on my way to joining the academy.

I know I've talked about this before, but I'll say it again: I am not a movie-watcher at all. In fact, I've missed some of the most important movies of my day (seriously, read here to see how horrible I am). Usually, going to see movies is the last thing I care to do and I rarely ever go. Maybe once or twice a year you'll find me in a movie theater. I have a really bad attention span, made worse by this day and age. There's too much to do at all times and I have a difficult time sitting and being entertained by a movie. It's almost kind of sad. I don't even watch much TV anymore; sometimes I have it on, but I never really pay attention. My brain just doesn't let me. And if I'm with other people, forget it. I talk way too much. However, my aunt and uncle have pretty much every movie channel ever made at their house. And so, this weekend, I basically sat in their house with the pups on my lap and watched movies while I did work. And I really, really enjoyed it. What I watched:

Music and Lyrics- I am a huge Hugh Grant fan and he played one of his typical characters in this movie. Obviously not the best movie ever made, but I thought it was cute and like I said, if Hugh Grant is there, I'll watch it.

Because I said So- Mandy Moore is one of my favorite actresses/people ever and she is adorable in this movie. Plus, I could totally relate to the mother/daughter relationship...granted, my mom and I don't discus orgasms, we do have a close relationship and I can definitely see her trying way hard to set me up with some guy and pushing him on me to the point where I start hating him. This was just a feel-good movie...and it made me a bit emotional.

So I heard it was kind of lame, but I really think I need to see American Dreamz, because hi, Mandy Moore and Hugh Grant? Basically a dream come true.

Thin- Another documentary that my "cousin" made about anorexia. Really powerful. Nina and I watched it and then went back to our apartment and pigged out on junk food. I think we were just triple-checking that we are not anorexic. We might have to check again tomorrow. And the next day.

The 3rd season of Weeds- This is a seriously good show. When I first heard about it, I thought, "ehhh a show about weed??" and pretty much decided I would never watch it. But it's actually really, really good. I'm pretty sure it's coming back for a 4th season, but I kind of like the way the 3rd one ended, so I'm not sure where they're really gonna go with another season. It will be interesting to see.

I feel like I'm really actually starting to like movies, which is huge for me. Maybe next year I'll try to see all of the Oscar-nominated movies. And then, eventually, I will become an Academy member. Sounds like a plan.

Sadly, my "cousin" did not with the Oscar, but I still think she's awesome. And she looked beautiful, despite the fact that they totally pronounced her name wrong!

It was a bad idea to have the little Oscar-watching party at my apartment. Because left behind were: lots of chips, lemon squares, brownies, peanut butter cookies, popcorn, hot chocolate, etc. I am going to have to get out of the apartment for a while tomorrow because I cannot sit here surrounded by all of this food. And as we have already determined, I am not anorexic. If I was, having all this food here would be an awesome show of strength. Oh well.

england is fun.

Probably if America's government meetings were more like Britain's, I'd be more interested in politics. My mom and I legit watched the British House of Commons Prime Minister's Question session for half an hour the other night because it was pure entertainment. I seriously sat in awe.

Basically everyone yells and "jeers" throughout the whole meeting. People randomly shout out "hear hear!" and stand up, smiling and laughing, hurrahing and booing. Women wear pink suits, men wear pink and rainbow colored ties. Nobody holds back, and they all make it clear how they are feeling. At one point, the prime minister actually quoted something as "crackpot, dotty, and frankly absurd" and they began to "trade quips."

If you know me, you know I do not like foreign accents. I have never been able to understand how people find them "sexy" or a turn on at all (unless we're talking Hugh Grant). But after watching this, I think I'm developing a thing for British accents. Maybe. David Cameron seriously made me laugh out loud several times with his "come on!" And British slang is just plain cute.

I'm not saying politics should be "entertaining" per say, but these politicians acted like normal people and weren't needlessly polite or fake, and I felt like I could relate to them. I feel like they got a lot off their chests and managed to accomplish some stuff too. Maybe people in England are just more fun in general. I can't lie; I'd probably watch another Parliment meeting if I happened to channel surf by one on C-SPAN. Or download them on BBC. I didn't just say that.