Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Holiday-weekend discoveries

A new favorite TV show.
An Idiot Abroad is the funniest damn thing I've seen in a long, long time. Send a grumpy Englishman to the seven wonders of the world, make each trip as miserable as possible, and watch the magic happen.



When I say I'm not going to spend any money in the bookstore...
It means I'm going to spend $27.

Winter's Bone is an amazing movie. 
I've officially seen all but one of the best-picture nominated films (I refuse to watch a guy saw his own arm off; I'm sure it's a beautiful, artistic experience, but no). Winter's Bone won't win, but it's so gritty and stark and good that it should.

I can wake up Beau WITH MY MIND.
On Saturday evening, Beau and I were watching TV. He'd dozed off about 25 minutes beforehand. Suddenly, I wondered if I could wake him up just by staring at him. So I opened my eyes wide and thought WAKE UP! as hard as I could. His eyes fluttered open in two seconds. I was beside myself with excitement.

Sadly, he did not share my joy.

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