I LOVE Tim Gunn.

From his appearance on "The Daily Show":
"Because fashion, I'm the first to encapsulate this realistically, nobody needs it. I mean, we need clothes; do we need fashion? No. And fashion when it's good, it comes out of a context that's societal and cultural and historic and economic and political. So it's of a time and a place."

To which Jon Stewart responded: "Why isn't everyone as reasonable as you as a human being?"


So true. I think we need more Tim Gunns in the world. Not only is he eloquent and well-spoken, but he's sensible and not elitist or snobby, though so many in his field are.

Love him. Love.

This evening, I went to see Atonement for the second time, and dear god. It is so much more amazing the second time around.

Exquisite. Brilliant. Perfect, and all the rest of it.

The two roommates I dragged with (Anna and Colleen)...wouldn't agree. It was definitely way over their heads in terms of filmmaking, and the story wasn't nearly cheerful nor romantic enough for them. (One mentioned that P.S. I Love You was a better film. Eek.)


But despite their negativity (or possibly just ambivalence), I enjoyed it IMMENSELY!

After, Anna got into her mind that she wanted to watch a horror movie. I was adamantly opposed to this idea, but decided to go with her to Blockbuster so that I could at least control the level of horror. She wanted Saw IV, but I convinced her of The Reaping (Hilary Swank in a Stigmata-esque story about the plagues). Brandon from next door had nothing to do tonight, so he joined us and the overall consensus was good. It was fairly fucked up, but that was expected. There wasn't a whole lot of truly gross or gruesome things, and those that were in the film were generally shot and edited rather stylistically so you weren't fixating on disturbing images. Additionally, there weren't a whole lot of those tense, anxiety-ridden, typical-horror-movie moments that people who like the genre revel in, but generally just make me uncomfortable and lose opinion of the film. So that was good.


And now, I am working on calming down and getting my mind off of the craziness of a demonically possessed child bringing on the plagues. To do this...I'm watching some "Project Runway." Mmmm. Love.

So I watched Kathy Griffin's new comedy special "Straight to Hell" and I realized something rather shocking...my brand of humor is very much like Kathy Griffin's (though I would hope slightly less acerbic).

Even her bit about going 'straight to hell' is directly out of my comedic routine from high school. And the way she tells it like she sees it (especially when it comes to celebrities), I admit somewhat hesitantly, could come directly from my mouth.

I hope that I'm not quite as bitchy or offensive as she sometimes is...but I fear that behind closed doors, I'm often as bitchy and offensive. Oy.

I do like Kathy Griffin, though. If you happen to catch "Straight to Hell" on Bravo, I recommend watching it.


In other news, on my schedule for today:
- Clean my room. It's disgusting (by my standards)
- Clean my bathroom (it's not so hot either)
- Write my final critique for Women in Film
- Possibly start studying for Anthropology and Chemistry

Lofty goals, n'est-ce pas?


PS - there's a "Project Runway" season three (Jeffrey/Laura/Uli/Michael) last episodes mini-marathon on Bravo. I'm so there. Also, I kinda miss Jeffrey. He was a bit of an asshole and a jerk and not as funny as Santino (the asshole/jerk from season two), but he was a truly superior designer.

So today was quite excellent.

It started bright and early at 9:10am when Anna knocked on my door and said I had 20 minutes to get ready to go tailgating. While I was ready by 9:30, we still ended up waiting on Colleen and Jessica (from next door) and didn't get out of the apartment complex until 10:15. Oh well.

Tailgating was sort of a bust. And it's really more like picnic-ing (or so I joked). While some people hung out in parking lots...they are so small and numerous that it's impossible to get a really big "tailgating party" feel. However, we have a large strip of grass we call "Memory Mall" on which hundreds of tents were set up with alcohol, grills, music, football, and other such nonsense. Nothing like ribs and burgers at 10:30am. We met up with Jessica's boyfriend, but there wasn't really anything to do and we didn't have alcohol, so we moved on and patronized the on-campus Barnes & Noble to pick up festive black and gold pom-pons, and Starbucks.

We then set out to scalp us some tickets (question: is scalping only the action of the seller, or is the buyer also scalping? In this context, we were buying), and got a super incredible deal. We bought 3 tickets valued at $40 a piece...for $25. Total. So...a $95 discount. Not shabby.

And the game rocked. It was the Conference USA championships in which we played Tulsa (which spells "a slut" backwards). It started out a pretty even match, we were neck-and-neck through the first half. The second half came around, though, and we kicked their asses 44-25. Schweet. So, we're division champions and on our way to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN where we'll be playing LSU. I'm predicting a loss, but division champs is good. It's our first title ever in our first season in our own stadium. Pretty awesome. Oh, and our running back is right behind Barry Sanders for single-season rushing yards (2,448, compared to 2,628). Go Kevin Smith. Here's to getting 180+ yards in the Liberty Bowl.

After the game, we were famished and for whatever reason, Anna decided she really wanted to go to Hooters and none of us had ever been, so we got some wings and burgers and had a lovely and filling meal. We actually ended up sitting at a table next to three guys from the UCF football team. I have no idea who they were (they didn't have numbers on their backs, and a commentator running a play-by-play, as per usual), but it was cool none the less.


Since then, I've caught up on most of my backlogged TiVo (two episodes of "Project Runway" and an entire week of "Ellen"), while Anna has been passed out on my bed. She's going on 5 and a half hours, only gaining consciousness for about 3 minutes over the entire time. But she has a nasty habit of pulling all-nighters (or multiple all-nighters), so she probably needs the sleep.

Colleen thinks it's hilarious.


BTW - Anderson Cooper stated that he was obsessed with "My Super Sweet 16" and "Tiara Girls" when he was on "Ellen." There's no way he's straight. I'm surprised he didn't cite "Project Runway" as one of his favorites.

(Also, when she had Joey Fatone on, she brought out JC Chasez and had them play "The Singing Bee" against one another. It was pretty damn cute.)

Oh man.

Bravo's running a "Project Runway" marathon and it's making me SUPER excited for the new season starting this Wednesday.


The greatest thing about "Project Runway" is that you can watch the exact same episodes over and over again and it never gets old. I've definitely seen all of season two at least twice...and watching it now for a third time is still fabulous.


Also...I get days off of school so infrequently that I feel like I'm playing hooky. I keep thinking I should hurry up and get back to Orlando in time for 19th Century Art, but alas...there is no art history today.

I am excited to only have 4 days of school this week, though. And only three days next week before Thanksgiving. Tomorrow, I have a Chemistry test, and a critique for Women in Film due. But after that...I'm done until my finals start December 2. Thank god.