Tuesday is weird coincidence day.

So it's Monday afternoon and I have the rest of the day off. Rather than do something productive like write or even put away laundry that's been in my tote since mid-October I decide to pick a movie off the shelf to watch. I settle on Babel, mostly because I've been watching nothing but horror movies since Halloween (the day, not the movie).

So the DVD automatically cues up the trailers for some reason and rather than go to the main menu I just let them play. Second up is the movie Perfume, Tom Twyker's film that I'd ignored for a little while before finally watching (and liking) last summer. As the montage unspooled I noticed the red-haired actress that played Laura, one of Grenouille's perspective victims for essence of scent. I tried to remember what her real name was but couldn't.

So tonight I go to IMDB and pull up the movie page and the actor credits are listed in order of appearance or something, but I notice her picture in the links at the top:

So I click on the link and bring up the picture which also has her name:

So, you know, I click on that link to see what she's been in since, or is coming up in:

So (1) I notice that she is much younger than I remembered.  In fact she must have been 15 when she filmed Perfume.  So that kinda creeps me out a little.  And (2) she's been in a couple of brainy sounding British films this year that I'd read about but haven't seen.  Finally (3) she is set to star in what looks to be another sweeping epic next year.

I've been going to this fun film-slash-stock market site called HSX or Hollywood Stock Exchange for a few years now.  It essentially is a play funds site where you can buy stock on upcoming films, stars or predictions of opening box office, betting on how well they will do.  I'd lapsed for a year or more, but recently went back to reconnect.  It's a quick and interactive way to get some insight into films as they progress through development and into production.

So after seeing Rachel Hurd-Wood's building filmography I go over to HSX to log in and see if she has a StarBond stock yet.  I type in the URL and the home page comes up revealing this:

....Aaaannnnnd Synchronicity!!!!

Scene.

Exit.

Lights Down.

Monday is... well, you know.

This is his web cam @

Monda....

Wednesday is "Trying too hard but it's still..." Nothing Video Day

It's a box. It's a set. It's a complete box set.

Those who know me well know that I am not an impulse buyer. I tend to think, overthink and most often rethink purchases with the end result of talking myself out of ponying up the bucks. For example:

My stereo... the amp and speakers were purchased second hand in 1985 and they remain the only ones I've ever bought. I've gone through 3-4 different turntables since then and don't have one now. My CD player(s) have all been portables that I've plugged in to the stereo and I've gone through about 4-5 of those since 1985, only the first of which did I spend more than $100 on (it was a first gen Panasonic bought at Magic Forest around 1989-ish for, I think, about $350) I've never bought a DVD player... the two I have were cast offs from an upgrader. I've never bought new furniture. My television is an obelisk that weighs about 50 kg. My computer is a ten year old Mac I paid $75 for.

You get the point.

Still this past Sunday I was at Future Shop picking up some computer accessories for work and I rounded the corner into the DVD box sets. And there it was. I was already spending around $100 for the other items and it seemed the time to let the knee jerk. So I tucked it under my arm and brought it up to the cash.

I regret nothing.

Tuesday after Thanksgiving Monday is Nothing Video Day After Day

Fixed... sorry for the confusion.

Monday. Nothing. Video. Day.

Best distorted in-restaurant thing ever.