Study and randomness

I spent all day today cramming for my western civ midterm tomorrow. Everything from the Paleolithic Age to the Iron Age, I expect that I will do well but not as well as I would have done if I hadn’t waited until the day before to study.

So my last entry was kind of random, I guess. I didn’t even explain who Barats and Bereta are. They’re a pair of college kids who make really hilarious videos. You can see more at baratsandbereta.com.

Not much is new with me, still barren on the romance front. I bought the New Oxford Annotated Bible yesterday. I have yet to crack it because of the aforementioned study session. I’ve always enjoyed watching documentaries about biblical times and finding different allusions in works of literature. I think it will be a good investment for future study…it better be seeing as it cost me over thirty bucks.

Gee after reading that paragraph I am truly SHOCKED that I haven’t had any luck with guys lately.

Drama-rama

So, as far as college experiences go, mine hasn’t exactly been. That’s not a typo, I haven’t really met many new people or done many crazy things in the month and a half that I’ve been in school. I go to Framingham State in Massachusetts and I commute. And I have a bitch-ass job. So the only times I’m ever on campus are during class time or during the two hour break I get on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Mostly I just want a boyfriend. My friend, Tom, thinks that I should visit him at WPI and pick up men there…..but if the tales I’ve been told by him about his own exxxcursions at college are any precursor to what I might expect from the other WPI boys….then no. I’m really picky these days. I think I’m a 30 year old trapped in a 18 year old’s body. The qualities I’m looking for in a boyfriend are the qualities I want in a husband. I want someone who is serious and who will be successful in life, but I also want him to have a sense of humor. Cute, but not so pretty that he makes me feel bad about myself. I actually like my men with a little chub on them because I don’t like when my boyfriends are skinnier than me. I’m hardly ever attracted to guys my own age. So…I think it will be very hard for me to find a guy at school…especially considering that 2/3 of the student population at my school is female.

Oh well…I promise the next post will be more consequential

“The Guardian”, or Trying to Maintain Your Dignity While Bawling Your Eyes Out in a Public Theater

FILM– I said in my last entry that I did not have any particular interest in the movie The Guardian starring Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner. I recommend that anyone harboring the same indifference toward this film go out and see it immediately. This was one of the best cinematic experiences I’ve had in a very long time. A classic rescue drama and a heart wrenching story. Ashton Kutcher’s occasionally amazing acting surprises me everytime. I really think people are too hard on him. My one beef with the plot of this movie was the romance aspect. For me it was not developed enough to be relevant. The film could have survived without it, but it didn’t dampen the plot enough to ruin the whole movie. In other words, a couple thumbs up from me.

I stopped into Barnes and Noble after the movie and picked up the Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. I’ve been thinking about reading it for a while so I’ve finally gotten around to it. College has actually allowed me a lot more free time to read for pleasure since I’m not taking an English class. However, I feel like I’m going to miss out on a lot of the classics that should form the foundation for my intellect….my senior year AP English class was less…way less than adequate.

That’s it.

The Freshman

Here it is, my first entry in this new blog. My name is Chelsea and I am a freshman history major at Framingham State College. I have been home from my job for one hour and twenty-six minutes. I work at a grocery store and, as many of you who have also worked in the grocery industry already know, it is hell. Everything about working in a grocery store is degrading and terrible. I do not know why I do this to myself. Fortunately I have the rest of the weekend off, so I will probably take my younger sister, Jillian to see the Guardian since she wants to see it, I don’t have any particular interest in it, really.

What I do have an interest in is Justin Timberlake’s “Sexy Back.” If you knew me you’d find this hilarious because I’m not generally viewed as the type of person who listens to songs called “Sexy Back,” however most people do not begin to fathom the reality of me. All day long I live with the beat and lyrics of this song stuck in my head. While I’m ringing groceries, while I’m driving to school, while I’m test taking and studying. Always “them other boys just don’t know how to aaaccct.” I’m listening to it right now on my laptop. What I like about this song is that it sounds like a hip hop song performed by people who are really tired and too worn out to put a lot of enthusiasm into it…you know, the signature: “yeah.”

I also like a rap/hip hop/whatever song in which two people call eachother promiscuous. I’m not sure what the title is or who it’s by, but ever since the cd player in my car stopped working I’ve been hearing it a lot on the radio. I commute to my school so I spend a lot of time in transit.

I love fanfiction. (This is where a number of you stop reading) And I love fan music videos. I even make them on occasion. I’m listed on youtube as chelswhite if you are interested. I’m obsessed with Prison Break and I also love Joss Whedon’s Buffy and Firefly.

Incidentally, the song is by Nelly Furtado. She’s changed a lot since she first came onto the scene. I’m kind of tired, so I think I will stop here.