Damn.
So, after last night's game was over, Cory and I didn't feel like doing much of anything - even though it was still light outside and the weather was nice. We ended up just going to Jamba Juice and then back home to watch last week's episode of Six Feet Under. We loaned Michelle & Richard our Six Feed Under season one DVD -- maybe once they're done with it (and this current season is over) we'll actually go back and watch it. It's kind of sad really - we buy all these DVDs and watch only a few of them. We have the first three seasons of The Sopranos on DVD - and have barely watched any of them. I guess it's the consumerist security of knowing they are there that keeps us satisfied. Actually, most of the time they are not there. Most of the time they (the Sopranos DVDs) are on loan to somebody else who does not have HBO. But that's OK. Just call it a humanitarian effort on our part - a pledge to free the world from a Sopranos-less existence.
Am now on my third cup of coffee this morning. Cory went down to Berkeley (to Amoeba, of course) and I opted to stay home and enjoy my first study-free weekend in months.
It will be a short-lived vacation, however. The independent study officially starts June 2.
The course that I put together with four other students is called Surrealist Feminist Fiction.
These are the books we're studying (I'm too lazy to provide links):

Angela Carter
"The Magic Toyshop"

A.M. Homes
"The Safety of Objects" - short stories

Octavia Butler
"Kindred"

Aimee Bender
"The Girl in the Flammable Skirt" (short stories)

Laura Esquival
"Like Water for Chocolate"

Laurie Foos
"Ex Utero"

Virginia Woolf
"Orlando"

RIght now we are contemplating dropping one of these titles. In its place, we would each add replacing it with a book of our own choosing - either an additional title by one of the authors listed or a new author. I'm thinking about possibly doing the new Margaret Atwood book "Oryx and Crake" - it's an apocolypse now look at genetic technology and catastrophic environmental changes, corporate greed and social inequalities. Atwood is one of my favorite authors - whether she's tackling topics like feminism through science fiction ("The Handmaid's Tale"), surrealism ("The Edible Woman") or more straight forward literature ("Cat's Eye"). So, adding this book would just be an excuse to read it -and get academic credit....I'm crafty that way....
Now on my fourth cup of coffee...which means it's time to get off the computer... it's a lovely Sunday and I've got some being lazy to do....