crybaby

more katie...

awwwwwww

move over, match point.

oh god, i just watched a history of violence and sweet jesus, it was beyond horrible. i was so, so excited about this movie, too! ugh. i know i have a tendency to exaggerate, but it's definitely the worst movie i've seen in months. when i saw grizzly man, i thought, this is the worst movie i've ever seen. then i saw crash and i was like, no THIS is the worst movie i've ever seen. then i saw match point and i said, no no, THIS is the worst movie i've ever seen. well, this movie has topped them all. god. boring doesn't come close to describing it. i feel actually exhausted by how bored i was. the plot makes no sense, the acting is horrible, the pace is incredibly slow, and the whole thing is just completely god-awful. seriously, how did the critics love this movie? have any of you seen it? comments, please!

katie on 3-29

okay, soon this will stop being a baby blog. but for now, deal with it!
more katie!



those of you who know my mom will find it alarming how much katie looks like her in this photo. (and those of you who don't know my mom probably now think that she is sort of weird-looking.) well, my mom has more hair, obviously, but other than that, they might as well be twins.

katie on 3-28

okay, so here's more katie:

the next three months

it kills me to talk about something other than the new baby, but...look at the shows i'm going to see over the next couple of months!
4-10 Neko Case
4-14 Ladytron
4-25 Islands (ex-Unicorns)
5-15 Pretty Girls Make Graves
5-25 The Walkmen
6-1 Prefuse 73
6-11 Eels
6-14 Dungen

BABY!

Katie Lynne Turner
3-23-06, 7:19 pm
8 lbs, 8 oz, 20.5 inches

yay, fulbright!

key:
so, my friend brian got a fulbright(1) to norway(2)! he is obviously a genius(3) and, by way of celebration, chris and i took him out and got him right drunk(4). at one point brian taught me how to say "fucking norway!" in norwegian but i have absolutely no recollection. brian doesn't read this, but, congratulations!

speaking of absolutely no recollection - a lot of whiskey. yikes.

ALSO: extrovert, educate thyself!

$3.68

here are the five books i bought at the secondhand book shop this week for a total of $3.68. it was one of my most triumphant moments in recent memory. i've never heard of Flatland, but chris says that it's about traveling between dimensions (or something) and that the main character is a square, and i'm down with that.

i always have very mixed feelings when i come upon salinger in a used bookstore. i mean, happy because i get this gorgeous, gorgeous copy of franny and zooey for 75 cents or something, but also perplexed - who gives away salinger? especially this edition? it's like finding a used radiohead cd. i really want to know what happened to precipitate giving it away.

also, dear reader, my life has become much more bloggable, to (i'm sure) your great relief. one of the unbloggable things isn't really happening anymore, and the other unbloggable thing - well, it was dumb of me to declare it as unbloggable.

so, here it is: i'm probably going to get a new job soon, as a post-baccalaurate researcher at the NIH. i've had a few interviews in a few different labs, and i have very high hopes. the money is total shit but hey, if i'm going to go into academia, i'd better get used to that, right? plus i'm really excited about the chance to, you know, use my brain again. i'll keep you posted.

also, have you guys seen the movie state and main? it's outstanding. netflix it immediately. philip seymour hoffman is my dream man. sigh.

that's it for now.