Really Good

Me: The King's Speech won for Best Director.

Me: Didn't see that coming.

Me: What was your prediction, Ben?

Ben: Albert Baldwin.

Ben: For "Sounds of a Spaceship."

Me: Yeah, I was pretty disappointed that didn't get a Best Short Film nom.

Ben: Best Documentary.

Ben: "WILL I EVER SEE ANOTHER HUMAN BE-ING AGAIN HHUUUUHH."

Me: That's not important right now.

Ben: THE WASTE LANDS is really good.

Ben: Is that what's important right now?

Me: That's not what I was going to talk about but go for it.

Ben: I was trying to preempt you.

Ben: I dunno, it's just really good.

Me: Good book review.

Ben: Like, even though this book is clearly still setup for the rest of the story, I felt like the first two books were meta-setup, and this book has enough story meat to it that it is enjoyable in its own right.

Ben: I am finally invested enough in the characters and the characters themselves have matured enough that I'm starting to connect with them.

Ben: But Susan is still superfluous.

Ben: Susannah.

Ben: Wrong book.

Ben: Wait.

Ben: Damn Stephen King only knows like three names.

Me: Susan is Roland's girlfriend.

Ben: In King's Ur-book.

Me: What.

Ben: Wait.

Ben: Is there seriously a Susan character?

Me: Roland briefly reminisces about her in The Gunslinger.

Ben: You mean in 'Salem's Lot.

Me: No.

Me: $300 for 'pit' tickets to the Katy Perry concert, you in?

Ben: Will we get to meet Katy herself?

Me: Of course.

Me: We'll just have to be extra inventive.

Ben: I'm in.

Ben: Cross one off the bucket list.

Me: I just wish we could've met her before she changed her name.

Me: Ironically, Katy Brand is a much less lucrative brand than Katy Perry.

Ben: I agree, this is irony.