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[lauralh]

I got this hoodie in black and it is so, so great. 21 micron merino wool, thumb loops, omg. Everyone is jealous, oh yes. It's almost worth eating cereal for dinner all week.

I bought Reg stereolabrat's book, Happy Birthday or Whatever, and devoured it a couple days ago. It's not as fantastic as her LJ was in '05 or whatever, but that schtick, although it took a while, got old. This book is pretty much about her Korean family, so there's a lot more warmth and a lot less talk about dicks. Which is fine by me. Still a lot of laugh-out-loud moments, with a warm chewy center to it all. I once tried to write a funny story about my dad, but parodying him made him too inhuman. This book nails it.

I watched Gervais' The Invention of Lying the other night. It was funny enough, a delightful diversion, but I can't say I'd ever want to watch it again. The only man in the world who can lie, ends up inventing religion. Yeah ok, if I were the only man in the world who could lie, I sure as hell wouldn't go for Jennifer Garner and her square jaw. Yeah, that's right, you heard me.

Comments

re: lying

[tcinseattle.livejournal.com]

yeah, great movie but he made me cry by not spending at least a few years exploiting the unlimited, limitless ability to control and manipulate people.

Re: lying

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

i know, right?

Re: lying

[joblessmusician.livejournal.com]

I hate it when comedies forget they are comedies (or, studios trim too many silly funny bits in order to get to the bloody plot). At least, Gervais' serious-ish bits are good (since he's Ricky Gervais, after all).

Which reminds me, I liked Thank You For Smoking for being one of the only recent movies that seemed to maintain the same level of humor from beginning to end!

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that movie was great.