I learned something interesting.
I went to two classes today, which at first bummed me out after a whole week of no classes, but I actually learned some cool stuff today.
My two classes were Art and Arkansas History, both of which normally bore me to tears. (I kind of like AR Hist., but the class is two and a half hours long, and my attention holds at one hour, tops.)
In art, I learned about the surreal movement in Europe and that they were actually painting dreams by allowing their subconscious to take over the work. It was pretty neat, and it brought this painting into some much-needed context.
Then, in AR History, I found out the George Takei was interned with his family in the camp at Rowher during World War II. I saw a special once on TV where he talked about the internment camps (and how that contributed a lot to his need to hide his homosexuality for so long), but I didn't realize at the time that it was actually in Arkansas. Interesting stuff.
In other news, The D's movie rocked my world. My favorite line was when open-mic night guy gets up on stage to read what the band asked him to say before they play (if you've seen the episodes, you know that part was a hilarious staple of the show). The card says something like, "It was foretold that a band would come, and now they have. And they will come again, here, in your ear-pussies." Almost as good is when Jack is telling Kyle that finding the pick is more important than women and orders him to "get his head out of the pussy clouds!"
And I have now seen the second part of "The Return"! That's right, and it won't even be on Sci Fi until March, but Mom and I have seen it. It was one of the best second parts I've ever seen, and definitely one of the most fulfilling. Sometimes they have to drag the second part out into a third episode (the beginning of this season is a prime example), but they didn't do it this time. The jokes just kept coming, too, and McKay and O'Neill had some of their best lines ever. (Like when O'Neill says, "They've got Beckett! I feel comforted." Or when Woolsey says, "That sounded like an explosion! What was it?" O'Neill replies, "Something exploding.") McKay saved the world (yes, he is Superman, regardless of what he says); Sheppard fought back Asurans and ran around (looking tasty while doing it, of course); O'Neill pulled some cool moves, including diving into a submerged portion of the city to shut down operations for the team in the Jumper (eerily reminiscent of Kurt Russell's last scene in Poseidon); Teyla and Ronan held the Asurans at bay; Weir and Beckett helped execute the plan; and Woolsey...well, he was there, too.
Time to eat! (Yes, again.)
"Oh, my God! I'm a fat guy!"
My two classes were Art and Arkansas History, both of which normally bore me to tears. (I kind of like AR Hist., but the class is two and a half hours long, and my attention holds at one hour, tops.)
In art, I learned about the surreal movement in Europe and that they were actually painting dreams by allowing their subconscious to take over the work. It was pretty neat, and it brought this painting into some much-needed context.
Then, in AR History, I found out the George Takei was interned with his family in the camp at Rowher during World War II. I saw a special once on TV where he talked about the internment camps (and how that contributed a lot to his need to hide his homosexuality for so long), but I didn't realize at the time that it was actually in Arkansas. Interesting stuff.
In other news, The D's movie rocked my world. My favorite line was when open-mic night guy gets up on stage to read what the band asked him to say before they play (if you've seen the episodes, you know that part was a hilarious staple of the show). The card says something like, "It was foretold that a band would come, and now they have. And they will come again, here, in your ear-pussies." Almost as good is when Jack is telling Kyle that finding the pick is more important than women and orders him to "get his head out of the pussy clouds!"
And I have now seen the second part of "The Return"! That's right, and it won't even be on Sci Fi until March, but Mom and I have seen it. It was one of the best second parts I've ever seen, and definitely one of the most fulfilling. Sometimes they have to drag the second part out into a third episode (the beginning of this season is a prime example), but they didn't do it this time. The jokes just kept coming, too, and McKay and O'Neill had some of their best lines ever. (Like when O'Neill says, "They've got Beckett! I feel comforted." Or when Woolsey says, "That sounded like an explosion! What was it?" O'Neill replies, "Something exploding.") McKay saved the world (yes, he is Superman, regardless of what he says); Sheppard fought back Asurans and ran around (looking tasty while doing it, of course); O'Neill pulled some cool moves, including diving into a submerged portion of the city to shut down operations for the team in the Jumper (eerily reminiscent of Kurt Russell's last scene in Poseidon); Teyla and Ronan held the Asurans at bay; Weir and Beckett helped execute the plan; and Woolsey...well, he was there, too.
Time to eat! (Yes, again.)
"Oh, my God! I'm a fat guy!"
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