Whoa, I just saw an incredible film: Jean Luc Godard's "Band of Outsiders."

I don't know what to really say about it since there's a lot I could say so just rent it. Criterion released a really nice DVD of it, I saw it at Kim's Video used for $19, I'm going to head over there tomorrow and see if it's still there...

I'll just mention some of my favorite scenes.

There's a scene where the three main characters have nothing to talk about so they decide to have a minute of silence and Odile, who's very hot in a French sort of way, counts down from three and suddenly the entire movie becomes silent and they just sit there awkwardly. It was great.

The three main characters are also involved in a great dance sequence that goes on for a really long time without really grating on your nerves the way Godard's traffic jam scene in "Week End" does.

Another fun moment is when they're talking about how some guy from San Francisco had toured the entire Louvre in 9 minutes and 45 seconds so they decide to top this feat. They go off to the Louvre and go sprinting through the halls and tour the entire place in 9 minutes and 43 seconds. Really fun stuff in that loose French New Wavey way.

Anna Karina, the woman who played Odile was great.

Hmmm... what else... I dunno... I liked the movie a lot though so you should check it out.

Next in line for me to watch: Death Race 2000, The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim

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So I got back in touch with the guy who did the music for "George Washington" and "All The Real Girls." I asked him if it'd be possible for me to get some sort of job working on David Gordon Green's next film, even if it's not getting paid and fetching Mr. Green's coffee. If all goes well I'll get to do it and I'll be the happiest person on the planet if all doesn't go well, which seems to have been the case lately anyway, I won't. Hopefully all will go well.

Oh yeah, I'm on a quest to find the best pizza in New York City with my friend Lee. There, I mentioned you, are you happy? Anyway, we've been going all over the city trying pizza from various places. So far tops on our list is Patsy's Pizzaria up in Harlem. Damn good pizza, but the most disgusting water that I've ever had. It was really thick and tasted like olive oil. I think the quote was "My water tastes like pizza..." Ugh, but the pizza was good enough to make up for it.

Ok, I have class tomorrow morning so I'm out like a... um... out like something that's not in? *sigh* whatever... I'm going to bed. Werd to your motha.

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Hell yeah. April 25th, Irving Plaza, the Flaming Lips. Sweet.

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I've got some time so I think I'll write a little.

I got my haircut today. I'm really afraid of going to that barber school, but it's only $5 so I went with James and we both sat nervously as we had our hair cut by people who looked really nervous doing it. It turned out alright. I think...

I only had one class today, but it was Writing the Essay, ugh... I hate that class and it's really stupid that I'm required to take it for two semesters.

Still no Yahoo Messanger... ugh, I miss her a lot now and would like to talk to her, but I don't know what I would say and I don't think she cares anyway so why should I bother. I don't know what I'm talking about, what an odd situation. I'm going to stop writing about it on here now although I'm sure it'll be on my mind for quite awhile after this.

I think I'm going to start working on a script or something, I need something to occupy my brain...

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I put up video of myself and my roommate being mean and scaring people. Check it out. Once again, it's pretentiously titled in French and it translates as "Piercing Cry." At least that's what altavista told me...

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~bjl229/screamStream.wmv

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I got my Trail of Dead tickets today Woohoo.

I watched "Citizen Kane" today in my language of film class and the film gets better with each viewing. In terms of filmmaking it's flawless. It was my fourth time seeing it now and it blows me away everytime. The editing, cinematography, sound design are incredible. The structure of the story is great as well. There's not much that's wrong with it. The opening sequence is one of the best ever right next to Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil."

sent me an idea for a script and it's pretty funny stuff I'm going to see what I can do with it although I see some issues with it...

I'll write more later, not much to say right now. Seeya.

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My Tuesday was alright. I woke up, did some reading, ate, and went to my Writing the Essay class. Class was alright. My second class was better. A former student came in and showed off his advanced production film which won him 2nd place at some NYU film festival. That got him $7,000 and a trip to LA where he screened his short and had meetings with lots of big timers at the various studios there. Sounds like fun, all I need to do is make a good short or two during my four years here...

One thing about the guy though was that he seemed really bitter. He doesn't have a job even after all that because he didn't have anything in addition to his short film. If you've got a good short you need good scripts that you're ready to make into films too otherwise production companies have no reason to pay any attention to you. I've got some stuff I'm working on... asked a friend of mine to come up with stuff too if he ever has time...

