School has started and I can't believe so much time has passed since I wrote last! To be honest, I'm probably only writing now because the wonderful Pam Brightbill included a link to her blog via Facebook. It kind of reminded me that I had started one of these bad boys too.
So... let's talk movies-
Just the other night I watched Maxed Out. It's a documentary about credit cards and personal and national debt. I'm nerd enough to have enjoyed it and passed it along to a collegue who will be using it in class on Friday. Now, I'm all about bashing the government- *digression- although, with my new interest in the Middle East, I'm definitely starting to feel my nerve*- but the only criticism is that this movie left you feeling empty without any message of hope. What my friends and I concluded is that the only way out of debt, according to the movie, is suicide or claiming bankruptcy. Neither of which is a pliable option. Is it really such a dire situation that we are in, that those are the options? For now, I'll just keep chuggin along with my slightly more than minimum payments and play the lottery come Wednesday. I'd say this film gets a 7.5/10- mainly due to a lack of resolve or proposal.
Recently I also saw 500 Days of Summer to which my initial reaction was much less than what Jon's was- as he loved it. I enjoyed it, but something didn't settle for me. Maybe it was the film's unoriginal attempt at originality at parts? Maybe it was because I must really like "happily ever afters" and their attempt to make it more realistic peeved me off? I mean, who pays dang near $10 to leave a theater feeling very mediocre about life? Maybe I'm hard to please? Whatever the case, my personal opinion is a 7.75/10.
For "fun" I watched Lolita from about the 1950's. I only did this because I've been listening on audiotape to Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. The movie was quite intriguing. I read some commentary on it to find out that the only way they got away with such a risque' movie back then was because they never made her age explicitly known. I'm not sure what to make of it, except I'm sure the book is better because the way that Nafisi uses Lolita to parallel the situation in Iran and Iraq is genious. Her quotes from the book aren't to be found in the movie. The movie gets a 6/10 from me. The book however, is not finished yet, but I just can't get enough! It's about 18.5 hours of listening time. That equates to a lot of driving, which I don't need to be doing. Instead I'll catch myself pulling into the garage and sitting and listening for another 20 minutes or so before I get out of the car. It's fascinating and helps me to appreciate the way things are here in America comparatively. Definitely puts me in check- especially as a woman.
That might be all for now, regarding media updates...
A quick mention though that Vegetarian Today is amazing and I'm certain it will help me in my endeavor to lose weight and gain health as I join a Biggest Loser competition that starts tomorrow. I hope it's the fire under my butt to get me moving! Money is quite the incentive- especially when this competition will last into December!
School has started again and oh! the rough start I had. My schedules were all sorts of messed up and it seemed as if nothing I had requested more than a handful of times was taken into consideration. I won't fret too much about all of that as I think I made my message loud and clear to administration that I need to be prioritized with scheduling. Thankfully I am blessed enough to have principals who took well over an hour to sit down with me and hammer a lot of things out to better my lot for next year. It's nice to finally feel support from above. I think it will make a world of difference.
Now I'm thinking of all the things I should be doing beyond sitting and blabbing away on my blog. I'm off to get crackin'.
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