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 Howdy folks, February isn't over yet, which means it's not to late to try out a new idea I just had: a little round-up of my favorite things I watched, read, or listened to last month! Who doesn't love a pop culture round-up? Especially if that round-up doesn't even feature stuff that's particularly recent or popular? How fun is that, right? I mean, do you really want to read another article about HBO's The Last of Us ? Without further ado, here's the best of the Lisa lifestyle this past month: Best (audio)Book of (my) January: I'm Glad My Mother Died  by Jennette McCurdy, narrated by the author Okay, I know I said the round-up wouldn't be things that are that popular, and child star Jennette McCurdy's memoir was pretty damn popular. But it came out last year, so I'm still late enough to the party to be a cool kid. Most people (including me) previously only knew McCurdy as Sam Puckett, the main character's best friend in Nickelodeon'...

 Put on your space seatbelts, folks, and prepare to be as disappointed in me as Alex, who I believe may have questioned our engagement after reading this one. She asked, pleaded me, in fact, to search my memory for something, anything more about the original finale to the crowning achievement of science fiction cinema, but this is it, baby. Star Wars Episode 6: The One Where Barely Anything Happens, Apparently. Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Luke realizes he must save Leia, and probably Han while he’s at it. He crashes Jabba’s house party, but then gets captured himself. Luckily, he is able to use all his Yoda-given training to win an arena-style fight that Jabba put him up to for the entertainment of his guests. Leia, who is dressed like the Star Wars centerfold edition, is rescued by Luke’s daring heroics, and they also get Han back somehow. With his found family back together, Luke realizes it’s time to face his final objective: fight Darth Vader and win the space war ...

Star Wars Episode V: The Rape-y One (real title: Return of the Jedi? The Empire Strikes Back? One or the other. Definitely not New Hope, I know for a FACT that’s the fourth one) The gang are fighting fascists in a wintry landscape on the planet Hoth. There are big tanks on comically long legs called ATATs. Luke is in a little fighter jet that conveniently has a cable rope ejector, so he is able to circle the ATATs with the cable, tripping them as it tightens around their knees. Later, after a flying motorbike race through the woods, Han and Luke discuss who has dibs on Leia at a party. Then Luke and R2D2 head off into a swamp for Luke’s pilgrimage to a Jedi master. They crash, and Luke is annoyed. R2D2 is mischievously undismayed. A little troll creature starts mocking them, and Luke is even more frustrated by his unpleasant predicament. Unfortunately for Luke and fortunately for decades of merchandising, this little creature- best described as a cross between a teenage mutant nin...

 Hello everyone! It's been a while! Over a year, in fact. With that little hiatus behind us, I am excited to bring you to the next era of Lasitas. I plan to regularly post again, though I want to focus more on creative writing than making it a newsletter. However, never fear, newsletter fans, if you subscribe to my newsletter, you will get... a newsletter! In your email inbox! From me!! The newsletter will basically serve as a way to get email notifications of new posts, since Blogger stopped supporting the automatic email updates that my first-era subscribers are familiar with. So, instead of just posting to Blogger and letting the built-in RSS email functionality handle the rest, I'm going to be more hands-on with writing a newsletter that links to the latest post. If you previously were subscribed to Lasitas, I have you on my new email group, no problem! If you are new here and would like to subscribe, click here to get added to the list! With that out of the way, I would l...