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So it's been a long time since I wrote anything. The last time I did I was freaking out about finals. Obviously, I got through them. Things turned out well despite all of us failing our zoo final. And I do actually mean we all failed it. I'm not just being annoying. It'll be nice to have at least a little pressure off for this semester.
My break was wonderful. Christmas was back to normal after the Disney fiasco of last year. I spent a lot of time with my mom which is my favorite thing to do. Stef, Keavagh and Claire were all out of town for a significant amount of time, so Em and I hung out a lot. I managed to watch four seasons of The West Wing. That's probably an insane amount, but I just couldn't help it. I went through with drawl once I left.
And now it's time for a West Wing commentary that only Matthew will even remotely care about. 1. I love Amy Gardner 2. I want to know who exactly is so brilliant at writing women on that show because the women characters are always 10 times better than the men. Maybe Aaron Sorkin had a great single mom and a dead beat dad or something. Anyway. 3. In a couple of years they should pretend some time has gone by and make a Rob Lowe spin off as him being president because Sam is that wonderful, and they spent lots of time setting his character up to be someone important. 4. I almost cried when Mary-Louise Parker dedicated her Golden Globe to John Spencer because I was so sad that that whole ceremony was going to go by without any mention and she was the only one there at all involved with the west wing and I was really attached to him since I had just watched some 80 odd episodes. And 5. I found it amusing the Rob Lowe and Martin Sheen worked together that long when Rob Lowe spent most of the 80s doing drugs with his sons.
Ok. So winter break. I also saw a lot of movies. I will name them for you. The Family Stone, North Country, Narnia, King Kong, Good Night and Good Luck, Brokeback Mountain, The Squid and the Whale, Memoirs of a Geisha and Pride and Prejudice. All were very good, but it was a weak award season. Nothing was super effecting. I still have lots to see before the Oscars. And I think George Cloonys directing of Good Night and Good Luck is more award worthy than Brokeback Mountain, but that's just me.
I've been back at school for a week and a half now. It's odd that people just got back today. I feel like I've been in Madison for weeks already. My classes this semester are Bio, O Chem, Environmental Health and Scientific Backround of Environmental Problems. It's a hard core science semester, but much easier than fall because I traded two four credit classes for two three credit classes which makes it only 14. I am oh so happy about that. They all start late and my schedule is super compact. It will be a wonderful semester class wise.
We had a really great party before school started. We had it before most of the dorms came back, so there were no annoying freshmen we didn't know coming to steal alcohol. Ryne even came for a while, but I think we scared him away with body shots. I have two excellent weekends coming up. Next Friday, Alex is coming for a hockey game and is going to stay with me. The next weekend, Joe and I are going to La Crosse for Emily's birthday and to see all of those girls. We don't have anywhere to live yet, but hopefully by the end of next week we will. Who knew finding a damn house was going to be such a struggle. All in all, things are great. I miss my mom already, and March 10th is super far away. Oh well. I hope everyone has a good first day of classes tomorrow or just a good day.
My break was wonderful. Christmas was back to normal after the Disney fiasco of last year. I spent a lot of time with my mom which is my favorite thing to do. Stef, Keavagh and Claire were all out of town for a significant amount of time, so Em and I hung out a lot. I managed to watch four seasons of The West Wing. That's probably an insane amount, but I just couldn't help it. I went through with drawl once I left.
And now it's time for a West Wing commentary that only Matthew will even remotely care about. 1. I love Amy Gardner 2. I want to know who exactly is so brilliant at writing women on that show because the women characters are always 10 times better than the men. Maybe Aaron Sorkin had a great single mom and a dead beat dad or something. Anyway. 3. In a couple of years they should pretend some time has gone by and make a Rob Lowe spin off as him being president because Sam is that wonderful, and they spent lots of time setting his character up to be someone important. 4. I almost cried when Mary-Louise Parker dedicated her Golden Globe to John Spencer because I was so sad that that whole ceremony was going to go by without any mention and she was the only one there at all involved with the west wing and I was really attached to him since I had just watched some 80 odd episodes. And 5. I found it amusing the Rob Lowe and Martin Sheen worked together that long when Rob Lowe spent most of the 80s doing drugs with his sons.
Ok. So winter break. I also saw a lot of movies. I will name them for you. The Family Stone, North Country, Narnia, King Kong, Good Night and Good Luck, Brokeback Mountain, The Squid and the Whale, Memoirs of a Geisha and Pride and Prejudice. All were very good, but it was a weak award season. Nothing was super effecting. I still have lots to see before the Oscars. And I think George Cloonys directing of Good Night and Good Luck is more award worthy than Brokeback Mountain, but that's just me.
I've been back at school for a week and a half now. It's odd that people just got back today. I feel like I've been in Madison for weeks already. My classes this semester are Bio, O Chem, Environmental Health and Scientific Backround of Environmental Problems. It's a hard core science semester, but much easier than fall because I traded two four credit classes for two three credit classes which makes it only 14. I am oh so happy about that. They all start late and my schedule is super compact. It will be a wonderful semester class wise.
We had a really great party before school started. We had it before most of the dorms came back, so there were no annoying freshmen we didn't know coming to steal alcohol. Ryne even came for a while, but I think we scared him away with body shots. I have two excellent weekends coming up. Next Friday, Alex is coming for a hockey game and is going to stay with me. The next weekend, Joe and I are going to La Crosse for Emily's birthday and to see all of those girls. We don't have anywhere to live yet, but hopefully by the end of next week we will. Who knew finding a damn house was going to be such a struggle. All in all, things are great. I miss my mom already, and March 10th is super far away. Oh well. I hope everyone has a good first day of classes tomorrow or just a good day.