<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from midgebop.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 midgebop.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-21T00:39:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-11-21:links.412191680</id><title>William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/william_kunstler_disturbing_the_universe.htm"><![CDATA[Emily and Sarah Kunstler&#39;s new documentary, William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, answers Prufrock&#39;s question &quot;Do I dare&quot;; their father does indeed dare to disturb the universe, over and over, in his continuous battle against i]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/william_kunstler_disturbing_the_universe.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-11-21T00:39:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-21T00:39:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-11-17:links.412191132</id><title>Leaves of Grass</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/leaves_of_grass.htm"><![CDATA[Part poetry, part pot heaven, Tim Blake Nelson&#39;s latest film, Leaves of Grass is sheer delight. The film stars Edward Norton, playing twin brothers Bill and Brady. Bill escaped his family roots of Little Dixie, Oklahoma, finding home in the Ivy L]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/leaves_of_grass.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-11-17T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-17T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-11-17:links.412191128</id><title>Forgetting Dad</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/forgetting_dad.htm"><![CDATA[I love documentaries--the way they mediate reality, the stories that take form as scenes unfold, and the experience to learn something new about a subject I knew little about. Such was the case the other night at the Denver International Film Festiva]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/forgetting_dad.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-11-17T04:26:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-17T04:26:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-11-16:links.412190926</id><title>Roasted Winter Squash/Apple Soup</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/roasted_winter_squashapple_soup.htm"><![CDATA[With a refrigerator containing three winter squashes, I decided some type of squash soup was in order. Since Nan is not a fan of cinnamon/nutmeg seasonings, I decided to go for a chipotle flavor, and ended up producing a rather yummy (if I might say]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/roasted_winter_squashapple_soup.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-11-16T00:21:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-16T00:21:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-11-15:links.412190910</id><title>PoliWood</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/poliwood.htm"><![CDATA[Barry Levinson&#39;s film PoliWood  is termed a film essay, a meditation on the intersection of politics and Hollywood. Using a backdrop of the Democratic and Republican conventions, along with the inauguration, the film follows The Creative Coalitio]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/poliwood.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-11-15T16:59:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-15T16:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-11-15:links.412190907</id><title>Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/bad_lieutenant_port_of_call_new_orleans.htm"><![CDATA[Each year the Denver International Film Festival  brings tons of possibilities for viewing. Werner Herzog&#39;s new film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans proved to be an interesting flick, even if it didn&#39;t always seem to know its directi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/bad_lieutenant_port_of_call_new_orleans.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-11-15T16:31:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-15T16:31:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-10-07:links.412185369</id><title>Rainbow Chard Delight</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/rainbow_chard_delight.htm"><![CDATA[When I got home with the weekly CSA veggie haul, I stared at the huge gorgeous bunch of rainbow swiss chard wondering what I might do with it. Here is what I ended up creating. Ingredients3 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped1 medium yellow onion, dice]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/rainbow_chard_delight.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-10-07T02:07:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-07T02:07:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-09-29:links.412184593</id><title>Summer&apos;s Last Wisp: An early fall evening with food</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/summers_last_wisp_an_early_fall_evening_with_food.htm"><![CDATA[Instead of continuing to bemoan my pathetic lack of blogging, I decided to use food to inspire my committed return to some regular writing. And so, it is an evening out at Potager that transports me back to my words.&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/summers_last_wisp_an_early_fall_evening_with_food.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-09-29T14:06:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-29T14:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-06-25:links.412175112</id><title>Dear President Obama</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/dr_president_obama.htm"><![CDATA[On the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, I want to have hope, but lately, that hope is fading.I remember attending a house party early on in your campaign that helped me see the possibilities of hope you carried. When I asked one of your le]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/dr_president_obama.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-06-25T00:16:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-25T00:16:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-05-21:links.412171291</id><title>Neil Young</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/neil_young.htm"><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve been a fan for over 33 years, and still, when I listen to his music, I shiver a bit, touched in that core space music reaches. Tonight, watching Jonathan Demme&rsquo;s brilliant documentary Neil Young: Heart of Gold , I am reminded of Youn]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/neil_young.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-05-21T13:42:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-21T13:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-05-18:links.412170765</id><title>A Return to the Blog?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/a_return_to_the_blog.htm"><![CDATA[I realize that I have taken a two month hiatus from blogging, which is probably the longest amount of time I&#39;ve gone without blogging since my blog&#39;s inception. I might once again blame it on the textbook writing, but that alone doesn&#39;t a]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/a_return_to_the_blog.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-05-18T14:45:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-18T14:45:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-03-30:links.412160860</id><title>RBOC--Overly Ambitious Spring Break</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/rbocoverly_ambitious_spring_break.htm"><![CDATA[Clearly I do not understand the word break, although I do understand the concept of separation. Not going into campus for awhile, even if I am doing work, feels rather liberating. I love my job, love the school, but there comes a point in the semeste]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/rbocoverly_ambitious_spring_break.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-03-30T02:55:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-30T02:55:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-03-25:links.412160038</id><title>RBOC or why it&apos;s Tuesday and I&apos;m already exhausted by the week (OK a bit of a whine)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/rboc_or_why_its_tuesday_and_im_already_exhausted_by_the_we.htm"><![CDATA[Sitting here at my computer, 8:26pm, it finally dawns on me the entirety of why, on this Tuesday evening, I am feeling like I&#39;ve worked more than a full work week.I have spent many hours preparing for a Transgender Training I&#39;m piloting tomor]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/rboc_or_why_its_tuesday_and_im_already_exhausted_by_the_we.