Classes/Baby It's Cold Outside

Great day today.

First of all, the books have been located!!! Thank goodness!

Second of all, I officially have about $130. Thank GOD!

Third, THE OFFICE AND 30 ROCK TODAY!!!

Fourth, video production 2 seems awesome!! We're going to make a mini documentary, then I think we're going to produce our own version of a Twilight Zone script, and THEN we're going to have a final project. But even COOLER is that there are only 6 people in the class, myself included, and I'm the only one who isn't a grad student!! But, I didn't FEEL like I knew significantly less than the grad students AAAAAND I'm pretty sure this will be a REALLY awesome learning experience!

Actually, I just realised that I didn't say anything about my other classes. So I'll tell you!

Chinese anthropology: I could not be more thrilled and inspired to learn. Over last summer, I manically tried to get in this ritual anthropology class because on ratemyprofessor, this professor got like... AMAZING reviews. I did not realize when I chose Chinese anthro that it was the same professor!!! But also, when do you EVER get to really learn about China? I'm super excited!!

Television and Childhood: Really fun in terms of work!! Already had the professor and I know she really likes me (btw, I already had my video production 2 professor too... and I'm REALLY in love with him!!). Although, I do imagine, based on the first class, that I will be whole heartedly against children's television by the end of the class. All my other classes make me feel like television is pretty great and has integrity. This makes me feel like we're just making children fucked up consumers....

Screenwriting: PRETTY fun... I'm still actually reserving judgement. I don't really know yet. She's a middle aged woman and the first thing she said when she got in the room was for everyone to turn off their cellphone... which seems a little... ... obnoxious. Certainly more annoying than someone's phone accidently going off... which hardly ever happens anyway! But aside from that... it was perfectly fun and interesting.

So tomorrow/this weekend, I'm going to:
a) Try to do my homework. My screenwriting discussion was canceled so I only have an hour of Chinese anthro tomorrow. I have SO MUCH READING to do!! 100+ TECHNICALLY due tomorrow for anthro (but he said Monday is fine), 2 chapters of a book for screenwriting on Wednesday, and 5 chapters for 2 weeks from now. Plus I have to come up with a documentary idea (I have an idea that I can't divulge quite yet)/ get permission to actually shoot said idea, a thesis I might want to prove about current children's television due in 2 weeks, and an idea for a script for a short film that should be about 7 pages and can have only 2 lines of dialogue due next Wednesday. Crazy.
b) Think about that job. I think I just have to bite the bullet and see if I can get a job at Warren dining hall. I just don't forsee an easier job to get that will be regular and flexible. And THEN I can just save the money from that job and spend the money from the one I have. I honestly don't want to do it though. But I'm sure it will be fun-ish when I actually do it.
c) Vaccuum the TV stuff/clean my room.
d) Get groceries so I don't starve.
e) Get MORE books from the library.
f) I'm DEFINITELY watching Slumdog Millionaire at LEAST one more time before it's out of theaters. So ... that's going to happen.
g) I'm probably going to watch Bride Wars because... why not? I want The Reader to come to my theater, please!!
h) ARRANGE BRITNEY MEDLEY!!!

Last thing... it's COLD, DUDE! Like the kind of cold that gives you a brain freeze from the outside. The high is like 5 degrees tomorrow!! That's BEASTLY!!

Let's Talk MORE About Slumdog!

PLEASE watch Slumdog Millionaire!!! It's so excellent!!! I watched it for the second time today and... it's unbelievable. Plus, I just semi-thoroughly looked up Dev Patel, the star of it, and I'm a little in love with him. PLUS, it has come to my attention that Danny Boyle, the director, also directed 28 Days Later, The Beach, and TRAINSPOTTING!! which I have to say... is also one of my very very very favorite movies! God, I'm obsessed! I know I'm overhyping and that you might hate it after you read this... but ... I can't help it.
Do you ever just want to absorb things into your body so you can have them forever? But there isn't any way! Sometimes I just want EVERYTHING from a movie... and I can't be satisfied. I used to cry after plays because I would never be able to see them again. A nd some movies I HAVE to own because... they are so brilliant and meaningful and beautiful!!


