Things I Love Thursday and an Ode to Joss

Best burger I ever ate - I mean not technically but it sure felt like it at the time. After a long day of migraines, paper writing, studying, and finally sitting my canceled final, I headed over to M Burger. I practically inhaled my burger, fries, and chocolate shake and I was so stressed out and hungry that it felt like the best meal I'd ever eaten. 

Sun and board games - Saturday I finished off my last day of class for the quarter and was rewarded by the perfect afternoon/evening with friends. We sat out on the deck with a gorgeous view of the lake and talked, ate food, and drank the afternoon away. When the temperature started to drop, we headed indoors for nerdy board games and friend snuggles. Much love to Rachel and Brian for throwing a great party.

Dean's list - I worked my ass off this quarter and it surely paid off. I got my 3.85 GPA and landed myself back on the dean's list. I'm really loving this whole getting good grades thing. 

Making peace - We all know that the past year has been a major fail in the life of Em. Just another reminder that things never work out the way you dreamed. I may never fully comprehend  what went wrong and it may always hurt to see him with someone that's not me but apologies have been exchanged and we're attempting to salvage our friendship from the wreckage. I guess for now that's going to have to be enough.

Much Ado About Nothing - This may go on for awhile, there was much to gush about. First off, thank you thank you thank you to Dann and Elise for inviting me as their date, I have been desperately waiting for this movie since I first heard about it over a year ago. Last night, we found ourselves curled up in the ridiculously comfortable seats in the DGA's private screening room anxiously waiting for the movie to start. I admit that I was a bit cautious. I worship Joss and all that is Whedon but I also loathe modernized Shakespeare and have never in my entire life seen a Shakespeare performance that I would label "perfect". Until last night. I loved every single thing about this movie from the soundtrack to the casting to the beautiful black and white setting of Joss' incredibly beautiful home. I love Shakespeare more than just about anyone I know and I know this show backward and forward. I have always thought that Beatrice and Benedick were the most perfect couple ever written and very few people are capable of giving them the performance they deserve. First off, there was incredibly little dialogue cutting which I was thrilled about. When people start to pare down the bard, they get a little scissor happy and chop out things that were actually necessary to the dialogue. To be fair, I blame this on the fact that 99% of the world truly just cannot understand what half of those sentences mean so only die hard Shakespeare geeks like myself notice the difference. No one involved in this project had that problem though. Every single line was executed with perfect clarity of every meaning and double entendre coming out of their mouths. The physical comedy was especially brilliant (HUGE shout-outs to Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof on this front). I am also convinced that, in my twenties, I have been going to all of the wrong parties and that I immediately need to remedy that by becoming best friends with Mr. Whedon. I need to own this soundtrack, I need to own this movie, and I need to see it as many times as possible while it is in theatres. So, if you're looking for a movie-going partner or heading out with a group, keep me on your list because I am more than willing to drop my money on this excellent project over and over again.