approved for *what*, that is the question

You know when you're skimming something and you only register, like, three letters in a word and your brain automatically puts that together into whatever it thinks is the most likely option? That's the sort of thing that leads me to only actually reading the words "use of", "approved", "by Bobby Jindal", and something with an S, an R, and another S, which means that this tweet from @NOLAnews turned into "Use of sorcerors approved by Bobby Jindal." (Governor of Louisiana, for those who are going, "Who the fuck is Bobby Jindal?") Which was, sadly, not what was actually in said tweet.

Although it's Louisiana, so you totally never know.

bright star

Oh my god, I am pretty sure I lost brain cells watching Bright Star. Like, it's very pretty and critically acclaimed and all, but OH MY GOD. I actually finished weaving in the ends on my sock as the credits rolled so it wasn't a complete loss of two hours, but...holy cow. Wow. I have no idea how the film-makers dragged it on for two hours.

( cut for spoilers, I guess? Although it's based on real life, so maybe not. )

Anyway, my roommates saw it and liked it, but they have very different taste from me (I prefer explosions), so I probably should have seen this coming. They were right about one thing, though: the cat was adorable.

ETA: OMG, I forgot to mention how they re-enact The Glass, like, a million times in this movie, although without the slash. LIKE WHEN THEY'RE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A WALL CLUTCHING DESPERATELY AT IT. Just.