Superfluous Sunshine And Arch-Nemesis Uber-Nerds

Thank goodness I took a break from being my nocturnal self today and actually got up and out of the house before 1:30pm; it's BOO-TIFUL outside!!! In case you've been hiding under a rock today (or behind a book in the library, as most of us students should be), the sun decided to come out and SHINE today! With barely a cloud in the sky, I headed out to school to join my study group this afternoon. Knowing that it was so nice out, our study session only lasted an hour before we got up and moved it outside to a picnic table in order to make the most of the weather. It was perfect: jackets open, books closed, we sure made the most of our time. ;)

You know how it's great when you talk with people who just get what you're trying to say? Yeah, what's how it was with Chandler (because he is) and Baby Fultz today out there in the sun; it was so refreshing. During the time that we actually covered the topics that were going to be on our exam on Friday, I felt so intellectual. Terms such as "thematic significance" and "narratological structure" needed no explanation between us; each of us got to use words such as "superfluous," "perplexing," "protagonist," and "intertextual" together in one sentence without missing a beat or getting lost looks from our listeners. We even got away with sentences like: "He describes different things as the same thing which are the same things" or "The best example of blindness in The Blind Assassin is when the Blind Assassin in The Blind Assassin reflects The Blind Assassin" just because we were SO on the same page.

The connectedness didn't end with the literature we were discussing, but continued on into our other discussions about screenplays, movies, actors, writing, FRIENDS, SEINFELD, Babylon 5, and relationships. The explanations continued to be unnecessary and sentences flowed, even when including terms such as: "ooey-gooey," "giddyup," "Dolanisms," "crediteded," and "arch-nemesis uber-nerds." My favourite line to come out of our chatting had to do with what a guy would say to a not-so-hot girl who suddenly turned super-hot: "I forgot that I love you." Hehehe. I hear that so often. ;)

I love great conversation like that. Though we were talking for nearly three hours non-stop, the whole experience outdoors was very refreshing. Sharing ideas and experiences like that can be so stimulating--a nice break from the boring, ordinary chit-chat and small talk you're usually forced to make with passers-by and semi-strangers. And this is not to say that conversations I have with my closer friends on a daily basis are simple or shallow, but this was a rare chance to look at these topics from a new perspective, a chance to learn something new. A chance that someone with my intellect doesn't get very often.

It's because today was such a boo-tiful day full of intelligence and enlightenment that I'm now actually looking forward to my next week's study session, once again with Chandler and Fultz. According to our shorthand notes from today, we studied UP The Blind Ass Maid (The Underpainter, The Blind Assassin, The Handmaid's Tale), next week, who knows?