LaKia R. Thomas

Taking up residency in central pa has made me soft, two inches of snow and I panic frenetically checking the college’s homepage in lieu of a two-hour delay or class cancellation. What happened to that city girl I used to be…you know, the one desensitized and immune to a little harmless precipitation? Could it also be that nothing has changed and I’m just eager for some lounge time much like Ferris Bueller determined to have a day off from school? Speaking of eighties flicks, tonight starts the “made-in-the-80’s” marathon for my girls and I who are celebrating my friend’s twenty-second birthday today. We’ll definitely be making it a blockbuster night if one thing’s for sure. The hassle of the turnpike or simply going into Harrisburg for a fun evening does not sound too convincing considering the expected freezing rain on its way.
The 80’s movie’s that made the cut are Dirty Dancing of course, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Mannequin, Footloose, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and *cough* Meatballs. While interning today, I received some pretty good recommendations. Among them, Airplane, The Blue Lagoon, Beverly Hills cop, and so on. If the movies get too sappy, I’m breaking out Children of the Corn. A few of the most overrated 80’s movies (in my opinion) include Gremlins, E.T., and Ghostbusters. Eww to all three!

Oh, True Life: I’m Graduating was very beneficial. One of my favorite seminars was the one dealing with budgeting and finances. One of the things reiterated by the speaker was that “Christ not cash is preeminent.”