1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind?
I like to plan vacations for myself. I'll put together a road trip on mapquest, search for cute B&Bs, review tourist attractions (yay art museums!), the whole nine yards. Too bad I never get to actually go on my trips...
2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands?
Put down my backpack or bag in the first convenient spot, hang my keys from their hook, maybe grab a coke or snack, and sit down at my computer (not so much because I'm a nerd, but I mainly hang out in my room and that's the only chair). Hooray for university apartments.
3. What are your favorite aromatherapeutic smells?
I love Bath and Body works' discontinued Pink Lemonade. I like ecalyptus pretty well. The smell of Mr Bubbles also works pretty well on me.
4. Do you feel more relaxed with a group of friends or hanging out by yourself?
well, I'm most relaxed when I'm not trying to be social, but sometimes when I spend too many weekend nights alone, I get worried about my shyness taking over. I want the option of socialness when I want it. But still, 95% of the time, being alone is nicer.
5. What is something that you feel is relaxing but most people don't?
Eating by myself is pretty nice. I get to ponder during the day, eat some good food in whatever comfortable location I want, and I think I look pretty progressive when I'm willing to eat alone. Ditto for shopping, and the occasional movie.
9.28.2002
9.26.2002
Listening... to some rap song on MTV2
Feeling... a serious hankering for some caffeine
Tonight's TV premieres were damn good. Friends settled the engagement fiasco without unnecessary oh-just-freakin'-explain-yourself shenanigans. Scrubs was tellement funny. I laughed and reaffirmed my love of that show. I'm so glad it's on at a time I'll remember. So I guess I'm feeling really happy, but damn I want a diet coke.
Feeling... a serious hankering for some caffeine
Tonight's TV premieres were damn good. Friends settled the engagement fiasco without unnecessary oh-just-freakin'-explain-yourself shenanigans. Scrubs was tellement funny. I laughed and reaffirmed my love of that show. I'm so glad it's on at a time I'll remember. So I guess I'm feeling really happy, but damn I want a diet coke.
9.25.2002
9.24.2002
Watching... an appallingly trashy Real World.
Feeling... like I might as well just put on some porn
Time alone is good... I decided today that this lull in my personal life is a good thing. I have the same affliction as my sister, just assuming that every guy is interested in me at least a little bit, and that ones who express interest are pathetic little puppy dogs. This is a bad attitude. It's just that I maintain at least a dozen crushes at any given time, so it's kind of weird to think that not every one does that (and that not everyone maintains a crush on me!!) Haha... My Polly Anna Complex is hard at work-- always find the bright side. But really, it's not the worst thing.
The premiere of Gilmore Girls was good. I wish Rory would go ahead and get with Jess, oh and Lorali needs to get with Luke too. Can't everyone just be blissfully happy for a while? Well, I can't be right now. It's time for some serious Biology reading.
Feeling... like I might as well just put on some porn
Time alone is good... I decided today that this lull in my personal life is a good thing. I have the same affliction as my sister, just assuming that every guy is interested in me at least a little bit, and that ones who express interest are pathetic little puppy dogs. This is a bad attitude. It's just that I maintain at least a dozen crushes at any given time, so it's kind of weird to think that not every one does that (and that not everyone maintains a crush on me!!) Haha... My Polly Anna Complex is hard at work-- always find the bright side. But really, it's not the worst thing.
The premiere of Gilmore Girls was good. I wish Rory would go ahead and get with Jess, oh and Lorali needs to get with Luke too. Can't everyone just be blissfully happy for a while? Well, I can't be right now. It's time for some serious Biology reading.
9.23.2002
Listening to... Hey Carrie Ann by the Hollies
Feeling... embarassed
I really have finally narrowed it down. The reason I am such a social idiot is..... I am a bad mix of irrepressable assertiveness and extreme shyness. This means I cannot halt my big mouth to save my life, but once I'm talking, I become so mortified I just can't listen to myself anymore. However, my brain stores everything I say, so that later (or right now) I can agonize over every word I said. I honestly can never remember what I wore the day before, can't recall mundane conversations or even what day it is. But darn it, I could quote to you verbatim everything I said at Hall Council tonight. Oh well, it's nice to just say it here and get it out.
That realization isn't all that recent, but I don't believe I've ever put it into writing here, so that's important. I want to scream it everywhere so people will just nod and say "Oh, that's her problem. She isn't really the dumb bitch she appears to be." or at least "She's a real bitch, but I feel sorry for how shy she really is." That would be okay.
