Sara Recommends

Born Into Brothels
This documentary is one of those testaments to what art can mean to anyone, regardless of status. In India, there are children that are born and raised in brothels, where violence and crime are part of their daily life. Many of the girls there are also destined for the life of their mothers, even at an early age. There was a small group of kids that were given cameras and taught photography. Some of the pictures they take are so beautiful and honest and unafraid. Its frustrating to watch the woman who teaches them try to get them an education and a path out of the brothel life. This film has a delicate balance between the pain and the joy of their experience through the photography.

Ok Go - Oh No
For those of you who have not seen the video for "A Million Ways", you must. This four person band dances in their backyard. The choreography is inspired and celebrates the human body... well not really, but it does celebrate geek-tinted hipsters dancing in vintage suits. I only wish I could dance like that. I picked up the album the other day, and its pretty solid. Fun, just poppy enough, and catchy beats.

Squirt of lime juice in your water bottle
I am so over lemon. It's all about the lime. Lemon sometimes reminds me of household cleaners. Lime: tangy and gives your water a little kick. Even the lime juice that comes in the bottle will do the trick. Ideally, I would have the slice of it, the little pulp floating around your water looking like a citrus snowglobe.

Marshal from Alias
So, I have started my new TV show addiction. I watched Six Feet Under obsessively and am oh so calmly waiting for the arrival of season 5 on DVD. Now, I am onto Alias. I finished Season 1 in a weekend. I have just finished the first disc of Season 2 and Netflix cannot send the next ones to me fast enough. (so if you know anything, don't be a bastard and spoil future eps for me, I am going as fast as I can) I just can't get enough of the women kicking ass. I have even started having spy dreams. But, I have found the love of my life on that show: Marshal. Some might think that Michael Vartan or Bradley Cooper might be the apple of my eye, and they are adorable, but no no, its the character of Marshal that makes this geekess' heart flutter. He is imaginative, a genius, and so excited when explaining his nerd-ventions. I might as well be twelve, still have my head-gear and cut out a collage for my wall. Hmmm...


Reading any comic Tony Scribner recommends to you
He is my comic guru. Seriously, I don't think that I have ever not liked what he has given to me: Alias, Fables, Identity Crisis, Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman: The Long Halloween, Ex Machina, and last night he hands me four JSA's all with a well, well endowed Power Girl on the cover. Yowz-sa! He can give me all the good dirt on the writers and such. I respect what he reads alot because he follows the writers more so than the characters most of the time. I bow to you, Tony.


Not laughing your ass off until the girls loudly discussing their denial and secret admissions of anal sex have completely walked by your office
I am not making this stuff up folks.