neglecting my family

i'm sure i'm the last person on the planet to finally read this book, but i'm posting about it anyway. because...it's amazing and i think everyone should read it. for real. it's that good. it's a good thing that in a burst of rare energy i cleaned my house from top to bottom all day yesterday before i really got into this book, because heaven knows i didn't get a dang thing done with my nose buried in it today.  i love a book like that.

i could stand on my soap box for hours talking about the human race, and my inability to wrap my brain around racism in any form, my intolerance for human suffering and what my reaction would be if it were me, but i won't. instead, i'll just recommend this fantastic story and let you draw up your own opinions. so go get it, and neglect your house work. you're welcome.

swooning

so here's my ten (ok eleven) cents about new moon.

1. i liked kristen stewart better in this movie than in the first.

2. jasper is still totally lame. and why do they make him wear that horrific wig?

3. i could have used a lot more of this in the film...

4. i'm not a fan of the new vampire contacts, edward's real eye color is much more handsome.

5. taylor lautner is so yummy in this movie, for a few minutes i almost switched teams. there, i said it.

6. but i'm still team edward, because, let's face it,  he looks like he was carved out of cream cheese.

7. i thought the wolves looked ridiculously fake. i mean, c'mon.

8. i thought the wolves in their man forms were ridiculously good looking.

9. there was still not enough of the cullen family on screen - this was a complaint of mine from the first movie too. they are one of my favorite parts of the books and they're practically non-existant in the first two movies.

10. the scenes with victoria were very cool. i officially want her hair.

11. over all, i thought it was better than the first one, and really well done.

loved it.

it's hard to look scary and pretty at the same time...

so we went, a bunch of moms in the middle of the night with about a million people - a lot of teenagers - to see if harry potter's buddy could pull off the role of dreamy steamy edward.

(the lobby of the gateway movie theater )

the movie was more entertaining with a theater full of screaming girls, it was seriously so funny how nuts people were over this whole thing. the girl sitting behind us kept saying, "oh no way, nuh-uh, oh my gosh!" every time one of the cullens came on screen. so i will say this, the movie was better than i thought it would be, maybe because my expectations of it were so low. i liked how they cut through the crap and got to the story, stefanie meyer tends to ramble. but, i missed hearing edwards thoughts and i wanted to see the cullen family more. i hated "book" bella but liked the "movie" bella fine, maybe because i couldn't hear her inner whining dialogue. there were plenty of parts that i laughed out loud because it was so sappy and wondered how the actors kept straight faces for some of those scenes. and really, what's up with jasper? did someone forget to tell that actor that he had been cast as a vampire and not a zombie? he looks like a stoner with bad hair for the entire movie. however, the cheese, the lack of cullens, the stoner, emmitt's crushed velvet purple track suit, all of it was worth watching to see this hottie on the big screen. (i'm not talking about the girl either) i never really knew that i liked robert pattinson so much, but man he really melted my butter in this movie. he's definitely not what i pictured in my head as edward but he did a good job i thought. i saw him on the today show this morning, someone asked him "what was the hardest part about playing edward". he answered in his cute little british accent, "it was really hard being scary and pretty at the same time". ya, ok, that pretty much sums up the whole movie for me. still, if i had a locker, his picture, would be in it.

vampire love

My sister-in-law Jenny recommended, no highly recommended this book that I've been hearing so much about called "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer. Since I have agreed with every recommendation Jenny has given me so far, I went up onto Amazon and ordered it post haste. It came Saturday afternoon and my poor family has been suffering since then. I just finished and I have to say that it did not disappoint, even with all the hype, it was absolutely fantastic. And...I'm in love with Edward the vampire. That's right, I said it, I'm in love with a vampire. Jenny loaned me New Moon, the next book in the series and I'm excited to dive right in. So, if you want a good but light (it's supposed to be a young adult kind of read) that is extremely intriging from the first couple of pages AND if you want to throw every thing you've ever thought you knew about vampires out the window, then run on out to your book store (the waiting list at the library is like harry potter long) and sink your teeth into this great little number. - sorry, I couldn't resist the vampire joke. Also, one more thing, Jenny told me that on Stephanie Meyer's website you can read the first chapter of the book as told from Edward's perspective. So, I think I'll end this so I can go check that out. Happy reading!

potter 'pologies

So, I had no idea that I had so many readers until I went to Josh and Lisa's twins baby blessings today and heard a few complaints about my "closing a chapter" blog entery earlier this month. I wrote about my beloved Harry Potter and gave away too many details of the seventh story. Not everyone read the book in two days, and I apologize. So, if you haven't finished the story yet, then don't read that entry, Liz was right when she said it took away the wondering of a certain character. Sorry about that, seriously, I had no idea that anyone was even reading my dumb blog.

closing a chapter

I remember hearing years ago, I can't remember when, about this fantastic new series of books based on a boy wizard and his adventures at school. I don't even remember how I heard about it, but somewhere after the release of the third book, I finally sat down and read all three. I couldn't believe what I was reading, who was this author? If I could sum her up in one word it would be CLEVER. I had neve read anything like her and I loved every minute of it! So then came the tradition of counting down the months, weeks, day and minutes (yes minutes) to the next adventure in the series. Amazon, glorious Amazon would deliver the book into my eager hands and I would spend the next couple of days devouring the pages. After each book I would think to myself, why did I read that so fast, now I just have longer to wait until the next book arrives! They just couldn't come fast enough, I was so intreagued, I was dying to know! So, of course it was no different for the final installment of the series, in fact, I really couldn't wait for it because we would finally know what happens in the end! I finished the book a few minutes ago and I have to say that Ms. Rowling did not disappoint, it was fantastic, more adventurous, scary and thrilling than the rest. But I have to say that as much as I was looking forward to knowing, I feel a little sad about closing this chapter of my life. Cheesey, I'm aware, but really, it's about not having "harry fever" anymore, waiting for the next book to arrive, because there's nothing left to look forward to. I will say this though, without trying to give too much away, I was RIGHT about Snape being good and I was RIGHT about who R.A.B. was and RIGHT about Dumbledore really being dead, but pleasantly surprised that there were tons of turns in the story that I did not anticipate and it was great fun reading it. So, I guess now I have some laundry and dishes to catch up on that sat neglected while I was busy reading...and maybe now I have to fix dinner!

no dinner for my family tonight

....can't blog, must read....

harry fever

So, I'm having some serious Harry Fever! It all started last week when I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (5) at the theater with Erin and Jake. I was excited for book seven to come out before I saw the show, but that just made me remember how much I LOVE this series! So, today at the pool, I started to re-read book six, just to brush up on the details so that book seven would be that much more clear and wonderful! I'm so full of questions that I can't wait to have the answers to. What will become of Harry, and Ron and Hermione? Is Dumbledore really dead? (I think he is, but the rest of the country seems to disagree) and the most important question of all, is Snape really a bad guy? I don't think he is! I think he HAD to kill Dumbledore to seal is promise to Narcisse and prove that he was a Death Eater to remain a loyal spy fo the Order. And what about the seven Horcruxes? I have a theroy about that too, but it's almost bed time and I'm already too worked up! So, I'm on the count down with the rest of the world, one more full day to wait and then Amazon will deliver the book to my waiting hands! I CAN'T WAIT! I've got Harry fever....FEVER!...in the morning....fever in the afternoon.....