The Suggestion Box

It's great to hear from the Jackson's. I love Rob's ideas of an exchange of recommendations. Sounds fun. Here goes a few from me.

TV Shows: Not many new ones for us, mainly the old standbys (Office, Scrubs, Lost, Survivor). Have never watched 24 or Heroes. Would definitely recommend 30 Rock, though. Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin are hilarious. It's been can't miss status for me now since the first 2 or 3 I watched.

Movies: 2 recent DVDs that I'd recommend: States of Grace - Richard Dutcher film (God's Army). Probably the best "Mormon" movie that's been made. Would easily watch it with non-members. Not necessarily "about" Mormons. Really well done. United 93 - Even knowing what's going to happen, it was engrossing the entire time. Leaves you mad, scared, sad, and proud all at once.

Books:
-No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy - cool book, fairly quick read, part thriller, part philosophical questions on the future of our society - whether there is hope, or if things are just going down the toilet (with what we know about what will happen before the second coming, I'm going with the latter, but that doesn't stop us from trying, does it?)
-Affluenza - funny and eye-opening. Helps with that never-ending nag I have to finally have money and "things" someday. Turns out there's more to life. Who would have thought? But seriously, we probably all need reminding sometimes.

Music:
-Reynolds Special, for Ruby - Ruby, by Kaiser Chiefs
-I second Australia, by the Shins, and the entire album, Wincing the Night Away
-In addition to the Shins, my playlist samples heavily from the latest albums from Bloc Party, The Hold Steady, The Strokes, Incubus, The Format, The Arctic Monkeys, Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins, and Motion City Soundtrack. Sorry, I don't do very good at recommending tracks - if a like a band, I kind of just recommend the whole album, but I know you guys download tracks a lot, so I'll do better next time.