i’ve been thinking a lot about what to write in my obligatory year’s-end round-up post, folks, i really have. considering for weeks which topics i thought were noteworthy, pondering how to phrase things. i wrote a lengthy draft post that i was polishing up, and then it came to me, literally while fetching a glass of water from the kitchen: really, what all do i actually need to say about the year 2006? who the hell cares about things that sucked? pissing and moaning is stupid and boring, and i’m not gonna do it.
so here’s the encapsulated 2006: this was the year i melted down and then started to get my shit together again. that’s all.
and here’s the plan for 2007: (a) drink more water, because it’s good for me, and (b) be more happy. that’s all, too.
happy new year’s!
would be one of them, but apparently not. it must not have shown up in a $5 discount bin when i was around, yet. alas.). even if the baseball is pretty bad in the movie, it’s still a baseball movie. and it’s also about the right amount of intellectualism for when you get out of bed at 7AM and sleepwalk your way to the DVD player while waiting for the coffee to hurry up and finish brewing already.
and 
), but it’s still a good movie. ‘sides, i was in the mood for a heist flick.
. speaking of KABOOM!).
) is strangely relatable. this film is far and away better than its east coast-set late-nineties-disco-revival cousin, 
, which, despite being one of the few times i’ve actually admired mike myers’ work (actually, i thought he was brilliant in 54), is mostly a crap film in sequined platform shoes. boogie nights is not really a great movie but it’s a brilliant film. and, of course, i love the soundtrack.
