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27 November 2009 @ 07:41 pm
Oh my...  

Apparently, a few years ago, the one student who got an A+ in Contracts had a raw score of 67% on the final exam.

It was all about the curve.

I don't know if that means I should work with people and help them/let them help me or.. if i'm better off alone?

Hmm...

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srahman24
24 November 2009 @ 09:12 pm
So I've had a productive day.  
I skipped all my classes, slept in until 11am, and just spent the last hour changing my layout.

Go me.



*Header pic is one that I took in Ireland, by the carrick-a-reed bridge. Lyrics from Droney Drummy (aka Secrets in Stones?) by Lisa Hannigan.


Ok, I'm kicking it into overdrive for the rest of the night.
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srahman24
23 November 2009 @ 01:23 am
So you have taste? That's not half the battle, that's the whole war.  
So, I was going absolutely crazy with school and needed to get away from it all for a while. Ended up going to see An Education, which I've been dying to see (I mean, c'mon: Dominic Cooper, Peter Sarsgaard, Rosamund Pike, and Emma Thompson? That's a no brainer. And I've heard nothing but rave reviews about Carey Mulligan).

The movie was fantastic. The 94% on RT is completely deserved.


Anyways, the movie was gorgeously shot. The pallette, the framing, the cinematography - it was all just elegant and beautiful. And the soundtrack! Ah! The first thing I did when I came home was get a copy of that soundtrack. It's just stunning. Though, where did the Edith Piaf song disappear off to? I don't know which song it was, but I would recognize that voice (or so I thought?)

I don't know how boys will react to this movie, but I think it's something that most females (especially in our general age) will fall in with. I wanted exactly what she wanted when I was 16, and fantasized about exactly the same things -- that day they spent in Paris? Even now I would want nothing more in the world than to be able to recreate a day like that -- and it was just so sincere in how they treated that. It was pretty authentic for me.

Anyways, I can't recommend it enough. And I'd definitely recommend it for fans of: Once, The History Boys, The Edge of Love, Revolutionary Road, and The Reader (though, for those last two, this one's a bit more Mona Lisa Smile and not quite as dark... it's still a little dark though).

I couldn't have picked a better movie for my mood tonight. Especially since my Once dvd has been loaned to a friend.
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srahman24
14 November 2009 @ 01:16 pm
and back to reality we go...  
Went out to my professor's house yesterday evening. No, it wasn't a Mr. Robinson type of deal, he invited our entire class of 72 out to his place for drinks. When I go there, there were a grand total of 5 people. But by the end of the night, there were about 40 of us. I think we went through like 12 bottles of wine? Ok, that's probably an exaggeration, but oh my, it was good.

I'm a bit in love with him now. He has my dream house. It's small (by suburb standards), and old but it's amazing. He's got bookshelves so high he keeps a step ladder near them. He has every CD I've ever wanted to own - and he has Damien's O (of course that's the first thing I looked for). And he keeps his CDs alphabetized ♥ Oh yeah, we spent quite a bit of time snooping through his shelves upstairs (it's his own fault for keeping all of our jackets in his perfect study). I just sent him a thank you e-mail and introduced him to The Swell Season. He played Ray LaMontagne and Death Cab for Cutie and Van Morrisson early into the evening. So clearly, he'd love Glen and Mar.

Came home around midnight in a great mood and attempted to get some work done... only to face the blue screen of death. Sigh. I'd picked up a trojan somewhere in the last 48 hours. I don't know where. I haven't even downloaded anything new in the last week! After much iPhone-googling, I managed to fix it, well... I think I have (*knocks on wood*) - everything seems to be running smoothly now, at least. Thank god I had my school files backed up. I can't imagine losing all of those notes and summaries and briefs at this point in the semester.

Speaking of school, I've got so much to catch up on. But people have been fantastic in sending over lecture notes and summaries. Things aren't nearly as cut-throat at law school as I imagined they would be. Anyways, I should go and get back to writing this essay.

There'll be presents for you all later tonight <3


P.S. Goodness.. Outrageously fine Middle Eastern food at the Sahara Grill on Walnut in Philadelphia.. Allah Akbhar! Colmx Oh, Colm. I can't even imagine the sound of those two words in an Irish accent.
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Current Music: Into the Mystic - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
 
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srahman24
07 November 2009 @ 04:34 pm
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Thanks everyone for the comments and texts and calls and whatnot.  It's been a little crazy lately.  But we have a better idea of what's going on now.

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So the surgery's scheduled for Monday.  And until then, we're just trying to be good company for her and her family.  It's really lovely to see everyone put aside their drama and pull together on this.  Everyone except for my aunt, but that's.. well, that's an entirely different post.  For now, what matters is that we're keeping her spirits up.  So if you've got any spare prayers or good thoughts, send them her way.

Between this and school (I had a paper due Friday and on Monday I have a presentation, mid-term and another paper due)... I've been a little offline lately.  So I apologize for not being a great commentor. 

I know I haven't even put up a TSS recap but.. rest assured it was brilliant.  And especially given everything that's happened since, it.. was nice to feel as electrified and alive as only Glen's capable of making you feel.  (well, Glen and Damien :P)  Love you all.

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srahman24
01 November 2009 @ 06:04 pm
Last Friday I spent the night with Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop  
I've been horrible at offering concert recaps and I've seen quite a few over the last little while.  I think I'll have to gloss over all of them though because while Dan Mangan was brilliant as ever... last Friday night was something that was in a league of it's own.  So you're going to get an excruciatingly detailed post - especially because I didn't have a working camera and need to have this night documented in some way.

( you know the drill.. )

So that settles that then.  To everyone who now asks me "are you getting the H1N1 vaccine?" I will answer "No, based on the professional and PERSONAL recommedation of FRAN FUCKING HEALY."

Ok, I'm tired now.  I have to get back to crim studying.  I'll end with a brand new song about "an old couple, writen from the old guy's point of view".  I think we got the official debut of this song!

*Fran said he'd run out of clean clothes, hence him wearing merch on stage.
 

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Current Music: Travis - Re-Offender
 
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srahman24
30 October 2009 @ 03:18 pm
Happy Halloween!  
I hope you guys are going out to do something!  Anything!  Just go out and enjoy a little bit of it either today or tomorrow. 

I never remember how much I love Halloween until it's actually here.  Same thought applies for dressing up (this year I'm Robin Hood on account of already having the hat and arrows, on account of having gone a little crazy at the giftshop in Nottingham Castle this summer).   And there's something so lovely about the extra level of surrealness in having your profs dressed up, or sitting in class next to Duffman, or having your lecture interrupted by wailing ghouls that hand out free candy.

Went to three parties (apologies for my now-deleted random, slightly nonsensical, slightly drunken post from before) yesterday night.  And that was straight after 6 hours of class and 2 hours of duty counsel work for CLASP.  I was going off of like 4 hours of sleep to begin with.  But it was a hell of a lot of fun.  Though I probably can't even imagine the damage done to my liver (god bless 3Ls) -- 13 hours after the last drink, and my stomach still feels a little queasy.  That can't be a good sign.  Got home around 2:40am on the MOST RANDOM bus ride ever.  WTF, 106A, what is the point?  This will only make sense to Torontonians but... you get on at Downsview station, the bus goes to Wilson Heights and then Wilson station, and THEN DOUBLES BACK TO DOWNSVIEW.  What are you doing?  How is this helpful? 

Anyways, then I had a 3 hour class today at 9:30am... which... never mind staying awake during, I'm pretty proud of myself for even showing up.  More than half the class was empty.  Then studied on campus for the most annoying assignment in the history of assignments (it's on how to conduct legal research and is so unnecessarily complicated).  Now at home working on my criminal law summary (mid term on Tuesday!  eep!) and then heading out to see Fran Healy/Andy Dunlop (half of Travis) at 5:30 (doors at 7, so I'm hoping to actually get home by midnight). 

As soon as Wednesday rolls around I'm going to take one behemoth of a nap.  Yes, that's right, I said Wednesday -- I've got an assignment due for Contracts on Tuesday (mini-presentation on Thursday).  Law Journal articles (probably) to review by Tuesday night, for the meeting on Wednesday.  Seminar to attend on Monday for my 2nd semester perspective options.  Hopefully brunch with the girls this Sunday.  So I'm going to ridiculously busy for the next few days.

I don't know how to segue into this so... here, have two awesome Halloween-worthy tracks for your listening pleasure, courtesy of Black Hat Brigade (who I know you know I've mentioned a dozen times this year):

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srahman24
27 October 2009 @ 11:52 am
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There's more to the interview than just this, quite a few more interesting answers, but this is SUCH a Glen response:

Paste: I hear you’re going to Africa tomorrow?
Hansard: I’m going to Africa in the morning! I’m excited! Yeah, I got my shots. It’s kind of weird what they do to you—they inject yellow fever and typhoid into you, like a tiny bit. And your body feels shit for a few hours and then your body deals with it. And then when you’re actually bitten by a mosquito and it gives you typhoid, your body knows what to do with it. It’s kind of an amazing science.




Guys, I'm in crim and it's mind numbingly dull.  And he's making very easy concepts seem excruciatingly complicated.  We're so behind on the syllabus.  And now, as he compares a SCC decision to Sesame Street, I'm remembering why this is the first crim lecture I've gone to in the last 2 weeks (maybe 3).

Is anyone around to offer entertainment?  I've got 30 mins. of this left and I fear I won't make it.

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srahman24
25 October 2009 @ 02:59 am
le soleil inonde le ciel  
Was supposed to head out tonight but... plans ended up being weird and messy and my PJs ended up feeling way more comfortable than the freezing cold outside. 

So I stayed in.  And had a French movie marathon.  While completely failing to finish my crim summaries.  I'm now even more in love with Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet and french boys and their french scarves and crazy french hair (see: Louis Garrel)

I've gone on a bit of a photo-uploading spree on FB.  More will come by the end of tomorrow.  

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I need to take that camera out more often. 

Anyways, this is a silly little post.  Guess I should get to bed soon.  Sweet dreams, all.
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Current Music: Inventaire - Les Chansons D'Amour
 
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srahman24
24 October 2009 @ 02:17 pm
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I just caved and set up Twitter. 

I have no clue how to use it.  So... friend (follow?  Ah, I don't even know the terminology yet!) me - same username as always because I am just that creative: http://twitter.com/srahman24

Who's worth paying attention to on there?
 
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srahman24
20 October 2009 @ 01:46 am
I've reached a new level of Hansarditis.  
I was looking up the Opera House address and google maps gave me this:

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PLEASE tell me I'm not the only one capable of seeing that and thinking "that looks a lot like Glen and Rob".  Because... really... to the non-crazy person, NOTHING in that teeny tiny thumbnail should be recognizable.  Is it creepy that that's not how my brain works?  AH.  But I know that shirt.  And that guitar. 

Oh dear.

I keep promising a real update and reneging.  I swear one will come soon.  I hope everyone's doing well.   You've got a much better chance at catching me on facebook!chat these days (it's so very hard to survive my classes without this)

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srahman24
18 October 2009 @ 08:20 pm
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After two consecutive nights of concerts/me getting home at 2am... now I'm going to see Ryan Gosling's band on Tuesday night.  Oh my god, when am I ever going to get to sleep?? 

Real update to follow soon.
 
 
Current Music: Kings of Leon - Revelry
 
 
srahman24
14 October 2009 @ 12:13 am
Strict Joy.  
So I guess since it's streaming online... I can actually talk about the album now?  What does everyone think?  Two Tongues is my favorite, I think.  Love finally having a studio version of Feeling the Pull (that song's been kicking around for like a decade now).  High Horses is another highlight.

The album's definitely a grower for me.  It didn't jump right out as the-best-album-ever, but it's for sure a highlight for 2009.  Of course, I've listened to the whole thing about 30 times already, so I bet anything will you grow on you after that kind of exposure :P

I think this is going to be a minority opinion with you lot, but there's one review that sums it up nicely:

While it occasionally approaches the highs of previous output, and there’s little to offend either the diehard Hansard fanatic or the Oscar-come-lately, State can’t help hankering for less of the lovey-dovey niceness and more of the scorching anger and searing guitar that fuelled the good ship Fitzcarraldo.

I, for one, am excited that The Swell Season road is coming to an end (though, the timeline of this is still really vague to me) and we'll be (eventually) shifting back into Frames territory.  I'm not sure what The Frames will sound like now... I think the days of Fitz and Revelate and Rent Day Blues are long gone... but I'm looking forward to the next Glen/Colm/Joe/Rob/Johnny chapter.  And I'm looking forward to Mar not just being "the girl that sings with Glen".  I think they could have taken more of an opportunity on this album to make her stand out (though, obviously, we can't know if that was her choice all along).  I hope we get to hear solo material from her soon.

I think my favorite new Glen song is one that's not even on the album. 

Now I'm EVEN MORE excited for Nov 3!

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Current Music: The Swell Season - High Horses
 
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srahman24
12 October 2009 @ 04:09 pm
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!  
Hope everyone's enjoying some fantastic food this weekend! 

I'm not actually getting turkey on account of my dad being lazy (he put in the order too late), but I did get a whole roast chicken and duck and quail and general roast-bird goodness.  So I'm certainly not complaining...

Between school & having a life, things have been busy lately.  The highs and lows:
  • Lawyers Feeding the Hungry - it's a soup kitchen run out of Osgoode Hall (the old location), and hopefully I'll be there once a month.  It's an actual sit-down dinner with 3 courses for homeless Torontonians (it's not quite a fine-dining experience, but it is pretty nice).
  • Coco Avant Chanel - I didn't like it.  The acting was fantastic and the cinematography was gorgeous (there's a scene with Audrey Tautou and a couch and a book and the boy and it's breathtakingly pretty).  BUT the movie itself is weird and unfinished.  They start with character development and then... don't take it anywhere.  One minute Coco's talking about how vile her father was for having mistresses, and the next... she's perfectly happy being a mistress herself.  There's not even a second thought given to it.  And her sister's weird - one minute she's almost marrying a baron and too good to hold a job, the next she's working in Coco's store?  It'll get Oscar noms for costumes, cinematography, but the movie itself is crap.
  • Beatles Rock Band - If you haven't played this yet, I insist you GO PLAY IT NOW.  It's awesome.  Everything from the layout (you can go chronologically through the catalog, with bits and pieces of Beatles folklore popping up as you go along, and playing in different venues famous to Beatles history) to the song selection (SO MANY good ones!  Granted, it's hard to go wrong with their catalog but... there's a healthy dose of the "big" hits and smaller/older ones that may not be as well known).  The bass bits are tons of fun too.  I did more singing yesterday than I've ever done when playing RB/GH.
  • OHLJ - good god, I'm dying.  My first (and thankfully only for this semester) footnote assignment came in and I spent 5 hours at the library with a friend trying to sort through it all.  I'm still not entirely clear on how to format these bloody footnotes.  If you ever thought MLA/APA was bad... YOU AINT SEEN NOTHING YET.  The Uniform Legal Citation method is all kinds of messy.
  • Law Games 2010!  I'm in!  There were more applicants than spots available, so they held a lottery.. and our room was picked!  So I'll be spending the first week of January in Montreal.  A little worried about missing three full days of classes though...
That's it for the highlights.  I've got to get back to this bloody footnoting before I get more bird-goodness when I head out to dinner later.  Hope everyone's doing well!  I will hopefully catch up with the flist later tonight...



P.S. I'm having a VERY Kings of Leon filled day.  It's been all I've been listening to.  They're such an amazing band for productivity. 
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srahman24
07 October 2009 @ 04:22 am
It's 4am and I haven't gone to bed yet.  
I did nap for an hour when I was supposed to be watching The Good Wife, but... other than that... it's been all work, all night.

And yet, I'm still behind on my Torts readings.  I tried though.  It feels like I read 200 pages tonight (though, I am prone to exaggeration).

Also had to finish up case briefs/analysis for a group project that's due Friday (we're meeting tomorrow to answer the rest of the questions)

Also had to finish up my article reviews for the OHLJ - I only did 1 of 2, but I still had to read both.  First one was 48 pages, second one was 72.  Or something like that.  GOOD GOD THAT SECOND ONE WAS HARD TO GET THROUGH.  I didn't review it, but I would have so rejected it.

Also had to review/edit my group's weekly submission for Contracts (I didn't write it this week (I did it last week), but it's still surprisingly a team effort)

Also, I don't underestand where my time goes.  I swear I'm being 90% productive, 10% distracted-by-the-internet, but even then!  I.. I don't know where it goes.  One minute it's 6pm and I've got an 8pm deadline, and then dinner, shower and then... it's 4am.  

Also, I think I took on way too much club-wise.  There are all these cool events happening on campus that I have to miss because I'm in one stupid meeting or another.  E.g. the ESLA is meeting on Wednesday, but Abousfian Abdelrazik's lawyer is also coming to speak at the same time.  I so want to go that lecture!

And now I've just got my column for the paper (which I didn't even do last week) to work on and then hopefully I'll be in bed by 6, for 4.5 hours of sleep before I have to get to class by 11:30 (when I get home tomorrow around 6, ALL I'm going to do is watch TV and sleep).

Feel free to leave happy things in the comments... I'm in need of something good.

ETA: 5:23 and my column is done and submitted!  Not a lot going on in Toronto this week, so I guess it was pretty easy to throw together.  For anyone who's interested, this was my first submission.

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srahman24
01 October 2009 @ 01:08 am
I am a breathing time machine, I'll take you on for a ride  
The Pogues + Fleet Foxes + Dashboard Confessional + banjo + cello + bass + guitar + bluegrass + ROCK + harmonies.

If any of that sounds intriguing to you, you have to check out The Avett Brothers.  Oh my god.  I'm in love.

I very randomly won tickets to see them live tonight (thank you, as usual, for being my lovely +1 Esther!) and I'm so glad I got to go to this show.  It's exactly what I needed considering the hell that has been this week.  They're so much fun! 

And boys... well, I don't know how many are reading this, but I'll put this out there for the universe: forget the bad boy routine.  These guys made my ovaries squee in the best possible way during Murder in the City -- If I get murdered in the city / Go read the letter in my desk / Don't bother with all my belongings / Pay attention to the list / Make sure my daughter knows I love her / Make sure my wife knows the same.  My knees actually buckled when he sang that line so earnestly.

I don't really know them all that well - I've had a random assortment of tracks in iTunes for a while, but no full albums - and then really looked them up after I won tickets, but I'm definitely keeping an eye on them from now on.  They're from North Carolina and say y'all.. repeatedly.  It's so ridiculously charming. 

And while I may not have known them that well... it seemed like everyone else in the venue did.  So there were sing a longs galore.  And a "you know our songs?  we're from another country and you know our songs?!  you guys rock"  We're from another country, said as if they were from another planet and couldn't believe their songs had reached us.  Oh, I love them for not assuming Canada's just the 51st state. 

They do need to work on their banter a bit more though.  Well, they just need more of it!  There were a few silent between-song tunings that kind of broke the rhythm of the show.  But generally, they were amazing.  Their last song of the first encore turned into this sing/clap a long where the band finished the song and we kept singing and they looked out at us with reverential awe and walked off the stage as we were still singing.  Then the singing died down and people started to leave until.... the singing picked up again!  And ketp going and people were singing as they shuffled out of the venue until... the singing got louder and louder and then... the boys came back on stage for this ear-splitting completely rockin' out 2nd encore.  Forget hand claps and foot stomping, this is the way to get your band back out for a bonus song.

It was lovely.  It's gigs like this that are the reason music ends up being so powerful. 

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srahman24
23 September 2009 @ 03:25 am
There's so much to do! I'm going crazy.  
And am officially behind on my readings.  It took 4 weeks, but of course I ended up here.

Between classes and socials (oh my god, the socials - I skipped one today, and there's one on Thursday, Friday and Saturday - WHEN DO THESE PEOPLE STUDY?!) and me trying to see non-law school friends and readings and papers (they're worth a marginal % of my grade, but I still have to do them) and now... presentations (ugh.  my contracts class will be the death of me), I'm going crazy.

I don't even know how much other stuff I'm supposed to take on.  OCI's are at the beginning of next year, so I only have 1 year to pad the resume and impress whatever firm I want to work for after my 2nd yr (which then affects where I'll article after 3rd).   Audrey, any tips on how much to take on?

So far, I've got 4 things I'm really involved in, but I think I underestimated just how much work the Law Journal stint would be.  And also, the crazy competitiveness is starting.  I think I've already managed to ruffle a few feathers by getting into the OHLJ.  Seems like half the people in my section applied, but only 5 of us got in.  So that's going over well.  ARGH.

Sigh.  Eid was last weekend and while it was a ton of fun (surprisingly), it pretty much ate up 48 hours that I didn't have to spare in the first place.  And now I'm playing catch up.  I'm just now finishing today's to-do list (it's 3am), and I'll have to be up in 6 hours to shower, then start/finish my Torts readings before my class at 11:30.  Well, I'll try to finish at least half of them.

So, I apologize in advance if I'm not around to check the f-list and comment over the next little while.  I read everything, especially since some of my lectures are entirely useless*, but I'm going to take a back seat with LJ for a while.  Well, theoretically.

All that being said, I'm excited for Word on the Street on Saturday (though I have no clue who I'm going with?).  But anyways, I deserve at least one afternoon a week to myself.




*Today my crim prof tried to explain the complexities of criminal law by creating an analogy to The Exorcist.  Apparently, the realm of criminal law is the girl, foaming blood at the mouth, head spinning backwards, levitating, and generally being crazy while we, the lawyers, are the priest who's trying to ritually cleanse her -- BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE DAMN PRIEST DIES IN THE END.  At the hands of the crazy girl, no less.  That can't be promising.

Ugh.  My prof's insane.  He'd be adorable as someone else's professor.  But as mine?  He's just insane.
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srahman24
19 September 2009 @ 12:17 am
Freeze motherf*cker!  
You guys, you're way too sweet.  Honestly, I'm getting cavities just reading your comments and messages these days.  I'm glad you liked the photo.  Turns out, great minds think alike because I set it as my desktop too ;)

Made a very basic wallpaper out of it and everything.  1200x800 size in black & white, and a washed-out colored version.  I keep all my desktop icons on the left of the screen, so the wallpaper works for me.


More is coming soon, I promise.  Things have been a little crazy over the last 24 hours. 

Went out tonight to my last TIFF movie for this year.  We saw Perrier's Bounty.  OH MY GOD.  Cillian has never looked sexier than he does in this (though, I did find him pretty hot as Doctor Johnathan Crane).  There's this sexy beard, and unkempt hair, and his gorgeous blue eyes just pleading with you.  Just... GUH.  It worked.

Even setting him aside, the movie was great.  The script was so funny!  The humor was smart and surprising (e.g. my subject line... Jim Broadbent says that!  While stealing a police car.  It's the most awesome scene).  It was written by the same guy who did Intermission - if you liked that movie, you'll love this.

Some of it was filmed like Once, with shaky cameras that made it seem like you were walking down the road with them.  And other scenes were so beautifully crafted... there's a scene where they pull into this abandoned garage and the way the car widely swerves with the color pallet of the grey cement and dull red bricks and the sun shining through the random discarded fencing...  it was stunning. 

