In other good news, my Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and Challenge of the Superfriends DVD's finally showed up yesterday.  
I still love Miller's Crossing, and for a lot of reasons that have to do with story, cinematography, acting, blah blah blah...  But, as Verna, UT alumnus Marcia Gay Harden did something very, very wrong to me as a young high schooler.  In the process she managed to completely distort my concept of what I thought a cool girl was going to be.  It turned out that Harden had been roomies with my high school drama coach back when they attended the Univ. of Texas together.  I was promised a chance to contact Harden, but Valenta decided my young, hormone-addled mind would not be given this chance to go into absolute meltdown.  Just as well.
Still, it's one of my fave rave's, and I have to say the release of this particular DVD is a long time in coming.    
And Barton Fink...?  I'll show you the life of the mind...
In visiting my parents this weekend, I stumbled across a box of old photos.  One thing struck me in particular.  In all the pictures taken during high school, I look absolutely terrified.  Seriously.  Well, in truth, that's kind of how I remember ages 15-17, so it's probably pretty accurate.  These pictures, especially photos of me smiling, make me look confused and frightened.  
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