turn the bad in me into good again
The air conditioning fixer person™ is coming again tomorrow. Hopefully this time our landlady will have the courtesy to answer the phone and approve what needs to be fixed. If I have to go through another week without air conditioning and withstand 4+ hours of someone coming in and out of our condo again, someone's going to have their limb chewed off by me. I'll pick a limb at random. I'm vegetarian, though, so I'd spit it out.
...Gruesome.
But seriously. It's hot and I have anxiety problems. Neither lends itself well and, combined, I'm already a wreck. :P
In other news, today was my first fully sober day since... Friday. I think it was Friday. I had a fun weekend. Not something I'd do all the time, though. Me body. It can't stand that much booze. I luckily didn't have any bad side-effects, but that's cos I know when to say "when" and switch to soda.
The Newseum is amazing. I visited the new version in D.C. with my dad and my aunt (and her friend) on Sunday. The 9/11 exhibit made me and my dad cry. But that's only natural. There was also a mini exhibit about the journalists who died in Bosnia, Rwanda, etc. RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS. I've become such a Holocaust/genocide prevention person, guys. I almost typed "It's not even funny"... It really isn't! There is nothing funny about genocide, despite what my friend Ben said in college*. Don't listen to Ben.
I'm in love with Adrien Brody. It's been eight years, even if he wasn't at the forefront of my mind for all of it. When I realized that the other week, I was amazed. 8 years. You know how long that is?! That's the time it takes to get through high school and college, if you don't have to stay on any extra years. That's TWO TERMS AS PRESIDENT. Damn. When I first fell in love with him, he'd just won his Oscar for The Pianist.
Time flies when life happens.
I remember how I had to see King Kong, not cos it was a Peter Jackson film as much as cos it was starring Adrien. And, last year, insisting that my sister, her boyfriend and I rush out to see Splice. Heh heh heh. My mom was saying that his new movie (that just showed at Cannes), Midnight In Paris, was gonna be bad cos Woody Allen hadn't had a good movie in a long time. But then, this week, she was all, "Oh, sorry! They loved it!" HA. HA!
I would've seen it anyway, though, honestly, but it's good to feel vindicated sometimes.
...This entry turned into being about Adrien. Are you surprised? ;)
Other things:
+ I'm currently reading The Book Thief and loving it. Again, Holocaust. The "papa" figure, Hans Hubermann, is definitely my favorite. I have a crush on the image of him in my brain. Even though he's in his 40s. Age only matters if you're cheese.
+ My aunt did not make me feel stupid or worthless for not having a job, which was a very welcome departure from the usual.
+ I keep arguing that Roman Polanski should be left alone. I think my dad is starting to see my point. The world has much worse problems and we're going after this brilliant old guy who made one mistake, after a life of horrible things happening to him**? I think he needs some counseling and some love. He doesn't need prison.
+ I forgot what else I wanted to say. But I've gotten opinionated, haven't I? XD
+ Oh yeah! This is less important/exciting, but I've just started watching season one of Modern Family on Netflix. Dear god, that show is darling! ♥ I highly recommend it. I promise, so far, there's no Holocaust stuff involved with it. I'm in love with the gay guy, Mitchell***. :)
+ Anyone interested in reading my novel, piece by piece, as I finish chapters? I know some people liked that in the past, but I don't want to annoy anyone...
* "You know what's funny? ...Hitler." "WHAT?!"
** For those who don't know: He survived the Holocaust at Cracow and then, several years later, Charles Manson and his gang murdered his wife, Sharon Tate, and their friends inside his mansion. Things like that will make someone a little bit... grief-stricken. Even to this day. He needs help.
*** "I love the guy on there who's really gay. ...Not as in 'extremely gay', but I mean... he's ACTUALLY gay. That distinction is important."
...Gruesome.
But seriously. It's hot and I have anxiety problems. Neither lends itself well and, combined, I'm already a wreck. :P
In other news, today was my first fully sober day since... Friday. I think it was Friday. I had a fun weekend. Not something I'd do all the time, though. Me body. It can't stand that much booze. I luckily didn't have any bad side-effects, but that's cos I know when to say "when" and switch to soda.
The Newseum is amazing. I visited the new version in D.C. with my dad and my aunt (and her friend) on Sunday. The 9/11 exhibit made me and my dad cry. But that's only natural. There was also a mini exhibit about the journalists who died in Bosnia, Rwanda, etc. RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS. I've become such a Holocaust/genocide prevention person, guys. I almost typed "It's not even funny"... It really isn't! There is nothing funny about genocide, despite what my friend Ben said in college*. Don't listen to Ben.
I'm in love with Adrien Brody. It's been eight years, even if he wasn't at the forefront of my mind for all of it. When I realized that the other week, I was amazed. 8 years. You know how long that is?! That's the time it takes to get through high school and college, if you don't have to stay on any extra years. That's TWO TERMS AS PRESIDENT. Damn. When I first fell in love with him, he'd just won his Oscar for The Pianist.
Time flies when life happens.
I remember how I had to see King Kong, not cos it was a Peter Jackson film as much as cos it was starring Adrien. And, last year, insisting that my sister, her boyfriend and I rush out to see Splice. Heh heh heh. My mom was saying that his new movie (that just showed at Cannes), Midnight In Paris, was gonna be bad cos Woody Allen hadn't had a good movie in a long time. But then, this week, she was all, "Oh, sorry! They loved it!" HA. HA!
I would've seen it anyway, though, honestly, but it's good to feel vindicated sometimes.
...This entry turned into being about Adrien. Are you surprised? ;)
Other things:
+ I'm currently reading The Book Thief and loving it. Again, Holocaust. The "papa" figure, Hans Hubermann, is definitely my favorite. I have a crush on the image of him in my brain. Even though he's in his 40s. Age only matters if you're cheese.
+ My aunt did not make me feel stupid or worthless for not having a job, which was a very welcome departure from the usual.
+ I keep arguing that Roman Polanski should be left alone. I think my dad is starting to see my point. The world has much worse problems and we're going after this brilliant old guy who made one mistake, after a life of horrible things happening to him**? I think he needs some counseling and some love. He doesn't need prison.
+ I forgot what else I wanted to say. But I've gotten opinionated, haven't I? XD
+ Oh yeah! This is less important/exciting, but I've just started watching season one of Modern Family on Netflix. Dear god, that show is darling! ♥ I highly recommend it. I promise, so far, there's no Holocaust stuff involved with it. I'm in love with the gay guy, Mitchell***. :)
+ Anyone interested in reading my novel, piece by piece, as I finish chapters? I know some people liked that in the past, but I don't want to annoy anyone...
* "You know what's funny? ...Hitler." "WHAT?!"
** For those who don't know: He survived the Holocaust at Cracow and then, several years later, Charles Manson and his gang murdered his wife, Sharon Tate, and their friends inside his mansion. Things like that will make someone a little bit... grief-stricken. Even to this day. He needs help.
*** "I love the guy on there who's really gay. ...Not as in 'extremely gay', but I mean... he's ACTUALLY gay. That distinction is important."