three frilms

The Pallbearer with Schwimmer and Paltrow. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would; mainly just watched it because of boredom but I kind got into it. Mainly because it was a rip-off of The Graduate I guess.

Harriet the Spy with Dawn Trachtenberg. Mainly watched it because of the "gosh-darn that girl from Buffy used to be even younger" factor, but I did love the book as a young'un, and they did keep pretty close to it. Although they got rid of a lot of the "spying" in favor of the friendship angle. PLUS they took out my favorite bit, the whole Dancing School thing. I sooo wanted to hear her yell "I'll be DAMNED if I go to dancing school!"

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which I simply fucking adored. Clooney is clearly taking hints from Soderburgh, and the cameos of Pitt and Damon were beyond classy. Although I did have Beautiful Mind/Tyler Durden flashbacks any time Clooney was onscreen. (I'm thinking he was real, though.)

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OK, you know you're a dork when you read something mocking Elektra using her real name for her "superhero" name and you want to sneer derisively saying "Shows what you know, she ain't a superhero."

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So we now have a roommate, it seems. I was afraid she'd want to talk to me this morning, because she's a little chatty, but apparently I avoided it. Looks like I have a new reason to get up in the morning (she works most nights) and clear out.

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Oh my god, it is next to impossible to wax one's own armpits. I think I may actually have to pay someone else to do it for me if I'm at all serious about it. My arms ache from holding them above my head. Also from benchpressing.

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I just watched one of the first season Seinfeld episodes, back before Jerry's dad was um, whomever played him in later years. (The first actor was nearly bald, too. And not quite as annoying.) It was the first mention of Art Vandelay (originally he was supposed to be Art Cordelay, apparently), and the only explanation I ever heard about why Elaine and Jerry broke up. (Basically they fight a lot and have a lack of physical chemistry.) I can't believe that was first shown in fall 1990. That was 12 fucking years ago.

(Granted I didn't watch Seinfeld till season two or three, but still. I also used to watch The Simpsons; every single episode every week until maybe 1997. Joel once said that those two shows raised the bar for what we consider "good" or "funny" television, and I can't argue.)