Zombies make me giggle

I am going there Thursday and am guarenteed to see someone important since it is the premier of Oceans 13, which I honestly could care less about, but there will be famous people. I will mostly be on the lookout for a certain Martin Scorsese who is giving a talk about film restoration. We will see how my Veronica Mars skills are when I get there. Whish me luck comrads!

• I shall be in France in one week!  And it shall be good!  
  ( (Pastries!!) )
• Met with my old French teacher from high school and made her crazy jealous that I'll be there.  Also, recieved money from her.  Always a plus since I was totally NOT expecting that. 
• Got my ears pierced again.  I like them.  It was gonna be a thing me and my sis were going to do, but little did we know that you have to have a parent present if you're under 18.  Oh well.
• Also got glasses.  They look alright.  I now have absolutely no image of myself because I'm not used to seeing myself sans glasses, nor with them, yet.  So I look weird all the time.  That will change soon, though.  I also never realized how poor my eyesight really was, now the movies don't always look slightly off-focus.  It is great!
• I think I might be falling in love with an old friend.  It's great because he is the perfect age distance from me-6 years.  Who knows? 
• My crazy friend Kenny told me that Taratino is going to be a judge at Cannes this year which=me meeting Quentin and thusly having him father my child. 
• I am going to get a Welsh Corgi
  ( (corgi!!) )
  and name her Ein.  I will! 
  
  

So, as Kanye would say, he if he could, it's right down to the wire, to the limit, and even through the fire-as in I only have one more week of being at home.  And a bum.  Not having to go to school or work is really nice.  Ah, but those days are about to end.  

So yay!  I will almost for sure be going to the U for grad work next year.  AND they have a specialist in post-colonialism, which is what I want to specialize in myself.  So it it should be really good.  Also the campus is everything that USM is trying to make theirs, and what it will be eventually.  Although the language building isn't nearly as fun as the LAB.  

I will take this time to express my love and affection for a Mr. Christopher Nolan.  Oh, Christopher Nolan, how I love your films.  Everything you direct is marvelous, inspirational, and fresh.  I wish I could marry you.  Or at least just have a really good long interview with you.  One day.  One day.  Because I already know that The Prestige is going to be one of the best films this year.  With The Departed and The Science of Sleep.  Let's all just combine your genes with Scorsese's and Gondry's, and we'd have a super genius director baby.  It would be beautiful.  Trust me. 

GAH!!!  I leave here in 9 days to go visit my uncle in Atlanta, and then off to la France.  Should be an adventure-and that is one thing I am counting on, dammit!  Everyone needs a quest.  Mine is to meet Mathieu Kassovitz or Michel Gondry, or even Robert Crumb (who lives a mere 25 minutes away-I think that's destiny.).  However-I do get to go to Cannes, so I might actually accomplish my quest.  It sorta sucks tho because I've gotten used to being home and being able to hang out with friends here-the weekly film escapades with my friends Joe and Crazy Kenny.  At least I was able to convince Joe to go back to Amsterdam around Easter which = free room and board/tour guide.  Happiness.

CAMPING!! (I'm all about magiscule letters today, dunno why, heatstroke, perhaps?)
Yay, photos soon.  Me, my mom and my bro, Griffin, and a lot of our friends went camping this past weekend, twas very good, hot (98 degrees[seriously]), strenuous.  Backpacking is so outrageous, it brings out the nomad in everyone.  I blame the hike for my deadly sunburn.  I am doomed to have skin cancer, I just know it.  It's written in the stars.  We had to hike three miles to get to where we pitched our tents, then just sat around, played Catan like nobody's business.  Good bonding with my dear Cowboy Bebop Spike look-alike friend, Eric and my brother.  It's always weird hanging out with both of them, I guess, cos they're getting so old, I've known Eric forever and now he's turning 27.  Weird.  And then it's always weird if you're the oldest and your siblings get older and you can distinctly remember things that they are going through that you went through just a few years before, only it wasn't just a few years, it was more like 5.  I dunno.  Just odd I guess. 

i am constantly losing my phone, and have yet again lost it.  I don't know what my problem is, but I definately have one.  

On a different note, I tried to do that face recognition thing and didn't get any results with two separate photos.  I'm not sure if this is good or bad, but either way, I was really hoping I'd look like either Monica Bellucci or Rita Hayworth.  Oh well.  I guess I'll try again if I think about it.  So bizarre.  

