rita wins the conversation by using poetry to insult phil, and then she's gonna leave him behind in punxsutawney like a good producer should in #groundhogday minute 38.

phil carb loads for the marathon to come while rita looks on in #groundhogday minute 37. plus, clocks, cakes, and blueberry waffles.

the movie wants us to be able to forgive phil's bad behavior, starting with his kissing mrs lancaster in #groundhogday minute 36, but it also removes a person from reality, so...

phil crashes then rises again and i get sidetracked by location shooting and watching a completely different movie be filmed as he overtakes reality in #groundhogday minute 35.

the police light 'goof', engine 6244, and living with the consequences (or not) of driving on the railroad tracks in #groundhogday minute 34.

phil contemplates what it means to have no tomorrow and recounts some of the rules he's had to follow in his life in #GroundhogDay minute 33.

phil, ralph, and gus exit the bowling alley and get into ralph's car in #GroundhogDay minute 32 and i get confused which rick is gus and which rick is ralph and after this many years of talking about this movie, you'd think i'd remember.

for the record: bigger rick is gus, thinner rick is ralph.

the violence and cuteness of sea otters, lyrics to the background song you probably don't even notice, spectating everyone else's lives, the geography of "punxsutawney", and life itself as a series of mundane activities... #groundhogday minute 31.

local psychiatrist is new at his job and so excited about it; meanwhile, phil turns to alcohol and nostalgia in #groundhogday minute 30.

phil is a dick to strangers, rita (apparently) loves awkward van rides, and the local neuorlogist is bad at his job in #groundhogday minute 29.