listlessI have a 5 page paper due today at 6. I hope my head clears up in time to write it. There are no footnotes or research requirements, so I should probably be okay.
Yesterday’s classes were long but decent, except that my eyes started to hurt really badly during the second one. I’m not sure if that was from eyestrain (indicating that I actually need to buy and wear glasses even though one of my eyes has perfect vision) or the caffeine withdrawal thing, but it sucked.
After class I hung out for a couple hours with Scott and the German dude. We didn’t go anywhere, just stood around and talked and then went to the bookstore so they could pick up some stuff for classes. It was an interesting conversation, we talked about everything from how lacking in stimulation it was to grow up in North Carolina to Leni Riefenstahl’s post Nazi life. We also talked about drugs and addiction, one of the reasons I suspect caffeine is to blame for my current lack of mental sharpness. What was of special interest to me was the fact that German dude wants to be a director. He’s 29 and has finished his doctoral dissertation in Law over in Germany, but he would like to get into Columbia’s film school and then go on to direct independent films. He was rejected the first time he applied so now he’s taking some classes here and is going to give it another shot. He’s what I was afraid of becoming, but I don’t find him pathetic or unhappy. He’s an alright guy, even if he does stand too close to you when he talks. I think that’s a European thing though.
This will have been my shortest entry in months, but honestly I don’t have a lot to say at the moment. I’m feeling listless, not in a particularly bad way (except that I have stuff to do) but in sort of a calm, relaxed way. I just want to sit here and net or channel surf, maybe crack my toes.
Ehh, who am I kidding. I’d like to get a little more sleep, and maybe play some NCAA 2004.
