What I'm Watching.

Whip It. Drew Barrymore directs this charming and, dare I say it, feminist feel-good movie starring the always adorable Ellen Page. The roller derby is hella entertaining to watch, and there are some magical BFF and first-love moments which elevate this movie to more than just a standard underdog sports drama.

Jeanne Dielman... 3 1/2 hours of feminist arthouse cinema! In this highly experimental film, we follow in excruciating detail the mundane routines of widowed housewife and escort, Jeanne Dielman. It's hypnotizing, it's time-consuming, it's... art.

Breakfast on Pluto. Cillian Murphy in drag. Damn, he's pretty.

Love Songs (Les Chansons d'Amour). This musical drama incorporates some of my favorite themes: grief and loss, French, randomly breaking into song, and bisexual polyamory. It's also really steamy.

Finally! A moment to breathe.

John's out of town, I'm caught up on chores, and I finished my homework early in preparation for the Great Weekend of Eating. A lot has happened in the last few weeks, but I haven't had time to blog about it... until now!

-Life! My mom got married! I haven't gotten to know him very well, but I'm glad she has a companion. Melissa and I gave her away at the wedding. Life goes on.

-Singing! The choir performed two major works in November: Fauré's Requiem for All Souls' Day, and Howells' Magnificat for Evensong. We've got holiday masses coming up in December too: Gabrieli's Missa Brevis throughout Advent, Schubert's Mass in G for Epiphany, Haydn's Mass for St. Nicholas on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, plus holiday sing-alongs and carols leading up to Christmas. I'm so busy with this choir, and I absolutely love it.

-School! I took a computer science class this quarter. The workload was high, but I felt in my element. I also took a linguistics class, where the students are young and cute and totally weird.

-Cute boys! My only weakness. And cute girls too, I guess. And chocolate chip cookies. :)

-Animals! Still awesome!

Coming up:

-8 events in 4 days for Thanksgiving weekend. I think this is a new record for me. I'm going to be so, so sick of eating by Sunday.

-Conference in Chicago after Thanksgiving.

-3 weeks of winter break! Let's hang out!