I made another short today. It's really short and really pretentious. Cool stuff... I was told I'm not avant garde though by a neighbor. She's taking a class about it so she'd know. I guess I'm not really on the cutting edge of anything so she was right, oh well. The link to the movie is in my previous post if you're at all interested...

Still no Yahoo Messanger and I'm doing okay. People keep telling me "she obviously wasn't worth it anyway" or other crap like that, but I dunno... I miss her... *sigh*

Reading stuff like the above probably makes things awkward for the people reading it, especially for those who read this then have to see me walking around the building all day. Keeping that in mind, I'll stop.

One of my proffesors was talking about studying abroad again and how great it is. I'm seriously considering trying to study abroad fall of my junior year. That would be so much fun.

Whatever. I don't feel like writing anymore, at least not about what's on my mind... bAiBaI (yuck)

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http://www.hob.com/tickets/festivals/sasquatch/tickets/

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the sasquatch! music festival.
May 24th
The Gorge, Washington

coldplay
the flaming lips
jurassic 5
modest mouse
Death Cab for Cutie
Pedro the Lion

and many many more...

o m g

I'm in shock, this is going to be the greatest show ever...

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http://homepages.nyu.edu/~bjl229/autumn.wmv

check it out, my new addition to the time lapse series...

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I had to fix my mood thing too...

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http://homepages.nyu.edu/~bjl229/sleepingVideo.wmv

that's the link, i forgot to post it awhile ago...

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A new movie is up on my suite's website. As I've told others, this one is highly experimental and if one goes into the film expecting the normal filmgoing experience (if there even is one) you're bound to be disappointed. I've decided in this work to play with traditional ideas of character development and narrative structure in a way that I don't think any other filmmaker ever has. Friends have asked me what the meaning of the film is and I think the film speaks for itself. If it affects you in any way whether it be joy or sorrow, I feel as if I've done my job and the hours of my life spent laboring over this work were all worth it. I love this film as if it were my own child and I hope you all will feel the same way. Think of the work as more of a visual poem, better yet, a kick ass avant garde work of art by the greatest filmmaker ever. Open up your mind and enjoy.

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It's Monday night and I still have Yahoo Messanger uninstalled on my computer. Booyah. There are some other things complicating the issue, but I don't need to write about them.

Class today was easy, all I had was a lecture so I went to it and then worked on my photo essay about the Angelika. I took it to the one hour photo place except I forgot to pick them up after an hour and it's closed now. I have to pick them up tomorrow and they'll probably make me pay the one hour price. Damn.

I went to work out today for the first time in a couple weeks. I'll probably be sore tomorrow but oh well. I'll have to start going more often again.

Not much on my mind at the moment, my friend got into Georgia Tech, I'm happy for him. I'm just going to sit here and zone out while listening to music now...

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"I had a dream you grew a garden on a trampoline and I was so happy I invented peanut butter."
-Noel in "All the Real Girls"

I just got back from finally seeing David Gordon Green's new film: "All the Real Girls." It's about a guy who's slept with just about every single girl in his small town, but when he meets his best friend's younger sister (who's been at boarding school) he starts to rethink things because he's actually in love this time.

The quote at the beginning of this entry I think is a beautiful and funny way of trying to describe the indescribable joy that someone feels when they first fall in love with someone. The movie starts with a really poignant scene in which the two kiss for the first time and we follow their relationship from there. Unfortunately, things don't turn out well and things fall apart.

The film is perfectly content not answering any questions regarding the complexity of when two people fall in love and I found it fitting because it's damn complicated and it's pretty futile to try to make sense of some aspects of such things. Instead, like "George Washington," the film just rolls with the punches and, with the help of cinematographer Tim orr, Green makes even the most banal and everyday actions of the characters poetic.

The film recieved a special award at Sundance for "Emotional Truth" which sounds kinda vague or confusing, but it makes some sense when you see the movie, it's got an honesty that's rarely found in films. One last thing... I hate when movies make me cry... even if it is just a little...

That wasn't much of a review... I just mentioned various things about the film, but here's a short review: It was great, see it if you get a chance.

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So there was a she.
And there was a me.
For a while she and me were a we.

That's no longer the case because, basically, she didn't want to deal with the distance issues.

Damn.

