Mo & LC

Only Mickey can wear sunglasses to an award show.

2009-02-24T00:37:00.002-05:00

Barbara Walters - "What would an Oscar mean to you?" Mickey Rourke - "OK. I'm going to say, you'll probably edit one of these things out. It would mean a great deal to me, a tremendous honor. But in the big picture: you can't eat it, you can't fuck it and it won't get me into heaven"

Because I am still not over it

LC

bitching about the oscars

2009-02-24T00:06:00.001-05:00

So… how cool were the Oscars last night? Not so much the wins, but just the overall set-up. The previous Oscar winners presenting the awards, the orchestra playing songs from old movies, and the montage sequences of different movie genres from 2008. BRILLIANT! Hugh Jackman wasn’t half bad either, except for that horrendous musical number with Beyonce and the high school musical kids? I am still so confused by this. There were also some good laughs by Ben Stiller, and Jack Black and Jennifer Aniston (these two should be in a movie together).
Now lets get to the actually winners
Penelope Cruz: YAY!
Heath Ledger: YAY!!!
Slumdog: Well…it was better than the rest of the nominees.
Kate Winslet: This was so freaking rigged it makes me sick. Please tell me how someone, who is not the leading actress in a movie wins leading actress. The academy just wanted her to win best actress this year and they knew she didn’t deserve it for Revolutionary Road, so they just decided to throw her other SUPPORTING role in with the leading nominees. Bullshit. I hate the academy.
Sean Penn: I AM GOING TO VOMIT ALL OVER THIS BLOGPOST. Hmmm could it be the academy favoring an actor once again? Mickey Rourke was so freaking bad-ass. My muscles literally ached watching Randy the Ram struggle through his shitty life. But no….the academy always has to honor
1) Sean penn
2) Somebody portraying a real-life character. Well…in my opinion I think it takes more talent to create a character, than it does to depict somebody else.

*oh and did I mention Sean Penn did not sound gay, he just sounded mentally challenged. Hmmm similar to his character SAM in I am Sam.

I will never get over this.
Have a fabulous Tuesday
(I am just going to go bitch some more)
LC

2009 oscar season is blahhh

2009-02-20T16:15:00.004-05:00

I am going skiing this weekend!!!
And next weekend!!!!

I am skiing in NY, which is so not as cool as New England skiing, but it will have to do.

The Oscars are on this weekend, and for once I am not that excited. I HATED Benny Buttons and I think Slumdog is overrated. I am really just pumped to see Mickey Rourke and what he is going to say and wear. I will also be infuriated if Kate Winslet wins anything, somebody that desperate for the Oscar should not win... not to mention she is NOT the leading in The Reader.

I need to go catch the megabus.
Have a fabulous weekend
(I hope these Chinese drivers don't kill me)
LC

See you soon, under the moon

2009-02-17T20:56:00.002-05:00

I am taking three English courses this semester and I love it.

JJ: You know how I complained all the time about the essays you made us read? Well, I had to read two of those essays already. So I'm sorry for giving you shit. And thanks for giving me a head start on those essays.

reminiscing

2009-02-02T00:34:00.004-05:00

Nobody even reads this, I miss senior year when it was the highlight of my life. I actually miss senior a lot, I miss just slacking off and causing chaos. I actually spent Saturday reminiscing about Senior year with a friend, it was sad.

Second quarter sucks hardcore. My English class sucks. My European Cinema class has legit homework and my teacher is an ass, and now screenwriting is going downhill. All I have left is Television Studio to make me happy.
I am really frustrated with screenwriting. I WANT TO DO WELL! My professor is the writer of that awful show "Early Edition," ya I watched it in like the 5th grade, but I want to impress him. So anyways my first script kicked ass and he was wicked impressed by me. However, now I am SUCKING! And he is so disappointed me. I don't want to be a one-trick pony.

Oh well, I still look forward to everyday not that Obama is president. My thoughts are "Hmm are wonder what Obama is going to do today, or eat for breakfast."

Have a fabulous night
(I must go check up on my friend Barack)
LC

:-(((((((

2009-01-30T01:17:00.001-05:00

Now Cranky Man is missing?!

My life is empty.

LC
(way too depressed to wish you all a fabulous night)
LC

Arrested

2009-01-18T09:39:00.001-05:00

So I guess an Arrested Development movie is happening! The only bummer is that Michael Cera might not sign on to play George Michael. Lame.

Take me home

2009-01-15T00:27:00.005-05:00

I have been really home-sick this week :-(
I miss my dogs, snow, family, KK, MO... I wasn't like this last quarter, I don't know I guess I am just depressed because I have been here for a week and a half and everyone else is still at home. I am just overwhelmed with my classes, I signed up for 7 classes because last quarter was super easy, this is the worst idea I have ever had since I enrolled in AP Chemistry last quarter. Although I don't miss high school, I do miss the carefree senior days *sigh*

On a happier note:
I AM GOING TO INAUGURATION!
Cranky Man: I hope to see you there?

Have a fabulous night
LC

I had two ideas: Nowhere and Quiznos

2009-01-11T14:52:00.004-05:00

I finally got my wireless internet back! Woohoo! Yay!

Last my my house got egged. It was pretty funny, but my mom flipped out. I guess it happened to a lot of houses. I'm just happy they used white eggs because brown eggs are nastyyyy.

I love Pineapple Express! I've watched it three times since Thursday, and it doesn't get any less funny.

Last night I had three crazy crazy dreams that were so different but I could remember the earlier ones in the other dreams so it was like one giant story line. In one of them I almost fell down an elevator shaft and then got shot at by a person in a bed sheet pretending to have a seizure. It was weird and pretty traumatizing for my dream self.

home puts me to sleep

2008-12-31T14:19:00.002-05:00

I think I went to the movies every single day this break. I have seen:

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Slumdog Millionaire
Doubt
Marely and Me
The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons

*Doubt is going to be one of those films that wins every single award given at the Oscars...I hope Amy Adams sings again!

Oh, and right now I am obsessed with COUPONS! I freaking love them, I am like a little old lady wasting my life away clipping coupons.

After being home for 3 weeks I have realized how lame this area is, there is nothing to do, so I just watch marathons of MADE and John & Kate Plus 8 with my dogs, with my sister...I love her now.

Have a fabulous New Year
(I must shovel)
LC

Sorry, sorry, um... SORRY!

2008-12-23T11:21:00.002-05:00

My life is a giant pit of boring, and I figured no one wanted to read this:

Today, I didn't study again. But I did play some video games. I also played on crutches.

Also, I don't have internet and I had to come to the hospital just to write this blog.

Here are some things that are happening:

Snow sucks.

The mall sucks too.

My house is cold.

My dog is grumpy and crazy.

I'm poor.

I finished finals!

That's it. But I'll try to write every other day. I'll even make up stuff if I have to!

Doctors, lawters never past 16,000 rupees... he's at 10 million. What can a slumdog possibly know?

2008-12-21T17:53:00.003-05:00

I wish I was in high school so I could look at the hour by hour on weather.com and sit in front of channel 10 new; just so I can hope for a snow day...for some reason I still find myself doing this?

I have watched Christmas movies all day long, and it has been the greatest day of my winter break. I freaking love these DVDs filled with cheesy holiday cheer. One was a little too corny and I actually had to stop it, but it was just one of those made for television movies that ABC Family plays.

I finally saw an Oscar contender! Slumdog Millionaire!!! That was quite an entertaining two hours of my night, it was such an interesting way to showcase a story...through "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," how freaking cool. I love how nobody under the age of 30 was in the theater with me...

Have a fabulous snow day SAD35
(Mo is still gone, I must go look through some snow banks)
LC

Ode to Mo

2008-12-19T17:19:00.003-05:00

I once had a best friend named Mo
She used to run this LCandMo show.
Then she made a new blog
and I cried and cried on a log
because now she has ditched me
to become a busy solo blog bee.

MISSING!
Name: MO
Description: A cooler person than you
Reward: An ode to you

FIND MY FRIEND

Ice Storm, Snow Days, what a nice welcome home :-)

2008-12-12T15:09:00.003-05:00

SNOW DAY!

The second day I am home Marshwood gets a Snow Day :-) I love how I don't even go to high school even more, but I am still excited for everyone else. I wish I still got Snow Days :-( I miss going around telling everyone there is a snow day and to not do homework....ya I had no friends in the winter.