Overall the movie's like a simpler version of Snatch or Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and In Bruges.  There was a lot of swearing.  And there was a love story that wasn't really necessary.  And it could have been a bit more complicated - with Lock, Stock there were 5 or 6 different groups of people all randomly converging at once.  Here, even though there were 5 or 6 different groups, they would each wait for their turn in the spotlight.  It just... it could have been more complicated.

But... I seriously loved this movie.  It was funny, and the script was intelligent, and the cinematography was lovely and the acting was just sublime - the three leads (Cillian Murphy, Jim Broadbent and Brendon Gleeson) were perfectly cast and fantastic.  It gets two VERY enthusiastic thumbs up from me!



( law school update )


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srahman24
17 September 2009 @ 02:10 am
TSS at Dakota Tavern  
I get to actually talk about this gig now.  But... I almost don't want to.  It was so incredible.  Intimate doesn't even begin to describe it. 

The venue can hold 150-ish people but... there were, at most, 40 people there.  It was like a dinner party more than a real concert.  Like having people over in your living room.  Like that scene from Once.

( maybe I was born to hold you in these arms... )

For now, I'm heading to bed.  I plan on taping all of my lectures tomorrow because I just know I won't be able to resist sitting in class and playing this night over and over again in my head all day long.


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srahman24
15 September 2009 @ 01:18 am
holy hell, I'm exhausted.  
I feel like I've gotten 5 hours of sleep every night for the last 3 weeks.  My days have been starting at 7am and ending at... well... I just got home 30 mins ago. 

Between classes, official/unofficial frosh events, training sessions, application deadlines (one of which I missed today, but hopefully they'll let me submit it tomorrow anyways), general attempts to actually see the family I cohabitate with, attempts to see friends that I miss dearly (I've already bailed on 3 people - addey, esther I'm sorry I did come out to your post-birthday shindig last weekend!), MOUNTAINS OF READINGS (most of which I have to go over at least twice to understand), and then... TIFF.

I've seen two movies at the Toronto International Film Festival so far.  Each has involved waking up at 7am to unsuccessfully try and get tickets online (usually after going to bed at 3am the night before so that I can get my readings all done), and then waiting 2-3 hours in a rush line (the first movie was at 11am on a Sunday morning (the day after I had a 9am-4pm training session, which was the day after our semi-formal where I didn't even get home until 2am, never mind going to bed -- by the way, THANK YOU a thousand times over for all the lovely comments you guys left on my last post.  I wore the purple dress and had an absolute blast drinking and dancing the night away (my section even won the dance contest!  That's 5 years in a row for us now!))

Anyways, back to TIFF.  So far I've seen:

The Men Who Stare At Goats --> SO FUNNY.  Kevin Spacey was brilliant!  There's this one line that he delivered perfectly and it was just one of those moments that made the movie (the other involved a landmine.  I freakin' loved that scene!)

( mini review, cut just in case )
The Invention of Lying* --> we got into the premiere!  I absolutely love seeing movies at the Elgin Theatre.  I think it's just a gorgeous old theatre. 

( cut once again )
I'll try to see a few more this weekend - Perrier's Bounty and Up in the Air are at the top of my list.

I hope everyone's doing well.  I will be around to check the flist tomorrow :)



*Another example of my crazy schedule: Sunday night birthday party for the BFF (home by 1:30); finish up readings until 3:30; sleep; Monday class from 9:30am-12:30; lunch; 1:30-2:30 meeting with ILP; 2:30-4:30 class; go home; meet friends on subway at 5:30; 6:30-9pm wait in rush line for TIFF (we brought our textbooks down and were sprawled out on the sidewalk with highlighters and notes and all kinds of non-film-festival-worthy levels of dorkiness); 9-11:30 movie; 12:30 home.  Now I'm heading to bed, and then I've got class from 10:30-3:30 tomorrow AND THEN I WILL DO NOTHING BUT SLEEP.
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