Gorgeous day today. Thom and I dropped the Prius off at the dealer for an oil change, and then walked to the strip mall across the street and had lunch at Hops. Good stuff. We browsed for a bit at Old Navy and Barnes & Noble–it’s a string of big boxes over there; there’s also a Target, Best Buy, et al.–before walking back to pick up the the car. Then we saw Spider-Man 2, which was okay, I thought. Maybe just not my bag. Oh, and would Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and Harry Osborn (James Franco) please get it on already? I guess that’s just the movie in my head. But on a serious note, I’d love to see Kirsten Dunst in a role where she can work her acting chops. Granted I haven’t seen her other movies, apart from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but I feel like given a role and script she can sink her teeth into, she’s capable of more.
After we got back home, Alex and I sat out on the balcony for a while. I soaked up the last few rays of early-evening sunshine, while reading Augusten Burrough’s Dry and having a hard cider and a smoke. Multitasking, I tell you. Alex laid himself down against the wall, and tried to take a nap. How leisurely.
What? I have to go back to work tomorrow? I can’t hear you, la la la.
3 replies on “Independence day (observed)”
The only other role that she literally sunk her teeth into was Interview with a Vampire… I never liked her acting much, but perhaps it’s merely the scripts she’s been fed.
I have not yet seen “Spider Man 2″… I saw “Fahrenheit 9/11” this weekend when I was up in Boston instead… no matter what you think of Mr. Moore, “Fahrenheit” was one of those movies that I believe NEEDED to be made… there needs to be a counterbalance to all the blind conservative media rhetoric out there…
I do want to see Spidey though… and I have not seen “Eternal Sunshine” yet either, but I’ve heard nothing but good things…
Oh, and why did I disappear from your Blogroll??? Am I gonna have to fly up there and beat you? 😉
Beat him up for me too? 😉
I think he secretly likes it anyway. Oh I’m so lovely.
Jeffy, everytime I watch Will & Grace, I think of you! You got me hooked and I never told you.
All right, go about your business, monsieur.