Ready Steady Go was Down to the Wire

I went to a dinner tonight and I actually felt invisible. I felt like I didn't exist, like I somehow was not present. It was very strange. As I sat there unnoticed, I began to think of how far a year can take you.
My friends have changed, the path of life has changed (uncertainty being the light at the end of the tunnel), and my goals have changed.
Who knows what will happen in another year? Or another...

One funny moment (only to me apparently) was when graduate student A said to the group, so and so professor wants to get feedback on the department. S/he thinks that morale may not be very high.
That's the understatement of the year. Just because 4 out of the 5 2006 class are leaving the program?! No, I am sure all the graduate students are really happy.

On a lighter note, I have recently rented movies. I haven't done this in awhile and it was strangely liberating and fun. I picked out the movies I wanted to see without having to check with anyone else. Here they are with the appropriate grade.

The Namesake- A-
I loved it actually and thought it was incredibly beautiful. I also never knew what to expect with the shots and length of shots. I definitely want to read the book, there were so many really good stories intertwined. The minus is only because I reached a point of wondering when it was going to end. It seemed the story ended but the movie persisted. Maybe the grade will improve after I read the book.

Elizabeth I Golden Age- B
It seemed they crammed a whole lot of history into one movie and didn't develop some of the really interesting parts. For example, they didn't do justice with the Mary Stuart's execution- history is so much cooler than the film! Also, though I consider myself knowledgeable about this time period and Queen Elizabeth, even I was lost at times.

The Simpsons- A
It met my expectations which were a great dealer lower than those of the Elizabeth film. It was what it was. An extended television show.

Once- C
I didn't finish it. I saw my Oscar award winning song and then I just didn't care about the characters. I might get attacked for this, but I realized I would rather be working on my Caribbean paper (or ehm, writing a blog entry) and turned it off.