Approximately Adam: An Objectively Good Day

November 17, 2005
An Objectively Good Day

I realized sometime after I got off the phone with my parents tonight that today was — by any standard, even home standards — a pretty decent day. True, I only got one or two hours of sleep last night, and walking to the Kenmore stop this morning probably didn't save me any time on my commute.
But I felt like the debate when really well in public speaking. I felt like I got some good questions in during my Discovering Journalism class. More importantly, having lunch at the dining hall, I had one of my first decent conversations with Alex from my group. My hearing is so lousy that since she sits on the other side of Andy in class, I can seldom hear what she's saying. It was good to connect with someone outside my normal social circles, even in such a typically average and sort of mundane kind of way.
Then that afternoon my Newsgathering class had Jimmy Golen come to speak, one of the two sports writers the Associated Press has in Boston. His speech patterns and body language really exemplify the kind of guy who lives on the deadline. He was candid and honest in a way that that the rah-rah speakers really don't convey. In short, I found it fascinating.
Immediately after, I met up with Maia and we ate dinner at the Emerson dining hall. I got my usual pasta and marinara sauce only to discover that it was waffle day. Needless to say, I indulged. Sometimes small little refreshing changes in habits can have a profound impact on outlook. Following dinner, we took the green line to Park Street then switched over to the red line and took it to the Kendall stop. The point of the meet-up was a free movie pass I'd scored at the Kendall Square cinema. We had no idea where it actually was, but fortunately one of the employees outside the Marriott was able to help.
The theater was a bit packed when we got there, but we still managed to find seats up front. After a short with Rosario Dawson sponsored by Glamour (they had a very swishy rep on hand who talked before the projector kicked on) the feature came on. I'm not going to say that Bee Season is one of the best films I've seen this year, but I will certainly say that it's the most unique. I tried writing my review once already, but it resists summarization and clean-cut analysis. I do know that the role the divine plays in this movie more accurately captures my own feelings on the divine than any film I've seen before. It was a wholly new experience at the theater which is so rare for me any more, even if the ending was disappointingly pedestrian.
After the T, we hit up the Dunkin' Donuts by my building (Regular gas: $2.25 9/10) and then I called home, though I didn't have too much to say this time. I fiddled about on the computer for a while before eventually catching up on the most recent "Boondocks" and "My Name is Earl" episodes. Both were often laugh out loud funny. "Earl" voyaged a little ways toward genuine sentiment. Perhaps the best episode so far.
Meanwhile, apartment life was calm and peaceful. Now that I'm confortable going pants-less here, and now that I've got the fan and heater worked out to make that happen, it makes everything else far more comfortable too. With rare exceptions, my room here in the apartment is a comfortable place to be.

^{posted by Adam at 03:55 |}

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