Bucket List

Posted on 19 Jan 2012 under Life

I was having a conversation with my roommate the other day, and I told him about one more thing I had done that I could cross off my list of things to do before I die. I then mockingly lamented that I’m running out of things, and I have nothing to look forward to living [...]


Review: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (8/10)

Posted on 03 Jan 2012 under Essays

After seeing the trailers of the original Sherlock Holmes, it was with much trepidation that I watched the film. Holmes is supposed to be an intelligent man, extremely refined and gentlemanly, with an air of dismissive irreverence towards social norms. I wasn’t sure if Robert Downey Jr’s macho portrayal of Holmes would do justice to [...]