Today's Friday Five

1.What was the last song you heard?

“Resolution” by The Thievery Corporation

2. What were the last two movies you saw?

“Love Liza” with Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Didn’t really like it very much. Felt like there were too many gaps in the story and the leaps of faith I was being asked to take while watching it were a bit much. And not "a bit much" in the engaging Paul Thomas Anderson "a bit much" sort of way.
“About Schmidt” – Also didn’t like this. Wayyyy to predictable and mawkish.
“Chicago” (I’m listing three movies because I can’t remember in which order I saw this and “About Schmidt”). Pretty entertaining. I actually liked Catherine Zeta Jones for once. Queen Latifah was great. Still, I don’t think the movie had a lot of depth and it surprises me that it received so many Oscar nominations…then again, it is very Hollywood.

3. What were the last three things you purchased?

Three CDs via the spouse (he’s buying them at work for me):
Bright Eyes: Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil... I thought I was over Bright Eyes but then I heard a song off this album and I really liked it.
Le Tigre: self-titled. I just have the advance of this CD with the paper sleeve, so I wanted to get one with artwork.
The Thievery Corporation: Mirror Conspiracy. Because I am so digging their latest CD.


4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?

Four is just the tip of the iceberg: 1) Buy a gift for my mother’s birthday (anyone have any ideas?) 2) make Citrus-Olive Tapanade for dinner at a friend’s house 3) Study 4) Write

5. Who are the last five people you talked to?

1) a source for an upcoming story 2) my boss 3) my co-worker 4) the person who sold me coffee at the coffee cart downstairs 5) Cory