Yeah, a day off, a lot of sleep, a lot of doing nothing, and a deposited paycheck all help. A lot.
So do the Harry Potter movies. I can't seem to get enough HP lately. I've reread Book 6 all the way through this week, with smatterings of Book 5, and now I need to rummage around in the basement to where I think I may have left Book 3 (which was the first HP I read all the way through, and the first to hook me on the story, and will always hold a special niche in my story-obsessed heart).
Sometimes it's hard to watch movies alone. TV on DVD, no problem. I have all of Buffy and all of Angel and a whole bunch of other TV shows and that's always fine. But I have a tonne of movies I'd love to watch but never get around to...some of them are just tough to watch alone. Harry Potter, though, I can do. Readily. Besides, with HP I have this habit of rewinding to catch certain facial expressions or vocal inflections of the characters over and over to help my own interpretations, which would probably annoy a companion.
Can't can't can't can't can't wait for the HP5 movie and the HP7 Book to come out. O.M.G.
Bed.
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Movies I can't seem to re-watch alone, but should easily be able to because of their lighthearted and uplifted story manner: (A list possibly publishable in McSweeney's--e? no e? whatever.)
1. Holes!
2. The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin
3. Jesus X Superstar, Newsies
4. Alex & Emma, The Prince & Me
5. Not Another Teen Movie, 10 Things I Hate About You, Casanova, A Knights Tale
6. Any Adam Sandler Comedy, Meet the Deedles, Josie & the Pussycats and other general silly-camp comedies
7. Fight Club
But I'm all over The Loop, Andy Milonakis, OTH, The Buffsters, Angel, DA, etc. etc. Someone should tell us what the deal is!
Movies/TV shows that assuage my loneliness:
1. Holes (I bought it the other day. Know what decided me? "My name is Mr. Sir...")
2. The Prince & Me
3. 10 Things I Hate about You
4. Buffster, Angel, DA
5. Harry Potter
6. Star Wars (ORIGINALS ONLY, see my irate post of a couple weeks ago)
7. Veronica Mars
8. Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, etc.
9. Lilo & Stitch
10. Monsters, Inc.
11. Cowboy Bebop
12. Terminator 2
Movies/TV shows that underscore my loneliness:
1. The Princess Bride
2. MST3-K
3. Traditionally animated Disney
4. Most chick flicks
5. Fried Green Tomatoes
6. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
7. Tombstone
8. Last of the Mohicans
9. A Knight's Tale
10. Hook
11. Any Jim Carey comedy
12. Any Jim Carey drama
13. Arrested Development
14. While You were Sleeping (but I watch this alone anyway, it's the ultimate masochism)
15. Sense & Sensibility
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