August 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Yesterday afternoon I decided to call Andrew again. I'd called him a day or two before to ask him if he wanted to go to the Backstreet Boys concert with me, but he never called back. I was all prepared to leave a message again when he actually answered the phone! *shock* We chatted for a bit and I asked if he was still interested in going. He said he was, but he didn't think he could afford it (sigh, same story with most people I asked). He goes, "no one else could go?" I explained to him how many people I'd asked and that they were all unable to come. He again said he'd really like to go, but it was a lot of money. I told him he didn't have to answer right away, I'd let him think about it for a few days. Then at some point I mentioned that my seats were third row and he goes, "third row?" I responded, "it's making it more tempting now, huh?" Yup. Another ten or so minutes later he caved and said he'd find a way to get the money. Haha. Now I have someone to go to the concert with me!!! Yay! And he's really excited, so it should be fun. :)
Friday, August 29, 2008
THIS really irks me. Basically, Stephenie Meyer was working on a book entitled Midnight Sun that was a re-write of Twilight from Edward's perspective. I've been crazy excited for that ever since reading the draft of the first chapter she has posted on her website. After Breaking Dawn was released earlier this month, she said she was going to make Midnight Sun her next project. Now, apparently what she had of it has been leaked all over the internet and she has postponed the project indefinitely because of how upset she is over it. Some people may be consoled by the fact that she's posted a larger partial draft of the book on her site (basically, what was leaked), but I'm just irked. I wanted the finished book, in a pretty bound copy. I'm torn because I'm curious to read the story from Edward's perspective, but I'd rather hold out for the book and hope that she'll eventually finish it and have it published.
Being a writer myself, I can certainly understand the pain of this. Long have I been paranoid over my work being stolen in some form, to the point where I won't even tell possible titles or small bits of information to anyone but a select few. Recently I thought I was over-reacting and was trying to loosen up. Even told Matt and his brother some info on a screenplay I started a while back when we were chatting after church. But now I think I'll go back to the ultra-paranoid setup--seems safer. I think this is one of my many fears related to writing: that I will work very hard on a piece, and it will be stolen from me in some way, either by something like this or by someone taking my idea and passing it off as their own. I've had someone steal one of my ideas before, thankfully not writing related, but it still hurt.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Not much going on this week, things are pretty chill. I am now starting to work on a website for one of my Uncles though. *rolls eyes* He knows that I do websites, but he hired some kid to do it for him instead and right now he's got a site that's done in frames, with animated gifs, and a bright green background with gray text. *shakes head* The kid didn't even finish it, so that's why my Uncle had my mom forward an e-mail to me about it. I had a cool idea for a layout yesterday, so I started it last night and finished it today. I just sent it off to him, so we'll see what he thinks of it. Oh, and the host he's on is one I've heard a lot of bad things about and he's on a Windows server, which means no PHP or scripts, etc. So, I'm going to try and convince him to change hosts, but I'm thinking he'll probably not want to mess with it. We shall see. He's got another site he's eventually going to want setup, too, so at least that one I should get first dibs at. Doesn't make any sense why he didn't ask me to do these in the first place. He's family, I'm going to give him a seriously good deal.
The Backstreet Boys concert is a week from Saturday and I'm getting quite excited! I think I'm pretty much going to make a day of it and head out there really early. There should be plenty of stuff to do around there. Oh, and my really early means like early afternoon. Haha. We all know I wouldn't be awake enough to actually be there in the standard definition of early. ;) Only thing is, I don't know who's sitting with me yet. Either people are too far away, or it's too expensive, or both. And then, I don't know quite as many BSB fans as I used to. Emily would go with me, but she'd have to pay me back in increments and she really shouldn't be spending money on that. So, I'm still trying to get someone else before I fall back on her. I'm sure it'll end up working out, but it's getting rather close and it'd be nice to know sooner than later, you know?
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Tonight I discovered I don't like Guinness. Which, let's be honest, was absolutely no surprise at all. I may have Irish blood coursing through my veins, but I think that stuff is nasty. Good thing I've patented my small sip since that Lemon Drop I tasted, otherwise I might have spit it out or something. Now I can say I've tasted it though.
