Yesterday at work I found in my desk drawer a library return receipt from literally three years ago. Apparently I'd gotten the DVD of 25th Hour but as far as I can tell I never actually watched it. So I'm going to get it again!

Today on the train, a tourist family managed to get separated. The daughter got off the train but the rest of them weren't quick enough because they'd been sitting until the doors opened and then the dad dropped something, so she ended up on the platform by herself. The parents called to her, "Stay where you are," and I was like, okay, fine, they' ( Read more... )

I didn't go to Connecticut yesterday. I did a couple of other nice things in the morning but the afternoon was a disaster and it was 85% my own fault and I don't want to talk about it.

I was thinking that the one of the reasons why celebrities get divorced so easily is because in the back of their mind they know they'll be able to get someone else pretty easily so there's no incentive to try to make their current relationship work.

Actor/Actress given to me by fyredancer:

Cary Elwes

1) Movie I loved: Glory
2) Movie I liked: Hot Shots!
3) Movie I hated: No Strings Attached (well, I didn't hate it as much I didn't like it that much)
4) Movie I hate that I liked: Days of Thunder

Comment and I will give you a name :) Post your answers in the comment or in your own LJ!

I would love to know why people think drinking to the point of throwing up or passing out is fun.

I've only been drunk once and it wasn't fun. In fact, it just made me sad and I cried a lot. Being tipsy is the most fun. Just loosened up enough to enjoy yourself -- just enough in control not to do anything monumentally stupid.

In an era where so many movies are so truly terrible, a competent movie like Argo really stands out. But calling it "competent" is hardly high praise. It was technically good -- good acting, directing, editing. However, the screenplay itself was poor. The Hollywood, CIA, and Iranian characters were caricatures and the "houseguests" displayed no ( Read more... )

Why are these pretzels so freaking hard to find?


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Yesterday I got to pet a chinchilla. It was the softest thing ever!!

I was looking forward to the movie version of August: Osage County because I'd heard so many good things about the play. Just finished reading the play. What a disappointment. Not sure there was an original thought anywhere in it. Nor was it particularly well done. Yeah, it'll be Oscar bait for Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, but it's not a story ( Read more... )