21 January 2008 - Volver
I can't believe it's a new semester! I'm actually really excited. I'm taking three film classes and a linguistics class. Also, and this might have been me, but I want to think at everyone wants to take some super obscure class during college cause it's super obscure and then you're like, hell yeah I know all about the immigration and emigration patterns of Honduras and El Salvador during World War II. Now, if ever you want to know about Film, Literature, and the Strategies of Freedom of East Central Europe with an emphasis on Hungry, Poland and Czechoslovakia from 1960 - 1990, I'm your man (or at least I will be by the end of this semester).

This week has been pretty stress free, which is really nice. We haven't really had a lot of work yet, so it's been a relaxing three day weekend. Definitely the biggest news though is that it snowed!!! I know! I was really excited. My roommate got pissed off and couldn't understand why I was walking outside in the snow, which was ruining his car. He was upset. I was ecstatic. I have never lived in a place where it snows. Sure, I've been skiing, and I love it, but there you expect it to snow. So, it was really exciting for me...even if I realized very shortly that my clothes and dress were not anywhere near warm enough for snow. Who cares? I could go on and on about this, but apparently everyone here hates snow and it's kind of taken me off the high horse I was on.

There's not much else going on. Winter Break was fun. I went skiing in Tahoe. It was nice to ski, but it was really bad. There hadn't been new snow in weeks and it was all icy and rocky. I actually kind of ruined my skis and it made me sad. I also cross country skied for the first time ever, which was fun, but really challenging. It didn't help that my mom and I didn't have a map, so we ended up going on a nine mile loop that we hadn't planned on. Needless to say, we were extremely tired after that. It was also hard because my mom was complaining the whole time - which she said wasn't complaining, but concern. Whatever it was, coupled with the fact that I felt really lost, it did not help. Everything became a lot better when we got lunch afterward, which I started off with a huge slice cinnamon coffee cake. It hit the spot. Anyway, now I'm back, hence my title, which also serves as an homage to my man, Pedro Almodovar.

I am just about to watch American Beauty. I read the script today for my scriptwriting class, and was reminded why I love that film. It is definitely in my top ten films of all time. Probably top five. I don't really know, since I've never made an official list. I just think that it's a very beautiful and an extremely insightful look on life. Every time I watch it, I'm moved to tears. Annette Benning is amazing and while I love Hilary Swank, I honestly feel like she was snubbed by the Academy. Also, that would have made American Beauty the fourth movie to win the major five, and frankly, it deserves it. And if you're reading this, and you disagree, you are entitled to your opinion, even if it's wrong. That's it, American Beauty and I must be reunited, so I have to go. Hope everyone is having a good January and had a great break.

28 November 2007 - Crunch Time!!!
So the time between Thanksgiving and Winter Break is definitely "make it work time" - please someone get my Project Runway reference and make me feel slightly better about watching too much TV. We literally only have 3 weeks left of classes till finals, which is both exciting and scary, because that means that finals are way too close! Oh well, the best thing to do is to stay calm and then freak out at reading day and blockade yourself in the library...not that I would ever do that...

Well, I hope everyone had a better Thanksgiving Break than me. I was sick. The whole time. I got on the plane and had a sore throat and a fever which eventually became the flu. In fact, I didn't even leave my house for more than 15 minutes.

Thanksgiving itself was really fun too. I couldn't stay awake and was falling asleep at the table. I also couldn't swallow anything thanks to my sore throat, which brought on a lot of fun somewhat behind my back remarks about me being potentially anorexic. I'm not kidding, my grandmother and aunt are rather opinionated and suck at whispering, so I could hear them easier from the other end of the table. It all culminated in everyone eating my favorite desert - an apple crisp. So I called it a night and went back to watch Seinfeld. I plowed through through Seinfeld episodes like no one's business. I got in most the classics too - The Backwards Episode, The Close Talker, The Soup Nazi, Festivus, The Bubble Boy and of course The Contest. Sadly, I did not get to enjoy one of my favorite traditions of being home, which is my parents taking me out to dinner and the movies, because I stayed like an infected mess in my room. It was not fun. I'm still really tired and it's still not fun. My suggestion is don't get sick while you're in college. It totally gets in the way of work and life.

Anyway, I'm going to go attempt to reclaim some energy and get in a nap, which I've needed since an hour after waking up (and yes, I admit that's totally pathetic). Hopefully I'll be back in shape for the weekend because I haven't seen any of my friends since getting back from Thanksgiving break. Nap time :-).

Masalaam!