When it played in cinemas, I heard everybody talking about
American Beauty. TV shows and magazines thought it was brilliant. Since I hardly ever watched a movie in the cinema (except when it's a movie I was really looking forward to), I hadn't seen it yet. Today I decided to finally buy it on
DVD. A movie that won 5 Academy Awards can't be that bad I guess.
And I got one of those funny voicemail messages. Some woman talking in an accent like they do on the other side of the country, "Hi this is your mother. When will you be back in Groenlo?".
I don't know who she was, but she definately wasn't my mother (unless there's something the people I call my parents haven't told me). And I looked up Groenlo on a map and it is, just as I suspected, at the other side of the country.
I just informed the always lovely Soberty that I want my Preacher books back, since I really want to know how the story continues. I still regret it that I introduced her to it, since she instantly became hooked on it, and insisted on borrowing part 8 even though I hadn't read it yet.