A Lighter Note

Well, my last few posts have been a bit...serious. And I'm not all about the sturm und drang. So it's time for a bit of a recap of what's going on in my life.

• I had a really nice weekend. On Saturday, Jimmy and I went to the Regal in Battery Park to see The Kids Are All Right and Despicable Me. Both were very good movies (in very different ways, of course). I wasn't really sure what to expect from The Kids Are All Right; I knew from previews and a few news stories that it was about a lesbian couple that had raised two kids, that were then interested in meeting the sperm donor that had made their existence possible. It was a really well-written story, and I thought Julianne Moore and Annette Bening did a good job of portraying a believable couple. The movie made me cry (of course) and so once it was over I was ready for a cute, fun film. Despicable Me was just that. We were definitely the oldest people in the theater that didn't have kids with us, but it was just such a fun movie that I didn't even feel out of place. Other than wandering, hot and hungry, around the (terrifying on a weekend night) Financial District for a while in search of an open downtown R station (which was my fault, I should have researched weekend service changes before going to an area of town I'm not familiar with; damn my New York cockiness!), and taking the seventeen escalators each way to actually get to the theater part of the Regal building, we had a lovely time. We went back to my place and ordered delivery BBQ, and then spent the evening hanging out, playing Apples to Apples with Emma, Aubrey, Patrick, and Andrew, and heckling guidos from the rooftop: always good uses for a Saturday evening. Sunday was a lazy day. I meant to clean the apartment, but spent most of the day watching episodes of Bones on Netflix. Whoops.
• I'm still working extra hours this week, since Camilla is on vacation (lucky!). It's leaving me pretty tired, but it's going to be totally worth it when I get my paycheck. The thought of impending book costs and tuition bills...sigh.
• I'm heading to Jersey this weekend to see Richie star in Into The Woods. I've never seen the show, and so all of my friends are keeping totally quiet on everything having to do with it (since they want me to be surprised). Either way, I'll just be happy to get out of the city one last time before school starts back up. Plus, I'm going with Ella, maybe Jimmy, and probably seeing Gerard there! Hooray!
• Other than that, there really isn't too much going on. The next few weeks are going to consist of trying to save as much money as possible for books, registering for classes (I guess I should actually get on that...whoops...), and prepping for Welcome Week. It's going to get a lot busier around the office, what with classes starting back up, and I'm so excited to get to see all of my friends that have gone home for the summer!