So last night I went to a screening of a new film that I got a pass for when I was at the Angelika on Saturday. I signed something saying that I am not the kind of person to talk about movies on the Internet, but what the hey.

It was a film called Invisible Circus starring Cameron Diaz and the yummy Christopher Eccleston, and here is the direct quote from my comment card:

Q: "How would you describe this film to your friends?"
A: "This is a dull story about a dull free spirit and her dull sister who goes to Europe to find out about her dull death in a very dull fashion. Have I mentioned that it's dull?"

I was going to be nicer on the card, but honestly, I don't see how that would help matters any, so I just pulled out the stops.

I did like the Christopher Eccleston bits, as he's just extry dishy, but he was surrounded by all this damn story that I couldn't stand that I could barely keep my eyes open. I can't believe that I missed Buffy and Angel for that.

Speaking of entertainment that just isn't good enough, I read one of the books that I bought the other day, Love : A User's Guide and wasn't so impressed.

Like Invisible Circus, which had some very lazy voice overs (tell the story rather than show it), it had sort of an all-powerful narrator voice that would occasionally say things like "At last, Amy was watching Orlando rather than watching everyone watch her watch him, which was a big step for her."

I liked the story, but the author's short cuts took away from it for me, and it didn't reach the high water marks of Helen Fielding and Marian Keyes.

For some reason that I don't quite understand, I am no longer speaking to one of the guys in my office.

We have these two new fellas in my department, one tall, Russian and cute and the other short, Irish and cute. I think they are both swell, though the Irishman gets more of my jokes. But it's not as though I spend an inordinate amount of time flirting with either one of them.

Well, on Monday when they were upgrading my system I had time to kill, so I leaned against Lucky the Leprechaun's cubicle door and jokingly said "I'm bored. Entertain me!" Well, he said in a frosty voice "Why don't you go talk to Chekhov? You two seem to get along like a house afire."

I was slightly taken aback, and said "But so do you and I!" and he said something snippy that I can't remember, so I walked away and we haven't exchanged a word since.

I mean, what up with that? Are we in grade school? Honestly, the last time I heard someone say "Go talk to so-and-so, you like him so much," I was around twelve.

Today's horoscope:
Today you just want to be casual and comfortable. This is a time to be relaxed. Do something involving beauty if possible.

One year ago today:
Man, I've got whiplash that went to second-run so fast!

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