“Oh, people are screaming, people are screaming My baby, she’s dreaming Oh, people are shouting, people are freaking I'm staring at the ceiling, waiting for the feeling" Songwriter: Ryan Adams https://open.spotify.com/track/2rqNcugUbd4YubfxO5AI0r If we don't laugh, we'll cry. If we don't hug, we'll rage. If we don't speak up, we will fall apart. There's no need... Continue Reading →
Election Special or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Blue Bloods
Tom Selleck acts with his mouth. It’s a subtle but effective talent. Most actors focus on how and what their eyes convey to the audience. Whether their characters are listening, reacting, retreating or attacking, they project it all through their eyes. But with Selleck, both his emotions and his authority as NYC Police Commissioner Frank... Continue Reading →
The 8 Stages of Puzzle Building
Eisenhower, MacArthur... Dad. Here's my latest short film, starring friends, family and one of our cats! Hope you enjoy it! https://vimeo.com/177810186/9abc293818
Trending Baby Name OR James Spader in the ’80s?
Hi all & welcome back to a bit of weekend fun. A rockmom quiz inspired by a group of young boys we encountered at a minor league baseball game over the summer. The trio sat in front of us the whole evening: chatting, wearing their giveaway jerseys and eventually - inevitably - pouring ice cubes... Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Music: Trampled by Turtles
YO's turtles died. Did I jinx them? I feel bad because I'm pretty sure it was our recent apathy that killed them. One passed away a week ago and the other yesterday. YO said the first one's head exploded - I wasn't here at the time thankfully, so cannot confirm or deny that report. The... Continue Reading →
THEROCKMOM SUPERLATIVES: My Most Popular Post
After five years of posts - music-related, parenting-related, Hong Kong-related, comedic, serious, somewhere in between - my most-read post remains this one. It didn't require any research or interviews, no field work, no iTunes purchases. Just over 500 words about how I spent an afternoon at my girls' school. In terms of page views, it's... Continue Reading →
THEROCKMOM SUPERLATIVES: My Weirdest Encounter
Bloggers don't get out much. At least the kind who don't run review-related sites. From the safety of our laptops and smart phones, at home or at the coffee shop, we either comment on (famous) people and events happening in the larger world or we turn our gaze inward and write about the highs and... Continue Reading →
The Trouble With Turtles
A Star Trek fan fiction that’s maybe a little, you know, fan fiction MEANWHILE, ON THE ENTERPRISE… CAPTAIN ‘HUBS’ T. KIRK: Spockmom, our current course is taking us to an outpost that calls itself ‘Asia’s world city’. Not much ambition beyond its own planet. What do we know of this quadrant? SPOCKMOM: Very little. What... Continue Reading →
THE HOLISTIC KIDS’ CLUTTER CLEAR OUT OR 10 THINGS I LEARNED FROM BURNING MAN
In the midst of an exhaustive and ongoing tween & teen bedroom clean out this summer, I thought I was well placed to offer you, dear reader, some organizational advice on busting clutter for good. I’d gathered lists from ‘Uncluttering Your Space’, culled suggestions from ‘The Organized Home’ and collected every clear out tip from... Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Music: ’80s ALL WEEK
Hi all, how's your summer going? It's EIGHTIES WEEK at therockmom as I revisit and revise one of my most popular posts: Can It Really Be Summer Without '80s Music? New! Improved! Now with Spotify playlists! It's a funny thing, nostalgia. Recently, I found myself sitting in the way back of my stepmom's minivan listening... Continue Reading →
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