...but it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world.

Today was a lovely lazy Saturday. Sometimes lazy Saturdays make me feel wasteful and indulgent, but this one has left me feeling rested.

I spent the morning at the house, then brought Jeff some lunch at the rec, where I spent the greater part of the day, made a Subway run, then came here to babysit. We had a nice and uneventful night; now the boys are asleep and I'm about to do some reading for Literary Criticism. Here's hoping it's interesting!

Last night Jeff, Jessica, Matt, and I saw Running With Scissors; it was thoroughly disappointing. Knowing that it lasted perhaps a week in big city theatres and went straight to Hickory Hills here, I wasn't expecting much, but, I thought that it might be better having read the book. I figured the reason it bombed was plot-line confusion and whatnot, because so much happens in the book and it's all a bit jumbled... however, I was mistaken on both accounts. It wasn't better, and it wasn't jumbled. Just... horrible.

Something not horrible? Reading a book with friends. I don't know if I can fully express how much I like that the three of us read this book. It makes me want to join a book club... no, I'm not kidding.

Afterwards we ate at Riverside, and soon after we retired. Jessica slept at my apartment; she woke me up at the ungodly hour of 9... okay, maybe ungodly is a bit drastic, but it was rather early for a Saturday morning after a late Friday night. :)

I might try out for a play at the Zodiac tomorrow. I was reading the paper two days ago and there's was a "what's going on in the Shoals" section which included the audition information. It's just a cold reading of the script: Death By Chocolate. Let's see if I can work up the nerve to act on this impulse.

Oh, I saw American Beauty finally. The title is my favorite part. Also, just beauty in general...

"Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in."

They're onto something, kids.