ne me quitte pas

Yet again, here I am, watching Buffy, but that's to be expected by now.

Buffy is dating Riley Finn, a member of the Initiative - the secret militia against the demonic forces in Sunnydale. Willow has just met Tara, the soon-to-be love of her life. Tara is one of my favorite characters.

I can't think of much to write on.

I did read this article about how the producers for the original X-Files show, they wanted to cast Pamela Anderson as Dana Scully. How odd would that have been if Gillian Anderson (Anderson v. Anderson) hadn't been Agent Scully? So, so bizarre that would be. It baffles me when I try to think about it. Moulder and Scully (Pam Anderson Scully), the wind in their hair, looking like a shampoo commercial. Baffles me, seriously.

M was supposed to come over with some wine tonight, but he totally bailed. Whatever.

You can totally tell Willow and Tara are into each other in a lovey dovey way. So cute.

I miss watching Grey's Anatomy. The characters are just so awesome. I'll be sad to see Izzie Stevens gone. :( Damn Katherine Heigl for wanting a film career. TV is so much better!

I mean, TV has to be more fun, if you're on a great show with a good cast and all that.

Buffy is getting very sensual with Riley Finn. It's very erotic for UPN. Or maybe the UPN was kinda like FX.

Giles is a great character. He's funny and British.

So many awesome people have been in TV shows. But there's an equal amount of awesome characters in movies too. Whatever.

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rachel

I wonder....

Perhaps... if I have a serious talk with my mother... maybe she'll consider letting me go back to USA in the fall? .... It may not be too late..... I'll just have to do all this stuff really fast. It's not like I haven't done that before though. All the classes are probably picked over though.... :/

My second semester of senior year in high school, M and I were going crazy one day because it was the last day to register for classes at the junior college. We got our transcripts, letters of recommendation and applications and whatever in all at the right time; however, there weren't any good classes either of us wanted to take. 'Twas all for not.

I still need to do the FAFSA, damn. And I really do kinda want this job working night shift at the Hard Rock Casino doing the phone-in room service worker. It pays good and there are full benefits and I can promote very easily from this position. T tells me that they're most likely to hire from within the casino before outside, but with this job the employee has to find a replacement for themselves. Or at least that's what T says. Her sister is in the position right now, and I believe I'm next in line.

Ugh, so many things to think about. What do I want to do?

Any thoughts on what might be more logical?

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rachel

BTW

It's not a very good picture (I took a picture of the television), but it is the digitized version of Kristen Bell from Assassin's Creed.

How life like.

Well, it looks a lot better in person on the television. Anyway, I believe K-Bell herself does the character's voice over too. At least it sounds a lot like her. It's gotta be her.

If I didn't have to bring Grey's Anatomy back to the library tomorrow I would be playing Assassin's Creed right now. Alas.

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rachel

PS: I was watching Grey's Anatomy and I recognized a producer/writer's name and I looked it up on imdb.com and it turns out that Marti Noxon also produced and wrote for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. How wonderful.

some pics from a few nights ago

I'm not sure what she's reading....
I don't know what we're watching here either.
Loose legged lezzie Lindsey! Whoops, I mean L.
Texting and Buster sniffing the computer.
M acting crazy.
Buster, but he's always beautiful.... K and I. I wasn't feeling too good, after drinking the night before, so I wasn't drinking. I drank some organic pomegranate tea L got for me. L drinking some shiraz. Being very bored and despondent. M drinking some shiraz like L.

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rachel

a fond farewell to L from the OS

So many things to talk about in this newest post. So many birthdays I must mention. Most important of all is that Kristen Bell had her birthday earlier this week.

Today is Sandra Oh's birthday. Also Josh Holloway. Matthew Fox had a birthday recently. Celebrities have birthdays too!

It's also Judy Greer's birthday, and if you don't know who she is, she's been in a lot of movies as the bitchy sidekick to the girl in romantic comedies. I think she was in Jawbreaker too. She was on Arrested Development.

I rented Assassin's Creed, the video game, last night, and I had too much fun playing it. I was up until 5:30am playing the game. But I feel just fine, I need no more sleep.

OH! There's a digitized Kristen Bell in the game. Very cool.

L just stopped by to get some CD's I made for her trip back to Oxford. I think I made like 8 CD's. She said she had listened to only Jewel and Joan Baez the whole way up here, so I gave her some diversity.

