Caught up
OKAY.
So there’s no possible way for me to accurately recall the past months(?) or so. I’ve got notes randomly scrawled across a few Moleskine’s- most of which I cannot read due to pencil smearing and my already terrible handwriting, and some text files in which I shorthanded and abbreviated things I must have thought I’d remember but do not. Here goes nothing.
From what I think is my first set of notes, is back when I interviewed for Caribou. I never heard from those folks. I got a haircut that day, which is funny because I’m due for one now.
I went to see crappy Accepted with some friends from school, and there we finally met Zach’s new girlfriend. With those two hanging out or whatever without us, we went back to Sarah and Erin’s apartment to watch a movie. They popped in Italian Job, but I fell asleep and missed most of the movie (for the second time ever).
That was one day. A Saturday, actually. I really wish I would have dated these notes, as I’ve got no idea what order these went in, or what I’m missing. I’ve located the Moleskine’s the majority of my notes are on. Bad news: I alternated from writing in the front and back because I separated it for classes. There’s no real chronology here. Also, movies I’ve recently seen and how I liked them.
Experiences and other things
Saw ridiculously cute employee at Apple Store.
Zach’s cloves smelled nice.
Burned stuff in 3D Design.
Called a “snake” after winning Critical Thinking debate.
Lisa rejected idea of bird-shaped package design for gummi worms.
Got frustrated by people who don’t read things.
Learned about Django Reinhardt in Design History.
Spent most of my lunches with Zach and Tommy.
Learned all sorts of fascinating bits about the Weinermobile.
Got into reading.
Made fun of Iowa at Zach’s expense.
Saw a lady with shirt saying, “Walk and Be Healthy” while smoking a cigarette.
Killed zombies.
Committed insurance fraud (not real).
Ate Flameburger.
Considered making shirts.
Abandoned idea of making shirts.
Received an A+ on something I deserved maybe a C on.
Got let down.
Got rocked by Dethklok.
Applied at Caribou (this was before interviewing, goofy).
Got rocked by Electric Six’s new album.
Got blamed for a lack of rain.
Hung out with my mom and sister downtown.
Hung out with “the gang” at Emily’s without power.
Almost killed Matt with a large stick.
Visited Perkins to find Josh and I were “missed”.
Helped sister pick out MacBook.
Contemplated stealing sister’s MacBook.
Settled for free printer.
Visited Cheapo, many times.
Ate BK, many times.
Ate, spent, and burnt too much at the State Fair.
Bought rubber baby limbs at Ax Man for school.
Checked out the Calder Exhibit at the MIA.
Got ride back to school from Ni, who introduced me to the IDDS parking ramp’s $5-ness.
Zach lost debit card, started up tab with me. Currently owes $40.
Attempted to integrate Adam into some sort of “musketeer”-ship.
Helped Josh purchase new 60GB iPod.
Received free dinner from Josh’s mom for being there with them.
Helped move sister in to her dorm at the U of M.
Got hit on by sister’s RA (probably not true).
Fixed Josh’s computer as he bitched the majority of the time.
Almost died on 35W while blinded by rain and fog.
Got the run-around at Menards.
Discovered I suck at lighters and wires.
Ate at the delicious Old Spaghetti Factory.
Did “research” at Subway.
Purchased Battle Royale novel.
Ate pizza with Adam and Josh (two times).
Walked along the river, prepared for a hobo stabbing.
Read Zombie Survival Handbook, Fear and Loathing, and in the process of reading Battle Royale.
Missed an amazing opportunity to see my favorite band play. Twice.
Shared music with my classmates and favorite teacher.
Hung out with Gaustad and Jake, separately so far.
Saved armadillos (at least, I think that’s what I was doing).
Was reminded of how great The Life Aquatic is.
Endured a shopping outing with my mom.
Phew.
Movies
Being There:
For Critical Thinking, we watched an old movie starring Peter Sellers about a guy who has been living under an essential rock and is released into the world with no real-world knowledge. While I couldn’t really enjoy Sellers’ deadpan, I thought it was a pretty swell movie. I felt it was like, a lot of uncomplicated solutions to complicated problems. Good stuff.
Dead and Breakfast:
Josh had been raving about it, and I had a newfound interest in zombie movies, so this was an obvious choice. It ended up being a lot funnier than I had expected. There’s a band that narrates once in a while, and zombies do the Thriller music video dance. What more can I say?
28 Days Later:
Another movie Josh recommended, but I guess only dumb people think it’s about zombies. It’s actually about people infected with a virus! This was actually really good, which is great, because I thought it’d be awful. Very cool, post-apocalyptic feeling.
Beerfest:
Chase brought me to Beerfest in it’s opening weekend, and I really didn’t know what to expect. The Broken Lizard group’s generally good in my book, but this had some bits that were just amazingly hilarious. The guy who played Farva in Super Troopers has a twist at some point that caused me to laugh a little obnoxiously loud and long.
Kinky Boots:
Not at all what I expected. Although, I went in hoping it’d be all about Nick Frost’s character, but alas, it wasn’t. Another thing it wasn’t, was terrible. Like Simon Pegg in MI:3 for me, the Spaced alumni’s cameos just do it for me. Their parts may be small, but they’re good enough for me.
Im Juli:
The third in the recent string of Josh-recommended movies, I was real pleased. It’s an adventure. I really don’t know what to say about it, though.
The Edukators:
First to fill in the idle hours of my late nights this break, The Edukators was pretty fantastic. Daniel Brühl, who I thought was great in Goodbye, Lenin! was great again. Very inspiring, albeit not to the movie’s extent of revolution- more so personal revolution. The ending had me tripped up at first, but I’ve had time to think about it and it makes sense now. Good stuff.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston:
Insane. Amazing. Daniel Johnston is a guy with quite an interesting past. He writes some of the most raw and honest lyrics I’ve heard. While I can’t listen to his music in too great intervals, the singer-songwriter blows me away. On top of that, his art! I’ve seen that Picasso quote, about how all children are born artists, and the problem is how to remain an artist when they grow up. Daniel Johnston’s eccentricities are an amazing example of this. Wow.
And that’s it. I’m all caught up. And it’s not even 3!
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