ONE. Britney's documentary was pretty wonderful! It was soooo heartbreaking, mostly because she was TRYING to be so positive-- nothing touches my heart like sincerely doing everything you can to make the best out of a situation!! But it was so obvious that she wasn't happy a LOT of the time.
Today I got an issue of Entertainment Weekly (50 Sexiest Movies -- VERY disappointing) and there was an article about how entertainment reflects the political climate. For the past ... many... years movies and shows have been reflecting drama and conspiracy and sadness. And now that Obama is here, the climate is about hope and change... and so people are probs going to be willing to watch a more pro-government or happy ending or hopeful stories.
ANYWAY, I was thinking about it and Britney is totally on this trend. I mean, considering how she's regular talented and regular beautiful and regular smart... but she is just SOOOO good at being a performer and being at the right place at the right time and ... cueing in to the mass needs. Now I'm not saying her specific LIFE is better or worse because of it... BUUUUT I do feel like it could be right for her to come back out and be a performer again when our nations spirit is one of revival and openmindedness and happy endings. I just feel like a comeback is in the stars for her. I hope so. I think she's great!
When I started writing this, I was totally engulfed in the anxiety that comes after total relaxation. Like, I can tell that I'm in a mentally better place than I was before break. I'm definitely feeling more introspective and ready for positive changes (not because life's not working now... just because positive change is always the healthy way to look). BUUUUUT, I got this huge wave of anxiety this morning and it climaxed a few minutes ago. I was just like "what if I fuck it all up NOW!!>??" I'm refering to this semester. I don't know. I'm ready for a few more weeks of HARD work and then a big break! And even BETTER than the break... is just starting all over. That's the best because you're not locked into your decisions. Now I keep thinking that I'm going to mess up and fail something after all of this work and when I can't do anything about it anymore. I know that I just need to breathe. Be strong like Britney.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Mmm... Nothing Really..
1) BRITNEY'S NEW DOCUMENTARY TONIGHT!! 10pm, MTV, be there!
2) I did literally NOTHING yesterday and woke up with anxiety about stuff I probably have to do today! PLUS I thought I woke up at FOUR, but it turns out I lost power and I actually woke up at like... 1:40pm which... I know isn't crazy-better but.... it makes ME feel better. THATS BECAUSE I'M NOT SLEEPING AT NIGHT ANYMORE! Tonight I have to make sure I go to bed at 2am LATEST!
Can you even believe that the semester is almost over??!! I'm pretty sure my only final is Dec. 17.... which is like 2 weeks from now!
Ugh, I'm watching 13 going on 30 and ... ugh with Mark Ruffalo. Could you put SOMETHING into your performance, sir!? Glad we're not into him anymore because he got way too many leading rolls!
2) I did literally NOTHING yesterday and woke up with anxiety about stuff I probably have to do today! PLUS I thought I woke up at FOUR, but it turns out I lost power and I actually woke up at like... 1:40pm which... I know isn't crazy-better but.... it makes ME feel better. THATS BECAUSE I'M NOT SLEEPING AT NIGHT ANYMORE! Tonight I have to make sure I go to bed at 2am LATEST!
Can you even believe that the semester is almost over??!! I'm pretty sure my only final is Dec. 17.... which is like 2 weeks from now!
Ugh, I'm watching 13 going on 30 and ... ugh with Mark Ruffalo. Could you put SOMETHING into your performance, sir!? Glad we're not into him anymore because he got way too many leading rolls!
Friday, November 28, 2008
BLACK Friday...
Here are some things I don't understand.
1) Why are we OBSESSED with "family values"?
I don't know why I chose this point first, but I just watched Milk (which I'll talk about in a bit), and one of the main anti-gay arguments is that it attacks the idea of the "family." Now obviously I'm obsessed with my gays, but when they tell us that they're going to teach our children about being gay, we argue that they won't. We don't say "WHO CARES???" or even better "GREAAT!! THEY NEED TO KNOW!!!" I know that I'm blurring points, but a HUGE portion of us don't even have a ... regular? is that the right word? family!
I don't even care. I'll just say it. I basically HATE traditions. I just think that tradition makes you feel like things are RIGHT. Like... you can't break away because it's so comforting because we, as beings, are programmed to repeat successful things. Like... if you sleep on one side of the bed, then you want to keep sleeping on that side because it worked. BUT the problem is that you don't see what's affecting other people... or what works BETTER! And you argue this stuff steadfastly ... the longer you've been practicing the same stuff! And you get depressed when things don't happen traditionally anymore (holiday suicide rate... hello?).
I think the what we need to remember is that our society is built off of the idea that we want to be in a society where we do what we want. That's why we don't incorporate religion into our laws. And all of these movements are for being an individual. We want to be ALL individuals living safely in one society. So you can wear a navy blue top, black slacks, 14 inch red heels, dreadlocks, confined in your shack in the forest eating nothing but grass and fucking anything that gives consent. And that's FINE! You can live here! And I'll bet we'd find out that life is a little better if we not only allow these things, but we understand, accept and love them. And then we don't even have to worry about family values. People can just love the people around them, and receive all that love back, and make babies that they can care for, and everyone can help raise them. That would be a beautiful place.
2) Black Friday.
This was actually going to be a pleasant entry until I read about a temp at Walmart getting trampled to death in the name of shopping. WALMART SHOPPING! He lost his LIIIFE!!! And not like our troops losing their lives. And not an accident. And not even a vendetta. None of those are okay at all... but this was because people cared more about their... half price electronics?? How the fuck can this be a season of love and giving when it get's this INSANE!!!??
Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'm going to start volunteering. I don't know why I don't volunteer already to be honest. I just can't decide what I want to do! What do I want to support? I think maybe I'll send out some emails and see what meshes with me. I was thinking maybe I would work in a kitchen for AIDS... because I can't drive, and I'm afraid that I wouldn't mesh with children too well, even though I would love being with children. The other thing, which I think would be more of a challenge, and more of a learning experience would be to teach English to immigrants. It's quite a committment, but I see no reason to not dedicate 2 to 3 hours a week to someone. Anyway, if anyone wants to volunteer with me, here's the site that I was looking at. http://volunteerboston.org/HTM/VolOps.shtml
Or let me know if there is something worthwhile that you think I should dedicate my time to.
So Milk was pretty good. It wasn't GREAT though. I particularly didn't like the beginning... I felt like everything went SO fast and then the part they focused on went a little slowish-- not TOO slow... but INFINITELY slower than the beginning when I thought there was good stuff in the beginning. BUUUUUUT the acting was superb. I LOVED Sean Penn but I REEEEAAAALLY loved Emile Hirsch. He for SHIZ has some gay friends... because I KNOW the person he played-- he stood perfectly and he had perfect sass and he ... he was great! I just liked how they played gay because... it was more real then other interpritations. I'm sure they ALL have gay friends and/or are gay themselves... but I thought it was a better movie to look towards for the gays then Brokeback Mountain, which I thought was slow and not really representative (not that that was the entire intent of that movie). But this interpritation was that the gays are strong and smart but they are still gay and they act gay... like they weren't saying that the gays are just like straight people who like guys.. they are a community and they are wonderful and loving and fun and most of all, they want their rights and they deserve to have them! And all the gays weren't the same, but they didn't shy away from the cliches either. And they were not too shy to do some serious, almost gratuitous, sex and making out, which I really enjoyed. Surprisingly, I wasn't obsessed with James Franco, who I ASSUMED was going to be the light of my life after this movie. The story wasn't as much about love as I thought it would be. It was good, but I think they could have dramatized the love. I would have.
So, I actually woke up at like 2pm today, and VERY shortly afterwards, my grandma JoAnne called me, which was a treat because we don't talk that often, but I love her so much!! BUT I missed the 1pm and 4ish showing of Milk. So I decided to go to the 7:15 showing but it was sold out! But at that point I basically NEEDED to see it, so I went to the 10:15 showing. The Coolidge theater is BEAUTIFUL though! I am inclined to perhaps go there like... once a week, given my renewed love for independent films. Then I would have to become a member, I imagine.
Hopefully tomorrow I do some work -- I'd like to do the dishes before Katherine gets home since I've made a bit of a mess. Maybe I'll do it tonight!
1) Why are we OBSESSED with "family values"?
I don't know why I chose this point first, but I just watched Milk (which I'll talk about in a bit), and one of the main anti-gay arguments is that it attacks the idea of the "family." Now obviously I'm obsessed with my gays, but when they tell us that they're going to teach our children about being gay, we argue that they won't. We don't say "WHO CARES???" or even better "GREAAT!! THEY NEED TO KNOW!!!" I know that I'm blurring points, but a HUGE portion of us don't even have a ... regular? is that the right word? family!
I don't even care. I'll just say it. I basically HATE traditions. I just think that tradition makes you feel like things are RIGHT. Like... you can't break away because it's so comforting because we, as beings, are programmed to repeat successful things. Like... if you sleep on one side of the bed, then you want to keep sleeping on that side because it worked. BUT the problem is that you don't see what's affecting other people... or what works BETTER! And you argue this stuff steadfastly ... the longer you've been practicing the same stuff! And you get depressed when things don't happen traditionally anymore (holiday suicide rate... hello?).
I think the what we need to remember is that our society is built off of the idea that we want to be in a society where we do what we want. That's why we don't incorporate religion into our laws. And all of these movements are for being an individual. We want to be ALL individuals living safely in one society. So you can wear a navy blue top, black slacks, 14 inch red heels, dreadlocks, confined in your shack in the forest eating nothing but grass and fucking anything that gives consent. And that's FINE! You can live here! And I'll bet we'd find out that life is a little better if we not only allow these things, but we understand, accept and love them. And then we don't even have to worry about family values. People can just love the people around them, and receive all that love back, and make babies that they can care for, and everyone can help raise them. That would be a beautiful place.
2) Black Friday.
This was actually going to be a pleasant entry until I read about a temp at Walmart getting trampled to death in the name of shopping. WALMART SHOPPING! He lost his LIIIFE!!! And not like our troops losing their lives. And not an accident. And not even a vendetta. None of those are okay at all... but this was because people cared more about their... half price electronics?? How the fuck can this be a season of love and giving when it get's this INSANE!!!??
Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'm going to start volunteering. I don't know why I don't volunteer already to be honest. I just can't decide what I want to do! What do I want to support? I think maybe I'll send out some emails and see what meshes with me. I was thinking maybe I would work in a kitchen for AIDS... because I can't drive, and I'm afraid that I wouldn't mesh with children too well, even though I would love being with children. The other thing, which I think would be more of a challenge, and more of a learning experience would be to teach English to immigrants. It's quite a committment, but I see no reason to not dedicate 2 to 3 hours a week to someone. Anyway, if anyone wants to volunteer with me, here's the site that I was looking at. http://volunteerboston.org/HTM/VolOps.shtml
Or let me know if there is something worthwhile that you think I should dedicate my time to.
So Milk was pretty good. It wasn't GREAT though. I particularly didn't like the beginning... I felt like everything went SO fast and then the part they focused on went a little slowish-- not TOO slow... but INFINITELY slower than the beginning when I thought there was good stuff in the beginning. BUUUUUUT the acting was superb. I LOVED Sean Penn but I REEEEAAAALLY loved Emile Hirsch. He for SHIZ has some gay friends... because I KNOW the person he played-- he stood perfectly and he had perfect sass and he ... he was great! I just liked how they played gay because... it was more real then other interpritations. I'm sure they ALL have gay friends and/or are gay themselves... but I thought it was a better movie to look towards for the gays then Brokeback Mountain, which I thought was slow and not really representative (not that that was the entire intent of that movie). But this interpritation was that the gays are strong and smart but they are still gay and they act gay... like they weren't saying that the gays are just like straight people who like guys.. they are a community and they are wonderful and loving and fun and most of all, they want their rights and they deserve to have them! And all the gays weren't the same, but they didn't shy away from the cliches either. And they were not too shy to do some serious, almost gratuitous, sex and making out, which I really enjoyed. Surprisingly, I wasn't obsessed with James Franco, who I ASSUMED was going to be the light of my life after this movie. The story wasn't as much about love as I thought it would be. It was good, but I think they could have dramatized the love. I would have.
