lucky forty-four

Today is day forty-four of no smoking. Forty-four is my lucky number. I was born at 4:44 am in the fourth month of the year (April, dummies) and am subsequently forty-four times more amazing than anyone else you know. I am also four hundred and forty-four times more humble than the humblest man born before me. And, as Fred (or Hobbes) might say, I am the culmination of forty-four billion years of evolution.

Anyway, for the most part I am thrilled to be a forty-four days old non-smoker today. But will not be buying myself anything to celebrate as previously thought, due to fundage issues, i.e. I work for minimum wage and need to eat. Oh well, I'll get those sandals later.

Soylent green! It's made of people!

I am really pleased that Jeff Bridges won the Oscar for best actor in Crazy Heart. If you haven't seen that movie, you should. Especially if you are an alcoholic. But, if you're an alcoholic who is still drinking and don't want a buzz kill on your tornado ride, you might want to go see Avatar instead.

Crazy Heart was amazing. I would have liked for Maggie G. to win best supporting actress, but think that Monique's role in Precious was pretty pretty friggin' crucial. That end scene where she's trying to explain to the social worker (Mariah Carey) why she did the things she did, why she does the things she does... I mean it's some serious acting. Heart-wrenching, savage, raw... but tender and beautiful at the same time. What the fuck.

All i know is that as soon as the lights came on after Precious I called my mom sobbing to tell her how grateful I am that I got her instead of Precious's mom. I mean... seriously. I am reading Push right now, the book that Precious is based on. Jesus Christ. I don't know if I can keep reading it... it's so depressing and scary and awful... but poignant. It's like Princess Di's car wreck: tragic and sad but you can't get enough of it. I am also glad Sandra Bullock won best actress for The Blind Side. She kicked ass in that movie, I don't care what you heard... she is not just playing some bitchy southern woman. She's still not as great as my mom :)

Okay, I'm gonna get back to my fabulously exciting job. Thanks for listening, or reading, or barely glancing at, whatevs. Until next time interweb, I bid thee well <3