classes begin and dvds ensue.
started school last week. this semester looks to be promising in an intriguing and most difficult way. my information age cultures class and history of electronic media seem like mostly easy-just about right courses. my film theory seems a bit difficult and my anthropological theory... well... lets see if i survive the semester alive and with anything more than a C. i have a paper due every week in that class until november 5, ive been stressing all summer. but i suppose in a few months i will be over with it and we'll find out if i pass it and will graduate when im supposed to, or get stuck here bc i have to wait for the class to come around again so that i can pass it to graduate. eep.
my film theory course is women and gender in film, seems alright. teacher is extremely enthusiastic. she's a weird woman. we get to watch some old films, just saw NOW VOYAGER last week, an old late 30s movie with Bette Davis. it was good. ridiculously over dramatic and pathetic, but still good. other films i get to watch that i remember off the top of my head include: THE COLOR PURPLE; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON; BLADERUNNER; ALIEN; THELMA AND LOUISE; BASIC INSTINCT; GOLDFINGER; REBECCA; READ WINDOW and LADY FROM SHANGHAI. theres more but i forget.
my informaiton age culture class we have this novel about the history of the internet and computers and stuff. and there are cyber sex scenes in it. which totally cracks me up. i get to read some of the best books for my classes. last semester i was reading about witch trials, the semester before about autoerotic asphyxiation, and now cyber sex. haha.
my history of electronic media professor is hysterical. he's this cooky old man who did stuff on mtv back in the 80s, and was on a show with weird al and natalie merchant, a show which progressed to become mtv unplugged. he did crazy art stuff in the nevada desert where people do drugs and have orgies i htink he said. which is weird, bc it somewhat implies my teacher did that, and, well... TOO MUCH INFORMATION if you ask me. haha.
my car seems alright, charged the battery up and its been working so far. havent been driving much lately though. most of my driving is done around the parking garage at school looking for a spot. this whole gas situation is ridiculous. wed night i went to the "mild ghetto" shall i say to get cheap gas, and as i pulled in they were changing the sign from 283 to 295, so i busted and found a place with 284 which was exciting, but they had pumps that were out of gas. that night i saw two gas stations on york road that were 309, and thurs the one was 345 and the other was out of gas. and the station across the street from me was out of gas, then 299, now 349 and out of gas mostly again. its ridiculous and i want to scream. its like the end of days or something, or at least the end of easy automobile transportation. but hey, we should revert back to horses and stables. thatd be interesting. i always wanted to learn how to ride a horse.
::shrug:: so this wonderful 5 day holiday weekend of mine has been spent not productive at all really. ive done some homework, some reading. but the blunt of my friday was spent watching buffy then drinking, saturday watching buffy, and today watching lost and doing my homework. anthropological theory is HARD. i never thought it would be this hard... wait THATS A LIE. i knew it was. i love theory but im horrible at it. specially this early shit from the late 19th century. ive always been horrible reading primary sources from that period bc people just talked and wrote so much differently then today. maybe its just me, but i think its crazy. oh well. nothing i can do about it unless i want to drop/change my anthropology major. which i dont want to, so im sticking it out.
so ive heard so much about how LOST is an amazing show. it really is. i mean, i love j.j. abrams to death (he's the creator of LOST, ALIAS and FELICITY) and he's like, WHOA. his plot lines are crazy, his characters amazing. if you dont already watch LOST, i really suggest you pick up the dvds at your nearest blockbuster and give em a try. the episodes can be a little slow at times, but they are totally addicting.
17 days more to go til my 21st birthday. im excited, but i can wait. that week is going to blow out ridiculous, and as it gets nearer im rethinking the exuberant amount of celebrations i have planned. i want to go out on my actual birthday, but its seeming to be quite difficult for that to happen, plus i have class at 11 the next morning and im not a morning person, especially when i drink. thurs night my sister is taking me to the crease in towson with her friends to get me drunk and im sure that will prove amusing. friday i want to go see THE CORPSE BRIDE bc ive been excited about that for MONTHS. and saturday night was supposed to be the big bash in annapolis (anyone who wants to can come along) which i hope still works out. plan is to start at tsunami with dinner and light drinks and crawl our way down main street to the docks and most likely eagle alley or something. im uber excited, but with all the work ive got going on, i can honestly wait. its weird... at least i think its weird. for so long ive relied on other people. i havent gone out drinking since ive been in london, and its going to actually be really weird for me to be legal here, even though i was used to it in london. ::shrug:: i guess its all a part of growing up and getting old and wrinkly and grey (which hopefully wont happen for atleast another 20 years) haha.