So, I actually woke up at like 2pm today, and VERY shortly afterwards, my grandma JoAnne called me, which was a treat because we don't talk that often, but I love her so much!! BUT I missed the 1pm and 4ish showing of Milk. So I decided to go to the 7:15 showing but it was sold out! But at that point I basically NEEDED to see it, so I went to the 10:15 showing. The Coolidge theater is BEAUTIFUL though! I am inclined to perhaps go there like... once a week, given my renewed love for independent films. Then I would have to become a member, I imagine.
Hopefully tomorrow I do some work -- I'd like to do the dishes before Katherine gets home since I've made a bit of a mess. Maybe I'll do it tonight!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Thanksgiving Day
GLORIOUS Thanksgiving!
So I stayed up until about 5am, probs because of my 15 hour sleep the night before, and also because I LOVE IT, last night. So I woke up to my mom calling this afternoon at about 1:30pm. So I had a nice chat with my mom, my sister, Ernie, and my brother, who's first words to me were "the Phillies won the world series." Then he told me how they went to the Phillies parade on Halloween. I was like "How could that POSSIBLY be the first thing to come to your mind when you talk to me?" It was a month ago, it's Thanksgiving, and there is no reason why the thought of me would trigger the thought of baseball. But whatever. Then I asked him what grade he was in and he told me SEVENTH!!!! And I was like WTF!?? THAT CAN'T BE!!!
Turns out it really can't be. He's in 5th grade. But he didn't miss a beat when he told me so I really was fooled!!!
As I was talking to my mom, my grandpa called. So I called my grandpa back and spilled the beans about my painting for him. Then he told me about a wonderful movie that he said was really good and he thought I would really relate to the character. The movie is called Happy-Go-Lucky and it turns out it is still in theaters.
So after I talked to him it was about 3:45pm-ish. I took a REALLY long shower (singing a shit-ton of tunes), ate a TON of stovetop stuffing and a tuna bagel sandwich, watched an episode of Punk'd, and found a theater that was showing Happy-Go-Lucky.
The closest theater was the Kendal Square Cinema, which I've never been to and involved some very shady directions (walk through the lobby of the Marriot... I was like '...really?'). Also, I really wanted to watch the whole episode of Punk'd, which would go until 5pm, but I was afraid I was going to be late for the 6:30 movie if I didn't leave at 4:30. OBVIOUSLY that was retarded and even though I left at 5 because I NEEDED to know how Brittany Snow was going to react, I still got there 40 minutes early. I never mind because I bring my iPod and a book everywhere, but I have to reflect on how retarded I am with time.
So the movie was EXCELLENT!!!! I loved it SOOOO much!!! The thing about independent movies is that they are SOOOO FULL of PASSION!! They usually reflect a story about a person whose story NEEDS to be told, and the people who made it spent a JILLION dollars of their own funding because the story was THAT important to them!! But it was just about this woman that ... was so happy and cheerful and lighthearted and understanding amongst all the people around her. I was so flattered that my grandpa thought of me when he watched the movie because it's the kind of attitude that I definitely aspire to have!
Also, I LOOOOOOVE movies! I LOVE them!!! After the movie I was in that characters place... and I wanted to walk briskly and bravely home and admire and appreciate everything around me and befriend strangers and be happy and dance-y!
I think they should have a movie therapy. Like, the therapist listens to your problems and what's up with you and then they pick movies that they think will give you perspective or hope or whatever you need... like ... 3 times a week you just sit in a little 12 seat cinema room and watch and then discuss it! It would be way more than an hour per session, but III think it would be great!
Anyway, after the movie, some guy on a bike wished me a happy Thanksgiving! And then I got a 12-pack of coke and some Pirouette hazelnut/chocolate cookie things. And now I'm enjoying myself.
Tomorrow I think I'm going to see Milk (FUCK YEAH!!) and maybe I'll go to the park and read some scripts. Beautiful.
So I stayed up until about 5am, probs because of my 15 hour sleep the night before, and also because I LOVE IT, last night. So I woke up to my mom calling this afternoon at about 1:30pm. So I had a nice chat with my mom, my sister, Ernie, and my brother, who's first words to me were "the Phillies won the world series." Then he told me how they went to the Phillies parade on Halloween. I was like "How could that POSSIBLY be the first thing to come to your mind when you talk to me?" It was a month ago, it's Thanksgiving, and there is no reason why the thought of me would trigger the thought of baseball. But whatever. Then I asked him what grade he was in and he told me SEVENTH!!!! And I was like WTF!?? THAT CAN'T BE!!!
Turns out it really can't be. He's in 5th grade. But he didn't miss a beat when he told me so I really was fooled!!!
As I was talking to my mom, my grandpa called. So I called my grandpa back and spilled the beans about my painting for him. Then he told me about a wonderful movie that he said was really good and he thought I would really relate to the character. The movie is called Happy-Go-Lucky and it turns out it is still in theaters.
So after I talked to him it was about 3:45pm-ish. I took a REALLY long shower (singing a shit-ton of tunes), ate a TON of stovetop stuffing and a tuna bagel sandwich, watched an episode of Punk'd, and found a theater that was showing Happy-Go-Lucky.
The closest theater was the Kendal Square Cinema, which I've never been to and involved some very shady directions (walk through the lobby of the Marriot... I was like '...really?'). Also, I really wanted to watch the whole episode of Punk'd, which would go until 5pm, but I was afraid I was going to be late for the 6:30 movie if I didn't leave at 4:30. OBVIOUSLY that was retarded and even though I left at 5 because I NEEDED to know how Brittany Snow was going to react, I still got there 40 minutes early. I never mind because I bring my iPod and a book everywhere, but I have to reflect on how retarded I am with time.
So the movie was EXCELLENT!!!! I loved it SOOOO much!!! The thing about independent movies is that they are SOOOO FULL of PASSION!! They usually reflect a story about a person whose story NEEDS to be told, and the people who made it spent a JILLION dollars of their own funding because the story was THAT important to them!! But it was just about this woman that ... was so happy and cheerful and lighthearted and understanding amongst all the people around her. I was so flattered that my grandpa thought of me when he watched the movie because it's the kind of attitude that I definitely aspire to have!
Also, I LOOOOOOVE movies! I LOVE them!!! After the movie I was in that characters place... and I wanted to walk briskly and bravely home and admire and appreciate everything around me and befriend strangers and be happy and dance-y!
I think they should have a movie therapy. Like, the therapist listens to your problems and what's up with you and then they pick movies that they think will give you perspective or hope or whatever you need... like ... 3 times a week you just sit in a little 12 seat cinema room and watch and then discuss it! It would be way more than an hour per session, but III think it would be great!
Anyway, after the movie, some guy on a bike wished me a happy Thanksgiving! And then I got a 12-pack of coke and some Pirouette hazelnut/chocolate cookie things. And now I'm enjoying myself.
Tomorrow I think I'm going to see Milk (FUCK YEAH!!) and maybe I'll go to the park and read some scripts. Beautiful.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Beginning of Thanksgiving Break
So here's the deal. Even though I ALREADY write a shit-ton... it's going to be Blythe-blog-overload this weekend! I have nothing else to do! And no one to talk to but myself (I'm being dramatic... obviously)!
So last night I was REALLY BUMMED OUT! I couldn't decide if I was ALREADY sad about being alone for Thanksgiving (which I didn't think I was sad about to begin with... but how can you really tell until it happens?), or if it was something else. I took to my written journal to talk it out and I realized that NOTHING is going badly in my life (which is great!):
So, I went to the store, which was a LITTLE unhappy because I only have $30 in the bank (until all of my new money clears). Then I had a tuna sandwich and a $.50 burrito and some pickles (which is an excellent, cheap meal, I think). Then I started watching Bourne Identity, but about half way through I had to pause and take a little rest. Then Katherine came in to ask if I wanted to hang out with her and her friend, but I obviously didn't because I was basically asleep. So she turned off my TV and the lights.
It was about 9:30pm. I slept straight until almost 1pm today! Today I feel great! I guess I was just really tired! I ALWAYS do that when I go home for breaks. I get home and I pass out for HUGE amounts of time! I thought it was the traveling... but maybe it's just that having a huge break gives me enough ease to just pass out. Either way, I bet I was REALLY tired. My body is always soooooo good to me! It lets me stay up for HUGE amounts of time and I hardly feel the reprecussions. It deserves a nice 15 hour sleep.
So last night I was REALLY BUMMED OUT! I couldn't decide if I was ALREADY sad about being alone for Thanksgiving (which I didn't think I was sad about to begin with... but how can you really tell until it happens?), or if it was something else. I took to my written journal to talk it out and I realized that NOTHING is going badly in my life (which is great!):
"My classes are going great. I have a lot of great friends. I have a job that is less stressful than any other job I've had. I feel good about going into television (reasonably speaking). Obama is going into office."
So, I went to the store, which was a LITTLE unhappy because I only have $30 in the bank (until all of my new money clears). Then I had a tuna sandwich and a $.50 burrito and some pickles (which is an excellent, cheap meal, I think). Then I started watching Bourne Identity, but about half way through I had to pause and take a little rest. Then Katherine came in to ask if I wanted to hang out with her and her friend, but I obviously didn't because I was basically asleep. So she turned off my TV and the lights.
It was about 9:30pm. I slept straight until almost 1pm today! Today I feel great! I guess I was just really tired! I ALWAYS do that when I go home for breaks. I get home and I pass out for HUGE amounts of time! I thought it was the traveling... but maybe it's just that having a huge break gives me enough ease to just pass out. Either way, I bet I was REALLY tired. My body is always soooooo good to me! It lets me stay up for HUGE amounts of time and I hardly feel the reprecussions. It deserves a nice 15 hour sleep.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Money Money Money
Good day today. I went to work and counted books forever. But it wasn't a very tricky wake-up even though I went to bed at 4am and woke at 8:30am. That was lucky.
So work was fine, but that room is CRAZY dry! Everytime I walk in I have to put lotion on because my hands feel very uncomfortable. But it's not aweful because I keep lotion in my Vogue Espana bag.
Then I went to class and handed in my script for our final project, which was VERY aesthetically pleasing because we just turned in our Sex and the City scripts, so I have a whole bunch of shit that is only useful for binding scripts. Anyway, I DID like my story! It is, to me, reminiscent of my Superblake Saga, if anyone remembers that.
AND while I was in class, I MIRACULOUSLY found a check for $65.71!!! SO LUCKY!! Although I have to wonder why I keep finding checks. Why am I not taking care of them?? Especially when I'm ACTUALLY HONESTLY hungry some nights because I can't afford to eat. I kept bragging about my poorness before... but now it's pretty real.
SO I deposited 3 checks ($180 ish) and then I counted ALL of my change-- I rolled the quarters and nickels, but they didn't have the paper for pennies or dimes so I separated them into $.50 and $5 respectively so they'll be easy to roll later. I ended up having $59.53 in change!! And I had $2 in bills... so that's pretty great.
I hope I don't starve.
So work was fine, but that room is CRAZY dry! Everytime I walk in I have to put lotion on because my hands feel very uncomfortable. But it's not aweful because I keep lotion in my Vogue Espana bag.
