Garden State: Redux

I liked Garden State. It left me feeling all warm and fuzzy. I'm not ashamed to admit it: I'm glad he got off that plane. I recently saw The Last Kiss and although I liked it, it definitely had a Garden State II feel to it, especially with respect to Natalie Portman and Rachel Bilson's characters. Brian Palmer over at The Not-So-Exciting Life of Brian Palmer has taken it upon himself to break down the similarities between the two movies in this post and I think he nailed it.

The protagonist should close his eyes often and meditate on when his life wasn’t ruled by the debilitating pain of wondering how to connect with other people, or whether he should get married and have kids.

LOL! Do people even still say "LOL" anymore?



Via Notcot.org.

But Is It Edible?

OK now I don't know Brent or Annette but I do know that they're cool. How do I know? Look at their wedding cake. I wonder if it was mushroom flavoured.


Via BoingBoing.

Holy Shit!

Yeah, yeah, yeah I know, I haven't posted in, like, forever. Yeah I've read all your hate mail. Yeah I've gotten your crank calls. But see I started this new job (one that actually pays me, unlike, you know, this blog) and I suddenly find myself with a lot less free time to sleep/eat/blog. So I'm going to try to post when I can, but as you can see the frequency will be significantly diminished. Maybe that's a good thing for you. Maybe you'll do something else instead of checking my blog incessantly. Like go outside. Read a book. Call a friend. Or not. Anyway to appease you all I've posted a picture of a cute puppy:


See you're not mad at me anymore, right? I knew you'd understand.