Actually this movie has an 'ensemble cast', which means it's full of actors I recognize. This is fun in and of itself, but because the dialogue and story is so interesting, it's twice as great. I can't wait to talk about it in class, although I hope it will have stuck in my brain well enough for me to discuss is properly. It has many characters and subplots, although they all relate to the central themes of communism/capitalism/fascism. Though, of course it's not over yet, I'm not sure if I would call it pro-communism, but it's surely anti-capitalism. Though the playwright who wrote Cradle Will Rock (the name of a play being produced in the movie, obviously where it takes its title) has said that he is officially not a Communist, but he believes in the ideals. However that's been the only direct statement, and even then it's not particularly direct, for pro-communism.

The movie is about a group of theater folks who are under investigation by the government for having communism in their program. It takes place in the 1930's, which I always thought was a very interesting time in the first place. According to the prologue, this is a moslty true story, and it does indeed have many 'real life' characters (i.e. Orson Welles, as the director of the playwright's play). I love the playwright, too--he's an insomniac who's constantly haunted by imaginary voices (one of whom is someone I'm sure I'm meant to recognize, another of whom is his dead wife).

Ahh, this movie is great. I should probably be taking notes though. :B; Also I now really regret missing the class showing, because this movie would be great fun to watch with other people.

"You can't leave! You're the producer!"
"You're right, and as the producer, I can fire whoever I please, and I am fucking fired."

I thought this movie (Cradle Will Rock) was going to be a draggy intellectual piece on communism, but it is instead a very entertaining intellectual piece on communism, and I quite love it, though it is very long.

Also the producer in question is Cary Elwes, who is not only homosexual in this movie but speaks in a hilarious faux British accent. I LOVE IT.

Okay boys and girls... I'm going home for a while. I've sketched out six pages of Karma Slave, let's see how many I can finish in time to scan'em. And tonight is INUYASHA...you know I'm excited.

I'm going to turn Leliel off while I'm gone and hope she is fine with that and that roomie does not touch her. n_n

Tonight I had ramen for the first time ever.

That is some good shiz, yo. Ramen and orange juice. That's how I'm making it through college.

Other than the ramen, today was... um... kind of lame. I cried into my pillows earlier. -_-

Had my first full day of classes today.

My first college class ever was Archaeology (of Complex Societies), taught by Professor Kus (pronounced Cuss), my only female professor for this semester. Should be an interesting class, she seemed like a nice lady...though part of our introductory exercise was to draw an archaelogist. Obviously y'all know how I draw (badly). She held up mine and said something like 'It's Sailor Moon does archaeology!' Har. XP On a tenuously related note, I sit next to Catherine Bloom in this class.

Next is Search, the required Humanities course that all Rhodes students must take (Search or Life, I've talked about'em before), taught by Professor Gray. He's.. hmm. Tall, skinny, bespectacled, fairly young-looking (I would stab around the area of thirtysomething), with a very strange voice... it has a guttural quality to it which doesn't seem to fit his appearance, though it's not a bass guttural. Not sure if I like him yet, but I think I'll like the Search class. We're starting with the Epic of Gilgamesh, some of which I'd read sophomore year of high school (which means nothing, given my poor memory). There are so many fun ways to pronounce 'Enkidu.'


Last for MWF is my World Drama class, my only actual English class, taught by Professor Canfield. This man is a trip. I had to buy fourteen books for his class, which aggravated me, but this is going to be... well, it's going to be, that's for sure. The girl who was sitting in on the class hoping people would drop told me I was 'brave' for taking a 'Canfield class' as a freshman (luckily there were other freshmen in there, so I was only momentarily cowed by her words). Even though Prof. Canfield likes to throw out a myriad of five dollar words in every sentence, I think that after Ms. Rouse and Ms. Garrison, I can handle most anything. BRING IT BABY. I also admire his ability to switch between erudite language and sometimes vulgar colloquialisms (like 'bitchin') with ease, as it is an ability that I also aspire to cultivate. He's a young guy, also, so the same girl who warned me went on to say how she heard/thought he was 'hot.' Not too sure on that one, miss. He's not an eyesore or anything, but I don't really find shaved heads attractive. n_n

Tomorrow I've got Topics: Wisdom Literature (Religious Studies class) and Modern Art I.

The only anxiety I have now is about the papers--not really the actual writing of the papers (though that's not going to be a picnic), but the fact that since I lack a printer, I'll have to write them in the Computer Lab. n_n I've got little papers (500 words for Search, and a 1-2 page thing for World Drama) due soon too.

