College Confidential

2006-10-19T12:08:00.000-04:00

I think this little account of my life has about run its course. I've realized that I don't need to let strangers know what I'm thinking, feeling, doing, etc. My distaste for the Internet, which was already strong, has grown exponentially and nearly everything I see here makes me cringe. I supposed it's not the best idea to retreat into my own little world, but for the time being I feel it's what

2006-08-29T22:40:00.000-04:00

Today was my first day of classes. It was definitely the most chaotic first day of classes I can remember. Well, maybe the first day of junior high was worse. Probably. I seriously do not recall USF being so extremely crowded. Did they admit like 10,000 extra people or something? The past two years I've never had problems with parking, etc. Today, though, today first of all I almost hit a guy on

2006-08-18T20:52:00.000-04:00

Tampa is dead to me. I mean seriously, the last public place I could stand to go is closing. So sad. I don't think more condos are going to contribute to the propagation of auteurism and foreigh film appreciation. Don't get me wrong; I hate Hyde Park, SoHo and their false sense of whiteuppermiddleclasssecurity but I love me some SUNRISE CINEMAS. Why don't they just convert the Armory into condos

2006-08-16T21:40:00.000-04:00

What I bought today at Sound Exchange (amongst other things). Definitely one of my better purchases. I've been into electronic music for as long as I can remember and Kraftwerk, obviously, is some of the best and most original. I was lucky to find it on vinyl. A good trip to the record store always makes me happy.

2006-08-14T00:44:00.000-04:00

"Will you kiss me again so I can pretend we're kissing for the first time Because when we kissed for the first time I was distracted. I couldn't believe it was true that I was truly really finally kissing you. Will you hug me again so I can pretend we're embracing for the first time. Cause when you held me for the first time I lost my senses. I couldn't believe it was real Inside I was laughing

2006-08-09T20:23:00.000-04:00

Well, damn. I'm that much closer to graduation. I'm anticipating an A in Fem Film Theory, toss up between an A and B in Africana Studies and I know I got an A in Human Sexual Beh. I got a 98 on the final, without studying. That's kind of depressing. Why can't I know a lot about things that you can actually hold conversations with normal people over?Africana Studies was my favorite class this term

2006-08-04T20:49:00.000-04:00

My sista came back today. Hooray, some semblance of normalcy has been restored to my life. Not to mention, all the dishes in the sink have been washed. Slowly, but surely, my life is returning to its better state.She brought me the Velvet Underground on vinyl and a Nick Hornby novel.I'm glad she's back.

2006-08-03T17:12:00.000-04:00

I love it when I have weird coincidental things happen to me. They have been happening a lot lately. I watched a movie the other day for class called Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan). It was about a prostitute and her struggles in the London underworld scene. Today I was standing in line at the library to get a movie from the reserve desk and this guy randomly came up to me and asked me if I knew of any

2006-08-01T20:38:00.000-04:00

I know nobody cares about Korea anymore now that the situation in Lebanon has proven to be more interesting, but my boy was in the DMZ when everything happened, so it was cause for a bit of concern.My mom and I were talking about the end of the world, etc because of all the political stuff that has been happening and the bad weather and whatnot. I'm not religious, obviously, but I really do think

2006-07-29T23:24:00.000-04:00

HezbollahHizbollahHezbullahHezballahWhy have I seen this spelled differently in ever single newssource I've looked at? This has been confusing me since the fighting broke out. Prior to about two weeks ago, I only ever saw it spelled "Hezbollah" but now everyone seems to have their own version. Are they all the same? I'm so confused.

2006-07-29T11:37:00.000-04:00

I got a back-to-college advertisement in the mail from a bed and bath store. Man, I miss those days. Sure I'm still in college but the easy, breezy days of extra-long twin sheets and plastic shower caddies are long over. Now, I have everything I could possibly need in my very own dollhouse and I don't have to carry my shampoo around with me, for fear of someone stealing it out of the bathroom.

2006-07-27T19:10:00.000-04:00

So I read in the paper today that you have to get a permit from the City in order to cut potentially dangerous tree branches off trees in your yard. The City, however, can demand that you cut your grass whenever they feel that it needs it. I <3 Tampa. And I really do mean less than 3. Most people I know would agree that Tampa gets maybe 1 out of 5 stars. It just doesn't stack up to other

2006-07-25T19:57:00.000-04:00

Well, it was a decent weekend. Decent in that I managed to get out of bed both days and do stuff instead of sleeping all day. Friday night, me and Heather went out to the Hub with some friends. Saturday we woke up early and drove to Bradenton to go to the beach, only to get caught in a terrible rainstorm. We went to the outlet mall in Ellenton instead but, you know, it just wasn't the same.

