Just Thinking

I think if you make a movie even tangentially about the Vietnam War, it is required by law that you include at least one (1) song by Creedence Clearwater Revival and one (1) song by the Rolling Stones. You'd better run through the jungle, anyway.

I ate bread with honey on it earlier today because last week a guy gave me some honey as a gift, which is awesome because it is pretty expensive here. I don't know if it always is, or if this is a result of the colony collapse thing. I don't know if honey is expensive in America, either, or if bees have gotten back to normal.

30 Rock used to be a lot better. The Office is also not as good as it had been, but the last episode with the entire office wasting the day voting on whether or not Hilary Swank is hot was brilliant. The answer is she has a good body but a weird man face.

Speaking of things that used to be better, I am trying to listen to Paul Simon's "Surprise." It is not good. The surprise is that he has this dude Brian Eno not producing, but providing a "sonic landscape." The unsurprising parts are that old dudes rarely make albums as good as they did when they were young and that the pretentiousness of an album containing "sonic landscape[s]" is rivaled only by its irritatingness. Just adding a bunch of electronic beats to pre-existing songs does not make them innovative or even particularly interesting.

One thing that is good is Bridge to Terabithia. Yes, I am aware that this is a kids' book/movie. But I liked the book when I read it a year or two ago, and I liked the movie when I saw it a couple weeks ago. I also know that it isn't really new or anything. But still, it's sad but perfect when the girl dies at the end. Oh, no, spoilers!