I AM DONE WITH FIRST QUARTER! I was so freaking close to getting a 4.0, and I am bummed that I did not succeed. Design screwed me over pretty hardcore this quarter, academically and financially. I will also never have to see a TRUE cranky English teacher, next quarter I get a twenty something black guy with dreadlocks to teach me English. Cranky Man, you have some competition for coolest English teacher ever.

So I was going to use this vacation to catch up on all Oscar contender flicks, but then I got home and realized Regal only plays shit...so now I will probably just go see Twilight for the 5th time and Milk.

Have a fabulous SNOW DAY
(I must go find power somewhere)
lC

5th period is the bomb yo!

2008-11-29T16:56:00.003-05:00

I guess I should make a THANK YOU 2008 list as well.

1)5th period freshmen year
2)5th period sophomore year
3)5th period junior year
4)5th period senior year
5)The library for entertaining me during 5th period
6)Cranky man and period 2...but never as cool as period 5!
7)Mrs. Remick for recommending me books during period 5.
8)Neil for yelling baseball! During peiod 5
9)Ms. West, for giving me very helpful voice lessons during period 5.
10)The cafeteria food I ate during period 5

I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving!
(I must go eat yet another Turkey)
LC

I still think I should have done my project on blogging...

2008-11-23T00:22:00.005-05:00

Courtesy of Mr.MrAmyadmas

LC

Where is my friend?

2008-11-22T23:35:00.004-05:00

This weekend I hated being a film major. I guess because I spent the whole weekend working on this "sophomore's," project...he is 24, and I was miserable. I did not like it at all. Friday night wasn't so bad, but today I was so ready to switch majors. I am trying not let this weekend get to me to much because I don't think the director was talented at all and I didn't learn anything from him.

I have also been very frustrated with my shooting & lighting class. I have come to the conclusions that the kids in the class don't give a damn about anything except for their Indiana Jones hats and their fancy cameras they have at home. So since these kids are fully equipped with Indiana Jones hats and fancy cameras they are able to sleep through every class.
Sleeping through shooting and lighting= failing grades on midterms=failing out of the film program=LC is now the film genius of her class

Well it works out for me, except not really. I am still not learning anything. My professor is literally someone they pulled off the shady streets of Philly because they were desperate. Now I look like a goon compared to all of the other film kids.

I should have majored in blogging
Have a more fabulous weekend than me
(MO WHERE ARE YOU)
LC

I am laughing at you because you are in high school...HAHAHA

2008-11-16T00:53:00.003-05:00

Tonight I am so exhausted and I just want my bed. I miss my bed, I let my friend from York sleep in it last night and now it is taken away from me again! ARGH!! My two friends Molly and Alexa have crappy roommates and they got "sexilled," so they helped themselves to my bed. Oh my life. They are lucky I like them so much, well Alexa is basically Mo...so naturally I enjoy her company.

Being a film major is wonderful for one reason:
NO FINALS/MID TERMS! (Kind of)

Oh my goodness I am realizing now how awful my life was in high school...it sucked.
(Except for period 2 English class) I get my work done so early, wait what work? I hardly have work, except for freaking Design projects.

Have a fabulous night
(I hope everyone else has a bed to sleep in)
LC

No day off for LC

2008-11-11T22:02:00.003-05:00

Philadelphians love cherry coke, yes they do.

Today was Veterans Day and I was denied the day off, instead I had 7hr Tuesday and I watched a really boring movie "Best Days of our Lives," the movie was three hours long and they could have easily told the story in 60min.

I cant wait for Thanksgiving, after seeing my mom this weekend I became really homesick.

Hope college applications are going fabulous seniors
LC

Swimming in Seaweed

2008-11-10T14:59:00.003-05:00

Two of my cousins are in a band with their friends in which they mostly play covers songs. One of them commented on my myspace and asked me to check out the song that they wrote. It's instrumental and despite the goofy name (Super Awesome Beach Monkeys) it's really good. It would be really great if everyone could go to their myspace and listen to it!

Swimming in Seaweed

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I Know The World's a Broken Bone...

2008-11-06T14:42:00.004-05:00

When Obama was elected, I felt really good about America. It shouldn't be his race that matters, but I still felt really proud of us for electing a minority as our leader. I felt overwhelmed by the importance of it.

Now that California had decided to consciously ignore equality, I feel really disgusted by Americans. I feel hopeless. I can't stop crying about it. I even called my mom because I needed so badly to relate to somebody how horribly disappointed I am. I know discrimination isn't gone, and never will be, but I never thought the government would let it happen so blatantly.

... but melt your headaches, call it home.

Yes we can

2008-11-05T23:29:00.002-05:00

After 48 hours of sleeping for only two hours in the lounge, line managing, and canvassing in the ghetto, we did it.

I was happy to spend the day away from Maine and to be around strictly Obama supporters. It was brilliant to be voting in a swing state, I felt so important.

I am so so going to DC on Inauguration day, I cant wait.

Have a fabulous night
(Don't bet $500 on election day...I thought Republican were good with money?)
LC

"It torments me to insanity that you should be so misled."

2008-11-05T14:37:00.003-05:00

It seems California will pass their proposition to ban gay marriage. I'm disgusted and horribly disappointed. There are still some absentee ballots to be counted though...

Everybody Here Parties All The Time

2008-11-05T12:20:00.004-05:00

Voting is not as cool as I thought it would be. I felt stupid because I didn't know anyone running for anything other than President. And the people running the station were grumpy old people who didn't understand anything and kept moving people around for no reason. I also felt kind of like a fake while voting because I didn't know much about either of the candidates points.

One thing I was sure about was question 2 on the Mass ballots. The area I live in on campus is known for it's pot heads (it basically smells like the hill is made of weed) and everyone was very, very happy last night. Decriminalizing marijuana is a good thing for everybody because now the state gets money when someone gets caught instead of having to spend it on putting them in jail.

You shwood kids are smaaaty pants

2008-11-02T23:00:00.002-05:00

I don't know what my issue is, but lately I have been disappointed with the intellectual level of the students at Drexel. I know it's because I am with all of the Design kids during class and Drexel makes special "Design Courses," because they feel as if us artsy kids cant handle the real material and that we didn't make it to Drexel because of our grades...well I did. It's really hard finding interesting people here, really hard. It bothers me that the average for a physics midterm was a 68 and it was easy as shit, well thats because no other school requires physics apparently. It also bothers me that everyone in my English class just does not know how to write. I am just...disappointed.

With all of this said, I am thankful for the education I received at Marshwood for the very first time.

Have a fabulous night
(I am still not thankful for my Latin class)
LC

Vote.

2008-10-29T16:59:00.002-04:00

This is how pathetic I am: this actually made me cry.

Let's Pretend We're in Antarctica

2008-10-28T22:34:00.003-04:00

My room mate and I had been sitting in our room for the past few hours wondering why it felt like we were in Antarctica. As we crawled on the floor trying to see if there was a switch on the radiator to turn it on, I happened to look up. It turns out that our window opens on the top and the bottom, and it had been opened on the top for who knows how long. We had never noticed because our blind doesn't even go up half way and it obscured the top of the window. The window was also stuck and we had to climb onto our desks to push it up. We finally got it shut and now it only feels like Alaska. Oh man, I love dorm rooms.

I am a stupid freshman, and I got fooled

2008-10-26T23:39:00.003-04:00

I cant wait until the Philies win the world series and all of my classes are canceled for the parade..HECK YES!

So I am learning that I really like to edit, that is what I am leaning towards as a career. I hate lighting, and camera operating is ok, but right now we are just using a pretty simple camera, so I wont know if I really like it until I take "camera operation."

So I have the saddest freshmen story. A senior production team sent out e-mails asking for production assistants, so I was wicked pumped for this. I show up at 5 with my roommate, we load their vehicles and they say "Ok, we are going to drive all of this stuff there, and then we will be back for you guys." So we wait...and wait....and wait, they call at 8:00pm, freaking 8:00pm, they made us wait for tree hours for them to say "We don't need PA's anymore." OUCH! They totally just called us in to load their cars and for them to ditch us. An upperclassmen warned me about this production team, I need to start listening to advice more.

