Happy Presidents Day/Washington's Birthday

So, bonus--day off. Spent some of the day at the National Gallery, mostly to see this exhibit on British Romanticism--ahem, lots of pastoral scenes, Scottish mountains, one print of the Lady of Shalotte--but also some of the permanent collection. I even spent some time looking at the "Gothic" madonna and child paintings, actually. (But mostly for formal elements, not devotional reasons.) Then some walking around, a trip to the new Trader Joe's in the west end. Mostly relaxing. So I tried not to think of politics.

This weekend also watched Mike Judge's Idiocracy. Put this one in your Netflix queue, people. Funny and insightful.