I'm so glad there are artists. I'm so glad that there is a J.K. Rowling and a Danny Boyle and a David Sedaris and a Rob Reiner and a Kate Winslet. In your life, how often are you REALLY touched on your own accord? REALLY think about it ... in the way that something actually ruptures into you body without physically making contact? In my life, that almost NEVER happens on it's own. But these people make it there job! They find their tale and they tell it in a way that will define everything to you!! I don't have the eloquence to give justice to how much I love beautiful movies and mind-altering books. I'm just so glad that I live in this time. I'm so grateful!
(I don't mean to not mention painters and sculptors and musicians. I only gave examples and I can't honestly say that music often does for me what a movie or book does. But that doesn't mean that they aren't equally important and wonderful and beautiful. I know that some people gain so much from any different




AAAANYWAY...
Tomorrow is a new semester... and it's a BIG day! I have class from 10am to 6pm with a one hour break from 1pm to 2pm! Got me some notebooks that are all recycled paper. Still haven't found the books that I sent away for... hopefully I'll find them tomorrow.

Today was a GREAT day for seeing people! I had a lovely lunch with Matt, Elena, and Matt's roommate, Riley. Then I hung out with Rachael and her boyfriend, Rafi, for a bit. Then I had a nice visit with Pat for an hour or so. Then I saw Slumdog Millionaire again with my roommate, Sonya, and her friend, Regina. It certainly made up for my lack of social contact yesterday!

Ok... I just have to show you some Dev Patel because he's SOOOOO CUTE!! This is NOTHING like his character from Slumdog though... so ... but he's... LOOK AT HIS SMILE! He's the most excited person EVER!
Dev Patel is adorable!

Indigo: Me

Indigo during my trip.

A picture of me when I was a little younger than her.

YEAH SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE!

First of all... SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE WAS AMAZING!!! It was definitely my favorite movie AT LEAST of the past 12 months (yeah... I'm including Wall-e, Iron man, The Dark Knight, and Happy Go Lucky!)!! I definitely recommend!!

I also watched Revolutionary Road, thankfully first, so that I didn't dislike it... because you can't follow a movie like Slumdog Millionaire (although... I almost definitely wouldn't have watched 2 films in a row if I saw Slumdog Millionaire first... so ... that was lucky). That said, I would rate it a B (exactly like Amanda). It was quite good. Although I did find it interesting that I read an interview with Kate and Leo (who are like... BFF, which I hate to say... makes my life a little bit) and they said that they wanted to do another film together but they knew that had to make it something completely different than Titanic... and that's why they waited so long. Anyway, the movie IS a lot like Titanic... MAYBE because I was LOOKING for connections... but the whole movie was basically about Kate being trapped and them wanting to be free and going to Paris... which if you don't recall... is exactly how Kate felt and where they both wanted to go in Titanic. There were other similarities, but I won't give the movie away.

Also, I definitely feel like period time is the best time to watch movies!! ESPECIALLY new ones. I'm not trying to be weird... but I get soooo much more emotional. I'm SO much more in it!

So last night/this morning (8am bed yesterday/today... which was slightly inevitable) I finished the last Harry Potter book. Man... J.K. does NOT let you down (even though I already knew what would happen). She IS a genius. I'm glad she has so much money (even though NO ONE should really have THAT much money)... she's brilliant! That CERTAINLY won't be the last time I read those books!

I woke up today at 2:45pm (whatever whatever) and immediately took a shower and went to the movies. Then I had some dinner. Then I decided, fuck it, I might as well go to ANOTHER movie. I didn't really need to dwell on Revolutionary Road anymore, AND I have that $50 gift card. Good decision. OH what a good decision!

