Because we’re already knee deep into the second season of Cooking with Gandalf (a playlist of ALL videos from this show can be viewed HERE), I thought I’d briefly talk to you about what ACTUALLY goes into each episode. It seems really off-the-cuff and simple, but the process in which one episode is produced is pretty long and arduous. But worth it, right? Continue reading “What goes into Cooking with Gandalf”
Author: Bri
Cooking with Gandalf- Pancake Party!
Writing Group Dream Team
Now that I’m back into the swing of things, writing-wise, I’ve been thinking a lot about who my writing group dream team would be. Last semester I got to experience, for the first time, the wonders of a writing group for my writing fiction class. I really lucked out- my group was AWESOME. I already miss them. Plus, having a writing group was really helpful for my writing, surprise surprise. I got valuable and consistent feedback for my work from people that I respected and enjoyed being around, and it was fantastic. I’ve never felt more accomplished. All that said, this would be my ideal writer’s group: Continue reading “Writing Group Dream Team”
Poetry with Profanity
Recently, I’ve been writing a lot of poetry. It might be partially because I’m in a studies in poetry class and I write a lot during said class because it’s so hard for me to pay attention. It might be partially because reading poetry makes me want to write it. But it also might be because I’m just feeling particularly poetic lately. Continue reading “Poetry with Profanity”
Cooking with Gandalf- Valentines Day!
Out of Context (original poetry) (disclaimer: some profanity)
Goodbye Charlie
So for my two week “January term” class, I took Graphic Warfare. Basically, for two weeks, I read comic books about war and talked about them with fifteen other people. Needless to say, it was awesome. For our final project, we had to draw our own mini-comic, 4-6 pages, in some way related to war. We could write out own story, adapt a news article or book, or really do whatever we wanted. And because I am a Steve Kluger fangirl, I felt that the only thing I could possibly do was adapt an excerpt from his fantastic novel Last Days of Summer.
HERE IS A LINK to the PDF. The file is kind of big, but I hope you’re interested, because although it isn’t the greatest, art-wise, I put a lot of work into it and I’m really proud of the result.
Moon Base: Pros and Cons
EDIT FROM 2019: Hello there! This post is now 7 years old, and is still randomly getting views due to being recommended on StumbleUpon way back when. Enjoy but please keep that in mind, and if you want to learn more about what 2019 me, an award-winning independent filmmaker, is up to, head to BriCastellini.com
Recently, Republican candidacy hopeful Newt Gingrich toured the Florida space coast on his campaign trail, and while there he made a rather surprising declaration. By the end of his second term, there will be a PERMANENT BASE ON THE MOON. I caps-locked that so you know it’s important. You’re welcome. Because I spent much of my time at my college’s speech tournament talking about this hysterical-yet-awesome promise (I used it as an example in two impromptu rounds and in the semifinal round of debate) and I’m still not sick of it, I thought I’d do a throwback to old Bri’s Own World and talk about some pros and cons. DISCLAIMER: I am not a scientist, nor am I an expert on space. However, I have my own website and half a writing degree from a small liberal arts college, and I think that’s good enough. Continue reading “Moon Base: Pros and Cons”
Cooking with Gandalf- Pecan Tartlets
50 things I wish were real
1. Hogwarts
2. Dragons
3. Quidditch
4. Flying cars
5. Magic carpets
6. Genies in lamps
7. Shadowhunters
8. Non-angry automatons
9. Teleporter
10. the TARDIS
11. Sonic screwdrivers
12. Consistent female pants sizes
13. Felix Felicis
14. Ron Weasely
15. The Doctor
16. Aberforth Dumbledore
17. Human memory external storage
18. AT&T cell service
19. Unlimited laptop hard drive space
20. The intersect
21. Super spy Michael Weston
22. Affordable airplanes with leg space
23. Unicorns
24. Middle Earth-style Elves
25. Lockness Monster
26. Good representatives in Congress
27. Rich, charitable Nigerian princes
28. Accurate Harry Potter movie
29. Automatic perfect vision pill
30. Gondor
31. Transformers
32. Butters from South Park
33. Lightsabers
34. The Millennium Falcon
35. The Force
36. Super healthy meal substitutes that taste like chocolate cake
37. Dæmons
38. Talking puppies
39. Cosmo and Wanda
40. Stitch
41. Mermaids
42. Clone machine
43. Holograms
44. The Enterprise
45. Minis Tirith Space Station
46. Podracing
47. Batman
48. Phasers
49. Spock
50. Space pirates with lightsabers, rocket boots, and plasma grenades that ride space platypuses