"The sun is so underappreciated!"

The end of last week was pretty busy. Thursday was probably my busiest day- after classes and work, I went to Third North to interview for the RA position. This was my individual interview (instead of the group sessions that I did on the 31st and that I have again on the 14th). I don't want to jinx it, but I feel like it went really well! I'm just really anxious about the whole RA process. This means so much to me (if I don't get an RA position, I don't know if I can come back to NYU next year) and I feel like it's going well, but I don't want to get my hopes up too far only to have them crushed. And at this point it's not even about the money as much as it is about the fact that I really actually want to be an RA. It seems like it would be fun, and I'm really interested in passing along the knowledge that I have to the next generation of freshmen. But the more I think about it, the more nervous I get, so here's hoping!

This past weekend was a nice slow one. I had a bit more homework than last weekend but still not a terribly large amount. I didn't have to work Friday, which was excellent, so I stayed in for most of the day and worked on some papers that I had due. Saturday was Jayson's birthday, but he was going uptown to spend the whole day with his mom, so we all went out Friday night. Of course, this meant that I needed a new dress (well, okay, maybe "needed" isn't exactly true, but really, I didn't have anything that was appropriate club wear). So I went to Forever 21 (my default "need a tight short cheap dress now please" store) and actually found...a really excellent dress. This is a good one. I don't even feel guilty about spending the money on it (I stress for days about taking the subway 40 blocks each way, but I'll buy a dress no problem...interesting). It's black, and yes it's tight and short and strapless, but it makes me look even taller than I am (I didn't know that was possible) and thinner...plus it's the kind of dress that with tights and a blazer could be appropriate for a different event, or with a shirt underneath and leggings could be daywear...I haven't really played with my options yet (must...do...laundry...) but I'm just really glad I've found my little black dress!

So we all went over to Constance's (Jayson's best friend) room to have dinner and get ready to go out...we finally headed out around 12:45 and got to the club at 1ish. It was really fun, and I'm really glad we did that. I didn't get home til about 4 in the morning...but hey, that's what weekends are for :)

Saturday was a very slow day...I got out of bed around 2 and met Richie for a late lunch at 3N...then came back to UHall and did some more work on my paper...he came over to hang out for a bit later...and then I spent the evening catching up on my Academy Award-nominated films. I'm actually trying to watch all of the Best Picture nominees this year, so I watched Up In The Air and The Hurt Locker on Saturday.

Up In The Air was really good. It was definitely a movie made for adults, which I appreciate (it's nice to see something other than fart jokes and gag humor every once in a while [not to say I don't love The Hangover and Judd Apatow films and other such things, but really, I like a smart movie now and again]) and I understand why it was nominated for so many things. The acting is excellent, the story is good, and while I don't know much about filmmaking, it seemed to me, anyway, to be a lovely film visually.

The Hurt Locker is currently my front-runner for Best Picture. I've read some of the comments made regarding Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker, and honestly, I think that this one comes out on top overall. It's a really powerful, intense film; I had to pause it multiple times just to calm myself down and remind myself that it's only a movie. Again, I don't claim to be a film buff by any stretch of the imagination, but I really thought that this movie was incredible. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Sunday was a pretty frantic day...I had put off finishing my papers until the last minute (of course, since I am the biggest procrastinator in the universe). So I ended up having to write papers while watching the Super Bowl. Now, I'm a pretty big football fan, but I was having a really hard time caring about the game. I didn't really care about either team at all, so I actually ended up paying more attention to the commercials than the game itself. Oh well. Good job, Saints!

My best find of the day (so far) has been ArtsyGirlNYU's YouTube channel. This guy, Johnathan something, has started a vlog of a girl named Gramercy (perfect choice) satiring the typical NYU artsy student. This guy is only a freshman, but it's clear that he's been here long enough: his impression is spot-on. It makes me wonder how many self-proclaimed artsy girls (like this one) will take offense at it and take to their own vlogs to describe how completely ridiculous it is (if they deign to acknowledge it at all). It makes me giggle, honestly. NYU Local interviewed him; suffice it to say that some of his quotes are priceless...only because I've heard them in the halls of Silver.

And with that, I'm going to end this post and watch the student film being made across the way. i love UHall...I can spy on the people across the commons. There's some really pale guy in tighty-whities. It's the little things, people.