My Weekend...

was 6 days long this week! yay! Now, I know that may sound like a vacation not a long weekend to some...but since my usual weekend is 4 days long...I think 6 days qualifies as a long weekend. Its seriously going to suck once I have to reenter the work force soon.

I had one class on Monday and then its been free time ever since. I had a lot on my to-do list though (with the impending move and graduation), and most has been accomplished (or I've scheduled time for it to be done tomarrow...I'm a procrastinator, what can I say?).

First I would like to say I've seen Twilight 3 times and still love it SO MUCH! Woohoo for it making 70 million opening weekend! Can't wait to see what it does for this holiday weekend. And I still love Jasper. I'm probably going to see it again next weekend...and then again once I move home. I <3 twilight

I'm dog sitting for my friend Meg. Her dog, Molly, is my dog's bestest friend. They have lots-o-fun together. And it makes you want to scream. There is SO MUCH barking and running and growling and knocking into your legs...it could potentially put someone (a lesser someone than I of course) in the nut house.

She's been here since Tuesday so they have settled down some by now. Except after they poop, they ALWAYS have to play, and go crazy. My dog also has some serious possession issues so feeding them turns into a 20 minute process when normally its about a 2. The first couple nights Molly and I got into some arguments involving sleeping arrangements, but we have them mostly worked out by now. I've never seen a dog take up so much space on a bed...its ridiculous. Maybe she just seems so big since my dog curls up into the smallest little ball when he sleeps, I dunno.

The whole thing makes me happy I only have one dog. However its going to be very sad when I move becuase Phillip will be so lonely, as I'm sure Molly will too. (don't you love how both our dogs have people names?)

This weekend I also thought about doing some homework. I made a 1/2 a webpage. That seemed good enough.

I did, however, catch up on some extremely corny, made-for-tv christmas movies! I love this time of year for all the un-godly reasons! I believe, whole heartedly, in commercial christmas! I love the lights, the cheesy movies, the songs, the shopping, and the presents!

I dvr'd a bunch of christmas movies from abc family (how can you go wrong?) and they all seemed to have a centralized theme...christmas and crime. I'm not so sure how these 2 things seemed to get linked but did they ever. I watched a movie with Melissa Joan Hart and Mario Lopez where she kidnaps him on christmas to pose as her boyfriend, another with Shannen Doherty who was a theif, and yet another one with Tony Danza who was also a theif! I guess Christmas + Crime + popular 90's actor who is no longer famous = Feel Good Christmas Movie!

On a side note, I also watched Fred Claus (that just came out on DVD) and it was really cute and funny. I liked it a lot.

I've also been reading a lot this weekend. I just read Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I don't really understand how I've made it this far in life without reading it but I had. It was really good, and short which is always awesome.

I also read what there is of Midnight Sun. What is that? well...Stephanie Meyer, the author of the twilight series, had a rough draft of what would have been the 5th book of the twilight series leaked onto the web unfinished. This book (Midnight Sun)told the same story as twilight, but from Edward (the vampire's) perspective. This discouraged her so much that she stopped writing it and just posted it on her website, instead of having people go all over trying to read it. She has said she isnt going to finish it now because of the leak. That is really unforunate becuase what she has is amazing and I loved it. It was only about 250 pages but amazing just the same. And since you already know what happens in the end its not AS horrible that there is no ending.

Reading Midnight Sun and seeing the movie made me want to read Twilight again...so I did. In like a day. Turkey day actually.

And now I'm on to Eragon which Meg has been trying to get me to read for months. I'm only like 200 pages in but it is actually pretty good...you were right Meg...

I go on spurts with my reading and I've hit another one. The only problem is that once I start reading something, I don't want to do anything else until I'm finished. It's all consuming.

Finally, I actually did some packing and cleaning...today. I spent Tuesday through Friday doing nothing and being a bum and finally got productive on the 5th day. Better than nothing I guess.

