Fantastic Mr. Fox was fantastic!!!

Wes Anderson just came out with a new film called Fantastic Mr. Fox. My friends and I went to go see it yesterday. I knew that some of them were a bit apprehensive about it, but I know that all of us left the theater sooo satisfied. If you love Wes Anderson's style, you need to see this. Not only is it hilarious, but it is soo visually stimulating! I plan on seeing it again the next chance I get :)

Julian Casablancas- Phrazes for the Young

I am downloading Julian Casablancas' new cd as we speak-- Phrazes for the Young. I am obsessed with The Strokes, so it is only fitting that I am going to be obsessed the lead singer's side project. AH!!!!

Come on, JSF

I have been waiting YEARS for Jonathan Safran Foer to come out with a new book. My prayers were answered, however, not exactly how I would have liked them to be... His newest book, which just came out this month, is called Eating Animals. It is a nonfiction book about his decision to be a vegeterian... Blah! Not only do I dislike (for the most part) nonfiction, but I am an avid meat-eater so you can imagine my disappointment. I may have to read it anyway, just because my loyalty to JSF is out of this world. But yeah, lame.

Chuck Klosterman's new book!

Eating the Dinosaur, Klosterman's new book, just came out this month. I'm so excited to read it! He is a contemporary writer whom I look up to...His essays are insightful, funny and sooo true. I own Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs and IV...and I can't wait to buy this new one!! Ah.

Dear Jack=Awesome

I finally got my Dear Jack dvd in the mail, after like a week of waiting for it. It was sooo good, yet so sad. It definitely made me realize that this is real life... Andrew McMahon was 22 years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia, but he powered through it... And I'm so glad he did! I love him. I actually remember one of his shows being cancelled that I was supposed to go to (June 10th 2006) due to the fact that he had been diagnosed. So weird. I recommend watching this if you are a Jack's Mannequin/Something Corporate fan. It really made me learn so much more about him. I feel that you should get to know an artist on a personal level if you are a big fan, because it also helps you understand their music on a different level.

My Newest Obsession- The Coppolas

After watching The Virgin Suicides (directed by Sofia Coppola, 1999) last week, I decided that I needed to finally see Marie Antoinette (also directed by S. Coppola, 2006). I remember seeing the trailers when it first came out, and I really wanted to see it. I ended up not seeing it, however, so I walked over to my friendly video store--That's Rentertainment-- and I finally got it. I watched it and absolutely fell in love. It is by far one of my top three favorite movies of all time. Having seen Sofia's three biggest films (including Lost in Translation), I realized how much I loved her style. Not just that, but I became obsessed with her family. Three of her cousins include Jason Schwartzman (actor, love him), John Schwartzman (frontman of Rooney), and Nicolas Cage (the least legit of the three). Not to mention her uncle is THE Francis Ford Coppola. Anyway, the end of the story is that I love her as a director, and I also love her ridiculously multi-talented family.

ABC- Love that Wednesday Lineup

Yesterday I went over to a friend's house (because he promised to make me dinner), and watched a couple of shows on ABC: Modern Life and Cougar Town.


Modern Life is a mockumentary about three different families: a "normal" nuclear family, a gay couple with an adopted baby, and an older man married to a young Colombian with a younger son. This was the first time I had seen this show, despite the fact that many of my friends are newly obsessed with it. I thought it was pretty funny; definitely reminiscent of the office in its filming style. The dad in the "normal" family was really funny, always trying to be cool in front of the kids, and the gay couple was also really entertaining. I am going to have to watch it again to have more solid feelings on it, but as of now, I give it a thumbs up.


Cougar Town, starring Courteney Cox, was next. I had just heard about it the night before (on THS: Courteney Cox), and I was definitely curious to see how her acting is holding up after Friends. This show made me laugh out loud a few times, and I found it pretty entertaining. To be honest, I was kind of skeptical at first but the concept wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It's about a middle-aged divorceé who decides that she wants to start dating younger men. In last night's particular episode, she dates a college boy and ends up dumping him at the end. The interaction between this guy and her son is hysterical. This, like Modern Life, has my approval--for now.

Now I have even more TV shows to distract me. Nice!

Thinking of these two shows, however, really makes me realize how progressive TV shows are starting to become (here comes the media studies major in me). Seriously though, TV is now showing--more than ever before-- families that aren't your stereotypical two-parent, one boy, one girl family. I like it a lot! Way to go, USA pop culture. Starting to break out of your shell.