August 28, 2008

Stories

As I was typing my previous blog and talking on the phone to my mother I hear a phone ring. First of all, let me describe this phone which is located in our kitchen of the Washington Center of Boston University. It is a blue wall-mounted phone with an extremely long cord. However, the phone doesn't rest properly on its wall mount, therefore, we must tie up the phone using its excess cord just to keep working. (see also- "holy shit that's ghetto" in the dictionary).

Anyway, I don't know this number and either does anyone else. But I hear this mysterious phone call so I assume (after watching previews of the movie "Eagle Eye" with Shia LaBeouf, you know, the movie where he answers a phone and he has to run for his life?) that if I answer this phone I will be running throughout the city avoiding killers and government actions (and I haven't gone to the spy museum yet? shit!). So I go to answer the phone, stretching on my way there (well no, but wouldn't it be sweet if I did?) And here comes the big build up....it's Windham Hotels wanting me to sit in on something to get free airlines tickets to destinations I don't want to go to. So I politely said I wasn't interested and hung up the phone (which of course included tying it up with its cord!)

I was at the the food court with Meghan and Jessica talking about cooking. I said I won't make my best food, because I really miss my grill from home. Later at the bars this conversation took place.

Jessica: We've been meaning to ask you, do you have a girlfriend?

Me: No, that was kind of out of left field.

Jessica: Well, we were just asking because earlier you said "I really miss my girl from home" and we thought it was some big secret?

Me: (laughter for a good solid minute) I said grill from home, you know like cooking, not girl.

All: (continued laughter and enjoying more alcohol.)

Random Thoughts

(Random thought from Meaghan) Why are they called "Books on CD?" I mean, they're not actually books, there's no pages to turn!



Quotes

"Dirt's a lot more fun when you add water." ~Hank Ketcham

"I need more blood for my alcohol system" ~(I don't remember who said this, I've been drinking)

(About me and another short girl) "Your kids will be full grown at birth!" ~Spiedel

August 27, 2008

So today I went to the Hirshhorn Museum with the girls from across the hall. There I got into a really "artsy" mindset! At the Hirshhorn, the entire second floor is dedicated to art movies. These don't include ones that are seen at the Cannes or Sundance Movie Festivial (like Shark vs. Eagle a must see). There was a half hour movie about this guy doing a Rude Goldberg-like project by blowing shit up or scenes cut from a movie to have actors talk about their mothers and fathers....you get the jist?

Anyway, I've decided I want to create two pieces of art movies.

1. I want to make a scary movie (probably 10 or 15 minutes long, show it to a group of people who feel they get really scared, and film their reaction to the movie as the entire movie.
2. I want to make a break-up movie. All I want it to be is a coffee shop or dinner conversation break-up lasting probably 10 or 15 minutes. I want to cameras located bascially eye level. The jist of this will be to film both cameras at the same time and show it split screen, both of their reactions and movements or film it only showing the person not talking. I want to emphasize one person checking out other people as its happening and maybe a little crying. Something like that....now all I need to do is get a girlfriend, fall madly in love with her, lose her, and become devastated enough to write a script...or hire someone! :)

Stories today:

For a quick snack today (corndogs and ice cream) we went to a food court in the old post office building. We walked up at saw 3 security guards were standing there, we figured we were in wrong place and asked how to get into the food court....they said right this way, so we had to take out anything that would set off the metal detector, the bags and walk through. I mean really, are terrorist now aiming for our pizza places, smoothies, and chicken fried-rice?

Also, while first walking in there was this crazy Asian lady (my guess is Vietnamese) secretly taking pictures of Jessica (a girl from across the hall) and tried to sell her a picture with her as the headlines with the Washington Post! Food was then consumed and on the way back out, there she was again....but this time she caught me! She caught a picture of George Bush kissing my eye in mid stride and as I continued to walk she tried getting me to by the picture. I mean, who does she think I am...JR Honeas?

Thoughts

I want to start up my blog again since I'll be in DC, however, my computer is screwed up so all I did was write it on a word document so this is the paste from the last few days...enjoy!

August 20, 2008
Stories of Today
· A conversation between me and a small child leaving the airplane:
o ME: Who is that? (the kid was holding a batman action figure)
o HIM: It’s Batman!
o ME: Isn’t Batman bigger than that?
o HIM: Yes
o ME: Is Batman bigger than you?
o HIM: Yes
o ME: Is Batman bigger than me?
o HIM: Yes
o ME: Does Batman fight crime?
o HIM: Yes…I have a Batman costume at home!
o ME: Do you fight crime?
o HIM: Yes, but only during Christmas!
· On the second flight I set next to an older nurse who was with her mom. They were traveling to a conference for Herbs and Homeopathic Drugs. As a pharmacist, we were taught that these are a piece of crap. They also told me that MRSA can be cured by an OTC product called Colloidal Silver. One must know, that MRSA is a serious infection, in which we use some pretty potent antibiotics to cure. However, during this entire time I bit my tongue and didn’t say what I really wanted to say because I didn’t want to blow their minds, and also the old lady was so nice and gave me her card and everything!

