guingel | RUDY rocks. . . and if I'm incoherent, it's because of the time of night. ::blinks:: what did I say?

I just saw the movie RUDY. It's a really, really good movie. I was really. . . overcome at the end. I was smiling and laughing and kinda getting worked up (it was around 2:00 in the morning at that point so I couldn't be loud but I would have if I could!) for the last. . . 20 minutes of it, at least ;)

This is kinda reminiscent of the entry I made after seeing Princess Mononoke. I should watch movies by myself late at night more often ;)

Actually, I'd read about RUDY and I knew that it would be a movie that I'd want to watch by myself. :)

Uhm. Sorry I haven't been posting. I have been reading my friends page though, even if I haven't been commenting. I think I probably said, oh, I'll post over vacation when I'm not as busy. >.> I've been vacationing. It's been a really good break though. I mean, I have to do all my homework now in the last 2 days. lol. But I don't have too much, so it's not a problem. I'd like to do some work on my sketchbook and get ahead on my essays, though. Actually. . . I might be able to! I just have little bits and pieces of the other homework. (well, and I have to do a write-up thing on a movie, which is easy, and I have to read Hamlet--also easy. then I have to do one last problem from the problem set--the graphing one--and finish the multiple choice and compare answers with Katie. Oh, and finish 2 little conclusion questions from the lab.)

So. . . I've had a very good vacation. I haven't really been on the computer all that much. And when I have, I've been at a LotR fansite of some type or another. Probably accumulating real player files of interviews. ::whistles innocently::

Yes, Fellowship of the Ring has become a fun new obsession for me to fill my time with! :D I've decided that I like the movie enough that I can view it separately from the book and just not compare them: they're each wonderful in their own right, in their own media. I was kinda worried about the whole thing. I feel a little hypocritical now--but not really. :)

When I haven't been going to LOTR websites, I've been doing a couple of things. Either exploring the DVD, or reading the Two Towers. ::sigh:: I still haven't seen the movie because I know that if I see the movei then read the book, I'll be thinking about the movie and the scenes and the movie characters while I read the book. And that'd mess it up for me--my characters in the book aren't the same as the ones in the movie. So I've been waiting. Then I'll go see it a couple times to make up for it ;) I've got only 35 pages left, actually. w00t!

I've also been doing a lot of sleeping. ::ahem:: nevermind that I'm up at 3 in the morning writing livejournal entries. :D I've been sleeping late and then taking long naps. No wonder I haven't got any homework done!

Perin and Emily slept over one night last week. It was loads of fun. First we went to our grandpa's for supper, where we acquired Taboo! We had great fun playing that all night. We also watched Lilo and Stitch! It was great!! I loved it! :) Lilo was adorable! And I really, really want to learn to surf. . . but I'm fairly sure I don't have the coordination needed to do so. lol. I don't have Rudy's drive or determination. Maybe I will some day though :D

The next morning Emily had to go home, but we went to me and Katie's old elementary school with David and Perin! It used to be a golf course, so it's got all these hills and is great for sledding. However, the good hills were full of people, so we just wandered around and played for a while. David lost his ring, so he and Katie went off to look for that while me and Perin played. :D We had a snowball fight! Then we sat down in the snow and soaked our butts very thoroughly. Then we were having fun taking off our gloves and trying to leave handprints--and we also were trying to make really smooth, well packed, round snowballs. We had about 7, when I got up to get the round pastic dishes we'd brought for sledding. When I looked up, Perin had picked up the snowballs we made and was coming at me! I froze--then ran to the nearest tree. With that behind me, I was able to crouch down and make myself a shield out of the dishes. Ha! Her attacks were deflected (except for the last one, which went down my collar. ;) It was loads of fun. :D

We got Escape from Monkey Island for Christmas so Katie and David have been playing that. We've also been working on Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within at David's house these last few nights. We're hoping to finish it before he leaves. :-/ I got many good presents, most of which escape me at the moment. lol. Oh, except for one! Katie got me a Cthulhu plush! XD

All right. That was the Laura update. I think I sound kinda strange, that's because I'm quite tired. I wonder if I'll be able to get any reading done before bed. . . hmm. The computer is making strange noises.

RUDY was fantastic!! :D I loved it! Go see it. :) I feel that my inital statement fails to portray the intense emotion that lies behind my opinion of the movie. :) Sean Astin was wonderful--I think he's a big part of why I loved it so much. . . not only because he was so good but because he was so cute! ;) lol. But really. . . incredible movie. Amazing story. :)