Because updating at 1:22 in the morning is the way to go.
Went to the Calgary International Film Festival for the first time. Interesting experience to be sure, especially watching the movies inside a rundown old school movie house in Kensington.
Probably the best thing that happened: 4 movies for the price of 1. Four. That's a pretty sweet deal. Basically we bought tickets to see a movie on Wednesday and Saturday night. On Wednesday, they hadn't delivered the film yet, so we got to watch another film and we'd be able to view the actual one on Saturday morning. Come Saturday morning, the film came... without subtitles. So we got a refund as well as a free complimentary ticket for another show. Four movies.
Of course, I only watched three because I stayed home today to ... study... right.
Anyways, we watched Nonko 36-Sai, Cyborg She, and Daybreakers.
Nonko 36-Sai is about a 36 year old divorcee lady that lives in her parents' home at a shrine. The story is sort of weird and it was totally not PG. I'll admit that some of the scenes were well shot, but that doesn't negate the fact that they screened a non-PG film in place of the PG film. What if kids were there? Their innocent eyes! Their purity drained and forcefully ripped from their frail and pitiful little souls... Well. It'd happen to them sooner or later. Such is life.
Cyborg She talks about a university student meeting a hot girl on his 20th birthday before she disappears as quickly as she came. He then meets her again on his 21st birthday, except this time she's completely lacking in the giddiness of the first encounter. Oh. She's also a robot sent from the future to save him. Hilarity ensues as he develops feelings for the robot, but of course there's the requisite fight between them (because all rom-com's do this), before they get back together. This was all inferred as we watched the film since there were no subtitles. We got about 80% of the plot correct, although hearing / reading the actual lines would've made it many times more enjoyable. Have I mentioned that I enjoy rom-com's?
Daybreakers is a vampire film that'll be screening in normal theaters come November / December-ish. The story is basically about how the majority of the human population has embraced vampirism and that the remaining human race is now used as cattle for their blood. Problems arise as they literally drain themselves of their blood resources and those going through withdrawal develop symptoms that include lack of logical judgment, violence, and a mutation into something freakish. The plot itself and how it develops was something that I enjoyed. However, the excessive gore and violence, IMO, detracted greatly from the film. It's as if the film makers accidentally ordered way too much tomato juice and ketchup and used the film as a way to get rid of it. Ugh.
In other news...
I had way too much stuff to do this week. Coincidentally, I squandered my time in the usual manner. This is not the way to go if I want my marks.
Things I did get done: Chem prelabs for labs 4 and 5 (that's two experiments in one day btw), copy notes that I missed on Wednesday, read through all the ecology notes / textbook pages, finish Chem lab 3 and genetics lab.
Things I should've done: Genetics prelab, Ecology lab intro, Zoology assignment, read textbook for every class because I'm way behind, Statement of Purpose letter along with the application form, check out research positions, play Ultimate, a lot more.
Things I did that I shouldn't have: played games, watched films, not sleeping, loitering on the web, and much much more. So many that I can't even think straight.
Ridiculous.
The coming weeks will get pretty hectic as Safewalk starts, midterms arrive, random engagements with different parties, falling behind with notes, Ultimate, lack of sleep, jogging, squash, not eating enough, fatigue, and whatnot.
Have you noticed how when you're really cold, stubbing your toe or hitting your finger on something hurts way more than normal? That happened multiple times this week. I infer that due to the cold, the cells become more brittle and hardened such that any impact will cause greater damage than otherwise (think petrified people shattering random than getting squashed).
Walked through Kensington after the movie to where I worked during the first snow. Slightly nerve wracking since it was dark out and I'm not exactly in a familiar place. Also, it's first snow + walking through there. Right?
Heading off then. It's rather late. I'm also keeping someone up. >_>.