my film theory course is women and gender in film, seems alright. teacher is extremely enthusiastic. she's a weird woman. we get to watch some old films, just saw NOW VOYAGER last week, an old late 30s movie with Bette Davis. it was good. ridiculously over dramatic and pathetic, but still good. other films i get to watch that i remember off the top of my head include: THE COLOR PURPLE; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON; BLADERUNNER; ALIEN; THELMA AND LOUISE; BASIC INSTINCT; GOLDFINGER; REBECCA; READ WINDOW and LADY FROM SHANGHAI. theres more but i forget.
my informaiton age culture class we have this novel about the history of the internet and computers and stuff. and there are cyber sex scenes in it. which totally cracks me up. i get to read some of the best books for my classes. last semester i was reading about witch trials, the semester before about autoerotic asphyxiation, and now cyber sex. haha.
my history of electronic media professor is hysterical. he's this cooky old man who did stuff on mtv back in the 80s, and was on a show with weird al and natalie merchant, a show which progressed to become mtv unplugged. he did crazy art stuff in the nevada desert where people do drugs and have orgies i htink he said. which is weird, bc it somewhat implies my teacher did that, and, well... TOO MUCH INFORMATION if you ask me. haha.
my car seems alright, charged the battery up and its been working so far. havent been driving much lately though. most of my driving is done around the parking garage at school looking for a spot. this whole gas situation is ridiculous. wed night i went to the "mild ghetto" shall i say to get cheap gas, and as i pulled in they were changing the sign from 283 to 295, so i busted and found a place with 284 which was exciting, but they had pumps that were out of gas. that night i saw two gas stations on york road that were 309, and thurs the one was 345 and the other was out of gas. and the station across the street from me was out of gas, then 299, now 349 and out of gas mostly again. its ridiculous and i want to scream. its like the end of days or something, or at least the end of easy automobile transportation. but hey, we should revert back to horses and stables. thatd be interesting. i always wanted to learn how to ride a horse.
::shrug:: so this wonderful 5 day holiday weekend of mine has been spent not productive at all really. ive done some homework, some reading. but the blunt of my friday was spent watching buffy then drinking, saturday watching buffy, and today watching lost and doing my homework. anthropological theory is HARD. i never thought it would be this hard... wait THATS A LIE. i knew it was. i love theory but im horrible at it. specially this early shit from the late 19th century. ive always been horrible reading primary sources from that period bc people just talked and wrote so much differently then today. maybe its just me, but i think its crazy. oh well. nothing i can do about it unless i want to drop/change my anthropology major. which i dont want to, so im sticking it out.
so ive heard so much about how LOST is an amazing show. it really is. i mean, i love j.j. abrams to death (he's the creator of LOST, ALIAS and FELICITY) and he's like, WHOA. his plot lines are crazy, his characters amazing. if you dont already watch LOST, i really suggest you pick up the dvds at your nearest blockbuster and give em a try. the episodes can be a little slow at times, but they are totally addicting.
17 days more to go til my 21st birthday. im excited, but i can wait. that week is going to blow out ridiculous, and as it gets nearer im rethinking the exuberant amount of celebrations i have planned. i want to go out on my actual birthday, but its seeming to be quite difficult for that to happen, plus i have class at 11 the next morning and im not a morning person, especially when i drink. thurs night my sister is taking me to the crease in towson with her friends to get me drunk and im sure that will prove amusing. friday i want to go see THE CORPSE BRIDE bc ive been excited about that for MONTHS. and saturday night was supposed to be the big bash in annapolis (anyone who wants to can come along) which i hope still works out. plan is to start at tsunami with dinner and light drinks and crawl our way down main street to the docks and most likely eagle alley or something. im uber excited, but with all the work ive got going on, i can honestly wait. its weird... at least i think its weird. for so long ive relied on other people. i havent gone out drinking since ive been in london, and its going to actually be really weird for me to be legal here, even though i was used to it in london. ::shrug:: i guess its all a part of growing up and getting old and wrinkly and grey (which hopefully wont happen for atleast another 20 years) haha.