Things I learned this weekend:

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• Han Solo: just as swoon-worthy now as when I was in 6th grade


• It's okay that I hadn't seen The Phantom Menace since it came out. I wasn't missing much.


• Miramax publicity lies: Brassed Off is not a frothy romantic comedy about adorable Ewan McGregor and miners. But it is a good movie, so there's that.


• While Frank Sinatra's performance in The Man With The Golden Arm is excellent, he's just not as sexy as other recovering smack addicts we know.


• The Day After Tomorrow is an extremely silly movie, which only gets better when viewed with the 15-Minute version in mind. Dr. Bilbo, The Littlest Cancer Patient, and Vice-President Not!Cheney...I salute you.


• I need to visit massive bookstores in German Village more often, ideally when I actually have a job.


• Likewise, the North Market.

Thanks to newredshoes for trekking up here for the 2005 edition of our movie marathon/slumber party. We baked, we drank, we made it through three of the six Star Wars movies alive (and only fast-forwarded once). Good times!

As promised, the Moulin Rouge version of Like A Virgin, for Esther and anyone else who needs more Jim Broadbent in their lives.

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Took Like a Virgin, because I'm not sure if I still have my bootleg of that. Thanks.

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Enjoy!

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So it turns out that we emailed each other within five minutes of each other last night, only I had your gmail address wrong and it bounced back to me. But! The extremely exciting news is this: I figured out the guy from Brassed Off!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413946/

He plays Inspector Japp in the Poirot series on Mystery! And it seems he was indeed in Little Voice -- OH. Hey! He's Ewan's boss! The one who's after L.V.'s mom! (That's what I wrote last night at an extremely delirious hour.)

And I totally blame you for my having "Spectacular! Spectacular!" in my head right now. But it does keep the momentum going when you're knee-deep in data entry.

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Look at you, with your IMDb detective skills -- without a photo, too. Most impressive!