Movies:
Alright. Just saw The Strangers. How was it? Pretty damn terrifying. Actually, I’m still feeling tense and skittish and it’s in the middle of the afternoon and hot and summer-y outside. Would I recommend watching it? Yes, if you’re up for it. The little usher at the movies said he actually had to clean up vomit once from the movie. Of course, the film also just came out. I wonder how prevalent the puking-in-fear thing really is. I’m more of the absolutely-frozen-and-unable-even-to-breathe-in-fear type, myself.
I did notice a few continuity errors, but if you’re not OCD like me, you may never notice them. Unless now that I’ve mentioned it, you’ll look for them. I also loved the music selection (Billy Bragg & Wilco for the win), and the directing, set design and costume design were all flawlessly executed. And although he reminded me at times of a couple of my exes, Scott Speedman was as wonderful as he always is, and not just for eye candy. I even liked Liv Tyler in this role. In short, a job well done for all involved. I give it 617 Jane Points and four and a half blue stars.
Just reading up on it, and it seems so far the movie’s got less-than-good reviews. Some might say it’s gotten bad reviews. Well, who cares what the other people think? Let’s focus on me now and talk about them later.
Also, I think I mentioned this somewhere before, but watching scary movies is a good way to relieve stress. At least that’s what they say. I’m too busy right now thinking about people in masks trying to kill me to feel stressed about the ridiculous amounts of money I owe to ridiculous amounts of people. So maybe it works.

Next up? Still dying to see my dear sweet boyfriend Edward in The Incredible Hulk, although I didn’t realize until today that it’s supposed to be the sequel. Hrm.

Books:
Chuck Palahniuk, et al. has been busy recently. His latest novel, Snuff,was recently released with a brown font, which to me just mutters, “I’m awesome” over and over again. I just bought Rant earlier this week but haven’t had much time to get into it. So far, so good.
And on September first, an anthology of essays written about Fight Club will be released. It’s entitled You Do Not Talk About Fight Club: I Am Jack’s Completely Unauthorized Essay Collection and is available for pre-order on Amazon.

While we’re talking about books, I’d like to say Jeff Long is definitely worth reading if you’re not already familiar with his work. I just finished Year Zero. It was a little misleading in certain regards and ol’ Jeff has a slightly annoying ability to slip casually into second person, but otherwise it’s a great read. If you really want a thrill, though, read The Descent. I read that book something like seven years ago, and I still think it’s fantastic. (Don’t confuse it with the recent movie of the same name. Not at all the same story.)

Um, okay. That’s all for now.
Peace, love, and all things Edward Norton-ish.