Oh, on a related note, I was reviewed as being feisty last week. I love that, I am fiesty. It's much more descriptive than 'bitch', which is the usual term for assertive girls. Plus, this week no one took over the meeting from me. There was the usual amount of chaos, but all in all-- pretty good.
Despite the rant earlier, I really am in a good mood. I just have to get the embarassment out so I can realize my regular happy disposition.
Feeling... embarassed
I really have finally narrowed it down. The reason I am such a social idiot is..... I am a bad mix of irrepressable assertiveness and extreme shyness. This means I cannot halt my big mouth to save my life, but once I'm talking, I become so mortified I just can't listen to myself anymore. However, my brain stores everything I say, so that later (or right now) I can agonize over every word I said. I honestly can never remember what I wore the day before, can't recall mundane conversations or even what day it is. But darn it, I could quote to you verbatim everything I said at Hall Council tonight. Oh well, it's nice to just say it here and get it out.
That realization isn't all that recent, but I don't believe I've ever put it into writing here, so that's important. I want to scream it everywhere so people will just nod and say "Oh, that's her problem. She isn't really the dumb bitch she appears to be." or at least "She's a real bitch, but I feel sorry for how shy she really is." That would be okay.
Oh, on a related note, I was reviewed as being feisty last week. I love that, I am fiesty. It's much more descriptive than 'bitch', which is the usual term for assertive girls. Plus, this week no one took over the meeting from me. There was the usual amount of chaos, but all in all-- pretty good.
Despite the rant earlier, I really am in a good mood. I just have to get the embarassment out so I can realize my regular happy disposition.
9.22.2002
Listening to... Summertime by the Sundays (well, it's in my head)
Feeling... rested
So, Lisa and I have royally crappy concert luck. About a month ago, the Carbon Leaf concert was cancelled because the Cotton Club flooded. Then a week ago, Coldplay was cancelled because dumbos over at Masquerade let electrical equipment get water logged (this in their permanent, rain-or-shine, outdoor venue.) So last night was the rescheduled Carbon Leaf concert at the Cotton Club. Guess what? It rained and they cancelled the show. The upside is they waited until the last possible moment, so they let us come just inside and listen to Carbon Leaf's sound check. So that was pretty cool. I thought it would've been smart for them to open the bar while we waited. They could've made a bit of money in that hour. We went to the Leopard Lounge to hang out a bit more. Pretty cool place. OH, and we had dinner at Front Page News. Very cool place. However, we went there because they had a nice outdoor courtyard dining area (and it was lovely). However, we had been seated all of two minutes when the rains came (it had been pretty all day). Anyway, enough of my mistfortunes. That's just some crappy luck.
Feeling... rested
So, Lisa and I have royally crappy concert luck. About a month ago, the Carbon Leaf concert was cancelled because the Cotton Club flooded. Then a week ago, Coldplay was cancelled because dumbos over at Masquerade let electrical equipment get water logged (this in their permanent, rain-or-shine, outdoor venue.) So last night was the rescheduled Carbon Leaf concert at the Cotton Club. Guess what? It rained and they cancelled the show. The upside is they waited until the last possible moment, so they let us come just inside and listen to Carbon Leaf's sound check. So that was pretty cool. I thought it would've been smart for them to open the bar while we waited. They could've made a bit of money in that hour. We went to the Leopard Lounge to hang out a bit more. Pretty cool place. OH, and we had dinner at Front Page News. Very cool place. However, we went there because they had a nice outdoor courtyard dining area (and it was lovely). However, we had been seated all of two minutes when the rains came (it had been pretty all day). Anyway, enough of my mistfortunes. That's just some crappy luck.
9.20.2002
The Friday Five- all the cool people seem to do it.
1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people? Eh, I will keep up with close friends as best I can, but casual friends tend to slip away from me. I wish I were better at that though, networking is a real asset in business as well as grad school, so I need to figure
2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Let's rank on preference (without reference to frequency):
1) Snail Mail 2) Email (big gap) 3) Meeting in Person 4) Blog comments (HUGE gap) 5) telephone
I hate using the telephone. It's horrible. Blog comments goes low because you not only have the opportunity to put something dumb into print, you also put it on public display. Meeting in person requires small talk, which I am sooo not good at (which also hinders my networking).
3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it? I use Instant Messenger everyday, even though I avow that it is evil. When you're casually dating or have a crush on somebody, it's damn near impossible to keep things casual and not IM every damn day.
