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November 30th, 2004

10:26 pm - Observations of the Day Sooooooooooooo... I am going to a moving-picture show and a box social on Saturday night, yippie! I really don't want to write my Hitchcock paper. Seeing people who I thought might die getting better makes me VERY VERY happy. At first you're so mesmerized by the sky being green and the grass being pink and flying tractors and raining seashells and everyone being completely different in this magical, magical world, and that's all you notice. And then when you get to that point when you don't blink at a monkey driving a shoe, and all of the crazy shit going on around you seems perfectly normal and good and unsurprising, all of a sudden you look down at yourself and see that you're 16 again, and the last 4 years never happened, and you never did learn to drive. And it's really not a dream at all. Current Mood: tired Current Music: New Pornographers - All for Swinging Around You

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November 29th, 2004

10:27 pm Oh Lauren, I made the right choice when I married you. Current Mood: sleepy

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November 27th, 2004

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12:41 pm - Recovering Further from the Stomach Flu I feel better, thank fuck. When I woke up this morning, it was like waking up after being really, really drunk. I felt cautiously okay in bed but dreaded getting up. You know those hangovers where you feel okay and then the moment you get out of bed it's like every ounce of strength and happiness you ever had is sucked out of your body? Well, that's what I was afraid of. Luckily, it didn't happen. Although I have been taking it really, really easy today, since I am still very tired and dizzy and have been having the strangest chest pains. On the plus side, I ate some toast and watched Jurassic Park and somehow, that made everything okay. Current Mood: nauseated Current Music: Sloan - The Lines You Amend

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November 26th, 2004

05:39 pm - Blah I really don't like being sick. I wish I had sleeping pills, I would just sleep for days until I feel better. God, I hope it doesn't take days. Pleeeeeeeease be food poisoning (although no one I spent Thanksgiving with is sick, as far as I know). This SUCKS, and I wish pedialite was tangy-er because it's too sweet. Current Mood: sick

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November 25th, 2004

03:48 pm - Happy American Thanksgiving! Okay, so Last Night is just not a very good movie and I'm disappointed... should have watched Buffalo '66 instead. Today I'm giving thanks for these things: 1. My kitchen smells like a roasting Tofurkey... mmm, vegan turkey substitute. Yummy. 2. I was able to capture my footage to Amanda's computer, despite my freaking out about it last night... YAY! THANKS CHRIS!!!! :D 3. Although my room is still very cold, it's warm outside. 4. Parking spaces... EVERYWHERE! 5. I get to have Thanksgiving dinner with some exciting fellow film students. 6. Every day has gotten better since last weekend. 7. I did my laundry last weekend so I have clean underwear. 8. I got to talk to my Mum today. But I'm really most thankful for the last two months, which have been just indescribably amazing. Current Mood: cold

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November 24th, 2004

08:39 am - I Stand Corrected Now I thought the article about the candlelight vigil at the 9-0 was the funniest Daily Trojan article ever... until Scott showed me this little doozy! Dead catfish in bathroom ceiling shocks New College residents. And in case anyone cares besides me, here are the links to the articles I mentioned yesterday: Club closure impacts business Balancing Act Current Mood: mischievous

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November 23rd, 2004

11:55 am - USC in TURMOIL! I just want to draw everyone's attention to a quote from today's Daily Trojan (page 18): Social Slump Students have felt the effects of the sudden void left by the 901 Club as well. "People were just horribly depressed," said Jenna Higueras, a junior majoring in philosophy. "They held a candle-light vigil outside" when the club closed, she said. For those of you who read this and don't go to USC, the 901 club AKA The 9-0, is THE spot at USC to get filthy drunk and hook up with random people. It's about the skeeziest bar I've ever seen... they were recently shut down for letting in underage drinkers (which is basically what the club is known for). Not to mention gross violations of the health code (ie. roaches in alcohol bottles), which is no surprise, if you've ever been in the bathroom there... it looks disgusting even when you're too drunk to stand up. Another great article in the DT today? Balancing Act bemoans the woes of the poor football players, who SOMEHOW by the GRACE OF GOD manage to make it to practice, games and classes, and get NO exceptions or special treatment from their professors. What a travesty! Those poor, poor student-athletes. I pray for them to pass their classes every night, right between my prayer to protect the expensive manicures of innocent sorority girls and my prayer for the sun to shine 365 days of the year in Southern California, rather than the usual 350. Anyway. On a more personal note... Life is just bizarre in so many ways. I love the strange and ironic way that EVERYTHING eventually seems to fit together very perfectly. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you're doing something wrong. I don't know what it will be like to go home for Christmas. For probably the last month, I've been thinking about it and feeling excited yet scared. Now suddenly I'm not really either--I just have this low-level dread and apprehension. I want to say in Los Angeles. This is the first time I've felt that way and it's very strange... I think about going home and seeing my friends there and I FEEL LIKE PANICKING. I worry that it might really, really suck. We'll see, I guess... one more month. Current Mood: amused Current Music: Invincible - Do it Tomorrow

