The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. But she was familiar with the way of ideas, and she let it shimmer, looking away, thinking about something else.
Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass
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Knitting Guru

by on 24 Feb 2009 in Style

I am apparently a knitting guru. Yesterday on the commute ride back home to Astoria from work, a random girl asked me to help her with her dropped stitches. Is it easy fixing a stranger’s work while standing on a moving W train? No. Did I do it anyway? Yes. Not that I’m a font [...]

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The Coast of Trollesund

by on 11 May 2007 in Movies

Fucking hell, apparently Tom Stoppard wrote the first screenplay for The Golden Compass before the director Chris Weitz decided to write it himself. Except the director is the man who gave us the American Pie series and About a Boy (not that either of those weren’t touching in their own ways). But…Tom Stoppard! Seriously! What [...]

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Reason No. 12 to See Pirates of the Caribbean 3

by on 9 May 2007 in Movies

Reason no. 12 to go see Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End: they will be showing the trailer for The Golden Compass before it. I swear I am one of the worst His Dark Materials fangirls ever. First the daemon meme goes around and I almost miss it entirely, and secondly, an early [...]

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It Chars My Heart

by on 31 Jan 2007 in Movies

It Chars My Heart. Wow, I’m behind the boat on the this one, but I just discovered these new promotional images from the movie version of Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass. (Or, Northern Lights in the UK.) Wait as I take a deep breath.

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