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So I watched Paprika! If you don't know, it's an anime film (based on a book) that sorta did the Inception thing first with a plot that involves the ability to enter/observe other people's dreams. The funny thing is that one of the things I pondered when walking out of Inception is the usefulness that shared dreaming could have in psychotherapy; the device in Paprika was primarily developed for that purpose, though of course in both movies the technology is abused.
There are, I think, intentional homages in Inception to a couple scenes in Paprika, but Inception ran with the heist film concepts (quite well) and only the individual characters' experiences while Paprika contemplates quite a bit more how much of a game changer that kind of technology would be in the realm of everything from science to philosophy. It's also way more psychedelic in how far it goes with the dreamscapes, almost to the point that you have a hard time believing anyone could have dreams quite that insane. I have an unlucky streak with finding highly hyped anime films very boring, but I enjoyed this one.

I took a crazy-long break from True Blood after getting over halfway through season one probably over a year ago, but I've gotten back into the swing of marathoning it. My god, this cracked out show. It's so hilarious and ridiculous but I always hesitate to say it's really camp because it does handle a lot of the dramatic moments really well. Season 3 made me all pouty though, because suddenly a lot of characters I liked were being dicks (in ways I felt should have been done earlier than the third season?), and Tara just never gets a break from her life generally sucking, and dammit I hate/love Eric friggin' Northman and his stupid charisma and his stupid pastel sweaters.