MOVIES!
So as some (or just one) of you know, I'm finally doing this... thing... called "Servicio Social." It's a mandatory thing all college students have to do in order to graduate (it's in the Constitution!). I don't really know how to translate it. I normally say it's "Social Service." It's kind of like a mix between an un/payed internship and community service. I could probably call it "internity service"(?). Anyway, it can go from making copies at the school's principal's office, to helping disabled kids, to assisting a professor on a research, to doing something that actually is relevant to your major and future career. And you have to do that thing (whatever it is) for a total of 480 hours.
But why is that of any relevance to my life? Well, as most of you must know, I'm leaving to Vancouver in July, so I have to be done with this thing during the first couple of weeks of June if I want to graduate. That means I have to be there for at least 5 hours a day (I actually think I'm gonna take it to the max a couple of weeks and be there for 6 hours so I can finish earlier), which leaves me with no energy left when I come home. Who would have known that sitting idly next to a knitting woman (who I think might be a hoarder) would be so tiresome? Man, I miss the gym so much... It's not too bad tho, my boss/teacher is really cool and she lets me come in as soon as I'm done with classes so I get to work as much as possible. We already had our first argument tho. It mostly stemmed out of the fact that I can't take constant negative remarks too well :P (as in, you can tell me I did wrong once, but I start getting annoyed by the 11th time :P). Haha, one of my classmates said "Julieta has so much to learn, and so does the the teacher. How will they work it out?" I'm glad she said it, because now I can now focus on taking it with humor (because I know my teacher is not mean-spirited).
I'm also very lucky that my literature teacher agreed to letting me take his class online, so now I can get to my "internity service" earlier, leaving me more free time during the afternoons, resulting in gym time! Of course, I know this will leave me in a near vegetative state, so I decided that instead of taking 7:00 pm naps, or trying futililly to stay awake, I will watch movies! :D I came up with this plan because the Oscars and the Independent Spirit Awards (to be hosted by Joel McHale) are next month, and seeing how much I hate NOT having anyone to root for during Award Ceremonies (and the movie distributors didn't think it would be important to bring their movies to Mexico this year), I decided to compile the following list of must-see movies before February 26:
- Greenberg
- Cyrus
- Never Let Me Go
- Black Swan
- The Kids Are Alright
- The King's Speech
- The Fighter
- The Social Network
- Winter's Bone
- Blue Valentine
- Biutiful
- True Gritt
- Rabbit Hole
- Dogtooth
I'm not starting tomorrow with that list tho... I still need to fill my brain with some shit, so I'll be watching Love and Other Drugs first (shut up, I have a crush on Anne Hathaway).
I hope I manage to watch all of that. Afterwards, I think I'll get on to watching other backlogged movies and shows. I don't know when I'm gonna draw, but I know that if you're too tired to lift a pencil, nothing good's gonna come out anyway (excuses).
Sorry about the long post. TIME FOR BED NOW! :D
P.S. Did I mention I saw "Waiting for Superman"? Extremly OVERRATED "documentary." Don't waste your time on it. It's more "WILL SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?" and less FACT. I also saw "Easy A." That was pretty bad. I don't know why I expected something better. I don't think it would have been this annoying if the whole cast hadn't been so terrible.
But why is that of any relevance to my life? Well, as most of you must know, I'm leaving to Vancouver in July, so I have to be done with this thing during the first couple of weeks of June if I want to graduate. That means I have to be there for at least 5 hours a day (I actually think I'm gonna take it to the max a couple of weeks and be there for 6 hours so I can finish earlier), which leaves me with no energy left when I come home. Who would have known that sitting idly next to a knitting woman (who I think might be a hoarder) would be so tiresome? Man, I miss the gym so much... It's not too bad tho, my boss/teacher is really cool and she lets me come in as soon as I'm done with classes so I get to work as much as possible. We already had our first argument tho. It mostly stemmed out of the fact that I can't take constant negative remarks too well :P (as in, you can tell me I did wrong once, but I start getting annoyed by the 11th time :P). Haha, one of my classmates said "Julieta has so much to learn, and so does the the teacher. How will they work it out?" I'm glad she said it, because now I can now focus on taking it with humor (because I know my teacher is not mean-spirited).
I'm also very lucky that my literature teacher agreed to letting me take his class online, so now I can get to my "internity service" earlier, leaving me more free time during the afternoons, resulting in gym time! Of course, I know this will leave me in a near vegetative state, so I decided that instead of taking 7:00 pm naps, or trying futililly to stay awake, I will watch movies! :D I came up with this plan because the Oscars and the Independent Spirit Awards (to be hosted by Joel McHale) are next month, and seeing how much I hate NOT having anyone to root for during Award Ceremonies (and the movie distributors didn't think it would be important to bring their movies to Mexico this year), I decided to compile the following list of must-see movies before February 26:
- Greenberg
- Cyrus
- Never Let Me Go
- Black Swan
- The Kids Are Alright
- The King's Speech
- The Fighter
- The Social Network
- Winter's Bone
- Blue Valentine
- Biutiful
- True Gritt
- Rabbit Hole
- Dogtooth
I'm not starting tomorrow with that list tho... I still need to fill my brain with some shit, so I'll be watching Love and Other Drugs first (shut up, I have a crush on Anne Hathaway).
I hope I manage to watch all of that. Afterwards, I think I'll get on to watching other backlogged movies and shows. I don't know when I'm gonna draw, but I know that if you're too tired to lift a pencil, nothing good's gonna come out anyway (excuses).
Sorry about the long post. TIME FOR BED NOW! :D
P.S. Did I mention I saw "Waiting for Superman"? Extremly OVERRATED "documentary." Don't waste your time on it. It's more "WILL SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?" and less FACT. I also saw "Easy A." That was pretty bad. I don't know why I expected something better. I don't think it would have been this annoying if the whole cast hadn't been so terrible.