Dear Kate, does Addie make you clean? Like, does she walk into the house, pull out the vacuum, turn it on--even though you're clearly watching TV--and then point the hose at you suggestively, like, "Heyyyyyy... you should be cleaning too!"?? Does she do those things? I bet she doesn't. I bet she respects your right to television and laziness. Oh living with siblings can be so fun... j/k Presh, I love you to pieces.
STARTER FOR 10 ****/5
I quite enjoy this movie. I've seen it before--about 5 minutes of it in Kate's room, and about the rest of it in my room. Then I watched it again today, because, well, I've seen everything else on HBO.
James McAvoy leads us through a British kid's interpretations of what it's like to move away from home and go to college, or "University." He leaves behind his under-achieving friends, his single mother and his small town to take up prestige at a university full of poets and protesters. He gets it in his head that he wants to be on the British equivalent of the Quiz Bowl team, and ends up taking his team far into the finals, all while courting his blonde teammate, who really looks very oddly matched for the team. It's a coming-of-age story line. McAvoy is just endearing; his sidekick friend, Rebecca Hall, is one of my new British faves (even though I personally believed she ruined the film "Vicky, Christina, Barcelona" by failing to impersonate an American accent and therefore stuttering through all of the movie); and that weirdo guy who is also in "Atonement" is somewhat charming as well. I love British movies. I can't help myself. I recommend this one. It's pretty cute, and the majority of its soundtrack is furnished by The Cure. Who wouldn't truly love to have a romantic encounter with someone in real life and hear "Pictures of You" in the background? Oh yeah, consider that mood set. Good flick, predictable ending, I won't be giving it away.
Ahhhh I start my internship on Monday and I'm not quite prepared. I do not have basically any clothes that will suit that LA look (umm pun VERY much intended). This, of course, makes me nervous. We'll see--maybe they won't care if I wear a towel, which is always my "I don't know what to wear" standby.
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Speaking of laziness/incessant TV watching, how's your "couch" repair coming along??
Wow, you're kind of obsessed with me....
Anyway, Addie doesn't force me to clean, but I usually do it anyway. Not because I'm super conscientious or anything, but because we don't have cable and there literally is not anything else to do around here.
Today, at work, I stocked tea. FYI, there is a tea for EVERYTHING that ails you (overactive bladder, insomnia, sore throat, etc). I'm thinking about writing a book about my grocery stocking adventures....Something along the lines of "Cleanup in aisle 3: how graduating from college fucked up my neat and tidy life" What do you think? Let me know.
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