things that are good

[merrily]

My friend J and I went to see a preview for The Jane Austen Book Club, and it was awesome -- a gem of a movie, about women and love and mistakes and books, with an extremely delicious men's auxillary supporting cast. The main cast is amazing also -- Maria Bello is a doll, Amy Brenneman is fabulous, Emily Blunt is lovely -- and I left in high good spirits, totally in love with Karen Joy Fowler (who wrote the book on which the movie is based) and her genius brain. (She writes sci-fi! She writes romantic comedy! Her romantic comedy references sci-fi and women sci-fi writers! She invented the James Tiptree Award!)

Also, I rescued a book from the mid-90s about fanzines from my store's bargain bin today, and just discovered that cat macros have met PostSecret, so really, this has been a pretty good day.