Things from this week

I'm so happy to see that Final Girl is blogging again. For a while it was out of service- no new posts and, even worse, there was some cheap ad banner under the header. I was bored last week and when I feel that way I like to go to the review archives and read or re-read old posts. It always makes me wanna watch movies I haven't seen yet, like Alice Sweet Alice and The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Last night I watched this week's episode of The Newsroom. There are only 2 more episodes coming. If there's one thing I don't like about series on cable it's that their seasons are so short. It feels like The Newsroom just started. And it seems like Nurse Jackie does one month of new episodes and then ends for the year. I understand: they're well-made, well-written, expensive shows. I don't care. I think the seasons should be at least twice as long. This afternoon my friend took me to Burger King and I got a Coke and a Rodeo Burger w/out cheese. This is the first time I've asked them to leave the cheese off and it was so good- just BBQ sauce and onion rings. It was the perfect lunch and because it was so hot out the Coke was soooo good. Sometimes when I'm feeling depressed (and I have been) I like to watch something scary to take my mind off things. I went to the FearNet On Demand station and nothing looked good. My only choices were Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer- it's supposed to be good and I heard a lot about it when it came out, but it came out in the late 80s; I figured it was gonna be too dated- or Midnight Meat Train. Just the title alone is pretty upsetting. It was 2am and I figured I'd watch it, go to bed, and then sleep late because I'm off today. I started watching the movie and at first I was worried that it was gonna be too scary and upsetting but then I saw all the CGI special effects and that's what saved me. CGI doesn't scare me at all. It looks so fake that it has no effect on me. So instead of being disturbed by the murder scenes I could just watch and follow the story. I didn't realize that Bradley Cooper was in this movie. I was also surprised to see Brooke Shields. I'm not sure what to say about this movie. Did I like it? I don't know, it was OK. Would I recomend it? I guess- or at least I wouldn't tell someone not to watch it. Was it scary? Yes, it had it's moments. I realized last night that there's probably nothing scarier than having the good guys sneak into the home of the bad guy when he's not there. So it's 5:30pm. I've still got laundry to do and some cleaning so I'm gonna get back to that. Good night.