Don't fall for those dorky film guys schemes!
Have a fabulous night
(College students should have election day off, nobody is going to vote and it makes me sick)
LC

Let's snort some cough syrup.

2008-10-26T22:09:00.002-04:00

Since drinking coffee in college makes you really hip, and I hate coffee, I've taken to putting Coke Zero in a to go cup and carrying it around. It makes me look fly and I get to steal soda from the dining commons.

Rain storms are seriously the best best best things in the world. As long as the rain isn't cold rain. Last night we spent two hours running around in the rain and jumping into puddles. It was so much fun. We composed great poems about our love of rain. The only problem is that my converse and my purse are still soaking wet.

I can't edit blogs, but I sure can edit films

2008-10-22T13:59:00.003-04:00

I love walking around campus and seeing all the artsy kids with their design bags, cameras, tri-pods, and musical instruments. However I do not enjoy carrying all of that crap myself.

My schedule is so sick next quarter
1)English 102
2)Scripting
3)Editing
4)Physics 2 (I found a loophole and I can do weather instead)
5)U 101
6) European Cinema

I just learned that the same kids I have all my classes with right now will be in my classes for all four years! They broke the film kids up into cycles alphabetically. The Bagel will be with me for all four years...Shoot me now please.

I am now 19!! Karl came up to celebrate and we went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art one day, so awesome. However there are so many Renaissance paintings I can look at.

Have a fabulous day!
(Cranky Man: My English Professor uses MLA)
LC

Battle Royale

2008-10-17T15:36:00.002-04:00

There is a huge Humans vs. Zombies game happening on my campus right now. I almost got taken down by a zombie trying to escape the army of humans. It was scary. I think I'll be staying in my room tonight...

I love e.e. cummings

2008-10-14T21:58:00.003-04:00

you said Is

there anything which

is dead or alive more beautiful

than my body, to have in your fingers

(trembling ever so little)?

Looking into

your eyes Nothing, i said, except the

air of spring smelling of never and forever.

....and through the lattice which moved as

if a hand is touched by a

hand (which

moved as though

fingers touch a girl's

breast,

lightly)

Do you believe in always, the wind

said to the rain

I am too busy with

my flowers to believe, the rain answered

Grasshopper is good too, of course... and this one:

l(a

one

iness

I'm an Indian

2008-10-13T14:08:00.004-04:00

I went to shows on Saturday and Sunday and the bands were super, super nice and awesome and their music is so good! So you should all check them out. Right now.

The Narrative is especially sweet because they put us on the guest list for Sunday's show! So give them some love!

This is How You Get By

2008-10-09T11:13:00.003-04:00

There are two girls on the first floor of my dorm who have a sign reading "You look fabulous today!" in their window everyday. It's homemade and it makes me smile.

This morning my alarm didn't go off so I had to get ready for class in fifteen minutes. I looked messy. As I was walking back to my dorm after class, I looked over at the windows and noticed a difference. Today, the girls' sign read "Your appearance is questionable." It made me die in a good way.

I miss period 2 English class

2008-10-06T13:29:00.002-04:00

I love college for two reasons
1) All of the the free shit I get here
2) All of the C-list celebrities that come to our campus telling us to vote.

My English is so boring I hate it. It is painfully easy, every single English course was more interesting than this college course. We had an essay on Fredrick Douglass....SERIOUSLY?! Nobody ever says anything intelligent, but whatever since all of these kids are dumb it helps my grade. My professor told us she rarely ever gives check ++ (yes we still use the check system) but I got one on my second essay boooyah. However my professor was not amused with my essay on a peanut-butter and banana sandwich.

My film classes are really good too. My professor said my fist project was really good, and a lot of people turned AWFUL projects (these of course were the people that claim they have lots of experience, so they feel as if they d
on't need to pay attention).

Have a fabulous day
(I am off to get more free shit)
LC

Buttered Croissant Baby

2008-10-01T21:28:00.003-04:00

I'm coming home next weekend and I have a show to go to every single night! I'm so excited! Northampton is full of venues but I don't know any bands that play here, so they do me no good.

I have to write a response to an essay for my English class tomorrow. Although this essay is one kajillion times easier to read and comprehend than the one's Cranky made us read, I still don't want to do it. I'm contemplating skipping, but I would feel like such a loser if I did. The essay is about killing and torturing wolves and it's so graphic that I almost threw up. Here's a little taste:

"On a Saturday afternoon in Texas a few years ago, three men on horseback rode down a female red wolf and threw a lasso over her neck. When she griped the rope with her teeth to keep the noose from closing, they dragged her around the prairie until they'd broken her teeth out. Then while two of them stretched the animal between their horses with ropes, the third man beat her to death with a pair of fence pliers. The wolf was taken around to a few bars in a pickup and finally thrown in a roadside ditch."

-- "The Clamor of Justification," Barry Lopez

So. Fucking. Disgusting. And we have to cite using MLA. Ewww.

I'm currently obsessed with using stickam. It's so creepy, but I love it.

Wake Me When it Thunders

2008-09-24T17:27:00.002-04:00

This is what I have been doing all afternoon:

Is It Alright If I Cry, Annie?

I'm reading them all out loud and crying like a total freak. Thank God my room mate isn't here.

Tomorrow my RA is taking us all into town to hang. So cute. Last week he made us muffins. I love him, he's so cool/goofy.

I am a Dragon

2008-09-23T23:30:00.002-04:00

My apologies to Mo are needed here, I have been MIA since I got to school.

So Drexel is pretty great. I love Philadelphia, I love it sooooo much. Ahh being in the city is exactly what I needed.

I am still getting adjusted to the dorm life and all. My hall is full of a bunch of artsy WEIRDOS!!!!t. However some of the girls are really awesome.

Lets see I will give a run down of my classes

Physical Science for Design: Piece of CAKE!! Oh my goodness, what a relief after coming out of AP Chem. My teacher is this cute little old man, who cant even find his own attendance sheet.

English: My teacher is Mrs. Downs and she is the most hated teacher on campus. My roommate and I call her "Debbie Downer." She is this cranky old teacher who didn't even introduce herself, instead she gave us a TIMED WRITING!! WHAT THE F***. I wouldn't have showed up. We had to write a narrative explaining a skill we learned and the explain the breakthrough of it. So what did LC do? Well I wrote three pages on how to make a peanut butter and banana sandwich...it was absurd.
Shooting and Lighting: Ahh such a neat class. We just learned how to set up a camera and a tri-pod and we ran through certain techniques. I already have to take out a camera from the equipment room (where I have to deal with the Equipment guy from hell!!) I just have to take some shots of a person sitting and make sure I include all the techniques my professor was talking about.
Design I
A pain in my ass! I hate art, I HATE it. Now I have to buy all this art shit and I am pissed. In Jr High I made a pelican and then my pelican was used as the "bad example," for the class taking art the next quarter.
American Cinema Well I was really pumped for this class, but that ended quickly! I have this girl Alana Bagel in every single one of my classes and she thinks she is the shit. She loves to hear herself talk and she wants to make sure the professor is aware of her presence. She delayed our viewing of Scarface for a good 40min, then we didn't even get to analyze it afterward.

Have a fabulous night
(I didn't edit this, boohoo)
LC

Marshwood Loves

2008-09-18T19:47:00.000-04:00

to blog:

http://marshwoodtimes.blogspot.com/

I'll Be Fine, I Swear

2008-09-15T23:25:00.003-04:00

So, I wrote my paper, and I set up my printer, and I'm getting ready to print when I realize... I don't have a cord to connect my laptop and my printer. I also don't have paper. I'm so disorganized, it's pathetic.

My mom brought me chocolate chip cookies and I love them.

It was my dad's birthday sunday! We had Japanese/Chinese food. I can actually eat a full meal with chopsticks and I feel super sick because of it.

Goons:

Lightning Bolt Hair Clips

2008-09-13T16:17:00.002-04:00

My family's coming tomorrow!

I can't stop eating junk food and it's killing me. I'm also craving ramen, which I oddly have none of. Isn't that, like, a college necessity? I had clam chowder for the first time last night, it was so good, now I want it all the time.

I'm supposed to help my RA make muffins today. I hope they're chocolate chip muffins.

I just can't get over how badly I want ramen noodles right now.