Random Thoughts
· What is your favorite scene that takes place in an airplane on a movie, show, or skit?
o Mine is the 1st class/coach division in Seinfield
o Vomit bag/leftover discussion on “Rookie of the Year”
· I feel Daniel Stern’s performance in “Rookie of the Yea” deserved an Oscar nomination at the very least
· Is the pluralization of stadium really stadia? (as stated in Nick Hornby’s 31 Songs)
· What ever happened to Snapple? I haven’t seen it in eons!
o Within an hour of the thought I saw a case of Diet Ice Tea Snapple on the Metro
Quotes
· “You alwas were the one to make us stand out in a crowd / Though every once in a while your head was in a cloud / There’s nothing you could never do to ever let me down.” ~Damon Gough
· “My advice to young writers: never begin a title with a preposition, because you will find that it is impossible to utter or to write any sentence pertaining to your creation without sounding as if you have an especially pitiable stutter. ‘He wanted to talk to me about About a Boy.’ ‘ What about About a Boy?’ ‘The thing about About a Boy…” Still, it seemed like a good idea at the time.” ~Nick Hornby in 31 Songs

August 21, 2008

Stories of Today
· I saw a guy with a shirt today that said “Lincoln Shot First”
· I saw a Korean man waving and yelling “Hello Fed-Ex” to a moving Fed-Ex van.
· Today I helped two people out: the first was an older woman who needed help moving a box inside, which took place across the street from Connors apartment. The second was a man working a street vender near the White House. I was with Connors, but he specifically asked me to help him put two coolers on a movie cart. He said that short people are stronger, but I felt he asked me over Connors because I have a mustache. By doing that I became his “Very best friend of 2008!”
· On the show “Undeclared,” they described the Greek Letter Theta as “a boob with a boe-tie.”

Random Thoughts
Quotes
· “On your way out, don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split ya!” ~Stephen Colbert

August 22, 2008

Stories of Today

Random Thoughts
· I never realized that Prince, you know formerly the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, is actually only 5’ 2’’.
· Mallrats could be the most well written movies ever made.
· Reflecting back on my dance moves, I have defeated two black guys in dance offs. One Kenyan in Indianapolis and one Jamaican in Mexico. Can I be touched?

Quotes
· It’s impossible, Lois could never have Superman’s baby. DO you think her fallopian tubes could handle the sperm? I guarantee you he blows a load like a shotgun through her back. What about her womb? Do you think it’s strong enough to carry her child? Sure, why not? He’s an alien, for Christ sake. His Kryptonian biological make is enhanced by Earth’s yellow sun. If Lois gets a tan the kid could kick right through her stomach. Only someone like Wonder Woman has a strong enough uterus to carry his kid. The only way he could bang regular chick is with a kryptonite condom. That would kill him. (Mallrats)
· He tried to screw me some place very uncomfortable? What? Like the back of a Volkswagon? (Mallrats)

August 23, 2008
Quotes
· “You guys are the stupidest idiots ever” ~Nick Connors
· “There’s nothing more I love than hating people” ~Nick Connors

August 26, 2008

Stories
· A random black man camp up to me while I was sitting outside of Ella’s right off the Chinatown Metro stop and asked me to open his grape soda. I hesitated for a second thinking he may have done something to it, but I did it. And the blue couch moment nearly overwhelmed me.

Random Thoughts
· Are Catholics really cannibals? I mean, every week, they eat the body and drink the blood of Christ.
· Thinking about how Europeans killed off American Indians because they didn’t have antibodies to disease. Similarly our keeping everything clean and maintaining a proper household today leaves our children unable to develop antibodies leading to an increase risk of children developing asthma and allergies. So should we keep our house a little dirty when raising kids to prevent them from getting asthma and allergies?
· Jesus claims He was the Son of God and is worshiped by millions upon millions. A person from today can claim he is the son of God and gets thrown into the insane asylum. No wonder why Romans thought he was crazy and tried to deal away with him.

Quotes
· “As a member of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit” ~Hillary Clinton

August 27, 2008

Stories

Random Thoughts

Quotes
· “Those nachos are nachos” ~a character from Hannah Montana