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Spring Days
Apr. 2nd, 2007 07:12 pmSo I finally got my 300 soundtrack and holy fucking shit, have I mentioned how awesome it is? This Tyler Bates fella who did the music, I want to have his children. Holy crap. Listen to Returns a King and make me a liar. Also got the first Citizen Cope CD, and I've liked a few of his songs, but the album so far is kinda meh. I dunno, I haven't listened to the whole thing and Appetite (For Lightning Dynamite) is on it somewhere, and I know I like that one. *shrug* Gotta listen to the rest of it.
So it's been a generally awesome kind of weekend. Friday was absolutely gorgeous. So much so that, since I don't have my third class on Fridays, I decided to take a walk back in the woods. Sorry, Pat. I would have invited you but I just had to take the first walk alone--it's kind of a thing, I guess. It got cold about halfway up so I decided to not take my usual really long route, but it was just really...invigorating. I love it up there, it's always so quiet and peaceful. I did come to the conclusion while walking that I'm not completely nonreligious. I may be an atheist, but I do believe in spirituality, and that place makes me believe in the spiritual power of certain places. Like holy spots. I guess that's what the woods up there are like for me, a holy place, and that sounds really kind of ridiculous, it being so close to civilization and all, but I dunno. I just feel completely at peace when I'm alone in the trees back there.
Then that night we went to Iron Chef, which is like an on campus competition, of which Kate is a part. She was competing Friday, and it was supposed to happen at 6 I guess, but it got bumped back an hour. Which was too bad--I loved the last Iron Chef competition, when Kate made walnut soda (it's really fucking good!), and I wanted to try her food again, but then the ASIC marathon was on, so we had to leave early. Made it to the marathon, which was awesome in general. I ended up not staying the whole time, though I made it through Sing Like You Wanna Win, which is always...interesting (and just so you ASICers know, I have never, not once, in my life, ever seen even a single moment of Sailor Moon on TV. Only clips in AMVs.). Got back at 5:30 and slept till 3 I think.
Saturday, what did I do Saturday? Saturday was Kate's birthday, so Julie and I hung out in the kitchen with her while she cooked a really freaking awesome lasagna and a cake for herself. That took awhile and we chit-chatted and all that good jazz. Molly unfortunately was at a music thing. Then went to the lounge to eat and Pat showed up and there was much talking and eating and stuff. Molly showed up in time for cake, which, as I mentioned, was delicious. Then we all went to Julie's and my room and watched a few episodes of Buffy and talked a bunch more. People started trickling away afterwards and I made it to sleep at...3 I think. Lol.
Sunday was freaking busy. Got up at 1 or something and went downtown straightaway without eating anything. Ate at Collegetown Bagels, which is awesome by the way, and then started walking down Tioga street to find Fall Creek Theater. It wasn't as hard to find as I thought it might be, nor was it a very long walk. It was raining, though, which was nice but kinda put a damper on things, pun intended. I got there an hour early for the Jonestown movie so I sat in the back in a really comfy couch and listened to my iPod until people started showing up.
( Movie review below! )
After the movie there was a bit of discussion, since it was a FLEFF movie. People in the theater commented on it and talked about what had been left out, what was most interesting. Good conversation, but it ran a little long, so that it was about 6:30 when I left, right when the State Theater's doors opened for David Sedaris. So I walked back to the Commons and to the Theater and met Julie, and the two of us went in.
And let me tell you right now, if David Sedaris's essays are absolutely hilarious, then he himself--live--is utterly hysterical. He read I think three of his newest stories and they were wonderful and amazing, and I think showed a lot of maturity from his past works, just in terms of writing style and such. Not to mention the whole thing was hilarious. God, that man is awesome. Afterwards I had to run out and buy a second copy of Me Talk Pretty One Day(in hardback!!) so he could sign it. Woot! I would definitely go again if I got the chance. Can't wait till his next book comes out.
The only problem with Sunday was that I didn't really eat anything except the bagel all day until about 11, but ah well. So it goes.
Haha, Julie and I have gotten Sophia hooked not only on Ouran but on Heroes as well. We stayed up late Sunday to watch an episode of each. Hooray!
Today was another gorgeous day, and it's supposed to stay this way until Wednesday. Then it's supposed to snow. WTF?! Give me back my freaking spring!!
In terms of writing--still working on the bit piece with North, still doing a lot of thinking with Ramsey and Skye and that world, and I'm gonna get back into the Penta rewrite tonight I think. I've also been getting snippets of ideas for Mot, so I might look into that as well, though I really also have to get some reading done for my Social Movements research paper. I pretty much need to learn everything there is to know about Iran by Thursday and write some more of a rough draft. Geh.
