The BumbleRabbit Archives

Good morning, Erin. So, cards on the table: I was supposed to get you the letter for Heart Signal 4 , today, but I convinced myself I needed to see the where-are-they-now episode before I wrote it—a decision that, because I was unaware that it was considered an entirely separate and differently-named TV show, cost me some time clicking refresh on my laptop for the 16th episode to load. As such, I have not yet had time to watch it…but I did manage to finish The Uncanny Counter 2 .  I know. I’ve disappointed you beyond measure. And, for that, I will never forgive myself.  But I can promise you three things, if you’ll let me: 1) that I will make sure to describe for you—in detail—exactly how poorly I would do on one of these reality dating shows over the course of the forthcoming Heart Signal 4 letter, and I can’t imagine you’d be upset over the prospect of me humiliating myself for your entertainment; 2) that I have made it through half of an entirely other Korean reality dati...

Good morning, Erin.  I went into Mask Girl with very little idea of what I was getting myself into—deliberately so. Initially, I’d just wanted to see Nana in something new, having loved her in Glitch (and the interviews she did to promote it), and, because this was her next project, that was really all I needed to know marking this one on my calendar.  Then, when the promotional material started coming out and assured me that this would be a psychological mystery thriller, I decided it was best to keep my distance from trailers as much as possible, fearing more about the plot would be revealed than I would want to have going into the series.  Then came the buzz in the week or so before the release, and I started to get excited.  And then the day finally arrived, and… Hope is a dangerous thing, Erin.  So…y’wanna hear a thing or two about the (spoiler alert) unmitigated disaster that was Mask Girl ? 1. First things first: this is ABSOLUTELY NOT a psychological my...

Good morning, Erin. I’ve been looking at clouds, lately.  We very often consider only the clouds directly above us: “It looks like it might rain,” or “It’s shaped like a bunny”—that kind of thing.  But I’ve been taking in a lot more than that. Sitting at red lights or when I’m out for a walk, I’ve been marveling at how, if you follow the trail of them, the clouds seem to go on forever into the distance, only disappearing when they finally fall behind the horizon.  I know that the Earth is round. And I know that the sky is pretty much an illusion. But knowing it and recognizing it are two very different things.  So, I spend a lot of time staring up at the sky, watching the clouds, feeling like we are encased in a giant, glass ball…which is wondrous. And altogether terrifying.  …I’ve been very distracted by beauty , of late, which I’d like to think is me opening myself up spiritually to the world around me. At the same time, I can’t help but feel entirely separat...