Horror Movie Review: Afflicted

On Friday night, opening night, I watched Afflicted (I  couldn't see it Thursday, can you believe that?!). I tried to watch it with Derp, but she was throwing up and not up for horror. For most of last week, I worked to find a theater to watch this movie in, but there was only one in the 50 miles around New York City and the times didn’t work for me. No worries! It was also available for digital download.

  

I had very high hopes for this one. It was described as being incredible and unlike the rest of the found footage genre. Which is true, it is different than the other found footage movies, but not in a good way.

Everything from the trailer is from the first 20 minutes of the movie then it’s 45 more minutes of weirdness and not making sense. My recommendation is to keep your $6.99 and wait for the other amazing horror movies coming out in April. Occulus this weekend!

Wonderful music that'll get me through fall

Each quarter, I make a list of wonderful music that I commit to listening to to death throughout the quarter. Then, when I listen to it later, I have nostalgia about the wonderful and amazing things that happened over the quarter (when in reality I was completely overwhelmed and stressed out, but this list helps me to remember only the good).

If you want to listen on Spotify, click here.

1. Oblivion: Grimes
2. 1234: Feist
3. Free: Cat Power
4. Be Good: Tokyo Police Club
5. Baby I'm Yours: Arctic Monkeys
6. Hands Reversed: Tokyo Police Club
7. Born to Die: Lana Del Rey
8. We Are Young: Fun.
9. Je Veux Te Voir: Yelle
10. Post Break-Up Sex: The Vaccines
11. Feel Good Inc.: The Gorillaz
12. Ain't No Sunshine: Bill Withers
13. Crown: Mason Jennings
14. Marathon: Tennis
15. Somebody That I Used To Know: Walk Off the Earth
16. Starships: Nicki Minaj
17. Golden Brown: The Stranglers
18. If You Wanna: The Vaccines
19. Wetsuit: The Vaccines
20. Jolene: Mindy Smith
21. Ring of Fire: Johnny Cash
22. No One's Gonna Love You: Band of Horses
23. Cross Road Blues: Robert Johnson
24. Who Loves the Sun: The Velvet Underground
25. Two Princes: Spin Doctors

FYI: Some of the songs make it onto multiple lists. The ones I'm not done obsessing over.

Break!

After this:

I've been on a much needed and appreciated break from school for two weeks. I've tried to see every friend and family member I've missed or neglected and tried to squeeze soooooooo much fun into every moment that I'm wiped out (although I've managed to get plenty of sleep). I haven't even watched Gossip Girl, I've been so busy, but that might be because, at the end of season 4, I'm really annoyed with Serena, Lily, Rufus is now totally useless, I'm not sure why Dan is even in the show anymore and the only people I like are Blair and Chuck, but for some reason everyone is pissed at Chuck (And, by the way, Dan never would've slept with that teacher. Bad writing, guys. Totally out of character).

In my brain, I always think break is going to be infinitely long. I plan on getting a ton of work done, do a lot of lying around and sleeping thrown in with some all night knitting and Gossip Girl sessions, hang out with my friends to my little heart's content, apply to a ton of internships, secure a job when I graduate, knit all of my Christmas presents, cure cancer and figure out the solution to world peace.

Needless to say, this didn't happen. I did however, visit two different branches of the family (one in the sticks and one is a small city which I would call the sticks with some tall buildings), hang out with friends, have a nostalgia night, plan and lock down bridge club, get some awesome stuff knitted, crocheted and listed, hang out with my boo and make a portfolio website. So, I did get things done.

I have mixed feelings about going back to school tomorrow. Unfortunately, it will start whether I'm ready or not. Poo