I'm celebrating the little break I get before school starts (yes, I'm cringing like everyone else out there) by buying Mat Kearney's new album, Young Love, with a coupon for $5.99, eating El Jimmy's because there's no better Mexican food to be found in the tri-state area, and mall walking because, let's face it, I'm really an 80 year-old woman trapped inside a twenty-something's body.
I actually really enjoy mall walking because I like people watching. And what better place to do it? That, and there's always a lot of stuff to look at, so I'm usually thoroughly entertained.
We're still on our quest to watch all 250 movies on IMDB's Top 250 list. So far, we've only watched 13, so we've got our work cut out for us, but last night was The Philadelphia Story. And I've got to say that of the movies we've watched so far, the ones from the 1940s have been my favorite, by far. Like Sean, I absolutely adore James Stewart. And it was the first movie I'd seen starring Katharine Hepburn, who is just stunning. I suppose there's just something about the glamour of movies from that time. Every new outfit she wore, I was sitting there thinking that I wished I could pull off something like that. And the men were always looking sharp in pin-stripe suits and fedoras.
I just think it's funny that so much money is spent creating and producing movies these days, and they're really hit-or-miss (for me, at least). Just give me some awesome actors, a simple set and some fantastic dialogue, and I'll be sure to enjoy the heck out of it.
Though, I'm pretty sure I would have probably picked James Stewart at the end ;)
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I'm trying to avoid thinking about the fact that this is my last real "summer" before I graduate from college. And it wasn't really a summer, to speak of, with interning and working and having Sean off gallivanting in Peru. Sure, I enjoyed my best friend coming in from Boston and spending a week with me, but I didn't get to go anywhere or do anything big and fancy. Sean and I were attempting to plan a last-minute camping trip in Colorado, but being the poor college kids that we are, it looks like that's a no--go.
There was a floating/camping trip in that "summer" somewhere, too, but those are memories I don't exactly enjoy revisiting (re: excessive heat, lots o' bugs, mud, drunkards, and nasty showers).
I'm just quite unsure about what to do after I graduate. I've now been thinking about library school much more seriously to get my degree in library science, but I'm just not sure if that will be my final decision. It's more money, more time in school, potentially more loans that I don't want to have to pay off in the future. But I might get a better job out of the degree, so it's all just one big, endless loop.
We're also planning a wedding for next June, and it's been going surprisingly well, so far (knock on wood). It's still hard for me to believe that I'm getting married, but I'm really looking forward to it. I've been spending hours on theknot.com, photographer's websites, looking through google images of bouquets and flowers, etc. etc. And we still have ten months to go!
So, for the time being, there will be more IMDB movies in my future, lots more work, and a whole lot of trying to enjoy these last two weeks before school starts.
See you on the other side!