2006-07-19T18:00:00.000-04:00

I've been thinking about my college experiences a lot lately because, well, barring any unforeseen catastrophes, I'll be done in 5 months. I think it's safe to say I'll escape the summer term easily enough. Fall won't be any worse than this past spring. Then I will have a BA in basically nothing. 3.5 GPA, 3.5 years, 3 schools and I'm out. I can honestly say, if I could do it all over I would do

2006-07-18T18:48:00.000-04:00

I feel like I should write something about the Israel/Lebanon conflict but I don't know what to say other than "someone should do something about this shit"...Yes, that's how they teach us to speak in college. Especially colleges such as Yale.Oh well.I have a midterm tomorrow. Yay, I'm half-way done slogging through this long, hot summer. Only 3 and a half more weeks of boredom, lonely nights in

2006-07-16T12:20:00.000-04:00

I watched a very intriguing documentary last night, called The Devil's Playground. I can't say for sure that it was 100% accurate because the situations it described seemed inconceivable to me but who knows. It was about Amish teenagers. I've always been interested in exclusive religions, especially the Amish and I've been to the Amish parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania several times. Anyways, when

2006-07-13T18:38:00.000-04:00

I watched Transamerica for a class assigment. It was amazing. I really liked it. It didn't have any of the usual "camp" found in a lot of GLBTQ cinema (note: I am not an expert on gay/lesbian film by ANY means...I'm trying to make a point using what very little knowledge I have). For example, I watched Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto a while ago and while it was touching and funny, it was also

2006-07-09T21:08:00.000-04:00

Another wasted weekend. Actually, I lie. 5 hours or so yesterday weren't wasted, as I went out to eat and watched a movie with Heather and Ryan. Other than that, it's been sleep, eat read, repeat. It's getting so hard for me to even get out of bed on the weekends. I just don't see the point unless I'm doing something with someone else. I'm no fun alone, that's for sure.I want to go visit mom and

2006-07-04T19:46:00.000-04:00

Well, the first day of classes was ok. I think I'll be able to manage all my coursework ok. I got all my reading done for the first day. Human Sexual Behavior is a joke. Everything I read in the first three chapters of the book, I already knew. Oh, and everyone in there is a Freshman and they are all immature. I wish they had an upper-level section of that class for people like me who are

2006-07-02T18:49:00.000-04:00

Diana sent me this from London...interesting.Mark this weekend down as one of the worst ever. I hardly even got out of bed yesterday. I just have no interest in doing anything. The weather is always weird; cloudy and heavy feeling, but no rain. It gives me a headache. Blah. Summer B classes start tomorrow, so I pretty much had to get up and at least go grocery shopping so I'd have something to

2006-06-28T17:44:00.000-04:00

So my adventures on the finer side of the bay continued yesterday. I had the day off so I went to the Dali with Heather, Gina and boyfriend (her's not mine, alas--although I've already been there with mine anyways). The new exhibit is neat. Lots of Spanish artists. Then we regrouped later on and ate dinner at this place next to Jannus Landing. It just wasn't meant to be a good dinner. Here's why:

2006-06-25T18:46:00.000-04:00

I spent the Friday and Saturday bumming around St. Pete, courtesy of Heather and boyfriend (her's not mine, alas). We went to the Devil Rays game Friday night, watched Wedding Crashers and went to the beach Saturday. It was lovely to not spend the weekend alone. I like St. Pete too. Since Heather and Gina spend most of their time there, I've been going across bay a bit more often as well. It's

2006-06-21T16:48:00.000-04:00

I finished my paper on The Last Picture Show. I don't think it is as good as my first one even though it's longer and covers more material (since I used more sources). Oh well. I hope I get an A though, because getting an A in this class would be a huge GPA boost. I'm glad the first summer term is over, even though it was very easy compared to what the next term will bring. I've been trying to

2006-06-17T18:31:00.000-04:00

Jeez, I don't know what to do with myself. I have nothing to do except laundry and a paper. The rest of the summer is going to be like this. Alone, bored, listless. I seem to recall the second half of last summer being the same way.I slept all day. Unintentionally of course. It just sort of happened.I'd write a little review Nacho Libre but I really don't feel like it. It's pretty much the same

2006-06-16T17:37:00.000-04:00

I'm writing my next paper on The Last Picture Show. I didn't mean to pick two movies about Texas but it just happened. I like The Last Picture Show and for some reason, it kept popping into my head that I should write a paper on it. It was either that or Monster's Ball...nothing else was catching my interest. I think it will be a good paper. It has to be. I want to get an A in this class.I'm

