Starting the Year With Good Fortune

Today we finally got around to taking down all our holiday decorations.  It's always sad because I never feel like it's really Christmas until Christmas Eve so I'm never in a holiday mood until it's too late.  So I took down the tree sadly since now I'm feeling all Christmas-y.

I also went to see Les Miserables today! It's a musical I knew very little about until about three weeks ago to be honest, unlike all of my friends who all took French in high school.  I had all of these expectations of it until I saw a film adaptation with Liam Neeson and actually learned what the story was.  To be honest (and please don't hate me) I'm not a huge fan.  As a history major with a focus on modern European history I'm more interested in the revolution sub-plot of the story than anything else.  So naturally I had thought the revolution and the suffering of the french people would be the focus of the story.  I was definitely disappointed when I was met with a story filled with several characters I wasn't too fond of. I will never understand why Valjean didn't just accept his 5 year sentence.  Dude, if you hadn't kept trying to escape prison you would have avoided the extra 15 years! And Eponine, if you love Marius so much you should tell him instead of crying to yourself about it.  Been there done that, Honey. No excuses. And Marius and Cosette, you haven't even spoken one word to each other.  Slow down crazies, slow down.

The new movie was amazing though.  It's beautifully filmed and very well acted, especially by Anne Hathaway! She was incredible.  And I definitely loved the revolution sub-plot which was touched on more than in the version I saw before.  Enjolras is AWESOME and the actor who played him sings so well.  I'm so surprised that everyone I've heard from has been raving about Eddie Redmayne.  He sounded like a dying cat compared to Aaron Tveit.  Sorry Eddie, love your acting, not your singing. Anyway, I enjoyed the movie and I highly recommend going to see it.

Other than that it was a pretty quiet day.  I was, however, excited by this fortune I got in my cookie at dinner.  My first fortune of 2013.  And that brings me to today's photo:

Day 4/365, January 4th: "Good Fortune"
Taken with Lensbaby Composer, Plastic Optic, and 37mm +4 Macro attachment.

I'm hoping this is hinting that I will make it to Korea after graduation.  That would be fantastic.
  
Also, I'm thinking about doing a self-portrait for tomorrow.  Seems like a good idea.

I wish you peace and good health.

Namaste