why i love my neighborhood (even though greenpoint is no longer technically my neighborhood)

so i just read this post from the greenpointers blog, informing me that cafe grumpy will be screening films the next four friday nights, all having to do with the topical subject matter of bicycling and hoodie wearing. before i even finished reading the post i said a silent prayer to myself, "please god, please let them be showing Rad." and lo and behold, they are! the other films are ET (obvious choice), Donnie Darko, and Goonies.

often when i tell people i live in the burg, i get the i-loathe-hipsters eyeroll. and sometimes i even get an outloud i-loathe-hipsters proclamation. i have even been the victim of random i-loathe-hipsters diatribes. but you know what? this neighborhood is damned cool. it ain't perfect, and there are douchebags a plenty here, but how can you not love a place where they are having a film festival based on hooded sweatshirts and bmx bikes? c'mon now people.

ohmygod! twilight trailer!

i had heard they were making a movie out of this book (twilight by stephanie meyer ... so awesome). i'm a little disappointed with how edward looks. i imagined him to be a tall pale slightly effeminate blonde. but whatevs. i'll still go see it when it comes out. yummmm, edward.

a sign from the confectionary gods

i saw it again ... the elusive heart-shaped cookie. this time in the film Stranger Than Ficion (which i highly recommend).

things are looking up for me, i can feel it