I Forgot About You, Screenplay

I like background noise a lot, whether I am reading, studying, cleaning, or just lounging around. There's a reason why I was asked to leave the Matheson Reading Room freshman year of college.

So as I study for the 3 weeks left, I usually play iTunes, though sometimes I stream on Netflix--usually things I have seen fairly frequently (like Jaws) or silly, nostalgic cartoons (like Hey Arnold!). Having something going on the background keeps me grounded. But over the past two days I've been streaming stuff I have yet to see. Thankfully as I am not memorizing vocabulary or roots anymore, and rather I am just practicing algebra and geometry and reviewing the analytical writing strategies, I can focus on the movies without much repercussion. Over the past few days I've watched:

Schindler's List
The Silence of the Lambs
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Graduate
some Hey Arnold! episodes
the first act of The Usual Suspects

I quit watching The Usual Suspects because I wasn't focusing on it and I felt that was a movie I should pay attention to, so I'll return to it later, but I have to say, I really enjoyed all of the films I watched. Schindler's List was nothing short of phenomenal, and I found The Silence of the Lambs enthralling. The Graduate and Kramer vs. Kramer were both good movies that deserved the praise they received, but I was more attuned to Dustin Hoffman's acting than the actual plots of the movies (though Kramer vs. Kramer was very touching).

It made me think back to my screenwriting year--the good and the bad seminars--and I really miss my screenplay! One day I'll get back to it, just to finish it, to keep having it. Sure, I've got dreams of selling that too, but dreaming too much about my future as a writer will inevitably make my head explode/my heart crap out/my search for a good graduate program doing...something...all the more tragic.