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Gina
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Former adjunct lecturer. Now, I work a regular 9 to 5 office job. Avid reader. Film buff. Mom to Benji, the smartest and cuddliest poodle mix ever.

Banner pic: Kilgallen, Margaret. Money to Loan, 2000. Hammer museum, Los Angeles.
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Settling in to watch Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams (2025). How is it that this film flew under my radar?
Film poster for Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams (2025). The poster features Robert Grainier—played by Joel Edgerton—wearing a white shirt. He is standing on top of some railroad tracks.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Yummmmm
Piece of beef & sausage lasagna on a grey plate
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Cleaning out the pantry and freezer today. Happened to have all of the ingredients handy for a quick lasagna. Plan to share half of the lasagna with my parents! 🍽️
A batch of lasagna with ground beef and spicy Italian cooked in a golden 9x13 baking dish.
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I took Benji on a long exploratory walk. She got to choose the way and sniff to her heart’s content. To keep her nice and warm during her olfactory adventure, I bundled her up in a snazzy coat. 😍
Grey poodle mix wearing a navy plaid coat with a light grey hoodie. She has her right paw lifted in the air.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Picked up a new squeaky toy for Benji after work today. I think it’s safe to say that she loves it!
Grey poodle mix wearing a navy holiday-print sweater is sitting and waiting patiently for me to throw her toy Grey poodle mix is resting on top of her grey-colored donut bed. She has her new canned corn squeaky toy in-between her front paws Grey poodle mix is viciously chewing her new canned corn squeaky toy
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Another overcast and rainy day calls for a baking adventure. Decided to give Dorie Greenspan’s recipe for apple bundt cake a whirl today. 🍽️
A slice of apple bundt cake studded with large pieces of apple and dusted very lightly with powdered sugar. The cake is on top of a small white dessert plate with two blue lovebirds (lovebirds covered by the cake). A freshly-baked apple bundt cake with a light dusting of powdered sugar. A freshly-baked apple bundt cake cooling on top of a rack (couldn’t find my baking rack today).
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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It doesn’t matter how many times I watch this film. This part kills me every time:
Woman sitting in the lobby of Lacuna, waiting for her appointment. Her eyes and nose are still red from weeping. She has a box of her deceased dog’s belongings: a water bowl, a rawhide bone, etc. There is also a photograph of Buster in the cardboard box.
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Revisiting an old favorite tonight. Now watching Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).
Film poster for Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2024). The poster features Clementine and Joel on the upper right hand side. A larger image of Joel’s face (the upper half) is positioned on the bottom of the poster.
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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A rainy day calls for homemade Korean food: dubu-jorim (braised tofu), steamed egg, and kimchi-jjigae. It took me a while to prepare this spread, so this will be a combination lunch/supper. #KoreanFood 🍽️
Clockwise from top: (1) Spicy dubu-jorim (braised tofu) in a small rectangular glass Pyrex dish. (2) Steamed egg topped with chopped scallions, sesame oil, and toasted sesame seeds. The egg was steamed in a Korean-style brown earthenware pot. (3) A bowl with mixed-grain rice. (4) A bowl with kimchi-jjigae. Left: a batch of spicy dubu-jorim (braised tofu) in a small rectangular glass dish. The tofu is topped with scallions. Right: steamed egg cooked in a small brown earthenware pot. The egg features sesame oil, roasted sesame seeds & scallions on top. A large batch of kimchi-jjigae cooked in a green Dutch oven. The stew features pork, tofu, kimchi, and chopped scallions.
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Benji’s new raincoat definitely exceeded my expectations. It kept her super long body & tail bone-dry. I only had to dry off her face & wipe her toe beans after our walk this morning. Now, she’s back in her favorite sweater. 😍
Grey poodle mix wearing a navy, red, and white holiday sweater. She is standing on a patterned rug and wagging her tail excitedly, perhaps expectantly.
