So I spent the last 4 days out in a little desert town called Mesquite with my friend Anna studying for our test. We holed ourselves up at her parents house and ignored pretty much everything except out bladders and our stomachs. It was good, and hopefully I'm ready for this bitch on Tuesday. When I got back to the city I was pleasantly surprised to find that fall had arrived, finally. Vegas is such a volatile place, one week it 100 degrees and the next it's actually snowing in some parts of the city. I had to dig around in the back of my dresser drawers to find socks this morning, it was thrilling. The cold has caused my study habits to take a nose dive, all I feel like doing is laying in bed watching Meg Ryan movies, and wearing socks. I think the Meg Ryan thing is in relation to the fact that most of her big hits (IE. romantic comedies) take place during the holidays. I argued a few weeks ago with this 20 year old hipster kid who said, "Garden State is the new Sleepless in Seattle".Blasphemy.I vigorously wagged my finger at him and shook my head and said, "No, Sleepless in Seattle is the new An Affair the Remember." But it got me thinking about what makes something a "classic" Now, I'm not a huge Meg Ryan fan or anything (I've got my street cred to uphold), and I did like Garden State, but I guess it's hard for me to imagine any artistic attempt our generation is responsible for having any timeless quality to it....I'm drawing a blank. I like quite a few independent films as of late, but are they going to be considered "classics" in a few years? Is there even a such thing anymore, or are we past that because of how quickly things change? I think Amelie is a classic and maybe Rushmore (maybe). I think Wilco and Radiohead may be timeless...again, though, I'm not sure.
Anyway, Nick and Laura, I saw that you called my phone a few time the last few days...my phone was in Vegas and I was in Mesquite= Bummer. I'm guessing you were in town= Even Bigger Bummer.
Hope everyone is well. I take my test in 2 days. Pray I don't go crazy. Love you, Rosie
2 comments:
i'm happy for you rosie. you'll do great i'm sure. good point on our generation's possible inability to create classics. maybe the only exception is uncle kracker, am i right or am i right?
good luck on your test. I'll be back in vegas in the next week or so.
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