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-03-25T02:52:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-25T02:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-03-18:links.412158964</id><title>Early Evening Scenes along South Sherman Street</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/early_evening_scenes_along_south_sherman_street.htm"><![CDATA[It&#39;s only with the pacing of a dog that I take the moments to stroll my street, noticing how the work day transforms into evening along South Sherman Street. Just a few doors up the block, Carmen pulls her car into her 80 year-old-neighbor Frank&]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/early_evening_scenes_along_south_sherman_street.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-03-18T00:09:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-18T00:09:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-03-16:links.412158703</id><title>CCCC 2009 Initial Reflections</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/cccc_2009_initial_reflections.htm"><![CDATA[Inspired by reading Nels&#39; posting on the CCCC&#39;s conference, I thought I&#39;d give some initial impressions a whirl. I have a mixed relationship with the conference, at times loving and at times hating. When I first attended the conference, I]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/cccc_2009_initial_reflections.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-03-16T14:26:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-16T14:26:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-03-04:links.412156887</id><title>How I Think</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/how_i_think.htm"><![CDATA[Nan says she doesn&#39;t get writing because she doesn&#39;t think like a poet. She doesn&#39;t know how they think. I ask her if she knows how I think. She ponders and says nope.So I get to thinking about how I think.&nbsp;I&#39;m humming Philadelph]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/how_i_think.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-03-04T03:18:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-04T03:18:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-03-01:links.412156446</id><title>Grey Gardens</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/grey_gardens.htm"><![CDATA[part a diane arbus picture&nbsp;&#39;It&#39;s my mother&#39;s house and she owns it. And she wanted the people she wanted in it.&#39; feeding racoons white breadfilm closes with the mother singing, shots constantly of skinny cats laying in the filth]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/grey_gardens.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-03-01T03:39:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-01T03:39:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-02-18:links.412154723</id><title>RBOC--Semester Checkup</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/rbocsemester_checkup.htm"><![CDATA[As I sit almost 1/3 of the way through the semester so far (and I&#39;m counting not because I dislike anything I&#39;m doing, but simply because the joy of summer shouldn&#39;t be overlooked), I figured I would reflect a bit on my classes.One of my]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/rbocsemester_checkup.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-02-18T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2009-02-18T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-02-03:links.412151379</id><title>More RBOB from Creating Change</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/more_rbob_from_creating_change.htm"><![CDATA[It&#39;s been an odd day of re-entry back into the world after spending four days at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force&#39;s Creating Change Conference. It&#39;s difficult to find the right words to express how it feels to be surrounded in a se]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/more_rbob_from_creating_change.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-02-03T03:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-02-03T03:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-01-30:links.412150829</id><title>Random Thoughts from Day 1 and 2 of Creating Change</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/random_thoughts_from_day_1_of_creating_change.htm"><![CDATA[Conferences can be overwhelming, and so far day one of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force&#39;s Creating Change conference  holds true to that. As I sit in the cyber cafe area with my laptop, here are some of my random first day impressions.Gend]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/random_thoughts_from_day_1_of_creating_change.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-01-30T05:08:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-30T05:08:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-01-27:links.412150324</id><title>My Weekend of Dates</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/my_weekend_of_dates.htm"><![CDATA[This weekend I had two dates: a date with Nan and my favorite 6-year old (Lily) and a date with Nan. They both included dinner and movies, but the range of food and movies proved far apart.Date 1 (Nan and Lily)I am not sure who was more excited at th]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/my_weekend_of_dates.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-01-27T02:49:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-27T02:49:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-01-23:links.412149688</id><title>Come On Oscar</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/come_on_oscar.htm"><![CDATA[What the heck is going on with some of the Oscar nominations?Here are some serious oversights:Actor in a Leading Role I have seen all the performances except for Mickey Rourke (will see on Saturday), but there are two serious omissions: Clint Eastwoo]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/come_on_oscar.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-01-23T04:31:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-23T04:31:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-01-21:links.412149414</id><title>RBC--Goals for the Semester</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/rbcgoals_for_the_semester.htm"><![CDATA[This morning, although a bit sleepy, I have a few goals roaming in my mind.&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/rbcgoals_for_the_semester.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-01-21T15:03:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-21T15:03:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-01-20:links.412149142</id><title>On the eve of a new semester</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/on_the_eve_of_a_new_semester.htm"><![CDATA[Always right before the semester begins, I grow excited for the possibilities, the adventure, and the chance to travel a bit down a familiar path destined to carry new waves. Tomorrow feels that much more significant because I begin a new semester wi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/on_the_eve_of_a_new_semester.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-01-20T05:20:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-20T05:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:midgebop.blog-city.com,2009-01-18:links.412148858</id><title>Movie Reviews: The Snippet Edition</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/movie_reviews_the_snippet_edition.htm"><![CDATA[I have seen many movies recently, and after watching The Golden Globes, here are some of my thoughts.Best Picture DramaSlumdog Millionaire so totally deserves the award for best picture. It&#39;s an amazing drama, with a well crafted narrative and br]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://midgebop.blog-city.com/movie_reviews_the_snippet_edition.htm"/><dc:creator>Amy Braziller</dc:creator><author><name>Amy Braziller</name></author><updated>2009-01-18T04:43:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-18T04:43:00Z</published></entry></feed>