I felt it was all worth it, but she didn't feel the same way so I guess it wouldn't have gotten very far anyway.

The first week after it happened was alright. It was the crappiest week of my life, but not as bad as I thought it'd be.

Today, I really started to miss her and it started to suck a lot. I uninstalled Yahoo messanger in an attempt to get over her. You see, we want to remain friends, but it's kinda hard when you still have feelings for the person so I assume not talking to them for extended periods of time for awhile would help... I figured uninstalling Yahoo Messanger would help...

I uninstalled it. It stayed uninstalled on my computer...

For a couple hours...

Ugh... I hate myself so much sometimes... I got back on messanger, we talked for awhile, every stroke of the key did nothing more then jab at my heart. Really Hard. Ugh... I said bye after awhile and uninstalled it again.

For everyone reading this, if you see me on Yahoo Messanger at anytime on my computer, please smack me upside the head. Really hard. The jabs at my heart hurt more then a smack to the head ever will. It's for my own good... I'm sure you all will get some sort of sick enjoyment out of it anyway... At least a couple of you out there I know of will...

So there you go, you're now caught up on my life and the main thing that made my last week so crappy aside from everything else I've written about...

Woohoo, pretty exciting stuff huh?

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Just finished watching "The Karate Kid 3." Boo. Sure, Mr. Miyagi is one of the greatest characters ever put on film, but this movie was just bad... Part one and two are so cool, but this one was just, ugh...

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I just saw one of the coolest movies ever: "The Warriors." It's based on an ancient Greek story called "Anabasis" by Xenophon and it's about this gang called the Warriors who are framed for the murder of a man named Cyrus, he's a big shot in the New York City gang world. Because of this, everybody in the city is after the warriors and they have to fight their way back to Coney Island, their home turf.

There's not much that I can say about the movie, it just kicked ass. Memorable characters, scenes, dialogue, it was just a really fun movie to watch. The cinematography was actually really good, and everything else was competent as well. They also made some pretty sweet use of the wipe. A lot of the movie takes place in Union Square too which was cool. Just thinking about the Warriors battling their way home just a couple blocks away sends chills up my spine.

Next Up: "The Karate Kid 3"

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Today was a very unproductive day. It was good I guess. I played lots of smash brothers and watched "The Karate Kid 2." Tite.

I just got back from the video store and I had gone trying to rent "The Wizard" (the videogame movie), but they didn't carry it. Intead, I rented "The Karate Kid 3" and "The Warriors." Kick ass.

I also downloaded a SNES emulator today and a bunch of games. The ones I enjoyed the most were Zelda 3, Secret of Mana, Super Punchout, and Smash TV. Sweet.

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Went to class today at 2:00 - 3:15pm and it was my only class, but it's the class that I loathe most: Writing the Essay. Ugh... the class was alright today though. Afterwards, I didn't have much to do so I went back to my room and played Smash Brothers and watched 8 1/2 with commentary by a proffesor from my school actually. He teaches a course on Italian Cinema I guess... I watched about 45 minutes of the movie with the commentary on then I played some more videogames before I had to leave for my sound image lab.

My sound image lab is pretty cool. I sit in a tiny room all by myself from 7:00 - 11:00pm and edit sound. The room contains a computer with fancy audio editing software and hardware, a two track tape recorder, a tape player, cd player, mixing board, speakers, all that fancy stuff. It's pretty nice. Basically I get to sit in there alone and work on my sound projects. Today I had to edit together a 1 minute project which was fun since I did it with a razor and editing tape not on the computer. Editing by hand is a lot of fun, I think doing it with film is going to be a lot of fun too, sound is kind of hard, but I'm getting the hang of it...

I haven't really had dinner yet which is a problem since it's currently 11:37pm... I had two chocolate chip cookies and a cinnamon roll on the way to the Tisch building for my lab, but that's it. My last meal was at 1 so I'm HUNGRY! I'm going to get some Gyro later which is going to be good, but that's at 12:30. That means I'm going to be going to bed really late and suffering through class tomorrow morning. Oh well, I'll have to get a lot of sleep on Saturday to make up for it.

Sidra beat my Bejeweled score... I thought my high score would last for the rest of the year, but I was wrong. My score is a little over 75,000 and it was by far the highest score anybody had gotten. A couple of days ago I get an IM from her saying that she had gotten 79,490. That's a ridiculously high score! I wrote it down and taped it to my desk above my computer so it's going to sit there and haunt me until I beat it, hopefully I'll be able to take it down sometime soon...