2006-06-13T00:10:00.000-04:00

Nothing means more to me than getting a good grade on a tough paper. I'm such an academic nerd. Some girls would rather be complimented on their looks, but for me, an A is 10x better. That being said, I got an A on my first of two huge papers for my current film class. The papers are our entire grade, so I'm really happy. Of course, the next one has to be just as good or better and that might be

2006-06-12T12:44:00.000-04:00

Man alive. I can't believe there is already a tropical storm out there. And on my day off!Oh well, I had enough fun this weekend to last me a while. I'm happy to just lay around in bed and listen to the rain beat the shit out of my roof. I just wish I didn't have class tonight. I am not going to want to drive anywhere at rush hour during a tropical storm/possible hurricane. USF does not cancel

2006-06-06T20:31:00.000-04:00

Grr, I don't know what's wrong with me. I've had a dull headache for like the past 4 days. I don't feel like doing anything and I had to force myself to get out of bed, even on my past few days off. Right now, I'm not at the Stills show, obviously. I'd been looking forward to it for the past month but today, when I got off work, I just came home and fell asleep. I hate this feeling. I've been out

2006-05-31T08:30:00.000-04:00

This weekend opened my eyes to a lot of things, both literally and metaphorically. It showed me what I am made of or, more accurately, what I am not made of. The plot: reunite with long, lost family members. Me and Diana headed up to the greater Jacksonville area to visit our Aunt Cathie, Uncle Bill and cousins, Kate and Lauren. Our Aunt Gail met us up there as well. I had not seen Cathie, Bill

2006-05-24T20:44:00.000-04:00

Hah. I guess I should write something. I've taken more of an interest in reading, as of late, though. Not that I didn't always like reading; I just have time to now. I've read two books since spring semester ended: Everyman by Philip Roth and Memories of my Melancholy Whores by...a Colombian author whose name I can't remember. Both deal with aging, coincidentally. I didn't choose them that way...

2006-05-12T19:40:00.000-04:00

I was browsing some local blogs and I came across some post about code violations. It made me all but cry. For those of you who don't know (or probably care) I am a struggling first time home owner. I recently had a citation put against me because of my garage roof. Admittedly, yes, it is ugly and I would love love love to fix it but I have many more pressing issues to take care of inside my

2006-05-12T18:34:00.000-04:00

I want one. Evidently, this is the new craze from the company that brought us Tomogatchis in the mid-90's. I was never allowed to have one of those because my mom said I never took care of my real pets anyways. But these things are freaking adorable.(Thanks to Joel for the heads-up)

2006-05-09T17:06:00.000-04:00

I had yesterday off from work, which was amazing, so me and Heather went to Fort DeSoto. It was soooo lovely. I miss the beach so much. The water was perfect. Clear and just warm enough to swim in comfortably. It was so nice to just lay around for a few hours and spend time with Heather. I hadn't really seen her lately in a one on one setting, so we talked a lot. We got Mexican for dinner and I

2006-05-06T20:09:00.000-04:00

Well, it's been exactly one year since I signed my life away so we had a little party last night. Doubled as a Cinco de Mayo fest and also a 21st b-day party for dear Chadwick. I'm not too sure what kind of antics went down. Corona + Tequila = not very smart. All I know is that I woke up this morning, saw that the house was in a semi-clean state and went back to sleep until 4 pm. By then I wasn't

2006-05-03T23:06:00.000-04:00

Weeee, I am 100% done with this semester. I am so proud of myself. Well, I guess I can't be until grades come in. But I'm still happy it's over. I turned in a 12 page Psych final and my Film paper today and that was it. Home free.Hung out with Domenick and Amber. Went swimming, ate pizza, general good times. It's so weird to be able to hang out and do nothing without having that nagging guilt

2006-04-29T16:42:00.000-04:00

I'm going to see Joyeux Noel tonight. It was a toss-up between that, Hard Candy and Thank You for Smoking. I'm partial to war movies. I'll see the other ones sometime. Nothing like a Christmas movie on an 85 degree April day, though. Too bad it couldn't have opened here around the holidays.I've got a major caffeine headache. Grrr. I only had coffee like 3 times this past week. That shouldn't be

2006-04-29T00:46:00.000-04:00

Non-diagetic sound...Opening credits:Free Falling--Tom PettyWaking up:I'm Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up--LCD SoundsytemAverage day:Passing By--Ulrich SchnaussFirst date:The Start of Something--VoxtrotFalling in love:Today--The Smashing PumpkinsLove scene:Such Great Heights--the Postal ServiceFight scene:Who Love's the Sun--The Velvet UndergroundBreaking up:Seeing Other People--Belle and

