Hooray for weather!

Well, it's New Year's Day, and we're in the throes of our annual New Year's warm spell. It was 67F yesterday, and today at 11:30, it's already 65F. It's going up to almost 70 for the next several days. We had our New Year's Eve dinner out on the patio last night. It wasn't exactly warm, even with a log in the firebowl, but it wasn't bad, either. July may be awful, but winter in TN isn't all that bad, really. ;)

I wonder if there's a way to make some kind of fascimile of black-eyed peas, dirty rice and sausage in Exeter. I have a feeling there isn't.

Getting slightly desperate about essay topics for Matz's class. I have two weeks to come up with an annotated bibliography for the paper, but not a clue what I want to write about. I'm vaguely considering something about the Arts & Crafts Movement, Futurism, and Art Deco, but this isn't an art history class, it's an English course. Not that we ever talk about literature in that class. But.

Hmmm...Arcadia and Howard's End? How could I smoosh them together in 3,000 words? There's probably a way... Oh, and the Shakespeare essay that's due a week or so after the bibliography. I'm thinking something about revenge as it relates to Titus Andronicus and The Spanish Tragedy. Would rather do something altogether different on Othello, but no, I have to compare two plays, and one of them has to be non-Shakespeare... *rails against stupid requirements* God, I feel like I'm back in high school.

Um, yes. So, Happy New Year, everyone! Ignore my complaining, please. This is why I like having the semester end before Christmas break, so I don't have essays hanging over my head during vacation, again contributing to the feeling that I've returned to high school.

Right. Moving on this time, really. So, 2005...when did this happen, exactly? To paraphrase Peter, we're halfway through the decade that has no name. Unless "the oughts" has taken hold. Has it? I've heard that one a couple times, but I was hoping for something so much cooler. Oh, well. After a month or so, I might remember to put mm/dd/05 instead of 04... :)

Bewitched, bothered & bewildered (and bebirthdayed!)

Happy belated birthday to vbrooksutk! Okay, so my New Year's resolution is to get with the program on this birthday thing. Gah.

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Found out from IMDb that the new Bewitched movie is not merely Samantha Stephens-goes-to-the-movies, but rather about a real witched hired to play Samantha in a movie. Er, yes. Shades of that horrible Boy Friend movie with Twiggy, and yes, there's a reason none of you have seen it. I'm not sure whether this makes me want to see it more or less. I named my dog after Samantha from the TV show (I was ten, I was a Nick at Nite addict, shut up), so I'm interested in seeing the movie, but right now, it's more of a "wait and see what the critics say" than a firm need to see the film. This may change when they release longer trailers.

ETA: Hey, softstepshoes, Kristin Chenoweth is in the movie! Playing "Marie"...no idea who that might be. Anything, thought that might interest you... ;)