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August 24th, 2008
11:33 pm
Hour-long phone conversations with long-unseen Goucher buds makes me really psyched to go back to school.
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August 14th, 2008
07:40 pm
It's so weird to think I've only got a week and a half left of work. I've been slaving there everyday, more than ever the past few weeks, that I think I might actually miss it there. This is the first time I've actually been getting along really well with my coworkers and have been enjoying my job (with the exception of my sometimes-psycho boss).
Next semester is still crazy up-in-the-air as I'm uncertain whether I'll have an internship and how many hours I'll be working in the good-ole' CTLT but I'm getting totally pumped for my classes, and of course, seeing the whole crew together again.
It's so weird to think two weeks from tomorrow I'll be driving south! Eep! =O
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August 11th, 2008
12:00 am
When watching Sanford and Son late at night, I get really confused and start thinking my phone is ringing.
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August 10th, 2008
10:10 am
I saw this film, as well as a short film about German scientist Fritz Haber, last night at the RI Film Festival and was absolutely blown away. There was only an audience of about 20 people there, so I was really surprised to see that the directors of both films were in attendance. There was a short Q+A and afterwards my mom pushed me to talk to each of the directors. They were both extremely nice and gave me a bit of advice, but the most amazing part was when Rick Larkin gave me his business card and told me if I ever needed any help, to just get in touch with him.
Eeeeeeeee!!!!
Also, Satellites & Meteorities was absolutely fantastic and when it comes out onto DVD next year, or whenever, I'm totally getting my hands on a copy of it. =)
In other news, I've finally got a plan in mind for my short-film project for next semester. Now I'm starting to write an outline and first draft so that by October maybe I can start casting and filming. How exciting!!
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July 16th, 2008
05:47 pm
Cleaning my room all day. Discovered a huge stash of notes written to me in high school by former best friend and douchebag exboyfriend. No wonder I was a terrible student. I spent all my time making origami-shaped notes to friends. I'm better off.
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June 18th, 2008
11:41 pm
Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop. It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a view of their desktops as well.
tagged!:
mrs_joshgroban
theo_morino
insanexflame
grannybananny
systemofaclown
( clickity! )
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June 3rd, 2008
08:13 am
So I'm home from London. I was really sad at first, and it was total shock to be driving back through my hometown...
But I'm so glad to be home. I loved London, I really did, but there's something London didn't have that can never, ever be replaced. That's my friends. I knew I missed them, but I don't think it truly hit me how much I missed them until they just appeared at my house. The fact that I have friends so dear to me, that they're ready to plan a surprise-hide-out in my closet and under my bed, waiting for hours until I get home, proves to me how amazing I've got it here in Warwick.
Since I've graduated, I've lost contact with a lot of close friends from high school. But I know for sure that Mary, Chris, and Andy are those friends that I will never lose touch with. I've been through ruts with all of them, and we always help each other out. I am seriously so lucky to have these guys in my life. I can't even express that. My post-high-school life I've always said I could never move back to Rhode Island because there's nothing to do here. But I honestly think that if I had to, I'd be fine with it, because I know these guys are here for me. And even if I live halfway across the world someday, I know that these are the sorts of friends I can still count on despite the distance.
Yesterday I job hunted for a while, unsuccessfully, so I'm a little stressed about that, especially with the lack of internship. =\
In the middle of the day, Mary, Chris, and I went to see the Sex and the City movie. It was more amusing than anything the conversations we had afterwards about which of us would be which character, and how that show really IS us in 20 years (despite the fact that Chris is, in fact, not a woman).
Then at night, I went out with my brother (well, more like dragged him to go shopping for toiletries with me in promises that we'd get ice cream afterwards). That was awesome as well. I'm totally excited for the fact that my brother and I are really so close. I know most siblings aren't usually good friends, but I think it's pretty badass that Jeff and I are.
All in all, I'm having a pretty damn good start to my summer break. =)
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June 2nd, 2008
12:37 am - Just in case you didn't know...
Chris, Mary, Andy, and my bro are the coolest peeps ever. Nothing beats coming home from abroad to your friends popping out of your closet and from under your bed and planning surprise shenanigans on you.
