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two new things i really like

ok, so the other day, i was hanging out and i got a text from my friend anna b. it said nothing other than "naked mole rat gets dressed you should read it". interesting....and a definite way to get someone's curiosity piqued.

i, of course, looked it up and found that it is a picture book by mo willems (the guy who wrote the pigeon books, which are great as well). tonight at barnes and noble i went to find it and there was only one copy. so i read it. and then i bought it. it's wonderful! it's about a naked mole rat who loves to wear clothes. all the other mole rats are disgusted by this, so they go to grand-pah, the oldest, wisest, most naked mole rat there is to see what he says. he issues a proclamation and life for the mole rats is never the same. but it's better than it was before. it's such a cute book. please check it out!

the second thing i really like is bride wars. i know, you're probably thinking, "of course you liked it brooke. it's a chick flick. you usually do like them." and you'd be right. but this one is extra good. it's surprisingly clean. and it's just a really great, feel good movie. i cried. yep. cried while watching it. not cried in a "why aren't i married?" kind of way, because this isn't that kind of movie. it's a movie about friends and relationships in general...and i guess i really connected with the characters, because i cried. or maybe i'm just emotional. this will be a movie i will buy when it comes out on video. i highly recommend it.

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