Just Plain Jacked Up

Ok, sorry I didn't blog yesterday. That would be my bad. You'll see why when I tell you what the last two days have brought me. . .

Well it all begins as soon as Monday night's blog ends. I could not sleep for the life of me. It was ridiculous. I tried and just could not fall asleep. So, I gave in and just got up out of bed. I did something that I hadn't done in months: I played video games! Well, one actually. My recently purchased (for a cheap $6) MADDEN 2004 kept me up the remainder of the night. I played on the FRANCHISE mode from a little after 0200 to 0700. I did a draft (I have a great team - Peyton Manning, Edgerrin James on offense; Tedy Bruschi, Deion Sanders on defense) and played the first few games of the season. Right now I'm 4-0 after beating the last team 124-10. That's right, you read that correctly. And that was in 5 minute quarters! It's on Rookie level, but on Pro level, I lose, so I don't know why the difference is so great in the levels. O well.

So then I went to class at 0800. Well, I was not all there. I was a wreck. Then I found out we would have no quiz, which is really the only reason I go to Philosophy. So I said "Peace out" and left. I figured that I hadn't skipped a class all semester, so why the heck not Edgar? (That joke is for my Heather) I decided I would go home and sleep til 1100 and then go to Math. I do not have to go History, really, because I don't even have to take the last test. Well, when I went to sleep, I was OUT! My dad tried to wake me up at 1030 and 1100, but I just didn't wanna wake up. So I slept through Math too and woke up feeling a lot better around noon.

I got up, ate some lunch, browsed the Net, and then prepared myself for registration. My time for registration for the Spring semester at AVC began at 1600 and I wanted to be ready. I figured out a schedule for myself and got it all ready. At 1600, I registered and got all of my classes that I wanted. Here is my Spring schedule:

Tuesday/Thursday
HISTORY 108: 0930-1050 (this is the second half of the class I'm taking now - I can't wait)
PHILOSOPHY 201: 1100-1220 (this is a Critical Thinking class - it's what I thought my present Philosophy class was going to be)
COMMUNICATIONS 103: 1230-1350 (intro into Mass Communications)
ASTRONOMY 1415-1535 (I know, I know - sounds awful. But my friend Justin said it was easy and I need a Science class. . .)
COMMUNICATIONS 105: Online (this class is for my major intention - it's the equivalent of JOURNALISM 105 at CSUN)

Yep - good stuff.

Then I got in the shower and got ready. For what you ask? Well my dad and I headed out a little after 1700 to ARCLIGHT, down in L.A. on Sunset Blvd (www.arclightcinemas.com) for a presentation by Hollywood's Master Storytellers. This is a thing they do down there every other Tuesday. They show a film and then interview the creative minds behind the film after it's completion. Last night they showed the film CRASH, a film I had already seen (and absolutely loved!) and my dad had not. Before the film, we went to BAJA FRESH for dinner and then stopped into the great AMOEBA MUSIC for only 10 minutes, which is not nearly enough time to buy anything. Thus I did not.

So, the movie: It was outstanding! Again! My dad really liked it and I think got a little teary at the part I do (Dang scene! Every time!). The interview with Writer/Director/Producer Paul Haggis (he also wrote the script for MILLION DOLLAR BABY and is presently revising the script for the upcoming James Bond movie CASINO ROYALE) and Co-Writer/Producer Bobby Moresco was lively, interesting, entertaining, and for me, just downright fun. Great stuff. There were only two letdowns. Letdown 1: No castmembers - It said on the advertisement that there would be "Cast Members TBA". Well, they announced last night that there would be NONE by not having any there. Bummer. Letdown 2: My question didn't get asked - They pass out cards that you can put a question on and they choose a few lucky ones to get asked to the interviewees. The winners get a free copy of the DVD. Mine didn't get picked. Double Dang!

Everything was done about 2230 and we were home by 2345. Good fun. Thanks Dad.

I woke up this morning around 1100, o wait, noon. Yeah, it was late, but I was overdue. I read some internet shtuff and then started my film homework. I read the module and then popped in ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, a Spanish fim with English subtitles. This is how it was described in the module: A film that explores femininity in different forms, as it follows the stories of distinct human types--women and men, mothers and daughters, prostitutes, nuns, transsexuals. . . I was not looking forward to watching it.

However, it was pretty good. It surprised me actually. I enjoyed it. Go rent it if you want. I won't force you to do anything you dont want to do. I then did 3 of 4 questions for the discussion board and did the quiz. I had to shower and get ready for work though, so I couldn't finish the last question.

Work - Meh

Came home after closing around 2215. Talked with the padres, helped the hermana with her Math homework, ate dinner, watched Sportscenter, did the last question, and then began this ol' blog. There you have it.

Goodnight folks, and I'll try to post tomorrow night. No promises. Just a "try".

- - - "Write out a problem."
- - - CRASH Producer/Co-writer Bobby Moresco's advice to aspiring writers - Thanks

No-longer-jacked-up,

JUSTIN