Well, I’m back from my week in Mexico. Am tanned, though I didn’t mean to be. Am spending the day welcoming in 2006, but last night was low key. I didn’t make any resolutions. Didn’t even celebrate, unless one can count conking out at 10:30 thanks to the magic of Gravol as a sort of celebration.

Saw The Family Stone today. Not bad. It wraps itself up a little too tidily at the end, but that’s to be expected from anything that opens during the holidays. Was excited to see that the trailer for Tristan and Isolde is finally out, though now that I’ve seen it, I’m a bit worried that it’s going to be a little too Gladiator. On one hand, I think it’s good that Hollywood is into making epic/myth/history pieces again, but on the other, I think it’s bad that they’re making them all in exactly the same way.

On that note, I’m off to veg. To lie, like vegetables. I leave you with the funniest thing I’ve seen SNL do in ages. Let it load before you play it or the sound might not work properly.

SNL Digital Short: “Lazy Sunday” [The Narnia Rap]

Lazy Sunday,
Jen

Photo by Jerry Kiesewetter on Unsplash

P.S. 2018-05-23: The beginning of 2006 marks a shift in my blogging style. In an effort to be less self-conscious and more “authentic” I resolved to start “really blogging” and getting a little more personal in my posts. I’d lost my job and I was performing a sort of bravado in an effort to show that they hadn’t really hurt me, that nothing could really hurt me. Expect many cringe-worthy moments. I don’t think I succeeded at all in the realm of authenticity, but as a performer, I was doing okay. I think it is interesting that I allow little glimpses into my actual mental state to slip through in the titles. This title – a line from “Long December” by Counting Crows (oh god, the shame) – clearly indicates a slight depression, at the very least, but I never actually get into it explicitly.