Bagels, Bagels, Bagels

2008-09-11T09:06:00.002-04:00

The one thing I am going to miss both about Maine:

Bagel Basket! Oh my goodness I am going to miss those damn bagels and coffee. Now I am forced to join the Starbucks cult. Life could not get much worse.

Have a fabulous day at school
(I will still be...here :-( )
LC

I am still alive

2008-09-07T23:40:00.003-04:00

In 12 days I will FINALLY be a college student just like the rest of you fools.

I will continue being my lame self and remain straight edge...don't judge me.

Go see Hamlet 2, it's hilarious.

Have a fabulous night
LC

Hit This Up:

2008-09-07T19:51:00.002-04:00

Kathleen Ann

Also, I think my brother's planning on making one too. Yay! for family blogging!

ALSO:

The Bigger Lights

I love them.

Love forgive what we've become, cause we need you know, so we can save ourselves.

Come On

2008-09-07T01:12:00.001-04:00

No one comments any more an it's bumming me out. Are we dead? LC where are you? Comment people, comment!

Mais Monsieur, je ne souris jamais!

2008-09-04T23:25:00.003-04:00

French is the scariest class of my life. And I don't have my books yet because every single book store is sold out! I'm going to cry if I get into trouble.

Today, in between classes I sat outside and ate cookies and drank Cherry Coke Zero while reading a book. I felt very college-student. But for some stupid reason I sat in the sun and the whole experience was uncomfortable. Tomorrow I'll sit in the shade.

I'm Down If You Don't Expect Anymore From Me

2008-09-02T14:37:00.002-04:00

I had English this morning. When my teacher remarked that she wanted to see Mama Mia and then a classmate started raving about Pierce Bronson, I simply thought, "Oh shit." But I think I'm actually going to like the class and the people. Even though the teacher thinks Mandarin is spelt Madarian.

I also had Astronomy this afternoon. It's a huge lecture class with this adorable little Asian teacher. His slideshow was so grammatically incorrect that it was hilarious. I thought we would be looking at stars but we're really just learning about the universe. Bummer.

I feel really hungry even though I ate lunch two hours ago. I think I might have a overeating disorder. Since I live at the top of Mt. Everest is doesn't really matter how much I eat though, because I'll just burn it all off anyways.

I have Psych at four in a giant lecture hall. It's air-conditioned which should make me happy, but instead makes me pissed, because I hate air-conditioning. A lot.

UMASS

2008-09-01T00:03:00.005-04:00

This morning I was really sad and really nervous.

Then in the car I was nervous and excited.

Then once I got here I was still nervous and excited.

Now that my parents are gone and I've met people I'm super pumped!!

Van Meter from a distance.

Barest room ever... but not for long.

Amherst.

Picnic lunch; rotten apple; road; toll man's elbow; killer

I am jealous of everyone that is at college already.

2008-08-27T20:47:00.002-04:00

Karl is gone.
MO leaves in a few days.
I am one of the only college students left at Fosters.
My other friends don't even care about saying goodbye to me.

I am so lonely and bored and I don't leave for another month

Get Smashed, Gate Crash

2008-08-24T21:22:00.004-04:00

My dorm started planning a party for move-in day and I guess administration read the comments on the event page on Facebook, and we got an e-mail saying people's name were taken down by the admin, police, and student leaders. We haven't even started school yet and we're already the trouble-makers. I'm so excited (and not even sarcastically)!

Dawn Of the Dead

2008-08-21T18:21:00.004-04:00

Does it offend you, yeah?

Screw Calculus I am watching movies

2008-08-17T19:56:00.002-04:00

So you are all going to be jealous of my schedule. My classes consist of:
Design I
American Classic Cinema
Physical Science for Design
The Drexel Experience (This is where I learn how to ride the subway)
Shooting and Lighting
Expository Writing and Reading

Although my classes are pretty kick ass, I have still been very mopey about the odd Drexel schedule and how I will soon give up summers and have completely opposite vacations from any other college. However then I got this e-mail and I stopped feeling anxious for maybe two minutes

Folks,

For many years I wrote messages to students in the Honors College at
particularly stressful times. Now that I've been asked to take on
responsibilities as your chief academic administrator, I have a much
larger audience of students to whom I am dedicated. The previous
messages drew from my own experiences as a student, and Honors students
often told me that my words helped them through tough times. It is in
that spirit that I offer you the following. I promise to keep it brief.

Summer term is winding down for those in classes. Soon you will face
paper or project deadlines and exams. For our students on co-op, your
job is coming to an end. In both cases, you are experiencing, somewhat
prematurely (to judge by some other college students), what most
working
folks have come to accept: that summer is just another season for work.
Yes, Drexel students "mature" faster than others as you engage
professional responsibilities or the rigors of learning during the
season of play for most college-age people. Or at least that's what
those of us working or learning at Drexel believe, and with reason.
Many
students nationally have found employment or summer internships that
are
pretty taxing. Still, those in classes are feeling put upon, worn out;
and after six months of full-time work, learning about a new profession
during beach weather, our co-ops have met challenges that few mere
summer internships pose. Understandably, from time to time you may be
feeling deprived, even that your youth is slipping by.

Learning, whether on co-op or in classes, is never easy. In fact, I
think it's the hardest activity humans can do. It demands more
intensive
engagement, poses more challenges, than most professional positions
will
demand of you. (That explains why professors' formal work hours appear
light compared to people in jobs that do not demand discovering new
knowledge. Your professors are constantly assimilating and developing
new knowledge: as I said, the hardest things humans can do.) Add to
your
challenge of learning vast amounts of new material and difficult
concepts, those deadlines for projects and written work, the constant
press of exams, culminating in those dreaded finals, and you have real
reasons to feel down during what used to be the happiest season. I
loved
college; but I hated finals. Those two weeks of stress, anxiety, long
hours, and uncertainty always made me question why I was putting myself
through such agony. During every term, every year of college, I never
was able to enter an exam period with the confidence or calm of some of
my friends.

As Drexel students, you have chosen a more demanding calendar than
most.
You have chosen the harder path. You have chosen to learn, non-stop,
for
years. You have chosen to spend summers booking or working. And for
this
you have but one consolation: the future. You have taken on greater
demands now, sacrificed immediate gratifications, for future gains in
knowledge, mastery, and professional success. You have exhibited-are
exhibiting-that most rare of human traits: self-denial. And for that,
you have my admiration and support and, I trust, the understanding of
your professors or supervisors that what you are accomplishing is of
lasting value. So press hard into the conclusion of your co-op, study
relentlessly for those exams, and make the extra effort to ensure that
your project or paper is all it can be. The rewards, as you know, are
just over the horizon of accomplishment you have created. For you, your
future promises to be the happiest season.

Dr. G

Un peu, my ass.

2008-08-15T15:33:00.003-04:00

Last night I met the coolest drunk person ever. His name is Bret and he's from London, Boston, and Somerville. All at the same time! He speaks French, Portuguese, Dutch, and Spanish. And probably other languages too. Talking to drunk strangers in French on the street may be sketchy, but it sure is fun!

My name is Person.

2008-08-14T14:45:00.002-04:00

I just babysat the cutest kids ever. The youngest, who's like three, has been my pal for years. Today, we had a Thomas Party and the 3 year old played a ukulele and made up songs about parties and their Be Bop Band. Then we danced to Christmas music in their kitchen. If I ever have kids and they're not exactly like those kids, I'm going to be very disappointed.

I got into one of the dorms I wanted! And my roommate seems really nice. This is my biggest worry right now: having too much stuff and it being a bitch to get it all into my room. Life's tough.

still one month to go

2008-08-13T18:55:00.000-04:00

I cant wait to make friends in college

LC

I love the Olympics

2008-08-12T12:25:00.002-04:00

I am watching the Olympics right now. Kayaking is on, it is sooooo entertaining.
I cant wait until swimming and gymnastics.

I <33333 Michael Phelps

Have a fabulous time watching the Olympics
LC

Don't Watch The Olympics

2008-08-10T20:41:00.002-04:00

Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics. Don't watch the Olympics.

Don't Taze Me, Bro.

2008-08-06T09:29:00.002-04:00

Here are some things I have learned in the past few minutes:

- My family is full of people who are selfish.

- And dumb.