My other big thing this evening was that I went through some of my desk drawers trying to clear out some space to add more stuff. I had quite a large pile of old pens and a bunch of pencils that I'm never going to use, so I got rid of those, but I've still got TONS of pens and some pencils left. To give you an idea, there are currently 23 pens scattered across my desk, plus like 15 in a pen-holder on the desk, plus a BUNCH in a drawer... even after the clear-out process. And as for paper products, which would be spiral notebooks and some pads of paper, there are 24 in a stack to the side of my desk, plus a bunch in drawers, plus at least three packs of filler paper for use in 3-ring binders. Those are just the blank ones, too. Oh, and I've got a gazillion 3x5 cards and quite a few sticky notepads. You know, I think I'm set for quite a while, but it's a safe bet that I'll buy more at different points during the year anyway; especially if there are more super good back-to-school sales, though I think most are done for this year. See what I mean about it being an addiction? At least I satisfied a good portion of my addiction the last month or two by buying lots of school supplies which I then donated. I mean, Staples had a six-pack of spiral notebooks for 30 cents. How could I resist? But I donated all 36 of them. That makes it okay, right? Heh.
Friday, August 22, 2008
I've watched Robin Hood three times since I got it on Monday. It's a good movie, and I heart Robin Hood stories, so I can't help myself. I'd forgotten how many well-known actors were in that, too. I don't know if Kevin Costner would be my first choice for Robin (okay, he's not), but he's not bad. It'd probably help a lot if he at least spoke with a British accent. ;)
Speaking of that, I've gone back to the book sale twice more and picked up more items each time. Now I've got another small stack of books and two more VHS tapes, both animated Disney movies. :) I was ecstatic at a find on Wednesday when I stopped by. There was a copy of Sing the Light by Louise Marley, and I snatched it up the moment I caught sight of it. I've already got a copy, but the whole original trilogy is out of print and it was only 50 cents, so I count it a good buy. Now I can actually lend it to someone without fear that I'll never, ever be able to read that book again because at least now I've got two copies of that one! I searched through both that day and when I went today to see if the other two books in the series were there, but they don't appear to be so. Bummer, but I'll live. ;)
On Wednesday, before my trip to the library, I went to a job fair. I'd never been to one before, nor had my mom, so I wasn't really sure to expect. It was pretty much like I'd thought, but also pretty small. There weren't a lot of companies represented there, and nothing that looked like it was for me. I must admit that I was only there for a grand total of maybe ten minutes, and a few of those were spent in the bathroom. Part of it was that I felt looked down upon since everyone there was older and I look really young, but more so it was because it was held at my old high school. I've had to go into that building a few times since I graduated, and every time I feel uncomfortable. The sight of it alone sets me slightly uneasy, but walking up the steps and through the doors is even worse. It's not so much specific memories, but more the culminated feeling of all the memories of two years spent there. Thank God for Washington's Running Start program! It was bad enough having to be in high school for two years, I am so grateful the second two could be spent at community college instead. I was never meant for high school.
Emily came over tonight and we watched The Scorpion King 2, which I'd rented the other day. We saw a trailer for it when we went to see The Mummy 3 and it looked pretty good. It was decent. I actually liked it better than the first of that title, but it doesn't hold a candle to the Mummy movies themselves. Must say that scribe/poet was my favorite character. He was amusing, and I just tend to like the brainy/nerdy characters anyway. ;) Some of the graphics were pretty sad, but others were good, and overall I'd say it was a good rental. After that we watched Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace. I had invited a few girls from the college group, but none were able to come. Probably worked out for the best though, because I doubt any of them would have wanted to watch The Scorpion King 2. Heh.