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So I've spent the last couple hours freaking out because I couldn't get onto live journal! Laugh all you like, but I know I wasn't the only one...

My language of film class sucked today. Usually the class is split up into two parts, first a lecture, then a film. I slept through almost the entire lecture on Yasujiro Ozu's "Late Spring." I was REALLY tired. I wanted to stay and watch the film which was Murnau's "Sunrise," but I was way too tired so I left during break. It's a film I've been meaning to watch for a long time too... damn... I'll have to rent it over the weekend.

Today at the videostore I managed to pickup a copy of the Criterion Edition of Fellini's 8 1/2 for $25!!! Booyah. Yeah, $25 is a lot for a DVD, but these criterion edition dvds are expensive! They had Godard's "Band of Outsiders" also for $19, but I've never seen it so I didn't want to spend what little cash I had left to buy it.

Today was a vast improvement over yesterday, but anything would have been. Yesterday was just a really really really frustrating day. The only thing that kept me from going insane was the Eyedea & Abilities show, otherwise it was terrible.

I had a lot of other stuff to say too and now that I'm finally able to get on my journal I can't remember! Aggghhh! It's fitting though... keeps with the crappy theme of my week.

I finally figured out how to get my stereo to work as an alarm clock. Today I woke up to Wilco. Actually I was awake just laying in bed staring at the stereo unaware of what time it was since there's not a single clock anywhere in the room that I can see while laying down. I just layed there and the music eventually started. I listened to 4 or 5 songs then got out of bed. Tomorrow morning, or actually, later today... I'm going to see if Sigur Ros will wake me up, hahaha... with my luck I'll probably be awake before it even goes off. I hate that.

I wore my retainer last night for the first time in a long time. Luckily it still fit and my teeth didn't hurt at all when I woke up. That's a good sign.

I'm thinking about studying abroad my junior year. My top three choices are Florence, London, and Havana. Let me explain why...

Florence - The city has some of the most incredible art in the world. Michaelangelo's "Pieta" is the most gorgeous sculpture ever and is worth visiting the country for alone. Of course this is Florence we're talking about. Amazing art is all over the place. The NYU campus in Italy is awesome from what I hear too. I've seen photos and it's very picturesque. With the rudementary Italian skills I would be required to learn and that which I would pick up, I would be able to read Dante's Divine Comedy in it's original language! Ok... who am I kidding... maybe not, but I could try! One last thing, how cool would it be to study the works of the italian neo-realist (damn i sound pretentious) filmmakers and other greats like Fillini IN italy?! Damn cool is how cool it would be. Werd.

London - Good music and girls with British accents. Duh.

Havana - Good healthcare... hahaha, I dunno. It just seems cool. They offer acting and photography classes there. It must just be a result of seeing "City of God" but I think it'd be so cool to go take photographs in Cuba. I'm pretty sure Cuba isn't comprised of yellowish tones like those you see "City of God" or certain parts of "Traffic," but oh well. It just seems like a really exotic place to go live and learn photography. Anyway, Fidel doesn't seem like that bad of a guy...

Then again, all this could blow over and I'll end up staying in NY. I wouldn't really mind that either. By junior year I'll be working on pretty time consuming projects so maybe going overseas won't be to my advantage, I guess I'll see how things work out.

I better finish up my homework now. This writing the essay class is really a drag...

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Damnit! My experiment was foiled yet again! I was planning to see if Sigur Ros would wake me up in the morning, but of course I woke up 2 minutes before the alarm was set to go off! Agggggghhhhhhhh!

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I just got back from another hip hop show, this time I went to see Eyedea and Abilities. There were some other acts there too, but I was just there to see them two. It was incredible. The guy can rap, as I said after I got out, it merited a use of the word "tite" without the usual cynicism tied to my use of the word. This was actually one of the best experiences with live music that I've ever had. The other acts were just alright, but the interaction between Eyedea (the rapper) and Abilities (the DJ) was awesome and Eyedea can really flow. Good place to start if you want to start appreciating hip hop. A nice way to end an otherwise crappy day. Too bad I'm starving and I smell like smoke...

