guided by a new era

So you know how I got most of my hair chopped off the summer between sophomore and junior year? I finally got around to mailing off the hair that got cut off to Locks of Love today. I was cleaning up my desk (which is now spotless and organized and amazing) and found it sitting in a box. Kind of gross and creepy, but at least I got it done. Still, it was weird to hold it. It's weird enough to hold that much hair in your hand, let alone hair that used to be attached to your head. It is at least a foot long, so it's plenty for them. Still. Weeeeird.

Also, did anyone else watch the Oscars? I went to an Oscar-watching party and had a ton of fun, including yelling the lyrics to "Just Dance" at the top of my lungs with my friend at midnight while driving through downtown and blasting the song on my car stereo. I'm so, so glad that the Milk screenplay won in its category. The speech that the writer gave was the highlight of the night, I think.

I just got back from seeing Milk. IT WAS SO GOOD. It changed my perspective on life. Really, it did. I have my criticisms (where the hell were the lesbians?) but it was still an amazing movie. GO SEE IT. GO GO GO.

- So the deal with the U of M application is that, because the teacher letter of recommendation came late, they can't look at the application until all the components are in, and looking at one application can take up to two months, they have not yet come to a decision about my application. They know that I tried to apply early action and will take that into account, it's simply a matter of the amount of time it takes to look at the application. This makes me feel a lot better.

- There are four movies I want to see: Slumdog Millionaire, Milk (going to see it this Friday), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Gran Torino. For once I actually like a lot of the movies that are in the running for lots of Oscar nominations.

- UGH FINALS. Three essays, a project and a test. BLEHHH.

- My students in LGBT studies are writing their final research essays on very interesting topics. One is writing about the treatment of homosexuals in apartheid South Africa and the other is doing homosexuality in pre-British-fucking-up China. I am excited to read their essays.

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I LOL'D.

- I just watched the ~official~ (DAMN IT likespring IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT THAT I'M USING THOSE IN REFERENCE TO TWILIGHT) teaser trailer for the Twilight movie, and my reaction was OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL. They're trying to make it all DRAMATIC and SUSPENSEFUL and MYSTERIOUS and failing horribly. However, from what I've heard from people who actually like the book, many of the fans can't stand it and have more of a UR DOIN IT RONG attitude towards the movie. LOL.

- the seniors gave their final presentation in Native American civ today, and it's looking like mine is going to be really depressing and cynical in comparison to everyone else's projects. Most of them were like, "hey look this tribe was cool these are their customs and well they don't exist anymore but they had a really interesting culture!" Mine is more like "so the pilgrims sucked and people who write about Thanksgiving as a good thing can jump in a pit of tar". :)))

My post about Pirates 3 is late. :[ Oopsy-daisies.

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