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I decided not to bad-mouth Vanessa Carlton in my music mentions. Vanessa is simply guilty of being over-played, which ain't really her fault, and besides she's only the *second* most overplayed artist of 2002 (Avril, I'm lookin' at *you* when I say that).
The brand of the day-- Zotz Candy. It was supposed to be something else, but I forget what...

Two good flicks I rented-- Italian For Beginners. I had seen some of it inthe theater, but Dogma 95 camerawork makes me seasick and I had to leave the theater. it's a good, simple, fairly realistic story; god knows why people bitch about it so much on Amazon. The camerawork isn't *fancy* enough for them...
Also, finally saw No Such Thing. Another winner for Hal Hartley, although I know a dude who hates Hal; thinks his films are too cutesy, to narrow it down to one word. I find his stuff clever, much preferable to the standard formulaic garbage out there. The film is a monster film, from the monster's point of view...oh, and the monster is a foul-mouthed alcoholic. My only gripe is-- if he's in Iceland why the American accent? But I think I have a reason figured out which would be a spoiler...