As Far As I Can Tell


Last couple of days

I saw an excellent film last night called Moonlight Mile. It’s the first movie in a long time that has kept me thinking about it for so long afterwards. I dreamt about it, and I woke up thinking about it. Cinematically it’s great, the casting is perfect, and the story is unique and sad. I can’t really describe the plot without giving some away, but check it out.

I just got done watching The Cat’s Meow. It’s a murderous story about Hollywood stars of the 1920s, most prominently, Charlie Chaplin. It’s one of those plots that are constructed out of possibly real, but unknown events — presented as the factual truth. It’s doesn’t cover remarkably new ground, but I’m a fan of ships as locations for stories, and there’s some good charleston dancing action throughout.

Meredith and I took Birdie to the vet today. She still has her roundworms and now has some sort of new problem that I don’t remember the name for, but which she needs to eat this yellow goo once a day for three weeks to treat. She’s lost half a pound in the last few weeks too.

She’s doing a lot better about travel though. The carrier is still disliked, but she doesn’t hide in the closet for days afterwards; it’s down to just a couple of hours. I hope she gets well soon; I’ve grown to really like her.

We ate at a Polish restaurant up the street today that we’ve never been to before. Cheese and potato pierogis and potato pancakes. They were incredibly starchy and heavy, and we ate until we couldn’t move. The waiter brought us out a free desert when we were done, which was very nice, but hardly needed.

The restaurant has clearly been in the neighborhood for a long time, and was hosting an entirely Polish clientele besides us. Old women ordering jello and whipped cream for desert, plastic flowers at every plastic covered table setting, and a bar whose main use was as a stand for a TV that wasn’t turned on.

New music this week:

Damien Jurado - Rehearsals for Departure
Hank Williams Sr. - Various Radio Performances
Rilo Kiley - Take-Offs & Landings
Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth
Yo La Tengo - The Sounds of the Sounds of Science


 

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