March 28, 2001

Phil and I are currently having an argument about Titanic. I've never actually seen the movie, nor do I plan to. Phil sent me this list of reasons what Titanic is like the Bible. Um, I'm sure he could offend some people with that. But I am still angry with the Academy Awards for giving best song to Celine Dion that year. Which isn't the real reason why I didn't watch the Oscars. I just wasn't around to watch them. If I were actually willing to watch Titanic it would be a great reason to get together with Phil. Except I'm not willing to watch it.

And, no, I'm not crazy about Leonardo DiCaprio. Though Kate Winslet is cool. Heavenly Creatures is one of my favourite movies. I like movies that are scary because of the psychology behind the characters and not because the director put in a lot of tense photography and music and maybe some gore.

Other than that, I'm still working away. It's the end of the term. Did I expect not to have this much work? And it's still not as bad as last term when I had three term papers and two stories due and a killer case of writers block. I don't have writer's block. I just can't sit still long enough to get any major work done. I'm not even sitting still now. And my head's all over the place. I can't concentrate. It's Spring and school's almost over. I think that's probably what the problem is.

It's funny. I've been so busy with school that it doesn't seem like anything's been happening. Nothing life shaking, anyway. Everyone is arguing, probably because it's the end of the year. Everyone is arguing, and the subject rules comes up often enough. I've been arguing for the rules lately. It makes me think I've actually grown up in the past few years. I get the rules. I don't have some warped version of "Social Justice For All, Screw What Holds Society Together" in my head. Not that I'm saying anyone else does. It just seems that way. The people I've been arguing with think having a rule about throwing food is stupid. So there's a massive food fight. Some of the really old paintings in the dining hall get wrecked. Somebody has to pay for them. How about just making a rule so it doesn't happen in the first place? People always say, "We won't let it get that out of control." And protestors always say they have peaceful protests. My ass. There are certain things that get out of control really quickly, and they're usually things that rules are there to keep in check. And sometimes the rule exists because someone higher than the university created. Okay, so not about food fights, but who really wants to get hit in the back with a spoonful of cereal?
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