A recent development

So basically, there's a new man in my life. I'm still a big fan of Adrien Brody, and his work, but I think it's best that our one sided relationship ended. After seeing the Jacket, which I thought was horrible, I began to have doubts. Plus, I'm pretty sure he was cheating on me with Elsa Pataky, who played the woman with the baby in Snakes on a Plane, as well as Rebecca, my roommate Jessica's little sister. Things declined gradually over time, and fortunately, there was no messy breakup. I'm not sure when during this time that it was that I began to notice Joaquin, but I certainly feel in my heart that he and I are much more compatible than Adrien and I were. As I'm starting this new relationship, I wish Adrien all the best in his career and in life in general. If it's meant to be between us, we'll find each other again someday, but for now I'm enjoying my time giggling over my new obsession. My only hope is for Adrien to treat Rebecca with the same love that he and I once had...

Suprise! (Not.)

I just finished watching The Village. I missed this movie when it was in theaters, and had planned on seeing it when it finally came out on DVD. I actually went to the video store twice with the intention of renting it, but I was always distracted by something else, so I've missed out on this movie up until now. My fabulous roommate Jessica's birthday was a week ago, and she went home this weekend to celebrate with her family. She got this movie for her birthday, and I was thrilled when she asked me to watch it with her tonight. As my blog layout shows, I am a huge fan of Adrien Brody's work (and his sexy body) and I've wanted to see this movie for a while because I've heard a lot of different opinions of his work in this movie, and I was eager to formulate my own. The movie focuses on a 19th century village, which is located in an area called Covington. The villagers are taught from a very young age that the woods surrounding the area are inhabited by dangerous creatures that should be avoided at all cost. Sometimes, the creatures cross the border into the village, and when they do, the villagers all disappear into underground bunkers that they access through trapdoors in the floors of their homes. Every house in the village has one of these safe areas. The villagers are also taught to avoid the "bad color," red. They bury everything that they come across that is red, because they believe that red things attract the creatures which they are so desperately trying to avoid. The beginning of the movie basically focuses on delievering this vital background information to the audience. The plot picks up when Ivy (played by Bryce Dallas Howard) and Lucius (played by Joaquin Phoenix) announce that they plan to get married. The situation is complicated because Ivy has a special relationship with Noah, (played by my future husband, Adrien Brody) who is mentally handicapped. Noah is actually in love with Ivy, and he doesn't understand why she plans to marry Lucius instead of him. In his anger, Noah goes to Lucius's house, and stabs him. Lucius is seriously injured, and he contracts a serious infection from his injury. Because Ivy is deeply in love with Lucius, she begs her father for permission to leave the village to seek medicine that will heal Lucius so they can get married as they had planned. Ivy's father reveals the truth about the creatures in the woods, and gives her directions on where to go. Ivy then ventures out into the woods in hopes of finding medicine to cure her beloved. I'll not post spoilers here, in case people are reading this that have not yet seen this movie, but I will say that if you have ever read Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix, you will probably be able to guess the ending just as I did. I noticed several striking similarities between the movie and the book, and just before the suprise was revealed, I asked my roommate if what I suspected was actually about to happen. She didn't answer, but I was very pleased when my prediction turned out to be true. Immediately after the movie was over, I went online and found out that there was a controversy over where the idea for the movie came from because it was quite similar to Haddix's book, which was published 8 years before the movie was made. The publishers of the book and the author even wanted to sue the movie producers, but in the end, the dispute was settled out of court. Even though I guessed the ending, I really loved this movie, and I was very impressed with my boyfriend's acting abilities. The Village was a fabulous movie, and I hope to add it to my DVD collection very soon.

Hooray!

I had my dreaded first Organic Chemistry test last Friday. I was very very nervous about the test, but I took it, and I survived. I got my grade back today, and I was thrilled to get an 86!