| It's Sunday, So |
[19 Feb 2007|04:01am] |
2 hours of my favorite TV shows....that I don't have the channel for, so I have to download and stay up late. Sigh. Rome+Battlestar is worth it though.
Has sort of simultaneously been the worst week ever, and a decent one. Worst, because everything that could possibly go wrong as to regarding school/money indeed did go wrong. And also, we had to send the kitten back to its "rightful owner." Laaaaaaaaaaaame. I miss him. But the week has sort of been nice too. So much went wrong that I sort of had to fall back on my friends, and was pleased to discover that I did not land on my ass.
Things I am current over: winter. art school. studio 60. the cta.
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[22 Dec 2006|03:36am] |
It's the first time I've been home in ....let's just say forever.
It's very nice. My hands are sore from playing so much piano, and I've gotten lots of sleep. Seen quite a few friends that I don't often get to see. Played with the cats. Ate home cooking. So, all in all, quite nice. I don't have a car though, and being in Decatur without a car sucks, because I have to either make Josh or Dustin or Joe drive me places. Or my mom. And it reminds me of high school, which is hilarious.
I'm sort of glad I don't live where I used to live when I was in high school. That way, when I come home, I don't get bombarded with OMG MEMORIEZ. I just have my mom and a nicer kitchen and free laundry and adorable kittens.
In other, very exciting news, my mother has decided for Christmas Eve that we are going to make fondue and share a bottle of champagne. This is a huge step for the mother, who hasn't drank with me since we were in Italy. (It was legal then, so she was okay with it).
Like I said earlier, I've been playing lots of piano lately, which is exciting. I can still read music, which was actually a worry. I've just been fucking around with some old music, and playing some Regina Spektor songs.
Happy Holidays, everyone!
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| hrmm |
[13 Nov 2006|06:13pm] |
so this week started off well
please, oh please, let it be better than last week
which we will now refer to as "the dark days"
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| Oh, the chicago life |
[11 Oct 2006|02:38am] |
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God, it's been awhile since I've actually updated this thing. There was also that month long period where I had deleted it, and managed to restore it mere hours before it would have been gone forever. Phew, crisis averted!
Columbia/Chicago so far...
I love it here, I really do. Transfering to here, and the TV department, is one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life. It's quite wonderful. I really love this city. My classes are (for the most part) interesting, creative, and challenging. The teachers are friendly and intelligent and accessible. And I adore the people in my classes, particularly those in my learning community. I'm pretty much 100% convinced that there will be NO major switching at this school. It's going well.
Things that have been particularly wonderful so far:
**Pretty much all Chinatown related adventures, especially our initial adventure which caused us to be 45 minutes late to our first studio class, and the most recent which involved myself and fellow groupmember Josh running around crazily filming a parade.
**Being able to watch alarming amounts of television and pass it off as "just homework". So yay for Battlestar, Lost, Veronica Mars, Studio 60, House, The Nine, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, Project Runway, and America's Next Top Model. And those are just the shows that I'm watching that are CURRENT. Oy vey, or Oi! Vey! as a BritJew might say...
**Seeing Dustin, C.J., and Joshua. The faint, far-off promise/hope of eventually seeing Jordan.
**I got to be much better friends with the lovely Penny, and I'm pretty excited for when she transfers up here next semester. Much more partying will be had.
**Writing A LOT more than I did at U of I.
**Slowly, but surely, exploring the city. One el line at at time. One bus a day. It's all an adventure.
**Starting to get to know the people in my learning community group, and finding them all to be pretty lovely and fun people, even though I'm firmly convinced some are insane.
But before I sound like a walking advertisement for this damn school, there are of course annoyances. The editing/camera facilites not being open late at night or on Sundays, for example. The 45 minute commute to school every morning. (Which isn't so bad except for the knowledge that those 45 minutes could have been spent in blissful slumber) Also, my seeming inability to "get" lighting. I don't understand it, I really don't. I mean, I understand 3 point lighting in a studio environment....but beyond that, I'm just pushing buttons and moving stands for hours to try and create a single effect. Not living in the dorms kind of sucks too, because I feel like I haven't really made any "outside of class" friends. Which is quite alright, because I do have Katie, Dustin, Brendan, and occasionally C.J. and Josh, but still...it's a far cry from U of I and feeling like I have can't move without accidentally kicking a friend. I think I'm just overthinking that right now though, it took me a semester or so to really find a place at U of I.
