Oh, the Oscars...

Really Oscars? The King's Speech? Now don't get me wrong, I loved this movie! I mean, how can I not when it's about my field? Well... sorta about my field seeing as we discover a twist in Geoffrey Rush's character. But still, I may love me some Colin Firth and some Geoffrey Rush AND most especially, speech pathology, but I certainly did not think this was the best movie I'd seen in the past year. Even when looking at it from a purely entertainment-value/popularity-contest point of view, I still don't think The King's Speech warranted such a coveted title. Then again, maybe my opinion would change if this were about someone with aphasia or a neurogenic motor-speech disorder rather than stuttering, heh. Damn Oscars and their love of biopics!

Instead of looking to movies exploring the past, why not look to those exploring the future? Ones that take full advantage of what technology has to offer and create greater possibilities of the human mind? Why not look to movies like, oh... I don't know... Inception? Haha, ok, I admit, I'm being bias. But despite my love for Joseph Gordon-Levitt (and Tom Hardy and Ken Watanabe and Michael Caine and Cillian Murphy and Marion Cotillard...), this was a great movie that was sorely overlooked :(

you mustn't be afraid to dream a little bit bigger, darling

Things I miss

I miss having a digital camera. I also miss having photoshop. And not even like a fancy schmancy version of photoshop, just any basic photo editing program. I was never really good at it, but I always had fun making ridic photos. Like when I had my "Winnie the Pooh Party" and photoshopped everyone's heads to the gang of 100 Acre Wood. Or when I photoshopped CJ's face on Han Solo. I don't remember why or how such projects started, but that I was shitting around and having a whole lot of fun doing it!

I also realized I miss having a group of dorky friends who love dressing up. Who'd totally be down to have a "Where's Waldo" pub crawl party and commit to it. I tentatively brought up the idea to a couple of my classmates, and I think some of them would be down. I mean, let's face it, we're in grad school. There are definite dorks among us (I say that with love!). But, I don't feel particularly close to my classmates, so I don't know that I'd have as much fun?

Last one: I miss having a car. There, I said it! But not even to drive around town. More like, I miss exploring far off places at leisure. One of my classmates randomly proposed going to Utah for spring break and asked if anyone wanted to carpool. This is a facebook status, so I don't know how serious it is? But I'm so tempted to raise my hand and yell, "Sign me up!" We don't know each other particularly well, but what I do know of her is that she seems cool. And I've never been to Utah, so the sense of adventure sounds amazing! But... I am still a little tipsy from yesterday, so perhaps it's the French 75's talking, hehe :P