Then I went to class and handed in my script for our final project, which was VERY aesthetically pleasing because we just turned in our Sex and the City scripts, so I have a whole bunch of shit that is only useful for binding scripts. Anyway, I DID like my story! It is, to me, reminiscent of my Superblake Saga, if anyone remembers that.
AND while I was in class, I MIRACULOUSLY found a check for $65.71!!! SO LUCKY!! Although I have to wonder why I keep finding checks. Why am I not taking care of them?? Especially when I'm ACTUALLY HONESTLY hungry some nights because I can't afford to eat. I kept bragging about my poorness before... but now it's pretty real.
SO I deposited 3 checks ($180 ish) and then I counted ALL of my change-- I rolled the quarters and nickels, but they didn't have the paper for pennies or dimes so I separated them into $.50 and $5 respectively so they'll be easy to roll later. I ended up having $59.53 in change!! And I had $2 in bills... so that's pretty great.
I hope I don't starve.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Mystery Solved
The calls were actually from my roommate who went to a party, left her stuff at the party, went across the hall for 4 hours, and couldn't get back into the party because everyone was passed out. AND my number is on facebook so she was able to call me. AND she was too shwasted to try and text me instead.
My Prez Survey Stats
Results of my survey.
Out of 16 votes, here are the celebrity presidents:
1) George Clooney and Oprah tied with 5 votes each
2) Angelina Jolie with 4 votes (if you count one vote for Brangelina)
3) Meryl Streep with 3 votes (very mysterious to me)
4) Denzel Washington, Ellen Degeneres, Morgan Freedman, and Matt Damon with 2 votes
The other people who got one vote:
John Stewart
Tina Fey
Stephen Colbert
Samuel L. Jackson
Tim Gunn
Dr. Drew
Susan Surandon
Steve Carrell
Jack Nicolson
Anderson Cooper
Barbara Walters
Nathan Lane
Christopher Walkin
Forrest Whitaker
Jason Bateman
Sean Penn
Martin Sheen
Mark Wahlberg
Queen Latifah
John Malcovitch
J.K. Simmons
Harrison Ford
Bono (who I think is Irish actually)
Some of these categories overlap, but also, out of the celebrities:
24 votes for a white man
10 votes for a white woman
6 votes for a black man
6 votes for a black woman
3 votes for a gay man
3 votes for a gay woman
0 other minorities
I'm not saying that's telling though because there are more of some celebrities...
ALSO out of 13 votes:
8 said the American people would vote
1.Eastern Asian
2.Central and South American
3.Middle Eastern.
5 said the American people would vote
1. Central and South American
2. Eastern Asian
3. Middle Eastern
No one thought a Middle Eastern person was likely.
(I picked Eastern Asian, Central and South American, and then Middle Eastern)
Out of 14 votes:
8 said
1. woman
2. homosexual
3. atheist
5 said
1. woman
2. atheist
3. homosexual
And an embarrassing 1 said
1. atheist
2. homosexual
3. woman
(I said woman, homosexual, then atheist)
My pool was entirely girls and male homosexuals.
Out of 16 votes, here are the celebrity presidents:
1) George Clooney and Oprah tied with 5 votes each
2) Angelina Jolie with 4 votes (if you count one vote for Brangelina)
3) Meryl Streep with 3 votes (very mysterious to me)
4) Denzel Washington, Ellen Degeneres, Morgan Freedman, and Matt Damon with 2 votes
The other people who got one vote:
John Stewart
Tina Fey
Stephen Colbert
Samuel L. Jackson
Tim Gunn
Dr. Drew
Susan Surandon
Steve Carrell
Jack Nicolson
Anderson Cooper
Barbara Walters
Nathan Lane
Christopher Walkin
Forrest Whitaker
Jason Bateman
Sean Penn
Martin Sheen
Mark Wahlberg
Queen Latifah
John Malcovitch
J.K. Simmons
Harrison Ford
Bono (who I think is Irish actually)
I picked John Stewart, Matt Damon, and Tina Fey.
Some of these categories overlap, but also, out of the celebrities:
24 votes for a white man
10 votes for a white woman
6 votes for a black man
6 votes for a black woman
3 votes for a gay man
3 votes for a gay woman
0 other minorities
I'm not saying that's telling though because there are more of some celebrities...
ALSO out of 13 votes:
8 said the American people would vote
1.Eastern Asian
2.Central and South American
3.Middle Eastern.
5 said the American people would vote
1. Central and South American
2. Eastern Asian
3. Middle Eastern
No one thought a Middle Eastern person was likely.
(I picked Eastern Asian, Central and South American, and then Middle Eastern)
Out of 14 votes:
8 said
1. woman
2. homosexual
3. atheist
5 said
1. woman
2. atheist
3. homosexual
And an embarrassing 1 said
1. atheist
2. homosexual
3. woman
(I said woman, homosexual, then atheist)
My pool was entirely girls and male homosexuals.
Mysterious Calls
So last night, I stayed up and watched Sex and the City for a long time. At 4:34am some Boston number that I don't know called me. I got really nervous and refused to answer. Then at 4:36am a DIFFERENT number calls me that I don't know. So then I REALLY freak out and pretend (to no one but myself) that I'm asleep. Then at 4:42am the same number calls AGAIN! Whatever, I ended up going to sleep panicked. Now, I looked up the first number on facebook and I didn't get anything. But the second number that called me twice is a person is my year at BU. She lives off campus in south and we have 3 mutual friends, none of whom would be likely to call me (although two of them have my number). Strange.
I finished that paper for anthro. I think it was fine.
Also, went to Cabaret! It was excellent!!
Also, I watched V for Vendetta, which was very good, but I feel like it would have REALLY touched me 6 months ago when I didn't have faith that a democrat would get into the White House. Now that Obama's won and everyone LOVES him and I personally have SO MUCH FAITH in him, the movie seems more pessamistic and crazy. Nevertheless, it was very good. AND I'm glad I finally watched it.
Now I have to touch up my Sex and the City script and write a story that will last about 7 minutes to shoot for our final project. I feel like making a scary movie or a thriller would be EASIER but I kind of want to do a comedy... which is pretty tricky because you could really screw that up.
THEN THANKSGIVING! I'm going to paint and watch movies and go into town and NOT SPEND MONEY!!! AND read my Craig Ferguson book! AND my Holiday David Sedaris book! Hellz yeah!!
I finished that paper for anthro. I think it was fine.
Also, went to Cabaret! It was excellent!!
Also, I watched V for Vendetta, which was very good, but I feel like it would have REALLY touched me 6 months ago when I didn't have faith that a democrat would get into the White House. Now that Obama's won and everyone LOVES him and I personally have SO MUCH FAITH in him, the movie seems more pessamistic and crazy. Nevertheless, it was very good. AND I'm glad I finally watched it.
Now I have to touch up my Sex and the City script and write a story that will last about 7 minutes to shoot for our final project. I feel like making a scary movie or a thriller would be EASIER but I kind of want to do a comedy... which is pretty tricky because you could really screw that up.
THEN THANKSGIVING! I'm going to paint and watch movies and go into town and NOT SPEND MONEY!!! AND read my Craig Ferguson book! AND my Holiday David Sedaris book! Hellz yeah!!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Time and more...
Here is how ridiculous I am with time.
So last night, I'm watching Colbert and I know that I need to write about 7 pages of my SATC script, fix the old parts of the script that I have notes on, and slightly alter the formatting. But then I flip to Letterman at midnight. And then at 12:30am I decide I'm going to watch Ferguson and THEN do my script. So at 1:30am, I obviously have a wave of sleepy (the kind that comes with nothing left to procrastinate with) and finally decide that I'm just going to wake up early and do it.
Side note: I'm not saying I fully recommend this method, but I do think it has some huge advantages. The biggest one being that you actually almost WANT to do your work when time gets so crunched. Also, I find that things take me about HALF the time to do in the morning, because at night I'm distracted by things. ALSO, I'm pretty sure I'm cleverer in the morning and/or when I'm scared about time (I'm not sure which). The point is that doing things in the morning isn't necessarily a bad idea if you can time manage.
So I set my alarm for 6:30am for my 11am class. I get REAAAALLY scared that I'm going to oversleep, so for the first time, I also set my iPod alarm which is all the way across the room (which isn't long but is full of many obstacles (no joke; there are literally 4 chairs in my tiny room-- not to mention more clothes than I feel like I own, books, papers, magazines, folders, etc.)).
So I wake up at 6:30am and as always, when I do this stuff, I count the hours in my head. "7:30, 8:30, 9:30 for a shower, 10 is when I want to leave... 3 hours is a LONG TIME. I can cut it to 2.5."
So I reset my phone to 7, get up to turn off the iPod alarm, and then turn off my regular alarm. Then at 7, since I hardly remember my last head conversation, I recount "8, 9, I don't need a shower, 10 is when I want to leave. 3 hours is a long time. I'll cut it down to 2.5"
So I reset my alarm again to 7:30am. And then at 7:30 I reset to 7:35. At 7:35 I reset to 7:42. At 7:42 I recount. "9, 10 is when I want to leave. Crap! I need to get up, get an energy drink and start!" Then I get up, mentally griping about how the EXTREEEEME heat in my room is making me so sleepy. I put on the fan, get my shoes and sweatshit, grab the miraculous $20 and keys on my desk. I get out and it's freezing and windy, but it's such a relief from my room. I get my energy drink and $17 in change. As I start getting back to the door, I go to take my keys out and the money, that I hadn't put in my wallet but actually had just stuck in my pocket ALL came out and started FLYING down the street. Thankfully I was able to identify which bill was the $10 so I ran down the street after it. Then I came back looking for the other money. I found the $5; I had to run after that too. Then I found a $1, which I only KIND OF had to run after. And, as I was picking up the bill, a man, who was watching me, found the last bill, gave it to me, and said "mmm bad day." I was pleased that he was so sympathetic, but I actually thought it was extremely lucky that I got every one of my bills back. I was actually really satisfied when I just got the $10 and the $5.
Then I went back into my room that was a more satisfying temperature because of the fan. Plus I was energized from running after bills, AND I had my energy drink so I was set. I wrote about 4 scenes and then my computer died and I had to rewrite all of them, which was lame. But it was way easier and didn't take that much time. Plus it might even be better this time, which is nice. Then I finished, miraculously found the button I'd been searching for earlier that slightly reformatted my script. Then I went about making changes to the first part, saving a LOT. Then 10am rolled around and I wasn't done. So in my head I was like "that's okay. 10:15 is fine." Then at 10:16, I decided I was over it and wanted to email it to myself. Then my computer shut down. Thankfully nothing was erased. But Then it got to be 10:25 and I started getting really scared. I finally got it emailed at 10:29 and hustled to the computer lab.
At the computer lab I printed my stuff out. Then I felt like I still had time so I wrote an email to my daddy about winter break. Then I went to class.
I got there 5 minutes early.
And we didn't even turn the scripts in.
When I write it out it kind of sounds like the day is leaning in the bad direction.. but actually it seemed kind of lucky at the time (which was like... 4 minutes ago). hmmmm.
IN OTHER NEWS, I have a field trip today for anthro. Then I have a meeting about my documentary which SHOULD go fine. The REAL issue is that I have this anthro paper due on Friday. It only has to be 5-8 pages long... but it's like... the ONLY GRADE! Also I haven't read ANYTHING for the class. Also, we're supposed to get sources from the Boston Public Library etc. So tomorrow I'm ONLY doing my paper. I'm going to honestly wake up early, go to the library, get what I need, and read all afternoon. Plus I can stay up all night because I don't have class until 3pm on Friday. I'm just nervous about getting enough of the class reading in there because I think I want to do my paper on local food, but it's a subject that is hard to spot in the TITLE of an article unless it's specifically about that. I just feel like she could be like "we read about your topic in this and this too. Why didn't you mention those sources?"