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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One thing I love about Benji is how much she enjoys having things. She gets so riled up whenever I give her a new toy or sweater. In this case, I gave her a raincoat after work today. Benji licked my face in excitement and got a major case of the zoomies. 😍
Grey poodle mix modeling her new raincoat. The raincoat has three colors: tan, dark brown, and olive green. Grey poodle mix wearing her new raincoat. She is sitting atop a sofa with a brown blanket Grey poodle mix standing on top of a patterned rug. She is wearing a raincoat and is wagging her tail furiously.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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I feel like it has been a minute since I last made pasta. Decided to prepare a batch of pasta with spicy sausage, broccoli rabe & white beans today. Overall, this dish turned out quite tasty. Note for next time: more broccoli rabe 🍽️
12-inch stainless steel skillet with orecchiette, hot Italian sausage, cannellini beans, and broccoli rabe. The pasta is topped with a bit of grated Parmesan cheese & crushed red pepper.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Benji had her grooming appointment today. As her reward, swung by my mom and dad’s house afterwards. My parents spoiled Benji rotten and let her sit on dining chairs 😂
Grey poodle mix named Benji is wearing a blue collar with a squirrel print. The groomer added a snazzy pink bow tie to the mix. Benji is sitting atop a wooden dining chair.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Watching Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala (1991). Haven’t watched this film since grad school, so it’s been a super long while 🍿
Criterion collection poster for Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala (1991). The poster features Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington in the center. The title of the film is positioned underneath the main characters. The supporting cast is featured on the border of the poster
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Benji & I just got back from our walk. During said walk, we ran into someone. Benji slowed down & waited for the neighbor to pet her. When they walked right past us, the way Benji LOOKED AT ME was so hilarious & also heartbreaking. She looked so hurt by being slighted. Why hooman not give pets?
Grey poodle mix sitting atop a sofa with a brown blanket. She is gazing at her owner, hoping that she will get cheese in lieu of her usual boring breakfast.
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Now watching Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025). 🍿
Poster for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. The creature—played by Jacob Elordi—is wearing dark furs. His hair is dark and scraggly. The title of the film is positioned in the center of the poster in a light-colored cursive font.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Got the Sunday scaries. Hopefully, watching a fun movie will help alleviate my anxiety. 🤞
Film poster for John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s Game Night (2018). The poster features the title of the film in a large red font in its center. From left to right: Jason Bateman, a cute AF Westie terrier, and Rachel McAdams.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Making doenjang-jjigae (soybean paste stew) is my favorite way to use up random odds & ends. This version features some thinly-sliced beef, potatoes, & enoki mushrooms. It’s finally kind of chilly in my neck of the woods, so this jjigae is the perfect cozy meal 🍽️
Clockwise from top: a traditional Korean earthenware pot with beef doenjang-jjigae. The stew features thinly-sliced ribeye beef, diced potatoes, enoki mushrooms, sliced Fresno chili peppers, and chopped scallions. A small blue floral-print bowl holds radish leaf kimchi. A small white bowl with blue polka dots along its rim holds mixed rice. The rice features a mixture of white short grain rice, sweet white rice, brown short grain rice, black rice, barley, chickpeas, black beans, and tri-colored quinoa.
November 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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This is my first time baking a pumpkin marble loaf. Gotta work on my swirl game, but I am still quite happy with the results. This pumpkin bread has a tender crumb & wonderful flavor 🍽️
Pumpkin marble loaf baked in a 1 1/4 lb Goldtouch Pro loaf pan. A slice of pumpkin marble bread on top of a small round dark grey plate.
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Taking a brief break from horror to watch Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood (2022). Btw, I’m a sucker for Jack Black & Richard Linklater collabs. Bernie (2011), for instance, is criminally underrated.
Film poster for Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 1/2. The poster features a young Stanley wearing an astronaut suit
October 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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By the way, the boxed pumpkin bread mix from Trader Joe’s is quite good!
Pumpkin bread baked in a good loaf pan.
October 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Thought about baking some pumpkin bread from scratch, but decided to use a pumpkin bread mix from Trader Joe’s instead. The bread is baking, the house smells divine, & I’m going to watch Carlo Mirabella-Davis’s Swallow (2019). Not a bad way to spend a lazy Sunday!
Film poster for Carlo Mirabella-Davis’s Swallow (2019). A woman with a blond bob is holding a metal tack in-between her thumb and index finger.
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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My parents recently gave me a mountain of Meyer lemons from their tree. Naturally, I had to make a batch of lemon curd. 🤷🏻‍♀️🍽️
Homemade Meyer lemon curd cooling down in a glass Weck jar.
October 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Watching the TikToks of people trying to outrun Michael Myers made me want to revisit John Carpenter’s Halloween tonight (1978). #horrorsky #filmsky 🎞️🍿
Poster for John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978). The poster features the title of the film on the top in a large light-hued font. There is a partial image of a jack-o-lantern underneath, as well as a fist clutching a long sharp knife. The backdrop of the poster is dark.
October 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Settling in to watch Zach Cregger’s Weapons (2025). 🍿
Film poster for Zach Cregger’s Weapons (2025). The poster features the three of the film in a large red font in its center. Below, there are a few children with their backs turned to the camera. It appears that they are standing on one leg, and have their arms stretched downwards.
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM