#43

Since the title to my last post was the answer to all questions in life and the universe, why continue posting, huh?

No, but really, I've literally either been doing stuff or recovering from camps the past month. Sigh.

Last camp was a lot of fun, if also a lot of work. I was trying to be as diplomatic as possible - but even though a lot of things went wrong and had to be fixed and there were many discussions and arguments about how things should be done, I didn't lose my patience even once. It's rare that I do though, and most often not with teenagers. Mostly I have problems containing really spiky comebacks that sometimes seem to jump out of my mouth unbidden. Aargh.

I've started constructing a quotebook for myself. I can't even remember if I mentioned this in a previous post, but I was thinking I'd create like a bigger, actual scrapbook for movie tickets and other paperbound memoirs (which I've collected a lot of, and would like to both save and efficiently store), and then a smaller notebook-sized one where I could just print out some quotes that I like. Of course the first one had to be Tolkien's The Road, but so far I've got about a dozen other quotes I've liked. Anyway, it's a thing that's meant to be kind of accumulated over time. Obviously, since I've never had one before, there's a bit of a backlog to muddle through...

Also, I just watched Amélie for the first time. I was under the impression the movie would've been made a lot later than its actual release year, 2001! Also, the piano theme brought back some memories from past camps, oh dearie.

Sudden picture attack!

And I almost forgot! I went to see The Fault In Our Stars tonight with M as well! He was almost crying before the movie even started, but I managed to soldier through without a single shed tear. Or tear collected in eye. There were a few scenes (namely, Isaac and Hazel's first eulogies for Gus; and the scene where Hazel's parents talk about how their life is going to go after she's gone) that made my heart ache a bit. I really liked how they actually made Hazustus seem like a kind of pretentious, horrifyingly naïve couple - which they undeniably are. It's just that since the original novel is in Hazel's point of view, that aspect is kind of ignored completely. In general, the movie did great justice to the novel, in my opinion - it didn't glorify the genuinely dumb aspects of the story. Final verdict: we both liked it, probably 5/5 for fans, but would recommend for anyone who can bear the amount of syrup you have to muddle through to get to the actual point of the story... so, for non-fans, maybe 2-3/5?

Still, I don't think I have much else to write about now. I'm leaving for camp again on Monday (thank God my sister is dropping me off, I would have to leave horrendously early otherwise. Ugh.)

Whatever. Bye!