by Cooper West | Sep 10, 2012 | Editorial
My life as a fangirl started early – which came first for me, Star Trek or Star Wars? Hard to say; I was seven when Star Wars: A New Hope came out, but even by then Star Trek was a reliable rerun on the five or six television stations that came in clearly. (Yes,...
by Cooper West | Sep 8, 2012 | Editorial
Body image – it’s a hot topic, all the time. I’m not sure we can ever escape it. Honestly I think objectification is a natural impulse that we will definitely never escape. That in and of itself isn’t a bad thing; what can go bad is how we as a...
by Cooper West | Sep 3, 2012 | Modus Operandi
Soooo much to do! I got a three-day weekend and pretty much blew it, though, by sleeping absurdly late and not doing laundry (uhhhh…kinda important) and reading too much fanfic. I think maybe I slept more than the cat. Today I’m trying to make up for it....
by Cooper West | Aug 21, 2012 | Fandom, Modus Operandi
You know I’m a fangirl, right? Yes, that was me squeeing like a banshee at 7am this morning when I got on the computer to do actual work–yes! I was!– only to get completely blindsided by the Avengers movie gag reel. It has been leaked about 2000...
by Cooper West | Aug 20, 2012 | Modus Operandi
Like a lot of people, I discovered Joel Runyon and his Blog of Impossible Things via his post about his amazing encounter with Russell Kirsh. I genuinely like self-improvement blog sites, because they are simple, convenient motivation. We all need motivation. You...