My dad's continuing to do better. Still not 100%, but he's progressing toward that each day. :) Tonight he and my mom even went out for dinner, so that was a big thing. And they returned the walker and wheelchair as he's able to walk without support now. My Aunt Chris is even coming up tomorrow to see him and spend some time with us, and Kenny will probably come over again. It was good, he came over the other day to visit with dad and even brought him some ski DVDs so now my dad's got some stuff he likes to entertain him.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Praise God. My dad has his back surgery today and everything went really well. They had a long day at the hospital (just got back a little bit ago and left this morning), but they both agreed it was well worth it. My dad is already extremely improved. He can walk easily with the walker (he did laps around the house, he was so excited, lol), and the pain he's been having in his leg is pretty much gone. I guess his knee is hurting him a bit, but that's probably just from the way he's had to sleep and favoring one leg in his brief moments of having to walk before, so hopefully that will be good in a day or two. He doesn't have to wear the back brace now either. It's amazing. God is just awesome. I'm so thankful that there weren't any problems with the surgery and dad's already feeling not just a little better, but WAY better. We all just feel bathed in God's love right now.
That was the major news, now for some more minor tidbits. ;) Last night there was a lovely thunderstorm. It started around ten and there were a few really good rumbles of thunder when it was closer to us for a bit. I ended up sitting and watching through the window for quite a while. There was a good deal of fabulous cloud to cloud lightning. I just find it so beautiful and just amazing to think of. Extremely high amounts of electricity discharging in the atmosphere... totally cool.
Today I had some errands to run, but left late and cut it really close to closing time at two places. I made it, though. It was really good I managed to get to the post office when I did, too, because right after me a huge line formed and I only had to wait for one or two people before I was helped. Mailed Sam her package. :)
After I got the time-constrained errands finished, I went to the library to drop off two books. When I walked in, I see that they're having a book sale this week. I had to go look, I mean, you get great deals at those things. I ended up buying five books and a VHS of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. :) I think, too, that I'll probably go look again later this week if I'm going by there. I didn't look through all the fiction books they had, and there were a few movies I thought about getting, but wasn't sure of, so we'll see. Think I'll go watch my new-to-me VHS now. ;)
Saturday, August 16, 2008
You know the heat is getting to you when your mother is up at 12:30 in the morning making eggs and cheese to go on English Muffins. Here's how it all started...
At ten something, I start to hear a regular beeping noise in the hallway. Dang smoke alarm batteries are alway dying late at night or early in the morning! What is the deal? Anyway, I pull a chair under it, slide open the cover, take out the old battery, put in a new one, and then stand there staring at it. The seconds tick past and then... BEEP. Obnoxious thing! So, I figure the battery I got must not have been new after all, and I get another one. Same thing. Try to push the button to have it "hush," but am afraid to push it too hard because then it will be really loud and freak out the then sleeping parents. Still beeps. WHY?
So, I figure the only way to get it to shut up is to push and hold it for the loud beeping, but I don't want to freak out the parents. I knock on their door and ask mom to come out for help. She was pretty out of it and nothing we tried worked, so she went back into the bedroom to ask dad if he had a thought (keep in mind his back is hurt so he can't get up and help us). While she's in there for a few minutes, I listen to the beeping, which sounds like it's not coming from the smoke detector in the hall, but it's definitely not coming from the other ones in the house. It sounded like it was coming from the hall closet, which was cracked open. I slide the door open a little further and stand with my head in the closet for a few seconds. What do you know, it was louder in there. Was the water heater beeping? Then I notice this thing on the floor by the water heater that says flood alarm. So I sit down next to the closet and... sure enough, that dang thing was the culprit. I didn't even know we had that.
I switched out the battery and then there was blissful silence... until the phone rang when I was sitting at my computer a few minutes later. What the...? It was like ten thirty at night, who the heck was calling?! I answer on the second ring. "Hello?" "Hi Hol, it's dad." lmao He called the house phone from his cell in their bedroom to ask me to bring my mom a banana. Yeah. So I did. Then I went back to scrapping stuff on my computer.
Just a few minutes ago, mom comes into my room, says the page I'm working on is pretty and then tells me she's going to make some eggs. Apparently the banana made her feel much better and got the two of them to talking about breakfast foods. Suddenly they both want bacon and eggs and dad suggests they go to Denny's. Mom says she doesn't feel like she could drive there, and dad goes, "You want me to call Holly?" Understandably, I'm laughing right now.