2006-04-28T10:25:00.000-04:00

All of the sudden, I had one of those moments where all corners of the universe collide and suddenly for about 5 seconds everything feels perfect. I had just left my last class of the semester and was getting a cup of coffee. Belle and Sebastian came through my headset everything just clicked. I love those moments. They happen so rarely.Anyways, the semester is officially over although I still

2006-04-27T03:18:00.000-04:00

Well, I came home from school last night, fell asleep at 7:30 pm and woke up just now (3 am). Good times. I don't think my sleep schedule will ever be normal again.I registered for classes this week but I didn't get everything I wanted because the Comm dept wouldn't give me a permit for Relationships on Film. :(I deserve that class. I took the pre-req for it and moreover, it's on a Saturday which

2006-04-25T20:52:00.000-04:00

Hot town summer in the city...Quite possibly the most appropriate lyrics ever written, especially with regards to Tampa. It just seems like that song was written just for our fair city. I know my first summer here in Tampa was almost a word-for-word matchup.I'm in the mood for summer. I have no summer A classes and we're rearranging the work schedule so I'll only be there 3 days a week. That

2006-04-24T21:41:00.000-04:00

Grr, I'm sick of the Internet. It causes so many problems between my friends because they no longer communicate in a normal fashion. I like the Internet. I like writing--A LOT--obviously and it's a good forum for my writing but it can't substitute face to face contact. So I'm ditching all other aspects of the Internet: Facebook, Myspace, etc.I suppose this will help my studies greatly, hehe.That

2006-04-23T20:04:00.000-04:00

We got a new kitty kat this weekend! An acquaintance had a few she needed to find homes for but I could only take one. His name is Oreo and he's black and white and very affectionate. I hope Casey doesn't beat him up too badly.I get to register for classes tomorrow. With 4 film classes and Human Sexual Behaviour, amongst other things, I don't see how the next two terms could be bad.

2006-04-21T00:31:00.000-04:00

I'll be amazed if I'm not locked away in a psych ward by the time the semester is over. My list of things keeps getting longer and longer. Summer's not going to be much fun either. I wish for, once, I could have a typical fun college summer. Be a counselor at a sleepaway camp in the Berkshires or work in a national park, like Aaron is doing. Speaking of the Berkshires, my parents are moving again

2006-04-18T01:06:00.000-04:00

I have 13 papers, essays, tests, finals or projects to do by finals week. Half of them at least are due by midweek next week. Having 5 classes has finally caught up to me.I also have to buy a formal dress by Friday. We won't get into why right now. I just know that a) clothing is expensive b) it never fits me properly and c) I have no time to go shopping between now and then.I just realized my

2006-04-15T16:23:00.000-04:00

Well, the party last night wasn't quite worth sleeping all day today to recover from it, but that's what happened anyways. Actually, I got up at the crack of dawn to go do my taxes. Whooo procrastination. I used the AARP program that was at the library in Seminole Heights though and it was quick and painless. I'm getting back a ton of money...enough to easily buy a plane ticket to Europe. Too bad

2006-04-14T20:11:00.000-04:00

I guess no one wears white gloves to church on Easter sunday anymore 'cause I sure as hell couldn't find a pair today at any of the department stores or costume shops I traversed. I don't go to church, as you probably know, but tonight Aaron is having a 1950's party and I wanted some white lacy gloves to wear with my vintage-y dress and pearl necklace. Hmph. Whatever happened to class?I gave up

2006-04-13T23:16:00.000-04:00

Oh a Castle-ing we go...I'm going to hate myself tomorrow but I already hate the rest of my life right now, so why not dance/drink my cares away? I can't help it if I have class on Friday mornings.Plus, the ENTIRE gang is going to be out, so I'm pretty much being kidnapped against my will. The only thing I have to pre-game with is some leftover wine from when Grandma came to visit last week. It's

2006-04-10T21:12:00.000-04:00

Today was not a good day, not a good day at all but I won't get into that. Every day is getting harder than the last.I got an A- on my huge analysis of Wings of Desire but that was about the only thing that made it worthwhile. I have a really strange headache. I should just go to bed but I have so many things to do.

