good april

April is only a week in, but i can tell it'll be a good month for me. i'm staying decent enough in school, actually going to my history class (probably why i am also getting better grades); and im going home this weekend. 

this weekend if the first weekend since january that most of my friends will be home. i have compiled a to-do list for the weekend:

1. buy Slumdog Millionaire on DVD. it came out last week and i completely forgot, but i just watched it at my friends dorm and it reminded me how much i liked it.

2. buy a Chelsea jersey on eBay. i just really need a soccer jersey, its really the only jersey i would feel comfortable wearing out to class/party/ect.. and Chelsea is my favorite team, so it works.

3. go to a zoo. i havent been to a zoo in, like, 6 years. i consider it very underrated on the "fun" list.

4. start on my film final paper. it's 10-12 pages, and i have to write it on "the interaction and roles of female characters in John Ford's classic Westerns". i could probably get around 6 pages of actual information on this, which means i'll have to bullshit 4 pages.

5. have a good easter. should be easy.

in sports, the ncaa's ended today.. easily the most boring tournament of my lifetime, there are usually 7-8 memorable games from a tournament, and there was around 3 this year. lame.

also, today the Yankees began their season, with a loss, but i'm excited for the season.

currently listening: Wolf Like Me by TV on the Radio

bored.. random thoughts.

1. decent weekend, a friend and i got fined for 50 dollars for essentially being at the wrong place at the wrong time, that kinda put a damper on things. oh well though.

2. one good thing is that it's the home stretch for school, i think i can start to see the end of this year, one month away. 

3. i havent been getting a lot of sleep recently, bc my roommate has decided that he's quitting school (not going next year, hasnt gone to any of his classes in over a month), which enables him to stay up until 5am playing computer games and talking to his fellow gamers, then sleeping until 6pm. thus, no sleep for me until 4-5ish. it sucks, but not worth getting in a fight about.

4. Easter is in a few weekends, which I will be going home for. i think Easter is one of the more underrated Holidays.

havent posted in a while

wow, i completely forgot about this. whoops.

here's an update of what's happened this year:

January: continued Winter Break, not much else. went back to school. my 4 classes this semester are a french class i need to take, a history class i need to take, and 2 film classes. one on westerns (thats 4 hours long) and one on "retro" films. i'm doing good in 3, i need to step up in history though.

February: not much happened here either, just continued school. i also collapsed in the shower one day, apparently bc i had low blood sugar or something. that was fun.

March: pretty easy so far, just got off Spring Break, I went and visited a few friends in Maine for the week. it was pretty fun, glad i did it. also, March Madness started, which is without-a-doubt the best sports event of the year. i've been obsessed with it since 4th grade. 

so, basically, i'm pretty content of where things stand right now. for the first time in a while i think i have the right people in my life, something i've been working on for a while. hopefully this'll continue through the summer. thats all i got for now

also: In Bruges. good film.

Christmas Review/My Favorite Movie This Year

alright, Christmas came and went today. it was a pretty good day, i got basically everything i wanted. i asked for season 3 of always sunny in philadelphia, i got seasons 1 and 2. already watched those dvd's at uri, but oh well. still good. i got two nice button-up shirts, they are nice. my parents gave me and my 2 sisters $200 each. i dont know how they do it. 

we went to dinner at my aunt/uncle/cousins house, it was pretty fun. the food was good but i almost fell asleep at the end of the dinner since nobody was really talking to me and i was going on 3-4 hours sleep. our cousin from Maine is staying with us for the night, we usually go to the mall with her (we've done it the past 4ish years), but i don't feel like spending my money yet. i'm happy with what i have. 

oh, and i opened and got the GPS i gave my mom to work. she knew the way to my cousins but i typed in the address anyway and it didnt mess up. thats a good sign... i think its a great gift. kudos to me.

so anyway.. last night i watched Slumdog Millionaire. i bolded that so if you get anything out of this post, it's the name of that film. because it's the best film of 2008 so far.. i really hope it gets the Oscar. you can go to IMDB if you feel like looking at what it's about. it's seriously awesome.

anyway, if anyone reads this i hope they had a good Christmas also. peace...

Holiday Stuff & random

So in a couple hours it's going to be Christmas Eve, which means in two days it will be Christmas. i havent asked for much the past 3-4 x-mas's, and this year i just asked for It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - season 3, and a long sleeve shirt that i like. its always sunny in philadelphia is a really funny show, check it out if you havent.

as for giving gifts, i got my mom a GPS this Christmas, so i hope that she'll be able to use that. she travels a lot so it probably will help. i also went to Federal Hill tonight and got a $75 gift certificate to The Blue Grotto for my mom and dad. i also got other things for my two sisters; it should be a good christmas despite this fucked up economy.

I watched "Gran Torino" last night, it was really really good... Clint Eastwood is awesome in it. he basically yells racist stuff at asians the entire time but is still the hero. it doesnt come out until January 9th, but theres some good quality versions online. 

thats all i got for now.. peace

testin the blog out

alright, so its around 6:15am right now and i decided to make a blog. that should tell you a vital piece of information about me, im not much of a sleeper. until i get tired. then i sleep for like 14 hours.  it's a vicious cycle.

but anyway, i'm anthony and this is my blog. most of the posts here will fall under 3 categories: movies, sports, and then completely random crap about my day. i'll try to keep this updated.

not much has gone on today, the usual hang out with friends until 11-12ish then hang out at home for the night. i really like being home. the best part is the food. one good thing that has happened today was i won $0.66 playing poker online tonight. i'm a high roller.

so anyway, i am a film major at URI and i am a sophomore. right now we're on christmas break which has been pretty great for me thus far. the first half of breaks always go by slow, but im sure when theres like 1 week of break left it will seem like 2 days. that always happens.

for the official record, i enjoy all sports. participating or watching, i dont give a shit. i used to play baseball, football and soccer for my town, but only did soccer in high school. i was decent, but didnt really put myself 100% into it. thats a habit of mine. 

i would say this first post has been a success, so im gonna stop before i get too off track. bye.