Feeling Emo

by Lauren Roodt
One of the best things that Grahamstown offers is the movies. Now I know it's not quite right for a student to choose movies over Friars but, every once in a while when we are feeling a little lethargic, my girls and I pop down to the movies. This week we decided it was due time to pay them a little visit. After a tough week full of emotions and steep up hills it was exactly what I needed. You must have experienced a week like that - if not dear prospective first year- you will. Trust me. Hormones, work and the moon. A bad combo. (A small aside: I blame the moon for everything. If I spill my water it's the moon's fault, if I have a bad hair day- jip it's the moon.)

Anyway, lest I get more side tracked...

I stumbled blindly into this one. My friend Caroline has been waiting to see Bella for the past three months so we all happily skipped into the theatre _ BLINDLY. What I expected to be a happy chic flic turned out to be the final push on my emotions. It was the most beautiful, touching movie I have seen for a very long time but it certainly pushed me over the edge and the pressure of the last week seemed to gush out of my eyes before I could blink it back.

Girls (sorry boys but I don't think you fit in here) a good cry when under pressure is the best thing for clearing the varsity blues. It goes miles. That, coupled with a good mug of Vanilla Milk and the most expensive choc-chip biscuits I could find fixed me up for another month. So, find yourself a brilliant bunch of friends (if you can't I'll happily share mine) and make regular visits to the movies. Goes down well to the start of a good weekend.