Author Archives: Erica Martinez

Brendan Fraser is back. The movie sucked but he is back and that is what matters. Oscar worthy? I have to see the other contenders before deciding.

Half of my time in law school is wrapped and in the can. Another three semesters to go. What I am looking forward to: Alaska in February for a week and London in June for a month. I have been to London 4x already, but there are still places I haven’t seen, for instance theContinue reading “New Year, New Semester”

Welcome to my first edition of Words to Stop Using Carelessly. I look forward to the upcoming year and with that I want us to think before we label an image or a moment. The word I think we need to stop using so haphazardly is, (ready for it?): ICONIC This is Iconic: And this:Continue reading “Words to Stop Using Carelessly in 2023”

I have food poisoning so naturally, I think I am dying. I leave everything to my cat Isa. Someone will have to teach her how to drive an automatic. My Mother has to care for Isa.

Just some thoughts while I sit through my second Mandatory meeting this week. It is 20° outside, I have a 15-page first draft paper due tomorrow, and I am hearing the exact same thing I heard in yesterday’s mandatory meeting, except yesterday it came straight from the source. Uggghhhh shoot me now. If I wasContinue reading “Another Meeting that Should Have Been an Email”

Stella Gibson and Paul Spector come face-to-face. He opens up and confesses to the murders. Stella asks Paul about his desire to strangle women. Paul responds and asks about her sexual desires. In a previous episode he broke into her hotel room and took photos of her diary. Is she obsessed with sex? She likesContinue reading “The Fall, Season 2: Episode 6”

In this episode there is a school trip to Paris and the girls (plus James, the only boy in the all-girls school) want to go but realize they are poor. Hands down one of the best lines in this episode and entire show is Michelle saying, “Look, no one is going to just hand usContinue reading “Derry Girls: Season 1, episode 2”

Some of you have requested to be added to my email list. Here’s the thing…I don’t have one. I don’t send out emails but I will hang onto your info in case I do put something together in the future.

Before the Fifty Shades of Grey films, Jamie Dornan was an Irish model just trying to get his big break in television and film. Fun fact: he did a Calvin Klein ad with Korean model turned actress Shin Min Ah. At one point Jamie auditioned to play a cop on The Fall, a show aboutContinue reading “The Fall, season 2: episode 1”