tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47131090462618909302011-10-19T08:37:51.900-10:00The Painted DeskMusings on movies, television, books, nostalgia and moreAnna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-39557975557552539282010-03-23T10:30:00.004-10:002010-04-27T13:19:38.833-10:00Neko Case's "People Got a Lotta Nerve"Blogger friend Ellen put this video up on Google Buzz today. Love Neko Case and I love this video.
Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-35681686451276057652009-09-06T16:26:00.014-10:002009-09-06T21:45:48.215-10:00Identity CrisisReading this Honolulu Advertiser Island Commentary and browsing my journal entries from college have inspired me to update this blog for the first time in months.Advanced apology: I've mulled over these thoughts so many times that they are stamped on my mind like the rainbow dots my favorite kid-time sprinkle cookies left behind on my fingers. (And yes, that came to me as I was munching on them Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-83975568800860545792009-05-01T15:06:00.002-10:002009-05-01T15:10:29.282-10:00The WeepiesToday a Facebook conversation with a friend about The Weepies reminded me of this terrific claymation video set to the band's "World Spins Madly On."How does one manage to make a lump of clay so endearing?Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-45829177526544930462009-04-14T08:41:00.011-10:002009-04-14T14:34:01.353-10:00New favoritesWe all have our favorite things in life, right? And while there are certain things that I will always love no matter what (pugs, Jane Austen, and Velveeta Shells & Cheese to name a few), I love the surge I get when I've found something new and exciting that feels like I should have known about it forever. Some of my latest thrilling "finds" that are new to me but probably not to a lot of other Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-76747128350758204912009-01-27T12:07:00.006-10:002009-01-28T08:41:30.636-10:00HennaThe mendhi design I got at a recent Bollywood event (serendipitously occurring right as I'm obsessed with Bollywood)nt Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-49898486427263068272009-01-12T10:10:00.023-10:002009-01-15T15:36:00.157-10:00Bollywood, Take Me AwayThe music, the dancing, the melodramatic acting ...Bollywood movies have been a favorite escape for me since college, when several dormmates would show Indian movies during weekly movie nights. My first Bollywood movie was the Academy Award-nominated "Lagaan," which is set during British colonial-rule and focuses on Indian villagers taking on their local British authorities during a cricket matchAnna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-70437300600086421962008-10-14T11:46:00.005-10:002008-10-14T12:05:39.026-10:00Conversations with my fatherMy dad and I spend much of our days near computers at our respective work places. Because of the easy access, we'll often have these back and forth e-mail conversations that begin with one thing -- perhaps him suggesting a link for me to look at -- but they quickly devolve into back and forth jabs and one-upmanship, all delivered with great familial affection, of course.A recent example taken Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-23951283264643239262008-08-27T17:08:00.011-10:002010-03-23T10:23:07.289-10:00Tivo-ing LifeI held off for a long time in getting Tivo because I worried it would only feed my TV-watching habit.
Even with cutting three shows out of my regular viewing schedule, I'll still be watching eight others come September: "House," "The Office," "Pushing Daisies," "30 Rock," "Chuck," "Ugly Betty," "Law & Order: SVU" and new show "Fringe." ("Mad Men" and "Project Runway" will be winding down by the Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-35556772859184166132008-08-18T22:10:00.004-10:002008-08-18T22:21:44.741-10:00Let's Talk Movie Etiquette, PeopleI went to see a movie this evening, on a weeknight when the theater had maybe 15 other people in it. And yet the following still happened in that small crowd:1) A toddler was allowed to wander around the seats (though to the parents' credit, they took the kid outside when he started yelling). This was not exactly a family movie.2) THREE people in front of me were texting with that annoying Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-11811193928326329742008-08-04T20:49:00.006-10:002008-08-04T21:12:14.069-10:00A minor cooking successDISCLAIMER: This entry falls under the "my roommates are still not back from summer break and I have no one else to share this with that would care other than my mother ... and I already called her" category.I recently had a small kitchen triumph. I cooked a pork chop for myself and didn't burn it, cook it until it was too tough, or over season it. This may not seem like a big deal but for Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-58342702969547436392008-07-29T15:13:00.012-10:002008-07-29T21:48:41.692-10:00Back from SydneyAh, Sydney, what a city!I was in Sydney, Australia, for World Youth Day from July 13-23. First off the negatives: It was peak winter season in Australia, and I underestimated how warm my clothes should have been. It was a nippy 47 degrees F the night we slept out at Randwick Racecourse, and I must have been wearing five shirt layers along with sweat pants under my jeans. We also walked a lot to Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-87252775887032288322008-07-12T12:36:00.003-10:002008-07-12T18:15:10.107-10:00Australia-boundI've been busy the past two weeks getting ready for my work trip to Australia. At the tail end of it, I'll get two and a half days to do what I like. The Aussie families I sit for have given me lots of suggestions. Among them:Take the ferry to Manly: Northern Sydney peninsula with a nice beach and the ferry ride there is supposed to be great.Order a burger with "the lot": An Aussie specialty Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-81142034888841302102008-06-23T22:02:00.005-10:002008-06-25T12:05:19.374-10:00"Up the Yangtze"Here's my first movie recommendation on this blog. I just saw "Up the Yangtze," a recent documentary abut the Three Gorges Dam, which is causing the Yangtze River to rise, and how it is affecting people in China. It's far more compelling than I can convey here, but trust me, you should try and find a theatre that's playing it or rent it.The film mostly follows a poor family, living on the water'sAnna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713109046261890930.post-19893489515246687192008-06-16T22:29:00.003-10:002008-09-23T11:45:44.971-10:00The Painted Desk's OriginsBlame it on a quiet house.My roommates have left for two months of summer break, and the house is dead quiet except for music streaming from Pandora on my computer. There is no 1-year-old yelping out happy cries and toddling into my room to pull down blankets, stuffed animals and figurines from shelves. I can't bother his parents with my random thoughts nor talk them out with the toddler, who is Anna Weaver Lopiccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197423494451183926noreply@blogger.com0