I've been in a Spanish music mood lately.  And I really like it. 

I love dreams and dreaming.  Today from about 8-8:15 I had this dream that I was getting ready for school, but I was here at my home in Utah and Julian was there and he wanted to know if I had plans this evening because he wanted me to cook dinner at the house, and I asked what he wanted and he said either Asian or Greek and I then said that I had had a lot of Korean food lately so I would make gyros or something.  It was weird.  

THEN yesterday I dreamt that I was at the library, by infoserve, but there were these two girls working there with weird accents, and at first they were really rude but then I asked if they spoke French, and they were from there, so then we all spoke French together, and one of them made a mistake(past participle of devoir, if you even care) but I didn't want to ask if that was right or not because who was I to question a French person's grammar.  Then I woke up and realized that, yes, I was correct and that the French girl wasn't.  I highly doubt either of these have any meaning at all, they were just mildly odd.  

GAH!  I leave in three weeks for France, but its all okay now because I FINALLY recieved my visa.  My hair in the photo makes me look at bit like a cancer patient for some reason, but other than that everything looks in order.  Can't wait to visit Marquito!  AND I just bought my eurorail passes for the year, which means unlimited train travel all year long!  Woohoo!  I am making Liechtenstein priority number one, simply because I'm sure it always feels left out because it is so small.  Also, The Rapture, Peaches, Mogwai, Public Enemy, and Spleen in Marseilles the 29&30 at a music festival, should be really good since The Faint concert fell through, damn them.  Things just keep getting better, because along with all those guys The Science of Sleep will be in France which = happiness because I am in love with both Michel Gondry and Gael Garcie Bernal.  And Serge Gainsbourg's daughter is in it, as well.  So she must be fantastic. 

Photos next time after I get back from camping!! 

Craaaazy documentary about congenital analgesia, which I am sure I am now (perhaps unhealthily) obsessed with.  Makes me wonder what it would really be like to feel absolutely no physical pain.  I think I would just tatoo my entire body because I might as well, eh?  Anyway, check it out-good luck finding a copy.

Blah.  I feel like absolute shit.  I think it has finally hit me that I leave in about three weeks, and while I have travelled a lot of places, even the place where I'm going, I still am not looking forward to doing this by myself.  Sucks.  I have absolutely no appetite-which seriously never happens.  Also, and I do this a lot around finals but never because of nerves-I couldn't sleep at all the night before last and I only slept about 5 hours last night and I can't even remember what I dreamt about-which, much like the loss of appetite, never happens.  Stupid nerves.

At least, on a happier note, the Strangers with Candy movie was about the best film I"ve seen all year-if you haven't watched the tv show you seriously must-and then go watch the film.  I think some of the funniest and vilest quotes in the history of film are in it.  Which include but are not limited to:  "I wasn't pushing you away, I was pulling myself closer to me."  "I want your spermies!"  "I'm thinking about pussy.  Science fairs are for queers."

Also, I thoroughly enjoyed Little Miss Sunshine.  I think I'm going to see it again.   

Yay!  Bulleted list and a rant!  What more could I do!?!

Things I have done:

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  Visited Joe, Crazy Kenny, Eric, Justin, Janelle, and Brittney
  
  
  
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  Watched Ghostworld, one of my top 10 films that represent my life-everyone needs to watch it-seriously.  Same director as Crumb, plus he writes the screenplay, along with Clowes, creator of the graphic novel.  Excellent.  Never trust ANYONE who has never heard of it.  Believe you me.  Plus it will give you insight into my username.  Really it will.
  
  
  
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  Figured out that I can't relate to some old friends like I once could.  I blame education. 
  
  
  
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   Learned that this guy we used to hang out with was on Elimidate and was elimidated early on for giving this girl a lapdance.  I cannot express with words the kind of joy this gave me.  You will just have to imagine. 
  
  
  
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  Watched Laguna Beach with Janelle and Brittney.  Never been fond of it, but who am I to turn away a soap opera?
  
  
  
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  Ate steaks and rice and talked finances.
  
  
  
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  Found out my friend who was mega-against drinking now drinks.  He makes me happy.
  
  
  
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  Almost deleted my siblings WoW accounts because I can never get on this cursed computer because they are on it ALL DAY LONG.  But then I opted not to.  Because I want to live.
  
