the nerd awakens

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS.

Maybe.  I dunno.  Not really spoilers, but I still wouldn't risk it.  JUST GO SEE THE NEW STAR WARS MOVIE OKAY.

Yesterday I had the immense privilege of going to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a group of friends.  I also had the immense privilege of being with Samuel, who graciously elected to sit next to me, despite the risk of being involuntarily slapped in the arm throughout the entire movie.

I will say, as far as theatrical landmarks go, this is the first movie I've ever eaten a salad whilst watching.  We had picked up lunch before the show and smuggled the food into the theater.  The lettuce was particularly crunchy and I just hoped the rest of the theater thought I was eating very crispy popcorn.

I LIKE VEGGIES OKAY.

Moving on.  I'd apologize for my lack of ability to draw theater seating but let's face it, it's just about as bad as everything else so let's just deal with it, shall we?

Observe the lettuce incident:

(That's supposed to be Samuel next to me by the way)

The rest of the movie basically just went as follows:

And by the end...

Guys, what can I say about this film.  It was just so so so good.  Probably the best movie I've seen this year, and I was pretty into Jurassic World when it came out in the summer.  My inner and outer nerd is very satisfied.  Job well done, and you really need to see it.  And if you already have, just go see it again.

Additionally, as I am typing this I noticed that my darling sister has pounced upon my bedroom once again with one of her picture-hiding schemes.  She has delicately taped a photo to the bottom of my bookshelf so that I can only see it when I sit down at my desk.  I have acquired said photo for your personal enjoyment:

My sister is a very beautiful individual.  

Happy nerding everyone!  

oh, hey break

I have been released.  Fall finals for my junior year of college are now in the books (jk... I don't get grades back until next week probably) and I have a few weeks just to take a breather between semesters.  Yesterday was basically a whirlwind of me trying to do multiple things with multiple mindsets, floating between maintaining focus as a designer during my final critique while also coming to the realization that OH MY GOSH CHRISTMAS IS NEXT WEEK.  It was an interesting day.

As soon as I finished my last final I had to go back to my dorm to pack and check out my suite.  Per tradition of semesters past, of course I ended up listening to Les Miserables.

Side note... it's very difficult to be productive when listening to Do You Hear The People Sing.

Once I finally made it home I began to tackle Mt. Laundry.  I found my knee socks (courtesy of the lovely Caitlin Cash) and decided to put them on my arms whilst putting away laundry.  I quickly became aware of the evolutionary advantage of thumbs because not having them while folding clothes is very difficult.  And frustrating.

To cap off my first half-day of Christmas freedom, Mama allowed me to open up the one-pound box of chocolates that she got as a gift from one of her students.  It was about as big and wonderful as you would imagine a one-pound box of chocolates to be.

To conclude, I'd like to apologize for the lack of posts recently.  You know the drill.  I've been busy.  Plus all of the creative work required by school sometimes leaves me a little dry in the idea department.  Or, let's just be honest here, I just got lazy about my favorite little side project.  I promise to do more than one entry this month though.  Heck, I might even do a weekly post.  We'll see.  For now, Merry Christmas and happy break!