- And not funny.

- Little James and Alex are inherently evil.

- Little kids are willing to believe a lot of things, including that their uncle is the Master of the Known Universe.

- Rain sucks.

You know how little girls, and maybe boys, always talk about how they're going to get married, have kids, and live happily ever after? Well, the little first grade girls in my cousins class in FL are saying that they're going to get married, get divorced, and then drink Mai Tai's. Disturbing. And sad.

I'm ace at poker and should probably make my living off it.

Last night I went out with my brother, cousins, and their friend, and we just rode around the beach on our bikes until it was 12:30. We had to run from the rangers and hide in shadows, and we got in little bitch fights with other kids. Being in a bike gang is fun.

Insomnia

2008-08-02T08:40:00.002-04:00

I think I have seen every single movie that has come out this summer, now I don't know what to do with myself.

I hate that I am exhausted every night, but the minute I lay down I am wide awake again.

I am on overtime the whole day today, thank god.

I wish I could house-sit!!!!!!!!

Have a fabulous Saturday
(I want a nap)
LC

Pick your head up, pick your feet up.

2008-07-30T11:48:00.004-04:00

I decided to make cupcakes this morning, mainly because they're the shit and partially because I was bored. At first I was going to use white cake mix, but I forgot how to split egg whites from egg yoke. I ended up using marble instead. When you make a marble cake or marble cupcakes you have to put the yellow batter in the pan, then spoon the fudge on top, and then swirl. This took too long for me, so I decided that, rationally, I should be able to swirl them in the big bowl, then spoon them out. Now I have twelve cupcakes that look like frosted bran muffins. I also got impatient waiting for the cupcakes to cool before frosting so I have a few with watery glaze and a huge mess on my counter. Thank God I'm going to college where they cook for me.

Today's my last day of work!

Double Feature

2008-07-26T21:12:00.003-04:00

Want to know something weird?

Last night, or this morning really, during the second hour of the day, I got hit on by two old creeps right in a row, saw two hitch-hikers right in a row, and saw two burrowing skunks right in a row. That means the number two is going to have a significant role in my immediate future.

I popped my Rocky Horror cherry last night/this morning. It was cool and fun and sexxxy. But I just need to say that I hate ditzy little whores in thongs that talk in shit British accents and think their ugly friend looks like Brittany Snow. I love boys that yell weird stuff like "snakes and badgers" out of their car window and drunk men who ask if I wrestle though.

Ohhh Patrick

2008-07-23T00:56:00.002-04:00

Work is keeping me from the blog, and I hate it! It has also kept me from my "I am going to watch one movie everyday." However I did have time to sit down with Mo and snazz this blog up and I did have time to see Batman....HOLY SHIT! (That sums it up well I think).

I went to Orientation!! I was hesitant about it at first because every girl was from Jersey and they "are lyke going to major in Fashion & Merchandising," shoot me in the face now please. However, I did find a group of really awesome kids. I met two girls that are also majoring in film and one may be my roommate. I am falling more in love with the film department, because now two major film studios are opening in Philly and we are all going to get to work there. There is also a chance for 15 kids to do a term LA.

My assigned summer reading: "Everything Bad is Good For You," by Steven Johnson

MTV is playing spongebob right now, I am so confused.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous summer
(I must go watch spongebob on MTV)
LC

Ohhh Dearrrr

2008-07-22T16:02:00.001-04:00

Today I saw a sign advertising "Tricky Dick the Magician." I practically peed.

Let's Have a Celebration in the Middle of the Week

2008-07-17T02:36:00.003-04:00

Today at work all we did was solve riddles. We are masters. We decided that we are probably better at solving riddles than Batman, and that we would crush The Riddler (or Edward, as I like to call him) is seconds. He would be reduced to a sniffling, little baby. Then I would call him Baby Eddie.

I wish all jobs were like Wilson's, but there are a few improvements to be made. Here they are:

- a kiddie pool behind the registers

- a water cooler

- a cooler for other, cooler, beverages

- beanbag chairs

- a name change to "Wilson's House of Leather"

- half pizza parlor-half leather store by day, dance club by night

- a hotdog stand, with free hotdogs and free cotton candy for Wilson's employees

- raises

- Wilson the Dog

- air conditioning that works

This could all go so wrong, but we're so happy

2008-07-15T00:04:00.006-04:00

Oh, the good old days:

http://lc-and-mo.blogspot.com/2007/11/we-love-blogging.html

It's weird to think about how much has changed since Novmber 1, 2007. Here are a few changes:

-It's 2008

-I know who Vampire Weekend is

-It's summer

-Mike is no longer our friend

-Basically no one is our, or at least my, friend anymore

-I've discovered I'm a hater

-We are college students

-I have a Mac

-We no longer blog about 2nd period

-I have an XBox 360

-I am 18

-I've lost my mind

If it weren't for blogspot, I wouldn't even realize the extent of the changes that have happened.

This is Ivy Leauge

2008-07-11T23:29:00.002-04:00

This may be a budding obsession:

All I Wanna Do Is BangBangBangBang

2008-07-09T01:17:00.006-04:00

My sister cut her own hair, and only butchered it a little. We went to a real salon today, and she got hers fixed and I got mine cut.

We decided to become assassins/spies. We're going to carry briefcases. If I were you, I'd watch my back, we might shoot it (with a camera).

I bought a tambourine. I'm not really sure why...

(I know: soooo lame.)

2008-07-08T23:49:00.002-04:00

I bought an I-pod classic and it changed my life.

I need to go to college now! I realized I am going to miss like three people and that is it.

Current movie:2001 Space Odyssey

Have a fabulous night
(I must go finish this movie)
LC

I'll take a rainbow from the sky and tie the ends together

2008-07-07T12:06:00.003-04:00

It turns out that there is neither a deal nor a script for an Arrested Development movie. I'm horribly depressed.

My sister is making me cut her hair even though I've thoroughly warned her that it will turn out like shit.

I'm shocked I haven't been fired yet. All I do at work is complain about how bored I am. Occasionally I zip up a jacket, but that's only when I'm feeling ambitious.

Lemon Poppy Seed muffins aren't that good, so don't waste your time making them.

Mo

Hourly has its benefits

2008-07-06T00:35:00.002-04:00

I got to see fireworks after all, I was so pumped!

So I had the best day of work today. Me and my really good friend Ali got paid for basically going out for lunch and going to Aggies. All we had to do was drop off the food for a small party and we were done, so of course after this we had to milk the clock and buy a bunch of food at various places. It always amazed me that Fosters just let a bunch of teenagers go off in their vehicles and trust that we come back? Ummm hello? We are being paid HOURLY, and you give us money for "gas?" Hahaha that's really funny. I remember last year we drove to dairy queen and around York, just because we were on overtime.

Movies watched yesterday: Wanted, Clockwork Orange
Today: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original, none of that Jessica Biel crap) and Cloclwork Orange

Have a fabulous July 6th
(I must go drink more caffeine at 12:40am)
LC

In Da Hood

2008-07-05T20:52:00.002-04:00

I hope everyone had a super independence day.

Today I had my first freeze pop of the summer. It was blue and oh so delicious.

The only show I watch right now (other than Without A Trace (duh)) is Robin Hood on BBC America. It's stupid (like most BBC shows) but I love it. I think the main attraction is Robin Hood himself. Either way, it's on tonight at nine, and if you're like me and too cool to watch things when they're scheduled, it's also On Demand. You should check it out, even if you're not into hot, arrow-shooting, tight-wearing, money-stealing, evil-fighting, medieval lords (Maid Marian is a little whiny, but cute).

sad story

2008-07-03T23:42:00.003-04:00

One day LC's car went into inspection and never came back, then her summer was ruined.

TRUE STORY

Yahoo was being annoying so I got a g-mail (I am ashamed)

Yesterday some psycho flipped out because we served her corn bread instead of rolls, and she asked to speak to a manager and told her how much she despises corn bread.

I have watched one movie almost everyday this summer.

