Sunday, September 13, 2009

Julie & Julia, or the Last Date for a While

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So after reading Brian's blog entry about this one, I finally decided I had to see it. I'd been thinking about seeing it for awhile, but I didn't want to subject Jacob to another chick flick, though it seems the only decent movies lately have been chick flicks. It saddens me because I love movies of all kinds, but there is some serious fail out there in movie making land. But I digress. Jacob and I are pretty sure that we are not going to get another date night for a while due to the fact that I am getting to be a very busy law student and between work and class he's going to be pretty short on time. Also, Jacob brought my ring back from the jeweler's, which makes me a very happy bunny. It was supposed to be a dinner and a movie kind of date, which is fairly normal for us, but he had some trouble getting off work on time and that made us run a bit late. That meant that we went to a movie about cooking and food, and we were starving because neither of us had eaten.

The movie was great actually, and if you haven't seen I highly recommend that you do so immediately. Both Meryl Streep and Amy Adams were incredible, and Streep was absolutely dead on really. I did find Julie's obsession with Julia a bit strange, but it didn't take away from the overall effect of the movie. In fact I sort of understood why she clung to her the way she did, considering the effect of the stew dish she mentioned. Honestly, I identified with the film because I love to cook, and I would love to learn to cook as well as the two leading characters could. There was also the fact that Julie was a struggling writer with an unfinished novel. We left the movie starving, and I really had the urge to cook something with lots of butter. If I had the time and the fundage, I would definitely love to embark on the challenge of cooking my way through some famous cook's cookbook in a year. But alas, law school makes you both broke and busy. Over all I think this is definitely on my list of movies I will require on DVD when it comes out. Also, while I may not buy it since I have a mad long list, this is also on my books I must read list.

I wish that I could write a blog that spoke to people the way that Julie's did or that I could write something important at all. I guess maybe I can hope for doing something important in the legal field instead. Any way, it's back to the books for me, my Civ Pro text is mocking me as we speak.

 

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Move Gets Closer

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So right now I'm guaranteed a seat at Brandeis, and I will have a home, though it may not be the apartment I thought I was going to get. Calling the apartment complex office is on my list of things to do because apparently if I call and ask politely about my lease I might be able to bump my way up the waiting list, which I've been told is really short. I'm definitely not wanting to live in traditional housing, with a roommate and no kitchen, because I don't play nice with others. OK, so maybe that's taking it a bit too far, but I'm not really good with living with strangers, partially because I am strange myself. I keep weird hours and have strange mannerisms, plus I don't want to be living with a person I don't know who might have stranger habits than mine, plus my luck I would have a roommate with a boyfriend who lives in state and would over a lot, which is not cool. Single apartment is a much better environment for the Nic.

Things I need to do before the move:

  1. Check up on the apartment and lease, hopefully get myself bumped up to the top of the list and get it.
  2. Finish handling all the student loan paperwork and make sure all the money gets where it belongs.
  3. Find out what the contracts assignment is going to be for orientation.
  4. Arrange for a hotel room for the week of orientation since unless I've get into traditional housing, which I do not want, I can't move in until the 15th.
  5. Decide what goes to KY with me and what stays behind, since even if I get the apartment it will be small.
  6. Finish up all the shopping for the necessities; I still need stuff for the apartment, even though Nanny bought me pots, utensils, and a few other things.
  7. Drive up to the campus to make sure that I know where places are.
Meanwhile, here in the Boro I am attempting make the best of my last few weeks of freedom before I take off for law school and make sure that I take care of all my Boro business, like check ups, tags, and a hair appointment. How am I making the most of these weeks? Well thus far, Jake and I have gone out a bunch, even went to the zoo in Nash-Vegas, and I've been relaxing and catching up on my reading, which is something I never get to do during classes. Speaking of classes, I read on Meg's blog that MTSU classes should start at the end of August, while mine will start on the 17th, which means that I am envious of all my undergrad friends who get at least an extra week reprieve. While I'm already hitting the books and hard, everyone else will be moseying their way back to classes for an easy first couple of days. I'm hoping that if I have my own apartment I might be able to invite Jake up for dinner and stuff, just during that week before he starts classes. I'm going to miss him.

 

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