Not much has actually happened over the week, the highlight was the extended essay being finally finished. I've been fighting the urge to be unproductive so I managed to find a productive outlet of procrastination (thanks to Tanya *throat clearing*).

Bibliography

Filmography

Ah yes, my area of expertise. Well okay, I haven't had much time to watch any films but there are ones I've seen before...quite a lot, to be honest. Since the to-read was based on a classic, I thought I'd keep the theme going. I love classical films too much. I mean, it's insane.
Speaking of insane...I'll suggest something in the horror/thriller genre to keep a steady flow from one section to the next. I consider classical films to be more effective in building suspense than more modern films, mainly because they don't rely on high budget special effects and CGI to give you a heart attack, but rather something that would be etched into the back of your brain for weeks.

A film I find very effective in a giving goosebumps is Robert Aldrich's 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?', starring two of the best actresses of the era (and nemeses): Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. The films is about two sisters, 'Baby Jane' (Davis), a former child star living now under the shadow of her crippled sister Blanche's (Crawford) stardom as they've grown up. A film where you follow a characters descent into madness is a film you really shouldn't miss.

'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane' (dir Robert Aldrich, 1962)

Jams

I like jazz, so sue me. 

I'm a huge John Coltrane fan, there's something so extraordinary about his music and the way he plays. I won't go into it too much because there will be a post coming up (hopefully) on him sometime this week. So I'll just drop by my favorite album by him, because I've been listening to it way too much these past few weeks (Jazz also fits in with the classics theme, don't question me).

Lush Life by John Coltrane is the epitome of coolness. The kind of cool that makes you want to wear sunglasses and drink coffee at 11 o'clock in the night.

The biggest mistake I have made so far in my life- and that's saying a lot because I never make good choices -was my decision to cut off caffeine. There were some issues (which I won't go into) and with some discussion with my mother, we decided the safest choice (in a trial-and-error situation) would be to cut off caffeine. Now, the issue was that my mother thought I only had one to two cups of coffee a day, whereas I had up to four or five. So you can imagine how terrible the withdrawal symptoms must have been (which again, I won't go into). So after two days, we both realized; the now healthiest option is one cup of coffee a day.
Two days of suffering really paid off and I will celebrate with one of my favorite methods to make black coffee: Cafetière À Piston (or less fancy, the french press).

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