Boy, you're just a stupid bitch and girl, you're just a no good dick.

I am once again, completely blanking as far as things to write about. Especially things that ANYONE will find entertaining. If only there was something epic I could do right now. Something as epic as a drunken Adam lift...






I was going to postpone writing this until I'd finished watching a movie I started today, but it has now been several many hours since I started, and I have not yet watched any more of said movie. Also, I have to go to bed. Today will be a sad, short post, but here are a few visually appealing or interesting shots from so far:




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And When I See You, I Really See You Upside Down

Transatlanticism is just the greatest......

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I am so dead tired.

So this blog experiment is just not very entertaining so far. So I'm going to start incorporating talking about movies and actors some. Hopefully not to the point of being a review blog, but more so pointing out interesting facets or things I think are neat.

And since I'm too tired to be witty for very long, if at all tonight, I shall make this brief.

I watched a movie over the summer while sitting in my basement, bored. And I ended up really liking it. The movie was:
STARRING

Josh Hartnett -------------------------------- and Radha Mitchell


And if memory serves, it was very good. It's about two people with Asperger's Syndrome who are in a support group and meet and fall for each other. But they can barely cope with their own syndromes, much less each other's, so difficulties arise.
So there's a lot of great acting. really great acting. and wonderful wardrobe, especially on Radha's part. And she's really pretty.
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AAAAAND the daily screen:

I Just Find It Amusing That You Came From Somewhere

Ok! Brief pre-blog catch up.

Movies I've watched today:

The Public Enemy -------------------Grosse Pointe Blank



The Public Enemy (No, not Public Enemies) was decent for an early 30s gangster film. And Grosse Pointe Blank was awesome! Yet another wonderfully quirky Cusack film. 4 Stars for the first and 5 for the second.

Next on my list to watch: -------------------->



Which I have seen, and can already tell you is definitely a 5-star movie.








Also, Lauren just showed me this:

And I thought How cool! An orange T-shirt!

:::Gold Stars for Reference Recollection!:::







And lastly in the catch-up is the fact that I'm blogging in order to delay the beginning of my studying for a psych exam tomorrow. So it might end up being a long post depending on whether or not some sense of responsibility wells up inside me within the next hour...
Anyway
Let's talk about a few things. Starting today with:


Facebook LATELY
What the shit happened to the streamlined, cleaner flow of New Facebook??? EVERY SINGLE element that was supposed to make our lives easier has Turned On Us.
We'll start at CHAT because it's the most obvious issue and everybody is beginning to realize that it's becoming completely unusable. Like how earlier today when I opened a chat and typed a greeting to someone and facebook opened 4 more chat windows with the same person, none of which loaded properly, and then the whole thing just stopped working all together.

Also, last week, Facebook told me every hour of every day that I had a group invite. An invite that, every timed it was clicked, did absolutely nothing. And it was driving me crazy!

Earlier today, when I got on facebook after class and had 6 notifications, and I was like "Oh yes. Something awesome happened." So I clicked the

(except with a 6!) And lo and behold! 5 of the 6 notifications were the exact same event. reported 5 times... wtf



And then this thing... that has been on my nerves for about a month now. I don't know if anyone else's does this. But when I'm at my news feed and new information comes up so I click that little "Show # new posts" clicky, it does show me the new info. BUT THEN if I refresh the page, they are gone and we've gone back to the previous news feed. And if I refresh again, They're BACK!!! And then if I refresh again, they're goooooneeeee. And so on and so forth back and forth like that and I hate it.

I'm sure you all have your own facebook qualms and I would love to hear about them. But I am moving onto today's Positive.


<----- THIS GIRL











Don't worry, this won't just be a long, affectionate listing of her awesome qualities

-like how she's an amazing actress

-and how she's marrying my favorite singer/lyricist

-and how beautiful she is

-and how great 500 Days of Summer was


But instead, I'm actually going to state my valid opinions on the subject of Zooey. Opinions on when I love her in movies, and when I'm merely favorable toward her.

The thing about Zooey is that people see her as this sort of loopy, charming, goofy girl. She goes for the cute demeanor moreso than the sexy. (Not to say she's not sexy, but definitely more cute.) But people see that side of her and decide to put her in roles that fit it, but that also don't take the acting all that deep. SUCH AS:

Trillian in Hitchhiker's Guide ---------------------- DG in Tin Man

Allison in Yes Man ---------------------- and Alma in The Happening

While I still love Zooey in these roles, I don't think they really capture her true acting spirit. She can (especially in Tin Man) take on an expressionless tone and become a strange character who doesn't seem to fit perfectly when she's placed in a ridiculous role.

and ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM are the roles where the director realizes when Zooey can really just hit the audience hard and unexpectedly. Instead of using those big blue eyes to be whimsical and goofy, she uses them to pierce. Pools of passion and emotion.

Especially as:

Noel in All the Real Girls -----------------and Summer in (500) Days of Summer

She is absolutely phenomenal in both of those movies, both of which are in my top 5 movies ever. So watch them and watch her.

I would like to note, however, that I LOVE Zooey as a goofier character if she isn't in a lead role.

Kit in Failure to Launch -------------------- and KAT (How cool is that?!) in Weeds


OK THAT WAS EPIC PROCRASTINATION AND I HAVE TO STOP!!! GOODNIGHT!

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Necessary Second Daily Post

BRAVEHEART

WAS

AWESOME

I Knew Not Wrong From Right 'Til First I Saw You

This was a good weekend.