This was a random post

Have a fabulous 4th of July
(I will be working)
LC

Don't don't don't don't give give up up

2008-07-03T22:14:00.002-04:00

Today, I went to Portsmouth to have a tea party. After one cup of tea, guess what happened? It started raining! This summer is a shitty monsoon summer! So we hid under a tent, but the wind blew the rain onto us anyways, so we hid in the closed up backstage tent for the park's play (a nice man that worked there said we could if it didn't scare us too much (it didn't)). Then when the rain stopped we had a walking tea party and everyone was jealous. Then, while we were having pizza, it started raining again. Then, we saw a million people that we know and they told us the fireworks were cancelled so we decided to start a website like thecobrasnake.com, except better and called wearecrackwhores.com. At first we didn't know what to call it so we asked some people and they ignored us. My sister and I talked in British accents and people asked if we were really from England. We are good. Now, I am eating Doritos and they are so good. I yelled at my brother a few days ago because he stole the bag and ate them all, and now I'm doing it (but it's okay because I deserve them). Tomorrow I might go to the Dover fireworks, but right now it's only penciled in my agenda book.

Today I also went to the beach with LC and Kath and I got a wicked bad sunburn. I look like a lobster. A really red lobster with human features.

mo

I am the freaking BOSS, YOU ARE NOT

2008-06-29T11:37:00.002-04:00

The only thing I hate about Fosters is that I get treated like absolute shit from some adults. Not from Fosters employees, but from people that work at places we do bakes at. Yesterday I was in charge of an event at Kennebunkport. The bake was for a family reunion, and they were staying at this mansion. This one lady working at the mansion was the bitchiest, nastiest human being ever to walk this planet. The minute we stepped out of the truck she thought she had the right to boss us around...why? Because we are younger. She complained about everything we were doing and tried to tell us what we are doing is wrong. Ummm thanks I think I know what I am freaking doing here, you on the other hand have no clue. Then this other lady comes in and she is so sweet and told us how wonderful everything looks and then she introduces herself as the owner of the mansion. That made me laugh a whole lot, because then who the hell was that other lady?! She was not the owner, just some random worker there.

So then nasty lady comes up to me again and I tell her what is left over for food and she shushes me! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE LADY!!! You are not in charge of this crew, I AM! And you are sure not in charge of me. That was probably the most disrespectful thing I have ever witnessed. Then I hand her the receipt from the bill and she starts bitching at me about how she already took care of this, because I guess she doesn't know what I receipt was.

After that I ushered everyone into the truck, I was done with her shit. So while we were packing a member of the party came out and gave us a tip...I wish he did that right in front of nasty lady.

It just makes me so angry that I am not treated like a professional sometimes, because I am. I know I am only 18, but I am in charge and I know what I am doing. Nobody has the right to tell me how to do my job, except for the bosses at FOSTAASS

Have a fabulous day
LC

I must leave now, so I did not read this over....Kill me Cranky Man

I can't think of a title.

2008-06-25T19:49:00.003-04:00

Today I tried to clean my room, but I think I just made it messier. You can see some carpet though.

I'm dedicating my summer to watching movies. I'm going to watch all the free on demand movies. All of them. Plus some others. So far my favorite movie is still The Chumscrubber, if that changes you will be the first notified.

I'm obsessed with this band. They make me want to get wasted and party forever.

Mo

people are stupid

2008-06-23T14:25:00.002-04:00

I miss Period 2 English class

So today I went into Fosters just to return tables and chairs. As of right now the restaurant part is closed during the week, and it is very apparent it is closed, for the lights are all turned off and NOBODY is around. However I go in (wearing normal clothes) and there are two ladies standing at the register. These two ladies see me and they start bombarding me with questions. (Umm excuse me? How do you even know I work here, and WE ARE CLOSED!!!) So I answered all of their stupid questions, and then they asked how late we are open until. I told her we were closed today and she was amazed.

Conclusion to this story: I am sick of tourists already

Have a fabulous day
(I also hate rain)
lC

Auntie is home

2008-06-20T01:00:00.002-04:00

My aunt is visiting this week, she is from Laguna Beach, CA. Every time she comes home she has really awesome stories. My new favorite is when my cousin graduated from Long Beach State and sat right next Stephen Spielberg!! Now I looked this up at imdb and it did say that Spielberg attended Long Beach State, but I didn't see anything about him going back, but I do not doubt my Aunt. Apparently the news crew went wild and showed my cousin graduating just because he was "The person to graduate right after Spielberg!!"

I also love to hear the stories of her running into the MTV cameras. She says she ran right in front of one, so I want to go back and watch all of the episodes to see if I can spot a blond fro pass by the bottom of the screen.

Have a fabulous night/morning

LC

GO SEE THE HAPPENING! It is TERRIBLE, but so awesome at the same time.

Time To Blow The Speakers!

2008-06-18T18:20:00.003-04:00

Today is my eighteenth birthday!

Rooney was fun, except practically everyone in the crowd was twelve. And it was wicked hot. I was literally two feet from the lead singer, Robert (brother of Jason Schwartzman). It was great. They didn't allow flash photography though, and the mics were too low. Our apartment was right across the street from the venue so we felt supra cool. We spied on the bands all night. People kept throwing beer bottles off the roof of our building, and a kid from a local show (which some kid chased us down the street to invite us to (because we're so fly)) kept yelling "Hey cock licker, throw another bottle, I fucking dare you!" And a crazy man who couldn't speak right was also yelling, but it was impossible to tell what he was saying. It was a very eventful night.

Guess what I bought myself? A CANON DIGITAL REBEL! Not the new one though, because I didn't feel like spending 900 dollars for more mega pixels and features I don't even know how to use.

-Mo

I say baby, babe I've loved you a long time

2008-06-16T16:30:00.004-04:00

Guess who LC and I are going to see tomorrow?

ROONEY! My favorite boyfriends. It's been exactly (to the very day) a year since they've been in Boston (not counting when they opened for the Jonas Brothers because I don't count that as a real show). I'm so excited, I got my bangs trimmed today so I'll look super fly. I'm going to take a million pictures and post every single one of them.

Yippee!

2008-06-13T20:59:00.003-04:00

Woohoo! We've graduated! C-man, I didn't see you in that scary gauntlet.. we're you hiding? Yay! for project grad and toilet seat racing!

-Mo

PS. I don't know how to add a blogroll, but I will try...

the sixties, film post #5

2008-06-13T09:22:00.002-04:00

During the sixties if a film was up for “Best Picture,” against a musical they were doomed. Musicals dominated the sixties beginning with West Side Story winning the award in 1961. “West Side story was soon followed by “My Fair Lady,” “The Sound of Music,” and “Oliver!” Most of the movies at the time strayed away from violence during this time and were directed more for family audiences, of which musicals are aimed towards. The sixties are known for its anti-war movement and civil rights. It was not a time for mourning, but a time of change and rejoicing, so therefore the Academy was likely to choose films that reflected this. Films like ‘The Guns of Navarone,” (1961) and “Doctor Zhivago,” (1965), which dealt greatly with war had no chance of winning Best Picture.
Although the Academy enjoyed musicals, most filmmakers of the time turned away from musicals. This occurred because of the emergence of Rock n Roll in the sixties, but the Academy still seemed to be head over heels for musicals, which also shows their distaste for Rock n Roll.

Musicals in the sixties introduced a few actresses, which will be forever known for their roles in musicals such as Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews. Julie Andrew’s movie “The Sound of Music,” was the most important film of the time, for it saved Fox 20th from bankruptcy after filming “Cleopatra.”
Musicals are certainly not as popular today, one has not won “Best Picture,” since “Chicago.” Probably because when the word “musical” is said one may want to gag. One may start to picture a corny love song (which seems to be a requirement in every musical), dancing in fields (Sound of Music) or singing Orphans (Annie, Oliver!). However there is one musical made during the sixties that breaks free from this, well it does have some corny love songs, and that is “West Side Story.”
“West Side Story,” directed by Robert Wise is a musical based on “Romeo and Juliet.” The musical is filmed in Manhattan’s Upper West Side and shows the rivalry between two teenage gangs of different cultural backgrounds. The musical is much darker than other musicals of the time, with its teenage angst, racial discrimination, Manhattan setting, and fights between gangs. The musical goes completely against the “corny,” label of which musicals always receive. While the two gangs fight they do it in a graceful manner, so as to seem like a ballet of a brawl. While the two gangs walk around the city, they are often dancing, but are still able to do this in a manly way. These men are supposed to be seen as gang members, not ballerinas and Robert Wise does an excellent job of portraying this. The opening scene “Cool,” shows the first brawl between the two gangs, holds the audience’s attention immediately. When watching “Cool,” they recognize “West Side Story,” is going to be like no other musical.