Whatever, 5-8 pages is nothing. I should be grateful.
So this weekend I have to make my very final draft of my Sex and the City script. It's essentially done except I need to add 3 pages which might be a real problem because it's all about being concise. I also have to write a script and storyboard for our final project for video production. That will be taxing but fun.
Also, I want to do these things before the end of the weekend:
1. Watch at least ONE of the two movies (V for Vendetta and Bourne Identity) that I've had for like... a year.
2. Clean out my email box. Getting Variety, TVweek, and New York Times via my regular email was kind of dumb.
3. Pick out a new computer.
4. Deposit my checks.
ALSO we screened our projects yesterday and ours was great, albeit the most dramatic of the bunch. I think we did well. PLUS we got our tests from a LONG time ago back. I remembered not feeling very confident about the test and was relieved when everyone said they were worried. I mentioned that I was worried to, but I didn't want anyone to see my grade because if I got like... a 70% and everyone else did better... in my major! that would be really embarrassing. BUT I ended up getting a 92% which was definitely one of the better grades! I was honestly very surprised... and I felt like a douche for complaining before... except mostly I'm just glad I did well.
CABARET THIS WEEKEND. Plus, Jeremy Lloyd is coming to Boston for some singing thing!! So I'm going to see him on Friday! ALSO Twilight is coming out!!! I'm seeing it Saturday.
So last night, I'm watching Colbert and I know that I need to write about 7 pages of my SATC script, fix the old parts of the script that I have notes on, and slightly alter the formatting. But then I flip to Letterman at midnight. And then at 12:30am I decide I'm going to watch Ferguson and THEN do my script. So at 1:30am, I obviously have a wave of sleepy (the kind that comes with nothing left to procrastinate with) and finally decide that I'm just going to wake up early and do it.
Side note: I'm not saying I fully recommend this method, but I do think it has some huge advantages. The biggest one being that you actually almost WANT to do your work when time gets so crunched. Also, I find that things take me about HALF the time to do in the morning, because at night I'm distracted by things. ALSO, I'm pretty sure I'm cleverer in the morning and/or when I'm scared about time (I'm not sure which). The point is that doing things in the morning isn't necessarily a bad idea if you can time manage.
So I set my alarm for 6:30am for my 11am class. I get REAAAALLY scared that I'm going to oversleep, so for the first time, I also set my iPod alarm which is all the way across the room (which isn't long but is full of many obstacles (no joke; there are literally 4 chairs in my tiny room-- not to mention more clothes than I feel like I own, books, papers, magazines, folders, etc.)).
So I wake up at 6:30am and as always, when I do this stuff, I count the hours in my head. "7:30, 8:30, 9:30 for a shower, 10 is when I want to leave... 3 hours is a LONG TIME. I can cut it to 2.5."
So I reset my phone to 7, get up to turn off the iPod alarm, and then turn off my regular alarm. Then at 7, since I hardly remember my last head conversation, I recount "8, 9, I don't need a shower, 10 is when I want to leave. 3 hours is a long time. I'll cut it down to 2.5"
So I reset my alarm again to 7:30am. And then at 7:30 I reset to 7:35. At 7:35 I reset to 7:42. At 7:42 I recount. "9, 10 is when I want to leave. Crap! I need to get up, get an energy drink and start!" Then I get up, mentally griping about how the EXTREEEEME heat in my room is making me so sleepy. I put on the fan, get my shoes and sweatshit, grab the miraculous $20 and keys on my desk. I get out and it's freezing and windy, but it's such a relief from my room. I get my energy drink and $17 in change. As I start getting back to the door, I go to take my keys out and the money, that I hadn't put in my wallet but actually had just stuck in my pocket ALL came out and started FLYING down the street. Thankfully I was able to identify which bill was the $10 so I ran down the street after it. Then I came back looking for the other money. I found the $5; I had to run after that too. Then I found a $1, which I only KIND OF had to run after. And, as I was picking up the bill, a man, who was watching me, found the last bill, gave it to me, and said "mmm bad day." I was pleased that he was so sympathetic, but I actually thought it was extremely lucky that I got every one of my bills back. I was actually really satisfied when I just got the $10 and the $5.
Then I went back into my room that was a more satisfying temperature because of the fan. Plus I was energized from running after bills, AND I had my energy drink so I was set. I wrote about 4 scenes and then my computer died and I had to rewrite all of them, which was lame. But it was way easier and didn't take that much time. Plus it might even be better this time, which is nice. Then I finished, miraculously found the button I'd been searching for earlier that slightly reformatted my script. Then I went about making changes to the first part, saving a LOT. Then 10am rolled around and I wasn't done. So in my head I was like "that's okay. 10:15 is fine." Then at 10:16, I decided I was over it and wanted to email it to myself. Then my computer shut down. Thankfully nothing was erased. But Then it got to be 10:25 and I started getting really scared. I finally got it emailed at 10:29 and hustled to the computer lab.
At the computer lab I printed my stuff out. Then I felt like I still had time so I wrote an email to my daddy about winter break. Then I went to class.
I got there 5 minutes early.
And we didn't even turn the scripts in.
When I write it out it kind of sounds like the day is leaning in the bad direction.. but actually it seemed kind of lucky at the time (which was like... 4 minutes ago). hmmmm.
IN OTHER NEWS, I have a field trip today for anthro. Then I have a meeting about my documentary which SHOULD go fine. The REAL issue is that I have this anthro paper due on Friday. It only has to be 5-8 pages long... but it's like... the ONLY GRADE! Also I haven't read ANYTHING for the class. Also, we're supposed to get sources from the Boston Public Library etc. So tomorrow I'm ONLY doing my paper. I'm going to honestly wake up early, go to the library, get what I need, and read all afternoon. Plus I can stay up all night because I don't have class until 3pm on Friday. I'm just nervous about getting enough of the class reading in there because I think I want to do my paper on local food, but it's a subject that is hard to spot in the TITLE of an article unless it's specifically about that. I just feel like she could be like "we read about your topic in this and this too. Why didn't you mention those sources?"
Whatever, 5-8 pages is nothing. I should be grateful.
So this weekend I have to make my very final draft of my Sex and the City script. It's essentially done except I need to add 3 pages which might be a real problem because it's all about being concise. I also have to write a script and storyboard for our final project for video production. That will be taxing but fun.
Also, I want to do these things before the end of the weekend:
1. Watch at least ONE of the two movies (V for Vendetta and Bourne Identity) that I've had for like... a year.
2. Clean out my email box. Getting Variety, TVweek, and New York Times via my regular email was kind of dumb.
3. Pick out a new computer.
4. Deposit my checks.
ALSO we screened our projects yesterday and ours was great, albeit the most dramatic of the bunch. I think we did well. PLUS we got our tests from a LONG time ago back. I remembered not feeling very confident about the test and was relieved when everyone said they were worried. I mentioned that I was worried to, but I didn't want anyone to see my grade because if I got like... a 70% and everyone else did better... in my major! that would be really embarrassing. BUT I ended up getting a 92% which was definitely one of the better grades! I was honestly very surprised... and I felt like a douche for complaining before... except mostly I'm just glad I did well.
CABARET THIS WEEKEND. Plus, Jeremy Lloyd is coming to Boston for some singing thing!! So I'm going to see him on Friday! ALSO Twilight is coming out!!! I'm seeing it Saturday.
Monday, November 17, 2008
The Library Plan and More
Interesting day today.
I woke up bright and early to go to work. They made me go to the library to get some articles... and I gotta say, I think the library is TERRIBLY unpleasant! It's soooo stale and quiet and FULLY of unhappiness. I would like a fiction, biography (auto and regs), children's book and coloring book library. I feel like that would be a happy place! I'm not saying rows and rows of journals that look EXACTLY the same aren't fun for SOME people.. but my library, I believe, would have more mass appeal.
ANYWAY, I finish work. Go to class at 11 and my friend Stephanie, who is in 3 of my classes was freaking out about work for our class on Wednesday. Whatever whatever. After class at 12:30, we go up into the editing room. Then I go back to SED to return the calling card. Minutes after I get back to the editing room, Stephanie tells/reminds me that that class that she was freaking out about had this huge thing due at SIX TONIGHT!! So I almost had a heartattack and left right away. It was REALLY embarrassing and I was ashamed that I forgot-- it was written and circled ALL OVER my notebook! BUUUT I think I did fine. It was supposed to be a rough draft but we're having meetings and everything about this thing so it was huge. BUUUT when you're THAT nervous, you can get some AMAZING things done. Unfortunately I had to skip anthro AGAIN! NOT good news. Whatever.
After I finish my producing thing and turn it in, I go back to editing at about 6pm. We end up editing HARD CORE until EXACTLY nine when we had to finish up. Even though we really were on the edge and I know III was about to slap a bitch, we ended up making something PRETTY awesome! ESPECIALLY since we did it in just two weeks! PLUS it was the perfect time! When you edit, you LITERALLY watch the same shit like A JILLION times.. but it's funny because you'd think things would stop having meaning to you, and I think they have MORE! Like, every time I watched this certain scene, I got scared EVERY TIME! And on our old ones, funny things happen and I literally laugh out loud EVERY TIME! It's quite a mystery.
SO THE GOOD NEWS is that I no longer have to do my producing work (since I pounded it out today). SO, I only HAVE to do my script tomorrow... although I also REALLY need to start doing that damn anthro paper... due Friday.
BUUUUT here is some MORE good news.
1) I have officially watched every episode of 30 Rock!
2) I have nearly finished my stew. I have about one bowl left. I think my next meal adventure shall be calzones. They seem to last Katherine a long time.
3) Also, since I've decided that I have no money, I'm pretty sure I spent $100. So ... I have a problem. And about $50.
I woke up bright and early to go to work. They made me go to the library to get some articles... and I gotta say, I think the library is TERRIBLY unpleasant! It's soooo stale and quiet and FULLY of unhappiness. I would like a fiction, biography (auto and regs), children's book and coloring book library. I feel like that would be a happy place! I'm not saying rows and rows of journals that look EXACTLY the same aren't fun for SOME people.. but my library, I believe, would have more mass appeal.
ANYWAY, I finish work. Go to class at 11 and my friend Stephanie, who is in 3 of my classes was freaking out about work for our class on Wednesday. Whatever whatever. After class at 12:30, we go up into the editing room. Then I go back to SED to return the calling card. Minutes after I get back to the editing room, Stephanie tells/reminds me that that class that she was freaking out about had this huge thing due at SIX TONIGHT!! So I almost had a heartattack and left right away. It was REALLY embarrassing and I was ashamed that I forgot-- it was written and circled ALL OVER my notebook! BUUUT I think I did fine. It was supposed to be a rough draft but we're having meetings and everything about this thing so it was huge. BUUUT when you're THAT nervous, you can get some AMAZING things done. Unfortunately I had to skip anthro AGAIN! NOT good news. Whatever.
After I finish my producing thing and turn it in, I go back to editing at about 6pm. We end up editing HARD CORE until EXACTLY nine when we had to finish up. Even though we really were on the edge and I know III was about to slap a bitch, we ended up making something PRETTY awesome! ESPECIALLY since we did it in just two weeks! PLUS it was the perfect time! When you edit, you LITERALLY watch the same shit like A JILLION times.. but it's funny because you'd think things would stop having meaning to you, and I think they have MORE! Like, every time I watched this certain scene, I got scared EVERY TIME! And on our old ones, funny things happen and I literally laugh out loud EVERY TIME! It's quite a mystery.