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November 22nd, 2004

04:02 pm - Who wants to loan me $600? I swear I'll put it to good use! A great investment for any college student. Current Mood: nostalgic Current Music: Elliot Smith - Sweet Adeline

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November 21st, 2004

10:50 pm - Whoopdiddywhoopwhoopwhoopwhoop... The last two days have been among the MOST FRUSTRATING OF MY LIFE. I feel insane. Other than that, life is good. A friend from the producing program here at SC loaned me her Bolex, so I may shoot some stuff with it, or at least bug one of my profs to show me how it works. Question: Can you shoot Super 16 on any camera, or does it require a special one? I thought that you needed a Super 8 camera to shoot Super 8 film and I don't know if 16 mm works the same way... Arrested Development is an awesome show, and I must see more of it. Uncle Eddie's Vegan Cookies should be a food group of their own. It's really fucking cold in my room since the fan's been stuck on SINCE JUNE. This is what happens when both you and your landlady are apathetic. You're Alberta. You're always up for a good time and are the life of the party. There is an aura of excitement about you and you try to have fun wherever and whenever you can. You're quite popular and understandbly so. What Canadian Province Are You? brought to you by Quizilla Current Mood: melancholy Current Music: Elliot Smith - Bled White

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November 19th, 2004

03:08 am - Bleh. Oh my god, I feel like shit right now. My forehead is cut up from slamming it into a shelf (two cuts, two!), and I think I'm going to barf from the apple pie, coca cola and cookies I've shovelled into my mouth to keep my energy level up. I delt with just insanity tonight. My last 290. I had help... unfortunately, my wonderful friends Seema and Maura who I love so so much had to go before the end of the shoot and thus missed the complete chaos of actors crying, leaving for North Hollywood and getting drunk. Not to mention recasting with a guy on the street, blood everywhere and what will be the worst clean up of all time tomorrow morning. Thank GOD for Lauren, my AMAZING roommate who is A GODDESS and made this evening liveable. I LOVE YOU!!! And the other Lauren also made the evening more pleasant with her presence. :) So yeah, why did I ever think shooting was the fun part of making a film? I think I need to look into this whole documentary thing because boy was that a LOT better. Current Mood: cranky

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November 18th, 2004

11:39 am - Rags to Ritches, Bags to Bitches Shooting tonight! Argh! Trying to figure out whether to use the XL1 or not... we'll see, we'll see. Maybe I'll beg Amanda to edit at her place or something. Or maybe I should just use the PD 100. :P Who knows? Working, working, working... I love that there's actually work to do at work. Friday night is going to be one of those nights I wish I could be in too many places at once - Tony's, Eric's, Kalisa's, La Brea, Hollywood and Pasadena... I hate decisions. I just need to pick two choices. Can't I ever have my cake and eat it too? By which I mean, can't I eat a little piece of ten different cakes and not feel sick? Current Mood: pensive Current Music: Jamiroquai - Soul Education

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November 17th, 2004

08:26 am - Life is a Box of Chocolates -- You're Safer With the Map, But Where's the Fun in That? Last night Mike and I went on a date (watch out Lauren... I'm stealing your husband! Of course, I've got to strike while the iron's hot since his boyfriend is moving out here in less than three months). We saw Sideways. You know what the best part of that movie is? When Adam Sandler sits down behind you and makes comments to his date during the awkward sex scene (I believe he said, "You like that?"). Other than Adam Sandler's brilliant performance, though, the movie was a disappointment. And what was with the diffusion filters on EVERY shot? I mean, I can deal with it once in a while, but it got distracting after the millionth time. So my verdict is boring: Garen, you were right. But I still love About Schmidt and Election. :) Speaking of comedy, one of my wonderful classmates recommended to me a short film by Michel Gondry called "One Day," which is by far the most bizarre David Cross film I've yet seen. He plays a giant piece of poo that follows Michel all around a city and calls him Papa. Tres bizarre. Current Mood: worried