HAPPY GRADUATION DAY!!!!!
LC

I'm gunna start killing people!

2008-06-12T19:44:00.003-04:00

Today, everyone in my family must have overdosed on hormone pills because they were out of control. Laughing, screaming, crying. It was insane. But really funny, especially when my mom and brother were fighting really loud in the middle of the street and my brother yelled, "FUCK! Now I have a bloody nose!" I was laughing from my observation window.

Also, my dad suggested we make origami out of flowers. He doesn't really make a lot of sense some times.

Tomorrow, LC and I graduate high school. I'm elated. The existence of college is a miracle.

-Mo

The film that beat Citizen Kane, film post #4

2008-06-11T12:26:00.002-04:00

"How Green Was My Valley," directed by John Ford (1941)

I fell asleep twice within the first 20 minutes.
That says it all

film post #3, Citizen Kane

2008-06-11T09:20:00.001-04:00

“Citizen Kane,” directed by Orson Welles (1941)

Synopsis: The film traces the life of Charles Foster Kane, which is rumored to really be a movie tracing William Randolph Hearts. The movie shows Kane’s career in the publishing world. Kane’s career stared as an idealistic social service, but it quickly turned him into a tyrant publisher, obsessed with power. Kane’s life is shown through flashbacks during newspaper reporter’s interviews with Kane’s friends and family, in pursuit to discover what Kane’s last words “Rosebud,” meant.
Academy Awards Controversy: “Citizen Kane,” did not win Best picture, for once Hearst found out about the film he was not only outraged that the film was about him, but more so angered by the portrayal of mistress Marion Davies, whom is Susan Alexander in the film. Because of the enraged Hearts “Citizen Kane,” did not receive a golden man, but just loud Boos from the audience.

I am in love with this film for two reasons
1) Flashbacks: I love films that tell their plotline in a unique way. “Citizen Kane,” doesn’t just have a normal plotline. It begins with newsreel of Charles Foster Kane, and the audience clueless of who this man is, then newsreel is stopped and the producer of the newsreel sends a newspaper reporter to discover what Kane’s last word “rosebud,” meant. The reporter then sets out to interview Kane’s friends and family, Kane’s story is told through their interviews. The film is not just a biography of Charles Kane, but also the reporter’s quest to discover the meaning of “rosebud.”
2) Film technique: I am not necessarily in love with “Citizen Kane,” for the story, but more so the movie-making techniques Welles’ uses. The movie is often shot through deep focus, this means that the foreground, background, and anything else are all in sharp focus. This deep focus shot is most easily scene during the flashback of Kane’s childhood (I showed it in class, and a total of three people watched it). The flashback shows Kane outside playing in the snow while his mother is inside basically selling him off. Everything is clearly in focus, including Kane outside through the window, and a top hat on the table. This is one the most famous scenes in film history. These deep focus shots were done by cinematographer, Gregg Toland. Toland was determined to have everything in deep focus and so when this was impossible he used an optical printer, which visually layered one piece of film onto another to make the whole screen to appear in focus. The optical printer was used during the scene when Kane finished a bad review of his mistress’s (Susan Alexander) opera, while at the same time firing the person who wrote the review.
Deep focus shots were also a result of in-camera effects. This technique is shown when Susan Alexander tries to commit suicide and Kane breaks into her room. While Kane breaks into the room the medicine bottle and spoon are in close-up in the foreground. The foreground was shot first with the background in the dark, and then this was reversed so the background was lit.
Welles and Toland often played around with lighting during the film. They often shaded characters faces when they were ashamed, or something bad was to occur. This is shown when Kane’s wife discovers he is having an affair and her face remains in shadow. Another incident is when Kane talks about having an “honest paper,” his face is shadowed indicating that this idea will end badly. Welles also keeps the newspaper reporter’s face shadowed the entire time, indicating that Welles want him to remain anonymous, for he is not relevant in Kane’s life.
If any of you intend on watching any of the films I write about I recommend you see “Citizen Kane,” if you have not already done so.

Hey Guys!

2008-06-10T10:50:00.002-04:00

I'm at UMass and it's super fun! But it's really, really hot. I only brought jeans so I'm dying. I got my MacBook yesterday, but I can't use it here because the rooms don't lock and my mom is really afraid it's going to get stolen.

I just signed up for classes! I'm taking French, Linguistics, Writing, Astronomy, and Psychology. I'm really excited. It sucks though because you can only take art classes if you're an art major.

I don't have to go to lunch until 11:45 and I finished signing up for classes really early so I don't have anything to do. I could go to my room and pack, but there is no air conditioning there.

Yay for college!

-Mo

"After all war is war," Ayer Film Post #2

2008-06-09T13:52:00.002-04:00

All Quiet in the Western Front (1930), directed by Lewis Mileston
Synopsis: The film follows a group of young soldiers, whom have just been told by their schoolmaster to forget everything they thought they were going to be, for they are now going to fight for their country in World War I. The film is shown through a vey anti-war point of view, and for this the film was banned from the country mobilizing war. The film shows the horrific, but realistic events of the war (of which some people were not quite ready to see).

My thoughts: While watching the movie I immediately thought to the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est,” by Wilford Owen. The film incorporated all of the horrors that war brings into this one film.
- There was the haunting speech by the schoolmaster, telling his pupils to give up their lives for war.
- The horror of killing another man for the first time.
-The overcrowded hospitals, of which soldiers end up being ignored and their possessions are stolen, for they are seen as already dead.
-Losing a best friend in the war.

I was quite shocked as to how much I enjoyed it. Crankyman recommended it me and I just though “Great… a war film made in the 1930’s, how boring,” but it in all honesty it is now my all time favorite war film. I found the battle scenes intruding, for the audience just sees the battle in neat aerial shot and that is all, which makes these battles seem more believable than those in films like “Saving Private Ryan,” were there is just too many distractions; between conversations, explosions everywhere, multiple different characters dying, but Mileston just shoots a battle, without these distractions.
I also decide how much I like a film based on how much of it I remember a few weeks later, and I remember multiple remarkable scenes. My favorites include:
-The speech by the schoolmaster telling his students to enlist
-When the soldiers face the first death in their group. It is a gruesome scene of a soldier being blinded, and soldiers realizing for the first time not all of them are going to live.
-When the main character Paul Ayer is trapped in shell crater with a soldier he killed. He has a one-sided conversation with the dead body and he says “If we threw away these uniforms we would be brothers.”
-Haunting scenes in the hospital when soldiers are taken to the “Dying Room.” (Hospitals are certainly not portrayed as a safe place in the film; they seem to be just as dangerous as the war outside).
-When Paul arrives home and visits his old schoolmaster. The schoolmaster wants Paul to tell his new class about how great war is, but Paul is unable to do it
-Paul goes back to war and meets up with his friend Kat. Kat hurts his leg, so Paul carries him on his back. However Kat gets shot in the neck, but Paul does not realize this and Paul continues to carry him and talk to him. (I have never cried during a movie, but this scene was the closest I have gotten to shedding a tear during a movie).
-The last scene of the movie when Paul reaches for a butterfly, but is shot when doing so. Since butterflies are a creature that sometimes symbolize freedom, this scene shows that Paul was never able gain freedom from the war. This scene is one the most famous endings in the history of film.

NOTE: I will start talking about trends once I write about films in the sixites

film post #1

2008-06-09T12:26:00.000-04:00

Film project post:

A while back a posted a short little rant on Atonement not winning “Best picture” at the Academy Awards. I was ranting because the academy does not necessary pick the “best,” movie, but rather the movie that fits their personal interests, a movie that falls under a certain trend. Since the sixties we have seen how the academy’s taste in films has changed drastically. During the sixties nothing could beat a musical, the seventies were all about crime flicks, the academy had a soft spot for biographical films in the eighties, and then movies that were romantic and inspirational (or sometimes had a corny message) won in the nineties. Now in 2008 the Academy has fallen into another trend. The Departed won last year, and now the winner is No Country for Old men. Not everyone agrees with these films winning the award, however both are very similar, indicating that the Academy once again has a desire for a certain type of film (crime thrillers).

