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Television is so lovely lovely pretty lovely.

I am in denial. Denial! I should be outlining but I am far too taken with the pretty moving pictures on the screen. Things I have watched since Saturday afternoon:

Shaun of the Dead: totally great British comedy-slash-zombie movie. no, really. it works.

Mystic River: what utter crap. I should know better than to watch anything with sean penn in it, but the presence of tim robbins and kevin bacon made me unrealistically hopeful. and all those masturbatory glowing reviews - ha. I'll never understand the critical delusion that empty fatalism automatically equals deeply insightful masterpiece. and I will not even get started on how the movie treated females. argh.

Napoleon Dynamite, again. hee.

Stuck on You: I am embarrassed to even admit I watched this, much less say how much I liked it. I don't even know why I watched it; it looked totally idiotic. but it wasn't, and it was actually incredibly sweet and genuine and funny. also reaffirmed my eight-year boy-crush on matt damon. sigh.

Also many other less memorable things. That I have managed to get my reading done every day is astonishing. But I need to be doing more than my reading because October is half gone and my outlines will not write themselves. (Although it would be really great if they COULD!) Surely the novelty will fade soon. Or so I shall keep telling myself. Because like I said. Denial.

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I freaking love your icon.

Ditto. I asked one of my lesbian friends about the homosexual agenda, you know, do they discuss it at the secret meetings? She refused to tell me. Dammit.

I loved Shaun of the Dead! It was a friggin funny movie! Stuck on You was not too bad, either...

Icon! *rolls around on floor*

Also, Shaun of the Dead! <3

Aaaaand random weird note: this weekend I went to Sean and Shimmer's wedding, and snuggled with Whiteotter. Dude. Who woulda thought?

It was a snuggleriffic weekend, I must say.

She's a little heater, too. Puts out double the BTUs of your average kitty. I advise sheets, not blankies. ;)

Shaun of the Dead! I loved that film. Dragged several of my friends to go see it, and they all groused about it, until afterwards when they were laughing and talking about how great it was. Heh.

Mystic River, phhhbbbbtt. Tim Robbins does exemplary acting work, as per usual, but nothing else really got to me. I thought Sean Penn should have won an Oscar for his work in the brilliant "21 Grams", though, which makes "Memento" seem positively linear.

Also, I have to give you a HUGE "we're not worthy" bow for your icon. That's genius. Can I send the image to others?

I wish I could take credit for the icon, but it's actually from a free poster site, top pun (http://www.toppun.com/Cool_Free_Stuff/Free_for_All/Free-Rainbow-Stuff/Free-Gay-Pride-Rainbow-Posters/Free-Download-Gay-Pride-Rainbow-Posters.htm). But of course I'd absolutely recommend sending everyone to that site; there's some great stuff!

Hey, I loved Mystic River. My whole family loved it. I think you have to understand the unique mentality that comes from born and bred working-class Boston Irish Catholic. That's may not be me, but it's my mom's whole family, and as she said when she recommended the movie to me: "They just got it right." It wasn't about the over-th-top yelling and screaming of Sean Penn - that part bugged me. It's about the type of people that South Boston produces.

Gosh!

hehehe.

Also, if you are looking for more distraction, I recommended TV on DVD. I just bought Season One of Arrested Development and I am absolutely addicted. I laugh out loud at every episode. As Jason Bateman says in the Behind the Scenes portion of the DVD: "It's the Royal Tenenbaums shot like Cops."

Shaun of the Dead is the perfect date movie. I mean, come on! It's a romantic comedy...with zombies!