Monday, May 01, 2006

Start of the summer...

So school's done for about a week more for me and then I start up, drumroll please, summer school. (And the crowd goes wild.) But hey, if that's what it takes for me to be able to finish school after fall semester so be it. Plus, I'm taking golf this summer, so there. I still have to work out finances for the last of my schooling, so please pray that I'll get up the gumption to go find me some more student loans. Other than that I feel good about school and I had a very good semester.

Grand Rapids is okay, but I'm ready to be in sweet home Chicago, no offense Rachel. I don't get back home nearly as much as I'd want to so it's great to have the chance to go home. I can't wait to see all the friends from the area and just be home.

What is nice is that the train ride will give me time to catch up on all of the reading that I have been slacking off on lately. I didn't get a whole lot of it done during finals week and I've brought that into this week too. Hopefully I'll smother that out and get back in the groove... like Stella.

I've seen a bunch of movies lately and will tell you what I thought.
-Thank You for Smoking... Possibly the single greatest satire that I have ever had the pleasure of laying eyes on. I now want to be a lobbyist, (don't worry I don't think that it'll last too long).
-Stick it... What can I say, I was hoping it would be so bad that it would be funny... it was just bad.
-Shopgirl... I liked it alot. It was a story about love, those that are just too afraid to go after it, and those who do go after it. It was funny, touching, and altogether good. Although that's mainly the storyline that I'm talking about here, as it was a little rough with transitions and I really wasn't feeling the slowmo when it crept up. But those are minor things and this was a good movie.
-Amelie... I've been meaning to see this movie for quite some time now, I just haven't sat down and done it. I'm like that for way too many movies. Anywayss I don't know exactly where this would fall in my list of best movies of all time, (in fact I don't know what else is on it), but Amelie is definitely going to wind up on it and towards the top. I love the story, I love the way it was done, and I loved the movie. Anyone who sees this movie would fall in love with Amelie and I am no exception. Her character is so rich and full of life that it is impossible to ignore. I don't want to tell you about the movie but I do want you to see it, so for all who haven't watch it ASAP!!!

I hate typing on laptops...

Currently Reading... Dietrich Bonhoeffer - The Cost of Discipleship
Currently Listening to... Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down Quartet - Duper Sessions