quickie

it's a humdrum thursday night and i'm alone in the apartment. mel is at class, then watching Grey's with Lauren on campus...Christopher is out with his fellow sociology grad students. i finished my homework for tomorrow, went to the gym, had dinner, and have no motivation to leave this couch. 'the exorcism of emily rose' is on lifetime tonight (lol) - i think i know exactly where my night is headed.

earlier in the week christopher and i went to see 'the boy in the striped pajamas', which is a holocaust tale based on a best-selling book of the same name. in a nutshell, a young german boy moves to the countryside from Berlin after his father is put in charge of a concentration camp. the kid befriends a jewish boy through the electric fence, and so the story goes. the ending was very powerful, and as you might have expected, depressing. i saw a bunch of great previews, too, for Doubt (about catholic priest scandal) and Milk (about the first openly gay Californian politician). wee!

i really should be writing my Structure of English research paper or my book review, but i'd rather sit here and rot, pondering my plans for the weekend. Friday night is up in the air, but Saturday we are going to happy hour downtown and then to the tree lighting in Quincy Market. i am not a huge fan of holiday festivity this early (i.e. prior to thanksgiving), but whatever, it will be fun. my friend Inés joining us, so i look forward to a particularly good time.