I'm making a radio feature for Monday, which I haven't even started yet! I joined the USM Philosophy symposium, which is basically a club where a bunch of USM students discuss philosophy for an hour. It's awesome, even though I don't know much about philosophy and don't say much.
I'm kind of dreading next week at school, but the week after, I'm going to Providence for a day with my mom, to tour Brown and see Scott Heim read. So, that's kind of my incentive to catch up in all my classes next week.
In other events... I'm the president of CBHS's Shakespeare Troupe, which will be putting on a production of Hamlet, eventually. On Wednesday I went to Silly's with the gang after school, which is a great burger/pizza/vegan restaurant in the East End. I had some sweet potato fries, a pizza with tomatoes, spinach, peppers, onions, and creamy vegan pesto, and a Moxie.
Sorry about this super-boring blog post! I just felt it was time to update. If you're looking for something slightly less boring to read, check out The Sartorialist, which collects photographs of people on the street in great outfits.
Samstag, März 29, 2008
Sonntag, März 09, 2008
I am...
Eating: Delicious, delicious food. Today I had veggie Indian food at a lunch buffet -- coconut chutney, dal, palak paneer, a creamy cocnut curry, and kheer.
Drinking: Manhattan earl grey. The tea has pretty little blue and yellow dried flowers in it.
Watching: The computer screen. Today I watched "The Commitments," which I didn't love, but I enjoyed it. I thought the story was a little dull, but it was quite entertaining; also, I love Irish accents and Dublin. There was a great scene in it where all these people are auditioning for the band, and one guy sings "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" melodramatically. The band manager responds sarcastically, "Yeah, I know how you feel."
Reading: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Mysterious Skin. I bought the former at the UNC bookstore, and I like it, but it's really, really different from what I expected. The chapters are short and it's very poetic in this simple way. It's a bit "miracles happen and life is meaningful" for me, honestly, but it's still very beautiful. The style takes some getting used to, but is appealing overall. Although a lot of the narrative in the movie was taken directly from the book, Bauby is much less sarcastic in the book, and he seems almost content where he is, even as he realizes that he's "between life and death." Mysterious Skin is really pretty incredible. Yes, it's upsetting and disturbing, but it's also -- well, the best word I can think to use is emotional. I get so wrapped up in it, and am so concerned for the characters in a way that doesn't happen often with books.
Listening to: Holiday, the Magnetic Fields. It's amazing. Although whenever I hear "I'm sorry, but how can I get to you/Stuck in my 50-pound lead boots/Stuck in my deep sea diving suit?" I always think about Jean-Dominique Bauby.
In other events, I've been in North Carolina since Thursday night, touring colleges, mostly. It's so beautiful here -- the weather is absolutely perfect. Today we walked around the Duke gardens, which was lovely. I don't want to leave!
Drinking: Manhattan earl grey. The tea has pretty little blue and yellow dried flowers in it.
Watching: The computer screen. Today I watched "The Commitments," which I didn't love, but I enjoyed it. I thought the story was a little dull, but it was quite entertaining; also, I love Irish accents and Dublin. There was a great scene in it where all these people are auditioning for the band, and one guy sings "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" melodramatically. The band manager responds sarcastically, "Yeah, I know how you feel."
Reading: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Mysterious Skin. I bought the former at the UNC bookstore, and I like it, but it's really, really different from what I expected. The chapters are short and it's very poetic in this simple way. It's a bit "miracles happen and life is meaningful" for me, honestly, but it's still very beautiful. The style takes some getting used to, but is appealing overall. Although a lot of the narrative in the movie was taken directly from the book, Bauby is much less sarcastic in the book, and he seems almost content where he is, even as he realizes that he's "between life and death." Mysterious Skin is really pretty incredible. Yes, it's upsetting and disturbing, but it's also -- well, the best word I can think to use is emotional. I get so wrapped up in it, and am so concerned for the characters in a way that doesn't happen often with books.
Listening to: Holiday, the Magnetic Fields. It's amazing. Although whenever I hear "I'm sorry, but how can I get to you/Stuck in my 50-pound lead boots/Stuck in my deep sea diving suit?" I always think about Jean-Dominique Bauby.
In other events, I've been in North Carolina since Thursday night, touring colleges, mostly. It's so beautiful here -- the weather is absolutely perfect. Today we walked around the Duke gardens, which was lovely. I don't want to leave!
Donnerstag, März 06, 2008
Congress-Bundestag update
I won, I won! I won the Congress-Bundestag! If I may say so, they only choose 200 kids from the US (two from Maine and New Hampshire), so this is actually impressive! It still hasn't fully registered in my mind that I'm going. I get to go to Germany for a year for free!! I'm so excited.
In other events, school's trudging on. We're studying the Holocaust and cancer (uplifting stuff.) Also, I finished We Disappear yesterday and I really enjoyed it; now I need a new book to read. My school competed in the Maine Science Bowl on Sunday, and we didn't do wonderfully, but we did fine -- I think we got 5th or 6th place, out of maybe 12 teams. It's like a math team, only the questions are about science trivia. It was so awesome; we built a car powered by a mousetrap and we got socks that say "USM Science Bowl" on them.
In other events, school's trudging on. We're studying the Holocaust and cancer (uplifting stuff.) Also, I finished We Disappear yesterday and I really enjoyed it; now I need a new book to read. My school competed in the Maine Science Bowl on Sunday, and we didn't do wonderfully, but we did fine -- I think we got 5th or 6th place, out of maybe 12 teams. It's like a math team, only the questions are about science trivia. It was so awesome; we built a car powered by a mousetrap and we got socks that say "USM Science Bowl" on them.
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