  
  

Rant time!  So, Snakes on a Plane comes out this Friday.  This is Hollywood's cheap experiment to see if people will pay to see a film they already know sucks.  The answer is going to be yes.  Already Hollywood films are going down the drain.  If you want to prevent it from going to the point of no return, I suggest you not see this film and urge people not to see it.  Because anyone who willingly PAYS to see this is a dumbass.  I don't care what the reasons are.  Sneak in.  Buy a ticket to another movie and see Snakes on a Plane.  Just don't contribute to the downfall of film as an artform.  Please.  Coming from a film student(the non-douchebaggy one) to the general public.  Please.  And just remember:  anyone who says they are going to see it-and pay-are dumbasses and their opinion on film is about as worthless as a lecher's promise.  There is no way around it, I'm sorry.  End rant. 

So, Richie, or Rich, or Richard depending on how you know him, if you even do, has a new animation up online, you should check it out!  It is really good!  It always makes me happy to have artsy friends who can do stuff like this.  I love it.  I really do.  Also, he drew me a Boba Fett drawing that kicks ass.  As well as a heart.  Go here!  


I have been walking my dog like crazy lately, we went on this 2 mile hike earlier today, photos soon!  This I promise!  

Wow, it is indeed time for a quickie update.  So...I'm in Utah now, it happens to be going pretty good.  I see Joe and Crazy Kenny tonight to either:  
A.  See Little Miss Sunshine   or:
B:  See Crazy Kenny's friend's crappy band play.
I'm really hoping it is A, but either way I'll be able to read Joe's screenplay, so it should be good.  Also, I just love hanging out with those guys-they're so cool in their own Dutch/crazy way.  

Being here makes me act like my mom for some reason, and I've found myself doing old lady things like quilting(making a baby quilt for my cousin), scrapbooking(yes, because I like collages[of my trip to canada{2003}][trip to Martinique{2004}][trip to Australia{2005}][trip to Southern Utah with the Europeans{2006}] I have a lot of then to do because I didn't have the time, but now I do, so don't mock me, dammit!), cooking(every night!!! woooohooooo!), and being a bitch to my really mopey sister, although, the plan has been put into action.  

So, the sister experiment has been started.  I made her listen to:  Rilo Kiley-More Adventurous, The Clash-London is Calling, Radiohead-OK Computer, David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust, and finally Rufus Wainwright-Poses.  If doesn't stimulate her to be cool then I'll just have to rely on the films she's watching, which are as of today:  Donnie Darko(I honestly couldn't believe that she hadn't seen it, but whatever), Ed Wood, Dead Man, Fight Club, and Interview with a Vampire(because it's the only film I can stand Tom Cruise in-the only one, not even The Last Samurai).   

No paragraphs, simply photos.  You'll figure it out.

That is all.  Oh, and me and my brother are working on building a teleportation device like in my dream.  So everyone can visit!  Yay!

I fell down the stairs in the LAB today.  It was kind of embarrassing.  But mostly painful.  It hurt riding home.  Stupid accident-prone Elaine.  I have such problems with stairs.  Never fails. 

I have absolutely no faith in the Dean's office, and am now starting to get worried that my graduation application won't go through and that I won't be graduated.  Because I would not be happy. 

I've been burning CD's like crazy for my sister because she listens to crap right now.  I hope it works.  My ultimate plan is for her to listen to all the music I'm burning for her, and leave a list of movies and books, so that when I get back she'll be able to have a decent conversation.  Because right now it consists of hello and goodnight.  Really, though.

So yay!  I have a way to get my visa this sunday, thank you, thank you!  Here's hoping I have everything I need! ::toasts::(a glass, not bread). 

Also, I made my (favorite[absolute favorite]) uncle three, count them, three(!) mix cd's.  He is just that cool.  Little known fact about my uncle is that he can play:  the bagpipe, the guitar(and the like[ukelele, banjo, mandolin), the piano, cello(and the like[violin, bass]).  He is so cool.  Right now he is(for whatever reason) trying to grow a hedge maze in his yard.  So I think I'll have to help him with that.  Should be interesting, anyway.  I am ultra-excited about being able to visit him.  Also I can show him my animation projects because I think he will thoroughly enjoy them.

