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I watched The Matador this afternoon. What an excellent anti-Bond, anti-Remington Steele character Pierce Brosnan created. I had such a crush on him when I was ten years old and this reignited that old flame.. ;-D His character reminded me a lot of someone I used to know though, which disturbed me at times - especially waking up with a whore and a bottle of Makers. Nonetheless, I thought it was a thoroughly entertaining yet thought provoking film and worth the praise.

So while it's fresh on my mind, here's the quote of the day -

Aren't we fucking cosmopolitan? Having a trained assassin stay overnight. Letting heartbreaking lies roll over us like a summer breeze.

(I know I should technically not display, quote or partake in vulgur language on my blog. Tough.)

I love that line - "Letting heartbreaking lies roll over us like a summer breeze." Haven't we all done that at some time or another? It's what we do when we don't want to face the truth of those we love or truth of ourselves.

I feel like quoting this song lyric that is on my mind today for no particular reason. It's by Neko Case, whom I saw at the Double Door in Chicago I guess around six years ago or so. Think she was opening for Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire. It's rare that an opening act for a club band could have such an impact. I remember she tore her shirt off at some point in her set and I thought how brave it was. It was brave because she wasn't wearing some sexy black lacy bra that might have predicted the future comings of Aguilera and Spears. It was more along the lines of a playtex 18 hour bra. With the Spice Girls being rather popular and flouncing around in cutesy things at that time, I gave her big credit for chutzpah though. She frankly is an amazing performer and I got her CD shortly thereafter and it's one of my favorites (Furnace Room Lullaby, for future reference).

So here's my favorite Neko Case lyric..

I twisted you over and under to take you
The coals went so wild as they swallowed the rest
I twisted you under and under to break you
I just couldn't breathe with your throne on my chest

I'm off now to get ready for a Saturday night. I'm going to have steak (need iron, my muskles hurt).