Joyeux noël, tout le monde! Today was Maggie’s first x-mas :D She got so excited while opening her stocking that she gave herself the hiccups. So cute! She is now the owner of a brand new pink feather duster and a bag of kitty treats (whose main ingredient is apparently taurine…is that really a good idea?)
Since virtually everything is closed on Christmas day and sometimes even Christmas Eve, I’ve been spending a good chunk of time watching movies with the fam and a couple of TV shows. Voila:
Valley of the Dolls
is a Technicolor-esque film circa 1967 about three glamour pusses in show business and their respective paths to taking “dolls,” which appear to be the Xanax of yesteryear. It’s strangely relevant to the present, although I was distracted most of the time by the characters’ timeless wardrobes.
United States of Tara
is a television series on Showtime starring Toni Collette (of Little Miss Sunshine) who is a mom with multiple personality disorder. Her alter egos include a teenager roughly the same age as her daughter and a rifle-sporting man named Buck. I watched the first episode on the Showtime website and added the rest of the first season to my Netflix queue.
http://www.sho.com/site/order/preview.do#/US_Tara_s01_e01
En Soap
I watched this movie last winter break, but it's too good not to talk about. It’s a Danish film about a woman who, after her leaving her husband, moves into a new apartment and starts falling for her neighbor. The catch is he’s impatiently awaiting approval from the government for a sex change. It doesn’t get more romantic than that, does it?
I took a literary film class this semester and my professor raved about "En Soap." Now that you've mentioned it in your blog too, I'm convinced I'll have to give it a watch when I return to Austin. I'm almost certain no video store in Arlington carries a copy; in fact, I think the closest thing we have is Mrs. Doubtfire.
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