I've got it all figured out.



After a long but happy day at my job as a marketing consultant, I'm going to drive home to my apartment in Japan in my black Chrysler PT Cruiser straight into Ugly Sullen Boy's arms. Although I think it would really be much more interesting driving home to my mansion in Paris in a red chopper from a gig because, you know, I'm a rockstar, straight into Donnie Darko (and by this of course I mean Jake Gyllenhaal)'s arms, while our two kids are sleeping in their rooms (and by this of course I mean mansions). Remember when we were kids?



{The New Pollution, Beck}

I (heart) my new sneakers!

This week:

1. Got not one but two disaster haircuts, the end result of which is me looking like a twelve-year-old Japanese boy, not that I know how twelve-year-old boys look in Japan, but I imagine we'd have similar silhouettes.

2. Spent Valentine's Day/my sister's birthday dinner with friends and family. We were late for our reservation and didn't actually get to eat until midnight, but had a lovely time.

3. In memory of productive Saturdays which I used to have a lot of (well not A LOT a lot but you know what I mean), I had one yesterday. Went apartment hunting and saw quite a few. Found one that seemed okay and within budget.

4. Plodded through eight miles of books and found a cheap copy of Lolita and a Vonnegut book.

5. Saw Chicago. And loved it.

6. And the true purpose of this entry which is of course to show off my latest impulse purchase. (I was actually looking for low-profile black snow boots [which I found and will test tomorrow]) But oh Lordy, they're so cute.



{Lines in the Suit, Spoon}

Dude.



Looking for porn? Right this way, s'il vous plait.



{Fine, The Cardigans} - a backseat sofa in the dark...

Goddamn right, it's a beautiful day



The Eels say it so much better than I can. And I'm not going to let ugly sullen things ruin it.

If you're a smart president, say nu-cle-ar



I just saw CQ and the 60s music soundtrack is still stuck in my head. My sis said the first unibrow she ever saw was on Roman Coppola. We were surprised to learn it's his first full-length film. (And he got Cyrano de Bergerac to be in it ?!??) Yeah, well, on second thought, we weren't that surprised.



Totally unrelated entry title, I know, but I just had to write it.



{Dragonfly, Mellow}

Shuttle



I woke up this morning to extensive news coverage of the space shuttle Columbia breaking up over Texas as it approached the atmosphere. At first, no one was really sure what happened but as it became clear that there were no survivors, NASA lowered its flag to half-staff. Seven people died, including the first Israeli astronaut.