So with this said for the next week (maybe two) I will post my thoughts on the films that I have watched, and discuss how they are similar to the other films that have also won Best Picture in that same decade.

I hope everyone wasn’t too miserable at Senior Assembly
Have a fabulous time at the Banquet
LC
I guess Ms. West does kind of like me…weird

and summer begins

2008-06-08T22:38:00.002-04:00

I just doubled my bank account within the past two weeks of work.

I served lobster to 1500 people at Harvard Square, it was crazy. Smart people ask a lot of questions, and I felt super intelligent being able to answer them. I also never realized how beautiful Harvard Square is.

Back to my paper
Sorry it's coming in so late Cranky Man
I do nothing but work

Have a fabulous night

LC

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2008-06-05T12:34:00.001-04:00

Somebody PLEASE explain to me how to write on an Adobe Acrobat form. I am about to throw my computer out the window.

mo

J'ai la cafard!

2008-06-04T08:45:00.004-04:00

Today sucks. I finished my French exam at 8:20. I can't be picked up until 9:00 at the earliest but it will probably be around 9:30. All the computers in the library are being used. Thank God for Crankyman and his COWS. I really hate not having a car. It's destroying me. I wish you could have pocket cars, for emergencies. You would just pull it out of your pocket and push a little button and Voila! insta-car! Too bad we don't live in a Sci-fi world.

The good thing about today is that I am officially done with any brain-related high school activites. Hooray!

Yesterday I played GTA IV for a good part of my day. I love that game, but I really suck. I had to have my brother help me beat a really rudimentary mission. Then I shot up the strip club and drove around like a madman until the car blew up.

I think I hairline fractured my thumb.

Another thing I did yesterday was watch Shrek the Third two times. It's really good. I'll probably watch it again today.

I think I'm going to Boston tomorrow! The best part is that my mom is taking me. That means she'll buy everything! Yippee!

I love these boys:

almost there

2008-06-03T23:04:00.002-04:00

Mr.O has clinched the Democratic nomination

This means...e

One step closer for
Mr.O
and
Mr.RO

Have a fabulous night
LC

senior memory: LC-And-MO

2008-06-02T13:13:00.002-04:00

Nobody is answering their phone, I am freaking out. I feel like something bad happened.

I had the Latin final. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh man that test was funny, I am prediciting a 32. I did bring my lawn chair, pillow, and towel....so I was quite relazxed.

So I recently I have gone from not going to miss anything, to missing the chair in the corner of my living room.

I am going to miss MO, I am sad.

Have a fabulous time taking finals?
LC

Oh, Baby Why You Wait So Long?

2008-06-01T20:53:00.003-04:00

Today was the worst, most boring day of work ever. And it felt like I was there for five days straight.

Next week is my orientation! Papayas!

I finished my art project. It started out looking really good, but the more I added the worse it got. Too bad.

Yesterday was the last day of my last high school play, and that's really sad.

I painted my left toenails and fingernails blue, but then I got bored, so my right side is blank. I look like an idiot.

Mo

I'll move to Paris, Shoot some Heroin, and Fuck with the Stars

2008-05-29T15:26:00.002-04:00

Metamorphosis opens tonight. Come see it. There is a pool.

This morning I realized that the film in my camera was messed up, so I'm pretty sure all the pictures I took aren't going to come out. I'm very angry. I've decided to use my graduation money and all the money I make this summer to buy a Canon Digital Rebel. I don't know what kind yet, I'll just see how much money I have...

I was going to post pictures but I can't find any good ones..

Mo

2008-05-28T18:05:00.003-04:00

All Quiet

Citizen Kane

2008-05-28T16:30:00.002-04:00

West Side Story

American Beauty

2008-05-28T15:10:00.002-04:00

All Quiet on the Western Front 1930

Saving private ryan

Citizen Kane

French Connection

West Side Story

Ode to Brady

2008-05-28T11:34:00.002-04:00

Today I tried to make ice cream in a bag, for my chemistry project. However I added salt to the wrong bag, and JP threw it off the balcony, so everyone laughed because I am dumb

JP and I wrote a poem for dear old Mr. Brady.
It goes like this:

Ode to Brady
There once was a man named Brady
We find him kind of shady
He used to sell Avon
Now we just call him Boron
He taught us to tap dance (shuffle ball change)
And it was kind of strange
He made Laurel sit next to a plant
Now he must hear us rant.
a poetic masterpiece by Jp and Lc

Bufoo told me to do school work. Doesn't she know blogging is more important?!
Have a fabulous day
LC
(I must not upset Bufoo)

Here Come Battle Scars

2008-05-26T19:26:00.003-04:00

So I was hanging out at Wilson's yesterday with my best pal Seth and we had a grand time. First, we wrote songs and choreographed dances. This made a lot of people want to shop at Wilson's! Next, Heski went on a voyage to the hot dog stand to see if they were selling cotton candy. They weren't. Finally, an old gypsy came into the store and told me I was beautiful and he told Seth that he was a slick Huckleberry Hound who had girl bangs, was as ugly as a dog, and talked too fast. Poor Seth.

Later, I dropped by Seth's place to see how he was doing. While I was there, I met a man who told me he hates all women. I left promptly. Luckily, I made it out alive.

Mo

screw this

2008-05-23T11:01:00.002-04:00

I was under the impression that the last two weeks of senior year I would not be doing homework. Now I have more work than I have ever had before.

English project (thats ok though)
Chemistry project (which is fine because we actually have been given time to do that)
What am I most angry about though is the random three page government paper that was assigned today (after three days of testing) and easily over 100 math problems that I still have to do.

I guess I am just not going to sleep anymore, since I also work 30 hours this week and 44 hours next week. GREAT!

I hate everything and everyone
(yes I am pissed)

LC
(Cranky Man, I hope everything is ok)

Mo & LC

Only Mickey can wear sunglasses to an award show.

bitching about the oscars

2009 oscar season is blahhh

See you soon, under the moon

reminiscing

:-(((((((

Arrested

Take me home

I had two ideas: Nowhere and Quiznos

home puts me to sleep

Sorry, sorry, um... SORRY!

Doctors, lawters never past 16,000 rupees... he's at 10 million. What can a slumdog possibly know?

Ode to Mo

Ice Storm, Snow Days, what a nice welcome home :-)

5th period is the bomb yo!

I still think I should have done my project on blogging...

Where is my friend?

I am laughing at you because you are in high school...HAHAHA

No day off for LC

Swimming in Seaweed

I Know The World's a Broken Bone...

Yes we can

"It torments me to insanity that you should be so misled."

Everybody Here Parties All The Time

You shwood kids are smaaaty pants

Vote.

Let's Pretend We're in Antarctica

I am a stupid freshman, and I got fooled

Let's snort some cough syrup.

I can't edit blogs, but I sure can edit films

Battle Royale

I love e.e. cummings

I'm an Indian

This is How You Get By

I miss period 2 English class

Buttered Croissant Baby

Wake Me When it Thunders

I am a Dragon

Marshwood Loves

I'll Be Fine, I Swear

Lightning Bolt Hair Clips

Bagels, Bagels, Bagels

I am still alive

Hit This Up:

Come On

Mais Monsieur, je ne souris jamais!

I'm Down If You Don't Expect Anymore From Me

UMASS

I am jealous of everyone that is at college already.

Get Smashed, Gate Crash

Dawn Of the Dead

Screw Calculus I am watching movies

Un peu, my ass.

My name is Person.

still one month to go

I love the Olympics

Don't Watch The Olympics

Don't Taze Me, Bro.

Insomnia

Pick your head up, pick your feet up.

Double Feature

Ohhh Patrick

Ohhh Dearrrr

Let's Have a Celebration in the Middle of the Week

This could all go so wrong, but we're so happy

This is Ivy Leauge

All I Wanna Do Is *BangBangBangBang*

I'll take a rainbow from the sky and tie the ends together

Hourly has its benefits

In Da Hood

sad story

Don't don't don't don't give give up up

I am the freaking BOSS, YOU ARE NOT

I can't think of a title.

people are stupid

Auntie is home

Time To Blow The Speakers!

I say baby, babe I've loved you a long time

Yippee!

All I Wanna Do Is BangBangBangBang