I packed 8 boxes of clothes and books, and 3 garbage bags of hangers. I also got 4 bags of clothes ready to give to good will, which are already in my car ready to go. I threw away about 12 bages of shit, including 3 bags of paper-shredded stuff. I have been putting off my shredding for probably about 2 years, and I finally did it all today, while watching my Tony Danza Christmas movie. I cleaned out the closet that formerly held the litter boxes. That is an hour long process just to get all the litter out of the carpet. That closet is SPOTLESS and closed up so no more animals can get in and make messes. I also did like 6 loads of laundry. I feel quite accomplised, and my back hurts from all the work...damn rollerblades...


I move 2 weeks from tomarrow. My last class is on Wednesday, with my last final being Friday the 12th. I have 2 presentations PLUS 2 finals and a final paper (and Im only taking 3 classes...where does all this work come from?!) My dad and Karen fly in on the 11th. Its going to be a crazy couple weeks coming up...

Twilight

My movie finally came out!!

I am totally one of those crazy fan girls that you saw all over the TV this weekend going insane for Twilight. I went to the midnight showing on Thursday night with my 2 friends Megan and Michelle. We all wore matching Team Edward shirts and acted like excited school girls. It was great. I went to go see it again Friday night (sans the Team Edward shirt) because I love Twilight just that much.

The movie made $35 million just on Friday and the professional money guessers are saying it may top $70 million opening weekend. The sequel was greenlit by Summit entertainment today. All of this is great since I LOVE TWILIGHT.

The books are, of course, way more magnificent than the movie, but the movie held its own, I thought. It was directed by Catherine Hardwicke who also did Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown. Both indie films (amazing ones btw) and she made Twilight have that feel also. The beginning especially had that 'this is a low budget indie movie' feel but the some of the stunt work held up to the bigger Hollywood blockbuster bar.

For me, Jasper, one of the vampires, stole the movie. He had few lines and not too much screen time, but he was EXACTLY what you picture when you read the book. The actor, Jackson Rathbone, did an amazing job bringing the character to life and staying true to the book. He is easily my new favorite vampire.

I think the way they did promotion for this movie was tricky. The book, and now the movie, at it's core, is a love story. The previews made sure you knew that it was about vampires and fighting, not so much the love story. And the love story is what the movie was for about a hour and a half. The last half hour was easily the best part of the movie and had the most action, but I can see many movie goers (especially boys) being seriously annoyed by then that they got tricked into this movie. Hence, I believe that is why there are somewhat negative reviews so far.

Then there are the die hard fan girls. They are all mad because its not an exact replication of the book. Those people annoy ME to no end. You can't fit a 600 page book into a 2 hour movie. You just can't. Things have to be edited to save time and tell the story. They had to know it was going to happen. Maybe it doesn't bother me that everything wasn't in the movie because I have a horrible memory and don't remember all the details of the book. Either way, get over it evil pre-teens.

I've been watching all the press that the actors have been doing for the last week for the movie and I have to say, Never in my life have I seen 2 lead actors so awkward in front of the camera! Both Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are awkward and antsy when they do interviews. They don't look at the camera half the time, they play with their hair, hide their faces and act ultimately uncomfortable. Its so strange. The rest of the cast does fine, but those 2 are just so weird.

Well, Twilight is corny and silly and I LOVE IT. I'm fascinated by the vampires, love the story and now, Jackson Rathbone. Everyone should read the book and then go see the movie. In that order because otherwise I'm not so sure you would like the movie at all.

Twilight kicks Harry Potters ASS.

Redo

I redid my blog for Christmas!

Since I can't decorate this year because of the move I am incorporating everything Christmasy that I can into my life. Early.

I added new pix of my fam (aka me and my pets)

I shortened my recently watched movies (it was getting seriously obnoxious)

I wrote 2 new posts! (all for you Marnie, just becuase you asked)

And its only 2:26am!