We all went out for margaritas the other night and we had a lot of fun. I love El Saltillo's queso dip. So delicious. K brought his mom and we found out that K's mom knew L's mom in high school. Well, I think we already knew that, but K's mom didn't. Haha.

Anyway, K is leaving for Louisville, KY tomorrow and I'm a little jealous that he's going to be having lots of stuff being bought for him from those sugar daddies of his. I enjoyed Louisville when I drove through it many years ago.

Now I'm watching Grey's Anatomy since there's nothing else to do on a Sunday on the Coast. My sister's gone to the river, my dad's being a bitch or whatever he is and my mother is going around the house, doing the house work, keeping busy so she doesn't have to fight with the wildebeest. How terrible is that? Well, it's terrible for all of us, cause we have to tip toe around him and what we say because we don't want to upset him. It's like this everyday now... it hasn't been like this ever. My father has a bad temper, but he just doesn't know how to lighten up. He laughs at comedies, but he still terrifies us when we don't know what to say around him or to him.

Whatever. New subject.

I wish L didn't have to leave so soon. I only ever get to see her for three or four days. She's by BFF, so naturally I want to hang out with her for more than that. But we had a great visit. Now that she's 21, we can go out and drink and do things like that.

Last night, M, L and I had sushi at the newest hibachi/sushi bar in Ocean Springs, out of like 5 or 6 in the small town I live in. It's crazy. It was delicious. I had a California roll and a Philidelphia roll. I also had a miso soup which was to die for, and two Sappharo beers that were more than refreshing. I do love sushi and Japanese beer.

Dr. Mark Sloane is hitting on Dr. Meredith Grey presently. I think he is. He's calling Dr. Derek Shepard a poisoned well. So many doctors.

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rachel

m and k went to waffle house, and i'm here alone :(

I read an article about the top 22 movies with the best plot twists. Now, I was just browsing over the IMDB.com's Top 250 Favorite Movies, and it so happens that a lot of the movies from the above mentioned article are in the top 50. 

Leads me to wonder if the movies that people like have the most unique, terrifying and confusing conflicts, plot twists and endings. It just makes me curious. One day I'm sure I'll be able to conduct my own studies on stuff like this.

Either way, I only half enjoy movies that have the unusual plot twists. Now, on the other hand, I do love the work of Chuck Palahniuk and his talent for creating absurd images through words with plot twists like I've been talking about. One of the movies in the article, and on the top 250 favorite movie list, is Fight Club, but that's not a shocker there. 

L got into town earlier tonight. M, K, L and I are supposed to go get margaritas tomorrow night and I'm very excited about that. However, K can't drink yet since he's not 21, so I'm guessing he'll be our DD. Too bad. Every time I type in M and K, I always think of Mary Kate Olsen and hope no one gets confused or whatever.

I'm watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and she is kicking some serious demon ass. She's fighting a very large, fat demon named Balthazar. I think he just died. Season three. The mayor wants to ascend into his demon form. He's been waiting for this for 100 years. He made a deal with demons and created Sunnydale as a playground for demons and vampires, knowingly over the Hellmouth. And now, in the show, nothing can harm him until he ascends. Which will be during graduation. The mayor sure does love making a scene. 

I bought all of the His Dark Materials series from the thrift store for three bucks. It was awesome. Now, I have all the single books that I rented from the library and should probably take them back at some point. It's not that they're due back any time soon, but I don't like having excess things around that I have to be responsible for. 

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rachel

i've been thinking.....

I've been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer season three, and it amazes me how many essays I could write about love and life lessons that can be taught during this series.

I mean, there are seven seasons, I'm sure some things could be learned during these episodes. Spike has just returned to Sunnydale. Who says you can't go home? Even though home isn't Sunnydale to Spike, even though Joss Whedon says that it is. His technical 'home' was somewhere in England where he was sired by the vampire that was later known as Darla, portrayed by Julie Benz, also known for her role in Dexter as Rita.

Spike got his freaking soul back just to win the love of Buffy, the SLAYER, of all people. A vampire changing his ways to win the love of a mortal, who is the slayer nonetheless. But Buffy does have soft spot for Spike, as do all who watch the inspiring cult classic.

The episode I'm watching now, Spike has kidnapped Willow to do a love spell for him to win Drusilla back. I'm only on season three as I said... and I also said that there are SEVEN seasons.

Whatever.

