Coming to America

...was rented from the Redbox last night and ho boy is it good. Today when I turned PBS on while eating my delicious lentil soup and salad with artichoke hearts (still veg) there was a special about immigration. PARALLELS. However the latter isn't funny in the way that Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall playing 40% of the characters in a movie is. Oh well.

Catie introduced me to the teacup pig last night, apparently they're all the rage according to Paris Hilton. If being on the same page as Paris Hilton is wrong then I don't want to be right :

ANOTHER PARALLEL! I am reading a book called The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery, who is evidently a crazy, animal-loving jungle woman currently living in New Hampshire. The book is mainly about her adopted pig. Honestly I couldn't imagine I would enjoy so much a book about a pig, but I guess I have to come to terms with the fact that I do. Pigs deserve some attention for their cuteness and brains, yo! And yeah they taste good too, but I'm trying to adjust my feelings about that! Anyway, the book came to me through the "lost and found" at work which has also bestowed upon me an awesome Frontline special about autism...if you want to borrow either let me know.