Let's get right to it: I've been living with my girlfriend and her family for a while. Recently we found an apartment in a restored mill. We're getting it. Just a few weeks before our move-in date the basement we live in flooded. Not a lot of our stuff is ruined but it has certainly taken a toll on us. the carpets in our bedrooms are destroyed. My focus for the past couple of days has been checking on the pool pump we have ruining 24/7, tearing up the soaked carpets, and sucking up the excess water with a 10 gallon wet vac. The bed we've been sleeping on is an island. The smell of wet carpet has filled our lungs and nasal passages.
On the bright side, as I mentioned, we're moving out. We're very excited. The apartment is amazing.
School is almost finished. my midterm grades were the highest grades I've ever earned in my life. All of them A's. My classes aren't really teaching me anything I don't know already. I'd have to say that my children's literature class is making me think about a lot of stories (film and novels) differently. It has also created a mental meter for me: something to help me realize when analyzing has crossed the line, which my professor often does. It drives me crazy. Plus, he's an asshole... but whatever, like I said, I've got an A.
ATOMA is coming along more and more everyday, particularly at 2 in the morning when I can't sleep.
I still don't have a car.
I've been watching a few good movies (on Bluray). Today, I think I added 'Seven Years in Tibet' to my top 20 favorite movie list. David Thewlis and Brad Pitt had pretty interesting chemistry. The cinematography was stunning and the story was great, surprisingly. I say surprisingly because when I was a kid I remember seeing the movie case in my dad's VHS collection. I thought it was amazing how much of the movie seemed so relaxed and yet you don't lose interest. Everything you see is naturally absorbed... that got to be difficult. Great film.
