Yes, I'm still here...

A few quick (very quick) updates and thoughts on stuff...

-Nothing but love and best wishes to James, Chris and especially little Aiden right now. Keep kicking ass, my young friend.

-The job is going very well, though (in turns) it's both nerve-racking and kinda dull. But on the whole I'm enjoying it a lot. But it also takes up a lot of hours each week. Ah, the joys of being on salary...

-"Sweeney" was awesome. About everything I could have hoped for from an adaptation, though why they took out all the chorus parts still puzzles me a bit. But on the whole, they did a great job.

-"Juno" was awesome, too. And to all those who are jumping all over the movie for having "unrealistic dialogue" - you have nothing to say when Quentin Tarantino or Kevin Smith write their "unrealistic dialogue," do you? And yet "Juno" is getting crapped on. Gee, could it be because it was written by a woman, and its lead character is a woman, and its subject is pregnancy, which only a woman would face? Nah, that couldn't be it.

-"One Missed Call" and "AVP:R" were less awesome. In fact, "One Missed Call" was the polar opposite of awesome. Saw it with Loren, who wanted to see it (I invited him out to a flick while Abby was out of town), and as soon as it was over, he turns to me and says, "I am so sorry."

-While we're on the subject, congrats to Abby on a successful L.A. trip!

-Read and thoroughly enjoyed Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up," as well as finally acquiring my own copy of book version of “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” Has it really been FIVE YEARS since our production of it? Time flies...

-My grandmother turns 86 today. Happy birthday, Grandma!

Okay, more later, I promise. But for now, back to the grind. Hi ho, hi ho...