Biscuit, Bad Movies, and $29 Beer

May 15, 2026

• I went to the dentist this week. The great thing about my dentist is that they are freewheeling with the nitrous oxide. I think they cranked it too high, though. Somewhere between "Bennie and the Jets" and "Starman," I got lost and all the music started sounding like the band Beirut. Suddenly I was at a drunken parade and didn't mind that some lady was fist-deep in my mouth.

  I did slightly mind that another patient, who seemingly had a close personal relationship with the entire dental office staff, came over while my mouth was open to show off a picture of a Bernedoodle dog. Its name was Biscuit. Dafuq?

• I saw a few movies: Hokum, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and Obsession. For me, the first two were forgettable. Nothing else to say. You won't find sophisticated movie reviews here.

  The third, slightly less so. There was a big standee in the theater lobby with a bunch of pull quotes about how amazing it is and how it redefines the horror genre. Big talk for a "be careful what you wish for" scenario.

  OK, it had a slightly more interesting premise than that. But I felt that it gave too much empathy to the nice guy protagonist who had to deal with his crazy girlfriend. Her progressively more unhinged obsession was played for laughs.

  There were a few glimpses of empathy for her total loss of agency and bodily autonomy, but I thought they could've done more to critique the male entitlement that created the scenario in the first place.

  Also, there was way the fuck too much screaming.

• Oh, I also saw The Drama. I liked it. Personally, I would've still married Zendaya. She was a lonely and misguided kid who realized she was wrong after finding the community she needed.

  Her insufferable friend who terrorized a disabled child and then laughed about it as an adult was way worse.

• My husband and I saw Band of Horses when they came through Minneapolis. I was a big fan of Everything All the Time when it came out (in 2006!). They happened to be playing the album in full.

  The crowd seemed more into the second half of the set, when they played some of their popular songs from other albums. That was fun too. I like "Detlef Schrempf" a lot, though they failed to play "Islands on the Coast" despite it being on the setlist for other nights.

  My husband noted that the crowd seemed taller than average. It's true; I'm average height at 5'6", and people towered over me everywhere we went. He'd gone to another show the week before - Deathklok - and said the crowd there seemed a lot shorter than average. Weird.

  We paid $29 for two beers at the venue. I repeat, $29 for two bottom-of-the-barrel domestic beers. That's before tip. What is the world coming to?