However, there are many common themes in Buffy that can be related to past literature. And Buffy is part of television history, being one of the most popular sci-fi teen-young adult shows in America.

The library only carries a number of seasons, so it's a slight upsetting that I can't keep watching from the beginning to the end. Unless I want to watch them online as I did for Desperate Housewives season four.

I guess it wouldn't be so bad.

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rachel

i also...

I also really need to make it a point to see Hellboy (2004) and Pan's Labyrinth.

Another thing: I'm a little upset that Rachel Weisz won't be in the newest edition to The Mummy series. I've recently become a Brendan Fraser fan, and I've always loved The Mummy (1999).

And Rachel Weisz is one of my favorite actresses, I'd have to say. Many movies she's done I've enjoyed, such as Constantine, The Fountain and The Shape of Things. She's to play the mother of the girl who is murdered, Susie Salmon, in the film The Lovely Bones*, coming out in October of 2009. And Sin City 2, which is scheduled for release sometime in 2010. *The link is to the wiki-page for the book the film is based on.*

HA! I've never seen this movie, but apparently Rachel Weisz played the part of Lauren Hynde in This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis. How wonderful. I want to see this now too. I doubt the local Blockbuster (and definintly not the Movie Gallery) would have this, but I can check that online! Woo!

Alas, Blockbuster doesn't carry the Bret Easton Ellis movie, they didn't even have it in their search engine. However, the Movie Gallery website had it, but I couldn't tell if it was available anywhere near me. We have free rentals at Blockbuster anyway. There are other things I need to watch anyway, as I said before. At the very beginning of the post actually.

When M, K and I were in Gulfport the other day, we were at TJ Maxx and they had these neat @ sign wall art things. Very neat they were. They also had very cute shot glasses, and these really tiny shot glasses, I'm guessing that's what they are, that had a rounded bottom so it would kind of roll around on the shelf. It was weird, and it seemed to be impratical to me.

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rachel

PS: L!!! You best bring back my Heroes DVD's or I'll be very angry. If you don't bring them, I won't let you read Tempted. Hoe. But you know I love you.

i really want some sushi

My male friends M and K have been talking about sushi for a while and now it's gotten me wanting some rice and fish goodness.

I still haven't been called in for jury duty. It's almost the middle of the month, right? So, I really wish they would call me in already. We drove by the federal court house in Gulfport yesterday. It's a pretty intimidating building. Many stories. Quite looming and ominous.... It should be fun. Metal detectors and men wielding firearms. And possibly wearing bullet proof vests. Or at least that's how I imagine it.

I've been watching Grey's Anatomy online. On this website K introduced me to. It's called Surf the Channel. Check it out. Although, some of the movies on there are a bit sketchy - as in probably illegal in some form or fashion. But who cares? You aren't downloading the movies, they're been broadcast from another website, technically.

I think K put The Simpsons Movie on. It's already on HBO or whatever now?

Buster had a bath today and he smells quite wonderful.

I wish something good would come on the television. I checked out all those DVD's and I should be watching them, but I don't want to be rude and kick K off the TV and into the living room just yet. MTV2 isn't my favorite station. Like at all. However, buster is looking quite beautiful. I think it's MTV's Cribs.

Superbad was on last night, and I wish I had watched it, but something important came up and I had to leave the house. I should find out when it comes on next and set it to Auto-tune. I love Michael Cera.

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rachel

if only seth cohen were real..... i would forgive his neurosis.....

I'm watching Season two of The O.C. and it's absolutely amazing. Just as I remember it being.

K and I are going to be watching Thank You For Smoking soon and I'm hoping it will be as good as everyone said it is. Adam Brody is in it, so it can't be too bad. *wink*

I also rented The O.C. season three, Veronica Mars season two, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer seasons 3-5. I didn't expect to get them all at once, but... it did happen and now I have a week to watch all of it. I might have to re-check some of these things out. I know how terrible it can be if you have so many things overdue, with a ten cent a day/per item charge.

I played Super Mario Galaxy for the first time today and it was a lot of fun. Some stages are harder than others, and my sister completed a stage I could not.

It sounds like there's a duck outside my window, but I think it's actually a frog. Or TOAD, as my father corrected me today. He said, "Toads live on land. Frogs live in the water." Whatev.

Thank You For Smoking is starting and my hopes are high।

Also, check out these etch-e-sketch drawings. Pretty sweet.

