you know what makes you feel kinda old? watching the odometer on your first new car hit 50,000 miles. just happened this weekend. that’ll be quickly topped though in about five months, when my lease runs out and i have to decide to buy it or not, which i will probably do because i love my car. but also because it’ll be the first thing in my life i will actually own that isn’t part of an entertainment center. finally, something i can sell off to save my ass in case of unemployment or in the event i am being hounded by mob-affiliated loan sharks with a reputation for taking fingers instead of interest payments. not that i see that as likely, but it never hurts.

in movie news, i’m pretty sure i’ve seen every fifth scene of spider-man 3 by now over the course of several trailers, but i still can’t wait for the full film. i’m predicting now it will easily defeat all existing box office records for opening weekends. the busses of los angeles are already coated in spidey-prop, and it’s still months away. but honestly, i don’t really mind.

on the non-blockbuster side, there are two films i’m most excited about at the moment (besides the imminent grindhouse, of course). the shaun of the dead guys’ next movie hot fuzz, whose trailer sold me immediately, is pretty much guaranteed to be as cool as their last movie, only this time with more guns. and the summer release of the very fun-looking stardust, which combines some of the best things ever like pirates, magic, ricky gervais, claire danes, british accents, and a neil gaiman book into a neat little package that was practically tailor-made for me to like more than most regular people. can’t wait for either.