First, in the interest of full disclosure, you should know that I really want to see 8 Mile. I really want to see it with my buddy Adam because he is the only person I know who also admits that he really wants to see this movie. I'm a sucker from triumph over adversity tales. And a sucker for watching Eminem. I'm hiding now. Don't look at me like that.

Second, I just did a search for "girl jamaica kincaid"--because I'm teaching it shortly--and what I've found are tons and tons of mail order sex/bride/girlfriend sites. Icky. Why did that happen?

That is all for now. I'm sleepy.