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Spoiler-filled thoughts while watching “Midnight Cowboy”

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I can’t remember when we watched “Midnight Cowboy.” Sometime in 2013. I just found this in my Unscheduled Drafts, and I thought, “Hey, let’s just go ahead and make that a scheduled draft.”

midnight_cowboyBeware: This contains lots of spoilers.

  • That’s a sweet suitcase.

  • Jon Voigt really knows his way around a piece of gum.

  • Wait, so his whole plan from the start was to be a male prostitute. I thought he went to New York and things went bad and then he had to become a prostitute. This is a weird movie.

  • Listening to your transistor radio on the bus? Not cool, Joe Buck.

  • Me: This guy looks like a total creep.
    Rockford: What?! He’s just a guy who thinks he’s pretty great and has a plan.
    Me: Jon Voigt always looks like a creep.

  • This movie’s weird.

  • But at least there’s Nilsson.

  • I had no idea “I’m looking for the Statue of Liberty” was code. Also, tongues in ears are gross.

  • I love Dustin Hoffman. Joe Buck is a moron.

  • “I ain’t a real cowboy, but I sure am a stud!” This is a creepy creeperton of a movie.

  • That radio has unbelievable battery life.

  • Joe Buck is not a savvy businessman.

  • Fact: “The two items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.”

    • Reading

    What I read in January

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    januaryreadingThe Golem and the Jinni” by Helene Wecker, which I loved.

    “Life After Life” by Kate Atkinson, which was OK.

    “11/22/63” by Stephen King, which was an enjoyable and engaging read.

    “Hollow City” by Ransom Riggs, which wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be.

    “The Silver Star” by Jeanette Walls, which left me wanting more.

    “Someone Else’s Love Story: A Novel” by Joshilyn Jackson, which I kind of wished I hadn’t bothered to finish.

    “World War Z” by Max Brooks, which really made me wonder how they’d turned it into an action movie. (By writing a completely new story, that’s how.)

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    On this day in history

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  • Sultan Mehmed II inherited the throne of the Ottoman Empire. (1451)
  • The Illinois Territory was created. (1809)
  • Wake Forest University was established. (1834)
  • The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified. (1870)
  • The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified. (1913)
  • Morgan Fairchild (1950), Nathan Lane (1956) and Rebel Wilson (1986) were born.
  • Woodrow Wilson (1924) and Buddy Holly (1959) died.
  • I married my best friend. Happy anniversary, Rockford! (2001)