![My first ever [successful] latte art](http://brisownworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_9638.jpg)
I have now been some form of barista for over a year, and have been a full time one for nearly four months. It’s not all fun and foamy leaf art, however. Below I have compiled the six categories of considerations for if you don’t want your baristas to hate you. Continue reading “How not to be hated by your barista”
My grad school classes are held at Steiner Studios, a fully functioning film and television studio lot. More specifically, my classroom is directly above the Gotham City Police Department set, and right next to the costume department. Basically, it’s the coolest thing ever. Only two episodes have aired of Gotham so far, and so far, I’m really enjoying it. I do have some concerns though, about its longevity. Continue reading “My concerns for Gotham”
I’ve spent a considerable portion of my life telling people I wasn’t a feminist because I was friends with too many men, or because I believed in equality. My journey into the heart of feminism isn’t important now, though, because I am now a woman in the film and television industry and because of this, I hear a lot about “The Bechdel Test” and I feel like we need to clear some things up. (video version of this post at the bottom) Lets jump right in:
I started grad school last week, and as much as I claimed for years that I would never attend, I don’t regret my decision at all. I’ll skip the raving about my classmates (who are great and who I’ve gone to drinks with twice now, chatting excitedly about our favorite shows over tasty amber ales), and how cool it to attend class by walking past Gotham’s costume department (it’s so cool), and move straight into the fact that I’m so happy to be stressed out again. Continue reading “Stress and Productivity”
This is a supplemental blog post for the video below. If you haven’t seen it, please watch it first as many of the things I say in this blog will directly relate to remarks made in said video. Also, I don’t want to summarize the incident again.
Continue reading “How Not To Ask a Woman Out On The Subway at 1:30am BLOG SUPPLEMENT”
Remember when people used to use Facebook like it was MySpace, and filled out endless questionnaires filled with completely inconsequential answers that only serve to fuel our collective cultural narcissism? Well today I decided to continue that fuel and update some of my old answers, because I haven’t blogged in a while and this seems fun. Continue reading “Firsts and nifty things”
SERIES FINALE! With a few notable exceptions (Ellen, Jeremy, Gustavo) we got the gang back together for one final Cooking with Gandalf before we all graduate and disperse.
Got a bit behind posting vids on the site, but I have been posting things somewhere! Expect a blog… sometime. Probably.
High school edition:
Year 1:
Year 2:
Year 3:
Year 4: