Iron Man 2... the Second

My little brother has been visiting me for the weekend, which has been particularly pleasant. Among the many things we've done together, we saw Iron Man 2, which was his first time seeing it and my second time. As I watched, I'm slowing developing the theory that Robert Downey Jr. is the new Johnny Depp. You might be asking yourself, "What happened to the old Johnny Depp?" Theoretically nothing has happened to him, but his film ties to Tim Burton have grown over the last three years or so and he's no longer that character actor he used to be but more of a character. Whereas RDJ has easily adapted to that easy character actor role: Sherlock Holmes, Tony Stark, that guy in Tropic Thunder, etc. RDJ = awesome.

I'm seeing 'Tosca' tomorrow and I'm scared I won't understand it. I just reread a synopsis three times. Why is opera illogical?

Literary Excerpt

We read this short story called "Alma" by Junot Diaz today in my Creative Writing class, and I really liked this one sentence. I don't even know why. It mostly makes me laugh but I also just love the way it is stylistically written.

"She's more adventurous in bed than any girl you've had; on your first date she asked you if you wanted to come on her tits or her face, and maybe during boy training you didn't get any of the memos but you were, like, umm, neither."

That is all for today.

Send Money and Coffee

Does anyone want to lend me some money so I can buy a new journal for the summer? Send cash.

I haven't updated in a week, and mostly it's because I'm mad at Lost. Not really. I was actually going to write a long thing about how the Lost writers have given up on showing and now they are just telling (a fundamental NO of writing), but then I remembered no one reads this or would want to have a conversation about this.

My latest history paper is on the subject of soldier mentality during the Second World War on the Western and Pacific fronts, as well as the combat experience and its "meaning" or lack thereof. Like, individuality in war, and the like. I think this is a very interesting topic and I would really like to get another A on this paper. I got a B/B- on the last one, on account of, "little variance in source material" and "this is a solid paper but you've done better." I hate that last one, because it's like saying, "If I hadn't seen that this was written by you, I would have thought it was a lot better." Maybe I should just be happy that I have professors who hold me to a high standard, but I would also just like to do well in things, too.

I'm thinking about going full on veg this summer, by which I really mean, "pescatarian," because I still want to eat fish. Someone was like, "And this is different from what you do now... how?" And I guess it's really not at all different but I'm just legitimizing it at this point in time.

Formspring Post #1

If you could redo anything about your undergraduate experience thus far, what would it be?

This sounds really stupid but I think it would have been nice to have been more fit. I get a lot done here, but I never really stick to any routines. I didn't really gain any weight since coming to college, but I'm not really staying fit either, which is just disappointing.

That's about it, though. I'm not big on redoing experiences. I've really enjoyed what I've done here so far and I don't think I would take anything back!

Ask me everything?

3 HELLA IMPORTANT TOPICS!!!

Yikes. I can't believe I haven't updated since last Thursday. I've had a lot to talk about actually, which is why I've just been too distracted to update.

1) WE GOT OUR HOUSE! My friends and I applied for an on-campus house, which means that we essentially pay dorm prices to live in a seven person house and promote some kind of educational values (emphasis on some educational values). And this was the source for a lot of stress for the last few weeks: it had a pretty extensive application. When we finally finished it, the three of us who had been working on it sat down and tried to de-stress.

Friend 1 (female): I'm stressed. I'm going for a run.

Friend 2 (male): I really need to write some poetry. I'm too stressed.

Me (head in a bowl of soup): I NEED TO EAT I'M SO STRESSED OMG

This is just a taste of what our house will be next year.

2) I saw Iron Man 2. I still haven't seen the first Iron Man, but can I just say that I love everything about RDJ and Sam Rockwell? And Mickey Rourke? I like movies that are well-cast. When I watch a movie and realize that there are no better actors for some roles, it just makes me so happy.

3) We had a drag ball on campus this weekend. Boys in sundresses. Boys in bikinis. It was eye-openingly hilarious. I may or may not have attempted to motorboat a 26 year old German man with military experience. His tits were amazing. Just saying.

Lost = Harry Potter (Spoilers)

I'm convinced that Lost is trying to be Harry Potter.

In all seriousness, only the writers of both truly understand war well enough to write the deaths they are writing. JKR made some argument when Deathly Hallows came out that war is random and hateful; war doesn't care that you've made some great personal journey and now you're suddenly you're a better person.

Apparently the Lost writers are doing the same thing: ignoring the emotional journeys of characters so instead they can SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS get crushed by random metal objects and drown in a sinking submarine. In retrospect, I'm really glad that I chose to not attend the group Lost watching session in my student center because I would have been sobbing, rather than somewhat less (more?) pathetically crying alone in bed the next morning.

Inconsequential Shit

It's been too long since I've updated, but not many things have happened. Here is a brief list of the things that have happened:

1) Mass amounts of history readings.

2) Mass amounts of just bad history writing.

3) Dyeing my hair another moderate shade of slightly lighter brown

4) Smoking hookah for the first time in a few months

5) Seeing The Blind Side and realizing that Sandra Bullock is sorta my mother

6) Stress eating

These things are all incredibly exciting, once you view them all together, but on their own, they are really nothing of consequence.

I just wiki'd a major "plot point" of World War 2. What is my life?