4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away? I have two friends in Atlanta, one of whom is my social savior. The other hardly ever graces me with her company, but both of us are to blame. There are some friends back home in Auburn and a fair number dispersed across the US.
5. Are you an "out of sight, out of mind" person, or do you believe that "distance makes the heart grow fonder"? Ummm... I'm going to have to side with research (I am a psyc major after all) and say "out of sight, out of mind." Given enough time, you'll forget. A little time with someone you really enjoy being around can make you fonder. But really long distance relationships? Nien! I only recently reconciled myself to the idea of an Auburn-Atlanta stretch (not that Auburn boys are jumping at the chance to try me out)
1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people? Eh, I will keep up with close friends as best I can, but casual friends tend to slip away from me. I wish I were better at that though, networking is a real asset in business as well as grad school, so I need to figure
2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Let's rank on preference (without reference to frequency):
1) Snail Mail 2) Email (big gap) 3) Meeting in Person 4) Blog comments (HUGE gap) 5) telephone
I hate using the telephone. It's horrible. Blog comments goes low because you not only have the opportunity to put something dumb into print, you also put it on public display. Meeting in person requires small talk, which I am sooo not good at (which also hinders my networking).
3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it? I use Instant Messenger everyday, even though I avow that it is evil. When you're casually dating or have a crush on somebody, it's damn near impossible to keep things casual and not IM every damn day.
4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away? I have two friends in Atlanta, one of whom is my social savior. The other hardly ever graces me with her company, but both of us are to blame. There are some friends back home in Auburn and a fair number dispersed across the US.
5. Are you an "out of sight, out of mind" person, or do you believe that "distance makes the heart grow fonder"? Ummm... I'm going to have to side with research (I am a psyc major after all) and say "out of sight, out of mind." Given enough time, you'll forget. A little time with someone you really enjoy being around can make you fonder. But really long distance relationships? Nien! I only recently reconciled myself to the idea of an Auburn-Atlanta stretch (not that Auburn boys are jumping at the chance to try me out)
Well, I might as well post something of interest to myself later on. I've finished two very large books in the first month of school. One would think my classes weren't going to well, but they are for the most part. Anyway, Middle March by George Eliot was really good. It was 800-something pages, so it was like a nice long, very proper, and interesting soap opera. I also read Villette by Charlotte Bronte, which was very good. Besides being a fairly engrossing story, it also has a ton of french dialogue, which helped me brush up on some conversational french (thank goodness for the translations at the back though.)
I have four books waiting to be read on my shelf. Jane Eyre, Rebecca, Silas Marner and Love in the Time of Cholera. Maybe I should go ahead and knock that last one out. It doesn't fit in with my very proper victorian romances. Hmmm....
Oh, by the way. It took me almost exactly a year to put 10,000 miles on my car (from 9/7/01-9/14/02). Is that a lot or a little? Again, hmmm.....
I have four books waiting to be read on my shelf. Jane Eyre, Rebecca, Silas Marner and Love in the Time of Cholera. Maybe I should go ahead and knock that last one out. It doesn't fit in with my very proper victorian romances. Hmmm....
Oh, by the way. It took me almost exactly a year to put 10,000 miles on my car (from 9/7/01-9/14/02). Is that a lot or a little? Again, hmmm.....
8.14.2002
Still in Auburn
Listening to... myself typing
Feeling... bored, blank
Meh, I don't feel fabulous today. I had a nice time going to the library this morning. They didn't have any regular learn-french books, so I brushed up on a Babar book that had everything in French and English. Pretty useful, actually, and the pictures and story were better than anything they write for adults. :P
Now that I'm done with all of Jane Austen's full novels, maybe I should try to rank them in order of my preference.
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Mansfield Park
3. Emma
4. Sense and Sensibility
5. Persuasion
6. Northanger Abbey
I'm not certain about that ranking of Persuasion. It had -by far- the best declaration of love, but my memory is fogged by whether I liked the movie. I just watched S&S and really loved it, Persuasion has not had a big-budget treatment, so it wasn't as prettily done as the others. Since I mentioned it, I'll rank the movie versions as well (I have not seen any films of Northanger Abbey)
1. Mansfield Park
2. Sense and Sensibility
3. Emma
4. Pride and Prejudice
5. Persuasion
My ranking of Pride and Prejudice surprises even myself. Everyone adores it so much, but I don't remember being completely enthralled by it. I stand by my rankings.... for now.
