The drive up north was incredibly frustrating. It's hard enough leaving my friends behind, but this time I had the added pressure of knowing I had a good six-or-so hours of work ahead of me once I got to Wilmington. And if that wasn't enough, I ran into multiple traffic jams and accidentally got onto 395, which goes into the middle of DC and then inexplicably just stops. All in all, the drive took about 3 hours longer than expected. I stayed up until 7am finishing my outline, e-mailing it to Prof. Kehner (five hours to spare!) and then just collapsed on the bed until around 4pm.
That said, I had forgotten how much stress the gym can relieve. Hopefully I'll keep it up.
I really like Nickelback's song "Far Away." I know I've been a long-time Nickelback critic, but I still have to give credit where credit is due.
The more I think about 300, the more I like it. I just love how unapologetic it is. It makes no claim to be historically accurate, it knows it's over the top, and it just doesn't care. Plus, the historical impact of Thermopylae is incredibly fascinating: Leonidas and his 300 Spartans holding off a million Persians from invading Europe and stamping out Western democracy. Just awesome.
Also, 300's director, Zach Snyder, is currently working on the Watchmen movie. Watchmen is a graphic novel by Alan Moore, and while I've never read it myself, it's generally considered to be one of (if not the) greatest comic book stories ever written. It even made Time Magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Novels since 1923 - the only graphic novel to do so. I can't wait to see it.
Lastly, I wore sandals today. Nuff said.
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Gotta love those highways that just stop. There's one or two in STL. Sorry 'bout that. I got home in 11 hours including a Strongbow stop (a new record!).
NICKELBACK?!?!?!? But all their songs are the same! j/k.
The more I think about 300 the more... uh... I dunno.
I wore sandals yesterday. Gotta love it. But today it's 50 and cloudy. Woohoo...
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