CHICK IN COLLEGE

18 kids and crazy

2009-01-15T19:53:00.000-08:00

I love Memphis. I think someone is stealing a car outside - or else something very interesting. There was a series of extensive horn beeps (possible alarm noises) followed by some chick yelling "Get the f--- off." Who knows what excitement ensued?

Anyway, that is not the subject of this post. Earlier when I was ~~stalking~~ reading my friend's blog I came across an entry that referenced the Duggar family. If you're not familiar with them they're this psycho-religious family that has their own show on TLC; I do NOT recommend nor condone the viewing of this 18 kids and counting. They're really freaky. So I discovered a link to this page which talks about the oldest Duggar son and his new wife. From what I can gather, this kid proposed to his wife after barely even speaking to her and never having kissed a girl. Which is weird. I'm not really an authority on this, seeing as I can't bring myself to watch the show or even read the entire contents of their weird "Our Story" website. I just thought I should warn you that this show exists so you never accidentally watch it. Also people should know how weird this stuff is.

On a personal note, I dislike the family because they are often compared to the Gosselins, who are religious on an acceptable level and also cute. People say that the Duggar mother has more work than Kate, but they don't think about the fact that Kate has 6 four year-olds. At once. Plus Kate's pretty.

love love love

2009-01-15T15:38:00.000-08:00

i love love love love this. also her description is probably more accurate than mine would be, but i love the parts she describes that i remember.

and memphis = so far, so good. except someone is screaming outside my door.

minor update

2009-01-09T19:16:00.000-08:00

update.
two things.

1. I saw Doubt. It did not exceed expectations, but I would say it met them. So a plus. As movies in general go I would say 4 stars. As Meryl Streep movies go, only a 3.5. Speaking of movies I also saw They Shoot Divas Don't They? which is easily the worst movie I have ever seen. It's not even like Sleepaway Camp bad as in hilarious. It's just all around awful. On the upside you get to hear Jennifer Beals sing, which is a plus (I heard it's really her). Here's a glimpse.

2. I've gotten very into sign language recently. I use this website. If you buy me an ASL book I'll probs fall in love with you.

Doubt

2008-12-23T18:18:00.000-08:00

I am itching...yes itching, to see this movie Doubt. I'm not sure who doesn't like Meryl Streep, but it's hard for me to imagine any movie with her in it not being good. If you haven't heard about this hopefully fantastic film I suggest you view the trailer below.

Feist

2008-12-09T16:13:00.000-08:00

So yesterday I discovered a new singer I really like. By new I mean new to me, you might already know about her. Her name is Feist...I guess that's really her last name but that's what she calls herself. Sometimes she reminds me of Regina Spektor or Ingrid Michaelson. Anyway this song is what got me hooked.

and you may recognize this song from a commercial

Tina Fey's heinous scar

2008-12-03T17:44:00.001-08:00

I haven't posted anything in a while, but nothing very exciting (to anyone but me, anyway) has happened recently - until yesterday when I was checking the TVguide website to see if they're going to keep changing the Frasier and Golden Girls times. Anyway I noticed this article about Tina Fey's mystery scar.

Ever since I read the biography claiming she had a scar (which I had never noticed) I wondered what it was from, especially when she said she doesn't talk about it because it really "bums her parents out." What could it be? Freakish abuse from a Mommie Dearest episode? No.

When Tina was 5, a stranger approached her in her front yard and slashed the left side of her face. That sucks. Mystery solved.

Back at the Hizzy

2008-11-14T21:23:00.000-08:00

I'm unexpectedly home. Also I like the word hizzy because my friend has her home number under "hizzy" in her phone. It's funny. Hizzy. Speaking of homes, when you say the plural of house, it really should be hice, if you think about it. Mouse is mice, louse is lice, house is houses...? My house (singular) is officially for sale. Today was its first day on the market and we had 2 showings, 1 tomorrow and 1 sunday. Kill me. This is how they describe it on the website:

PROFESSIONALLY DEOCORATED & ABSOLUTELY CHARMING. LOTS OF UPDATES. HUGE UTILITY RM W/BATHROOM, WOULD BE GREAT AS AN EXERCISE RM. MASTER DOWN, COZY STUDY, 3 BEDS UP PLUS PLAYROOM OR 5TH BEDROOM. SEP BREAKFAST RM, SUNROOM, FABULOUS POOL.

Our real estate agent is English, which probably explains why she says charming and maybe even why she can't spell "decorated."

Moi, Je M'appelle Lolita

2008-11-11T21:05:00.000-08:00

Today I watched the re-make of the Stanley Kubrick film Lolita, which is based on Vladimir Nabokov's book. It's really sad and gross, but it's a good movie once you can get past the whole incest/statutory rape thing. Here's part one.

Library Escapades

2008-11-10T16:47:00.000-08:00

So I was unaware that a lot of the books on my list are freakishly long. No really. I'll have to read them one at a time and maybe I'll finish by the time I graduate.

Anyway so I went to the library today to A: check out those books and B: do research for my UHC paper. This was my first legitimate trip to the library. After complaining for a good twenty minutes and refusing to ask anyone for help I looked around until I sort-of-kind-of found stuff I can use for this paper on Doris Lessing. Finding the books on my to-read list was an absolute nightmare - not as far as "do they have them?" but more like "where are they in this gargantuan library?" I got two of them: Ada and Mrs. Dalloway. I have them till March 10th. Isn't that a little long?

Books I Covet

2008-11-09T19:46:00.000-08:00

Lately I've realized I'm relatively illiterate, considering I stopped reading anything other than Sparknotes at the start of my junior year. I made a list of books I should read - tell me if you've read any of them. I want to know if they're worth my time.

Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle - Vladimir Nabokov

Blood and Guts in High School - Kathy Acker

A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

The Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing

The Grass is Singing - Doris Lessing

Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson

The Piano Teacher - Elfriede Jelinek

Summer - Edith Wharton

The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks

In Watermelon Sugar - Richard Brautigan

First post

2008-11-09T17:53:00.000-08:00

I love to copy off my biffle, guy in college (http://guyincollege.com) so I made a blog. Let's see how often I update.