What?! A Wife?!

I'm married.

It's an odd feeling being married. Nathan and I planned a wedding for a year, spending spare cash on wedding related things rather than things for ourselves. Then it was over. What do we have to show for it? A couple of rings on our fingers, enough wedding gift cash for new windows in our house, and God approved sex. Ha to that last one! No, in all seriousness, I feel safer and more secure than I've ever felt, and my heart feels full enough to burst.

I do think it's funny that all the guys say things to Nathan like "Way to sign your life away!" and "Now your life is over!". People say things to me like "It was about time, huh?" and "Way to go!". It's funny because it's so backwards. The whole marriage thing was Nathan's idea. I wasn't hinting or waiting for a proposal at any point. I was the panicked commitment phobe, Nathan was the one who wanted to be married. Now we're both happily married. Take that convention!

Love is all around my friends.

The Lower Depths

Okay. Over the last few nights I've spent my time watching The Lower Depths. There are two versions of this film, both based on Gorky's russian play. The first one I watched was adapted and directed by Renoir, and is in French, the second is a Kurosawa film. I have to say that while I wasn't a fan of either adaptation, I actually liked the French film better. This is the opposite of what I expected. In general I tend to dislike french films, and while I find Kurosawa overrated, I do admire his style. Honestly, when it comes to style, I liked the Kurosawa version, and I appreciated that his adaptation didn't have the "happily ever after" ending that the Renoir film did, but I found that it just wasn't as easy to follow as the French film. The Japanese version had more characters, and gives you the feeling that you're picking up the story from the middle instead of being in on the entire thing.

I apologize. I'm really not good at writing complete thoughts, and even worse at it when it comes to movies. I shouldn't even write these entries anymore.