"I know what exacerbate means."

well, courtney's out of town.

last night i decided i'd sleep on the couch for the next two weeks so i wouldn't have to make the bed. unfortunately, the couch proved to be too uncomfortable. Now i guess i'll sleep in the bed for the next two weeks, but will wait until the morning she comes home to make it.

I fear my half-assed weight loss attempt will be derailed over the next fortnight. When i got home yesterday i rediscovered that when i'm alone and bored i tend to eat. i managed to go for a run on the treadmill yesterday, but i fear the relative idleness of the upcoming days will surely torpedo any progress i have previously made (which, admittedly, wasn't a whole hell of a lot).

I did watch a couple of movies yesterday: Proof and Capote.

Proof was OK, i liked it better when i was over. During the movie it was all right, but at the end i thought "well, i guess that was pretty good." I'm not telling you not to watch it, but i wouldn't put it too high on your "movies to watch" list.

Capote, on the other hand, was excellent. in most of his other movies i've seen, philip seymour hoffman tends to play rather obtuse characters with booming personalities. I didn't see anyway they were going to be able to stick him in this role as a 5'4" man. But it worked marvelously.

If you've never heard Truman Capote talk, which i hadn't, i highly recommend watching the mini-documentary in the special features before you watch the actual movie. It will give you an idea of how spot-on Hoffman's performance was.

Incidentally, the title of this entry comes from Capote. A death-row prisoners uses the word exacerbate in a sentence, then lists a few synonyms, to which Capote replies, "I know what exacerbate means. there is no word, concept or sentence you can illuminate for me." or something like that.

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In other news, a story by Courier Lifestyles Editor Mark Green with accompanying photo by Mika Edwards in making the national rounds. Mika has blossomed into quite the celebrity after being contacted by Good Morning America about the picture.