phone shopping.

today i had, in my hands, the very phone i have been lusting after for about a year now. after thinking it over for about fifteen minutes i was this close to buying it. i spoke with little miss beautiful who was helping me and she informed me that verizon was about to pull it because a newer version is on the way. she tried to steer me towards the chocolate phone, since it was newer and A LOT cheaper, but that phone kind of annoys me. the commercials almost won me over, but actually holding it and using it...not so much. so i guess i'll wait.

later i discovered that target now has an entire section of dvds hand-picked by IFC. who knew? i was like a junkie stumbling upon a hidden stash of crack. flirting with disaster? lonesome jim? and there it was, me & you & everyone we know. we had a winner. and $2 cheaper than amazon, i couldn't pass it up.

after that i decided to check out the prestige. my sister warned me that she hated it, and i should avoid it. after seeing that and the illusionist she said she did not plan on ever seeing another turn of the century magician movie. so i was prepared to not like it that much, but it was still on my must-see list so i forged ahead. i loved it. i mean wow. the ending. the twist that isn't a twist, but still was a twist. wow. i just sat there as it wrapped up and fell in love with the entire movie. it's in my top five for the year:

brick
little miss sunshine
thank you for smoking
and now the prestige.

i realize that's only four but the year isn't over yet. i'm sure the santa clause 25: please kill me now, will find a home in my top 5.