Friday, November 6, 2009
Why?
Why is it that when something terrible happens, like the shooting yesterday, it has to happen again soon after? There was a shooting in Orlando today, (in fact the person responsible has not been caught) and two people lost their lives, 17 other people were shot. I don't understand what drives someone to that point! Thankfully I am fine and so is Matt, and everyone we know and care for.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Thinking...
Today there was a shooting at a military base in Texas. The gunman was a military psychologist. I can't imagine waking up and thinking "im going to go shoot a bunch of people today". A friend of mine has a sibling stationed there. I am praying for her tonight.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Frustrated!
I hate math. I hate group projects more than I hate math and I ESPECIALLY hate math that says, hey? You know what? We're gonna have a group project, JUST TO MESS WITH YOU! But not just any group project...no no, that would be too easy, we're going to have one for an online class! And you can't possibly meet in person because you live in a different state! Good luck with that sucker! So you know, just a little bit frustrating.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Excited!
This is my second time writing this. Blogger decided to crap out on me right as I hit publish. So....
I am excited for Halloween! We had to pull down all of our Halloween decorations last week out of the attic and I found myself so excited for this holiday! My mom always made a big deal out of Halloween. She used her creative genius to create costumes, contraptions and decorations. My favorite was this thing she created for the front door so that whenever it was opened a witch or spider would come rushing at you. I spent a lot of time opening and closing the door and watching in delight. Since then, I found Matt, who like me, loves Halloween. Every year we wait for all the store's Halloween aisles to go up and then we search for bigger and better things for our decor.
Right now, our decorations include: several carved, uncarved and porcelain pumpkins, countless headstones, a door mat, a fog machine, "Vinnie the Vampire", a set of "haunted" books, a haunted village, and many more things. Not too gory, but a lot of fun!
I did recently make my first Halloween purchase. I bought some candles that appear to be white on the outside, but drip red when lit. I am very excited to use them!
I have no idea what my obsession with Halloween decorating is, but I love it. Luckily, I found a man who loves it with me.
The one thing I will miss this year is the crisp air that comes with Fall in Utah. But..I have something they don't...MICKEY'S NOT SO SCARY HALLOWEEN PARTY! I am so excited!
I am excited for Halloween! We had to pull down all of our Halloween decorations last week out of the attic and I found myself so excited for this holiday! My mom always made a big deal out of Halloween. She used her creative genius to create costumes, contraptions and decorations. My favorite was this thing she created for the front door so that whenever it was opened a witch or spider would come rushing at you. I spent a lot of time opening and closing the door and watching in delight. Since then, I found Matt, who like me, loves Halloween. Every year we wait for all the store's Halloween aisles to go up and then we search for bigger and better things for our decor.
Right now, our decorations include: several carved, uncarved and porcelain pumpkins, countless headstones, a door mat, a fog machine, "Vinnie the Vampire", a set of "haunted" books, a haunted village, and many more things. Not too gory, but a lot of fun!
I did recently make my first Halloween purchase. I bought some candles that appear to be white on the outside, but drip red when lit. I am very excited to use them!
I have no idea what my obsession with Halloween decorating is, but I love it. Luckily, I found a man who loves it with me.
The one thing I will miss this year is the crisp air that comes with Fall in Utah. But..I have something they don't...MICKEY'S NOT SO SCARY HALLOWEEN PARTY! I am so excited!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Oh SNAP!
There were two instances this week where there were some serious OH SNAP moments with celebrities...first was with the Taylor Swift/Kanye West MTV Music Awards debacle. Kelly Clarkson spoke her mind on her blog saying "what's wrong with you? Did you not get hugged enough as a child?" to West. She went on to say that she disliked him more than her ex-boyfriend, "which is strange, cause I don't even know you personally". Snaps to Kelly Clarkson for putting Kanye in his place. In case you live in a box, Kanye interupted Taylor Swift when she was accepting her moon man for the "Best Female Artist Music Video" to say that Beyonce deserved it more.
The second Oh SNAP! moment was surrounding a comment that Megan Fox said stating that working with Michael Bay was like "working with Hitler" in his approach. In return for this comment Megan Fox was backhanded with a letter from an anonymous trio that supposedly work with Bay on most of his films. "Megan Fox is a classless...woman who is dumb as a brick" They started off. The letter when on to be much less than flattering to Megan Fox ultimately hoping "that they kill her character off in the first 5 minutes of Transformers 3" OH SNAP! I thought this was probably something Megan Fox had coming seeing as her big mouth had yet to get into any real trouble.
The second Oh SNAP! moment was surrounding a comment that Megan Fox said stating that working with Michael Bay was like "working with Hitler" in his approach. In return for this comment Megan Fox was backhanded with a letter from an anonymous trio that supposedly work with Bay on most of his films. "Megan Fox is a classless...woman who is dumb as a brick" They started off. The letter when on to be much less than flattering to Megan Fox ultimately hoping "that they kill her character off in the first 5 minutes of Transformers 3" OH SNAP! I thought this was probably something Megan Fox had coming seeing as her big mouth had yet to get into any real trouble.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
A Vampire Observation...
Twilight: A book series penned by Stephanie Meyer designed to give woman irrational expectations of men.
True Blood: A book/TV series designed to give woman irrational expectations of men. With more sex.
I have read the Twilight books several times and have seen the first movie. I have always thought that Twilight was pretty original in some of its storylines. Since watching True Blood, I am starting to wonder if Stephanie Meyer didn't get some of her ideas from another vampire series....
True Blood is based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries, a book series that was released in 2001. Twilight was released in 2005. There are a few similarities that I have started to see, that I would like to point out.
Twilight stars Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. Edward is a vampire who can hear other people's thoughts, everyone's but Bella's. He was turned into a vampire in the early 1900's and is a gentleman. He does not believe in feeding on humans, and only feeds on animals.
True Blood stars Bill Compton and Sookie Stackhouse. Bill is a vampire and Sookie is a telepath who can hear other people's thoughts, everyone's but Bill's. He was turned into a vampire in the late 1800s and is a southern gentlemen. He does not believe in feeding on humans, and only drinks Tru Blood.
Twilight has Jacob, a were-wolf with a crush on Bella.
True Blood has Sam, a were-dog with a crush on Sookie
While True Blood is much much more gruesome and less wholesome than Twilight is, the similiarities stacking up so I will post it here and see what others think.
True Blood: A book/TV series designed to give woman irrational expectations of men. With more sex.
I have read the Twilight books several times and have seen the first movie. I have always thought that Twilight was pretty original in some of its storylines. Since watching True Blood, I am starting to wonder if Stephanie Meyer didn't get some of her ideas from another vampire series....
True Blood is based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries, a book series that was released in 2001. Twilight was released in 2005. There are a few similarities that I have started to see, that I would like to point out.
Twilight stars Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. Edward is a vampire who can hear other people's thoughts, everyone's but Bella's. He was turned into a vampire in the early 1900's and is a gentleman. He does not believe in feeding on humans, and only feeds on animals.
True Blood stars Bill Compton and Sookie Stackhouse. Bill is a vampire and Sookie is a telepath who can hear other people's thoughts, everyone's but Bill's. He was turned into a vampire in the late 1800s and is a southern gentlemen. He does not believe in feeding on humans, and only drinks Tru Blood.
Twilight has Jacob, a were-wolf with a crush on Bella.
True Blood has Sam, a were-dog with a crush on Sookie
While True Blood is much much more gruesome and less wholesome than Twilight is, the similiarities stacking up so I will post it here and see what others think.
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