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my life is good: school is good, Ally and I are good, my cat is having a grand ol' time. I've been neglecting livejournal. I've wasted little time on my computer. now my new addiction seems to be halo 2, which I don't even own. Kevin bought an xbox and halo 2 and I seem to be playing on his account farrrr more than he has, which means he doesn't have fun when he plays cause he's a wicked newb on halo.
I am also brrroke, thanks to a few weeks of less work than the meager amount i get and a demanding book-list. I am having a bit of trouble in class, namely philosophy history class, i'm a bit lost which is unnerving, alot of students are more adept than I am in grasping concepts. I'm trying hard though and thinking myself retarded. I can't believe anyone every thought I was a genius.
I've also learned that when it comes to movies I have stopped thinking about them after i watch them, so when people ask how they were I have trouble articulating it. I still have alot of trivia knowledge though, like I can name all the big actors in a film out and most of the other stuff they've been in that's notable, the director (sometimes the writer and producer), i also know where just about everything is on the shelf. I can picture each dvd in the place it rests when someone asks, and why that film is important or bad or good or will rot in obscurity or why it shouldn't. This guy addison I work with is much better though, for instance he well versed in foreign film, both current and old, while I am limited to japanese cinema from the 40s and current foreign cinema. I guess everyone at mike's has their own niche that they cover well. jax covers vapid high-school-esque films, joe knows his classic cinema and porn and music, johnny is well rounded in the obscure and weird as well as better than joe at porn, brandon (the new kid) is all about cops, action, and thriller, johanna knows her drama and specializes in french cinema, sean can't shut up about horror flics, frank is a war-movie-buff, pete was (before he left) a self-proclaimed conesiour of crap, kelly (before she left) was all about independent film, and like i said addison knows his film history better than anyone i know. I dunno how I fit in.
So about movies, I've been doing a better job at articulating myself lately. I'm not very technical really anymore cause I don't spend the time to reading up. I did see pauly shore is dead and that was pretty damn good, not nearly as good as I expected or I was led to believe. I'm looking forward to his comeback. His movie, although egocentric, was touching and totally relatable on far more levels than one would think even half-way through the film. it's a beautiful little dark comedy that I hope more people will watch. for clarification, pauly shore isn't really dead, just the wee-eea-sal.
I am also brrroke, thanks to a few weeks of less work than the meager amount i get and a demanding book-list. I am having a bit of trouble in class, namely philosophy history class, i'm a bit lost which is unnerving, alot of students are more adept than I am in grasping concepts. I'm trying hard though and thinking myself retarded. I can't believe anyone every thought I was a genius.
I've also learned that when it comes to movies I have stopped thinking about them after i watch them, so when people ask how they were I have trouble articulating it. I still have alot of trivia knowledge though, like I can name all the big actors in a film out and most of the other stuff they've been in that's notable, the director (sometimes the writer and producer), i also know where just about everything is on the shelf. I can picture each dvd in the place it rests when someone asks, and why that film is important or bad or good or will rot in obscurity or why it shouldn't. This guy addison I work with is much better though, for instance he well versed in foreign film, both current and old, while I am limited to japanese cinema from the 40s and current foreign cinema. I guess everyone at mike's has their own niche that they cover well. jax covers vapid high-school-esque films, joe knows his classic cinema and porn and music, johnny is well rounded in the obscure and weird as well as better than joe at porn, brandon (the new kid) is all about cops, action, and thriller, johanna knows her drama and specializes in french cinema, sean can't shut up about horror flics, frank is a war-movie-buff, pete was (before he left) a self-proclaimed conesiour of crap, kelly (before she left) was all about independent film, and like i said addison knows his film history better than anyone i know. I dunno how I fit in.
So about movies, I've been doing a better job at articulating myself lately. I'm not very technical really anymore cause I don't spend the time to reading up. I did see pauly shore is dead and that was pretty damn good, not nearly as good as I expected or I was led to believe. I'm looking forward to his comeback. His movie, although egocentric, was touching and totally relatable on far more levels than one would think even half-way through the film. it's a beautiful little dark comedy that I hope more people will watch. for clarification, pauly shore isn't really dead, just the wee-eea-sal.