Here are the real life things I'm thinking about:
1) Money. I have approx $12 left. BUUUUT I should have $120 at my job when I pick them up AND my dad is sending me $150.
2) Getting another job. I'm just worried that I'm not going to think about it and then it's going to be too late... and then what will I do when I want to live in New York and have no money?
3) Need to find said internship. PRONTO. I NEED this and I CAN'T FORGET!! Otherwise I KNOOOOW that I'm going to work for OCS again... and I REALLY can't have that happen... although it's good to know that it's there.
4) Also, I both need to buy the books I didn't get online AAAAND I need to find where the books I DID get online went. I got two of them but I'm sure I should have more than that! Are they at the post office?

I JUST saw a commercial about starting your own alpaca farm. That's hilarious!
"Wanna raise alpacas?"
"... yeah."

Also, an amendment to the last one entry... but it isn't Doubt I really want to see... it's The Reader. Although I'm sure Doubt is fine.

A Very Poor Summary of the Last Several Days

Ok... I can't summarize Colorado right now... but I need to say

I NEED TO SEE REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, DOUBT, AND SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE!!!
The Golden Globes also made me appreciate the fact that my grandpa convinced me to see Happy Go Lucky... because otherwise I'm sure I would NEVER have seen it... and that was such a glorious movie.

I am also nearly done with the 7th Harry Potter... so my goal is to have finished the entire series before school starts.
(When we were in Breckenridge, CO, dad, Asiana, and Indigo all went to bed around 10:30pm and we all slept in the same room... thus I had to find a way to stay up. So, for both nights, I read in the lobby for several hours. The first night several drunken people stumbled in the lobby in the middle night. Then the second night, I recognized some 50 year old drunken ladies from the night before. One of the ladies apparently recognized me too because she came over to me, while I was reading Harry Potter, and goes
"You readin' the Bible again? Say a prayer for us. Lord knows we need as many prayers as we can get.")

Also, Sonya is an AWESOME ROOMMATE ALREADY!! She just made jumbalaya!!!

CAN'T WAIT UNTIL JON STEWART TOMORROW!!! BAAAHHH!!!

RIGHT Before the Flight

Don't cry, but this is POTENTIALLY my last blog for like... 10 days. I'm not sure about my Colorado computer access.

Anyway, this is how retarded I am:

First of all, I hadn't actually talked to anyone in a really long time... so while I've been singing at the top of my lungs every five minutes, I ALSO started to talk to myself a lot. That's irrelevant to the story... but I just think it's interesting.

Second of all, remember how I didn't get out of bed until 5pm the other day? Well I did it BASICALLY again... because I obviously didn't fall asleep until like 7:30am the other night.

I ACTUALLY woke up at 2pm because I THOUGHT I was going to do something. But I really stayed in my room for MOST of the day. Then I picked out some pictures to put on a disk to potentially print out. Then I fell asleep again from like... 7pm to 9pm. Lame.

Then at around 10pm, I started to be starving... because my schedule is SOOO FUCKED UP!! But I didn't have any money or food. So I went into the kitchen and looked for anything I could eat. So I found some potatoes and put them in the oven to bake. Then, I realised that Katherine left a lot of eggs, so I made some scrambled eggs. And after my eggs, I made some chicken noodle soup that Katherine also left. And as I was struggling to finish my soup, I remembered that I still had 2 potatoes in the oven... which I did eat. I vaguely considered the fact that if I vomited, it would DEFINITELY be yellow... which I know is disgusting, but I apparently can't eat a jillion foods of the same color when I've had no other human contact or stimulation without thinking about the color of my theoretical vomit. I guess that's just who I am.

Around 2am I thought about how I probably SHOULD do my laundry. At 2:30am I actually picked out the clothes I wanted to wash and did it. At 4am I picked up my clothes again.

At 7:30am I CONSIDERED going to sleep.
At 8:30am I REALLY thought I should probably go to sleep. But instead I called Kinkos to see if I could get my four pieces of paper with my flight information printed out.
At 9am I actually turned out the lights and everything... but I didn't fall asleep.

