Weekender
MacKenzie
A weekend trip to Boston is a good idea for several reasons, primary among them being oysters. There’s also Bobby from Boston, a vintage store that carries the best selection of dapper menswear I’ve ever seen. One of the highlights of the weekend was a trip to the Harvard Museum of Natural History, an odd experience because it’s a slightly fishy-smelling simulacrum of my favorite New York museum. Although come to think of it, that fishy smell might be better attributed to the visably decaying taxidermy on display. The museum is home to many specimens that were preserved by zoology pioneers in the late 19th century and then… left to hang out. The results are not pretty, but they sure are pungent.
Marcos
Due to severe illness, I spent the entire weekend in bed watching movies. I saw The Reader, Gigantic, American Psycho, Citizen Ruth, Swimming With Sharks and Legally Blonde. The latter is an old favorite I’ve seen many a time, but every other film I watched was a new experience. Here are a few things I came to terms with:
* May/December romances are inherently difficult and rarely work out.
* Kate Winslet most certainly deserved the Academy Award she won.
* Zooey Deschanel will never be taken seriously as an actress because her performances appear deceptively effortless.
* I think I might want to have a child someday.
* People are never as boring as they might seem.
* Everyone has at least one secret that would completely destroy them if anyone found out.
* Some people never get their shit together.
* I have a debilitating fear of religious Americans.
* I completely forgot how rough a town Hollywood can be.
* Contrary to what I always believed, I’m more of a realist than a romantic.
* Movies never cease to elicit introspection.
