A Favorite...

For those of you who went to Karns High School and took AP English, you'll probably remember Mona Bev's fascination/obsession with good ole William Faulkner. If you were like me, you probably hated his page-long sentences and ridiculous plot lines. It wasn't until recently that I re-discovered good ole Willy and finally understood what Mona Bev was talking about when she would go on for class periods about his "genius."

Right now I'm reading a collection of his short stories and I just had to share a part from A Rose for Emily. I truly think this is one of the best short stories of all time

Taken from A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

"Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head. One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair."

This is the best ending to a story...ever.

Saturday nights and Coffee Spoons

Yesterday I spent most of the day watching movies or college football. Yep, that's how exciting my life is right now. I went to see The Informant! with my lovely friend Julie (thank you for the discounted movie ticket). I have to say that after watching this movie I am now a hardcore Matt Damon fan. Yeah, I liked him in his other stuff but this movie showed how talented he truly is. If it hadn't been for him, this movie would have been awful, but he made it good. I spent a huge part of it laughing and/or cringing (I get embarrassed when actors make fools of themselves and I usually fast-forward or change the channel). I'm glad that I chose this movie instead of some lame chick-flick that I was also considering (maybe I'll have an estrogen overdose next weekend).

Luckily the movie ended just in time for me to make it home to see the start of the Tennessee vs Florida game. Yeah, I planned my day around college football **On a side note, can you believe that USC lost??? Bwhahahahahaha!** Is it sad that the first thing that I thought when the UT game was over was how thankful I was that UT didn't lose by the 30 points that they were supposed to lose by?? Yeah, way to have faith in your team, Tara. I do have to say that if I were to ever stoop to the level where I bought a UT jersey and actually wore it in public (incredibly tacky by the way) I would be sportin' #14. You go Eric Berry, you go. And I love Lane Kiffin and the comments that he made after the game. He's such an ass and I think he'll be good for UT. Yeah, I know people are screaming about how SEC football is supposed to be classy and all that, but honestly, who cares. UT sucked and now they don't (well not as much).

To make my night complete, I decided to watch American History X. Because I've spent the past 6 years buried under science textbooks or journal articles, I've spent the past two months reading actual books *gasp* and watching movies that I've heard about but haven't had the time to see. American History X was one of those movies and it was FABULOUS. I have to say that it was one of the most intense movies that I have ever seen and there were times when I really wanted to turn it off but it kept pulling me in. Edward Norton made me hate and love him at the same time. He's such a talented actor. I can't think of a bad movie that he has ever made. Plus, he's incredibly dreamy.

Apparently the Bills play today. Guess who doesn't care...

I think Limes are a pretty fruit

Cooking and I have never really been the best of friends. We'll meet up every now and then, but most of the time my meals consist of a salad with a Morningstar Farms chicken patty cut up and sprinkled on top (protein plus green vegetables, score!). I went to visit Rachel this weekend and the lovely Ms. Hemphill cooked quite a bit. She even made calzone dough...from scratch. I expect to see her on the Food Network one day. She even grows her own herbs...psht!!

Besides the cooking and the outing to Trader Joe's ( $3 wine, what what), I had a great time just sitting around reading and watching Jane Austen movies with Rachel. We've been friends forever...17 years to be exact. I'm at a place in my life where most of my time is spent around people who barely know me and it was just nice to be with someone who understands my quirks and my unreasonable emotional hang-ups. I didn't have to start every conversation with, "Well, I'm kind of insane/screwed-up/emotionally unattached because..." and then go into detail on some childhood story that made me turn into the "special" person that I am today. Rachel knows all my stories, she lived through most of them, and she's met my mother...enough said.

I'll definitely have to make weekend trips to Kent more often. It's a nice little break from the wonderfulness of Buffalo (eh). I'm already counting down until May. I just hope that I get into med school somewhere because I really don't like the idea of having to look for new jobs. I truly hate job hunting and there's not a huge demand for lab techs who are really good at killing mice. Yeah, disgusting...I know. I have 3 med school interviews set up so keep your fingers crossed that I'll actually get accepted somewhere. I don't think that I'm ready to be a real adult yet.