Listening to... myself typing
Feeling... bored, blank
Meh, I don't feel fabulous today. I had a nice time going to the library this morning. They didn't have any regular learn-french books, so I brushed up on a Babar book that had everything in French and English. Pretty useful, actually, and the pictures and story were better than anything they write for adults. :P
Now that I'm done with all of Jane Austen's full novels, maybe I should try to rank them in order of my preference.
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Mansfield Park
3. Emma
4. Sense and Sensibility
5. Persuasion
6. Northanger Abbey
I'm not certain about that ranking of Persuasion. It had -by far- the best declaration of love, but my memory is fogged by whether I liked the movie. I just watched S&S and really loved it, Persuasion has not had a big-budget treatment, so it wasn't as prettily done as the others. Since I mentioned it, I'll rank the movie versions as well (I have not seen any films of Northanger Abbey)
1. Mansfield Park
2. Sense and Sensibility
3. Emma
4. Pride and Prejudice
5. Persuasion
My ranking of Pride and Prejudice surprises even myself. Everyone adores it so much, but I don't remember being completely enthralled by it. I stand by my rankings.... for now.
8.08.2002
In Auburn
Listening to... my mom play Fur Elise
Feeling... good
Well, I've been a bad girl and haven't even thought about my blog this week. I'm at home on a slow computer though, so I should be forgiven. This has been a week of good news. I got an A in Inorganic Chemistry and the lab. I was completely shocked, I barely let myself hope for that. I also got the lab job (Kanfer and Ackerman's) for which I did let myself hope. Yay!!! This is all very exciting.
Also very exciting is I saw my older sister graduate from Auburn on Monday. I watched all of the PhD students (not including her) get their academic "hoods" put on by their dean. I got a warm/happy feeling about it, I'm very psyched about grad school now. I just hope I can get through it without feeling disillusioned. This guy who knew the counselors this summer and was an ME grad student was talking about not walking at his master's ceremony. I remarked on how much work goes into it, and how he should walk and he replied "It depends on how disillusioned you feel once the degree is done." Hmm...
I'm also almost done with my last Jane Austen book-- Sense and Sensibility. It isn't my favorite, but it's good. I guess that's all the updates I can think of.
Listening to... my mom play Fur Elise
Feeling... good
Well, I've been a bad girl and haven't even thought about my blog this week. I'm at home on a slow computer though, so I should be forgiven. This has been a week of good news. I got an A in Inorganic Chemistry and the lab. I was completely shocked, I barely let myself hope for that. I also got the lab job (Kanfer and Ackerman's) for which I did let myself hope. Yay!!! This is all very exciting.
Also very exciting is I saw my older sister graduate from Auburn on Monday. I watched all of the PhD students (not including her) get their academic "hoods" put on by their dean. I got a warm/happy feeling about it, I'm very psyched about grad school now. I just hope I can get through it without feeling disillusioned. This guy who knew the counselors this summer and was an ME grad student was talking about not walking at his master's ceremony. I remarked on how much work goes into it, and how he should walk and he replied "It depends on how disillusioned you feel once the degree is done." Hmm...
I'm also almost done with my last Jane Austen book-- Sense and Sensibility. It isn't my favorite, but it's good. I guess that's all the updates I can think of.
7.30.2002
7.29.2002
Watching.... Friends starts in a couple of minutes
Feeling... ready for a concert
Weezer, weezer weezer weezer. Weezer weezer, weezer. Weezer!
Oh yeah, it's concert time. I did well enough on the final today, that I'm 99% sure I've got a B in Chem. Aww yeah. I/O just isn't scaring me. I hope it goes well, my only study time is tomorrow 8-11 before the test. Naughty, naughty...
Feeling... ready for a concert
Weezer, weezer weezer weezer. Weezer weezer, weezer. Weezer!
Oh yeah, it's concert time. I did well enough on the final today, that I'm 99% sure I've got a B in Chem. Aww yeah. I/O just isn't scaring me. I hope it goes well, my only study time is tomorrow 8-11 before the test. Naughty, naughty...
7.28.2002
Watching... Bridget Jones
Feeling... studious
Sometimes I get these weird patches of extremely sensitive skin on my arms. Right now it really bothers me to brush my upper left forearm. Just wanted to mention that for some reason, maybe someday I'll figure out what triggers that.
