Movies, music, and messiness

[vovat]

bethje and I went to see Borat this evening. I thought it was pretty funny. Mostly dumb humor, of course, but it worked. As far as I can remember, it was actually the first movie I saw in a theater this year. I had wanted to see Snakes on a Plane, Jesus Camp, and This Film Is Not Yet Rated, but I never got around to it. I'm not even sure the latter ever even came to theaters in my area. Fortunately, there isn't really that much benefit to seeing documentaries on the big screen, so there won't be any particular disadvantage to watching those last two on DVD.

In music news, the ever-prolific Frank Black is putting out a new album this Christmas season. (Wait, that should be "HOLIDAY season," shouldn't it? I wouldn't want Bill O'Reilly to think I wasn't doing my part to contribute to the secular-progressive War on Christmas! :P) It's mostly live and reworked versions of previously released songs, but there are some new songs as well.

Also, onib linked to an NPR interview with Weird Al, which is definitely worth a listen. He discusses his new album, his longevity, and some of his influences.

I've sorted through all of the boxes of stuff I had here (I'm sure there's some more stuff still at my mom's), and I came across a lot of things that I want to keep, but I'm not sure where to put them. That's the part of straightening that I hate the most. I'll probably just keep some of it in boxes, but I definitely want to minimize the number of those. Does anyone have any suggestions for where I can keep things like knick-knacks, old school papers, Oz stories, and cards? Beth suggested putting the stories in binders, and I might go ahead and do that at some point. I have a habit of holding on to a bunch of drafts of the same thing, and it might behoove me to get rid of some of the older ones, unless there's something particularly interesting about them. I wish I had some kind of extra-dimensional storage unit that's bigger on the inside than on the outside in which to keep things.