2.9.11

Hello again!



Lots of exciting stuff is happening on campus so far this semester. Well first, we had a grand total of 3 days off of school due to the blizzard/ice, which was fantastic. Yeah, everyone is behind in their classes now, but was it worth it? Oh yeah. So that was exciting. I went sledding officially for the first time in my life. I don't count the time I was 10 years old because I went down the hill once and then started crying because I was so cold. Not my fondest childhood memory. But this time, instead of using a sled, I wore a trash bag. I'd never heard of this before in my life, so it was interesting when I was told to just slide down the hill on my stomach. But there's a first time for everything, so I did it and it was a lot of fun :)



I guess the next thing that's exciting is all of the recruitment activity that's been going on. Sorority recruitment is done with for now, but fraternity recruitment is still in its final stages. It'll be good to usher in a new generation of fraternity and sorority members.



Valentine's Day is also coming up! I have never like the day much, though. I guess I was always one of those skeptical and cynical people who thought Valentine's Day was an excuse for already mushy couples to be extra mushy, which frankly is very annoying. I'm not looking forward to all of the cheesy love notes that will be posted on the walls of many a facebook couple. Bleh. But any excuse to get chocolate is bearable, I suppose.



Alrighty, movie review time. I believe in my last blog post I talked about the good movies I'd seen. But instead of doing regular movie reviews, I think I'll post my Oscar predictions. And here they are:

Best Picture: "The King's Speech"


Best Actress: Natalie Portman for "Black Swan"


Best Actor: Colin Firth for "The King's Speech"


Best Supporting Actress: Tie between Helena Bonham Carter for "The King's Speech" and Hailee Steinfeld for "True Grit"


Best Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush for "The King's Speech"


Best Director: David Fincher for "The Social Network"


Those are the top nominations I can predict. I guess I'm a bit biased because I thought "The King's Speech" was phenomenal, and I can definitely see Christian Bale winning Best Supporting Actor for "The Fighter"because he won a SAG Award for the same thing. So, who knows. But I think "The King's Speech" will take the majority of the awards for this year.



Have a good week, guys!