When my mom told me that, I reminded her that the Denny's is gone now so we'd have to drive pretty far to get to one. So, they settled for the egg muffins. She actually made them. The heat is definitely getting to us...
Friday, August 15, 2008
Today was the first day since last Tuesday that I didn't need to set my alarm! *big happy dance* I didn't get out of bed until around eleven, and it was NICE. Though, I'm feeling quite unsure about what to do with the rest of my day. I feel like I haven't gotten anything accomplished in ages, but at the same time am not sure what to accomplish. *rolls eyes at self*
I ended up driving my grandparents to the airport on Wednesday morning. I got home from group Tuesday night and mom asked if I'd be willing to drive them in the morning because she didn't think she'd be up for it. Of course I said yes, so I got up early and did that. Overall, it was a nice visit, but I must say that I'm not missing all the episodes of Law and Order, Cold Case Files and murder mystery movies that my grandma watched all day long. Looks like I'll probably get to see them again in March though, as my cousin Mike told me that's when he and his fiancée are for sure getting married, so I'll fly down to Cali for that.
I honestly don't remember the rest of Wednesday, except that I had no luck finding new shoes at the stops I made on my way home. :( I really need new shoes, too. Because of the way my feet are, it usually doesn't take me long to wear down the same area on every pair of shoes I get, and when that gets worn down to a certain point, it causes pain. So, need to go make more of an effort to get some asap.
Yesterday my dad was able to go meet with a surgeon and talk about his back. The two choices the surgeon gave him were a) wait two months to see if it heals on its own (that's a long time!) or b) have surgery. So, while my dad was hoping to avoid surgery, he ended up deciding to do it anyway. From other people we know who've had back problems, almost all of them felt immediately better after surgery, so it seems the best way to go. It's scheduled for Monday afternoon. If you're a prayer, please pray that everything goes well for my dad's surgery and that it does indeed bring him healing.
Also yesterday, in the evening, we went to a last-minute wedding. A couple from my young adult group, actually, got engaged about a week ago and got married last night. Yeah, pretty fast. I with them the best though. :) Anyway, the wedding was nice, but felt more like a regular Sunday service half the time than a wedding. But if that's how they wanted it... *shrug* I left as soon as the ceremony was finished because I got to go back down to the theatre for a second time to break down another film. Wee. It didn't take any longer than normal though, so that was nice, and it meant that I didn't have to go in today. :)
I'm hoping that mom might feel like watching Stargate: Continuum tonight before the new Atlantis episode. Can you believe it, I have STILL not watched that since it came! Crazy stuff, I'm tellin' ya. Mom wouldn't mind if I watched it without her 'cause I'll most likely want to watch it many more times in the future, but it just wouldn't be as fun the first time through if she wasn't watching it with me. You know? Guess I'll find something to do for a bit now.
Monday, August 11, 2008
I received the auto-response e-mail from the online magazine confirming that they received my submission. So, no more need to be nervous about that. No, now I just get to be nervous about what they're going to think of it. lol My title makes it sound sort of cheesy, perhaps. It is somewhat fluffy and humorous, but also a little dark toward the end. I just don't know where exactly the story fits. It's definitely under the umbrella of SF/F--toward that last F--but it's not really the standard style fantasy you see most of the time now. It's to do with fairy tales. Either way, it's submitted and we'll see what they respond with. If I'm lucky, they'll send me a custom rejection e-mail instead of a form one. *nods* lol
I'm feeling rather nervous because I submitted a short story I wrote to an online magazine last night and you're supposed to get an auto-responder message within twenty four hours... which I haven't gotten yet. No, it hasn't been twenty four hours, but usually automated messages come out faster than that, right? If I don't get it by this evening, then I'll just query and make sure they received my submission. Preparing myself for a form response rejection once they read it though. Like, I like it, but I don't know if they'll like it.
I went to go watch the movie this morning, but when I got there, it was a no show so I got to turn right back around and leave. *sigh* Did my errands that I was going to do after the movie. I got four books from the library, mostly to do with old style architecture and castles. :) After my errands, I met Emily for lunch, then we were bad and went and had dessert, too. lol Ice cream. I considered trying to see the movie the next show, but just decided to come home instead.