(By the way, I know there are huge gaps of time in this tale, but just know that it was all watching TV and reading... damn those Harry Potter books for being so amazing!!! / long live queen J.K. Rowling (and King Obama))

So I woke up and organized my books... I don't know why... and actually PACKED the clothes into the bag. At 10am I went to sleep. But I woke up at noon worrying about all the OTHER STUFF I had to do.

I cleaned up the TV mess (no broken glass... lucky).
I washed the dishes.
I semi-cleaned the kitchen. And took out the trash.

At 2:15pm my dad called to make sure everything was going well.
At 2:30pm I panicked about getting my errands done. So with an hour and a half to go, I went and got my pictures printed (like... $3.50! I LOVE that), got my four pieces of paper (they didn't charge me!), and then I deposited my check of $50. It took EXACTLY a half hour. On the dot. I'm RETARDED with time! Why did I think that would take an hour and a half?

And now I'm waiting four minutes before I decide to leave 4 hours early to get to the airport. I hope nothing goes wrong. I'm pretty excited! Also, now that I can't even predict when I'm going to be tired next, I think it'll be fine! I'll just go to bed no matter WHAT when my dad goes to bed (hahaha... did I fool you? You know that will NEVER happen!!).
BUT it WILL be 2 hours earlier there... so it'll be like technically 11pm when I get there... but in my brain it should be 1am... so that's good news.

Pre-Colorado

So I've basically done NOTHING today or yesterday... primarily because I didn't get out of bed until 5pm yesterday. Now before you judge... just know that there isn't much FOR me to do. I basically read, watched some episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun, and put all of the CDs I made from home into my computer and iPod.


As for the things I DO need to do...

1) laundry... like whoa!

2) clean up that damn TV. Here's the deal on that. So, Katherine is going to New Zealand and I BELIEVE she left that TV here so that someone else could pick it up. Now, she ALSO left her desk chair, which she put seated at our "dining room table," which was what the TV was on. Shortly after Katherine left, I went into the kitchen and when I came out, I tripped over her desk chair, which is too big to push under the table. The chord to the TV was wrapped enough around the chair handle, apparently, to be disturbed by the jerky movement of the chair. Thus, the TV fell and completely shattered.

Now, I don't know what to do about it. But I refuse to feel guilty.

a) She should have been more careful about where she put the TV, clearly. As far as I'm concerned, that accident was unavoidable for me.

b) It's not a brand new TV, and whoever she was giving it too survived without a TV for at least the summer and first semester.

c) She shouldn't be leaving her shit, like that chair, for me to get rid of. She also left a broken mirror, and a huge beanbag chair.

I just hope I don't get guilted into paying for it. I have no money as it is, and I honestly don't even feel KIND OF responsible.



ANYWAY ANYWAY

3) I need to deposit my check so I have a SMIDGEN of money when I'm in CO.

4) I should also tell my mom how to buy my other books because I don't know if I'll have the opportunity when I'm in CO.

5) I need to find a way to eat a last meal. I think I might go to McDonalds as I'm pretty sure I can afford nothing else.

6) Also, I PROBABLY want to print out my flight information, but I can really just copy it down.


My flight is at 7:55pm. I think I'm going to leave at 4pm, which sounds both too early AND too late at the same time, if that makes sense. On the one hand, it shouldn't take me 4 hours to do anything. On the other hand, I don't know EXACTLY how to do it. I mean, I've ESSENTIALLY been to the airport once, when I picked up Claire sophmore year, and I don't recall having issues. But what if I have some security problem or something. I think 4 hours will be fine (except I'll almost definitely leave at like 3:30 or 3:45 tomorrow).


But I DID buy a SHIT TON of comedy. I got 1 Bill Cosby, 2 George Carlin, 1 Chris Rock, and 1 funny ladies thing including Janeane Garofalo and Caroline Rhea. PLUS I'm 1/4 through the fifth Harry Potter book so... basically I shouldn't get bored!! I'm actually pretty excited.

But ALSO happy 2009!!
And yesterday was my 100th entry!