What I’m…

…Renting
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1- Yet another show I’ve missed over the years that Netflix has finally brought into my home. I don’t think I can adequately describe my feelings towards the show. On one hand I love it because it’s consistently funny and the absurd coincidences that the “plots” revolve around are the types of devices that I love to see in my television. On the other hand the show is personally a little bit scary because I think a lot of us have a little Larry inside of us. A part of us that’s so cynical and so ready to distance ourselves from people that we sabotage opportunities and friendships through obsessing over small detail or by making completely inappropriate comments. For now I’m choosing to embrace both aspects.

…Renting but warning you to stay away from like the plague
Junebug- I like dark films and I like comedic films but what I don’t like are uncomfortable films. Now when I say uncomfortable I’m not talking about the feeling you get watching someone get stuck with a needle on the screen or uncomfortable pauses between characters, I’m talking about a film that seems uncomfortable with itself. Let me say that Amy Adams gives a wonderful performance but the other actors seem to have received no direction or are just plain bad. The dialogue is so stilted that instead of coming across as a group of family members having trouble communicating it comes across as a script that has no idea how people actually talk. Just a bad bad movie that got way too much praise because of one outstanding performance.

…Watching
NCAA Basketball Tourney- Just put this out here as an excuse/explanation for the lack of blogs lately.

…Listening To
Top Five on My iPod
1. Mercy Me- Alkaline Trio (I was pleasantly surprised that this song sounds more like their old stuff after receiving warnings that their latest album was darker.)
2. You’re Wrong- NOFX (Proving again you can put politics in punk)
3. I’m Going to Hell For This One- NOFX ( More of the Jeebus for me this week)
4. I Bet You Look Good On the Dance Floor- Artic Monkeys (Made the list 3 weeks and counting)
5. Sorry- Madonna (Still learning foreign languages after 2 weeks)