Weezer is tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, though not so much as when The Strokes were opening (injury in the band forced them to cancel). I guess I ought to go back to the study area. I've taken over the living room, there's no room for anyone else. It's not so selfish though, Lauren is in Germany until later this week and Victoria is never here. Just being in there feels 10% productive, sitting in the study chair feels 20% productive, holding papers or having a book in my lap feels at lest 60% productive. Who needs real study time? I will feel productive for the whole day, while working only maybe a third of the time. I will feel less happy about this in eight or nine hours, but for now it's lovely.
Feeling... studious
Sometimes I get these weird patches of extremely sensitive skin on my arms. Right now it really bothers me to brush my upper left forearm. Just wanted to mention that for some reason, maybe someday I'll figure out what triggers that.
Weezer is tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, though not so much as when The Strokes were opening (injury in the band forced them to cancel). I guess I ought to go back to the study area. I've taken over the living room, there's no room for anyone else. It's not so selfish though, Lauren is in Germany until later this week and Victoria is never here. Just being in there feels 10% productive, sitting in the study chair feels 20% productive, holding papers or having a book in my lap feels at lest 60% productive. Who needs real study time? I will feel productive for the whole day, while working only maybe a third of the time. I will feel less happy about this in eight or nine hours, but for now it's lovely.
7.27.2002
7.26.2002
Listening to... some random song on the Tech Channel
Feeling... a little tipsy
Ehh, I thought I felt like posting, but now I'm not so sure. I had a beer with a light dinner, which has left me feeling tipsy and sleepy... I know if I go to bed now I won't get back up until tomorrow... This would be bad, I really have to study. Blah... Mmmm, the thought of curling up in bed and wallowing away the evening is really appealing... Can I afford to lose tonight's study time? I don't have any time Monday to study for I/O. I have camp 2:30-5 (I wish she hadn't scheduled me then) and then a Weezer concert which I'll need to depart for by at least 7:00. Yuck! I think I may have convinced myself though, I'll grab my I/O book and try to take advantage of this brief feeling of motivation.
Feeling... a little tipsy
Ehh, I thought I felt like posting, but now I'm not so sure. I had a beer with a light dinner, which has left me feeling tipsy and sleepy... I know if I go to bed now I won't get back up until tomorrow... This would be bad, I really have to study. Blah... Mmmm, the thought of curling up in bed and wallowing away the evening is really appealing... Can I afford to lose tonight's study time? I don't have any time Monday to study for I/O. I have camp 2:30-5 (I wish she hadn't scheduled me then) and then a Weezer concert which I'll need to depart for by at least 7:00. Yuck! I think I may have convinced myself though, I'll grab my I/O book and try to take advantage of this brief feeling of motivation.
Watching... Beautiful Mind until stupid GTCN screwed up and turned it off
Feeling... not good, I have a headache and really want Mexican
I was almost suckered into a four year magazine subscription today. My two year subscription to Mademoiselle finally ran out. Man, I hated that... a monthly reminder of what a pushover I was that one stupid day. Anyway, I got this postcard that was really cryptic. I thought for sure I was calling in to be talked to about Jesus, instead they told me I was entered in some big prize drawing. Then somehow, she signed me up for three magazines based on my saying that my preference in magazines was "news". I am sooooo glad I wised up suddenly and got out of it. Tricky, tricky...
Feeling... not good, I have a headache and really want Mexican
I was almost suckered into a four year magazine subscription today. My two year subscription to Mademoiselle finally ran out. Man, I hated that... a monthly reminder of what a pushover I was that one stupid day. Anyway, I got this postcard that was really cryptic. I thought for sure I was calling in to be talked to about Jesus, instead they told me I was entered in some big prize drawing. Then somehow, she signed me up for three magazines based on my saying that my preference in magazines was "news". I am sooooo glad I wised up suddenly and got out of it. Tricky, tricky...
7.24.2002
Watching... Gosford Park
Feeling... indecisive
I've been majorly indecisive lately, and tonight is no exception. The counselors are hanging out as usual, but I'd rather stay home and finish my movie. On the other hand, I would like to see a few of the counselors. I don't know if hanging out with them is worth dealing with the others.
Last night only five of us turned up for a movie night. Four of them played spades while I watched a movie. I have never encounter such a rude bunch of people. At least not in people I thought were friends. I don't like playing spades, and they know this, but I can't imagine I would ever play a game that excluded only one person in a party. They could've at least asked if I wanted to play. OR when I blatantly complained at the end of one game and before they began a second game, they wouldn't even switch games. Megan insisted that she didn't want to play any of the other games. Grrrr!!!! I can't believe there are such inconsiderate people. Well, I guess I can.