...this is how I accidentally stay up too late

The Losing Battle with my DVR

I watch too much TV. But I pride (is it pride?) myself on the fact that I watch TV with a PURPOSE. I don't just flip through channels and watch whatever is on. I have a bunch of shows that I watch but that's it. If its not on my DVR I don't watch it. If my DVR is empty I watch a DVD from my long list of 'to-watch' DVD's.

But I'm afraid that my DVR is winning the battle. At one point in October I got distracted from my TV somehow (WHAT?! How could I?!) and my DVR got up to like 80% full which is NOT OK with me. I also have a DVR in my bedroom (oh its that bad) to catch the overflow from when more than 2 shows are on at one time. Back in October that DVR was stuck at like 20%. I kept watching but they just kept recording and it seemed like a losing battle. That's when I realized my DVR was winning.

Then one weekend it all changed. I stayed in and just WATCHED. I conquered the DVR. This may not be as exciting as climbing a mountain or skydiving but its an accomplishment damn it! and I'm proud. All the DVR's were down to zero!! And I kept up with it. I watched everything that recorded the night it recorded or the next morning. That in itself is a feat because on Monday nights (my worst night of recordings) I record 9.5 hours of TV.

Then I went away for a long weekend. I went to my moms and tried to stay caught up while I was there. I stay up A LOT later than everyone I know in NY (my regular bed time is about 3am) so I watched while they slept but it was too hard. I had too much other stuff to do and I fell behind. Now I'm back home and have stuff from almost a week ago on my DVR and they are at a combined amount of over 40%. Defeat.

But worry not, Thanksgiving weekend is coming. I have no class, I have no where to go, and most of my friends are out of town. I am babysitting my friend's dog so there will be lots of time with me hiding in my room with the door closed from the 2 wild animals in the family room. I will conquer the DVR again. Oh yea, and I have to pack. Who's helping with that?!

And if this post saddens you with how easy my life is, that my overflowing DVR is the epitome of my problems, just insert a different activity every time I wrote TV or DVR. Like brain surgery. "I do too many brain surgeries. No matter how many I do they just keep piling up." There, that sounds much more accomplished.

The Ultimate Consumer

I am aware we are in an economic crisis.

I am aware I am unemployed.

I am aware I am living off of credit card debt.

But I can't stop buying stuff. At thats all it is. STUFF. I am the ultimate consumer and I can't stop myself. I love it. DVD's (you have no idea how many), clothes, eating out, getting my nails done. I love it all. I'm already in an enormous amount of debt which I have come to grips with. My deal with myself is that when I move in with my dad I will stop all the stuff buying and pay off my debt since I will be getting rid of most of my other bills. I like the deal although I suspect in a month I will not be so happy about it.

Now I really don't have a problem with my shopping but my mom makes me feel like I'm an alcoholic or something. Its so sad. I'm not a worrier (is that how you spell it? Definition: not one who worries) at all. Never have been, I just kind of shrug it off. It will all work out. Whatever. But my mom has the ability to make me feel like I'm doing something horrible.

I was at her house over the weekend and I said something about buying clothes for an interview and she said "With what?!" and I made the credit card swiping action with my hand. She made a face. Then we were talking about Rock Band 2 and I was saying I wanted another guitar for Christmas (something easy for her BF to get me) but the guitar didnt come out until a few days before Christmas. And she said "what about the game itself?" I made the swiping action. (already have it preordered) And she was revolted. Its my issue. I'm not worried why should she be?! And don't say "shes your mom thats what she does"...I'll kill you.

Anyway, I sort of went off on a tangent there. My original thought was to say how much I like shopping, debt or no debt, and do you SEE how many sales are out there right now? Thank-you down-turned economy! Most of my favorite stores have been having 'buy one get one half off' sales on clothes for the last month! Its AMAZING. I went to NY & Co. (good for dress up clothes) the other day and saved as much as I spent thanks to sales and coupons! (yes, I used a COUPON. that is a step for me)

I like buying stuff. But those days are soon coming to a close. Soon I will be making lists on here about what stuff I want to buy but can't have. Sad face.