My dad's been doing better yesterday and today. Hopefully that will continue. Still a bunch of doctor trips scheduled for the next few days though. I guess they're going to try and get referred to speak with a surgeon and find out if dad really doesn't need it, or if he should have it after all. Blarg. Takes forever to get the multiple opinions you need.
I was so jazzed when I came home and got the mail. I saw this letter envelope hand addressed to me, with no return address. But then I noticed the postal stamp of where it came from! It was from Sam! I was totally surprised, too, because I didn't know she'd sent me a letter. I've been thinking of sending her one the last few days, so now I better get on the ball and do it. Actually, it might end up being a parcel and not just a letter. ;)
Okay, I guess I'll go be good and start making the dinner for tomorrow night. I don't super feel like cooking, but I've got nothing else to do, really, and I'm supposed to be a good daughter and help out with stuff. Right? lol
Edit: Forgot to mention that my grandpa found a snake skin in the backyard the other day, and he showed me it today. I've only seen maybe three snakes in the whole time I've lived in Washington (you know, minus ones in captivity). The skin is kind of rad looking, huh?
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Lack of sleep is catching up to me: I feel quite tired right now. Stayed up later than I should have the past few nights, but still got up early since grandma and grandpa are here. Now I don't have quite so big of a temptation to stay up real late though, as I finished reading Breaking Dawn this afternoon. I must say that I'm quite happy with the ending, and with the book as a whole. Liked it much better than the two middle books in the series, but I think the first one is still my favorite. The ending of this one wrapped up perhaps a little too quickly for my taste (I would have liked some more info), but I still like it and it finished off all the major plot lines, etc. So my nervousness before about it sinking below my expectations was apparently unneeded. ;)
Today my mom took my dad out to a bigger hospital at the suggestion of his primary care doctor. The doc said that dad might be able to get an MRI done faster that way, and dad was in severe pain this morning. Praise God, they managed to make it there and dad didn't hurt so bad while they had to wait. At first the doctor at the ER said they wouldn't be able to do the MRI, but then they were able to. That was hard for my dad, but he made it through. The good news is that it's not a herniated disc. It's a protruded disc, which doesn't require surgery. So that's very, very good. On the down side is there's not much more than what we're already doing to help dad get better, so he's still having pain, though was doing better when they finally made it home this evening. So, continued prayers for healing, and much praise that we now have some answers as to what's going on. They also gave my dad the info for a back clinic, so he'll probably go there as soon as he's able.
I took my grandparents out for a few hours today--finally. They've mostly been holed up in the house since they got here, what with all the problems my dad is having and my mom having to help, etc. But even without that, we wouldn't have done much as it's hard for my grandma to walk much. Still, I keep feeling bad that they're just sitting around here all day, like we should be doing something more. Grandpa told me today he wasn't bored though, and my grandma normally watches TV all day every day, so that's normal for her, but still, you know? So we went out for a bit this evening for some entertainment and a bite to eat and that was nice. :) Tomorrow an older couple we know from church is coming over for lunch, so that will be something good for my grandparents as well.
All right, I'm starting to feel more sleepy so I think I'm just going to get ready for bed now. I'm tempted to start a new book that I've just borrowed from the library, but I'm going to try and hold myself back. Must wake up earlier than usual tomorrow since more people need to be able to use the shower before church and I want my turn. lol Need sleep.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
I was only able to read two chapters in BD today. I spent most of the day watching TV with my grandparents. And cooking. And running an errand. I might have tried to sneak off to read more, but my mom was gone most of the day and my dad was pretty much totally incapacitated until later this evening (more in a bit on that). So, I felt it was my duty to hang out with my grandparents. Asked if they wanted to go anywhere, but my grandma's pretty content to just watch TV all day, because that's what she normally does. A lot of background to that that I won't go into now. Grandpa went out with me on my short errand, but I feel like he's rather bored and would like to do more. Hopefully he and my mom can get in a walk tomorrow and some other stuff. So yeah, I'm quite enjoying Breaking Dawn, and even didn't mind too much the whole section in Jacob's perspective. Totally have been pegging most of the stuff that's about to happen before it does though. Some of the stuff I feel like the characters should have figured out sooner, but... *shrugs* I'm not the author, you know. ;) I've only got maybe a hundred pages left, but it'll probably take me a few days to finish. *sigh* Patience.
