I'm finding that watching tv and working on the computer at the same time doesn't work so well when the movie is Japanese and subtitled. I keep missing stuff.

The movie is Kikujiro no natsu and it's a strange one. It's the story of a young boy who wants to find his mother and a relatively unsavory fellow who helps him. The boy is rather monosyllabic and morose, but the man is colorful. Quite a departure from Central Station, where the acting seemed more of a team effort between the boy and the woman helping him to find his family.

Update: the movie got much more interesting after I logged off. And better. But I'm still trying to determine the point of it all. Maybe I just don't get Japanese humor.

Feeling old tonight, and I'm going to go to bed early to, in the words of a friend, "rest up for the busy weeeknd". At first I was resistant to the idea, but it's looking better and better all the time.