Calvin (@mrcalvinwalker), Author at Thursday's Journal

7 Questions With… | Amalie Bruun

June 19, 2012

It’s officially summer as of tomorrow and we’ve yet to taste those brutally hot mornings and equally painful nights. But if there is one thing singer/songwriter Amalie Bruun knows how to do is turn the heat up. Case in point? Recently she shot a music video and I got to pop in on set to

All of Primetime’s Bad Ass Females Are on ABC

May 17, 2012

Criticism·Film & TV·Uncategorized

Jennifer Garner might have hung up the ass kicking characters for Romantic Comedies and domestic life but we have not forgotten about her award winning work on ABC’s Alias as Sydney Bristow. That show provided smart television with some crazy plot twists that, for some reason, seemed totally logical at the end of each episode. When those

These Lovers Know Each Other So Well

March 13, 2012

Flash Fiction

Rob: It was the damnedest thing because I’m pretty sure that she was trying to piss me off so I wouldn’t want to go out. I work on cars all day so I get dirty and when I get home, I just want to get out of my clothes and take a shower. That’s normal. When

Curtis Sittenfeld’s “American Wife” Is Flawless

January 11, 2012

Criticism·Literature

One of the things I love about reading is being transported to a different place by the author’s words. Not gonna lie, sometimes they create really complicated worlds that I’d rather not try to breakdown, so I create a sub-world in their world to better enjoy the book. A prime example? Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with

Fictitious Fashion | It All Comes Down to Numbers

December 19, 2011

Flash Fiction

What was I doing but minding my own business while browsing through a wall of graphic novels at Forbidden Planet when this incredibly gorgeous (total sarcasm) dude comes up to me, grabs me by the arm and screams "Are you some type of J. Scott Campbell creation or what?!" Naturally, I yanked myself

Fictitious Fashion | The Woman Reveals Her Anger

November 6, 2011

Flash Fiction

"You should know better than anyone how horrible a liar he is," Gladys said about her husband, my ex-husband, as I held the phone to my ear. Moments before, she revealed to me that she thought he was having an affair. Since she and I were "such good friends," she thought to confide in me.