SO THE GOOD NEWS is that I no longer have to do my producing work (since I pounded it out today). SO, I only HAVE to do my script tomorrow... although I also REALLY need to start doing that damn anthro paper... due Friday.
BUUUUT here is some MORE good news.
1) I have officially watched every episode of 30 Rock!
2) I have nearly finished my stew. I have about one bowl left. I think my next meal adventure shall be calzones. They seem to last Katherine a long time.
3) Also, since I've decided that I have no money, I'm pretty sure I spent $100. So ... I have a problem. And about $50.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Daddy's Birthday!
So today was my daddy's birthday! I am WRETCHED at remembering birthdays! I forgot my 8 year old sister's birthday TWO YEARS IN A ROW!!! And I never even made up for it! ANYWAY, about a week ago, I remembered that my dad's birthday was this week. So I set my alarm for it. AND yesterday I talked to my mom and I told her to call my dad up because it was his birthday tomorrow. She was very amazed that I remembered and I told her that hopefully I wouldn't forget tomorrow, but if I did, I was going to have my dad call her and tell her that I TRIED to remember.
ANYWAY, last night I was at Julia's until after 4am (it was great!). I overslept my alarm and woke up after 1pm. A few minutes later, my alarm went off to remind me about daddy's birthday, but I obviously couldn't call him then because that means it was 11am his time AND I was in no condition to make the call. SO I hung out with Caroline and her mom while Caroline got her toes done (because I missed breakfast). Then I went home, ate some stew, watched 2 episodes of 30 Rock, and took a nap. At 6:20pm I went to CVS to get some stuff so I could bind my script. Then I had Chords from 7-10. Then I went to the computer lab to bind my script with Stephanie. At 10:45pm I went back to my apartment to put my stuff away and put a jacket on so I could go to Sunset for Caroline's birthday (Whoo!). At 11pm, during my walk, I FINALLY remembered to call my dad!! I was like WHAT THE FUCK, BLYTHE! CAN'T YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING!!!
ANYWAY, I called my daddy, and it was very nice. He was kind of surprised that I called, which bummed me out. I explained to him how shitty I am with remembering birthdays, but ... it was basically just me making excuses which he called me on and told me weren't necessary. It does make me feel REALLY selfish that I can't remember. Most people just aren't on my mind long enough to remember. But like... I can remember events pretty well (.. marginally...).
SO, my dad was particularly ... introspective? about how we don't talk that much and how he feels bad that he doesn't usually know what's going on with me. I told him that my best long distance relationships usually don't consist of a lot of talking... it's all about being in the present and really BEING with a person when you're with them.. and so you don't need to play this game of catch up all the time. He seemed to accept that. I DO feel bad that I don't talk to my dad very often... but ... I just feel like it would trivialize the relationship. And I don't want to have an obligatory chat. Like... I never talk to my mom either. I just store up all the things I need to talk to her about, and then if they build up enough, I give her a call. I call my GRANDPA all the time because that's our entire relationship. We don't NEED to see eachother. I need to talk to him about politics and movies and painting and life.
BASICALLY, I just think relationships shouldn't be bounded by what is a "good" relationship. I need to see my dad and be inspired by him a few times a year. And I would love to see him more but I don't. And phone calls don't change that. And that's ok. My grandpa and I need to talk regularly on the phone because when we talk about is contemporary. So that's that.
BUUUUUUT, the GREATEST THING IS!!! that my dad said he would try to come up to BOSTON for a long weekend!!!!!!!! Which would make my WHOLE LIFE!!! I really hope he does!!! I feel like the fam keeps letting me down in the visiting department!
He ALSO said that he would try to get my tickets to come to Denver this Christmas, which would also be GLORIOUS!!!
In other news, here is the homework situation.
Tomorrow: Work from 9:30-11am, class from 11-12:30pm and 3-4pm. Nothing huge due. Just a fake script which is mostly done. But, I potentially have to edit between 12:30pm and 3pm and 4pm to 9pm. I PRAY it doesn't come to that, but I'll be prepared if it does.
Tuesday: 1-4pm - screening of our projects. Then I have to FINISH my script rough draft!!! For Wednesday. I ALSO have to get a little piece of EVERY part of my documentary done for our meetings on Wednesday. I am VERY FRIGHTENED!! Wednesdays are the scariest days, although they usually end up being my happiest ones. Also, I have Chords from 7-10pm.
Wednesday: Class 11-12:30pm, 3pm-4, 5-8pm. OBVIOUSLY I will be doing production stuff that entire time. SCARED!
Thursday: Nothing BUUUUT I have my FINAL PAPER FOR ANTHRO DUE FRIDAY! I have done ZERO READING! I am FRIGHTENED!!!
Friday: Paper due. That's it. BUT THEN I might go to Cabaret!!
Saturday: 3:50pm- I'm watching Twilight with Big Kelly and whoever else! and then Cabaret either again or for the first time!
Sunday: Something for Chords and that is likely all.
LASTLY, I've decided that Thanksgiving is probs going to be fun! I can finally watch all the movies I want to watch AAAAAND I am DEFINITELY planning on painting a lot. It'll be fun!
ANYWAY, last night I was at Julia's until after 4am (it was great!). I overslept my alarm and woke up after 1pm. A few minutes later, my alarm went off to remind me about daddy's birthday, but I obviously couldn't call him then because that means it was 11am his time AND I was in no condition to make the call. SO I hung out with Caroline and her mom while Caroline got her toes done (because I missed breakfast). Then I went home, ate some stew, watched 2 episodes of 30 Rock, and took a nap. At 6:20pm I went to CVS to get some stuff so I could bind my script. Then I had Chords from 7-10. Then I went to the computer lab to bind my script with Stephanie. At 10:45pm I went back to my apartment to put my stuff away and put a jacket on so I could go to Sunset for Caroline's birthday (Whoo!). At 11pm, during my walk, I FINALLY remembered to call my dad!! I was like WHAT THE FUCK, BLYTHE! CAN'T YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING!!!
ANYWAY, I called my daddy, and it was very nice. He was kind of surprised that I called, which bummed me out. I explained to him how shitty I am with remembering birthdays, but ... it was basically just me making excuses which he called me on and told me weren't necessary. It does make me feel REALLY selfish that I can't remember. Most people just aren't on my mind long enough to remember. But like... I can remember events pretty well (.. marginally...).
SO, my dad was particularly ... introspective? about how we don't talk that much and how he feels bad that he doesn't usually know what's going on with me. I told him that my best long distance relationships usually don't consist of a lot of talking... it's all about being in the present and really BEING with a person when you're with them.. and so you don't need to play this game of catch up all the time. He seemed to accept that. I DO feel bad that I don't talk to my dad very often... but ... I just feel like it would trivialize the relationship. And I don't want to have an obligatory chat. Like... I never talk to my mom either. I just store up all the things I need to talk to her about, and then if they build up enough, I give her a call. I call my GRANDPA all the time because that's our entire relationship. We don't NEED to see eachother. I need to talk to him about politics and movies and painting and life.
BASICALLY, I just think relationships shouldn't be bounded by what is a "good" relationship. I need to see my dad and be inspired by him a few times a year. And I would love to see him more but I don't. And phone calls don't change that. And that's ok. My grandpa and I need to talk regularly on the phone because when we talk about is contemporary. So that's that.
BUUUUUUT, the GREATEST THING IS!!! that my dad said he would try to come up to BOSTON for a long weekend!!!!!!!! Which would make my WHOLE LIFE!!! I really hope he does!!! I feel like the fam keeps letting me down in the visiting department!
He ALSO said that he would try to get my tickets to come to Denver this Christmas, which would also be GLORIOUS!!!
In other news, here is the homework situation.
Tomorrow: Work from 9:30-11am, class from 11-12:30pm and 3-4pm. Nothing huge due. Just a fake script which is mostly done. But, I potentially have to edit between 12:30pm and 3pm and 4pm to 9pm. I PRAY it doesn't come to that, but I'll be prepared if it does.
Tuesday: 1-4pm - screening of our projects. Then I have to FINISH my script rough draft!!! For Wednesday. I ALSO have to get a little piece of EVERY part of my documentary done for our meetings on Wednesday. I am VERY FRIGHTENED!! Wednesdays are the scariest days, although they usually end up being my happiest ones. Also, I have Chords from 7-10pm.
Wednesday: Class 11-12:30pm, 3pm-4, 5-8pm. OBVIOUSLY I will be doing production stuff that entire time. SCARED!
Thursday: Nothing BUUUUT I have my FINAL PAPER FOR ANTHRO DUE FRIDAY! I have done ZERO READING! I am FRIGHTENED!!!
Friday: Paper due. That's it. BUT THEN I might go to Cabaret!!
Saturday: 3:50pm- I'm watching Twilight with Big Kelly and whoever else! and then Cabaret either again or for the first time!
Sunday: Something for Chords and that is likely all.
LASTLY, I've decided that Thanksgiving is probs going to be fun! I can finally watch all the movies I want to watch AAAAAND I am DEFINITELY planning on painting a lot. It'll be fun!
La Maison Modern
I just LOVE this poster that was on my friend, Esha's, wall. I don't know why I love it so much.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
STEW!
I woke up this morning (afternoon...), did a little work, and then realized I was STARVING. BUUUUT I don't want to spend all my money! I'M VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THE MONEY!
So I decide that I REALLY want some stew and that I'm going to make stew for the whole week. So I called my mom, got the ingredients, and made my stew! Interestingly, my smoke detecter went off TWICE... the irony is very evident to anyone who's been in my room.... So THAT was annoying. ANYWAY, it turned out meh... but HOPEFULLY I'll be able to live off of it for a few days! It takes NOTHING like my mom's though.
In other news, I ran by the Christmas computer plan with the madge. Last night my computer shut off MINUTES after I restarted it. ROUGH. Anyway, mom told me to pick out exactly what I need so we can know how much to beg for. So I have to look for a computer and all the add-ons to tell the relatives. I'm pretty sure I WILL get a mac because... that's what communications people use AND I actually have $181 in iStore money.
ALSO, our Chordially Theirs concert was last night. It was a nice time! Afterwards, I hung out with Matt and Elena, which was long overdue.
ALSO, my mom wants everyone to know that the reason I'm not going home for Thanksgiving is NOT because of the money... because today she offered to pay for me to come home. That IS true... (if I sounded sarcastic)... it's a combination of it not being WORTH the money because my family doesn't make a HUGE deal out of Thanksgiving, and the travel time is about 20 hours.. which isn't really worth it. ANYWAY, my step-dad suggested that I had an ulterior motive for staying home-- although I really dont' know what it could be. I don't want to get really annoying about it... but... UGH! Honestly, not having to see HIM for 4 days is a legitimate ENOUGH reason to not go home... it's lucky that it's about the money.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
3 Fun Questions
I'm not TOTALLY sure why... but you should answer these questions because they're interesting.
Out of these three, who will be president next in order from first to last: a woman, a homosexual, and an atheist.
Out of these three ethnicities (which are categories that I believe our nation as a whole would vote on even though I understand that the people lumped in these categories are vastly different): Eastern Asian, Middle Eastern (including India because I think that's the way ... our nation would see it), and Central and South American.
Name your top 3 celebrities that you would want to be president (keep in mind that the president must be born in the United States and be over 35 years old).
I'll report my findings in a few days.
Out of these three, who will be president next in order from first to last: a woman, a homosexual, and an atheist.
Out of these three ethnicities (which are categories that I believe our nation as a whole would vote on even though I understand that the people lumped in these categories are vastly different): Eastern Asian, Middle Eastern (including India because I think that's the way ... our nation would see it), and Central and South American.
