hot box!!

hey everybody. me here. i'm gonna do this real quick. it's 10:34pm. monday night. i'm getting hungry for supper. so, i'm probs going to eat soon. and watch I Love You, Beth Cooper. that's what i've got from Netflix right now. tomorrow i'm getting Paper Heart and i'm really excited about that. i think Bill Haverchuck is in it. nice, right?

so.

so, i've been looking for these shoes. shoes to buy. here's the story about these shoes:

i was watching Away We Go and during the scene where John Krasinski is walking back from his job interview (he's all dressed up) you can see these shoes that he's wearing. and you only see them for a split second, but i thought, "i like those shoes. i want those shoes."

and then one day, i made it my JOB to find out what those shoes were. i only had them in my memory. i googled every possible version of "john krasinski shoes away we go" and found nothing.

then i started googling things i remembered about the shoes, "brown suede tie moccassin." still nothing.

but then! i did an image search. for something like, "tie moccassin" or something. and i finally found them.

yes! those are the shoes i want. i first saw them on John Krasinski. only the men's version.

anyways. then!!! the other night, i was googling pictures from the Fantastic Mr. Fox premiere and a full shot of Wes Anderson came up - and HE'S wearing the shoes too!!!!! so then i googled pictures of Wes and basically in every single picture he's wearing these shoes. as far back as Rushmore.

so then i really wanted these shoes.

so, the next day i went to Red's Shoe Barn in dover, new hampshire to look for them.

oh, they are Clark's shoes. in 'wallabee' style.

i went to Red's, and they had a whole section of Clark's - but not theses. i asked the worker if these were all the Clark's they had, and she said yes. bummer.

so then i went downstairs to the men's section and they had a pair, but in the boot version, and not in the right color. bummer again.

so then today, i went to the Super Shoes in west lebanon, new hampshire to look for them. they said they had them on their website. but, i went to the store and they were not there. i saw only two different Clark's shoes. and, there was like, nobody working there to ask. i was in there for probably 15 minutes and i think i was the only one.

i don't think there are any other shoe stores around here. i guess i could google that too. but, i might have to end up getting them online. i think they're super cute shoes.

but it's hard for me to buy shoes without trying them on because my feet are so weird. they are wide, high and short. most of my shoes are 6.5. and from the reviews i've read on these shoes, they run big. one person said to order a half size down. a 6? i don't know. my Adidas sneakers are a 6. we'll see.

anyways. that's the shoe saga. i was pretty proud of my googleing skills the day i found out what they were. it took a long time. i read through the entire Away We Go message board on IMDb to see if someone else had posted about them. but no.

alright. let's see.


OH OH OH OH OH!!!!!!!! i have the most exciting news ever. yeah, this is pretty good. it actually totally made my day.

so, via twitter i happened upon an article on new tv shows to be thankful for. like, the best new tv shows of the year.

which tv show has the NUMBER TWO spot, you ask???? um, BORED TO DEATH!!!!!!! that's right! #2!!!! there was only ONE new tv show better than Bored to Death this year, and that was Glee.

now, i don't know why i feel partially responsible for making Bored to Death the number 2 best new tv show - but i do. i read that article and was like, "YEAH! we did it!!!!"

but, i am not a part of the show in any way. i do not work for HBO. heck, i've only seen the first 2 episodes because i don't even have HBO. but yet, i still feel like i had a part in this. anyways. i'm really super excited. and i kind of can't believe it either. again, like i am intimately connected in some way.

congrats, Bored to Death!!!!! i'm so excited. and can't wait for season 1 to come out on dvd so i can buy it.

and speaking of totes awesome things that Jason Schwartzman does - let's talk about Fantastic Mr. Fox.

i saw it!!!!! with Andrew, Kara, and Kara's boyfriend. we went saturday night. so, let me talk about how i didn't stop smiling for 90 straight minutes.

what a great movie!!!!! so funny. so sweet. so beautiful. wow. what a great movie. like, so funny. GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!! that's not a suggestion.

it was amazing to watch. oh, it was so funny. it was like, a kid's movie for adults. there weren't any swears. whenever there would be a swear word, they would say the word, 'cuss.' so there was a lot of, 'what the cuss,' 'are you cussing with me,' 'clustercuss.' it was very funny.

i thought the voices for the animals were matched perfectly. especially George Clooney. he was great. and he was like Ocean, cause the whole movie was Mr. Fox planning a job to steal from the three farmers. fans of the Ocean's 11 movies will love this.

oh. it was great. i really loved it. i immediately rated it five stars on netflix. Best Animated Feature. you read it here. and Wes Anderson should be nominated for Best Director already.

FANTASTIC MR. FOX = loved it. five stars. i'll go see it again with you.


MORE GOOD NEWS = they turned on my star!!!! my star on the mountain!!! remember from last year???? my viewing of the star has not been tainted since i saw those deer around it when i climbed the mountain. no, it's still beautiful. i came back from thanksgiving break and it was lovely. what a warm welcome back to this strange little town in which i live.

i'll try to get a good picture this year.


SOME BAD NEWS = the screen is starting to fall off my laptop. i opened it the other night, heard a popping sound, and then like, this whole panel came off. and my screen is really loose and keeps falling all the way back. and i keep having to snap this panel thing back into place so there won't be "inside computer" exposed. i kind of can't wait to get rid of this thing.

i emailed my uncle because he is the master of all things Apple. and ran my Mac choice by him. he said it was a great choice. there! it's done. decided. and now i can't wait. maybe by the end of this week i'll place the order.


hm. was that all? i had a list of things to tell you.

1. fantastic mr. fox
2. bored to death
3. my shoes
4. computer screen

that was my "blog things to talk about" list that i constantly keep in my head.

ok! i think that's all. it's 11:16pm now. i'm hungry. so i'm going to go eat and watch that movie. and then maybe i'll tell you about it.

just today i've really been appreciating 'By the Bed' by Phantom Planet. it's really a beautiful song.

ok! have a great night. have a great day!!

aw, i just got really excited to talk to you! i'm really happy we have this online connection together. i heart you.

ok for realz!!

bye :)


"Basically, there's three grabbers, three taggers, five twig runners, and a player at Whackbat. Center tagger lights a pine cone and chucks it over the basket and the whack-batter tries to hit the cedar stick off the cross rock. Then the twig runners dash back and forth until the pine cone burns out and the umpire calls HOT BOX! Finally, you count up however many score-downs it adds up to and divide that by nine."