Netflix Quandary

Okay, so I have Netflix, and I generally love it. I mean, I think it's a steal for the price since Zach and I often watch movies and TV shows on the Instant Queue in addition to getting 3 DVDs at a time. However, for the past few months or so, Netflix has caused some confusion in my house. I speak of my desire to watch the 1993 thriller known as Jurassic Park. Now, if I remember correctly (I was six years old when the movie came out), it was a big hit, and very popular. Box office records and all that. Famous movie, parodied all the time. Right? They probably have a couple of copies of it down at the old Netflix HQ, right? Well, Jurassic Park has been number one on my DVD queue for MONTHS and it constantly says "Long Wait" under its availability. For those of you not "in the know" about the 'flix, long waits usually happen when a new, popular movie is available on DVD and Netflix can't meet the demand. I'm guessing Avatar had this problem when it first came out on DVD. But. Jurassic Park is SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD. It is not new. So, Netflix, WHY is there a long wait? It's truly bizarre.

Team Kanye. Forever. Taylor Swift can take her insipid, faux-virginal, "Oh, I'm just the hometown girl in love with all the wrong boys" schtick and shove it. I mean, come on. The man has diamond teeth! DIAMOND TEETH! Also, he's probably my favorite twitter personality.

Also, this:

is how I'd like to spend my Saturdays from now on.

What could be better than a lazy sunday?

I can't remember the last time Zach and I had a lazy Sunday, so today was that day. We woke up around noon, which was wonderful, enjoyed some snacks that he purchased at 7-11 while watching the Bills/Ravens game on TV. I'm not normally a football fan, but it held my interest while I folded laundry and picked up around the house. I realize folding laundry does not sound like a lazy Sunday component to many, but doing laundry relaxes me. I have no idea why. Anyway, during all that I made my special chicken wings, which take forever but are totally worth it. It's an Alton Brown recipe, and all told it takes almost two hours to complete. I don't care though, because they are the greatest wings in the world. Certainly the greatest wings in Baltimore, anyway. I mean, I love it here and it's better than Buffalo/Utica in a lot of ways but the wings (and pizza, for that matter) are seriously lacking.

Now I'm enjoying a cup of tea and preparing for the immigration law mock hearing tomorrow. I can't say what role I'm playing due to someone on the other side who reads this blog, but it should be interesting. Speaking of said person, last night was probably the greatest night of the semester thus far. Some good friends had a party at their awesome apartment, and it was just wonderful. No drama, no weirdness, all fun people who just wanted to have fun. I had a great time, and so did Zach. It was an all-around great night. 

Blahhh..I just want to watch Dead Poets Society and drink more tea. Curse you, sense of personal responsibility! 

This:

is absolutely true. I have about six cardigans, and I love them all. Cardigans are the best.

Okay, evidence can wait.

A year, in pictures:

First Halloween in Baltimore, as Shaggy and Velma from Scooby-Doo.

Christmas at my parent's house. So much food, it is making me hungry just to look at it.

Zach and I at my parent's house. Got my first real Yankee jersey from my sister.

New Year's Eve in Buffalo. 

So good to see all the old Canisius friends. 

SNOWMAGEDDON in Baltimore. We lived on the first floor at this point and this was the view out the window. 

The parking lot. 

The streets. No cars at all, so crazy. 

Brief trip to Washington, D.C. to see the sights. 

The Vietnam wall, and my attempt at artsy photography.

Moved from the first floor to the sixth floor of our building, and now we have a real view!

I have to wear glasses for most of the summer because of an eye thing. On the upside, I did get cute new ones, so it wasn't so bad. 

Trip to NYC to see some law school friends. Me in Strawberry Fields, loving life. 

New apartment furniture is exciting.

Winston is still adorable. 

I haven't been on this thing in more than a year.

SO, I used to have a blog, but then I went to law school. Following the lead of a good friend (Hi Lindsay!), I've decided to revive this thing and write in it every once in a while when I'm either procrastinating studying or somehow free of work to be done.

I'm not even going to try to summarize what went down over the past year, so I'll make a list. List-making is a hobby of mine. Here's what happened in my life from August 2009 until now.

1. Moved to Baltimore with Zach

2. Started law school

3. Met some cool people, made friends

4. Hated life. Law school is hard.

5. Christmas break! Hooray.

6. Second semester. Grades, not so great. Passed everything, which is probably the most important thing.

7. Summer : Internship! Excitement. Real law office, fun! Summer ends, school starts, sadface.

8. Older sister is pregnant! New niece or nephew in December! Excitement.

9. Second year starts. Way better than first. Evidence is horrible.

10. Evidence midterm TOMORROW. Why am I making a blog post?

So...yup.

Next week is Halloween. Also, it is Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity/Keep Fear Alive in Washington, D.C. Definitely going, because it's only about an hour away.

Well, we'll see if I update this again, or if I'll just abandon it the same way I abandoned my livejournal account and my diaryland account. I am the worst blog owner ever.

Back to studying!

recent happenings

It's summer! Also, I am unemployed. Basically, this means that I watch a lot of The Office re-runs and clean the house almost every day. I have also been quite crafty in the kitchen, having baked two loaves of banana bread from scratch, made homemade chicken pot pie and brownies, and other assorted delicious things. Tomorrow is my 22nd birthday, actually, so I won't have to cook, haha. My lovely boyfriend has promised to me a delicious dinner at ETS (Elmwood Taco and Subs) and then, he is taking me to see UP! It should be absolutely great. I'm pretty excited...probably because there is nothing special about a 22nd birthday. After this, I have only a few birthdays to look forward to, i.e. 25, when I can legally rent a car without paying ridiculous fees, 35, when I can legally run for president, and whenever it is that I can join AARP. 55 or something. As we speak, I am currently watching an episode from Season 2 of The Office, and honestly, nothing upsets me more than the episodes before Jim and Pam realize that they are obviously meant to be together and get rid of Roy/Karen/other insignificant others and begin to date, officially. I'm not kidding, it really upsets me sometimes.

So tonight Zach and I are going to the library to catch up on our leisure reading. We are worried that the summer and corresponding summer activities and fun are turning our brains to mush, so we are delving into the list of suggested leisure reading given to us as a prep for law school by the UB Law Admissions website. Included on this list are The Appeal by John Grisham, The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr. I read To Kill a Mockingbird in ninth grade, and I remember the basic plot, but it surely wouldn't hurt to read it again.

We officially got an apartment in Baltimore! We will be living at the Henderson House apartments, which is just a block and a half away from campus. This is great, because we will just have to walk to class and not have to worry about finding parking or anything ridiculous like that. It's a beautiful building that is over 100 years old, and our apartment has renovated hardwood floors, brand new appliances in the kitchen and a washer and dryer in unit! This is unbelievably exciting to me, probably because laundromat prices are ridiculous and we wouldn't be able to just go over to Zach's parents' house to do laundry.

I can't believe we're moving to Baltimore in just a little over a month. It's going to be a huge change, but I feel as if we are ready and in time, we'll love it.