2006-04-09T12:22:00.000-04:00

The sunday mix

2006-04-08T16:20:00.000-04:00

So, extreme bitchiness aside.I got back a short paper I wrote on Aimee and Jaguar and my professor really liked it. He said my analytical skills were very good and the topic choice was original. Too bad he's not actually a film professor...but he is a person who would read movie reviews in the newspaper probably, so worse case I can always be a critic for the Times. Laugh out loud. Hah.It is

2006-04-07T17:47:00.000-04:00

I really hate my life right now. I'm totally at the low end of the dial. I despise my job...nothing new there. Things haven't been great around the house. I still haven't gotten one of my W2's, so I haven't filed my taxes yet. I have to run a 5k tomorrow and I feel like shit. I almost fainted at work today. I started crying randomly when I was driving to work, then when I was at work some

2006-04-03T17:18:00.000-04:00

Today was the most wasted day ever. I have never been so disappointed in my professors as I was today. I checked my email between work and class and saw that my first class of the day was cancelled. No big deal, since going makes me die a little each time anyways. I still had Film to look forward to. Go to Film and find out it's cancelled too. So I just gave up and went home. The way things are

2006-04-02T16:41:00.000-04:00

We didn't go to Gainesville last night because we determined "it just wasn't meant to be". I actually like it when a situation resolves itself that way. It gives you a sort of peaceful feeling knowing that you just accepted things as they were and didn't fight it. Anyways, Chad ended up not being able to go and the girl Aaron knows who we would have stayed with had a prior engagement.So I went to

2006-04-01T14:31:00.000-05:00

So, I gave my presentation at the research colloquium yesterday. It was none too impressive. I had a hard time distilling 15 minutes worth of vital arguments out of a 14 page paper. Everyone was basically like, we still like City of Angels. No one understood why it was a completely contrived, shallow imitation of Wings of Desire and how it could possibly be nothing more, given the context in

2006-03-29T23:09:00.000-05:00

I guess it's a sign of complete dorkdom that I already have my schedule for summer and fall planned out. Call me batshit INSANE but this is what I want to take:Summer:Women and FilmRelationships on FilmSocial PsychIntro to African StudiesFall:Feminist TheoryNew German CinemaHuman Sexual BehaviourSenior thesis (actually it's called Senior Seminar but I know you write one hell of a paper in there,

2006-03-28T10:08:00.000-05:00

I'm finally caught up on all my work. It really got out of control this past week. I completely forgot about the fact that I was supposed to watch Frankenstein for class and write a paper on it. Oh well. I've already seen the Golem and Dr. Caligari. Isn't that enough?Sometimes I wonder why Dr. Grieb's film classes are so easy, yet the one I have with Dr. Pauley is not only tedious but very

2006-03-25T18:35:00.000-05:00

I'd really like to know why I can't walk down the street without getting hollered at by some jerk in a passing car. I mean, it's ridiculous.I can't walk down the street wearing jeans, a buttoned up jacket and a backpack without getting harassed. I'm sick of it. I'm not even that attractive. It was in the middle of the day. Don't I have the right to be able to walk over the Kennedy Bridge from the

2006-03-23T19:16:00.000-05:00

So, last night when I came home from the coffee shop around 9:15 pm, the water wasn't working. No big surprise. I'd been waiting for the well pump to break since the day I moved in. I called a "24 hour emergency service" company, which translates to "we'll be there at lunchtime the next day", and got a message machine. So me and Diana made it through one night without water and when the repair

2006-03-22T18:01:00.000-05:00

Let me first say, I am posting at you from a coffee shop. Like I don't spend enough time in coffee shops...It's not the new St*rbucks on H-bgh and Central. I don't think that one is open yet, although I noticed the sign for it towering over the trees along 2-75 when I was driving home today. No, I am at Mirta's, the little gallery shop by UT that I was so impressed with when we went to Gasparilla

2006-03-20T19:03:00.000-05:00

I've been meaning to post this for a while...If you're not fortunate enough to be driving around at 6 am on a Monday morning listening to WMNF, then you my friend, are missing out on a great experience. See, they play Elvis Costello + the Attractions every single Monday morning around 6 am after they do the NPR news update. It reallllly helps me get my work week going. But since most of you are

2006-03-19T12:10:00.000-05:00

Because the masses demand it, haha, I shall briefly ponder things before I turn in for the day.I think I've beaten myself up more this weekend than any weekend on record. Yesterday, despite being sick I went to the beach with Heather, Jason, Amanda, Sarah and Tony. Not only that, I played a mean game of beach volleyball and now I'm sore all over.Then, despite being sick, I went to Tara's and

2006-03-18T10:03:00.000-05:00

The shotgun house across the street from me is up for sale at $170,000. Wow. It's an adorable place but still...$170,000. So that makes about 8 houses on my street that are for sale. I'm tellin' ya, folks, this is the place to be.My neighbor is moving too. Little old Spanish woman who doesn't speak a word of English but is very nice and gives me fruit and flowers when they're in season. I wonder

