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:: Friday, April 11, 2003 ::
Wow! It's raining hard today! For the first time, I am actually using the umbrella I purchased at the beginning of this school year!
What a long day it's been. I stayed up pretty late last night and then had real difficulty getting to sleep, so I slept in until 11. As soon as I woke up, I rushed to Vietnam War section. After section, I talked to my friend from across the hall, and we went to lunch together. Following lunch, I went to participate in a psych study to receive study pool credit. Afterwards, I went to hear Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer give a speech in the Science Center. She is an old lady who fled from Nazi Germany when she was young. But now she is a sex therapist. She talked about a variety of topics, from abortion to erectile dysfunction. After her speech, I approached her and asked her to autograph my Sex for Dummies book that my friend gave me. She signed, "To Sam, Best Wishes. Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer." How exciting! I then rushed through the pouring rain (the rain here is so dense I quickly became soaked) to my psychology class section. After the section, I met with Assistant Dean Nye on personal concerns. Finally, I was able to return to my room and calm myself for a little while.
Tonight was the student/faculty dinner, but the professor my classmates and I invited declined our request, so I didn't have a faculty member with whom to dine. I still wanted to go to the dinner, though, so my good friend from across the hall and I decided to dress up anyways and "crash" the dinner. The food they served was regular dining hall food, but they did have fancier napkins and table decorations than usual. After dinner, I met up with Jordan, and we went to go see the CityStep show. CityStep is a program where Harvard students volunteer to teach a dance program to local elementary and high schools. This was the big presentation of their work. Jordan had written a song for the program. It had a space theme and had a sample of the Apollo lift-off countdown. It had a hip-hop and electronica feel to it. I knew that Natalie Portman participated in CityStep, and she performed in the show with the students. So, I finally saw Natalie Portman. She's short... she was about as tall as some of the taller elementary school children. What a day of celebrities. First Dr. Ruth and then Natalie Portman.
After the show, we went back and hung out for a while. I saw a demo of how a computer music-writing program works, and then we watched some cartoons starring Homestar Runner.
It was quite unfortunate that the night ended so abruptly, but it was only around 11, and I didn't want to go to sleep, so my friend from across the hall and I decided to go rent a movie. We walked for a long way through the pouring rain to get to the nearest video rental store and got this movie called "The Fluffer" and another one called "Strictly Ballroom." We also picked up some snacks for movie night on the way back.
As I got back to the dorm, my pre-frosh arrived. As a freshman, I get to host prospective Harvard students. This student, whose name is Daniel Pearle, was from Studio City, California, and he is trying to choose between Harvard or Yale (where both his parents attended). We talked to him for a long time and answered his questions about the school. Then, another pre-frosh, who was staying upstairs, stopped by, and we chatted some more about the school.
Finally, at about 3 in the morning, we started watching The Fluffer. In the porn industry, a fluffer is a person whose job it is to, well, keep the male porn star aroused for the next scene. Thus, this film was about a guy who watches a gay porn film for the first time ever and becomes obsessed with the star, Johnny Rebel. He becomes an employee of Johnny Rebel's porn studio as a cameraman and doubles as a fluffer behind the scenes because he is the only one who can keep Johnn Rebel aroused, even though Johnny Rebel is "Gay-for-Pay," meaning that he is really straight, but he does gay porn because it is more lucrative. Thus, interesting issues arise. The movie had an interesting concept, but it was badly executed. The dialogue and soundtrack were horrible. The fact that it was an independent film probably explains something, but it's not an excuse because there are many excellent independent films.
Yes, that was a long post, but yes, it was a long day. I finally went to bed at five a.m., which is probably the latest I've ever stayed up for social reasons.
Oh yes... And perhaps I may be hitting another Steps obsession. I have rediscovered the joys of the now-defunct British pop quintet. Current song: TRAGEDY.
:: SL 1:08 PM [+] ::
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