"Your Face Looks Like a Bag of Walnuts"

After this week's episode of Mad Men, I'm left thoroughly convinced that Don Draper has officially become the least interesting character on television. When entire episodes become devoted to yet another peek into Don's former life as Dick Whitman, you know you're in for nothing substantial.

The more we learn about Don, the less interested I am in seeing him achieve anything - especially failing. In what was a twisted turn for the cast of Mad Men in Sunday night's drug induced episode, it became the most boring and ridiculous waste of a storyline.

In other news, have you seen this girl? Her name is Sally Draper and she's gone missing. Some say she ran away, some say her mother ate her, others are convinced her father abandoned her on a train filled with circus people. Whatever the case may be, please call the authorities if you have information. Do not, repeat, do not call her parents.

What's He Building In There?

There is truly something to be said for stories that scrub your brain of the day-to-day heaviness and grief we surround ourselves with. I finally sat down to watch Safety Not Guaranteed and fell into a trance. What a delightfully fun and light-hearted movie. While the storyline flirts somewhat with heavy-handedness at times, this story does not take itself too seriously.

Safety Not Guaranteed was brought to you by the makers of Little Miss Sunshine. (And two nerd blogs have confirmed that the directing and writing duo Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly are currently working to remake of Flight of the Navigator next.) Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass star as epically adorable main characters who appear both lovable and troubled. Plaza plays a jaded intern at a Seattle magazine who immediately agrees to research and write a story about an ad placement requesting a time travel partner. Partnering with Jake Johnson, (you're talkin' to a Nick Miller fan here, people) and another young and nerdy intern, the three hit the road to begin their work.

What we find in this journey is an innocent, sweet childlike quality in Plaza and Duplass' obvious romance as they discover their separate, hidden agendas. While Plaza is dealing with the passing of her mother at a pivotal time in her emotional development past, Duplass is dealing with the death of an old girlfriend. (Or so we think.) Throughout the tiny, not always predictable plot twists, we are sprinkled with the storyline of Jake Johnson's character who is scheming to get back together with his high school girlfriend who conveniently lives in the town within time traveling proximity. 

While each plot twist doesn't exactly pair up or strategically matter much to the overall outcome, I found myself curiously outguessed at every turn. In the end, while you know the two characters will eventually find their way to each other, that lingering devices may not tie up neatly and while simple time travel questions will of course go unanswered, (you've jaded me hard, J.J. Abrams), I found Safety Not Guaranteed to be one of the cutest movies I've seen in awhile. 

Daenerys and Drogo

As with most current things, I am not current. I am about six episodes in to the first season of Game of Thrones and I have to tell you - I'm in. After hearing friends discuss dragons, dire wolves and all things sexual, I felt it was my duty as an ill-informed TV viewer to check it out. The premise is absurd, I mean, of course it's absurd. But as absurdities go, this is the Ken Burns of mythical and supernatural tales.

My favorite characters by far and away are Daenerys and Drogo. What a hot power couple. I don't know what it is about Drogo. Call it my attraction to tall, dark and tortured, but Drogo really does it for me. Spoiler alert: You know what's terrible about the internet? The fact that I went looking for a picture of them and saw that Drogo dies. Of course he does, I mean I knew one of them had to, but damnit.

While their relationship may have started off a bit rocky, (what with the whole no eye contact during forceful sex bits), they really have hit their stride. Daenerys has assumed her sexual prowess and confidence over her overpowering and vaguely Satan-faced husband, turning him into a regular John Cusack in love.

I just finished the episode of the failed attempt on Daenerys' life at the marketplace, thus spawning her husband to declare war. Drogo rushes into the tent to embrace his bride, calling her "Moon of my Life." Daenerys steps back, lovingly and proudly watching her husband shout threats of war. "I will rape your women!" he angrily screams to an amped up group of followers. She smiles.

What an understanding wife and queen it must take to allow your husband to assume his rightful place as the dominant overlord of all the land. I wish I didn't already know that one of them must ultimately die. I was really hoping for a spin off prequel: Daenerys and Drogo - The Early Years.