Don't cry for me, I'm already in bed

I rolled out of bed this morning to turn off my alarm, but it wasn't my alarm. It also wasn't the morning. It was 1:30 am and The Nice Man was drunk. He really wanted me to be drunk too. I was very confused because I didn't know any of these things until I tried to turn my phone's alarm off and accidentally answered the call. When I told him it was 1:30 at night he said "REALLY?!" 

Today we're going to look at three movies from a single class. This project involved breaking eleven classes into between six to eight groups. The average size of a group was five students. Out of approximately sixty-five to seventy groups total we received twenty-five movies. Three movies from a single class ended up being the record. Lets take a look at what made these girls so special.

If You...

What made these girls special was their gumption to make the first half of their movie utter nonsense. Who is throwing the paper balls? The teacher? And what is "shaking legs"? I didn't dare ask them, because it would have completely ruined the movie for me. 

I would also prefer to live in a world where the lunch lady was from Top Gun II: Farm Town - Fighter Bombers and Barley.

Do-do-do do do Do! do

About a dozen groups claimed that they were going to make a meticulous stop motion movie complete with miniature scale models of people sneezing and what not. This is the only group who actually did it. Kudos to them as well for perhaps the best special effects of the entire competition with their teleport maneuver. 

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This movie is being rejected by the servers, probably for being too big. Here's a youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4QHfLd6tA&feature=youtu.be

Let me know if it doesn't work. I've never uploaded to youtube before.

Despite no one speaking a word of any language in this video, it came second in the school's vote for best film by only one vote. There was awhile there where I was worried democracy didn't work. With slick production value like this, you can sell anybody on anything.

Sunrise, Swingset

I was considering marking this occasion with a transcription of song lyrics that I find pertinent and meaningful, but then I realized that I'd already had a contractual obligation to show you the best films to come out of Bummul's film festival. I'm not usually a man of my word but I'm currently being vetted for office so I'll have to follow through.  I will follow through in the form of a Top 10 semi arbitrary list of 13 movies that I want to show you over the next few days.

Dangerous Motions

The boys here do a great job of using a television to pad their film with contextual and unlicensed footage. The stunt work is a bit wooden but the boys' demonstrate a reoccurring theme with an awkward tagline that would make a great film title.

The Poor Boy

The sad tale of a boy who drives himself into poverty. If you don't have a tear in your eye during the poor boy scene at the end you don't have a heart. Of special note is the actor's dedication to the roll of 'bad apple'. Yi Seung Jong put on fifty pounds just for the final scene where we peer into the boys future. Incredible.

Mix Daum Pot

Quite simply the greatest fake smoking I have ever seen.

I have taught my last class an achieved office ornament status until the end of February. This is a great time for us to really solidify our relationship.

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These days are fast.

Lately my last dreams of the night have been strange ones. I met President Obama and his old wrinkled white wife in the crowd while I waited for the parade that he was supposed to be in. He wanted to hang out. Last night I was a bee. I wake up when my cell phone plays jazz sax and I look at the same dark room I've been looking at for nearly two years now and think "again". The three minutes I take to stretch like an inflexible dog and roll out of bed to find my sweatpants are the three minutes that feel the longest. Maybe that's why everything seems to rush back to them.

This morning after I showered the first thing I put on were my socks. I don't know why, but it was a nice change. I followed through with this impromptu dressing freestyle by putting on a shirt, then a sweater, then underwear and pants. I'm aware that this is the least attractive way to get dressed, but this morning I didn't pretend there was a camera in the corner of the room to strut for. This morning was just for me.

There are a lot of things I've never, depending on your point of view, bothered to or been able to do in two years here. One of them is fabric softener. When I take my towel off the drying rack it holds it's bend and folds with an impressive rigor. The fabric is very rough when it's freshly washed, but this reminds me of some unspecific positive time in my childhood.

The past three weeks I have been cajoling the 9th graders into making movies, specifically public service announcements, for a film festival that has finally arrived. Next week all the movies will be shown to all the classes and they'll get to vote for their favourites. We were going to have a preliminary round this week to pick the best film from each class, but so few films were turned in that they'll all getting into the event. Lucky for you, we'll be deconstructing the films all together over the coming days I feel like it right here at no dog.

Have a taste.

I might get to go home early today, so don't you work too hard.