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rachel

[[EDIT: Ok, sooooo Thank You For Smoking was pretty awesome. It makes me want to keep not smoking. And it makes me glad that I don't smoke cigarettes presently.]]

i hope they all go down

Almost everyone who knows me knows that I absolutely loathe Starbucks. Franchise coffee shops make me sick. 

Buy local. Fo sho.

I wish I could buy local rawhide bones for Buster. That would make him a more organic dog in my opinion. Ok, but the reason for my posting is that I read this article on Yahoo! News. 

Apparently, Starbucks will be closing down 600 stores and let go of an estimated 12,000 employees, as a result of our country's terrible economy. Also, there was mention of Starbucks competition. My question is: What competition does Starbucks have? Is there another franchise coming in behind them and taking their overly caffeinated customers away from them? 

Apparently, the consumer is not in the spending mood these days, the article reads.

If it were up to me, then I would burn them all down to the ground. Coffee should not be made into a franchise. People are paying four dollar whatever for a cup of espresso and milk, maybe some flavoring, and although both espresso and milk are expensive, it's not really very economical or money wise. 

Whatever. People can consume whatever they want. But frivolous purchases are ridiculous to me.

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rachel

happy bday idgie threadgoode!

For those who have seen the movie Fried Green Tomatoes, I know it's a little much, but today is Mary Stuart Masterson's birthday. She is 42.

She is the blonde on the right. To the left is Mary-Louise Parker, best known for her role as Nancy Botwin in Showtime's hit series Weeds. 

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rachel 

If you haven't seen Fried Green Tomatoes, you really should. Especially if you're from the South. Or have a best friend.

a weekend of movies

My posts have been few but not very far between... There's not much to talk about as of recent, but jury duty starts next week, so there might be more to talk about in the days to come... However:

It hasn't really been a movie filled weekend, I've just seen three new movies that have recently come out on DVD: 

1) The Other Boleyn Girl

2) Jumper

3) The Golden Compass

It's a mixture of genres, I think it's a pretty wide variety for only three movies. 

Now, I've never read The Other Boleyn Girl, or the Jumper books, but I'm slightly interested in reading them. Especially the Jumper books. I've already read The Golden Compass and the other books for the His Dark Materials series. 

All three movies were good, surprisingly. My favorite amongst the trio was The Golden Compass. Then Jumper. I did enjoy The Other Boleyn Girl, because Natalie Portman was a conniving, sneaky, betraying whore to her sister. I was doing some reading on the Boleyn sisters, and apparently Mary (played by Scarlett Johansson) was a whore too. In the film, she is portrayed as a moral, slightly uptight married lady who only wants to do what's best for her family. Even if they are forcing her to become the King's mistress. 

Anne was properly portrayed, I believe to the best of my knowledge. I think, historically, she should be more hated than Marie Antoinette, but I don't know how equally they were hated in their own times. Anne Boleyn spent just as much money as Marie Antoinette did, maybe more. She forced the King to break from the Catholic Church, and get rid of his first wife, which probably started the trend of his serial marriages. Six wives. Oh Anne, she created a monster of herself when she was taken to Court. 

Mary... I can't believe she could have been so chaste as they made her out to be. She went along with her father's wishes, as did her husband! I suppose a man can't say no to the King when he wants to sleep with his wife. Then, when she gave birth to their first child, a son - the heir, Anne stole the heart of the King, and Mary says that Anne should know that she, Mary, loves the King. Blah blah blah. I mean... shouldn't she love her husband first over all? Her husband eventually died of a sweating sickness in 1528, at the age of 28. King Henry VIII wasn't even the only king who she was mistress to. And apparently, she had two children with the king, not just one. 

I wonder what The Other Boleyn Girl would be like if Wishbone ever got his paws on the novel.....

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rachel

here and there

Tonight's topic: Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck is a very innovative television show. I have the second season on DVD, and I'm almost done with it. The Carver is making himself known in Miami. The doctors are going to be doing their second pro-bono case on another Carver victim.  

Christian slept with Kimber even though she was seeing Sean. Christian was dating the blind girl, Natasha - played by Rebecca Gayheart, but broke her heart because he thinks that he's supposed to be an asshole, so he constantly is an asshole. In all his relationships. Christian is getting tested for HIV because Gina just showed up saying she is positive for it.

