourself.

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My Cherry-flavored Slurpee

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Slurpees.  Bringing weekend fun to the middle of the work week.
What’s your favorite flavor?

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Long Live The Office

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

In honor of a brand-new, hour-long episode of The Office this week, I thought I would discuss other feature film and TV efforts of cast members from The Office.

I suppose I should start with the boss, Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell. Carell has been around for over 15 years now, ranging all over [...]

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