homesick ...

i'm super excited about the movie juno. it looks like this year's little miss sunshine, but with a glorious, snowy, minnesota twist (and michael cera. i am in love with him). already this film is getting stellar reviews, and hopefully will actually come to theaters in my backwoods vicinity.

and, on top of what appears to be a charming movie, there's the juno soundtrack, which, if the trailer is anything to go off of, features lots of charming acoustic-indie guitar songs, as well as some retro favorites (see the link for a complete list).

last weekend minnesota had a little blizzard. my folks there, and many others, hunkered down with a fire in the fireplace, and later powered up the snowblowers for the first time this season. i just stared out my south carolina patio doors at the dead trees and dead grass and became profoundly nostalgic for snow. and home.

then this morning i found this at youtube. a semi-famous moldy peaches song (many of juno's songs are originals by kimya dawson, from MP). it's someone's "home video," but it's beautiful and hit me in all the right places today:

"anyone else but you"