The first of an epic month as well. Because - next weekend is We The Living where TONS of people I know will be gathering to see an awesome band. Followed by... well I guess the next weekend is nothing crazy-awesome, but there are some good parties going on. Then Lauren comes up to our fair state the next weekend. and thenn.... well not long after comes Halloween, which just sounds like it's going to be insane.
I just need a job to fund my fun...

So let's talk about
for a minute, because it's most of what I've been spending my time on these last few days. (Well... that and drinking a lot. And some other awesome stuff)




Seriously though, is there anything more satisfying than

and
????????

---Well maybe
That's all I really have to say on the subject.

And now for a list of movies I have to see... urgently

- District 9
- Inglorious Basterds
- 500 Days of Summer (again)
- 9
- Braveheart
- Zombieland

I really stopped seeing movies at the end of summer. failtastically

That's it for now. Kind of all over the place today.

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'Cause the Spaces Between My Fingers Are Right Where Yours Fit Perfectly

Last night at Chasers I got two free shots, a free T-shirt, and a free shot glass/necklace. All I had to do was dance like an idiot and say I loved the hot waitresses who were giving us all this stuff. What a deal.

Anyway

Today is Saturday and I'm being useless as usual. My Gears of War kill count is above 1400 and I slept for over 8 hours, but those are really my only "accomplishments" for the day.

Two days ago was Thursday, though. And Thursday I became a productive entity. I woke up at friggin' like 8am and went to class for a couple hours. And then I headed straight for a library because I don't have a proper word processor on my newly reformatted computer. So whilst there I typed up this research paper abstract for my next class and then went to that class. And then I think I did some dishes and ate before my psych power lecture. Thursdays are rough. So then it was 4:00 and I began my excursion to cover Madison is We The Living fliers. Which was successful. Every kiosk in the State St/Langdon/Memorial Union/Humanities now holds at least a couple fliers. As well as some recycling bins in Humanities and light posts along Park. So yeah. I was dead tired Thursday night, but I drank me a few Smithwicks' anyway because no class on Friday is so great.



WELL that's the boring reciting a list of events part of the blog.
Let's highlight a particular subject from all of that:
"I typed up this research paper abstract for my next class and then went to that class"
Last minute assignment completion. Extreme procrastination. A complete disregard of reading assignments... And how do I still get decent/good grades every single semester?
I am the KING OF CORNER CUTTING. Also - I have a good memory and sense of logic.
If there was some sort of field I could go into for knowing what did and didn't have to get done in order to still come out with a somewhat "quality" end result while putting forth minimal effort, I'd come out of college better trained for that than anything they've actually tried to teach me. (There actually is almost certainly a job that involves all of this, but it would have to be some sort of Corporate Efficiency Analyst or something, and I'm way too lazy to do something that sounds so boring.)

So here's how to successfully cut corners.
Be mindful though, once you start, it is difficult, if not impossible, to turn back.

-Do this mostly in classes that you have no passion for and don't mind learning a minimal amount in. (As a side note, stop caring so much about learning in classes that you don't want to learn anything in. Because you need to change your mentality and stop being a "good student" who "studies" in these cases.)
-Rather than thinking about the assignment and it's boundaries as the main subject of your work, consider the person who will be evaluating your work. I usually consider my corner-cutting to be a Battle of Will with my professors.
-Stop reading your reading assignments. Seriously. If you really want to understand everything perfectly, than reading is fine. But if you want a pretty good grade, do not read more than the minimum possible. They are just going to tell you everything you just read in lecture or discussion the next day. So listen and take notes (we'll get to skipped lectures later)
-Relax and consider yourself in control of the situation. If you have faith in yourself and stop worrying so constantly about how your grades will come out, you WILL succeed mentally and academically. Stress is hurting your grades as much (if not more) than lack of effort could.
-...
I'm getting tired of writing this. And you're getting tired of reading it. But you get the picture. Small amounts of highly concentrated effort result in you having much more time for you while still maintaining grades that you can be comfortable with.

THEN

We're going out for Das Boot tonight and I have to figure out the bootheel bubble trick quick so I don't spill on myself like a n00b.





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Cause I Get 1000 Hugs from 10,000 Lightning Bugs

It's Friday and I figure I shouldn't be posting much later than 8 or 9 on a Friday...


That being said, I've been playing Gears of Way ALL DAY. And it's tiring me out before anything even happens tonight (I should drink drinks with caffeine I suppose). But despite it being 7:30 now, "All DAY" has only been a little over 6 hours so far. So I've got a ways to go.

Let's be topical and talk about drinking. The location and medium of drinking in particular.
Honestly, I feel like 90% of the time I get a much better buzz and become a much more energetic and fun drunk when the majority of my drinking takes place NOT in a large party atmosphere. I'm most comfortable and prone to awesome drunkenness when I'm in a small group, preferably as small, awesome bars or doing something thoroughly entertaining in someone's place of living.

Recent examples include:
-Going to Wando's and Red Shed with Nick, Ashley, Kristin and Jake
-Lemon with Caitlin, Marie and Amanda and then the Black Rose was REALLY awesome!

:( those are the only recent examples I have. Obviously I don't do this often enough.



But you get the point. Large, crazy parties are not my scene. I am neither good at approaching people nor dancing. Not to mention my wardrobe (not for college parties). I felt too old for the last couple parties I was at. Not better than the people there... just too old.

Really though, sometimes I am in the mood for something big and crazy. Not all that often, but sometimes I need loud and hectic party experiences.


We shall see how tonight turns out.