Woo hoo! Finally done!

We had various technical hitches and vexations over the weekend with Mel proctoring my exam (which she had kindly consented to do), so I went ahead and did it after work today. Just sent it in, and I think I did a fairly good job. I'd like to have had access to my textbooks (how silly is it to have a closed-book test and then have "cite specific evidence" as part of one of the exam questions?), but there it it.

Time to go home and celebrate with some dinner and a very unIslamic glass of single malt. (Did you know that not only is wine not *technically* forbidden to Muslims, there are some sects that use it in religious rituals? OK, yes, they are regarded as 'ghulat'--heretical--by most other Muslims, but...)

who's for the movies?

I missed a *lot* of films that I wanted to see in the theatre in the last couple of years through in attention. I'd like to try and fix that. Some of the movies in release right now I'd like to catch include the following. Who's up for a show?

Definitely
The Painted Veil
Venus
The Good Shepherd
Letters From Iwo Jima
Blood Diamond
The Last King of Scotland (yes, I do know it's not about Scotland :-)

Maybe
Children of Men
Volver
Casino Royale (again)
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Queen (again)

on video
Flushed Away
Flags of Our Fathers (since I missed it in theatrical release)