goodbye weekend

A little too much work this weekend but I did manage to watch some Olympics and a couple of movies:

Hustle & Flow
I really liked this film despite its occasional tendency towards the clichéd. Terrance Howard is so mesmerizing and Taryn Manning is really effective as the Jodi Foster-ish (Taxi Driver-era, is what I’m saying here) prostitute.

Heart of Gold
Of course we had to go see this because Cory attended one of the tapings in Nashville. It was really nice and felt like a front-row seat at a very intimate show. I kept having to stifle the urge to clap after every song. Also: Emmylou Harris is just so gorgeous.

I also made it over to Deep for the Fashion Flea Market and bought a kick-ass long-sleeved Love, Coco T-shirt.

Other than that I really just indulged my loner tendencies. Cory went out Saturday night and I stayed home and watched the Olympics as I wrote. I also drank hot chocolate spiked with a crème liqueur. And it was divine. The alone time and the hot chocolate.

Sometimes I think I would be very happy on a desert island as long as I had plenty of good books, my Tivo, my cats and visits from Cory. It’s sad but true, sometimes – lots of the times – I just can’t deal with people.