2. Went to my grandparents house today. We've been trying to go as much as we can, as a family, because my grandfather's been having a lot of health problems lately. They've both been going through a lot, especially this past week. It was a great visit nonetheless; my grandparents are not like "old people," and would rather talk about current events or pop culture than how today's kids are going to hell (I assume this is the primary topic of conversation for most older people). This aside, my grandfather told me that I, Melissa, look like Hedy Lamarr, which cracked up my brothers, who found the reference impossibly old-timey. It's much nicer than Mary Kate Olsen, whom some people have been comparing me to (and who I think looks like a bad smell).
3. One of my newest favorite things is KZSU's "Entitled Opinions" show, which I listen to on podcast. Basically it's like going into your gabbiest professor's office, and they and their scholar friend talk Isaac Babel or Hannah Arendt at you for an hour. It's always academic, and frequently quite dense, but always absorbing. I haven't been listening to anything else for about a week (except for an annoying Cynthia Ozick interview; man, fuck Cynthia Ozick).
4. I'm currently reading "Of Human Bondage" by W. Somerset Maugham. MORE ON THAT LATER.
5. My DVD of Pierrot le Fou arrived!
Don't let my reluctance to bare my teeth* fool you; I am VERY excited to get this! Perfect end-of-summer movie.
And my Criterion postcard? Lindsay Anderson's if.... I remember my Dad referencing this one to me when I was a kid. I think I was watching the re-make of Fantasy Island and he was horrified that this is what Malcolm McDowell was reduced to. "I remember when he played the guy who ran into a school and shot all of the students, because that was better than being brainwashed." I haven't seen if... (I could tell it freaked him out), but it's hilarious and utterly incongruous to me that my Dad once saw it. Not that he was uncool (at all, he was really rad), but he was my dad, because he died my perception of him is frozen at what it was when I was thirteen.
6. All I am watching these days is Venture Brothers, Project Runway, and Mad Men. Holy mother of God do I love Mad Men, like all reasonably smart people with reasonably good taste.
7. Got Dark Chocolate-Dipped Creme de Menthe Altoids. I was reticent to buy candy but I got burned by the Elvis Peanut Butter and Banana Reece's Cups by waiting too long (I had planned to save them for posterity). They are delicious, 7.5 calories each, and have already melted inside their tin into a honeycomb shape. Oh, August.
8. Speaking of candy, this may ruin your life, but I can't help but share it. Hershey's has started selling some of their candy "fresh from the factory." We've gotten the Reece's and the Paydays before, and it's enough to make you want to cry.
9. Last five movies I saw: Little Murders, Persepolis, Pineapple Express, Band of Outsiders, and The Thief of Baghdad. All were great.
10. Gilbert Arenas might be getting his own reality show. HIBACHI! I wholeheartedly approve of this.
11. I saw the Passport to Washington, DC, and not only did they have Ben's Chili Bowl, THERE WAS A COOL DISCO DAN REFERENCE!!! AHHH!!! Sadly, no gogo, which is one of my favorite pillars of DC culture.
*I have a small gap.
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Since I don't watch much tv, I caught Madmen very early on a sunday morning the other week. And I was like, what is going on in this movie? Then I saw it was a tv show, and I was puzzled. Everything seemed so spot-on and immaculate in terms of setting/dress/ etc but I couldn't figure out why there seemed to be ongoing subtle conflict in a movie.
Shows what I know.
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