Gone With the Wind

This weekend I took the oppurtunity to watch the great classic movie version of gone with the wind. I wasn't terribly interested in vieiwing the movie, if there is something you haven't taken the time to see by the time you are 28, then it doesn't interest you all that much. At any rate I sat down and watched the movie with the vet assisant this weekend and enjoyed it. I did have a bit of curiousity about the movie/book. It would have been hard to get through life ignoring all the great works of literature. I did enjoy the movie and didn't really think it was all that long in duration. The Scarlett character was interesting and good. I can't quite figure out how she got herself so stuck on that Ashley fellow, even after she was married to Rhett. I think I would have stayed around at the end though if I was Rhett. After waiting that long for her to come around and become his wife, he just decides to leave after she has revelation. Some guy he turned out to be, thinking he could leave to London to make Scarlett jealous, and then having a nervous breakdown after the death of the daughter. I do however now have a better idea of the context of the not giving a damn quote. I had always knew it was from the gone with the wind series, but now know how it was better used.

I also finished my tobacco late saturday evening. We started cutting on tuesday, finished cutting on friday, and had it all hung by saturday. I wasn't really wanting to play around and hired just about anyone who showed up. I am not entirely sure how much I spent in the process, but I don't see the point of paying a low amount towards labor and a high tax bill. I can take what I pay out in labor in taxes, but I am not entirely sure how that ratio is determined come tax time. I will be visiting my tax people in december to see what I can expect this coming fall. I am glad to have my tobacco done, I can't ever remember putting in more than five acres in two days. From the numbers I wrote down, I only spent about 200 hours putting in the crop, which came down to about 38 hours per acre. I am pretty satisfied with that. The other two crops we put in were closer to 50 hours per acre to put in. The best part is that I now have most of this week off to get some R&R since we are ahead of schedule.

I also finished my graduate program this last week. I had a phone interview with my advisor, and she didn't tell me that I failed. I can't decide if the work I did was a good enough quality, or if she passed me so I wouldn't hurt the schools graduation statistics. At any rate I passed and don't plan on doing any more acadmic work for a long time. I will be getting rid of most of my school items from my house after I get more confirmation. My office room should be plenty cleaner when that day comes. I have a fold out couch in there now that is likely on its way out soon also. I put a couch in there because my brother asked if he could stay at my place sometimes if he was home during the summer. If he starts up school without taking the time to hold up his end of the bargain, the couch is going somewhere else. I can't decide if I should try it out on craigslist or just set it in the yard with a free sign on it and wait for the couch to disappear. One one hand, I could get some cash out of it. On the other hand it would be gone quickly and without question.

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