Hrm, what else is new? Got a new boyfriend now (the aforementioned Brendan), he's pretty cool. Still kind of wary about the whole dating thing...sort of messed me up pretty badly before, and being single can be oh-so-fun....but for now, I'm giving it a chance. I do really like him. I'm sort of flip-flopping a lot lately between thinking that I should be openminded and make sure I give this a fair chance, and thinking that I don't owe anyone anything, and that I should cut and run at the first warning signs. We'll see, I suppose! I'm optimistic tonight.
I desperately need a job, or some source of income, at this point I'd welcome mafiosos and prostitution equally. But first, I need motivation.
Argh, more to say, but I'm tired. So, in summary: Rachael is generally happy.
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| i'm back, baby |
[08 Jul 2006|08:50am] |
How could I stay away from the angsty Internet for that long?
What's happened in my absence?
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| drama! |
[17 May 2006|02:23am] |
Take a look at your Friends List, and list up to 10 things you want to say to 10 different LJ friends. Do not state who these people are. Do not confirm or deny any 'comment speculation' ...Then tag five (5) people.
I'm going to make mine as ambigious as fucking possible. But it's all true.
1. I miss you.
2. I want to do you.
3. You too.
4. Most definitely NOT you.
5. I'm really, REALLY sorry. I said it before, I say it again. I mean it.
6. What happened to you?
7. You're one of the prettiest people I've ever met.
8. We need to hang out. Seriously.
9. <3<3<3 Run away with me, forever.<3<3
10. I want to sexually harass you. (Okay, I'm pretty sure everyone has figured out this is Dustin. Whateva).
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| the struggle is over |
[02 May 2006|12:28pm] |
pretty much in love with james joyce right now
i think i'll kick my dubliners test's ass
and then maybe reread it again
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| So Much for Being Productive |
[20 Apr 2006|09:41pm] |
I blame my Korean hero.
Judy Lee came to visit, and it was wonderful. She was only going to stay for one night, but we drugged her with Mexican food and turned on Team America so she couldn't move.
However, that now means that I haven't come up with any ideas for my paper I have to write for tomorrow or my speech I have to give tomorrow...nor have I studied for my Statistics test that is also tomorrow. Right now I'm more preoccupied with the fact that Dustin is coming tomorrow. My priorities are in line!
I'm realizing that this is really my last few weeks at U of I, and so I'm trying to get in as much fun as possible and see as many people as possible. As much as I dislike my classes here, it's going to be hard to leave. Everyone here is pretty awesome.
In other news, after the Columbia orientation, my mother has been trying to watch more television. It's yielded pretty comical results. Her comment on last night's South Park: "It was great in concept, but the execution quickly degenerated. Somehow Oprah's
talking vagina and asshole didn't do much for me." Oh, Mom. I didn't really like the episode before she said that, but now it's always going to have a soft spot in my heart.
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| French Symbolists |
[10 Apr 2006|02:14pm] |
I have a new literary love. Get a job, Russian realists! Take a step back, Greek comedy! You're going to have to share the stage now.
Which is slightly annoying because now I guess I have to learn how to speak Russian and French and Arabic and Greek and...let's just say Kyrgyz because they have a pretty awesome flag which is exciting for those sorts of people who like to spend Saturday afternoons combing the CIA World Factbook. Clearly, not me....
Anyway, so the French Symbolists were pretty badass. That is all.
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| Argh. |
[06 Mar 2006|03:09am] |
I know the Oscars are stupid bullshit, but Crash winning? I can imagine Paul Haggis sitting around writing the script to this movie. "Hrm...how do I say racism is bad? Oooh, here I've got some new dialogue: RACISM IS BAD RACISM IS BAD. Pssh, interesting characters are overrated. If I take character development out, I can include another scene of racists being racists. My film is so deep!!!" The fact that it won best picture and neither Munich nor Good Night, and Good Luck got anything makes me quite sad. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't the worst film ever, but it definitely wasn't picture of the year.
BUT, <3 to Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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| ugh |
[17 Jan 2006|12:28am] |
Today is one of those days where it would be nice to be someone else. Or at least to be somewhere very far away from here. I'm not depressed or anything, it'd just be nice to take a break from reality. It's exhausting.
Classes start tomorrow (er, today) though, so I guess it will be nice to get back in the school mindset.
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| my new love |
[25 Dec 2005|01:41am] |
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is veronica mars. <3<3
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[24 Dec 2005|06:17pm] |
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My GPA for this semester. I'm pretty much awesome.
