Good things about this weekend:

- Watching The Wrestler. I used to watch wrestling when I was younger and could not wield control over the tv remote. It interested me for a while, then I got terribly bored with it. So it got rather nostalgic yesterday when I saw The Wrestler, and while that might had contributed to my favourable reaction to the film, it was still a very fine picture. The acting was splendid and painful to watch, albeit in a good way. I wonder why this wasn’t nominated; I found it much much better than the other nominated stuff (save for Milk). Or maybe, I just like tragedies.

- Accomplishing the goal of watching all the 5 films nominated for Best Picture before the Oscars ceremony. Finally! It’s been a personal goal for the longest time. Since it has always been 2 films out of 5 for the last seven years, I’m mighty pleased with myself this year. Well, it does help that the films this year did not include 1. fighting in the middle ages, 2. an excessive number of guns and ammunition, 3. banned and/or heavily censored films.

- Finding a heavily discounted copy of this (in hardcover too!). Marked down from $95 to a mere $20! I had the most satisfied grin on my face for at least an hour afterwards.

And now, bad things about this weekend: Feeling that there is no way I’m going to pass my final theory driving test tomorrow.

Updated: I did pass my test! Woohoo!