Tomorrow UST's Undergraduate Research Symposium begins...and I keep being told and retold how this is such an incredibly wonderful opportunity for someone my age. Apparently most people don't present at stuff like this until their Doctoral programs. I don't know how true this is--but it sounds pretty darn snazzy. On Saturday I'll be reading some poetry from my thesis "Hagridden"...everyone should go see it...10:30 am, Jerabeck 201. (Or maybe 202. I honestly don't remember. Just look for me if you go.)
Josh won a poetry competition at UH! Go Josh!
Now he finally has confidence in his poetry. :) He's been looking at it ever since he found out and marveling at its greatness. I think it's hilarious and adorable.
So in the meantime as I wait for the symposium and for April 15th (when apparently STUFF will happen and my life will change)...instead of doing the homework I need to do, I have been taking complete advantage of Josh's and my new Netflix account and all the movies you can watch INSTANTLY online. Honestly, this seems illegal. I'm just watching SO many...at least once a day! It really should be illegal.
But it's NOT illegal...tonight I watched this indie movie called "Peter and Vandy." It was heart-wrenching...I just can't get over it. The movie spans the life of a couple's relationship...how they meet, the growth, the break-up, and the reuniting. It's shot out of order, so at first you aren't sure what's going on, and you slowly have to piece everything together and put it all in order. The way that the movie leaves clues for the audience to connect the dots is brilliant, in my opinion. And you truly aren't 100% positive until the very end how it all turned out, so it's not like you figure out the trick half-way through and then just wait for it all to unfold. It was really effective. I encourage everyone to go see it--but don't if you are in a sad mood, because it will make you even sadder in some parts. But it is so worth it--so well-made. At times the couple is so awful to each other that you want to stop watching the movie...but then the way they act toward each other afterward is so amazingly real and believable that you can't stop watching. I got to the point where I felt I was in the relationship and I was questioning whether I really wanted this couple to be together or not; typically in films I have a pretty firm idea of what side I'm on. This one really muddles everything up.
I know I'm probably behind on this, but I Stumbled across this girl's blog the other night in Astronomy...and it's just too hilarious not to share: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/ I guarantee it will fix any bad mood you find yourself in. It makes me want to start doodling again...how I miss passing notes of dancing bananas and Richard Simmons with my bff Jessie.
And here's some random cute pictures I liked from weheartit.com!
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