All Quiet on the Blog Front

So I realize that I have been MIA for about ten days now but I have good reasons.

Number one: FINALS, need I say more?
Number two: Chicago. I traveled to the windy city with my aunt, sister, cousins, and mom. We had a good ole' time, and it was a nice little break after torturous finals.

However, I am back now and in my hometown....boo.
I will be here for a month and then it is off to Washington D.C. for the big internship! I cannot wait. To pass the time I plan on relishing this month of no responsibility by reading my days away.

Here are some of the books I plan on reading over break:

-On The Road by Jack Kerouac

-Persuasion by Jane Austen

-Howl by Allen Ginsberg




Oh, and I just picked up this copy of Vanity Fair:






I love Tina Fey, and her impression of Sarah Palin was the best!

With a little help from my friends

Well, after my gloomy post last night I was able to finish the day off on a high note (thanks to my room mates). First of all I need to say that my room mates are the best, and they make me laugh until I cry, which was exactly what I needed to do last night. We hung out, went grocery shopping, and my one room mate taught me how to knit! (more on that later)

I am really grateful to have such wonderful friends, I am realizing this even more now because I am leaving for Washington D.C. in January. This week I am really savoring my last days with them.

So here's to the best room mates and friends ever, Britt and Sara!

Debbie Downer

Have you ever seen this skit on SNL? Well, this is how I feel today. This day just started off on a bad foot, and ended on one as well. Today was not suppose to go like this, it was the last day of classes and I really truly only got to enjoy one class. My other classes were key players in my "Debbie Downer" Day. The day was not bad on behalf of receiving poor grades, I am actually doing quite well, but instead I am just having this overwhelming feeling that I get around finals time. This feeling that my work just isn't good enough, and I am not good enough and so on and so forth.
So I proclaim today as my free pass to be down. After today I am going to shake this feeling.

Factory Girl

Over break I rented Factory Girl, per recommendation from a good friend. It was a great movie, and I learned a lot about Edie Sedgwick, whom I knew almost nothing about. Besides being the "It Girl," of the sixties, and Andy Warhol's muse, I had no idea that Edie had so many problems; I won't give away the movie though. One thing I would like to touch upon is her relationship with Bob Dylan, and how it was portrayed in the film. Hayden Christensen played Bob Dyan and no offense Hayden, I think you are a great actor but you did not do Dylan justice. I am a big Dylan fan, and have read numerous books about him, and I am not saying I know all there is to know, but I do know that he was not all mushy and into Edie as the movie makes it seem. Dylan had numerous relationships in the sixites and his and Edie's was extremely brief, and it was not a life changing relationship for Dylan. However, it might have been for Edie. The film made it seem like Dylan and Edie had this great love and that just didn't really happen.... Sorry that title goes to Suze Rotolo.
So that is my opinion on the film, what did you guys think?

The College Girl's Trek Home

Well, it is that time again. When I pack my car to the brim and head south toward home. I have to say I am glad for the break; two eight page papers in two weeks means I need a couple of days off. Not only that, but tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and I love Thanksgiving.

Here are some reasons why:
-It is a holiday that centers around being thankful for what you have, rather than thinking about what you want.
-There are not presents involved, so the focus is solely on spending time with the ones you love.
-Last but not least, there is some pretty amazing food involved, and after a couple months of cafeteria food I am ready for a good home cooked meal.

I hope that if you are away from family you have the opportunity to travel to see them, and if not I hope you have a place to go and share the holiday with others.


Safe Traveling....

Folk Revival

Recently, and by recently I really mean today, I wrote a research paper for my history class on the folk revival of the late fifties and early sixties. I must say that this paper was an absolute blast to do.

First of all I must say that yes, I am a folk fanatic, so this is right up my alley. I spent this past summer reading the newly published "Girls like Us," and "A Freewheelin' Time." "Girls like us," was a biography about Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Carly Simon. "A Freewheelin' Time" was a memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties, by none other then Suze Rotolo, Bob Dylan's first real true love. Both books were great, and they really inspired an increased interest in the folk scene of the sixties.
Flash forward to the fall, when my history professor told us that we could pick any topic we like for research papers (as long as the topic was after 1945). I knew immediately that this would be the perfect opportunity to dig deeper into my interest of folk. So I chose the "folk revival," as my topic.
Well, the paper is now finished and I could not be happier with the outcome.
Not only that but this was more of a fun hobby then a dreaded assignment.

Candy

Recently I rented the movie Candy with Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish. I found this gem of a movie at the rinky dink movie shop in town, which has every movie every made (it is the best!). I was not even aware that such a movie existed, it was strictly by chance that I found Candy as I longingly perused the glorious movie store. When I picked this one up what first attracted me, was that Heath Ledger starred and I think he is a superb actor. Ledger always seems to chose roles with depth to them, and I do not think I have ever been disappointed by a movie of his (well, maybe Casanova....). The second aspect of the movie that drew me in was its description:
A poet (Ledger) falls in love with an art student (Cornish) who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.

The movie sounded intense, and it seemed like nothing I had ever seen. After watching the movie I was right on both aspects. The movie was intense and I had never seen anything like; it it was brillant. I highly suggest this movie for its acting and storyline. If you are a follower of Ledger's work you know that he gives 110% on all his roles and this role is no different. Cornish is also outstanding, you truly have to be a great actor to play these kind of roles.
Well, enough rambling about how excellent this movie was. Have I made you decide to go out and rent it for yourself?