http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles Thoughts, Opinions, and Irrational Ranting Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:39:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's hard to believe I haven't been there for a whole year! That's the longest I've ever been away from the city. I'm excited, if a little bit stressed, because what started out as a nice relaxing vacation has become a fully booked plans-and-packing-palooza. Poor Stark, I don't think I've ... http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/08/06/general-life-updates-im-a-goin-to-new-york/ Massive List of Things to Do Finish processing backlog of photos Add new photos to portfolio Update website Redo this ugly blog page Rewrite photography page intro Change "Video" button to "Audio/Video" Rework running plan Organize audio files Backup documents, photos, music Watch Final Cut Pro and Garageband tutorials, download Audacity and Painter Get creative rear in gear Coney Island St. Jamestown Lesbian short Don ... http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/07/24/general-life-updates-to-do-list-of-champions/ Woo hoo, have I been getting a lot of reading done lately. I've made a point to skip off to bed at a reasonable time, thus having time to actually read more than two pages before going to sleep. Why didn't I think of this before? Everyone else has books ... http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/07/24/reviews-assorted-books-and-movies/ Life has been hectic lately. Work is out of control and, in addition to my regular job, I've also been doing some emergency copy writing, which is really fun, but also a crunch in terms of deadlines. I've been powering away at my running. I ran over 10K last week, ... http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/06/26/general-life-updates-new-cameras-articles-running-reviews/ So I got what I hope was the final response from that woman at Beam Global. I refused to communicate by any method by email, and she was set on me calling her, so... there shall be no communication. In her last email to me she sent me their marketing ... http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/05/29/project-canadian-club-the-only-thing-i-ever-talk-about-these-days/ I just finished reading Ladies and Gentlemen: The Bronx is Burning by Johnathan Mahler. I was definitely disappointed by this book. I had been looking forward to reading it after seeing pieces of the miniseries on ESPN while roadtripping across the country with my friend Gen. I am not ... http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/05/27/reviews-books-the-bronx-is-burning/ It always amazes me how far and wide things can spread across the Internet in a small amount of time. I've been trying to track the progress of my project through pingbacks and comments, although sometimes it's not entirely clear how people have found me. Certainly nothing I've ever written ... http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/05/26/project-canadian-club-your-mom-had-groupies-spreads-across-the-internet/ Do you know what works better than renting movies that were critically acclaimed and nominated for Oscars? Picking movies with funny covers and/or Phillip Seymour Hoffman. This last batch of movies was far more satisfactory than that last bunch of allegedly "great" films. Hooray! La Vie En Rose: A- Finally! A ... http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/05/17/reviews-movies-la-vie-en-rose-the-savages-eagle-vs-shark-color-me-kubrick/ Such exciting things have happened today: Firstly, NICOLA GRIFFITH HERSELF wrote a post that quoted my review of her book. She says I'm funny. Nicola Griffith says I'm funny. Okay, I have to take a moment to regain composure. And! There have now been a bunch of new ads made for ... http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/05/14/general-life-updates-the-canadian-club-project/ In honor of Mother's Day, Stark and I have been working on a multimedia project. I'm hoping that it can really grow and expand, and that lots of people will participate. Here are the basics: While I was out for a run recently, I saw a new ad for Canadian Club ... http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/05/11/project-canadian-club-your-mom-had-groupies/