stellar!

today was pretty nice, in vamosalcine terms. i checked out TWO flicks.

lucky number slevin. i still maintain that no one else does 'creepy, manical killer' like bruce willis. especially bruce willis with a hair piece. ~shudder~. anyway, this movie has said actor in said role. actually, this movie has a lot of actors in pretty cliched roles: josh hartnett is a happy go lucky smart ass who must be hiding something; lucy liu is the quirky yet incredibly intelligent and impossibly fast talker girl next door, literally; morgan freeman and ben kingsley are the elder, rival, sage bad ass gangsters. it all works though. d described the movie to me as "it's kind of a pulp fiction, fight club ...in that genre sort of thing". she was spot on. watching the plot (which has nothing new in it and really what movie does???) unravel is a great way to spend two hours on a rainy day in portland. it's true, no matter how....awkward the title may be.a-

thank you for smoking. i was expecting to be ambivalent about this movie. i purposefully read no reviews but allowed myself to read the plot summary on imdb. well, i am not ambivalent. i truly enjoyed every minute of this film. that's not common for me - kind of like the rare CD i can listen to EVERY song on. this was another ensemble film. aaron eckhart was just superb as the "big tobacco lobbyist with flexible morals". william h. macy is great in his role as the senator from vermont wanting to place a skull and crossbones and the word: POISON on every pack of cigarettes. whether you smoke or not, i think all will enjoy this look at the morality of cigarette advertisement and this habit's pervasive nature in our culture. i even liked katie holmes' 'go to any lengths to get a story' reporter role...that's saying something! a

so i spent my day in theatres downtown. i got out and decided to bop along to powell's. i heart powell's so much! so i also decide to surprise my sweetie since i knew he'd be getting off of work soon. i picked up two hot chocolates and stalked the building. the look on his face was totally worth it. he was all confused. you know when you see someone you know really well but you can't quite place them or figure out why they are where you're seeing them? sadly, this happens to me often. anyway, he was surprised and grateful and that's all i needed. twas a good day. twas a very good day.