Your New Pal Lawrence

Dear Lawrence Dai,

One of my Facebook friends posted your blog, "The Lawrence/Julie & Julia Project," in which you're watching the movie "Julie & Julia" every day for a year, saying that you must be at Guantanamo and that your project is the new waterboarding.  I disagree.

I'm currently in the backlog of your entries, but I admire your pluck--and the bizareness of your task.  I was recently listening to a podcast where one of the hosts said she spent a lengthy period of her life watching "The Empire Strikes Back" every day, so it can be done.  Why you picked this particular movie, I'm not sure, but it adds to the "so bizarre it's hilarious" factor--and that factor is why your blog inspires me.  I love the wacky, but sometimes I'm afraid of putting it out there.  This is just a little push to keep trying.  Goofy is good!

Best of luck in your endeavors.  I'll be following along!
Your pal,
Jill

p.s.--This is also inspiration for me to re-watch the movie, which has been on my DVR for a while.  I saw it in the theater and enjoyed it enough to record, but just haven't watched it....

Time to Quit

Dear Netflix,

Today I will do it.  I will finally quit you.

I realize I'm the type of customer you love--the one that doesn't return a movie for six weeks (unless I get on a TV jag and watch a season in a week), but I have to quit.

I can't take the guilt--"The Savages" has been sitting around since September, and I got my credit card bill with yet another charge on it for a this great service that I'm just not using.  I'm one of those persons who has a queue full of movies I should watch--and I actually do want to watch them, but just not when they show up in my mailbox. On top of that, I've got a pretty full DVR that I'd like to clean out.  That's my new queue right now.

So, even though it's an honor to be one of your favorite types of customers, I'm going to have to stop being that person.  Maybe I'll come back, but for now, I have to quit you.

Your pal,
Jill