All That Glitters 130

A look at how I've been diverting myself lately.

Books
READ: The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare, ed. by John Pitcher [Leontes is a leading contender for the title of My Least Favorite Shakespeare Character].

Movies
SAW: Midnight in Paris [because old white people need movies too].
THIS WEEK'S MOVIE NIGHT PICKS:
THEME: Canada.
KITO'S SELECTION: Adoration (dir. Egoyan, 2008).
MINE: Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (Makin, 1996) [it's terrible].

Art
SAW: Underground @ Woman Made Gallery [mostly comic books drawn by ladies].

Television
WATCHING: Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO), Warehouse 13 (Syfy), Louie (FX).
AND ON DVD: Upstairs, Downstairs.

Food
ATE: Monkey brain [don't worry, it was really just a deep-fried avocado] and chop chae @ Gosu.

Current Interests
Movies, television, Dolly Parton, my day job, Kito, books, Chicago theater critics, my finances, female pop stars, Michelle Bachmann, Stephen Sondheim, dogs, cats.

Fool's Four
FOUR TV SHOWS I'M CONSIDERING WATCHING ON DVD:
1. Friday Night Lights.
2. Battlestar Galactica.
3. The Sopranos.
4. Homeboys in Outer Space.

Flashbacks
ONE YEAR AGO: "MY NEW DOG LUCY'S FAVORITE THINGS TO CHEW ON."
TWO YEARS AGO: "Charles de Gaulle airport: stampedes are organized better."
FIVE YEARS AGO: "FOUR STRAIGHT-GUY INTERESTS I CAN TOLERATE."

Glitter
I like to believe in a world where the Marcus Bachmann story ends like this.

ELSEWHERE:
My review of Idle Muse Theatre Company's The Lion in Winter is in this week's Time Out Chicago.