Disco Mono

If there is one important piece of advice I can give future college freshman its this: Never, NEVER hook up with a random guy at a club. Dance with him, grind, whatever. Have fun, but don't be stupid. Its not like they make kissing condoms.

I spent three days lying in bed without enough energy to get up for food or go out to CVS to buy medicine. My fever managed to climb to 102 before I realized that I couldn't take care of myself. I called my mother so that she could drive all the way up from NYC to come bring me home and take care of me. I ended up missing all my classes those three days and then the entire week afterwards.

Even after the fever went away, that shit stayed in my system and managed to weaken my immune system enough to get me sick three more times after that.

Fucking mono, man.

And while we're on the subject, wrap it up! Then get tested and keep using condoms.

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Movies I Can Watch Over and Over Again

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The first time I watched this movie I had to watch it again to understand it. Don't make this a date movie - its a bit intense and not necessarily in a romantic way; there is no "happy ending," partly why I love it so much. The strange world this tragedy is placed in is made to feel so realistic you forget that the premise is nearly impossible.

Favorite Quote:

Joel: I can't see anything that I don't like about you.
Clementine: But you will! But you will. You know, you will think of things. And I'll get bored with you and feel trapped because that's what happens with me.
Joel: Okay.
Clementine: [pauses] Okay.


Fight Club

So, who is Tyler Durden? Oh, just some crazy dude who apparently likes chemical burns, late-night basement fights, blowing up the buildings of big corporations, and fucking the brains out of Helena Bonham-Carter. It's Brad Pitt and Jared Leto shirtless... what more could you ask for in a movie?

Favorite Quote:
Marla Singer: My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school.

Wristcutters: A Love Story

By far the most misleading title for a movie. Zia offed himself that way, sure, but the real story begins when he ends up in some kind of limbo for suicides in the middle of a desert. He drags his friend Eugene on a road trip looking for his ex who apparently offed herself after he did. Of course, the lovely and quirky Mikal gets them to give her a ride... but how did she get to limbo?

Favorite Quotes:

Zia: I'm not going out tonight. It just makes me depressed
Eugene: So, what you gonna do? Kill yourself?

Eugene: I'm not sitting in the back.
Zia: Why not?
Eugene: Cause everybody knows guy in the back seat doesn't have a cock.
Zia: I don't know about you Eugene, but I got a cock. Do you have a cock Mik?
Mikal: Yeah, I got a cock. A big fat one.

Garden State

Of all the movies that Natalie Portman has made, this one is my favorite. More than just a sweet love story, this movie is about getting over guilt as much as it is about drugs, fucked up families and crazy hometown friends.

Favorite Quote:

Sam: He's protecting me.
Andrew Largeman: So?
Sam: He *likes* me!
Andrew Largeman: Don't be cute.
Sam: He's my knight in shining armor.
Andrew Largeman: Don't talk about knights around Mark, it's a sore subject.
Mark: I'm gonna kill that motherfucker!
Andrew Largeman: Pun intended?

Florence + The Machine - Heavy In Your Arms

I was a heavy heart to carry

My feet dragged across the ground

And he took me to the river

Where he slowly let me drown

Florence + the Machine have incredibly haunting lyrics and this video along with it makes you shiver just a bit.