The comfort read/author discussion led to another discussion with a writer friend of mine. She finds she can’t read genre fiction while she’s writing, so she finds her ‘comfort’ in movies. I’ll admit, I’m a huge movie fan, too, but like books, I rarely watch the same movie twice. (Unlike my sons who can recite entire passages of Napoleon Dynamite verbatim.)

There is an exception…at Christmas time, when I have my annual marathon gift wrapping session, I always watch the same two holiday movies. White Christmas with Danny Kaye and B-b-b-b-ing Crosby, and Desk Set, with my two favorites, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. And yes, I can recite whole passages from either of them verbatim, but have never found a reason to. So I do understand the warm fuzzy that comes from watching a favorite film. For me it’s the snappy dialogue and that wonderful “50’s” feel, where all the world is one giant, perfect snow globe. It might get shaken up a little, but everything always falls neatly back into place. Probably why I’m a sucker for Doris Day movies, too.

I suppose if I had to rent-a-repeat, some of the ones I might look for would be Chocolat, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, anything with Harrison Ford, preferably with the word “Indiana” in the title, Bond, James Bond, Gosford Park, a recent joy, Cassanova (Heath, really, call me) to name but a few off the top of my head.

So…what are your “comfort” movies, that you can watch again and again?

Today’s MAC: Project Runway 2. I picked Chloe to win, so I’m happy about that. I did think she deserved it. Kara was a close second for me, too. So I actually concurred with the judges on what they liked. Quelle shock! The rest? Not so much. I didn’t think Dan’s was horrible, though I agree it wasn’t finished. The thing I didn’t like most about his was mixing brown leather with a red dress. Some other color combo might have been less offensive. But he had immunity, so ah well. As to the auf-ing…I’m not so happy. I understood the complaints about Nick’s suit and even agree, but I’d rather have the designer be over ambitious and miss the mark somewhat, than do something like Santino where the entire garment was literally falling off of her. Not to mention it made Kara look like a ridiculously bizarre extra on the set of Lost in Space 3.

They auf-ed Zulema for putting together an unfinished garment, but let Santino go when his was literally glued on and falling off. They sacked Uncle Nick, who otherwise has done nice work, for making a bad fabric choice and being a little too femme in his style. It was still a solid piece. Santino’s was a solid piece, too, a solid piece of…well, you get my meaning. He’s consistently been in the bottom two, but they give him a pass and send Nick on his merry way instead. So…I’m not happy. I want Chloe and Dan in the finals, and it looks like that could happen…but it’s clear the producers want Santino there with them. With Kara as the only other option, I’m pretty meh on the whole thing. Because the third finalist should have been Nick. Just sayin’.

For you fellow PR2 watchers, what garment did you like best? For me it was Nick’s pin striped suit, designed by Chloe. Very well made, and I liked the pink silk back to the vest, it was totally Nick’s style. Hard to believe that was her first venture into menswear. I can see her winning this thing! (Come on, Dan! Step up!)

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