I <3 you guys.
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May 30th, 2008
04:12 pm
SAD THING: I missed the Gaspee Arts + Crafts Festival for the first time in...15 years, maybe?
HAPPY THING: The same weekend, I went to arts + crafts festivals in Berlin, Germany and Athens, Greece.
I think it evens itself out. =)
More on that later. Eventually. After I update about Ireland. Or England. Or something. I'm so bad at this.
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May 22nd, 2008
10:36 pm
My favorite childhood book is missing.
The book my mother sent me in the mail so that I could bring to Greece with me because it meant so much to me to do so.
And now I can't find it, or its companion book, anywhere.
I feel like a part of my childhood has been ripped out of me.
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May 21st, 2008
11:58 am
Q: You know what I love about education? More importantly video production education?
A: The fact that I made a video nearly two years ago that I thought was GOLD. I mean, I thought was AMAZING. And, having not reviewed it in several months, I was ready to submit it to a film competition at London Met. And now, after having just watched it, I think "holy shit, what was I thinking?? Not only is there a totally unintentional (although unavoidable) jump-cut there, but the lighting is incredibly terrible and...DID I SHOOT THIS IN WIDESCREEN AND EDIT IN STANDARD???"
In the end, I do not think I will be submitting "Girl Anachronism" to the competition. Instead, I will be incredibly thankful that the past year and a half has given me the eye to know that is wrong in my own work, and the education to know how to make a better film in the future.
I'm so excited to start this project next semester.
Then again, I might just do something this summer. Anybody at home want to make a movie?
In the meantime, I leave you with this:
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May 18th, 2008
03:25 pm
The clouds are white, the sky is blue! It's beautiful! And despite the fact that it's chilly, it's put me in a great mood.
I spent about 10 minutes at the park until it just felt too cold so I spent a few hours at a pricey cafe, sipping a drink I'd normally never order, reading about the Russian revolutions of 1917.
But spending time wandering around the north part of town, listening to the Avenue Q soundtrack has put me in an amazingly high-spirited state of mind.
I totally can't wait to conquer the world. I don't care if my degree leaves me penniless and in debt, I'll become a vagabond and just experience the road. Today I feel like nothing can get me down. Even if all this damn studying results in nothing more than me still failing my exam, I just don't care. There's a whole, big world out there, and for the first time in my entire life, I feel totally at peace being on my own.
When I first got there, I was so incredibly lonely without loads friends to hang out with at every turn. But if I've learned anything here, it's that I have a total respect for myself as a person and I really do enjoy spending time in my own company.
Today is a good day.
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May 10th, 2008
09:12 pm - Classified I found today:
So ye think ye be a pirate, eh? Cap'n Nick's Newport Pirate Walk be seekin' a new motley crew fer th' 2008 season. We want gruff an' tuff pirate guides who can memorize an 19-page script an' entertain th' landlubbers on a 90-minute walkin' tour. (If ye can't act yer way out o' a whisky barrel, don't even bother callin'.) Must be at least 18 years. If ye live in Rhode Island an' be serious about this part-time, seasonal position, call 401-294-4922 or seamail yer interest t' Contact . Contact: at Cap'n Nick's Newport Pirate Walk.
Yesssss!
(already emailed my interest)
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01:22 am
Today was honestly such a great day. I'd go into in excruciating detail, but I know no body would read it.
It all started today at the library when I found a "missing" copy of a textbook that I had really needed for my research that was otherwise had a 25-student wait-list to check out.
Then after spending the afternoon in the park, I made a quick dinner and headed to Camden for the Ladyfest concert, featuring Kimya Dawson. I somehow scored the very last ticket and ended up sitting right up in front on the floor and eventually getting to sit ON STAGE right next to Kimya. It was most amazing.
Every one of the six bands that played tonight was spectacular. I got to chat with Jimmy from The Bobby McGee's who was really cool. He gave me his email address so that I can order their CD from them. Totally exciting.
Also, after seeing the leader singer from Your Heart Breaks perform (also doing a duet with Kimya), I've totally become lesbian for the night.
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May 8th, 2008
12:02 pm - I miss the beach.
