Clueless

Tonight I had a very King's experience:

My Jane Austen professor invited our whole class of 19 to her house to watch Clueless and eat a home-cooked meal! Only ten or so of us showed up (we took the bus in two packs), but the whole night was just so fun! I love that my prof opened her home to us and even fed us! For free! Cause she loves us! (or something). I felt entirely at home in her house and after the movie we all chatted like the bunch of girls we are (no boys in my Jane Austen class) about the funny quotes, great parallels to Emma, and (randomly) trips to Europe!

I feel like this is a very unusual thing for a college professor to do, but at the same time, it seemed so natural to me because of my background with King's (my high school where teacher-student relationships are highly encouraged outside of the classroom as mentors and friends). Specifically, I recall going with a friend to one of our teachers' apartments and watching Gilmore Girls and The West Wing with her and another young female teacher. Stuff like that was so commonplace at King's, I'm glad it happens at college too!

On Clueless: wow, what a funny movie. I had never seen it before, so it was a new experience and I think reading Emma right before seeing the movie made it all the more enjoyable. I did dislike Cher's stupidity (as contrasted with Emma's well-educated background), but it worked with the movie, so I forgive that digression.

On another note: my mother visited me this past weekend for mom's weekend and we had such a good time together! She stayed in my room (my roommate was staying in a hotel with her mom who had also come for mom's weekend) and we somehow managed to do a lot, but also be really kicked-back and just hang out. It was a happy medium. We baked her famous chocolate cake (she taught me each step so I can do it again), and invited my floor to eat it with us! I was so delighted to share our home-made cake with everyone! EVERYONE loved it! We ate out a lot and had extremely good luck with restaurants - I have a lot of yummy left overs! I miss her so much already! But I'm coming home for Thanksgiving, so I only have to wait a little more than 3 weeks!

Three big midterms this week - please pray for me!

That is all I suppose!!

"The trouble with school is
They always try to teach the wrong lesson~" - Fiyero ("Wicked")