and eventually the sky did return, and I was there outside in green
After an extremely long weekend beginning Thursday, I'm ready to take a breather. Everything was just so overwhelmingly good these past few weeks, and this weekend kind of brought it all together. I've pretty much been relaxing a lot, the weather has been too nice to stay inside. Don't get me wrong, I am still studying like crazy, but I'm going about it in a different way. Everything depends on who you surround yourself with, what your atmosphere is. So by laying in the grass under the sun, looking out on the Charles River, 3 hours of physics doesn't really seem so bad! I've also been reading a LOT. I really don't know what has gotten into me lately, but I am reading everything I can possibly find. In the past week, I have read 5 books, as well as FINALLY finished Sartre's The Age of Reason. It was a really amazing novel, existentialism intrigues me. I like books that make me reflect on life after it's finished.
On to the weekend... I had mentioned to my mother that there was an independent film festival up here, and that it'd be cool to go, but it was a lot of money. And she was really excited about it, mainly because she knows the only time I get out of the engineering house is to go somewhere and study. So she offered to pay, as sort of an early birthday present. In total, I saw 12 films. Had the BEST time, met so many really chill people. Steve Buscemi was there, as well as a bunch of other people who directed, acted in, or produced some of the films. I got to talk to all of them. If I were a filmmaker, this would have been one of the best experiences of my life, everyone is so interactive about films and how to make them and such. Probably the best part of the festival was the Friday night after party. For a while, I just walked around, not really knowing anyone. But then this really cute guy walked up to me, and was like "I lost my friends... Would you like to be my friend?" It was adorable. He had really messy brown hair, and was wearing a blue and white striped blazer. Oh god. So amazing. We talked for a while about everything. Turns out he produced one of the short films, which I saw Saturday Night (and it ROCKED). He was such a great guy, very funny. He made me write on his shirt with red wine, since he had spilled some on himself earlier anyway. Took me around and introduced me to all his friends. And then when I was heading back home, he kissed me goodnight, and said he would come back to Boston for me (he goes to Sarah Lawrence in Manhattan). Hehe. The directors of the film he produced go to BU as well. It's nice to have fun with a cute boy for a change.
The whole weekend, I just felt so relaxed. And if you know me at all, you know that I'm always thinking about what I have to do, always stressed out. But even when I spilled popcorn the guy next to me was holding ALL over myself, I just cracked up. And so did the guy. Nothing really seemed to matter. Such a chill atmosphere. It reminded me of being at Osceola, just listening to music and relaxing. I live for places like that. Seems like everyone's so busy to even think about how great things are. It's a "hurry up and wait" lifestyle. I loathe it. But, I guess that's what I get for living in a big city.
Anyway, my favorite films of this weekend were "Childstar" for narrative feature, "Abel Raises Cain" for documentary, and "The Adventure's of Slater's Friend" for short (the one produced by the guy I met). You're probably tired of reading this, so I won't give any details of them, but ask me if you really care. If anyone ever gets a chance to check out an independent film festival, I highly suggest going. It's a really great experience, I had so much fun. It took my mind off some things that have really been bothering me lately, and allowed me just to enjoy being where I was.
Soooooo 17 days until freshman year is officially over. 18 days until Gloria-Niki Boston time. Hope everyone in Florida does well on exams this week and enjoys the beginning of the summer!
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