My film class response paper for �Citizen Kane� is far from done � about as far as it can get, in fact, because I haven�t written a lick. Right now I�m fooling myself into believing that I�ve written at least a sentence or two, because I�m typing this in the paper�s Word document rather than in the dland text box. Oh, look, dland is misspelled.

So I saw �Citizen Kane� for the first time ever on Sunday afternoon after my hmhmhmhm* lesson. I really liked it! This film is one of many Classic & Widely-Acclaimed Films That I Hadn�t Seen, and I am always kind of glad when these types of films turn out to be .. good. Too bad I arrived about five minutes into the film, missing the actual scene IN WHICH HE SAYS �ROSEBUD�; not too much of a loss, though, seeing as how I knew what Rosebud was through the entire movie. Damn people for assuming everyone�s seen Classic & Widely-Acclaimed Films and making jokes about them on, say, Steven Spielberg�s �Animaniacs.� And yet, even knowing Rosebud, I was impressed by the movie � a testament to its high quality. Or maybe I�m just dumb because I�m acting like the movie is all about figuring out what Rosebud is rather than shedding light into the making of a man who�s larger than life?

Above all things, I wish I could write a response. I tried looking to my film textbook for inspiration as to what to focus on, because my notes are somewhat garbly and bland, but the index listing for Citizen Kane takes up about half a column, and I am (s)lackadaisical.

I also just want someone with whom I can re-enact the kith sketch about "Citizen Kane Citizen Kane CITIZEN KAAAAAAANE!!!!" and have me be the person jamming a restaurant knife into the other person's obviously fake hand.

* = I am hesitant to mention what activity I�ve taken up on Sunday afternoons because it�s kind of embarrassing, personally. But it�s also kind of empowering? � Perhaps I�ll reveal it in the next entry.