Vulgar and Adorable

Vulgar and adorable: that’s my three word review of the movie Superbad. A movie that I was able to see on a Monday afternoon because the rest of the American Sector household is on holiday. Which leads to me getting home from the movie and eating macaroni & cheese for dinner with a beer chaser. That’s kind of vulgar and adorable in its own way, don’t you think?

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Yes – Mac & cheese with a beer chaser.