[Music || Rachel Stevens, "Sweet Dreams (My L.A. Ex)" & Lucy Woodward, "Standing"]
Yeah, I have an L.A. ex I would love to say "If I were in your shoes, I'll whisper before I shout..." :-)

Today was a routine Friday. I wonder when they will start running out of movies for me to watch. Plus, I'm wasting quite a bit but I think spending $6.25 a week on escapism is worth it. I went to watch a movie that I had initially mixed feelings about, "Under The Tuscan Sun." In the end, the draw of seeing Diane Lane who blew me away in "Unfaithful" brought me in.

The early reviews sort of influenced me. The movie is very uneven and doesn't come close to anything memorable, but at the same time... I had a good time. It was a movie that although didn't make sense all the time, was throughly enjoyable. Sandra Oh who plays Lane's pregnant lesbian friend was hilarious in it. I thought Lane did a good job in the role but I can imagine other actresses taking the character further. Diane Lane can act, but in this comedic role.. there are several scenes that didn't come off as funny or naturally as I would've imagined. Still, she's a force to be reckon with. I laughed so hard when she returned home from having sex (for a long, long time) and started jumping on the bed and doing a sexy dance. "I've still got it!"

I heard the book was completely different than the movie, but so what? The scenery were nice, but not as nice as say.. "Tuck Everlasting." Tuscany looked okay, but it didn't make me want to go there or anything.

Overall, the last two movies I've seen had a similar theme. "Lost in Translation" and "Under The Tuscan Sun" both deal with being in a new surrounding and discovering a part of yourself. Perhaps this is why they both connected with me on a good level.

[Music || M2M "The Day You Went Away"]
Like Claudia in "The Baby-Sitter's Club Movie," I came out of English with my first essay and "I got a B minus!!!"

Okay, maybe not the best grade. We are graded on A, B, C, and NC (No Credit). My professor said the grades are toward the lower end at this point because we're just beginning. Okay, I know my essay was a bit messy and I was very nervous about what grade I would get. Deep inside me, I hoped I got somewhere around a "B." I was quite eccastic with the results. Small goals, baby. Small goals!

This essay... gosh, I worked on it for five days or something. It's so tedious proof reading it and trying to work out the kinks (and it ends up being LESS messy and kinky). I don't know the last time I worked this hard on an essay. In high school, all we did was just type up the freaking essay the night before! I'm sure many of my worst works were in Ms. Burkhart's AP class so no wonder I got poor scores. But you know in regular English classes in high school? My essay would've been an "A+" or something cos teachers are so lenient there. As long as you don't sound choppy and have interesting ideas, they give you an "A." It's not the same now.

That concludes my day. I also had a Stat quiz I didn't prepare for. The quizzes aren't worth much, but I still did good! I thank Ms. Mar for guiding me in the right direction.

[Music || Mandy Moore, "Can We Still Be Friends"]
Last weekend I had a great time actually GETTING OUT into the freaking city! I went with this cool girl I met at our school and the both of us went exploring downtown SF. Lotsa expensive stores out there. Lotsa things to see. What a blast!

Anyways, right now I'm just online a lot. I ordered my Lene album yesterday. Hopefully it comes in a week. My mom sent me a jacket and it's polyster and really nice. I'm not cutting the tag till I hear how much it cost!

I'm just trying to have fun and do work at the same time. I want to pass my courses but I also want to treat myself. I can't focus without feeling happy.

I'm keeping this post very vague because I don't feel like getting into stuff too much. Haha. I wish you my best if you're reading this. Sorry I haven't been in contact with people lately. Blah.

[Music || Kiley Dean, "Who Will I Run To?"]
I am slacking off again. But I'm feeling a lot like the old me. Happy and carefree. This is not a good thing, I have to keep up with college. Without my parents nagging me, I have to discipine myself to do work. Okay, that means I should get to it.

Talk to you later. I was out most of the day today catching up with work! Yikes!