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Well Kittens, I'm back! I took a small job-hunting hiatus from First Appearances, but like a bad penny, I have returned! Thank you for all of your emails and inquiries; I really appreciate all of the First Appearances love! Especially since I was pretty sure that my grandma was my only regular reader (hi, Grandma!).

Anyway, after some cutting, pasting, previewing, and serious nail-biting, I am happy to say that you can now love me on Bloglovin' and pin me on Pinterest! You will find my Bloglovin' icon on the left side panel (hint: it's the flashing Eiffel Tower!), and the "Pin It" button at the end of every post (for the life of me I could not figure out how to line up my "Pin It" button with my other post sharing tools! If you've figured this one out, hit me up!). I've also updated my "What I'm Reading Now" blogroll on the right side panel with some of my favorite grrrrl-powered personal finance blogs like And Then She Saved, LearnVest, and DailyWorth. Thank you for reading First Appearances, it's good to be back! Pin It

Love is Blindness: First Trailer for The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is getting the Baz Luhrmann treatment! Set for theatrical release on December 25th, here is your first look at Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway. Set to music by Kanye West and Jack White, if Luhrmann has established anything in this first glimpse of the film, it's that this is NOT your mother's Gatsby.


Your mother's Gatsby, by the way, was the 1974 Francis Ford Coppola version which starred Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby, Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan and Sam Waterston as Nick Carraway. I'm just going to say it: it should have been better than it was.

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In Things I Have Been Waiting Forever For News: The Killing Returns!

It's hard to believe that I have been waiting to find out who killed Rosie Larsen even longer than I have been waiting to see Katniss and Peeta kiss in the cave in the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games. But I have. Once again, the wait is finally over! If you watched The Killing last season, you may have been a little miffed that the killer was not revealed in the season finale. Well, it's been a year and it's time to get over that. Showrunner Veena Sud has promised that Rosie Larsen's killer will be revealed (and apprehended?) by the close of the second season, set to premiere on Sunday at 8 (with a 2-hour season premiere!) on AMC. Need more reasons to watch? The Killing was nominated for 6 Emmy Awards for its freshman season, including Outstanding Lead Actress (Mireille Enos), Outstanding Supporting Actress (Michelle Forbes), Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Veena Sud), and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Patty Jenkins).

If you did not watch last season, fear not. AMC released this handy little teaser that recaps the high points of the first season investigation.  
Catch a predator this Sunday at 8 p.m. on AMC (right before a new episode of Mad Men at 10!). Pin It

What I'm Running To: I Call it Love by Lionel Richie

Okay, just kidding. I'm not really running to this song, I just love Nicole Richie's clothes in the video! For the record, however, I am not above post break-up run-crying to "Say You, Say Me." Don't judge. Pin It

Mad Men Returns Tonight! Say What?!

In things-Jon-Hamm-can-do-that-you-can't news, Jon Hamm can say the word "what" 965 different ways.

Mad Men is back tonight! Tonight's two-hour Don Draperfest  Mad Men Season 5 premiere begins at 9 on AMC! The wait is finally over, friends! Pin It

Guess Who's Back?

5 days until the Season 5 premiere of AMC's Mad Men. Catch the two hour season opener on Sunday, March 25th at 9 p.m. Style is back, y'all! Forget where we left the men and women of Madison Avenue? This fan-made video will tell you everything you need to know about the first four seasons in 15 minutes. And by telling you everything, I mean, it will tell you absolutely nothing about what is actually going on in the show. NOTE: parts of this video are both NSFW and NSBL (Not Suitable Before Lunch). Enjoy! Pin It

What I'm Running To: Sydney (I'll Come Running) by Brett Dennen

An esteemed lawyer friend likes to create iTunes playlists with unfortunate names like: Patriot Mix, Super Patriot Mix, and Shame Mix. When she decided to create a Lawyer Mix, I was more than happy to offer up some legally inspired song titles for her attorney pop hit list. And by "some legally inspired song titles," I mean, one legally inspired song title: "Lawyers in Love" by Jackson Browne. But had I been aware of "Sydney (I'll Come Running)" by Brett Dennen, I totally would have offered it up in tribute to the almighty attorney playlist. If you are the process of compiling a similar list, you would not go wrong by including "Sydney." And if you are not compulsively organizing your music into themes, you can just run to it, like I plan to. Yes, I am aware that this song has the vague odor of "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" by Paul Simon. And no, I don't see any problems with that. Happy Monday!
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