2006-03-17T17:47:00.000-05:00

I was reading the papers today at work (ok, so I was only reading the movie sections) and I saw that Wim Wenders has a new movie opening this week. Sweet. Of course, it's only in NY and LA right now and it may never even open here, but still. I looked it up on IMDB and it looks like it has an interesting cast and will be along the lines of Paris, Texas. I hope it opens here eventually. I haven't

2006-03-16T10:14:00.000-05:00

Just a quick note before I head off to meet my destiny...work...whatever.I think some song lyrics will express what I need to say right now. Plus, it will make less work for me in writing this post.So.It's always better on Holiday, so much better on Holiday. That's why we only work when we need the money. (Thank you, Franz Ferdinand)They warn you about killers and thieves in the night. I worry

2006-03-13T15:24:00.000-05:00

Mucho gracias to the St. Pete Times for highlighting my life on the internet.In their description, I come across as a complete floozy (love the Times regardless <3) but I should remind you that while I am a proud and responsible homeowner who will be graduating from college soon, I am also 21 and society expects me to be a binge drinker. So I have to live up to that standard just a little.Just so

2006-03-11T19:00:00.000-05:00

I am a glutton for punishment. Please engrave this on my headstone.The summer has started early, evidently. I don't just mean because of this 85 degree heat...which isn't even that bad. I mean, because of my growing disregard for responsibility, good judgement etc. Last night was a blur and today I haven't done anything besides sleep. Now I'm eating a deep-fried fish taco from Mema's just because

2006-03-08T20:48:00.000-05:00

I am truly a glutton for punishment. I've been taking on too much in the academic/professional world lately. I don't mean I've been working too much or that my classes are out of control. I guess neither is the case since a) I'm presenting a paper at a research colloquium at the end of the month and b) I entered a 5 mile (not 5k) run with people at work. The research is not done (though, since

2006-03-05T19:11:00.000-05:00

Wasn't exactly the greatest weekend on record. It had the potential but didn't make it. Friday night I hung out it Amber and Domenick and we ate spaghetti and got Ben and Jerry's. Saturday I woke up in a somewhat timely fashion and did my homework all day while I waited for a repair guy who never showed up. Big surprise there. Me and Heather went out with Jamie + boyfriend last night. Going out

2006-03-02T19:05:00.000-05:00

Well, they say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. So I guess I have the end of the month to look forward to. Ha.Yesterday was probably the weirdest day in the history of my life.The main highlights:1. Hit a mattress that was lying in the middle of 2-75 at 6:15 am.2. Met a guy randomly at the hospital who is from Merritt Island and is best friends with my uncle.3. Wrote an

2006-02-26T17:40:00.000-05:00

Diana, Dana and Me after the play. Easy to see who got the good genes in the family, eh?So I was in Merritt Island for the weekend, which means a) I didn't get a lot of sleep b) I ate way too much c) I didn't get a lot of studying done d) I saw a way off-broadway musical or e) all of the above.Too much stress for midterm time. Sleeping on an air mattress and having to try to carry on 8 different

2006-02-23T22:51:00.000-05:00

It's gunna be a late night. That's what happens when you spend the whole day at the beach and shopping with your mom. I have to write a small paper for Psych before tomorrow morning. And I'm wasting even more time now updating you on this fact.But it was a nice day. We went to Sand Key, where this strange mist settled over the beach and we really couldn't see much in the way of scenery. Then we

2006-02-20T23:59:00.000-05:00

I heard Mira Nair speak tonight. She gave a lecture at USF to a verrrrry small audience. Sometimes, I'm really ashamed of the USF community. I mean, we get some pretty world-class lecturers here and hardly anyone goes to hear them. I usually have class when the lectures take place. In fact, I had class tonight too but my professor wanted us to go anyways. Still, USF has hosted people like Jamaica

2006-02-19T20:53:00.000-05:00

I saw the new Michael Haneke movie, Cache, tonight. What can I say? It was very odd. Probably not as odd as The Piano Teacher, but almost. The tricks the camera played were fantastic and captivating. At the end of the movie, some girl asked the theatre if anyone "got it". I won't pretend to have understood it, but I saw some very strong and relevant themes that had their own message in themselves

2006-02-18T17:19:00.000-05:00

I was laying outside, reading, and I realized it was the time of the day when the sun hits things in a most appealing manner. So I took some pictures.

