Interesting map

It assigns a movie for each state (although skipping DC). Some of them make you go hmmm:

Florida: Scarface? I would've gone with Wild Things.

Georgia: Deliverance? Unh-unh, the little-known gem (but guilty pleasure) The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia. Yes, they made a movie out of it, starring Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid and Mark Hamill. No, it has really nothing to do with the song, except that both have shootin' and good ol' boys.

Missouri: REALLY unfair to stick them with Jesus Camp, especially if you reuse JC for another state. Should've gone with Meet Me in St. Louis.

Washington State: First Blood??? I thought that took place in upstate New York?

Vermont: What the hell is Super Troopers? How about--HELLO--White Christmas? "This is Vermont, New England's winter playground?"

Louisian: Never even heard of Southern Comfort. I'm going with The Big Easy.

South Carolina: Glory? Hmmm. I would've gone with one of the movies based on Pat Conroy's books, like The Great Santini or The Prince of Tides.

BOOKS

Last week I ordered most of my books for this semester--we have quite a few (like 6-7). Many of them arrived today, including A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry, Medieval Warfare: A History, What Were the Crusades? and Froissart's Chronicles. We also have the Penguin edition of Henry V on the list--I'm going to ask the professor if he can distribute the critical essays in .pdf format or something, since I already have at least two copies of Hank the Cinq. But--DROOL. The book on the Crusades looks delicious--I'm going to be even more of an Hermione and read it before class, as well as a few of the others.

Amazon has started a new program--Amazon Student. You give them your .edu email address, they verify that you're a student, and then for a year you can try out all the benefits of Amazon Prime (which for my purposes means faster shipping). Class doesn't start for another couple of weeks so I didn't really need the books that quickly but it's nice to have anyway.