Name your top 3 celebrities that you would want to be president (keep in mind that the president must be born in the United States and be over 35 years old).
I'll report my findings in a few days.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Now That I Look at It, a Breakdown of How Procrastination Works
I feel like everyone goes through this but I am constantly convincing myself of new things as the day goes on. For instance, every SINGLE morning that I wake up I'm always so distraught to leave my bed... so I mentally calculate how I'm going to incorporate a nap in the middle of the day-- "I'm going to skip lunch here and race home and I'll get 40 minutes of nap yadda yadda." Then I get up and take a shower and go and by the time my scheduled naptime rolls around, I usually don't need one. OR even more interestingly, I won't take my nap but then I'll get inexplicably EXHAUSTED 10 minutes before I have to leave for somewhere. BUT, if I miraculously DON'T have to go, if it gets cancelled last minute, I no longer have to nap! SOMETIMES if I'm not falling asleep fast enough... like if it's 2am and I need to get up at 8am... I'll say to myself "Blythe, if you don't go to sleep... then you're going to HAVE to do your laundry/read this article/whatever" and then I become instantly droopy-eyed-- that's LUCKY!
ANYWAY, last night I fell asleep RIGHT before midnight and I was sooo sad about today because I was going to have to do so much stuff. So I woke up around 7:45am (I set my alarm for 11am) but I decided to go back to sleep. I woke up about 3 more times before noon when I ACTUALLY woke up because I had to get ready and do my dishes before people came over for our shoot. Then at 4pm I unfortunately decided to watch Sex and the City, and that's it, before Chords. And then I panicked after Chords because 10:15 on isn't that much time. BUT I made a HUGE dinner for myself and then watched Stewart and Colbert (NOT reruns) AND THEN watched Letterman even though I though I was going to skip it. AND THEN I watched ALL of Ferguson!!! While playing free cell!!! (29 times!!! (won 22, lost 7-- not bad...)! And throughout this time, I've been re-calculating in my head all the things I have to do.
FIRST, I thought I was going to do this write-up for articles for anthro (which I can't even discuss because I'm so embarrassed... but suffice to say it should have been done). AND this write up for producing! AND my 13 minutes of good Sex and the City script. And studying for the quiz. AND doing a little research on this anthro thing.
NOW I'm only doing the script and the studying tonight. The rest will be done high on adrenaline tomorrow!
I know that was an anti-climactic story. But I'm a little nervous because it's 2am and I have to get this printed out way before class (like tonight, ... I have to go kind of far to get it printed in the middle of the night) because Stephanie is coming over to help me carry all of the shooting equipment at 10:30am. LAME.
I HOPE I DON'T FUCK IT UP!
ANYWAY, last night I fell asleep RIGHT before midnight and I was sooo sad about today because I was going to have to do so much stuff. So I woke up around 7:45am (I set my alarm for 11am) but I decided to go back to sleep. I woke up about 3 more times before noon when I ACTUALLY woke up because I had to get ready and do my dishes before people came over for our shoot. Then at 4pm I unfortunately decided to watch Sex and the City, and that's it, before Chords. And then I panicked after Chords because 10:15 on isn't that much time. BUT I made a HUGE dinner for myself and then watched Stewart and Colbert (NOT reruns) AND THEN watched Letterman even though I though I was going to skip it. AND THEN I watched ALL of Ferguson!!! While playing free cell!!! (29 times!!! (won 22, lost 7-- not bad...)! And throughout this time, I've been re-calculating in my head all the things I have to do.
FIRST, I thought I was going to do this write-up for articles for anthro (which I can't even discuss because I'm so embarrassed... but suffice to say it should have been done). AND this write up for producing! AND my 13 minutes of good Sex and the City script. And studying for the quiz. AND doing a little research on this anthro thing.
NOW I'm only doing the script and the studying tonight. The rest will be done high on adrenaline tomorrow!
I know that was an anti-climactic story. But I'm a little nervous because it's 2am and I have to get this printed out way before class (like tonight, ... I have to go kind of far to get it printed in the middle of the night) because Stephanie is coming over to help me carry all of the shooting equipment at 10:30am. LAME.
I HOPE I DON'T FUCK IT UP!
Pre-RIP Planning for my TechnologieS
Here is what I would like the most:
TO WATCH V FOR VENDETTA AND BOURNE IDENTITY!! I've had these movies for like... a week now... if not more! ALSO I plan on finishing season 2 of 30 Rock.
Here's what's been done.
1. Chords recording. 930am to 5 on Saturday. I'll tell you what, I need more than one coke for 7.5 hours!
2. Filming our movie. 1:30-5:30 on Sunday and 1:30-4 today.
3. A VERY delectible meal made by myself for Rachael, Jenn, Amanda, and Andrea, none of whom I see often enough. (Rosemary chicken, aparagus, and baked potatoes with the fixin's)
Here's what I have to do:
1) write 12 more minutes of my Sex and the City script by tomorrow
2) study for my quiz tomorrow
3) finish my producing homework about my documentary for tomorrow
4) briefly look up some stuff about funnel cake and cotton candy for food anthro for tomorrow (obvs not a priority)
5)EDIT (starting Thursday)
6) also, in the long term (Nov. 21) I have to do my paper for anthro.
ALSO, I have a serious money situation. I have about $140 in my checking, $100 in my savings, about $160 in checks in my drawer, about $40 in cash, and someone owes me about $65. AND I'm paying for my own food AND I'm only making like... $40 a month. So while I've been SAYING I was poor since school started... I believe that I am now LITERALLY poor. I either need to get another job (BAH) or.... ... is it irresponsible that I'm not more worried? BUT I for SURE have to stop getting food that I'm not making in my apartment!
I'm only worried that my computer is going to break down. I just have this ... intuition about it. It just FEELS like it's about to die! PLUS I need to get a new phone because mine only works on speaker phone... which is marginally annoying. The computer thing is way more important though. I think I have over $100 in iStore money (from when I returned my iPod last year)... but I don't know that I really want a mac. I guess I'll have to negotiate it with my mom. Some sort of Christmas situation. Maybe I'll ask all of my relatives for money so I can get a new computer.
That will be the plan. Plan A.
Lastly, Stewart and Colbert were reruns last night, and while I'm glad they got to have a long weekend... I ... was very sad! Sadder than I should be!
DAMN TV NOT ON DVD!
TO WATCH V FOR VENDETTA AND BOURNE IDENTITY!! I've had these movies for like... a week now... if not more! ALSO I plan on finishing season 2 of 30 Rock.
Here's what's been done.
1. Chords recording. 930am to 5 on Saturday. I'll tell you what, I need more than one coke for 7.5 hours!
2. Filming our movie. 1:30-5:30 on Sunday and 1:30-4 today.
3. A VERY delectible meal made by myself for Rachael, Jenn, Amanda, and Andrea, none of whom I see often enough. (Rosemary chicken, aparagus, and baked potatoes with the fixin's)
Here's what I have to do:
1) write 12 more minutes of my Sex and the City script by tomorrow
2) study for my quiz tomorrow
3) finish my producing homework about my documentary for tomorrow
4) briefly look up some stuff about funnel cake and cotton candy for food anthro for tomorrow (obvs not a priority)
5)EDIT (starting Thursday)
6) also, in the long term (Nov. 21) I have to do my paper for anthro.
ALSO, I have a serious money situation. I have about $140 in my checking, $100 in my savings, about $160 in checks in my drawer, about $40 in cash, and someone owes me about $65. AND I'm paying for my own food AND I'm only making like... $40 a month. So while I've been SAYING I was poor since school started... I believe that I am now LITERALLY poor. I either need to get another job (BAH) or.... ... is it irresponsible that I'm not more worried? BUT I for SURE have to stop getting food that I'm not making in my apartment!
I'm only worried that my computer is going to break down. I just have this ... intuition about it. It just FEELS like it's about to die! PLUS I need to get a new phone because mine only works on speaker phone... which is marginally annoying. The computer thing is way more important though. I think I have over $100 in iStore money (from when I returned my iPod last year)... but I don't know that I really want a mac. I guess I'll have to negotiate it with my mom. Some sort of Christmas situation. Maybe I'll ask all of my relatives for money so I can get a new computer.
That will be the plan. Plan A.
Lastly, Stewart and Colbert were reruns last night, and while I'm glad they got to have a long weekend... I ... was very sad! Sadder than I should be!
DAMN TV NOT ON DVD!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Proud to be an American
It was our first lady elect, Michelle Obama, who said "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country because it feels like hope is making a comeback.”
She got a lot of shit for it when she said it at the time... but ... she's right!!Honestly, have you EVER felt more patriotic??? I mean... I've only been even kind of politically aware for like... 2 years... but... I think it says something that I WANT to SAY the word America! Because before it seemed like an aweful republican cliche... AMERICA! Our country's name, to me, sounded like a country song that, in the heart of the words, glorified war and fighting and hated gays and drove trucks that got 17 mpg and called college-educated people "elite" and inherently rejected non-Christian people and logical changes, that allow everyone to live a good life, on the basis of faith alone! That's not to say I don't like country music... (because I actually really like it (which is why it's the perfect metaphor for the word "America")). But I don't support ANY of those things!
The point is that right at about midnight on the fourth, I was coming out of the computer lab and I started humming "Proud to be an American!!" HOW CRAZY IS THAT??! I practically HATE that song!
Also, watching Colbert and Stewart the night after the election was pretty incredible!
When I started writing this post, it was last night (November 5) but my computer crapped out and I decided not to restart it for the rest of the night. Since then, I talked to my grandpa who was obviously in ecstasy! I told him that I TRIED to call him after I saw W. on Saturday but his phone line was out because he migrated south (Florida) for the winter (he usually lives in Utica, New York). ANYWAY, I was telling him about how in the past few years I've gotten CRAZY emotional watching movies or television when I'm alone! My example is ALWAYS how I now cry when I watch Home Alone! And not even at the end when Kevin and his mom are united! I actually cry when the mom realizes she left her son at home! Anyway, I was telling grandpa how, in W, I awkwardly cried when Bush Sr. didn't get reelected in the movie when in real life I'm so glad that Clinton became president! AND I admitted to my grandpa that I was so moved during Obama's speech that I cried, both out of joy, and mysteriously because I was really upset that Obama's grandma died only a FEW DAYS before her grandson became President of the United States!!!
Anyway, I'm a little embarrassed to say I cried because I feel like it is ALWAYS so fake when people cry or talk about it. I basically HATE when people cry during movies and I'm there (I almost NEVER cry when other people are around) because I think it makes the moment more about you with a third party present... And if the moment is big enough to cry, then it shouldn't be about you. It should be "look at how beautiful this is" not "look at how much this means to ME."
AND to make it even WORSE, I feel like I'm soooo young and I've only followed politics for like 10% of my life and I don't deserve to feel enough to want to cry. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'm so happy that I feel so involved and I don't want to feel like I can't feel strongly about something that really WILL change my life.
BUT ULTIMATELY, I did BAWL during his speech (it was SUCH a beautiful speech). And then when I was done I went to the computer lab and hummed that I was proud to be an American. And then I came back and wept more with joy! And I felt like if President Elect Obama asked me to go to war for him, I would. And then I finally admitted my feelings to my grandpa who told me that he cried during Obama's speech too. And John Stewart said that HE cried (along with Colbert) that Obama had won!
So I think we can have a big, happy weeping nation!
And that's GREAT!
Obama's Election Day Acceptance speech
I tried to highlight all of the parts that I thought were important... but really, all of it is so... amazing. So... please read it!
OBAMA:
Hello, Chicago.
(APPLAUSE)
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
(APPLAUSE)
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.
