On my mind...

I was watching When Harry Met Sally for about the 198^th time last Friday night. Love that movie – Nora Ephron is a masterful storyteller. But I digress… So I jump in near the beginning when Harry and Sally are on their way to NYC and stop for a bite to eat. As they are squaring up the bill, the song playing is The Right Time of the Night by Jennifer Warnes. I have not been able to get that song out of my head since then. Jennifer Warnes has an awesome voice. Yes, An Officer and a Gentleman and Dirty Dancing would not be the same without her. But there’s more to her than that. Incidentally, I saw a little bit of “New Girl” on Fox last night. Jess, played by Zooey Deschanel (who looks a lot like Debra Winger to me), was watching the end of “Dirty Dancing” and singing along. Coincidence? I think not.

You know who else I can’t get out my head? Ryan Gosling. I finally saw Blue Valentine a couple of weeks ago and it haunts me – especially RG’s character. Then last week at the hair salon I read an article about him in Esquire while waiting for the chemicals in my hair to produce the perfect shade of “natural” blonde highlights. I did not know that he was a Mouseketeer along with Britney, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake. (That was a little after my time.) He’s an odd fellow. Eccentric and kind of dark.  

Which leads me to the next preoccupation of mine: coffee. I think it started about a month ago when I read The Girl Who Played With Fire. There’s a lot of coffee drinking and sandwich eating going on in that series. I find my tastes highly susceptible to the power of suggestion. Maybe it’s because of the cooler weather and overcast skies we’ve been enjoying here lately. I don’t know. But I do know that coffee is yummy!

The Savannah Half-Marathon is about 6 weeks away and my bestest childhood friend, Andrea, and I are going to wear tutus while we walk/run it. In my search for adult-sized tutus, I found a neat site called glamrunner. They make super cute glamwear (i.e., tutus) to raise money for Girls on the Run of San Diego. Girls on the Run is an interesting education/development program for girls aged 8-13 years with councils all across the country.

What are you obsessing about these days?