The Furious Spinner

Mario is sitting on the couch with me. He's reading Bluelight to Pucker Huddle: Discovering Klickitat County while I'm watching TV. He's taking off work tomorrow to take care of me. What a sweetheart. I've been watching lots of movies. Last night we rented Something New, Family Stone, and New World. I'm not good at doing reviews of any length—I'll just do quickie reviews. New World: should be renamed Boring World. If any of the early settlers had watched this movie, they would have never come here. Couldn't even finish it.

Family Stone: So gross. Disgusting. Should be a rule in movies. Same rule as in real life: Brothers do not sleep with brother's girlfriend; sisters do not sleep with sister's boyfriend. BLECK! And throwing in a terminal illness does not save a movie where the former happens. It just makes it ICKIER.

Something New: Liked it. Gorgeous black woman reluctantly dating gorgeous white man. A gorgeous gardener. Hunk of burnin' love. Simon Baker is nice to look at. Even sweaty. Plus he can say things like, "I take hard earth and make things bloom," with a straight face and make it sound sweet. It was directed, produced, and written by women. (I didn't know this before I watched it, by the way.) Maybe that's why the man was romantic in a realistic and sweet way. I mean he painted her toenails. In red. He built her a garden. And he went to a cotillion (or some kind of silly dance) in a mariachi suit. He liked her better without her weave.

Tonight I've watched Six Feet Under, Friends, King of Queens, and I'm looking forward to the Gilmore Girls and the Sopranos. Hey, ain't got time to change the world when I'm trying to kill the pain with TV.

May You Zone Out in Beauty!

P.S. Mario just told me that we're both mentioned in the book he's reading. What a kick! 3 comments

3 Comments:

Hope you're feeling better soon, Kim.

Since you're into movie-watching as therapy right now, I'd like to recommend an Italian film that had me mesmerized and moved... for all SIX hours! "The Best of Youth."

I watched a rented copy, but it's one of those films I will definitely buy. Loved it! :-)

By  Anony Mous, at 10:10 PM  

Thanks! I'll check it out. It sounds right up my alley.

By  Kim Antieau, at 8:48 AM  

Just happened on your blog, stepping-stone fashion. What luck--you write about what matters to me. Take care.

By  Patty, at 12:50 PM  

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