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Date: February 11th, 2020.

Time of Writing: 10:14 PM.

Weather: Drizzles, fog.

Mood: Cautious enthusiasm.

Day Overview: Participated a good deal in my writing class before I burned out really hard and just wound up staring out of the window because I forgot about a homework assignment. Afterwards I went back to my dorm for a bit and then had lunch. My next lecture was incredibly boring and was covering stuff covered by another class I'm taking, so I tuned out and doodled all class, came out with a sketch of a character I'm writing that I'm lowkey pretty proud of. Afterwards was film studies. We watched a movie that I thought was pretty good! I was the featured member at the anime club meeting, which was pretty damn cool. I had to sit on the head of my chair to see above the PDA obsessed couple in the front of the room, which was annoying because I was right next to the cold window, but also okay. I'm back in my room now watching the New Hampshire primary results come in. I didn't get to textbank today, and I'm doing some major-related stuff tomorrow, so I won't be able to do anything until Thursday.

On My Mind: I've always been a good student. Maybe not the smartest, or the most wise, but a good student through and through. I spent most of High School on the honor roll, and I was a straight-A student in middle school, and to top it all off I just got put on the Dean's List at my university. This sounds great - until you recall that most of the people I've ever criticized for anything are good students, and thus I'm one of them now, it's been solidified. Fuck!

• August: Osage County directed by John Wells: It's amazing just how much great acting can elevate a film that is otherwise only okay. I get that the actors are hamming it up here a little, but the dialogue is kinetic and snappy. Julia Roberts is pretty great as Barbara. I admit I haven't seen a performance of the original play, and I haven't read its script either, but what I saw today was pretty damn great on its own. The score was a little repetitive and melodramatic, and the editing was too quick, too snappy. I feel like it could have used with some more lingering on the vast scenery just to build more tension. Also, Ewan McGregor's american accent is terrible, especially when compared to Benedict Cumberbatch. Overall, it's a good 8/10, and I enjoyed it a lot more than the two previous movies I've had to watch for Film Studies class.

I'm trying out a new segment of the blog, wherein I describe my progress in things that I haven't finished. This is intended as a companion to the Works Consumed section. A work only makes it onto the list if I made the progress on the given day that the blog entry corresponds to. It's a simple list, and it'll just have the name of the work and then a page number or an episode number or some other note of where I stopped for the day.

• Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata: Page 65.
• Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu animated by Studio DEEN: Episodes 4 and 5
• Houseki no Kuni animated by studio Orange: Episode 3
• Hinamatsuri animated by studio feel.: Episode 3

Works Produced: I did that drawing of my character that I was proud of? I have absolutely no artistic training, and I managed to pull off a full body drawing of someone that doesn't look terribad. I'd share it... if I wasn't still sort of shy.

Other Thoughts: Thank you for reading! Be sure to tune in for this week's edition of The Theme Machine on Friday from 12:00 AM to 2:00 AM, on WMUA Amherst! That's 91.1 FM in the area or online at wmua.org!