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I woke up all grumpy this morning because it was 8-freakin'-thirty - the day is half-shot! What's the point of even getting up now? But when I went out to get the paper, I spied my padded envelope of beautiful new threads that UPS delivered while we were eating dinner last night I guess. Suddenly, the world was wonderful again. I can't wait to take some of them for a spin tonight.

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The reason I slept so late is because I went to bed around midnight (gasp!) last night because we were watching a movie I highly recommend, An Unfinished Life. I must have put this in our Netflix queue during my Robert Redford phase. The scenery was beautiful (set in Wyoming, shot in British Columbia), nice story, teared up a number of times - all important elements of a Stefani Movie. I wish they'd cast someone other than Jennifer Lopez - her acting is kind of flat.

A movie we watched on HBO on Demand on New Year's Eve that I don't recommend is Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets. I'd never seen it before and I knew it was violent but it's a "classic" so I relented. It was very cool seeing Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel so young (30 and 34 respectively) but oy, the acting! It was like a Saturday Night Live sketch after a while with all the Italian "heeeyyy" and chin flicking going on. I couldn't wait for it to end. I kept watching Steve to see if he was falling asleep (which he'll never admit to even though I catch him numerous times) so I could convince him to turn it off and let's go to bed for cryin' out loud. (We did get to bed at 10:30 - no midnight for us.)

Some old movies hold up - like Rainman which we watched last week. Dustin Hoffman is genius in that movie! I wish I could go back to the days when I liked Tom Cruise because now unfortunately I think he's kind of goofy. He's still a good actor but I can't forget I'm watching goofball Tom Cruise. It's sort of the same with Tom Hanks, but not the goofy part. I absolutely love everything he does. I watched him throughout Charlie Wilson's War recently, half watching the movie, half thinking, "He's perfect in this." His accent, barely moving his lips, his look - all just right for the role.

Tonight we'll watch The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio. You think Netflix and the like are doing great business because of the writers strike??

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