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I just got back from eating and of course my bad luck continues. On the way back up the big glass door swung back after a guy walked through it and the handle nailed me really hard on the hip. Ouch. Today sucks.

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2003 is off to the worst start imaginable. As if things weren't shitty enough I just had the crappiest experience to top it all off, but first I'll begin with last night...

Last night I was on AOL Instant Messanger just minding my own business when it logs me off. I get back on and my buddy list is gone! Poof! Usually when this happens it says it can't access the list but that you'll be able to access later and not to worry because everything's going to be just fine. Last night it didn't reassure me with any such information and I got pissed. I slowly started compiling the list again and went to bed extra disgruntled.

This morning I woke up and it had come back. What a jerk. If it was going to run off and piss me off like that it should've stayed gone instead of coming back after making me go through all that. Oh well. I'm kinda glad it came back now.

Okay, here's the really crappy part.

I left about an hour ago to go to the Angelika to see 'All the Real Girls.' I took my camera along with me to take photos for a project. Along the way I met a really nice woman and we talked about how incredible a lot of the places on Houstan were for taking photos. Mainly a row of sinks lined up covered in snow behind a chain link fence. We talked awhile then went out seperate ways. She was nice.

I took six photos when suddenly my stupid camera jams. With 18 photos left on my roll of film there was nothing I could do. I was screwed. Damn.

I get to the Angelika and wait in line. Wait some more. Then I approach the ticket window. I ask if they accept debit and of course they say NO. WTF, normally they do, but for some reason today they weren't. I'll go find an ATM machine I told myself. And I went searching. I found one and of course it's OUT OF ORDER. AGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH. By then it was too late and I had missed the movie and I walked back home upset.

My pants are wet from walking in the snow. I need a haircut. I had a dream I was carrying around a gun and that I was testing my willpower by seeing how long I could go without pointing it at someone or even putting my finger on the trigger. I should've just pointed it at myself. Afterall, it was only a dream.

I did buy the Postal Service's Give Up and Wilco's Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot albums which were of some conosolation, but still, 2003 is off to the worst start imaginable.

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I skipped both my classes today. One because I didn't have the homework done for it and the other because I have to work on a project and the class isn't very important anyway.

I'm going to go see 'All The Real Girls' today which is about a guy's first love and how it falls apart and stuff. If this movie is anywhere near as poignant as 'George Washington' was, I'm going to be sitting in the Angelika in a puddle of my own tears, oh joy. I have to take photographs of the theater and the area around it too for a project. That's why I'm skipping the class I mentioned earlier.

Once again I'm listening to The Postal Service... this can't be healthy...

Thanks to Rula I've changed by comments thingamajigur! Thanks again!

OOH! The Postal Service CD comes out today. Joy. Now I don't have to listen to mp3s all day and I can set up my radio so I can wake up to them. Hahaha. Booyah.

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So I finally changed the design of my live journal. Leonard got a live journal and he's been going insane making it all nice and it got me int he mood to change mine. I'm still trying to figure out how to change the text of the "leave a comment" thingy... if anybody who reads this knows, please let me know. Anyway, not much else to say. I should be doing my homework. It's 3 in the morning. Joe Millionaire is a stupid show that robbed me of a couple hours of my life. It's funny the things you do when you're feeling down...

Luckily Ben Gibbard has been here every step of the way and Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service are being majorly played out on my computer... Oh well...

The weather here is insane. We've got a foot or two of snow and suffered through blizzard like conditions. Supposidly it's the worst in 7 years. This morning there were people playing soccer in the middle of third avenue with a gigantic tennis ball. The same type of giant tennis balls as the one I almost broke my arm trying to hit with a tennis racket.

I watched Fist of Legend today with my roommates. Entertaining stuff...

Played lots of Smash Brothers. I'm getting much better then I used to be, but I still wouldn't say I'm good.

Okay, I'd really better be starting my homework, but just a couple last tidbits.

I'm going to see Godspeed! You Black Emperor on April 1st.

I'm seeing the rapper Eyedea this tuesday. Yes a hip hop concert, but this guy's good. REALLY good.

I'm going to see Sigur Ros hopefully over spring break.

Last but not least, I'm going to see ...and you will know us by the trail of dead on April 19th.

I wanted to see Interpol, but tickets sold out REALLY fast. Oh well.

I need to reincorporate myself into the national workforce and do what I can to help the economy! Actually, I just need money that's all...

