Fridays are Fun

Fridays are always fun. Even though I have a 9:30 class, but I really don't mind it at all. I also have a 12:30 class, which I like a lot and don't have to do much work for. Just reading, when I choose to. So today we watched the movie version of "'night, Mother" written by Marsha Anne Norman, starring Sissy Spacek and (some other women whose name I forget). Anyway, its about suicide. The daughter shoots herself in the end and the whole story is about her explaining everything about how to run the house and why she is killing herself. So after the movie the class gets into a discussion about the Spacek's character and the believablity of her suicide. I personally, as someone who is only alive becuase her parents don't own a gun, thought the character was completely believable. Infact, I thought it was the best portrayal of a suicidal female every. The author completely knew what was going through her head and how to make a character explain it. Then a bunch of people in class just totally attacked the character and said they didn't understand her motivations and that she was selfish. I really wanted to smack them, because what the character said and how she said it was exactly how I felt during my numerous suicide attempts. I was just never able to articulate them. I feel that inorder to understand me better, you have to watch this move or see the play. Anyway, have a great day.