This Saturday, USA is having a marathon of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, so I can sit all day and enjoy the magic that is Vincent D’Onofrio as Detective Goren. Apparently, they’re catching on to the appeal of the show - it’s all about the Vincent D.

It’s just after 8 and I’m feeling sleepy already. It’s the weather, I’m sure. It’s making my wrist hurt a lot, but that could also be because I had occupational therapy tonight and it made my wrist sore. I still love the fluidotherapy (corn husk particle) machine.

Friday night, I’ll be hanging with my friend Elizabeth (who is on a mission and blogging her progress) to talk, drink tea, and maybe order some tasty food. I’m looking forward to it… we laugh, we talk about life, we laugh some more and then end up getting all quiet because we start thinking… or get inspired. Either way, it’s all good.

Just so’s you know, her site/blog is called Detox Moxie and it’s a record of her efforts to detox her body and her life. She quit smoking, cut out processed sugars and is feeling pretty friggin’ awesome - and sharing the love. There are recipes from her buddy Chef Mike, book recommendations and links to good resources for a whole person detox plan (if you’re so inclined.) While I don’t go about my “cleansing” in the same way, I think we’re of the same mind when it comes to getting rid of the toxic things in our lives.

::Endorsement complete::

Friday is also the night that the new Guillermo del Toro film, Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno), opens. I’ve had it on my calendar for a few months now… and I’m SOO excited to see it. I’m hoping it will be opening in one of my local indie theatres so I can go check it out. It looks mighty creepy. It’s a Golden Globe Nominee (aka Intro to Oscar) for Best Foreign Film and has been named the winner of several film critics’ awards. The synopsis is as follows:

…a gothic fairy tale set against the postwar repression of Franco’s Spain… Pan’s Labyrinth combines the historic and moral themes of his acclaimed Spanish Civil War story (The Devil’s Backbone) with protean visual creativity… Pan’s Labyrinth unfolds through the eyes of Ofelia, a dreamy little girl who is uprooted to a rural military outpost commanded by her new stepfather. Powerless and lonely in a place of unfathomable cruelty, Ofelia lives out her own dark fable as she confronts monsters both otherworldly and human…

Then there’s a lengthy bit’o'detail about the actors and whatnot… but, basically - little girl, feeling lonely, kindly housekeeper tells her about a rambling, abandoned garden. It’s a lovely place to wander and it becomes “Ofelia’s haven, a dark refuge from loneliness and sorrow.”

If I can, I’ll catch a matinee on Saturday. I can miss some Law and Order for this