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November 15th, 2004

08:08 am - The Importance of Important Things of Much Import Last night was by far one of my most fun trips to Fred 62... Discussed drugs, raves, baseball, blackout hookups, the plusses of East LA living and many other subjects of import. This weekend was completely weird and insane, in general. Yet fun or at least important... Friday night was off-the-wall at Des's house in Huntington Beach. Umm, yeah, I guess I have to post the pics when Desiree sends them to me... heh heh heh. ;) Saturday was Amanda's film shoot for her AWESOME-LOOKING 310--it's pure Amanda. I only wish I would have had more energy for it--instead, I relied on coffee, coke, and a lot of donuts to keep me from keeling over. Then the planned movie night fell through, which was ENTIRELY my fault and I feel terrible for it. But I guess it wasn't meant to be. So I slept for 15 hours and had a "mental health day" (as Mum calls them) on Sunday, which was highly important. Current Mood: calm Current Music: Elliot Smith, as always. I'm so predictable.

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November 11th, 2004

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10:25 am - Can You Fill Me In? Yo, fill this in and post it to my comments page if you want to live. I guess that's kind of like saying "Honk if you love Jesus" because some people don't want to honk but they love Jesus they're just kind of polite. So maybe you do want to live but you're not going to do this survey. Or maybe you don't want to live but you want to do the survey (afterall, this is livejournal). Regardless. ~THE SURVEY~ (compliments of Mack) Name: Age: Where on earth do you live: Reason(s) behind your LJ username: 5 things you want to do/accomplish before you die: What makes you happy: What have you been listening to lately: Do you enjoy reading my LJ: If so, why: Interesting fact about you: Are you in love at the moment: Favorite destination: Favorite quote: Will you post this in your LJ: RECOMMEND A movie: A book: A musical artist: Your fav. LJ user (not on my list already) and why: Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Elliot Smith - Coming Up Roses

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November 10th, 2004

03:55 am - Yawn. So yeah, paper done. Woo! Well okay, not totally done, but I'll write the conclusion and check it over tomorrow. The Philadelphia Story is awesome, seriously awesome. I think I'm madly in love with Jimmy Stewart now... and Carey Grant, still. Ahh, to be Katherine Hepburn... she's way too awesome. Best parts of the film? The random innuendo, like when Dinah describes seeing her sister and Mr. Connor in the hall: "He was puffing along like a steam engine." Or that time that Katherine Hepburn talks about good head. Oh god, there's a million random comments. Asia, remind me of them, won't you? Other great lines: Tracy: You haven't switched from liquor to dope, by any chance, have you Dexter? Macaulay: I would sell my grandmother for a drink - and you know how I love my grandmother. Damn, I've been listening to a lot of Elliot Smith lately. Don't worry, folks, I'm not going to stab myself in the chest. Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: Elliot Smith - Angela

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November 8th, 2004

08:52 am - Good, Evil, Drugs and Mum I Want a New Drug by Hewey Lewis and the News. A shout out goes to Mum, who recommended this song and, for other reasons, is now cooler by our cultural standards than I am (or have been for the past five weeks). I finished my philosophy paper, and the challenge was this: Traditional problem of evil: 1. If God is perfectly good, then God would prevent evil if he could. 2. If God is all-powerful and all-knowing, then God can prevent evil. 3. Evil exists. Therefore, either God is not all-powerful or all-knowing or perfectly good. So in response, I said: 1. Human beings have free will (the ability to choose how to react to any given situation which is out of one's control). 2. Life without freedom is torture. Free will-human control over our own lives-brings us happiness. and then, 1. Human beings are not all-knowing. 2. This means that human beings may make imperfect choices with free will. 3. All evil arises from these poor choices. The good of free will outweighs the evil created by it. Therefore, God permits evil to exist because it is necessary for free will. So yeah. I really hate writing papers. Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Elliot Smith - Bled White

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November 7th, 2004

10:39 am - Canada! Last night = good times. Alex threw a party w/ lots of cinema people, then it was time to head over to the house on 23rd which was hella crowded (but not as bad as Matty Merrill's usually is). It was a France and Canada-themed party and I met four Canadians. We sang the national anthem together and talked about The Littlest Hobo. Yes! The only problem was they had the kitchen closed off--how un-Canadian! How were we supposed to have a proper kitchen party? And now I get to wake up today and write two papers. Joy! Okay, sorry to post lame quizzes, but this picture is just too cute. You Are Not Scary Everyone loves you. Isn't that sweet? How scary are you? Current Mood: tired

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November 6th, 2004

09:12 am - Bored... Your Stripper Name is: Decadence Get your own Stripper Name And if you're bored too, here's You Know You're From LA When... Current Mood: productive Current Music: The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep

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