Modernism...eh?

Ok so in two of my classes (Humanities and American Lit.) we're dealing with Modernism. So far, all I want to do is groan every time I hear the word.
I don't understand it. It's an all encompassing box of ideals during the 20th century, sure. But that doesn't make any sense. The Europeans see it as a break from all that is the past, the Irish see it as embracing their past, Americans don't have a lot of past to break from or embrace so they see it as urban or rural...there are too many ideas here to all be put in the same box!
Faulkner has so much dialect its ridiculous, and in The Sound and The Fury (which, strangely, I actually found myself liking) there's all this muddied time and place and who and name. It would take years to really understand the book. (BTW, thank God for spell check or this last bit would have been gibberish with my typing rant.)
Next we read Grendel and I'm not sure if I should be afraid...A book based on another book so that the author didn't have to focus on plot...not only that but the symbols are zodiac and the philosophy is 20th century rather than pre-historic Celtic whatever that Beowulf was written in? My head hurts already!.

Looking for a job for the summer, any ideas?

Henna Job!

Had my first job at Unique Treasures Saturday. Did henna on a teenage girl, and sadly it was not my best. She kind of surprised me with a custom piece (a claddagh with a clover instead of a heart, which sort of defeats the point of the symbol in my opinion). I did the piece as a bracelet, explaining the symbol to the girl and giving advice on how to take care of her tattoo. I asked that she not move her wrist around much until it dries and let her be. She ruined it within minutes and asked me to fix it. I said I would if she let me take a picture of the piece. She did but I don’t think I’ll be using the picture due to the piece’s ruin…the clover looked more and more like a glob no matter how I messed with it.
I did three free pieces for the owners of Unique Treasures and will put up the pictures in a new photobucket account when I can.
My jac bottle clogged up and I had no mylar cones with me, a mistake I will not repeat that is for sure.
For my first time doing henna there I think it went rather well. In all I made 8 dollars and some change (the girl’s mother had to pay with debit card which has a fee at the shop).
If you’re ever in Johnson City, TN on a Saturday stop by downtown at Unique Treasures for some excellent coffee and a henna tat.

The Joys and Sorrows of Firefly

This past summer I was introduced the wonder that is Joss Whedon's Firefly. As soon as I was able I bought the series online and watched it all in one day with DC. We both were in love with the show and ran out and bought Serenity after finishing the series. Having now watched the movie twice and revelled in the special features I can blog about it.

Rant
WHY THE HELL DID THEY END WITH ONE SEASON!
So wrong. So very, very wrong. What's gonna happen to Zoe now that she's lost her hubby? Will Kaylee and Simon last? Is the Alliance still after them? Does Mal and Inarra get together? What was Book's past?
As you can see, I am a lil agitated.

Joss Whedon's The Dollhouse starts this month, pretty exciting. I hope it turns out well though there are so many recycled actors from Buffy and Angel.

Henna Tryouts

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I bought some henna samples from hennapage.com
They're ok but I've used better. It may just be the mix I did.
Here's the outcome

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And after about 2 hours of setting

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Another Amazing Date

I know its been a while, and I'm sorry for it.

Whats going on in my life in the new year?
I have 2 jobs, one wiht the library and another witht he school paper as their advertising manager.
Dealing with other people to learn how to do something fo ryour job is not the best thing ever. I'm currently playing phone tag with a guy from College Publisher to try adn do a demo to learn how to advertise and post advertisements online. Its been three days of phone tag and he isn't in the office on weekends -_-
I have 17 hours of classes, almost all of which have a stack of books to read. I'm also teaching a class on Jane Austen, reading four of her books (Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, and Emma).
All of this on top of a boyfriend who and friends as well as my writing...

As for something a lil more personal and recent yesterday DC took me on a beautiful date.
We went to lunch at my favorite oriental fusion restaurant where I had sushi and redbean mochi buns which I've been craving for weeks.
After eating and talking like an old couple for an hour we went to the historic district of the city and walked around in the snow flurries. There were beautiful houses and storefronts. We had expensive gourmet chocolates at Earth and Sky (I had a honey and lavender truffle which was amazing and DC had a peanut butter thing that was very sweet and yummy) and looked at antique stores and I bought an Indian purse necklace at a shop that sells trinkets and statues from Asia and South America.
Just walking around in teh cold holding hands and kissing under the snowy sky was so romantic and its those pictures that stay in my mind when I think of DC.

Sorry for the gush but I had to post and figured this was the best thing thats happened to me in a while.