Juno and Whatnot

so this is what happens when you've been slaving away in college for 8 weeks, finals hit, and you're still sane (right?)

when you don't know what to listen to:

-play your top 25 most played (skipping the first 5--psalms that you have memorized, of course)

-find what your friends on grooveshark have been listening to

-just listen--there's nothing, just the stillness, YES that can be good. Think, you don't have to listen to anything! novel.

when you're hungry:

1. pull out a container of feta...there's not much left

2. open and get a spoon

3. sprinkle in some italian seasoning; taste; add more

4. crack some peppercorns on top

5. delight in the flavors! heaven.

when your evening is unexpectedly free:

-let a friend invite herself and a friend for a movie/studying...

-laugh historically and have to rewind the movie because you didn't hear what was going on, only to find out how extremely awkward it was...um yeah.

SO, what about this movie?

I watched Juno. One of my friends owns it and and her accomplice brought it over; little did I know what I was getting into. This is was a shock. WOW. And it was only rated PG-13?

It's a story about a pregnant, 16 year-old-girl who decides not to abort her baby. Awesome! But first you have to get past the immature and shallow view of sex. I suppose that for the targeted audience (modern youth pop-culture) this is appropriate. Yuck. Juno, the mother-to-be, seeks out a family for her child. Great. But then she develops a relationship with the husband. Not so good. In the end she does give her baby to the lady (man divorced the wife because of the girl) and Juno is in "an official" relationship with her boyfriend. That makes it all okay, right? Morals really aren't addressed and it takes a pretty soft hit at the teen's responsibility in the situation, quickly placing the focus on the adoptive family drama.

This film is highly praised by my one of my professors (the esteemed ND Wilson, if you happen to have heard of him), and, in truth, as far as the poignant effectiveness of the arguments are concerned, it is a jewel. Pathos is deftly gained and the audience is easily pulled into siding with the girl and her supportive father. However, there is so much that you have to wade through to get to the point, that unless this is the culture and problems that you face regularly, it probably isn't beneficial to watch--especially for guys. Though most of it is full of wit, the humor that makes the movie so funny is mostly sexual innuendos, mixed with suggestive scenes and stupid gender jokes.

I'm not gonna lie, I laughed through most of it, and made fun of the rest. But I won't be watching this one again.

when you don't have a final until 3:30:

-catch up on email and letters you have been putting off

-post something other than a quote or paper on your blog

-sleep in a bit!