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1. It snowed a little bit last night.
2. Sammy is a cuddly dog.
3. I am spending the day/night with a stepsister I never see.
4. Last night, I called my boyfriend at 7 am his time (11pm mine), thus waking him up after several drinks and only a few hours of sleep, and he didn't mind at all... : )
5. It's only 10:15. The day can only get better!
There are days when the people on the internet seem like the worst lot of troll-ish jerks out there (c’mon, you know those days). Then there are days when the internet seems full of puffy clouds, rainbows, and people who want to pass out free lollipops for a living. I’m happy to say, that today is a puffy cloud/lollipop kind of day.
Last week I sent a request to a website called I Love You More than____. The soul purpose of this website? To take your statements, put them on little hearts, and post them on their website.
How awesome, positive, and happy is that?
When I was searching for my statement, I first came across this one, and got a little bit scared.
Was my statement too long? Did they have to amend it? It’s just not the same without stating which particular DVD’s I didn’t love more than “you”. Then I wondered- did I censor myself in a moment of geek-shame? Checked my email. Nope, I sent the request as I remembered I did. I kept looking and found this one.
Hmmm. That sounds a lot like something I would have said last week too. Did I send another request in my sleep? Then finally, I found it.
While I was very pleased to see my heart displayed as written, I think I was even more pleased to see that I have a million anonymous coffee drinkin’, vampire luvin’, craft doin’, Joss Whedon watchin’, British crushin’, and Obama supportin’ soulmates out there.
Are you going to send in a heart request? Tell me what it is once it’s posted, and I’ll try and guess which is yours!
And for the record, the “you” I am referring to is Ashley. I felt bad for cutting my phone call with him short so I could go back to watching the last few episodes of Buffy. At the time it seemed more important than him, but nothing compares in the long run! : )
I learned about I Love You More Than ____ Via Elise.
So, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are maybe dating? Either that or Robert Pattinson might not be working on the next Twilight movie because he's in love with Kristen, but she has a boyfriend, so it might be awkward?
Who knows?
***Twilight Spoiler Alert!!!***
What I do know, is that when it comes time to make the final movie, Kristen Stewart should wear the following items of clothing (all found on Etsy.com) after Bella gets all vamped out. Some of these clothes wouldn't suit the pre-vamp Bella, but I'd like to think that even fashion un-conscious Bella would develop fashion sensibilities as she sunk into her vamp-ness (it's a well known fact that all vampires look hot and dress well all the time, no?). Of course, some things never change, and since the long gray, mittens she wears in the first movie have taken the knitting world by storm, I am pretty convinced that she would still wear them, even post-change.
FYI- Ab Imo Pectore means "From the Bottom of my Heart."
1. Vintage Hooded Velveteen Trench Coat, $115, Allen Company Inc.
2. Ab Imo Pectore Ring, $50, Melanie Favreau
3. Monster Print T-Shirt, $23, Lucha Workshop
4. Pewter Vintage Bow Flats, $18.95, The Vintage Closet
5. Bella's Mittens, $65, Kindred Knits
Today, my out fit has one clasp, one zipper, and nineteen buttons.
Somehow, I thought that was worth documenting.
Anna Paquin won a Golden Globe last night for her portrayal of Sookie Stackhouse on the fabulous HBO show True Blood.
I got out my pom-poms and did a little dance when she won. Well, maybe not- but I certainly thought about it.
Occasionally, I remember that I started this blog so I could write about and post pictures of craft projects. Clearly, I have gone off on a vampire tangent lately (both on this blog and in real life) but today I am happy to say that crafts have managed to claw their way out of their temporary graves for a bit. (See? I just can't help myself!)
Here are two scrapbook pages I have made recently:
This page is called "Hello, My Name is Alice" and is the beginning of a series in which I will use those infamous little name tags to explain myself through references to beloved fictional characters. I used some elements from a handmade Alice in Wonderland kit I bought from Elsiecake's Etsy shop.
This page, "I'll Follow You Into The Dark," contains lyrics from the Death Cab For Cutie song, and an impromptu photo I took of Ashley in Caernarfon Castle. The song mention is "our song."
Do you have any passions that you have been neglecting lately, like me?
I read the first book on my list for the 2009 YA Novel Challenge this weekend (Marked, A House of Night Book by P.C. and Kristen Cast), and tacked the sequel “Betrayed” on for good measure.
I really wish I would have started The Challenge out on a better foot. Based on the beautiful, mature and artistic cover art for this series, I thought I would be reading mysterious, slightly dark novels about the twists and turns students lives take as they complete their transformations and become vampires. I thought I would be reading something alternative and edgy, and I was curious to see what happens when a mother and daughter team-write a book.
Unfortunately, what I actually read was a Baby Sitters Club book, disguised as a Harry Potter book with a female lead. Guess I shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover, eh?
The “House” books I read felt like Baby Sitter Club books because the protagonist (Zoey) always knows what has to be done, it’s never that hard to do, she wins with ease, and the rest of the books are filled with fluffy movie marathons or predictable escapades to the Starbucks and the library. Really, most of the books are spent over-using the following words:
• Yummy. Or any other food related analogy to describe cute boys.
• Ho. Zoey keeps telling us she’s not a ho, but her “nemesis” (Aphrodite) wears short skirts, dances provacatively and gives a guy a blow job, so she is definitely a ho. Nevermind that Zoey lusts after three different guys, calls two of them her “boyfriends” and experiences intense blood lust (aka, sexual arousal). Whether Zoey and Aphrodite are Ho’s or they aren’t is up for debate, but it is ridiculously hypocritical to think that they are on different playing fields with their sexuality.
• Poop. It’s ridiculous that a High Preistess in Training, a vampyre especially blessed by their goddess Nyx, complains that she looks like “poop.” Please, please can’t we have a more sophisticated word for such a highly important vampyre? Perhaps something as interesting and unique as we are told she is?
• Gay. I was tipped over the “I’m offended line” after Zoey told us how “gay” her homosexual friend Damien is (after he admits he likes cross stitch, after he gushes over a pair of shoes, etc.) for the ten billionth time. Please. I know your friend is gay, and I like that there is a gay character in these novels. However, you are diminishing the depth of his character when the only adjective you use to describe him is used as an “excuse” for his behavior.
I found myself frequently comparing these books to Harry Potter because they both take place at boarding schools filled with mythical beings, and the protagonist in each is a “chosen one” of sorts. But as stated earlier, everything is easy (and thus, boring) for Zoey. She always makes the right decision, everyone accepts what she says as holy truth, and does not get angry at her when she hurts them. Harry angers his friends on occasion, the public rarely believes what he says, and he even makes a few poor decisions. He also still manages to save the day in the end (and several times along the way) and is a beloved character in literature.
The premise that the Cast author present is very intriguing: a chosen vampyre, a boarding school, a church that apposes vampyres with vengeance, cool tattoos, and some Native American lore. Unfortunately, the poor writing just doesn’t live up to the potential of the story.
One question that keeps haunting me is this: why do I so freely criticize these books when I adore the not-so-brilliantly-written (but definitely better than "House") Twilight books?
