Long Day's Journey Into Movie Night.

"I'm not running away... I'm coming home."
91 (or 93)-year-old Jacob Jankowski.

So after not having a computer for nearly two weeks, and having a malfunctioning computer for two weeks prior, I'm a little behind.
Well ok... Really behind.

Some Things to Know.

• I have a boyfriend. It's wonderful. He's just lovely.
• I've started my second quarter on college. I have some awesome classes.
• Anthropology 101. It's basically a culture study.
• Geography 121. Sort of the same thing, but will have more to do with the way the region we live in affects us.
• English 203. It's "A Critical Approach to Drama". I love it. I love it. I love it.
• Math 113 (again). This time, I have a math-whiz boyfriend, and an awesome professor. Let's hope this goes a little better.

Drama class is completely amazing. We're reading 9 plays written by people considered American modernists. We're starting with "Long Day's Journey Into Night" by Eugene O'Neil. It's super depressing. It's sort of a day in the life of the author's childhood home. The play revolves around Mr. Tyrone, his wife Mary, and their sons Jamie (33), and Edmond (23). Sounds like your typical Failure to Launch situation. Although it's set in 1912, it's no cheery setting. The father is a set-cast actor, who is tired of playing the same role his whole life. Jamie is a failed actor, who has no ambition in life other than to get drunk, annoy his father, and waste all of his sparse income in whore houses. Edmond is the naive youngest son, and happens to have Consumption (TB). Oh yeah... Mary is completely addicted to Morphine, and has been since a rough labor with Edmond.  Not to mention, the three men are alcoholics. Well... Tyrone's is high-functioning, and brags that he's never missed a day of work. Jamie is completely done for, and Edmond is well on his way. It's so gloomy.
But honestly, it's an incredible piece. There is no up-front reference of what Mary is addicted to, only the fact that she consistently becomes more and more removed throughout the day. They constantly pick at each other, and occasionally, a complete fight will break out, and they always mention something from the past. it creates the suspense that such an experimental (for its time, that is) writing needs. Also, we're never given any outside historical references. There's no mention of the current president, the economy, or the Titanic. O'Neil makes it so easy to apply the play to our own lives in hopes that we'll dig up our own ghosts, and finally lay them to rest. It's incredible. I'm so looking forward to this class. =]

So tonight, Ty's coming over for a movie night tonight. Poor boy has never seen Despicable Me, Tangled, or Water for Elephants. Poor boy... But all we can do is pray. And have movie night. Well.. he's here, and Mummy is harping at me to quit blogging, so I suppose I'll post again later.

Btw... How cute is that word play in the title?! Because I had a terrible day at work, but we won't go into that. People are just rude, and think that just because I take their food orders, they can boss me around for other things, and be just completely awful. So it's been a long day.