(APPLAUSE)
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain.
(APPLAUSE)
Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
I congratulate him; I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
OBAMA: I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton...
(APPLAUSE)
... and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
(APPLAUSE)
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years...
(APPLAUSE)
... the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady...
(APPLAUSE)
... Michelle Obama.
(APPLAUSE)
Sasha and Malia...
(APPLAUSE)
... I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us...
(LAUGHTER)
... to the new White House.
(APPLAUSE)
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.
(APPLAUSE)
OBAMA: And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe...
(APPLAUSE)
OBAMA: ... the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
To my chief strategist David Axelrod...
APPLAUSE)
... who's been a partner with me every step of the way.
To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics...
(APPLAUSE)
... you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy...
(APPLAUSE)
... who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
This is your victory.
(APPLAUSE)
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.
There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
I promise you, we as a people will get there.
(APPLAUSE)
AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can!
OBAMA: There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.
But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.
This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.
It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.
Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.
Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.
(APPLAUSE)
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.
(APPLAUSE)
OBAMA: And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
(APPLAUSE)
To those -- to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
(APPLAUSE)
That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
(APPLAUSE) OBAMA: She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin. And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can. At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can. When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can. OBAMA: When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can. OBAMA: She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can. OBAMA: A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.
Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can. OBAMA: America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
END
OBAMA:
Hello, Chicago.
(APPLAUSE)
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
(APPLAUSE)
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.
(APPLAUSE)
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain.
(APPLAUSE)
Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
I congratulate him; I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
OBAMA: I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton...
(APPLAUSE)
... and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
(APPLAUSE)
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years...
(APPLAUSE)
... the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady...
(APPLAUSE)
... Michelle Obama.
(APPLAUSE)
Sasha and Malia...
(APPLAUSE)
... I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us...
(LAUGHTER)
... to the new White House.
(APPLAUSE)
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.
(APPLAUSE)
OBAMA: And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe...
(APPLAUSE)
OBAMA: ... the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
To my chief strategist David Axelrod...
APPLAUSE)
... who's been a partner with me every step of the way.
To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics...
(APPLAUSE)
... you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy...
(APPLAUSE)
... who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
This is your victory.
(APPLAUSE)
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.
There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
I promise you, we as a people will get there.
(APPLAUSE)
AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can!
OBAMA: There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.
But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.
This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.
It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.
Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.
Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.
(APPLAUSE)
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.
(APPLAUSE)
OBAMA: And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
(APPLAUSE)
To those -- to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
(APPLAUSE)
That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
(APPLAUSE) OBAMA: She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin. And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can. At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can. When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can. OBAMA: When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can. OBAMA: She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can. OBAMA: A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.
Yes we can.
AUDIENCE: Yes we can. OBAMA: America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)
END
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
AMERICA WINS!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
I was going to wait until I had coherent thoughts about why I'm sooooo happy!!! But whatever!!! I'm SOOOOO HAPPY WE WON!!! I'm sooooooo happy we have a black president!!!!! I'm so glad that the WORLD IS HAPPY about our choice and knows that the American people are making changes and understanding that we need to change the direction of our country!!! I'm SOOO HAPPY that McCain emphasized his support of Obama and our country... and how he REALLY wanted his supporters to do their best to make our nation UNITED! That Obama is going to have a diverse cabinet, NOT in race (although probs) but in ideology... TRULY representing our country! I'm SOOO HAPPY that my peers voted and are involved and are excited about our country and our future!!!
It's such a beautiful day for America! And tomorrow is going to be so bright and beautiful and optimistic! I'm so happy!
THANK YOU! President elect, Barack Obama! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!!!!
"To those whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voice. And I will be your president too."
I was going to wait until I had coherent thoughts about why I'm sooooo happy!!! But whatever!!! I'm SOOOOO HAPPY WE WON!!! I'm sooooooo happy we have a black president!!!!! I'm so glad that the WORLD IS HAPPY about our choice and knows that the American people are making changes and understanding that we need to change the direction of our country!!! I'm SOOO HAPPY that McCain emphasized his support of Obama and our country... and how he REALLY wanted his supporters to do their best to make our nation UNITED! That Obama is going to have a diverse cabinet, NOT in race (although probs) but in ideology... TRULY representing our country! I'm SOOO HAPPY that my peers voted and are involved and are excited about our country and our future!!!
It's such a beautiful day for America! And tomorrow is going to be so bright and beautiful and optimistic! I'm so happy!
THANK YOU! President elect, Barack Obama! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!!!!
"To those whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voice. And I will be your president too."
Monday, November 3, 2008
ELECTION DAY, FUCK YEAH!!!!
ELECTION DAY!!! FUUUUCKK YEAH!!!!! YOUNGINS MUST VOTE TO SAVE THE MUTHAFUCKIN' WORLD, YEAH!!! ELECTION DAY, FUCK YEEEEEAAAAAAH!!!!
(obviously to the tune of "America (Fuck Yeah)")
In other news, we're screening our studio project that I edited tomorrow! AAAAND I'm teaching "Heart of the Matter" tomorrow!!! AND IT'S ELECTION DAY!!!! (fuck YEAH)!!!!
Also, I just HAVE to tell about my week.
So the other night, I told a JILLION people that I wanted to bake with them, but specifically intended on Andrea and Jenn O to bake with me... but then I had to cancel because my meetings and crap got too intense. BUUUUUT I felt good because Andrea's birthday dinner was on Sunday. So I'm in the theater watching Zack and Miri Make a Porno with Caroline and I get a text from Andrea telling us where to meet for her birthday. BUT I HAVE CHORDS!!! So I was like "how could I POSSIBLY forget that???!!" I just felt SOOOO SAD because I had to cancel on her twice in a row and this time it was her birthday. SOOOO I was worried she was going to think I was trying to blow her off and so I decided I would treat her to dinner this week. So I thought the week through and realized there was ABSOLUTELY NO WAY! And I'll tell you why.
Monday:
-9:30am-11 work
-11-12:30 tv writing class
-12:30-3 free (/watched 30 Rock and ate cheese, crackers and mustard)
-3:30-7pm edited studio project
-7-7:30- ate a sandwich with project team
-7:30-9:15 found a location and shot Kool Aid commercials for our studio shoot
-9:30 on watched 30 Rock, my mens (Stewart, Colbert, Letterman, Ferguson), and HOPEFULLY some episodes of Sex and the City and SOME reading!!! (PLEASE BLYTHE)
Tuesday:
9:30am-1pm work (btw, my work is NO LONGER SITTING AND DOING NOTHING. I got switched (which is fine because I never did work anyway))
1-4pm class
4ish-5 hopefully watching a required episode of Sopranos
5ish-6:30- let's be honest, PROBS NOTHING (but HOPEFULLY READING)
7-10-Chords (teaching "Heart of the Matter")
10ish -11- Stewart Colbert Election Fever
11-1:30am- my mens
1:30am- however long it takes - I need to write 3-5 pages of script for Sex and the City (and mine is going to be judged by the class because I was randomly selected) AAAAAND REEEAD for Producing AAAAND do some one page thing AAAAND have 10 articles on the FDA and pharmiceudical companies. I honestly need to do all of these things... even the reading because she's going to ask us questions and she told us that if anyone didn't know an answer, she would start quizzing us on our reading (threat) and I OBVIOUSLY can't be the person to drop the ball.
Wednesday:
7-9:30 I can predict I will be finishing something up
9:30-11 (shower, print stuff out, eat breakfast, go to class)
11-12:30 class
12:30-6 finishing what I need to do for producing AAAAAAAAAND finish editing (OH GOD... just remembered that) (thank GOD I don't have anthro this week)
6-9pm class
9 to end... relax
Thursday:
sleep in because I don't work on Thursdays anymore (turns out I can only work 5 hours if I want to have work study money for the whole year... which brings me to another point about how I need another job.... because I will now be making like... $45 a week...)
Then I have to read all of the articles for food anthro this week and write a paper on them... apparently. AND I need to do my entire food anthro journal because I don't know what the topic is yet... buuuuh
Then I have some concert-ish thing for Chords ... from MAYBE 730-830 (HOPEFULLY)
-9-9:30 The Office
-9:30-10 30Rock
-10-10:30 whatever I want/ It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
-10:30-11 whatever I want (this means that I am not going to DIE if I don't watch these things)/ Testees
-11-1:30 my talk show mens
YES. My life IS sad on Thursdays. I don't care. I'm a television major!!! Non-syndicated television has changed my life... and I'm not sure it's for the better (but maaaaaybe it is...)
(Also, I need to say that I took this poll about blog-readers on perezhilton.com and I felt like they kind of knew me. Like ... they asked me which talk shows I watch regularly and I felt like I was exaggerating to write so many... but I REALLY WASN'T! And they asked me how many blogs I read... and whether I had one etc etc and I wasn't exaggerating about that either!! They knew me)
Friday:
Mornings are now free... so I only need to wake up if I drop the ball on food anthro.
3-4 food anthro
5:30 I need to do a sound check because it's BU Night of A Capella which starts at like 7.
Then I'll do what I want at like 9...
Saturday:
I must navigate myself to some recording studio and we (Chords) are going to record ALL DAY. From 10am (that's when I ARRIVE) to ... UNDETERMINED!! But this is going to take all day. I bet I will be dining with the peeps (which is fine/great).
Sunday:
Free until 630 when I have to leave for Chords at 7pm (to 10)... and I'll PROBS have something due for tv writing that Monday.
So you see... I CAN'T EVEN EAT ALONE!! Let alone invite someone to dinner!!! Unless they want the early bird special on SUNDAY!!!!
Also, I gotta say, even though I understand that being a science major or something of the like is hard... almost definitely harder than being a tv major (and presumably WAY less fun... but I don't know... maybe not for them)... but on this studio project (2 week project.. our third one so far), we did over 2 hours of planning, an hour + of shooting (that was in class), 8 hours SO FAR (and a REAL 8 hours... no food breaks... and only ONE bathroom break between those two editing sessions)... and I bet I have another 1-2 hours (definitely not less... HOPEFULLY not more) to go with editing, and 1+ more hours of shooting superfluous stuff. These are REAL hours... NO BREAKS. And that's for ONE CLASS... and my other classes have a LOT of shit too... and we have to be FUNNY! And I don't usually even worry about this class...
I'm not saying it isn't a blast... but it isn't easy or something you can do last minute at ALL (well... the filming).
(also that was a projection to my own insecurity about my "easy major")
AAAAAAAAALSO... on a non-time related subject... I feel like I've been too introspective recently.... and I feel like that makes one REALLY self-involved.... which then makes me feel like a shithead. ALSO... it gives me too much of an opportunity to define myself... which I hate because I try to fit into the mold that I JUST created. FOR INSTANCE, I was telling Caroline about how I'm terrible at directions. I say this CONSTANTLY and almost everytime I feel like a butt afterwards because... I feel like that just makes it worse. Like... it gives me an excuse if I can't find my way. Like... I should just TRY HARDER... I shouldn't just give up because I feel like finding my way around doesn't come naturally. I just don't want to do it... I don't want to be exclusively messy. I don't want to be always on time (or always late). I don't want to explain why I always dress the way I do because it just encourages the repetition. I don't care that I do these things... but I want to have the personal and social flexability to change. I ASSUME everyone does.
So DON'T PUT ME IN A BOX, (BLYTHE). I used to say that ALL the time... and I need to bring it back... but for myself. I don't want to box myself into my own stupid categories.
So in conclusion:
-I need to settle my time situations... but everyone, I'm sure, is in the same position.
-I am, as of today, officially not going home for Thanksgiving... for the first time in my life.
