said she's got it all, said she's got it all, said she's got it.

Back in Lulu's. Today's new thing is probably going to be Nick and Norah's playlist with Kristan.

But it might MIGHT MIGHT MIGHT be finishing this story. Or, at least, the first draft. That would be a great new thing. Perhaps the most fantastic new thing ever.

So, keep your fingers crossed? I know I am. It's making it hard to type. But all the luck it gives is worth it.

get guilty.

Chico's a strange little city. I don't quite understand it, and I certainly couldn't live here, but I'm having a good time. There's all sorts of new things to do in a new city - a new farmer's market, a new place to get burgers (Madison BEAR Garden! Ha!) a new place to dance...

I love travel for this reason. Delicious travel. Ashlee and I watched Kung Fu Panda, too, which I hadn't seen before.

It's pretty funny. It made me want to fight with chopsticks.

times before that, I was cruel.

This evening I went and saw Watchmen at the midnight screening, but I'm backdating this blog post because I am... like that. It's my blog, I'll do what I want.

Watchmen was a mess. It was fun, though, and also incredibly violent, and strange to see on screen. I think, now, that it was pretty good in some ways and terrible in others, but ultimately, it's the best that movie could be on a screen. Silk Spectre II looked exactly like she did in the comic, and Nite Owl II's story and portrayal was perfect. Absolutely perfect.

My dad told me he's reading it. We so rarely read the same things that it will be interesting to see what he thinks.

why'd you say hallelujah?

It was either in a movie or a memory that a character (or me) had trouble saying hallelujah for a while. I think it was pronounced hallelulah instead.

A year ago me would worry that I was mixing my memories with movies. This year me LOVES this fact, and embraces it, hoping that soon, my life will be indescirnable from the movies I watch. This is a strange hope, but I think it's viable. You just have to believe.

Today, my new thing: I went and saw The Wrestler with my friend named after a state, Montana. She loved it, I am not so convinced... it was brutal, violent, and very sad. Torment is a fascinating thing to watch, an even more fascinating thing to read, which I am doing right now. Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections torments me with every word, and I bet upon bet that all of this frustration is going to come to a bad end. I'm going to read something really happy after this. A mystery, where I'm sure they solve it. That will be satisfying.

paranoia, paranoia...

Today, Erin and I traversed a sodden, downpoured 17 highway to see Coraline in 3d.

It was an absolute visual treat. I would say visionary. Totally mental - creepy, hilarious, unsettling and mind-blowing. The world they created was gorgeous and terrifying.

I loved every three-dimensional second. I'll see it again.

I hope three dimensional film-making is the wave of the future. I also wonder if Neil Gaiman is totally set on being Neil Gaiman. Because if he's not, I'd love to fill his shoes.

she's a ten.

Good morrow.

I made a New Year's Resolution this year to do something new every day. It has been going splendidly, but my memory is not what it once was: I have already begun to forget some of the new things that I have done.

So, that means I have to start a new blog.

I have had lots of blogs, starting with a deadjournal under an assumed name - followed by a livejournal that I still write in occasionally - a well-kept then deleted personal/music blog - a travel blog for my quarter abroad - and now this one. I think it can be anything I want.

Yesterday, I watched the inauguration. I had never watched an inauguration before, so that was my new thing for yesterday. It was inspiring, and I liked the bit where the oath-giver messed up. We all made the joke: "He will be the first to go."

Today, I went and saw Revolutionary Road. I had never seen that movie before - so there you go. It is a heart-wrenching movie, terribly sad - hopelessness and emptiness prevails. But it was beautifully shot with beautiful moments and beautiful actors and beautiful piano plinking. It was very good. There were people in the audience who laughed at odd times, and I'm going to just chalk that up to the imbeciles who go see movies and still wonder how "they got them pictures to move."

Tomorrow's new thing: Undecided