holland?

i am cultivating an almost god-like knowledge of summer tv. have you seen the commercials for this new show, "pirate master?" the voice over goes something like this: "it's DANGEROUS!" and this guy says, "to be a pirate, you have to be COOL." wow, that does sound dangerous!!! it's basically a group of idiots running around the bahamas following a "pirate map" that was obviously made by an intern.

i am so bored, so so bored. yet whenever my phone rings, i am terrified that it will be someone wanting me to work for them. my mom is away at a committee meeting in washington so dad and i are just hanging out. yesterday we went to go get these flats that ive been trying to get for like 3 months now but couldn't find in the right color/size, but i found them over by SMU at a store called "cotton island." here they are:

this place is the epitome of the whole dallas/smu culture.. check out this picture of their store:

basically the people who work there are ridiculously done up, tanned, blond girls who are like...so nice. so sweet, so southern. i mean i'm sure it's a front but i love it so much. when we left my dad was like "you know, every girl working there came from the same model didn't they?" SMU is so weird... i'm fascinaed by it, and yet i know i should be repulsed by it because everyone else is. but it's so interesting and weird. forte describes it best, his wife went to SMU and he can do a hilarious impression of dallas women.. "oh youahh're funnn!"
anyways then we went to mockingbird station which is one of these new shopping/entertainment centers that are everywhere here, which i actually kind of like because in dallas' case there's a few that are actually pretty cool looking and have good restaraunts. actually i think the reason i have a soft spot for this kind of expansive and excessive development because it reminds me of oresund in copenhagen. anyways this one at mockingbird station has the angelika film center, which i always thought was unique to new york, but it turns out there's three in texas and one in new york. boyah! my dad wanted to see the new paul verhoeven movie, "black book," which as you might guess, is about holland during world war two. i'm a sucker for war movies so i enjoyed it. before that we went to the adjacent trinity hall for some dinner, and i was excited because they serve strongbow there. we sat outside and for once it was sunny.

ive watched marie antoinette twice today...weird