Tonight I watched the Oscar-winning film Sideways, which my friend Jeremy described as the last good Alexander Payne movie. I’m kind of shocked I had never seen it, considering it features two of my favorite things: wine and Thomas Haden Church. It was good, but I definitely noticed that it was enhanced by the bottle of wine I was drinking.

In fact, I can’t imagine watching it without a glass of wine, as Paul Giamatti and THC spend a large portion of the movie discussing, swishing, sniffing, swirling and drinking wine. And although my less-than-refined palate doesn’t even know what “tannin” means, I certainly enjoyed pairing the movie with a $4 bottle of Tisdale cabernet sauvignon. I mean, I never spent more than 30 francs on a bottle of wine in France, n’est-ce pas?

This got me thinking, and I couldn’t help but wonder: sometimes is all we need just a really good complement? Ok, so I’ve been watching a lot of Sex and the City in preparation for the forthcoming movie. I ripped through season two this past weekend, and every time Carrie lit up, I felt obliged to do the same. Sometimes I actually had to pause the DVD, go out and have a smoke, and then continue from there. And she smokes a lot in season two.

Similarly, it’s almost impossible for me to watch Xtube and not masturbate furiously. I guess some things just go hand in … hand.