Triumph of the Will

I think my media prof is a socialist. No, I'm not kidding. I really think she is. She emailed us this movie and told us we had to watch it before class tomorrow. Which is fine and no big deal really. But that movie was "Triumph of the Will", the Nazi-made propaganda film from 1935. It was 1 hour 45 minutes long and I think about an hour of it was just watching Nazi soldiers march around and yell "heil Hitler". I felt like looking up "Yankee Doodle Dandy" afterwards and watching the soldiers march off singing "Over There" while James Cagney tries to sign up to kill Germans. It just seemed wrong to have to sit and watch Hitler preach about all the good things he was going to do for Germany when we all know how it ends up.
When I'm bored and have nothing else to do (like when watching pro-Nazi movies) I have this tendency to make plans for the far off future. And by far off I mean about two years. Like, last summer I would get bored and plan out how I was going to live in DC after I graduate. I'm not like some people (who shall remain nameless) who plan out there entire life and then expect it to all work out that way. It's more of like a "gee I wish I could..." type thing to keep myself entertained. Well, while watching "Triumph of the Will" I had another one of these planning sessions and I actually think I may try and follow through this time. I've decided that when my sister finishes high school I'm going to take her to Europe as a graduation present. Either London or Paris, I think. Maybe both, what with the Chunnel and all. I'll be out of college and, in my mind at least, I'll be able to afford it. It would be a good bonding thing for us to do before she goes away to college. So that's my "gee I wish I could..." for the day. Completely unrealistic and unatainable, but it kept me entertained during my 2 hour dose of 1930's socialism.
I should get to bed because it's 1:30 in the morning and God knows we'll be the only school on the entire east coast with class tomorrow. Its not like Catholic would give us a day off because of dangerous ice and snow conditions. And its not like every other school from DC to Boston had off today. Damn you Victor Nakas!!