2006-02-17T19:57:00.000-05:00

Well, last night was one of the more interesting in recent memory. Just when I think I'm going to dry up into a heap of emo dust, someone brings out the big guns. Gina and a bunch of people were going to go to the Castle for some old-school good times, so I said "screw it" and went to. I was planning on staying an hour or two, since I had class and work today. But I stayed 'til the place closed

2006-02-16T21:34:00.000-05:00

I went over to the Gina/Heather/Tara apt collective last night, hoping to snap out of my post-Tuesday the 14th emo spell but then we watched Amelie and I started crying. Then I got mascara in my eyes and had to go to the bathroom and wash them out. I was the one who wanted to watch Amelie, even though it was probably the least appropriate situation specific movie possible. I mean, I wanted to

2006-02-15T19:40:00.000-05:00

The world clearly has something against me. I keep running into the "one(s) that got away". Ugh. I know it's not hard to do when you live in such a stifling social environment like Tampa Bay, but why does it have to happen around Valentines Day?Feb 15 is usually worse for me because I have to hear what all the people who are lovable enough to have significant others actually did on Feb 14.I wish

2006-02-14T10:46:00.000-05:00

Happy Tuesday the 14th everyone!

2006-02-13T22:38:00.000-05:00

I was assertive today and I got what I wanted. I wanted to switch my term paper topic for my LIT class, even though the prof said we absolutely could not. Well, I managed to sway the professor and now I get to write about Himmel uber Berlin vs City of Angels. Yay. I'm so excited. There will be so much room for analysis there and, well, Himmel is one of my favorite movies!I swear, the people I

2006-02-12T14:10:00.000-05:00

Haha, I just looked at the weather and realized the high today is 48. That's awesome.It's 15 with a wind chill of 0 where my mom lives. HAHAHAHAHA.She's coming to visit again next week. I wonder why.Hurricanes aside, Florida is definitely the best place to live.I've got half of my "Wicked" essay done. It's a big criticism, since I didn't know what else to write.The movie last night was very good.

2006-02-11T09:36:00.000-05:00

I have the feeling that this weekend will be the first of my major academic trials this semester: I still have to read half of "Wicked" (200+ pages) and write an analytical essay on it. Plus all my other hmwk. I do not like "Wicked" so far, at all. When I have to deal with material I don't like, I tend to procrastinate. I'm not really procrastinating with this. I'm reading it. I'm trying to throw

2006-02-09T21:52:00.000-05:00

I'm so confused about grad school. I have two sides pulling at me. Creative vs practical. If I want to keep doing what I'm doing and drift aimlessly in the vacuum of social culture, I should get an MLA in Social and Political Thought. If I want to ever grow up and get a job, I should get an MSW.I've been talking to a MSW grad student lately at the hospital and she's really encouraging of social

2006-02-08T18:49:00.000-05:00

Even when you go to school with 30,000 other people, there is still a good chance you will run into someone you know at least once a day. Today I ran into someone I didn't want to see. I had written this person off a while ago. I had moved on with my life. I knew it was bound to happen. Until he graduates, I know I'll see him at least one or two more times. It's so hard. You don't think about

2006-02-05T14:08:00.000-05:00

And one more thing...I've been meaning to post about this for a while but lately, it's become too noticeable to forget about anymore: the houses on my street.Since I moved into my house in May, there has been a lot of home selling/buying/renovating going on around my neighborhood. On my segment of street, between Nebraska and Rep de Cuba, at least 8-9 houses have either gone up for sale or have

2006-02-05T13:37:00.000-05:00

I just tried to make a resume. It's hard when you have no marketable skills. Anyone can put on a fake smile and pretend to have good customer service skills. There is nothing special about that. Not everyone can make a good cappacino, but that's a fairly superfluous skill to have. Of course, if I hadn't gotten sucked into the vacuum of the service industry at age 16, I wouldn't be worried about

2006-02-03T23:25:00.000-05:00

Ugh today was so dreary. I got rained on while walking to class. I got rained on while walking to work. I go rained on while leaving work. Umbrellas are useless. I sat in traffic around Tampa for an hour before making it home.Tomorrow is going to be jam packed. Studying and school related stuff all day. TIFF in the evening (The Ister at MOSI 3pm with a lecture to follow--it's free! Go!). And a

2006-02-02T20:03:00.000-05:00

About 3 weeks ago, I was driving on Hyde Park Ave near the Kennedy intersection, on my way to the bank. I passed a coffee shop I had never seen before called Mirta's. I stopped by later, on the weekend, but they were closed (Mirta's is closed on Sundays). It looked like a nifty place, so during my adventures at Gasparilla last weekend, I wandered in for some solitude from the thousands of drunken

2006-01-31T22:36:00.000-05:00

Today I got really depressed at work because I was thinking about how I really am not making enough money to live on and how I'll have to go into credit card debt. I didn't have anything else to think about, so it got to the point where I was about to start crying. But then...this manager from another department came in and asked me why I didn't try to get a job in his department. Someone

