The Post-Graduate Life

I worked hard for four-and-a-half years to earn my college degree. Don't I deserve a little bit of a break?

Maybe I don't, but I gave myself one anyway.

In the three weeks since finishing finals, I have spent the majority of my time on these two cushions.



Despite all the hours logged on the couch in the last few weeks, I would classify that time as productive.

This free time has allowed me to catch up on movies and TV shows that I have missed in the last few years.

Here is a partial list of what I have watched since coming home (I have seen some of these before).

• Crash
• Last King of Scotland
• Three Days of the Condor
• Independence Day
• Major League
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Favela Rising
• City of God
• Entourage (first season)
• Flight of the Conchords (first season)
• The Sopranos (first three seasons)
• Barton Fink
• Primary
• Chariots of Fire
• Primary
• Glory
• Juno
• Black Sheep
• Christmas Vacation
• Alien
• City Slickers
• Tommy Boy (well, I sat the front of the car while it was playing the back seat)
• You Don't Mess With The Zohan (several times)
• High School High
• The Simpsons Movie
• Home Alone 2
• Zach and Miri Make a Porno
• Remember the Titans
• Jerry Maguire
• I'm Not There
• Transformers
• Matilda

In addition to the films I've watched from the comfort of the living room, I have also seen a few films in the theater. I would highly recommend each of these films, but if you think you would suffer a reversal of fortune by watching someone staple guns a five-dollar bill to their forehead, I would miss the last one.

• Slumdog Millionaire
• Gran Torino
• The Wrestler

Like any good Jew, we went to a movie Christmas night. And like any good Jew, we also ate Chinese food on Christmas night. But we fulfilled that mitzvah to its fullest by combining the two activites. After getting carry out from the restaurant down the street from the theater, we ate our food during the movie. I can think of no better way to spend my Christmas night.