http://ryanlee.org/journal/ Ryan blathers incessantly http://ryanlee.org/journal/view/6856/ The rainy season has begun. After a night of lightning, the storms moved in for the start of the next two hundred and eighty days or so of rain, the murderous sun mercifully hidden behind clouds, the suffocating humidity washed away for now, another deluge - hard, hard rain... Daily Grind 2012-04-20T05:51-05:00-05:00 http://ryanlee.org/journal/view/6851/ And insubstantial next to all your hopes. Some states of mind lend themselves to injecting melodrama into a simple notice I'll be away in Africa for a couple of weeks. It will be lovely. See you in a few. Daily Grind 2012-04-12T04:54-05:00-05:00 http://ryanlee.org/journal/view/6843/ A couple weeks ago it dawned on me that the only film remaining in the Coen brothers' catalog that I hadn't watched was The Ladykillers. Since O Brother, Where Art Thou?, I've managed to watch all of their releases in the theater or not long after, exception as noted. It l... Film 2012-04-07T03:44-05:00-05:00 http://ryanlee.org/journal/view/6710/ The sisters Brontë. I have to admit some eagerness to write this. In secondary schooling, it would have been an English assignment for an essay comparing and contrasting the writing styles of nineteenth century female authors and their views on the role of women in society... Writing 2012-04-07T03:24-05:00-05:00 http://ryanlee.org/journal/view/6829/ Due to the recent release of a highly anticipated film adaption based on a series of popular books, I sat down with the original source novels to see whether the written medium merited a viewing of the cinematic medium. The whole genre appeals to me, and with so many accola... Daily Grind Film 2012-03-24T00:43-05:00-05:00