Shot Through The Heart!

Got home at a ridiculously late hour and I'm now making mad cuddles to two of the most exquisite dogs this world has ever seen. I'm high on several things: Logan painted the dining room and it looks STUNNING! Margot and I concocted the greatest mac 'n cheese with white truffle oil and bacon, despite our lack of Jenn. Pauline came over and we watched the Swedish version of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (also known as Men Who Hate Women.) And Margot gave me my birthday present which happens to be a freaking ZOMBIE COOKIE JAR accompanied by MANY milk chocolate chip cookies (Logan refuses to eat semisweet chips, rightfully so!) Took a cab home with Pauline so I'm feeling extra high class and FANCY this evening.

I'm afraid to report that I've become boring. All I want to do now that I married a spectacular specimen of manhood (and humankind in general) is watch TV, take my dogs to the park, write about monsters, read The New Yorker (we've rekindled), and take excessively long baths and/or showers. SUPER BORING!!! But I can't help it. This is the happiest I've ever been and sometimes I need to slow down and take it in.

We went to Florida for Xmas. ALL of us, dogs included, which cost a whopping $400. EGADS!!! That's crazy. I've officially crossed the line and am now a crazed pet owner. I thought this happened when I knitted each of the girls their own sweaters, but really it comes down to money (as always.) In Florida we were subjected to much merriment and FOOD - LOTS of food! We also saw plenty of movies, including Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Bitch Magazine had warned me against the book, claiming it was all incest and rape, rape, rape. They weren't kidding. But I can't help it - when I see Daniel Craig in a preview it really rattles my cage. Not to mention my fondness for mystery. So I guess I knew how this business would pan out.

GWDT is a loner, much like Pee Wee Herman. Just like Mr. Herman she too, lacks tolerance for fat bullies. The scene to which I'm referring is so heavy-handed that you'll ponder it for days - in the bad way! I had mixed emotions about all of this because I LOVE a good reason for girls to kick ass. I had to put it in the same category as Kill Bill. These ladies are NOT delicate - they're tough. Not to suggest it's "okay" they were raped because they can handle it, but it certainly was easier for them to process thanks to years of cruelty, abuse, and proper training for such events. I have to report: I loved the vengeance. And I'm inspired by it.

100% of the people I roll with who tried reading this book gave it two thumbs down and quit a few pages in. That's a bummer, one I'd like to blame on crappy translation from its original Swedish version (On a side note: Daniel Craig is MUCH hotter than the Swedish guy in the 2009 film. It's like comparing birthday cake and sawdust.)

HOT DAMN! I cannot stop looking at our dining room!!! Well done, Logan!

So the story gets graphic. And then GWDT is limping home. UGH. But it had to happen so that millions of women could share the most incredible revenge fantasy of ALL TIME. It left me asking, Lorenna Bobbit, WHO?!

I thought about the movie for days. I watched the crappier foreign version. I might even read the book. And here is my point: Good storytelling takes us to new ground. I'm not a fan of sensationalism but GWDT really got to me. So much so that I understood why everyone was reading it on the subway for the last two years. Will I read it? No way. That's what movies are for. But I am a fan. And that's not an easy thing for me to become these days.

Thanks, Hollywood! Please continue to deliver more anti-conforming ladies who punch and kick. As a newly dull married lady, I'm lovin' them BIG TIME!