Ack! I need to write the next chapter of my fanfic, too! It's been over a month by now, I think. Aw, man, I feel bad, but I've been so focused on other things.
But oh well. It's cool and pretty out, I have ideas and hot chocolate, and it's spring. I love it.
So it's been a generally awesome kind of weekend. Friday was absolutely gorgeous. So much so that, since I don't have my third class on Fridays, I decided to take a walk back in the woods. Sorry, Pat. I would have invited you but I just had to take the first walk alone--it's kind of a thing, I guess. It got cold about halfway up so I decided to not take my usual really long route, but it was just really...invigorating. I love it up there, it's always so quiet and peaceful. I did come to the conclusion while walking that I'm not completely nonreligious. I may be an atheist, but I do believe in spirituality, and that place makes me believe in the spiritual power of certain places. Like holy spots. I guess that's what the woods up there are like for me, a holy place, and that sounds really kind of ridiculous, it being so close to civilization and all, but I dunno. I just feel completely at peace when I'm alone in the trees back there.
Then that night we went to Iron Chef, which is like an on campus competition, of which Kate is a part. She was competing Friday, and it was supposed to happen at 6 I guess, but it got bumped back an hour. Which was too bad--I loved the last Iron Chef competition, when Kate made walnut soda (it's really fucking good!), and I wanted to try her food again, but then the ASIC marathon was on, so we had to leave early. Made it to the marathon, which was awesome in general. I ended up not staying the whole time, though I made it through Sing Like You Wanna Win, which is always...interesting (and just so you ASICers know, I have never, not once, in my life, ever seen even a single moment of Sailor Moon on TV. Only clips in AMVs.). Got back at 5:30 and slept till 3 I think.
Saturday, what did I do Saturday? Saturday was Kate's birthday, so Julie and I hung out in the kitchen with her while she cooked a really freaking awesome lasagna and a cake for herself. That took awhile and we chit-chatted and all that good jazz. Molly unfortunately was at a music thing. Then went to the lounge to eat and Pat showed up and there was much talking and eating and stuff. Molly showed up in time for cake, which, as I mentioned, was delicious. Then we all went to Julie's and my room and watched a few episodes of Buffy and talked a bunch more. People started trickling away afterwards and I made it to sleep at...3 I think. Lol.
Sunday was freaking busy. Got up at 1 or something and went downtown straightaway without eating anything. Ate at Collegetown Bagels, which is awesome by the way, and then started walking down Tioga street to find Fall Creek Theater. It wasn't as hard to find as I thought it might be, nor was it a very long walk. It was raining, though, which was nice but kinda put a damper on things, pun intended. I got there an hour early for the Jonestown movie so I sat in the back in a really comfy couch and listened to my iPod until people started showing up.
( Movie review below! )
After the movie there was a bit of discussion, since it was a FLEFF movie. People in the theater commented on it and talked about what had been left out, what was most interesting. Good conversation, but it ran a little long, so that it was about 6:30 when I left, right when the State Theater's doors opened for David Sedaris. So I walked back to the Commons and to the Theater and met Julie, and the two of us went in.
And let me tell you right now, if David Sedaris's essays are absolutely hilarious, then he himself--live--is utterly hysterical. He read I think three of his newest stories and they were wonderful and amazing, and I think showed a lot of maturity from his past works, just in terms of writing style and such. Not to mention the whole thing was hilarious. God, that man is awesome. Afterwards I had to run out and buy a second copy of Me Talk Pretty One Day(in hardback!!) so he could sign it. Woot! I would definitely go again if I got the chance. Can't wait till his next book comes out.
The only problem with Sunday was that I didn't really eat anything except the bagel all day until about 11, but ah well. So it goes.
Haha, Julie and I have gotten Sophia hooked not only on Ouran but on Heroes as well. We stayed up late Sunday to watch an episode of each. Hooray!
Today was another gorgeous day, and it's supposed to stay this way until Wednesday. Then it's supposed to snow. WTF?! Give me back my freaking spring!!
In terms of writing--still working on the bit piece with North, still doing a lot of thinking with Ramsey and Skye and that world, and I'm gonna get back into the Penta rewrite tonight I think. I've also been getting snippets of ideas for Mot, so I might look into that as well, though I really also have to get some reading done for my Social Movements research paper. I pretty much need to learn everything there is to know about Iran by Thursday and write some more of a rough draft. Geh.
Ack! I need to write the next chapter of my fanfic, too! It's been over a month by now, I think. Aw, man, I feel bad, but I've been so focused on other things.
But oh well. It's cool and pretty out, I have ideas and hot chocolate, and it's spring. I love it.
