I'm going to make a lot of money then I'm going to quit this crazy scene

Essay time, which of course really means update time.

I can say with considerable authority that this has been the worst spring break in the history of spring breaks. It's been one thing after another. It's been epically bad really, there's been floods, death(ok just my fish...), destruction, injury etc etc.

So now here I sit eating chips, or rather kind of sucking on them because my teeth hurt, attempting to struggle my way through a 12 page rough draft essay on why highways are American culture and why American culture is highways.

I've been watching movies lately, and by watching movies I mean I've been falling asleep halfway through a lot of movies lately.

Of particular note, Where the Buffalo Roam which chronicles the antics of Hunter S. Thompson who died just over 2 years ago during Spring Break when I was in Toronto. Of course, I feel asleep about 30min into it, but it was good. Seeing Bill Murray as HST was weird, as I am a huge fan of Fear and Loathing and Johnny Depp does a realyl fucking good job in that movie.

I also fell asleep during American Pyscho, which for what I was awake for seemed pretty damn good. It was meant to be a social critique of the 1980s, but I think it's really apt for today as well. It made me think more than any movie has for a long time, which is pretty cool.

I also finally saw Little Miss Sunshine. Hilarious, and dark. Which is super cool.

Musically, I watched Almost Famous (for the 98273th time) and realized how much I love the soundtrack for that movie and commend Cameron Crowe for spending an ass load of money on the music budget. As a result, I decided to download a lot of the songs from it. One of them of course is Joni Mitchell's River. Now, I realize as a Canadian I have a certain obligation or something to listen to Joni Mitchell. I kind of equate her with Margaret Atwood for some reason. And like Margaret Atwood, I have not paid a lot of attention to Joni Mitchell's music. But also like Margaret Atwood, what little bits of her work I have looked into, I really enjoy.

But especially River. I am really digging River right now.

I also got a lot of Rod Stewart..... but lets not talk about that. And Elton John... Because I also realized my immense appreciation for his stuff. Well, some of it atleast.


I feel really uninspired lately. I don't want to do my readings, I don't want to write my essays, even though the major essays I have to do are like super incredibly cool and inspiring topics to write about. I just feel like I can't be bothered. My idea of a rocking good night is being in bed before 1am...
Here's the most shocking revelation, I haven't been to a bar in over 2 weeks, nor have I been drunk in probably longer than that. Even more shocking is the fact that I haven't been to the Alehouse in over a month.

I need a reading week from reading week.