Sean... I've always disliked him for his over-reacting temper. He's very high maintenance for a man. As is Christian. This show makes Miami seem so glamorous and glitzy. Like another Hollywood or something. As if there would be paparazzi waiting outside the clubs and restaurants for the wealthy and well-known of Miami to unveil themselves. 

Beauty is a curse on the world. I kind of agree.

I wonder why Christian keeps going back to Kimber time after time during the first few seasons, when she proves to be crazy again and again. The Kimber Sex Doll. 

Nip/Tuck is kind of off it's rocker when it comes to plot twists. How so? I mean... just look at some of the things that have been part of the show: Matt isn't Sean's biological son even though he raised him for 17 years; Sean has relations with the Kimber Sex Doll and Kimber in the same night; Matt dates his life coach who turns out to be a man and was sleeping with her adopted son, then gets the shit beat out of him by transexuals who pees on him; Julia, intoxicated and on pills, falls through a sliding glass door; Matt and Kimber doing/making meth together in a trailer; and so much more.

BTW: I found everything bagels at Wal-Mart today, which makes me very, very happy. 

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rachel

alas - 103rd post (go organic!)

So, I'm three blogs behind the illusive 100th blog posting. Oh well. No celebration. No cake. I would like some cake though. I don't feel as though I wasted the 100th post on video games.

I have to admit, that when I earlier talked about my love for VitaminWater, I hadn't yet tasted my newest favorite flavor: power-c, the dragonfruit (c+taurine) beverage. It's my ultimate favorite. I bought a 32oz. bottle of it yesterday and I haven't opened it yet, which is painful. However, I still have 3 other bottles of it in the kitchen. Go mom and go wal-mart! Even if you didn't have any everything bagels. I might just have to go in there myself and do some searching.

I picked up Grey's Anatomy season 1 today at the library, and paid a $4.05 fine. So many things out and being overdue... not very penny-smart. Re-watching this show makes me realize that Meredith Grey, being the daughter of renowned surgeon Ellis Grey, follows in her mother's footsteps, saving patient after patient with her quick thinking intuition. She saved a beauty pageant contestant who had a small aneurysm that was causing her seizures. That was the first episode. All the patients she saves are quite last-minute as well. Like she gets there with the right answer, just-in-time. Although she feels like she has no clue at what she's doing - because all interns feel that way, I guess - she keeps proving herself wrong to her superiors and peers several times during the first season. Everyone is jealous of Meredith Grey, in a way. Envious, I suppose. Wanting some aspect of her life as their own.

Something that's odd about Grey's Anatomy is that it only has 9 episodes. Buffy the Vampire Slayer's first season only had 12 episodes. I guess it's not so uncommon, but I'm going to have to do some deeper digging on the subject of why there weren't the common numbers of 23 to 24 episodes per season. With this previous season's writer's strike, most seasons only had episodes numbered in the teens. 

My sister painted Buster's nails pink. I'll soon take a picture and post it, but as of right now, I need new batteries for the CyberShot. 

Yahoo! has been disappointing me lately. First, the Daily Games on their Games webpage isn't working on my computer anymore. I can no longer play Word Roundup, Hollywood Jumble, or the Daily Crossword with Hints! It's saddening because I don't own a lot of games for the Mac. Or any at all for that matter. And the dinosaur game that comes with the computer is lame and I didn't really understand how to play it. I always have the Solitaire website. It's free.

Second (on my reasons on my anger with Yahoo!), I read an article about that "lost" South American tribe many weeks ago, and tonight I find out that it was a hoax. The tribe is a real tribe; however, they weren't exactly lost, there are records on this tribe from 1910. The photographer had the tribe's best interests in mind though, he says he told the fib because he wanted to make people aware of the logging in that area of S. America and how it may affect the tribe's natural habitat. We have conservations for birds and other endangered animals like koalas and certain types of penguins, why not have conservation areas for the lost tribes of S. America. Wait - don't we have that in N. America already? I think they're called Indian Reservations. 

A week from tonight, I'll have to go to bed early, get up early (6amish) and be in Gulfport at 7:45am. I'll be doing some things I haven't done in a while: eat breakfast (other than at Waffle House), see early morning goings on.... I'm gonna have to get a full stock of everything bagels if I'm going to be eating breakfast. 

Whatever. I'm folding under pressure. If I don't show up, lets say I don't wake up (but I'll doubt that will happen since I'm living with my parents.). Well, if I don't show up I'm going to jail, so that sounds like a lose-lose situation to me. 

