Captain America (Spoiler Free)

This post will probably be nothing more than an extended Facebook post, but there will be no spoilers, so rest easy!

I just got back from seeing Captain America: The Winter Soldier and I loved it.

Still processing the movie in my brain. But the initial reaction is still excitement.

Better than the first Captain America. Definitely the best movie I've seen all year. The best Marvel movie since The Avengers. Sorry, Thor... you're still my second-favorite Avenger, though.

Lots of action and excitement, but enough slower moments to balance it out without dragging it down. The movie really kept you on your toes the entire time. Lots of surprises.

Obligatory Stan Lee cameo: very amusing.

Marvel trademark after-credits scene: I must admit I only saw the first one. I thought about staying longer, just in case there was another scene, but I was there with a friend and I didn't wanna keep her waiting around for nothing. And so I missed the second scene. And I feel like an idiot.

(but not as idiotic as the people who started leaving right as the credits started rolling. really, people? haven't you learned by now?)

But I'm really excited about the scene that I did see. Very excited for Marvel's future.

Awesome movie. This movie really is every bit as good as people are saying it is. Go see it. Go see it twice. Take me with you! I'd like to see it again.

Ides of March - Part 4

Here's a list of people who should be extremely cautious today:

1. Roman generals who might become king
2. People who have a lot of friends
3. Anybody who has a friend named Brutus
4. People who can speak Latin
5. Regina George
6. Anybody who has a friend named Antony or a variant thereof. Good luck, Avengers.
7. Anybody who's ever worn a toga
8. People who work in kitchens (where they keep the knives)
9. People named Brian
10. Anybody who's gotten a warning from a soothsayer
11. Clumsy people
12. Paranoid people
13. Anybody who makes a list composed of exactly thirteen items

Haiku of the Day - Jan. 13

Rain falling always
Eroding the helpless earth
Drowning us in mud


BUT FOR REAL.
It has rained here every day for the past five days, and we're expecting rain for at least two more days. It's ridiculous. How I am supposed to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather if I can't go play Frisbee on the quad? If this doesn't let up soon, I'm going to wear out my houndstooth rain boots. That would be awful.

Here's a little geology fun fact for you, if you happen to find geology fun: What many people call erosion is actually weathering. Weathering is the term to describe the breaking off of particles of rocks or sediment by forces like wind or water. Erosion is just the transportation of the broken-off particles. Geology brought to you by an English major.

So I've been in my room a lot the past couple days, growing very bored. I've watched more Netflix and YouTube videos than any human should watch and I've even done some sporadic cleaning and organizing. Half of my room is neat and tidy now. I've also been eating way too much junk food. I would go walk it all off, but... yeah. It's raining.

I wonder if anybody's started to build an ark. If I help them, maybe they'll let me ride on it.

What I've been watching on Netflix:
-The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
-Thor: Tales of Asgard

What I've been watching on YouTube:
-Iron Man 2 clips
-The Avengers clips and cast interviews

WHAT I JUST GOT ON DVD AND WATCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS AND LOVED:
-Iron Man

(notice a theme?)