An imaginary conversation I wish I could have... Today I met Bruce's sister and niece.  His sister is really cool.  And nice.  And she makes me want to have a baby.  But not really.  At least not now.  DEFINATELY not now. 

Let's all take a roadtrip-and not just because the person I was supposed to go to Atlanta with me to get my visa isn't going-but because it would be a grand ol' time!  Yay!  Atlanta!  If not then I'll have to take the bus, and we really don't want that.  We really really don't.  Trust me on this.  And I think I might be screwed.  But that's alright.  I guess I'll figure something out.  I always manage somehow. 

Crumb-my place-known to some as the Belafonte, but I haven't grown used to it yet.  I still think they should call it Xanadu.  But they aren't sophisticated enough to.  Unfortunately.  It is a life-changing film.  Believe you me.  Around whenever Rachael gets off work-11ish maybe? 

 

Ooples and banoonoos, that is.

My main announcement of the day is:
I am going, on the eighth of August, to see the Wu-Tang Clan in SLC!  Take that, suckas!

Also, Nightwatch, monday night-11pm-the Belafonte.  Be there or be a parallelogram.  And you know that's the worst shape to be.  Even a square is better.  

This is hiLARious if you speak French.  Watch it even if you don't.  The Spaniard reminds me of Camilo.  Tehehe.  It is awesome.  It really is...French. 

Tom Goes to the Mayor IS funny despite what other people think.  So take that!  We all know I am the ultimate judge of everything entertaining.  

You know how sometimes you forget how incredible someone is if you don't talk to them for a while, and then you finally do, after a break, and you realize how much you missed them?  I love and hate this feeling. 

Yay for bulleted lists of my thoughts!

• I had the scariest dream last night it might actually qualify as a nightmare.  It involved a castle and my sister attacking me with a drill.  Really scary.
• The TV show Weeds really makes me want to deal drugs.  I LOVE it! 
  
• Johnny Depp makes me hayppy.  Very happy.  And I'm not just saying that because he's hot.  But because he is incredible. 
  

Brian and myself totally kicked ass last night at Scrabble and I think it was pissing off Matt's friends.  But they were nice anyway.  Which can't be said for a certain other person who is also going to Wales.  We'll leave it at that.  Also annoying people groping me must stop before I become hostile.  And I'm not even joking.  Oh, but we won with help of the word "el" which I wasn't sure even existed.  But it does.  Thankfully, because then I'd feel like an asshole. 

Yay Bastille Day!  I love the French.  I can't help it really.  Today I am not speaking English/wearing deoderant/taking a shower.  But I took one yesterday, so I doubt it will have the same effect.  I suppose that it's the thought that counts anyway.  I really want to get Chinese food but noone is here to take me-blah!

My family just got back from the Tetons and Yellowstone-our usual family vacation-except this time they saw an unusual amount of wildlife-like moose and moose babies; bears and bear babies(DANgerous!); buffalo and buffalo babies; a marmot; some beavers; some coyotes.  So many babies.  So lucky/scary.  Especially for bears-that's when they attack and kill people.  They all survived, though.  Which is good because we wouldn't want anything to put a damper on the rest of summer.  

I hate not having a train of thought-it is really aggravating at times.

I leave for Utah in two weeks.  I leave for France in 66 days.  I don't know if I'll ever come back to Hattiesburg.  It's a bit sad, really.  Blah.  At least there's still those two weeks!

France lost.  And you want to know why?  Because Zidane HAD to headbut that Italian soccer player in the chest.  If I ever see Zidane the first thing I want to ask him is what Derossi said to him.  Because I know it must've been something to get him so riled up.  He knew that it would get him thrown out of the game.  He must've.  ::Sigh::.  There's always 2010.  And I will be living permanently in France then.  So it will be more fun.  

Because I'm bored...blastoff!
70 more days until I leave for France!  I am ultra-excited.  I have gotten over my nervousness now, I think, I've just stopped caring that I won't understand everything and that I won't be able to exprimer myself like I can in English.  I'm over it and am ready to leave! 
 
Movies I REALLY  want to see but haven't yet:  

+Kiss Kiss Bang Band
+Nightwatch
+A Scanner Darkly
+Drawing Restraint 9
+Strangers with Candy
+Dear Wendy
+The Science of Sleep
+Babel

That is all.