So remember when I wrote that post about two years ago in which I lamented the fact that I had recently discovered I wore a D cup bra? That post was charmingly titled “Cups” and remains one of my most popular posts. The ninth most popular of all time, according to my stats, behind the home page (duh), my VidCon recap, my curly hair tutorial, my NYU application answers, and the post about Zac Efron looking like Kevin Zegers. Got it. The internet likes boobies, YouTube, hair tutorials, sarcasm, and Zefron. I am your humble servant, internet. More about boobies after the jump: Continue reading “Double Trouble” →

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” →

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” →

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.

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” →