simple thursday

I've been attempting to make this day as normal as possible. That includes angrily shouting at Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan romcoms playing on television and binging on chocolate (that secretly was left in front of my bedroom door..hmm.). And it's just 10am. I will only acknowledge once that it is Valentine's Day --- that was it. This is a statement obviously coming from a single female, but hey, you don't celebrate mother's day unless you have a mother or are one yourself. Am I right?


Speaking of mothers, I saw Persepolis with mine last night. It centered around the coming of age of Marjane, an Iranian girl during the Islamic Revolution. I liked everything about it. Now, that's hard to do. The progression of story was cohesive and enjoyable. I particulary liked the use of 70's, 80's, and early 90's music and movie references. Marjane liked to rock out to Iron Maiden, thought the Bee Gees were for nerds, and sometimes danced to techno at forbidden house parties. (And I'm pretty sure her boyfriend was watching Terminator 2: Judgement Day on the tv)



The other day, I walked by another gigantic billboard advertising the DVD release of Across the Universe. Sometime soon I will rent it.

Movies to see: In Bruges, Funny Games (the 1998 and 2008 versions), Caramel (pictured)

In real world news, I've been looking on craigslist for a general idea of what my future brooklyn 2-bedroom apartment is going to cost. My sister insists that "If the apartment is cheap, it's probably in a bad area. Go visit them at night as well as in the day." OK fine, that's good enough advice.

Finding a decent apartment will not come down to planning or research but to blind luck. I bet Luck has a wifi connection on its laptop. Well Luck, you have my home phone number, cell phone number, e-mail address, links my blog, and facebook...please, do your best.