2006-01-29T12:31:00.000-05:00

Gasparilla was a success. We met Amber and Domenick in Hyde Park, then wandered back into Downtown (they only parked in Hyde Park because they had a free parking pass for the garage there). We watched the parade from Florida Ave. I noticed a distinct difference in the crowd in Downtown compared with Bayshore.Bayshore: Drunk, yuppies/obvious UT students staggering all over the place, being loud

2006-01-28T10:19:00.000-05:00

Pirates spotted on the Hillsborough River between Kennedy and Cass!!Well, the day has gotten off to an adventurous start and Gasparilla hasn't even really started yet. We got up early, Diana and I, and went to the library in Downtown (where I am now) to study before the festivities begin. See, I hatched this plot: park at the library, which is cheap, study for a good 4 hours or so, then walk to

2006-01-26T22:15:00.000-05:00

I think this is the only day in the history of my existence that Diana has at school longer than me. I wonder where she is anyways. I need to confer with her about the prospect of going to Gasparilla on Saturday.I'm at that point in the semester where I kind of feel like I'm suffocating. Or drowning. It's not a pleasant feeling. Every day is a battle to remember all the things I need print off

2006-01-24T22:31:00.000-05:00

My phone rang at 10:45 am. No one ever calls me before noon. I figured it was probably my sister. Nope. It was Robb. His car broke down on 2-75 and he needed a lift. I told him I didn't have to be to school until 12 pm and he was like "ok, no problem". Thing is, I was completely dressed and could have left at that moment. I had just sat down to eat breakfast/lunch and do some really not very

2006-01-23T23:16:00.000-05:00

There are about 30 songs on the computer program I use to play my music with that have NEVER been played. Meanwhile "You Trip Me Up" by the Jesus and Mary Chain is playing for the second time in an hour. Not the kind of song you want to hear more than once a week, anyways. I guess the "random" setting isn't that random. So far, "Who Loves the Sun?" by the Velvet Underground has the highest number

2006-01-22T10:39:00.000-05:00

Neurotic, desperate housewife+Controlling, confident lesbian=The greatest same-sex love affair ever set during the Battle of Berlin!Ok, now that I have THAT out of my system...I saw "Matchpoint" last night with Tara and Gina. I was very impressed. It was quite a lot to put your mind around at once, but very well done. The acting was mediocre to good on the past of lead Jonathan Rhys-Meyer, but

2006-01-21T16:13:00.000-05:00

The book I bought for my Film class from an online bookseller smells like cigarette smoke. This was not in the seller's description. Hah. I feel nauseated everytime I open the fron cover. Lovely. I watched "Aimee and Jaguar" last for an assignment. It wasn't as good as I was expecting it to be. I spent the bulk of the movie wondering if it was actually possible for a movie to consist of two

2006-01-19T22:34:00.000-05:00

I've already written two 3 page papers this week and a third one is in progress. Another one will be done on Saturday. I've written more in the first two weeks of this semester than I did all last semester. It's nice to sit down and analyze things though.I've got to write a critique of "Aimee and Jaguar" too. I forgot about that. I guess I'll do that tomorrow night, since I have to return the

2006-01-17T22:00:00.000-05:00

Byproduct of the weekend.Am I in a karaoke bar or pay-by-the-hour hotel? You decide. And who are those weird guys?Argh. I'm at the low end of the dial again, otherwise I'd write more. Weekend was decent. Karaoke, Dali Museum, movies with Ambenick (that's Amber and Domenick). Pretty lowkey. Spent Monday lying in bed and watching movies while half-heartedly reading for class and writing astute

2006-01-14T09:28:00.000-05:00

Well, it's been a while. I've been busy in a good way. It's so awesome to not have to work all the time and to be able to come home, not exhausted, in the evenings and read.Tuesday night I had my AFA class, which I think is going to be really interesting. I liked the way the professor structured the class and that's half of what makes a class good or bad, the other half being subject material. It

2006-01-09T23:11:00.000-05:00

Quite a day. It's nice to be in class again. I worked from 6:30 am-12 pm. Then I got my eyebrows waxed. Amazing. Why has it taken me so long to figure out that this is monumentally better than plucking? Anyways, then I went to class: Issues in Feminism, first up. The prof hardly speaks English but seems intelligent enough. I figure, I know a lot about feminist theory already and I know how to

2006-01-07T22:32:00.000-05:00

I saw "Brokeback Mountain" at the Tampa Theatre with Tara tonight. We wanted to go last night but it was sold out. We also got dinner and looked slick walking the streets of downtown. All in all, a nice evening. But anyways, about the movie.Aside from being very sad on several different fronts, I found it to be a bit heavy-handed. I chalk this up to viewer expectation, though. I saw the preview