-I know and trust myself enough that I don't need to define myself anymore.
-VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE! I will judge you if you don't. And you're kind of a bitch. Sorry but like... that's just retarded.
ELECTION DAY! FUCK YEAH!!! GO OUT AND VOTE AND SAVE THE MUTHAFUCKIN' WORLD YEAH! ELECTION DAY! FUCK YEEEEAAAAAH!!!
(obviously to the tune of "America (Fuck Yeah)")
In other news, we're screening our studio project that I edited tomorrow! AAAAND I'm teaching "Heart of the Matter" tomorrow!!! AND IT'S ELECTION DAY!!!! (fuck YEAH)!!!!
Also, I just HAVE to tell about my week.
So the other night, I told a JILLION people that I wanted to bake with them, but specifically intended on Andrea and Jenn O to bake with me... but then I had to cancel because my meetings and crap got too intense. BUUUUUT I felt good because Andrea's birthday dinner was on Sunday. So I'm in the theater watching Zack and Miri Make a Porno with Caroline and I get a text from Andrea telling us where to meet for her birthday. BUT I HAVE CHORDS!!! So I was like "how could I POSSIBLY forget that???!!" I just felt SOOOO SAD because I had to cancel on her twice in a row and this time it was her birthday. SOOOO I was worried she was going to think I was trying to blow her off and so I decided I would treat her to dinner this week. So I thought the week through and realized there was ABSOLUTELY NO WAY! And I'll tell you why.
Monday:
-9:30am-11 work
-11-12:30 tv writing class
-12:30-3 free (/watched 30 Rock and ate cheese, crackers and mustard)
-3:30-7pm edited studio project
-7-7:30- ate a sandwich with project team
-7:30-9:15 found a location and shot Kool Aid commercials for our studio shoot
-9:30 on watched 30 Rock, my mens (Stewart, Colbert, Letterman, Ferguson), and HOPEFULLY some episodes of Sex and the City and SOME reading!!! (PLEASE BLYTHE)
Tuesday:
9:30am-1pm work (btw, my work is NO LONGER SITTING AND DOING NOTHING. I got switched (which is fine because I never did work anyway))
1-4pm class
4ish-5 hopefully watching a required episode of Sopranos
5ish-6:30- let's be honest, PROBS NOTHING (but HOPEFULLY READING)
7-10-Chords (teaching "Heart of the Matter")
10ish -11- Stewart Colbert Election Fever
11-1:30am- my mens
1:30am- however long it takes - I need to write 3-5 pages of script for Sex and the City (and mine is going to be judged by the class because I was randomly selected) AAAAAND REEEAD for Producing AAAAND do some one page thing AAAAND have 10 articles on the FDA and pharmiceudical companies. I honestly need to do all of these things... even the reading because she's going to ask us questions and she told us that if anyone didn't know an answer, she would start quizzing us on our reading (threat) and I OBVIOUSLY can't be the person to drop the ball.
Wednesday:
7-9:30 I can predict I will be finishing something up
9:30-11 (shower, print stuff out, eat breakfast, go to class)
11-12:30 class
12:30-6 finishing what I need to do for producing AAAAAAAAAND finish editing (OH GOD... just remembered that) (thank GOD I don't have anthro this week)
6-9pm class
9 to end... relax
Thursday:
sleep in because I don't work on Thursdays anymore (turns out I can only work 5 hours if I want to have work study money for the whole year... which brings me to another point about how I need another job.... because I will now be making like... $45 a week...)
Then I have to read all of the articles for food anthro this week and write a paper on them... apparently. AND I need to do my entire food anthro journal because I don't know what the topic is yet... buuuuh
Then I have some concert-ish thing for Chords ... from MAYBE 730-830 (HOPEFULLY)
-9-9:30 The Office
-9:30-10 30Rock
-10-10:30 whatever I want/ It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
-10:30-11 whatever I want (this means that I am not going to DIE if I don't watch these things)/ Testees
-11-1:30 my talk show mens
YES. My life IS sad on Thursdays. I don't care. I'm a television major!!! Non-syndicated television has changed my life... and I'm not sure it's for the better (but maaaaaybe it is...)
(Also, I need to say that I took this poll about blog-readers on perezhilton.com and I felt like they kind of knew me. Like ... they asked me which talk shows I watch regularly and I felt like I was exaggerating to write so many... but I REALLY WASN'T! And they asked me how many blogs I read... and whether I had one etc etc and I wasn't exaggerating about that either!! They knew me)
Friday:
Mornings are now free... so I only need to wake up if I drop the ball on food anthro.
3-4 food anthro
5:30 I need to do a sound check because it's BU Night of A Capella which starts at like 7.
Then I'll do what I want at like 9...
Saturday:
I must navigate myself to some recording studio and we (Chords) are going to record ALL DAY. From 10am (that's when I ARRIVE) to ... UNDETERMINED!! But this is going to take all day. I bet I will be dining with the peeps (which is fine/great).
Sunday:
Free until 630 when I have to leave for Chords at 7pm (to 10)... and I'll PROBS have something due for tv writing that Monday.
So you see... I CAN'T EVEN EAT ALONE!! Let alone invite someone to dinner!!! Unless they want the early bird special on SUNDAY!!!!
Also, I gotta say, even though I understand that being a science major or something of the like is hard... almost definitely harder than being a tv major (and presumably WAY less fun... but I don't know... maybe not for them)... but on this studio project (2 week project.. our third one so far), we did over 2 hours of planning, an hour + of shooting (that was in class), 8 hours SO FAR (and a REAL 8 hours... no food breaks... and only ONE bathroom break between those two editing sessions)... and I bet I have another 1-2 hours (definitely not less... HOPEFULLY not more) to go with editing, and 1+ more hours of shooting superfluous stuff. These are REAL hours... NO BREAKS. And that's for ONE CLASS... and my other classes have a LOT of shit too... and we have to be FUNNY! And I don't usually even worry about this class...
I'm not saying it isn't a blast... but it isn't easy or something you can do last minute at ALL (well... the filming).
(also that was a projection to my own insecurity about my "easy major")
AAAAAAAAALSO... on a non-time related subject... I feel like I've been too introspective recently.... and I feel like that makes one REALLY self-involved.... which then makes me feel like a shithead. ALSO... it gives me too much of an opportunity to define myself... which I hate because I try to fit into the mold that I JUST created. FOR INSTANCE, I was telling Caroline about how I'm terrible at directions. I say this CONSTANTLY and almost everytime I feel like a butt afterwards because... I feel like that just makes it worse. Like... it gives me an excuse if I can't find my way. Like... I should just TRY HARDER... I shouldn't just give up because I feel like finding my way around doesn't come naturally. I just don't want to do it... I don't want to be exclusively messy. I don't want to be always on time (or always late). I don't want to explain why I always dress the way I do because it just encourages the repetition. I don't care that I do these things... but I want to have the personal and social flexability to change. I ASSUME everyone does.
So DON'T PUT ME IN A BOX, (BLYTHE). I used to say that ALL the time... and I need to bring it back... but for myself. I don't want to box myself into my own stupid categories.
So in conclusion:
-I need to settle my time situations... but everyone, I'm sure, is in the same position.
-I am, as of today, officially not going home for Thanksgiving... for the first time in my life.
-I know and trust myself enough that I don't need to define myself anymore.
-VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE! I will judge you if you don't. And you're kind of a bitch. Sorry but like... that's just retarded.
ELECTION DAY! FUCK YEAH!!! GO OUT AND VOTE AND SAVE THE MUTHAFUCKIN' WORLD YEAH! ELECTION DAY! FUCK YEEEEAAAAAH!!!
Sum Up...
Gotta say, last week was a VERY productive one!!! I'm pretty pleased with myself! Plus I saw W. and Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Both were pretty great. W. was EXACTLY the way I want to view the president: as a real human who did fuck it up. But so did we for voting for him...
Zack and Miri was EXACTLY the way you would imagine it would be. LOTS of nudity ... more than I would think is allowed for R. Including peen.
BUUUUT this week I:
1. made and sold (for 7 hours) cupcakes)
2. finished our group project for producing 1 (took me a LONG TIME)
3. sang on Newbury
4. edited my studio shoot for 4.5 hours (this is literal time)
5. COMPLETELY revamped "Heart of the Matter"
6. went to 2 movies in the theater
7. AND I went to the On Broadway showcase
8. AND I watched 10 ish episodes of 30 Rock (which are amazing! I should be done with the entire series in a few days)
9. Plus I don't know when this happened, but I also watched Bobby, the Emilio Estevez film about Bobby Kennedy (all-star cast including but not limited to Anthony Hopkins, Nick Cannon, Shia LeBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, Joshua Jackson, William H. Macy, Christian Slater, Lawrence Fishburne, Sharon Stone, and Elijah Wood) AND Taxi Driver. Bobby was lacking... like the passion was clearly there but it was just a LITTLE off. It tried to be like Crash but I just couldn't get into a lot of the storylines. Good though, for sure. Taxi Driver... it was good that I watched it. I just wasn't sure what I was supposed to take from it. Sometimes when I watch an older movie I'm like... were people in the 70s into this weird vigilante stuff? Like, did women find Robert DiNiro attractive? Do guys aspire to be him? Because I thought he was a great character but I would NOOOT want to date or be near him at all. I thought he was absolutely crazy. I just don't know if my perception is different because I'm the next generation. I guess I could look it up and see... I just feel like whenever I read references to that movie, boys are always aspiring to BE DiNiro... and I didn't think he was that awesome. But it was definitely good that I watched it. My next two movies are V for Vendetta and Bourne Identity (now that I'm in love with Matt Damon).
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!!!!
(and GET EXCITED!!!!)
Election coverage live by Colbert and Stewart on Tuesday at 10pm... just sayin....
Zack and Miri was EXACTLY the way you would imagine it would be. LOTS of nudity ... more than I would think is allowed for R. Including peen.
BUUUUT this week I:
1. made and sold (for 7 hours) cupcakes)
2. finished our group project for producing 1 (took me a LONG TIME)
3. sang on Newbury
4. edited my studio shoot for 4.5 hours (this is literal time)
5. COMPLETELY revamped "Heart of the Matter"
6. went to 2 movies in the theater
7. AND I went to the On Broadway showcase
8. AND I watched 10 ish episodes of 30 Rock (which are amazing! I should be done with the entire series in a few days)
9. Plus I don't know when this happened, but I also watched Bobby, the Emilio Estevez film about Bobby Kennedy (all-star cast including but not limited to Anthony Hopkins, Nick Cannon, Shia LeBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, Joshua Jackson, William H. Macy, Christian Slater, Lawrence Fishburne, Sharon Stone, and Elijah Wood) AND Taxi Driver. Bobby was lacking... like the passion was clearly there but it was just a LITTLE off. It tried to be like Crash but I just couldn't get into a lot of the storylines. Good though, for sure. Taxi Driver... it was good that I watched it. I just wasn't sure what I was supposed to take from it. Sometimes when I watch an older movie I'm like... were people in the 70s into this weird vigilante stuff? Like, did women find Robert DiNiro attractive? Do guys aspire to be him? Because I thought he was a great character but I would NOOOT want to date or be near him at all. I thought he was absolutely crazy. I just don't know if my perception is different because I'm the next generation. I guess I could look it up and see... I just feel like whenever I read references to that movie, boys are always aspiring to BE DiNiro... and I didn't think he was that awesome. But it was definitely good that I watched it. My next two movies are V for Vendetta and Bourne Identity (now that I'm in love with Matt Damon).
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!!!!
(and GET EXCITED!!!!)
Election coverage live by Colbert and Stewart on Tuesday at 10pm... just sayin....
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