one week ago today, my students in my group class told me that this would be the last class, as there were not enough students to keep the class open according to the schools new rules. i wasn't happy about this, plus it seemed weird that i had to hear about this from my students. couldn't the secretaries be on top of things and let me know this in advance? well, later in the week i had one of my supervisors find out if it was true and it was. well, today i get a call from that branch saying "don't you have your final class today?". i was not happy about this, and let it her know i wasn't happy that they had messed up again. the secretary said she'd call me back when she found out the details, but no one has. so maybe i'll have that class next week, maybe not. i've no idea.

this evening peter and i went to see the two towers. i wasn't sure what to expect. i ended up really liking it. and the special effects for gollum were really done well(not going to say all the digital effects were great, but gollum was), much better than the effects in harry potter or those dreadful new star wars movies. i've read that the film takes quite a few liberties with the tolkien novel, but as i haven't read the books in around 20 years i'm not sure what was changed. peter's sister and her girlfriend didn't like it much till the big battle at the end. but peter liked it better than the first one. i know a lot of people like stadium seating in movie theaters. i'm not one of them. hearing inane conversations as if the person is talking directly in my ear is not why i pay to see a movie. which of course was what happened today. but once the movie started i shushed them loudly and it seemed to do the trick. the sound in the theater was loud enough to drown out most of the cell phone calls, however, that didn't stop the man next to me from answering his phone during the movie. i saw peter giving him a disgusted look, and i loudly shushed him a few times. hoping either he or the caller would get the message and shut up quickly. the man did speak quieter after i shushed him and then finally hung up. but still, i shouldn't of been put in a position where i had to do that in the first place. is it really so hard to switch off your phone while you watch a movie?

earlier today i was reading on go to your room some ideas about how people concentrate too much on the negative and not enough on the positive. eventhough i think she is probably right, here i am again complaining. and it seems like a lot of blogs are that way. are blogs really just one big whiner convention?