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what a day what a day...chris drove me home circa 7:30 this morning, and i proceeded to sleep until noon. lucky for me i had not a single obligation for the rest of the day since yesterday was the last day of classes. i did, however, have a shitload of studying to do.

i had lox and bagels for breakfast along with a fried egg. it seems as though i've consumed seafood at every meal since i had (imitation) crab salad for lunch, then stir fry with shrimp and chicken for dinner. hopefully i won't die from mercury poisoning.

i transcribed some old church slavonic for my project (yes i have a fucking project even though classes are over), went to the gym, did some cleaning, studied for my thursday final, made dinner for me and mel, and now i am transcribing a glagolitic manuscript that i need to have prepared for my oral final exam next monday...

last night christopher and i saw 'milk' and i thought it was excellent. i had heard it was a bit too politically-oriented, but if i of all people didn't find it at all too overbearing, i think it is just fine for the masses. the theatre was surprisingly full for a monday night in brookline - a mix between old people and gays, basically. it was over two hours long, but it went by fairly quickly and had me crying at the very end. i would be interested to read a light history of the gay rights movement - perhaps kasia has something for me in her queer literature collection. i am particularly excited to be going to san francisco next month and being able to see the castro, etc. where all the shit went down.

another good gay-oriented film i have seen recently is 'were the world mine' - an interesting take on 'a midsummer's night's dream.' basically an all boy's high school is putting on a production of the play, the lone gay boy finds the potion to make everyone fall in love with whoever they first lay eyes upon, and as a result half the town turns homosexually-oriented. though it sounds cheesy, it was really cute and far superior to most gay films i have seen. the music was excellent (it was a quasi-musical) and i bought the soundtrack immediately upon returning home. hurray for gays!

the rest of the week is looking ok. tomorrow i again have nothing to do but study - bryan and i are going over some OCS during lunch, then perhaps coffee with chris beforehand. thursday i have to turn in a take-home final, then take my linguistic structure of english final before working a few hours at gsas. later that night i'll be dining with the bowens since they are in town. friday and saturday i have holiday parties, though with plenty of studying in between. gross.