Tuesday, March 2, 2010

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."

All right the only reason I'm blogging this is so I don't forget.

This spring/summer I'm going to read classic literature and watch classic movies. I'm going to promise myself to read a book a week. All right maybe every two weeks. Gotta give myself some time here.

Why do I want to do this? - you might ask. Well I found the site goodreads (which by the way is pretty addicting) and it made me realize just how many books I want to read in life. I look at the books I've read and it doesn't seem like enough.

Why watch movies? - well I'm going to film school in two years (well hoping I get into a good one) and I feel as though I haven't seen many of the groundbreaking, classic films. I've seen plenty of movies but I don't want to go to school and have someone ask "Have you seen Gone With the Wind?" And I say, "Well no." I want to be able to answer "Yes, I've seen it. And read it too."

And of course I want to be more social this summer. Even though I want to read and watch films I cannot become a recluse.

Oscar Wilde is my favorite person to quote. Hence this blog's title.

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