Listen, OK?... We know movies...Today has been a mix of feelings of strength and exuberance and times of weakness and lethargy. Last night was great -- Caitlin and I went and saw Taking Woodstock and we made dinner beforehand. It was a so-so movie but just going out and relaxing was a nice change.
Today we both worked a lot on stuff, had lunch with Evan, and then had a really great dinner with Leslie. She made us a really good butternut squash / apple casserole with a lentil soup -- so good that I got the recipe for later. It was a hit. After that, we sat around and talked for a little bit about music and movie snobbery and our experiences with it. Music and movie snobbery starts (almost always) with having a 'normal' conversation with someone and then meandering toward a ground of music or film. Oh, you like Neutral Milk Hotel? Well then you must have heard of ______'s album then. Oh, ... you haven't heard of The _____. (snob then ignores the 'less cool' person). This could be just one example of a conversation involving music snobbery and could also be applied to film too (just change band names with names of actors, directors, etc.) In either case, the snob uses the name drop as a honing device -- a way for the snob to know precisely where you stand on their own internalized map of coolness. If you keep answering the question right (if you keep saying that you have heard of the snob's bands) then you will go far.
Anyway, Caitlin and Leslie and I thought we would try to pose with some of my more 'hipster indie' films that I own to pay tribute to this snobbery. (Or at least mock it). Snob expressions and all.