I think the first thing I want to do when getting back to Rhode Island is go the the beach. Any takers?
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May 7th, 2008
06:49 pm
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May 6th, 2008
12:24 pm
So Rhode Island has confessed to be in a state of recession. Awesome.
I think this summer I might be giving up my car for the most part and taking the bus. Maybe I can find a job in Warwick or Providence rather than way out in North Kingstown. =\
I've realized that if I work two 9-hour shifts at the flower shop, with the 30-minute commute to and back from N.K., 30% of my weekly paycheck would go towards the gas just driving for work (and this is probably not covering the cost of driving anywhere else). I honestly don't know if I can afford that.
Ugh.
I wish MTV would get back to me, if only so I could know for sure whether I'll be in Warwick or the the city this summer.
I have too much homework. I want to go play in the city. I want to stop chaos. I want to stop Kaos. I want to be agent 86. I want a shoe-phone. I want a shoe-phone but to never cry on it.
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May 4th, 2008
11:23 am - Somewhat risky entry concerning racism and stereotypes
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. I guess that's what going to college is for, though, right?
Well, a debate between a fellow student and I took place in British Cinema class the other day, concerning what he interpreted as a racist portrayal of a Pakistani character. The case in which this came about was in the film Rita, Sue, and Bob Too. The character, Aslam, who pursues a relationship with Sue, is introduced as an outgoing, kind, and thoughtful man of Pakistani origin. For the majority of the film, the audience sympathizes with him. However, during the climax of the film, when he sees Sue dropped off at home by another man, he is overcome with jealousy and rage and quickly becomes aggressive and beats her.
During the seminar for this class, this student brought up the opinion that this was a racist portrayal of Pakistanis because of Aslam's rash acts. I had to disagree and bring up my opinion that for the purpose of the film, the character of Sue's lover had to have been cast as an eventually abusive man in order for the story to continue in the way it does. I don't think that Aslam's violent acts were any indication of his ethnicity, but just his personality. I think that had the character of Sue's lover had been written as a white man, he would still have been abusive. And would we discussion racism here if the character had been a middle-class white man? I doubt it.
A similar chord has been stuck with me while reading Felly Nikweto Simmonds' article on Spike Lee's film, She's Gotta Have It. She discusses how Lee's representation of the protagonist, Nola, as an independent and sexually promiscuous woman, is a misogynistic portrayal of all black women and sexuality. She discusses how Lee has tried to put black women down by releasing this film, explaining that Nola is supposed to be a representation of all black women. I really disagree with Simmonds in this as well. I don't think that Spike Lee created this film to to put down women, and I definitely don't think that this film has to be interpreted as anti-feminist as she thinks it is. I actually find the film be quite liberating and pro-feminism. I don't think any writer has the right to say that one character represents an entire community or ethnic group.
It's like that age-old annoyance that I've heard time again: when some dumbass news reporter asks one black woman "what is the opinion of black women on this issue?" One person is not a representative of population. One person is a person.
Now I'm reading an article Cheryl Butler on The Color Purple and how at a celebration for Alice Walker (the author of the novel) was interrupted by a group of men complaining that the film gave an inaccurate portrayal of black men. Well, once again, the film focused around two men, a father and son, who are both rather abusive and rotten, but those two men are not an entire community. Just because these two character are written as awful people does not mean that all black men are.
Don't get me wrong, I do believe that stereotyping certain characters in many films is wrong and can be interpreted as racist. However, I've learned to see that these things have to be taken with a grain of salt.
I've often wondered (as with Aslam in Rita, Sue, and Bob Too), "well this character is of color, and portrayed as a flawed character. Is this racist?" Then, I think they could have replaced that character with a white guy, and maybe it wouldn't be considered racist. But if we did that, we'd have one of two things. One: We'd have significantly less non-white roles for films, or Two: The only characters that non-white actors would play would be goody-two-shoes and therefore one-dimensional, which would perhaps be considered racist as well.
It's a thin line, guys. But I'm getting tired critics deciding that ever flawed character of color is a racist move. There are plenty, and I mean PLENTY, of flawed white characters, but we never hear that being criticized in the same way.
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