3 Down, 1 To Go

Hello friends, countrymen, study abroaders. I'm alive and well this Superbowl Sunday. I went all out and got $2 worth of time to spend on the internet. However, ye who read my blog are getting the short end of that stick because I've spent the majority of that $2 writing e-mails. Sorry to those of you who didn't get them, I am just too popular!

Life's been good, and from that goodness, I will pull forth some recommendations for all of you.

1.) Real Women Have Curves -- This movie is freakin' amazing. The dialogue is definitely a little to on-the-nose at times, and the acting isn't Oscar caliber, but there's a kid named Jimmy who likes the overweight, Mexican heroine. I don't know if skinny girls and boys will relate to this movie, but that's not exactly my readership demographic, now is it? So, to all of you who are of my heart of hearts on this one, find the movie, watch it, love it, be it!

2.) Quesadillas and Margaritas -- Went out on the Lower E. Side the other night to a lovely joint called Mary Ann's. They don't ID, and for that, I love them. I had only had 2 drinks the entire month before going to Mary Ann's, and it was time to have a little fun. The Paradise Margarita (cranberry, lime, watermelon liqueur and the regular ingredients) was indeed Paradisian. Nothin' says lovin' like a good Mexican feast. AND I wasn't hungover the next day. Yay for hydration and Alleve.

3.) American Idol -- I think reality TV was designed for me. I just eat up the stuff. Granted, I'm not watching Man Vs. Beast -- I do have some taste, but I love hearing and watching people who think they can be celebrities be wrong-wrong-wrong. Sometimes, though, it is sad.

4.) Club kids -- Just finished reading James St. James's Disco Bloodbath, which is the recount -- through a haze of various illicit drugs of Michael Alig's clubland slaying of Angel Melendez. (The movie version is going to be out later this year, starring Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green -- miscast, in my opinion -- and the guy who played Ricky in My So-Called Life.) It's so interesting to hear about this life that I will -- thank God -- never lead: the drugs, the drags, the genital decoration. What a life those crazy club kids lead! It makes for a good read, truly.

5.) Adapation -- Chris Cooper is shockingly sexy with stringy hair and no front teeth. (Despite his white hair scariness at the Golden Globes...)

6.) And now an anti-recommendation... the Super Bowl. Football is bullshit. Don't subscribe to it. Not even for the ads, yo. Your soul is too hefty a price to pay for the preservation of the pigskin.

Okay, well, that's it, kiddies. The time has run out for me at the Easy Internet Cafe. Until we meet again...