I have some Gundam Wing songs on my playlist, but whenever I listen to them I always feel I should keep the volume on the especial downlow. Many people find Japanese music irritating and obnoxious, and honestly I can understand why. Still, I hope people know that if they don't like my music they can just tell me so and I'll turn it down. I don't want them to do what I did yesterday, which was shut the door like a spineless punk when girl across the hall started pumping her awful rap music (I'm sorry, I just can't handle most rap music). Honestly, shutting the door doesn't decrease the volume enough to make it worthwhile, it really strikes me as a gesture of 'I want you to shut up, but I'm not going to try to communicate that to your face.'

There's an albino in my archaeology class named Arwen. I think this is both very cool and very sad. (because she probably gets harrassed about the name all the time, especially now, and being born albino is hard enough)

This site is awesome, y'all.

Yaayy, my friend Stephen fixed Leliel. Apparently the problem was the sound card acting up. I spoke to my evil twin, and he said that the card was cheap, sucks, and is a fucker. :B; Stephen just reinstalled the driver. n_n

I know, I've been moaning a lot lately, and I'm still unhappy because Leliel is still not fixed, but it's not all bad. Actually, besides the computer and the possibility of me not being able to get onto work-study, it's really, really good. Awesome, in fact. Everyone here is so nice, so friendly. I feel like I can trust nearly everyone I meet, and for a person with trust issues like me, that's important. I mean, case example--I left my shampoo and soap and conditioner in the showers, right, for like a day and a half. When I realized they were gone, I went back to find them and they were STILL THERE. Not even TOUCHED. I bet if I had ever had reason to use my high school's showers, stuff I left in there would be GONE.

And even the people not assigned to be friendly (the Peer Assistant folks) are friendly--like the people around my dorm. We went to Walmart last night. Since I don't have a car I rode with a guy named Adam who lives in the same dorm as Stephen, along with a guy whose name I am going to spell wrong--Colange or something like that. Both nice, smart guys. The girls are nice too, even (especially actually) the Southern Baptist next door. I was feeling ill after the heavy, solemn pledge signing ceremony and she was all concerned, and not in the fake, oh jeez, I don't want to be responsible way. (I have a constant battle of naivete and cynicism inside my soul -_-)

The discussions we've had on civility (mandatory), religion and politics (did that my second night here I think) have been great, PLUS..

We had this professional troupe perform for us, about homophobia and racism and other badness, and one of the performers looks--I swear--JUST LIKE ETIENNE. Dude, it was CREEPY. Didn't sound like him so much, but he was tall, skinny, pale, with wavy kind of black hair and such. I was like, Whoah. XD

So you know, this is a really nice place... I just want my damn computer back.

As for why that day sucked.. Well, besides Leliel-fry, I went to a BBQ at the President of Rhodes's house, OK... and it started to rain, lightly. Then it stopped. But, on the bus back to the college, it started again, VICIOUSLY. Thick sheets, great flashes of lightning, madness, madness. I had to WALK in that FROM the parking lot to my dorm, and let me tell you, folks--that ain't a short walk. Plus I wear glasses, so I was basically blind, it was a miracle I made it back to Williford alive, I'm telling you.

Leliel's still not workin'. I fear the possibility that she is fried. I know that if this is true than Dell will replace it, but... blerg. I'll lose all my mp3s. It is like being poor, grasping a few riches, and then losing them all again a short while later. Suck. =P I hope something can be done. I intend to call everyone I know, starting with Stephen (who is going to Rhodes and is coming by tomorrow), and of course Dell's tech support and the RCC (trained computer peeps) and whoever else. I hope she is fixed soon. I miss her. n_n Most of my real important files are on disc though... since I've only had Leliel for like a month or something, I think. My disc is missing the latest Claris chapter and a lot of images--not because I've gotten new ones since then, but just because a lot of pictures disappeared mysteriously. n_n So if she is fried I'll have to get at those and resave them when a replacement is acquired... though I reallly hope she's not fried.

I don't get it, I mean, she has a surge protector. And at home, when the power went on, she would boot up again automatically. Here, my speakers returned to power, but the computer itself did not. No make sense. n_n

I knew Leliel's quick setup was too good to be true. Last night there was an awful storm, the power went out.
when I tried to turn her back on again Windows refused to load. It gives me a blue screen instead, and is still doing this. It tells me to restart, but my tower hasn't got a reset button, and the guy who came over here to see it said hitting a reset button would likely fix it, since his did the same thing.
I do not know what to do, and yesterday was a bad day besides. ;___;

(I type this from roomie's computer. ours are the exact same thing, yet hers started up fine. I do not get it)

(I put this entry in blogger and LJ, in case anyone with XP Pro savvy stumbles across it and knows what the hell I should do)