Ah, and I only mentioned it in passing, in a not really serious kind of way, but I did want to talk to my friend W about living together in Oxford during the Spring semester. We should probably do some chatting about that. Also, my bff L is a hoebag.

I ate the final everything bagel today. It was delicious. 

(Later 1:09am - I really want an everything bagel right now.)

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rachel

dumbledore v. uncle sam

I just saw this on The Harry Potter Alliance website. 

I have to say, it's a pretty interesting way to get the newest legals to vote. Or maybe they're going a little overboard...? Who knows. 

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rachel

if you crave something a little salty and sweet:

For the longest time, wal-mart didn't have the delicious, my favorite, everything bagel. This is quite unheard of in other stores. I don't know why this one particular wal-mart doesn't carry them....

HOWEVER:

I did find some wal-mart bakery bagels yesterday, and to my surprise, they were EVERYTHING BAGELS!!!! It's been months since I've had the glorious taste of a toasted bagel with a good thick layer of cream cheese. Now, I've had one and a half immaculately tasting bagels. 

I think the flavor of an everything bagel with cream cheese is my favorite flavor as of right now. I don't think I could think of anything more delectable. I think I'm going to need a Thesaurus if I'm going to have to explain my love for these bagels much longer.

I truly hope that they will continue to carry these in the future. Or I'm just gonna have to start shopping for my bagels somewhere else.

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rachel

I <3 video games

These two games I really want to play again. They were really, really fun.

Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria and Dragon Quest 8: The Cursed King. Very great games. They're both less than 20 bucks at GameStop, but I don't have that amount of funds right now. Ugh... maybe I can talk one of my parents into it. 

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rachel

the o.c. still reigns supreme

Needless to say, The O.C. is a completely classic TV show. At least it is, in my opinion. 

Apparently, I haven't been blogging as much as I should be, and I've noticed I haven't blogged either. There really isn't much to talk about.

Ah, I did finish Twilight, and I have to say.... it's worth the read. Although the dialogue is cliché at times, the story is intoxicating. Edward Cullen is a rare man, or well... vampire. I've also started the second novel, New Moon.

In other news, I think my father has quit his job. I don't know if he's going to go back or not, but I'm thinking this is pretty selfish on his behalf. He can't quit his job now, without a back up plan. Without something to fall back on. I mean... now that my mom has a job, we have a good flow of cash coming in, but if he's not planning on going back to work.... I don't know. All I do know, is that this cannot end well, in whatever way this plays out. Never mind.

My sister and I made brownies the other day. They have walnuts in them, and they're incredibly great. Especially with some milk.

Buster keeps scratching his right ear. The outside, not the inside. I wonder why. He doesn't have any bugs. There ain't no bugs on the bug. 

Eh.

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rachel

so many things to say....

  

Currently, I'm watching the first four episodes of The O.C. I absolutely love this show.

I never really liked the Pilot when I first saw it, but I just watched it for the second time today and it was great. I don't know why I didn't like it before. 

I also picked up the book Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer, today. I haven't finished the first chapter yet, but I will report on if it's worthy of being read.

Also, this evening I saw The Incredible Hulk. I absolutely love Edward Norton. He is one of my most favorite actors of all time. Especially his performance in Fight Club. That movie rocks almost as much as the book by Chuck Palahniuk. Which reminds me that I almost bought Snuff today, but it was more expensive than the paper-back version of Twilight. I talked my mom into buying it for me. :)

As for the Hulk movie, it was quite an epic vision of beauty. Tim Roth was fun as a crazy, power hungry military man. The romance between Liv Tyler and Edward Norton was very believable. If their on-screen chemistry would match their off screen chemistry, I'm sure they'd make a very nice couple. Except that Liv Tyler's married. 

I may have to see it again, because when I saw it, I was sitting on the first row in the theatre. I had to look to the left and the right to see the whole screen. It was a tad bit difficult, and now my neck hurts on top of it all.

I've been reading this fan-written book called James Potter and the Hall of Elder's Crossing. I forget the man's name who wrote it, and I'm too lazy to open the file on my computer that I have of this book, complete with drawn pictures at the beginning of the chapters and a table of contents. The book is 405 pages as well. I found it online and there was a .pdf file that you can download to read. Of course, you need the newest version of Adobe Acrobat. 

I have a headache. I think it's because of my sinus. Great.

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rachel