"It's easier to be alone than to be with someone new."

My apartment is freezing.

Electricity prices in Norway are skyrocketing, and it's almost prohibitively expensive to keep your home warm. Keep in mind, Norway is, supposedly, the best country in the world to live in. The best. And also the coldest. I live in the richest and most prosperous nation of them all, and I can't afford staying warm.

Saw Solaris tonight - the Steven Soderbergh version - and I loved it. It was slow and meditative, poetic and moving, and meaningful. (In a good, non-pretentious way.) It made me think. Grand ideas are admirable in a modern studio picture, and there's much to admire about Solaris - both visually, acting-wise (George Clooney is less George Clooney-y than ever), and thematically. If you like movies that challenge you, this is one to watch.

And just to cap off the evening, when I got home, Singles was on TV. I probably haven't seen that since 1993. Cameron Crowe's never made a bad movie, and it's a sweet and funny flick. The perfect companion piece to Solaris - something easily digestible and light.

Right. Lots of talk about movies lately. And no wonder: I've been to the cinema six times in five days, and tomorrow I'm seeing Adaptation. Really looking forward to that. Really really.

But after that, promise, less talk about movies, more talk about...life. Love. Dreidels. And kippers.  ¶ 23:03