lately lil miss has been waking up when I wake up, going to bed when I go to bed and only napping on my lap. This is I believe what people mean when they say "joined at the hip" or possibly "blood-sucking leech" haha

In any case, I thought I'd mention that I'm awake and she's asleep. Yes, this is the big news of my life. Do you think I need more coffee?

Actually what I wanted to tell everyone was that we watched "Juno" last night. It was very good. It has a lot of tearjerking moments but for anyone who grew up listening to things OTHER THAN disco and pop music (meaning actual Punk and Deathrock and Hardcore and underground stuff) it was a serious blast down memory lane. THere's more counter-culture references than an old issue of "Search and Destroy" magazine. Not only that but frankly the two main actors who play the teenagers are astoundingly good - because the script gave them realistic dialogue (not thirty-year-olds in teenager bodies) and the direction had them acting just as awkward and transparent and painfully quiet as teens are in real life. I know because not only was I one at one point, I have two as well. Juno reminded me so much of myself at that age - know-it-all, total outsider, opinionated, yet still so very young and vulnerable. She carries herself like a champ but this is not the old hackneyed "tough chick" type of character, this is more like naiivety substitutes for cynicism; Juno isn't so much tough as she is terribly romantic underneath just so damned scared to let that through. There's not a "Happy ending" nor is there a bad ending. There's just what happens and it's acceptable because its very very real. You can't help but like everyone in this movie... well one character turns out to disappoint, but that doesn't make him evil or bad.... just disappointing. I think the theme of disappointment runs throughout this film and a lot of it is really about dealing with facing that sort of problem without hystrionics or melodramatic posturing. Juno has romance because she's 16. She not at all a poetic soul, but she is clearly still a child in many ways, as is Bleeker. The raw terror they display when speaking to each other despite their desperate desire to be together is almost painful to watch but it is also sweet and tender. Unlike many movies with "star-crossed lovers" I didn't feel the overwhelming urge to scream advice at them... because they are kids and they are learning their own way. But I could nearly hear all the undercurrents and thoughts running through  their heads as they played out their moments.

Its a good film. You should see it.