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Well, I’ve just finished buying ten textbooks for this semester. I don’t mind reading, but come on. This is a little ridiculous. A hiatus may be in order, depending on how things go. My classes have been off to a good start, although I'm a little disappointed with the content of my anthropology class, and one in particular is worth mentioning at this point.

In Norse Mythology we watched the newer Beowulf movie with Angelina Jolie. Let me tell you, there’s a reason it’s in the $2.99 bin at Blockbuster. It’s the worst film I’ve ever seen. The only thing good about it is the special effects and cinematography. There were some unintentionally funny moments like when Beowulf ripped his way out of a sea monster via its eye and yelled “Beeeeeoooowuuuuuuulf!” Other than that, it was so cheesy and far from historically accurate. The visual representation of Grendel and his mother (played by Jolie who can’t act to save herself) was so farfetched it was a joke. It makes me sick that Hollywood wasted so much money on that bullshit. I can’t believe the professor chose this one over Beowulf & Grendel, which only came out a year prior. The two only thing that bothered me about that one were the actress who plays Selma wasn’t that great, and most of the characters had Scottish accents while they were playing Danes and Swedes (with the exception of the Irish monk). Otherwise, it’s a pretty good film with some actual humor, a well-developed and focused plot, showed the true nobility of the heathens, and yeah…Gerard Butler as Beowulf. 'Nuff said.

The only problem is that he has a good friend in the class he’s constantly with and talking to, so I can’t really approach him. With a little Facebook stalking, I found out that she’s dating some other guy, so that won’t be an issue. I heard them talking about going to see Týr and Alestorm in Chicago as well as Paganfest (which isn’t coming to Milwaukee this year either), so I obviously want to befriend this guy in hopes of getting a ride there and mainly because I think we could be good friends. I hope I don’t come off as a creep if I add him on Facebook. We are in the same Facebook group for the class, so it’ll make it less weird, but I really don’t want to screw this up. Not only do we have the same taste in music, he’s also an Asatruar and a liberal. And he’s hot, but that’s probably stating the obvious, since I already mentioned he’s from Sweden. ;) I wish I had people skills and was a little more outgoing, but I’m not. Things will really be strange for the rest of the semester if I add him and he never talks to me after that, so I’m not sure what I should do. Right now the plan is to add him at the end of next week and send him a message saying that I’m in the same class as he is, that I found him in the Scandinavian Studies group, and try to make small talk by asking if he’s going to those shows. (I’m waiting ‘til the end of the week, hoping he’ll recognize me, since all we’ve been doing this week is watching the shitty Beowulf movie.) Any advice about this is more than welcome because I’m totally overanalyzing this and I obviously suck at making friends. For all I know he could be happy to find someone with the same beliefs and taste in music, but my fear of rejection completely over-powers my self-confidence.
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