Couch Mission Accomplished and Other Tales

One of the things that happens when a light sleeper marries a tosser and a turner is that they need a good place for one of the two to sleep when the other one starts driving them crazy. Currently, there is no such place in my apartment. That’s why I bought a really, really, really nice couch today.

It’s my first piece of actual, grown-up furniture that does not come from Ikea. I am extraordinarily pleased.

In other news, today I also downloaded The Dixie Chicks’ new record (iTunes), and saw X-Men 3. Taking the Long Way is awesome, The Last Stand…not so much. If I had to describe it in an SAT-like analogy, I would say that Last Stand:The X-men movies::Return of the Jedi:The Star Wars movies.

WARNING, major X-3 spoilers ahead!

On top of the fact that I absolutely hated that they killed both Jean Grey and Professor Xavier (who cares about Cyclops?), I was monumentally disappointed with the screenplay and the editing. They had all the components to make a great film, and they just sort of threw them all at the wall in a hazy picture instead of telling a solid story.

It was a real disappointment.

Spoilers end.

As for the Dixie Chicks record, all there is to say is BUY IT IMMEDIATELY! They manage to sound like the same lilting, harmonious women we’ve come to love, but with a completely new vibe that takes their music new and interesting places. Standouts are the already smash-hit “Not Ready to Make Nice” and the album’s title track “The Long Way Around.”