Entries from September 2005 ↓

Last Friday, Kristi called me after she got done with work and insisted (not really) that Ellie and I join her and her co-workers at Brit’s Pub in downtown Minneapolis. Since not too many exciting things were happening at home (actually nothing at all), we went! And I irritated all of her coworkers with my incessant photo-taking. “I’m a photographer, guys! It’s okay!”

Look at how much fun Kristi is having! I was having fun pretending to be outgoing.

Also, I have recently discovered a strange, yellow, mushroom-y fungus growing in one of my African Violets. I haven’t thrown it away yet because I’m too lazy and I find it intriguing. Am I killing myself (and my roommates) slowly by keeping it around? We’ve had the windows open for the last few days, so it’s okay, right? We’re not breathing too many poisons, are we?

I think I have more photos on my computer at home, but I might just be forgetful that I’ve already posted them. In any case, it should be an excellent weekend for photographing. On Saturday I’m headed to a cousin’s baby shower and on Sunday, Kristi and I are hitting the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Maybe I’ll post them before the photos are a week old next time!

Best. Semester. Ever.

Last night I had my first “Hollywood Musicals” class. The instructor introduced himself, as well as a very brief history of the beginning of musicals in America. We watched a clip from The Jazz Singer (the first musical [from a nearly bankrupt and desperate Warner Bros.] to [partially] use the deForest method of electronically connecting sound to film). We also watched a clip from Broadway Melody (best picture of 1936, the instructor told us this musical helped to reinvent musicals in America). After a quick break, we watched That’s Entertainment (highlights MGM’s musicals from the early 1900s to mid-1950s — apparently sales from this production prevented MGM from closing in the 1970s).

This class is going to be awesome — I’m already learning new things! I was also telling Mary how nice it’ll be to be in a film class from which I’ll always leave happy (and ready to dance). My previous courses, Feminist Film Studies and Intro to German Cinema, were also pretty awesome, but sometimes a little heavy and/or depressing. I also had another class at Augustana about literature and cinema regarding modern outlaws — we watched 4 or 5 different versions of Robin Hood within 2 weeks (it was a winter interim course). Yow.

Musicals every week will be refreshing. Next week we are watching 42nd Street. I have only seen three of the 13 or 14 musicals we’ll be seeing, so I’m also excited to meet some new actors!

P.S. I’m also ready to have Gene Kelly circa late 1940s’ babies now. Hot, hottie, hot!

Gotta dance!

If you go to the webcam* right now you can see what I look like when my brother calls to wake me up at 9:30am on a Sunday. I feel like an anime character.

* Broken link removed 2011-11-22.

I am at Brit’s now and some dudes toasted to girls with big boobs. Ellie and I walked away because we didn’t fit in.