Word to your mother.

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Most depressing song ever, but I've listened to it about 15 times today and it's also damn catchy with it's Nintendoish background music...

Nothing Better by the Postal Service

(Guy)
Will someone please call the surgeon
Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart
That you're deserting, for better company...

I can't accept that it's over
and I will block the door like a goalie tending the net
In the third quarter, of a tied game rivalry

So, just say how to make it right
and I swear I'll do my best to comply

Tell me am I right to think that there could be nothing better
then making you my bride and slowly growing old together...

(Girl)
I feel must interject here,
You're getting carried away feeling sorry for yourself
With these revisions
And gaps in history
So let me help you remember,
I made charts and graphs that should finally make it clear
I've prepared a lecture
On why I have to leave

So please back away and let me go

(Guy)
I can't my darling i love you so

Tell me am I right to think that there could be nothing better?
Then making you my bride and slowly growing old together

(Girl)
Don't you feed me lines about some idealistic future
Your heart won't heal right if you keep tearing out the sutures

(Guy)
I know that i have made mistakes
and i swear i'll never wrong you again

(Girl)
You've got a lure I can't deny,
but you've had chance so say goodbye.
Say goodbye.

Ugh... but Ben Gibbard is a genius when it comes to writing melodies so I love anything he does, even when it's depressing like this. Some other lyrics from one of his songs has also been stuck in my head in recent days, this is from Death Cab for Cutie's "A Movie Script Ending"

"And now we all know, the words were true, in the sappiest songs, yes yes. I'll put them to bed but they won't sleep. They're just shuffling the sheets, they toss and turn. You can't begin to get it back."

Yup...

Alright I'll write more later.

Oh yeah, the Wilco album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" is really good.

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Well, Valentines day kinda came and went yesterday. Didn't do much. My sound class was actually fun, we learned to edit sound together the old fashioned way: using a razor blade and editing tape. Neat stuff, not as hard as I thought it'd be too.

Today I woke up early for the Peace Rally by the UN building. It was crazy, the police had created the barricades in such a way that we had to walk like 20 blocks before we were stuck in a sea of people who weren't getting anywhere. We got to within about 10 blocks of the building and were stuck there until the crowds started to dissipate. It was encouraging to see all the people out there though. Lots of familiers and older people. Very diverse and large (supposidly in the hundreds of thousands a figure I wouldn't argue with) crowd, hopefully something will come of all of it.

The new David Gordon Green (George Washington) movie is out in theaters here. It's called "All the Real Girls" and I'm really excited to go see it. I haven't had time lately, but I'll probably trek down to the Angelika tomorrow and check it out. I've been waiting forever for this movie, I'm so happy it's finally out. It snuck up on me too, I didn't even realize it was coming out until a week ago... what sort of fan am I? *sigh*

Lately I've been listening to this band called The Postal Service. It was kind of a side project of Ben Gibbard's (Death Cab for Cutie). I can't think of anyone who writes better melodies then he does and his lyrics are typically very well written as well. The music sounds almost Nintendoish, but Gibbard is just so awesome that I've been listening to the album at least twice a day, but please don't get on my case if you listen to it and think it's terrible... I'm confused myself as to why I can't stop listening to it...

School's going well. My weeks are so easy except for Fridays which is really lame. No classes on Fridays last semester and now it's the day I dread most. All my friends get to sleep in and I'm half awake at nine stumbling to class. Ugh.

Life is going well I guess...

Not sure what I'm doing for spring break. I think I'm just going to stay in New York and relax. I can't wait.

I think sometime around my spring break some friends from Seattle might be coming to visit also. That should be fun if they can make it.

Hmmm... I'm trying to finish off my 607 series of short films (i hesitate to use the word film...). I need to make ones about Ian and James and am having trouble thinking of ideas for the videos. Oh well, I'm sure something will come to me eventually, anyway if you all don't know there are videos I made about Leonard and Francis on my suite's website at http://homepages.nyu.edu/~bjl229 I wouldn't say they're good, but they're interesting... it's pretty obvious I was influenced by the Real World and other MTV shows, this was just my way of getting any of those bad habits out of my system. Alright enough excuses. If you enjoy them, good, otherwise, oh well.

I'm just going to ramble on about other stuff too since I have absolutely nothing to do.

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Nevermind, I don't have anything to say... Goodbye

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