Midterm Madness!

I apologize for the lapse in between posts.  I'm in the midst of getting multiple things done for my classes. I missed a class last week that threw off my whole [rest of] week and weekend.  I believe in the very hippie "go with the flow" sort of philosophy, but missing my class really threw a stick in the gears.  I haven't figured out if it was because I really enjoy the class or if I am just a creature of habit. 


I sort of wax and wane between the free-spirited hippie artistic personality and this other, more rigid, analytical scientist person.  I really don't feel both qualities at the same time, but I don't think I have some sort of split-personality disorder or something.  (Well probably more Bi-polar, but DiD's far more fascinating!)  Well maybe I do, people who are crazy never THINK they are crazy.  I guess the early '00's did far more damage than I thought.

This really does illuminate my true bi-polar personality! (no pun intended nor insults toward persons with the disorder)

So, aside from my "DiD," which has only become apparent because I missed my favorite class, the week is looking hectic.  It's that part of the school year where I have to stay at least a week ahead or else. 

On a serious note, I've known people with clinically diagnosed Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly multiple personality disorder) and it is nothing like they portray on television or in movies.  I can't believe I'm claiming soundness of mind with this sentence, but Jim Carey's "Me, Myself, and Irene" was a terrible and offensive movie.  (Like none of the others were.) 

Other movies with DID for reference are:

Identity
Sybil
Being John Malkovich
The Three Faces of Eve (a bit hard to find)

and lots of terrible movies with DiD/MPD as a gimmick for the plot, like Johnny Depp in The Secret Window.

After spending a few hours of research on this, I feel like the only real movie on this point is Sybil, and Sally Field does a phenomenal job, portraying nearly twenty different "people." It was a groundbreaking film then, and it remains a classic for a reason. The remake was sort of a disappointment, just go for the original.

Okay, more to follow another time, I must go do work now!
Shayna