under the influence

movies to see:
*fast food nation
*marie antoinette
*hard candy
*jesus camp
*the science of sleep
*friends with money
*tennis anyone?
*a prairie home companion
*half nelson
*24: season 5

i just completed a mediocre mini-paper for my english class on people/places/things that have influenced my life and my values. it was pure torture. as of late, i feel so un-influenced by anything and disgustingly dormant. i love how i always read dormant as doormat. i feel as if i am trying my darnest to be proactive and take-charge about life, but in reality, i am sitting here on my arse without a clue. all i know now is that i'm going to be seeing a whole heck of a lot of movies this weekend (see above list). whew.

today my 30000000-hour lab for sketching & rendering was cancelled, so i had approximately 30000000 hours of free time on my hands. i tired to use the time to relax with yoga, hot chocolate, delicious steaming hot hamburger helper, and a nap, but to no avail. it was so frustrating that i gave up and instead, stared at my computer for a good couple of mind-numbing hours. thank god tonight was TV NIGHT, which is when it is mandatory that i burrow up in my down blanket with popcorn and fresca and the roomies and get all riled up about fabricated earth-shattering events. LOVE IT.

did you know that in two weekends it is my 21st birthday? wow is all i can say. i really haven't given much thought to it, but 21 is a good number.