Checkin In From Home

Greetings from Evanston. I'm home for the weekend to run a few errands, see familiar faces, have food made for me, etc. It's nice. Sometimes I forget life where everyone is not between the ages of 18-25, white, and college educated. The bubble that is college in Wisconsin.
Anywho, I'd like to share this story because it's absurd. The other day in my American Cinema discussion, I was sitting next to this kid who is clearly very smart, but I believe has some sort of social disorder/ doesn't understand appropriate classroom behavior. He's often really disruptive and distracting, but we all just ignore it. However, this I could not ignore—this kid continued to audibly fart next to me. I was the only one nearby him, about 16 inches away to be exact, and throughout class he would just turn and give me a look like this:

"Yeah, I farted. Jealous?"

It smelled for the entire 50 minutes, and there was nothing I could do about it. I am never parking it next to him again.

I've been watching a ton of movies lately, both in and outside of class. The list includes:

-Vicky Christina Barcelona - Good, but overrated in my opinion. Definitely makes me want to go back to Barcelona though.
-The King of Comedy - Weirdest Scorsese movie ever. Robert DeNiro plays a crazy stand up comedian who kidnaps a late night TV show host (Jerry Lewis) to perform his act on national television. DeNiro is not actually a funny man; his character is just painful to watch.
-Mulholland Drive - I know every guy loves this movie for Naomi Watts masturbating and the sexy lesbian scenes, but it's still nonsensical. I have a high tolerance for weird films, but I lost interest while watching this.
-All The Real Girls - Cute, very good acting.
-Trainspotting - Basically "Snatch" on heroine... there's a scene with a dead baby crawling on the ceiling. Ewan McGregor makes a hot junkie though.
-To Sleep With Anger - Film by Charles Burnett, famous black indie filmmaker. Kind of strange, Danny Glover is creepy as hell in it.
-Fargo - So funny, I've seen bits and pieces over the years, but it's awesome in its entirety. The Midwest at its finest.
-What Would Jesus Buy? - Doc about how terrible commercialism/consumerism is, especially during Christmas... nothing you didn't already know. But if you want to see snippets of my dad clapping and cheering in a crowd, watch it.
-The Prestige - Everyone says it's so good, but I wasn't that into it. Maybe I'm too skeptical for magic. I was only half-paying attention though, so I kept asking my roommate questions.
-Julian-Donkey Boy - I know die-hard Harmony Korine fans would scoff at me for calling it bleak and meaningless. But it doesn't even compare to "Gummo."

I have been having the most intense cravings lately. It's bizzarre... first it was red meat, which I don't really eat much of, then it was mint ice cream, yesterday it was falafel. And if I don't fulfill them, I will perhaps settle on a Camel Light. (I justify my own vices knowing I share them with the president. Sue me.)

Come to mama. 

Alright, I'm going to go raid the fridge for good, aged, smelly cheeses—the kind I can't afford at school. Until then, have a good weekend and watch a movie you typically wouldn't watch.


-J.