Lifestyle Duana Names: After Ava Hi Duana, I have an Ava. Yes, the most popular name in the WORLD for the last 5 years running. Sigh. My husband actually chose the name and gave me such a touching reason for his choice I said YES while only 4 months pregnant. It wasn't until By Duana • Mar 26, 2013 02:02 pm
Vampire Diaries ….and Damon Salvatore as Ren McCormick The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Episode 17 recap Come on, didn’t you think he was so hot in that sleeveless? With the more-than-a-hint of eyeliner as he got all 80s soulful with her, and don’t tell me it was supposed to be the 70s, that was 80s Ren By Duana • Mar 22, 2013 02:18 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is Raylan Cool Enough? Hi Duana, I would love to hear your opinion on our short-listed baby names. My husband and I are expecting our first baby any day now - a boy. We have Benjamin, William and Caleb on our short list, but they're only on the list because they haven& By Duana • Mar 21, 2013 02:26 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Too close to Finley Hi Duana, Looking for an opinion... Second baby is on the way - having a surprise - all settled on the girl name but still working out the final list for boy names. Currently the top name on the list is Griffin. Middle name will be a family name beginning By Duana • Mar 19, 2013 12:51 pm
Girls A voice. One. Girls Season 2 Episode 10 recap Years ago, still in school and just out of it, I fell in love for the first time. We spent almost every waking hour together, making the fact that he did not love me even more poignant - or more pointless, depending on your By Duana • Mar 18, 2013 01:50 pm
Vampire Diaries Underwhelmed If That’s A Word The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Episode 16 recap Well, that was less than I expected. Am I wrong? After watching Elena’s pain overwhelm her, then her badass walk out of the house she decided to torch, I thought the turning off of her feelings would mean she was unfeeling, By Duana • Mar 15, 2013 11:39 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Wolf & Fox twin boys Dear Duana, We're expecting two boys any day now and before these twinadoes land, we need some serious help with names. Burt and Ernie just won't do. My husband and I are far apart (think Wolf and Fox vs. Elliot and Ewan) and feel that we& By Duana • Mar 14, 2013 11:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Veronica Mars Movie Project Goddammit. Here was my reaction to Lainey’s asking if I wanted to write about the Veronica Mars movie: “Ugh. Does she KNOW this has been a thing for years? It’s never gonna happen.” Then I read the article and went , “Ugh. Yeah, but the whole point was that By Duana • Mar 13, 2013 02:46 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: When it’s just too (Twi-)Hard Duana! I have a crazy-related baby name situation. When we first found out we were pregnant in 2008, we decided that we both liked the idea of keeping our family members’ names going. So when we found out that our first was a girl, I gave hubby two choices, all By Duana • Mar 12, 2013 10:20 am
Girls All The Ways To Feel Bad Girls Season 2 Episode 9 recap I should point out, before I get distracted with all the other things in this episode, that I am really enjoying some of the songs this season. Twitter linked to an interview with Michael Penn about some of the work he’s done for By Duana • Mar 11, 2013 01:52 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Mae Is Not The Middle We're having a girl and have decided to name her Mae. The thing is that although we both like this name, it is a compromise chosen through a process of elimination. My first choice would be Lisa and my husband's would be Celia. These two names By Duana • Mar 07, 2013 01:26 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: H or E for girls I'm pregnant with my second child and we're expecting a girl! Our first is a boy, named George. My husband is Chinese and I am Jewish so we're following the Jewish tradition of naming our children after recently deceased relatives, in this case girls By Duana • Mar 05, 2013 02:36 pm
Girls Patterns And Addictions Girls Season 2 Episode 8 recap I am a terrible person. I know this, because when Hannah, early in the episode, started exhibiting OCD symptoms, I thought “Oh, right, she’s pretending to have OCD for an essay in her book”. It made perfect sense to me. It seemed like By Duana • Mar 04, 2013 02:05 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Merging Families Hey Duana, While I am not currently knocked up, I'm engaged to a great guy, and we're planning on starting to try shortly after the wedding. Here's the issue - this will be his second marriage, and he has two kids from the first By Duana • Mar 01, 2013 12:48 pm
Girls The Prodigal Girls Season 2 Episode 7 I am so tired of the commentary on vaginas these days. I have had enough. Please do not talk about how women are being shamed into hating their labia, or criticizing or worshipping the giant bush, or talking about ambassadors of vagina, or something. I By Duana • Feb 25, 2013 06:02 pm
Oscars 2013 Oscars Most Swaggiful Partying: Amy Poehler & Rashida Jones You don’t often get to see a lot of the non-nominated. You see a lot of the sound-editing types, who are nervous but self-aware enough to know that nobody cares, and you get the occasional shot of Jack Nicholson, but as discussed elsewhere on this blog today, Jack Nicholson By Duana • Feb 25, 2013 05:44 pm