Feeling... indecisive
I've been majorly indecisive lately, and tonight is no exception. The counselors are hanging out as usual, but I'd rather stay home and finish my movie. On the other hand, I would like to see a few of the counselors. I don't know if hanging out with them is worth dealing with the others.
Last night only five of us turned up for a movie night. Four of them played spades while I watched a movie. I have never encounter such a rude bunch of people. At least not in people I thought were friends. I don't like playing spades, and they know this, but I can't imagine I would ever play a game that excluded only one person in a party. They could've at least asked if I wanted to play. OR when I blatantly complained at the end of one game and before they began a second game, they wouldn't even switch games. Megan insisted that she didn't want to play any of the other games. Grrrr!!!! I can't believe there are such inconsiderate people. Well, I guess I can.
7.22.2002
Listening to... The Last Song I Will Ever Write About a Girl- The Ataris
Feeling... naughty, I should be at the radio station right now.
Well, I guess I'm not being good about this, I missed two days of blogging. I did have a good excuse though, I went home on Saturday and the comp at home is really slow. I thought about the blog once while online but it takes so long to do anything, I guess I forgot about it while waiting for other stuff to load.
I was going to have an Austen film fest this weekend, but Hastings back home did not cooperate and the only Austin film they had (and that was in) was Persuasion. This one had not been recommended to me, probably because it is a pretty minor movie, and not very good. It just wasn't "pretty." On the upside, my sister had Emma, so I did get two films in. Emma was much better, and the people and scenery were prettier. Gwyneth Paltrow was not the Emma I envisioned, but I guess until I become a famous casting director, I can't complain. They did a good job of capturing the bulk of the story, without dumbing it down. Persuasion, on the other hand, assumed you had read the book and knew what was going on. I have read the book recently, but anyone else would've been completely lost. They really needed an internal dialogue for Anne or a narrator.
Play MASH online
Funny little diversion... I always play MASH to pass the time when classes get unbearably boring. I found an online version today though, which saves the trouble of pen and paper. I'm glad laptops are not widely used in the classroom, or I would never listen in class. I would just play online.
I saw a guy in my I/O psyc class with a laptop playing old-skool Mario Bros. during the lecture. It was almost as distracting for me as it was for him and his friend. I don't know how people like me will learn when class gets completely integrated online. It's bad enough that some profs want me to just make notes on print outs of their Power Point presentations. I learn by writing, so when notes are ancient history, I'll be lost. I think I'm far enough along that I can get stuck in my ways without too many consequences. Am I an old enough dog to refuse to learn new tricks?
Feeling... naughty, I should be at the radio station right now.
Well, I guess I'm not being good about this, I missed two days of blogging. I did have a good excuse though, I went home on Saturday and the comp at home is really slow. I thought about the blog once while online but it takes so long to do anything, I guess I forgot about it while waiting for other stuff to load.
I was going to have an Austen film fest this weekend, but Hastings back home did not cooperate and the only Austin film they had (and that was in) was Persuasion. This one had not been recommended to me, probably because it is a pretty minor movie, and not very good. It just wasn't "pretty." On the upside, my sister had Emma, so I did get two films in. Emma was much better, and the people and scenery were prettier. Gwyneth Paltrow was not the Emma I envisioned, but I guess until I become a famous casting director, I can't complain. They did a good job of capturing the bulk of the story, without dumbing it down. Persuasion, on the other hand, assumed you had read the book and knew what was going on. I have read the book recently, but anyone else would've been completely lost. They really needed an internal dialogue for Anne or a narrator.
Play MASH online
Funny little diversion... I always play MASH to pass the time when classes get unbearably boring. I found an online version today though, which saves the trouble of pen and paper. I'm glad laptops are not widely used in the classroom, or I would never listen in class. I would just play online.
I saw a guy in my I/O psyc class with a laptop playing old-skool Mario Bros. during the lecture. It was almost as distracting for me as it was for him and his friend. I don't know how people like me will learn when class gets completely integrated online. It's bad enough that some profs want me to just make notes on print outs of their Power Point presentations. I learn by writing, so when notes are ancient history, I'll be lost. I think I'm far enough along that I can get stuck in my ways without too many consequences. Am I an old enough dog to refuse to learn new tricks?
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