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| Livejournal Update |
[22 Dec 2005|04:03pm] |
Melodramatic monologue, pop culture reference, vague dramatic references to great evils bestowed upon myself, indie music
also, happy holidays :)
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| You! Yes, You! (Crossposted from MySpace for Maximum Whoreage) |
[14 Dec 2005|03:02am] |
I want my winter break to be as productive as possible, so I'm making lists of things I want to do. They include:
*Writing a lot, which goes without saying. I've been writing in my spare time a lot lately, so this should be pretty easy. Hello abusing my job and just typing stories in Word instead of working.
*Cleaning my room. STOP LOOKING SUPRISED.
*Exercising.
*Figuring out all the Columbia stuff.
But, I also want to take this as an opportunity to catch up on things that I want to read or watch. So, I'm trying to make a list of 10 books to read and 10 movies to watch. I may not finish all of them, but I'd like to get through a good portion.
I need recommendations though! That's where you guys come in handy. This is all I have so far:
Books:
How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen
Life of Pi by Yann Martell
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Froer
The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. (Reread inspired by the awesome new movie)
Movies:
M
Coffee and Cigarrettes
Rebel Without a Cause (rewatch inspired by the fact that I'm James Dean)
Magnolia
City of God
I'm sure I could think of more later, I'm kind of tired now, but I'd love your suggestions! :) I know you guys don't know everything I've seen/read, but it would at least get me thinking! :)
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| Or, Self Denial |
[13 Dec 2005|11:45pm] |
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After chatting with Katie, and reading Dustin and C.J.'s latest updates, I no longer feel bad about the fact that I am also failing at least one class. I'm one of the cool people now, right? Art school, ahoy.
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[08 Dec 2005|07:36pm] |
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I have nothing to say today besides that I love Jonathan Franzen.
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| Hrm. |
[02 Dec 2005|12:56am] |
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I feel insecure. I don't like that.
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| Why Is it That I Only Feel Inspired to Write When I'm Also Inspired to Not Do Homework? |
[01 Dec 2005|12:58am] |
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Lost is such a lovely show. Ana Lucia is such a hottie. Yeah, I said it. My times spent with KT & Jc watching the show count among the highest in my week. I am sad that Arrested Development is likely being cancelled. We've been watching it a lot lately so KT and the Jennys can catch up for next week's episode. It's such a clever, funny show. But it's had a good run, and if this is the end, I hope it's funnier, more outrageous, and suitably bitter to the end.
I have Arabic homework to do right now. It's very important that I do it, seeing as how if I don't do it, the likelihood of me not passing the class increases dramatically. And yet, I will probably wake up early and do a rushed job of it, stopping often to surf the Internet, ponder life, and take 'just a short nap'. And yet, the only guilt I feel over this lies in the possibility of me not passing the class. And yet, this guilt is really only a passing fear that my father might no longer pay my tuition. And I don't even really care about that. Isn't apathy great? Katie and I just had a talk about how we are buddies in this. This lightens my spirits, and also increases my apathy. In a joyous way! What this means is that it provides me with a convenient excuse to not work on my homework. ("Katie isn't!) And yet I feel happy about it ("It's bringing us close together! Sure, I'd like some whiskey. Hey, wanna watch Arrested Development?")
I should really be a lawyer. I'm so good at formulating arguments I can bring myself into extreme denial! :) Unfortunately since after not even four semesters at college I'm already precariously teetering on the darkening edge of insanity (translation: I'm one step closer to the edge and I'm about to BREAK), I don't think two more years of academia are the best choice for me.
For now, I shall be content with dreams, plans, and applications to leave Chambana for the city life. I'll throw my cap up in the air, and my spirits will lift with it, while singing "Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it seem worthwhile??!!, etc, etc."
In other news, tonight J-bro and KT and I had a rather delightful waiter at Applebees. He graduated recently with his powerhouse degree in English and is now working in the food industry. He assured us that he was working on his Beckett inspired novel and provided us with much amusing, snappy, and fast paced banter. It was like an episode of the West Wing, except set in Applebees, and didn't involve politics so much as Madagascar coloring books. Needless to say, I gave him a more than adequate tip. His nametag identified him as "The Douglas", and I encourage all family resteraunt enthusiasts to take a trip to Applebees to visit.
I suppose that's enough for tonight. I should really do that Arabic. Nisba adjectives, ahoy!
<3
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