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fredericks) wrote2003-05-18 12:57 am
fredericks) wrote2003-05-18 12:57 am
It's a wrap - school and videos and random crap
School's done. No more exams, no more fretting over labs to do, no more freaking out over projects. Wow. Maybe done forever, if I don't manage to get into any grad schools. Or I find a sugardaddy [crossfingers]. Checked my grades this morning and I saw I got a C in Brain Damage. Eh, at least I didn't fail. But it's not going to help my cause at all.
I wish I knew some people into the club scene. Jo's such a stick in the mud. I know she wouldn't mind going to hip-hop clubs but I've been listening to my techno/dance mp3's almost non-stop lately. It's gotten to the point where I can actually tap to the beat as soon as Disconnected Child starts playing, instead of waiting to catch it once the guitar kicks in (that makes no sense, but whatever, trust me). Queer as Folk with its gay "thump thump thump". Ha! Such a bad influence. Hopefully during this summer I can find some people up here up for straight-up dance clubs. Hip-hop alone gets sort of tedious.
I need to start moving into the apartment. Luckily I don't start work until Thursday, so I have a few days to veg/plan for the future/watch movies.
Speaking of which, I caught a few between yesterday and today. One was My Own Private Idaho, with River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves. I'd heard so much about this movie that I thought it might be worth my while. It came off as so much pretentious film-school grad crap it wasn't even funny. No, let me retract that. The photography and cinematography weren't pretentious. Neither was the plot. The dialogue was. Some parts played like updated Shakespearean works. Ugh. I can't even describe it. I watched large portions of the movie on mute with the closed caption on. Two things I discovered during the viewing: River Phoenix was an amazing actor. Simply amazing. Riveting and subtle. It's a shame drugs had to take him from us. The second: Keanu Reeves doesn't suck. He's not great, but he doesn't suck. He just has the misfortune of being cast with people that blow him out of the water (River Phoenix, Laurence Fishburne, etc.). His "surfer boy" accent really does him a disservice, especially when you're trying to take him seriously.
Another was Goodfellas. Eh, it wasn't bad. I thought it tons better than Idaho, even though I didn't get attached to any of the characters in it like I empathized with River Phoenix' (what the hell is the possessive of "Phoenix" anyway??) character. Ray Liotta has dazzling eyes, I'll give him that much. And no, I've not regressed to a simpering schoolgirl. They were just hard to miss.
The Truth About Cats and Dogs, hands down my favorite romantic comedy. Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. It's so ...simple. Three main characters and a story that hits me entirely too close to the heart (and head). Besides it has Janeane in it. You can't go wrong with that.
Okay, it's time for me to frolick. Carry on, world.
I wish I knew some people into the club scene. Jo's such a stick in the mud. I know she wouldn't mind going to hip-hop clubs but I've been listening to my techno/dance mp3's almost non-stop lately. It's gotten to the point where I can actually tap to the beat as soon as Disconnected Child starts playing, instead of waiting to catch it once the guitar kicks in (that makes no sense, but whatever, trust me). Queer as Folk with its gay "thump thump thump". Ha! Such a bad influence. Hopefully during this summer I can find some people up here up for straight-up dance clubs. Hip-hop alone gets sort of tedious.
I need to start moving into the apartment. Luckily I don't start work until Thursday, so I have a few days to veg/plan for the future/watch movies.
Speaking of which, I caught a few between yesterday and today. One was My Own Private Idaho, with River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves. I'd heard so much about this movie that I thought it might be worth my while. It came off as so much pretentious film-school grad crap it wasn't even funny. No, let me retract that. The photography and cinematography weren't pretentious. Neither was the plot. The dialogue was. Some parts played like updated Shakespearean works. Ugh. I can't even describe it. I watched large portions of the movie on mute with the closed caption on. Two things I discovered during the viewing: River Phoenix was an amazing actor. Simply amazing. Riveting and subtle. It's a shame drugs had to take him from us. The second: Keanu Reeves doesn't suck. He's not great, but he doesn't suck. He just has the misfortune of being cast with people that blow him out of the water (River Phoenix, Laurence Fishburne, etc.). His "surfer boy" accent really does him a disservice, especially when you're trying to take him seriously.
Another was Goodfellas. Eh, it wasn't bad. I thought it tons better than Idaho, even though I didn't get attached to any of the characters in it like I empathized with River Phoenix' (what the hell is the possessive of "Phoenix" anyway??) character. Ray Liotta has dazzling eyes, I'll give him that much. And no, I've not regressed to a simpering schoolgirl. They were just hard to miss.
The Truth About Cats and Dogs, hands down my favorite romantic comedy. Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. It's so ...simple. Three main characters and a story that hits me entirely too close to the heart (and head). Besides it has Janeane in it. You can't go wrong with that.
Okay, it's time for me to frolick. Carry on, world.