My grandparents arrived on Tuesday evening. Their flight was calm and early in, so all was good. :) Mom and I took them to dinner on the way home, and then we made a quick stop at Staples so I could buy some more paper products for cheap. *sheepish look* Only half was for me! The other half is going to be donated. Man, I really need to take a picture of my stack of notebooks and notepads. lol
Yesterday was fairly close to today in that there was a lot of TV watching. My grandma likes the Law and Order type shows, which I would never watch on my own. Poor daddy spent most of the day in his room, as he did today. However, there is now some good news there. Mom took him to the hospital tonight to get an MRI, but they only have someone to do them once a week. Dad managed all the waiting and wasn't in as much pain as the last few days and earlier today. The doctor they saw was also a lot more helpful than the general practitioners he's already seen. The doc thinks it's a herniated disc and gave my dad a prescription for some steroids to reduce the inflammation (and hopefully the pain) and also an IV of it while he was there to speed the process. Dad was able to sit up for a while after they got home, so that was improvement. Hopefully he'll still be feeling better in the morning. Mornings seem to have been the hardest time of day for him so far.
Humm... and now a conundrum. I've finished typing this faster than I thought I would, so I could attempt to read another chapter. However, I don't know if I could stop at just one, and I do need to wake up an hour earlier than the last few days tomorrow, so going to bed sooner rather than later would be smart. Gah, responsibility! I want my all-nighter privileges back! lol But I shouldn't really be talking...
Monday, August 4, 2008
I woke up early (for me) today, which was about 10:30, and got out of bed just after 11 (I know, I'm lazy). I went out to check for the mail two or three times before it actually came. lol And yay, there was my package with not only Breaking Dawn in it, but also Stargate: Continuum! :D *happy dance* You would think I would have started to read BD right away, but alas, I did not start it until like seven this evening. Why?
Well, yesterday I ended up going out to do some school supply shopping. I can't tell you how excited I get for back to school season sales at the office supply stores. I mean, stuff for a penny, I'm so there! lmao :D Most of what I bought yesterday is being donated to kids that can't afford to get supplies though, so it wasn't totally feeding my paper and pen addiction. Though, I did get four graphing paper notebooks for myself (and I want to get a few more if they still have them and I get a chance to go by there again... limit of 4 thing). I really need to take a picture of the large stack of paper products that I have... and of all the packs of pens too. Seriously, this has to be classified as an addiction now. But anyway... I'm off track.
After the shopping I decided I'd stop by Barnes & Noble to see if Emily was there yet and say hi. At first I didn't see her, but then just before I was going to leave, I heard a voice I recognized. She had lunch coming up in a half an hour, and asked if I'd stay, so I puttered around through the store. We were talking during our bagel lunch and decided we'd probably watch The Dark Knight again the next day (which would now be today). So, by the time the book arrived after noon today, I really only had time to get ready and do some things my mom asked me to help with before the movie started.
The movie was good, again, and I came home right after thinking I'd start reading. Nope. Had to check some things on the computer, then had to help out with more stuff and eat food. lol Finally started reading around seven-ish, with a few interruptions every so often, but I still managed to finish the first book (of three). I must say that I totally was not at all expecting what happened in the last chapter of the first book. Not at all. Part of me wants to read more tonight, but I really need to go to sleep so I don't continue to throw off my schedule with my grandparents coming tomorrow. It's not too hard for me to stop because the second book is from Jacob's perspective, which doesn't exactly get me excited. lol I don't know, his character just bugs me. Maybe it won't be so bad in this book though. *shrugs* I'm not all anti-werewolf though, because I think the character of Seth is cool, and he's part of the werewolf pack, too. lol
Oh, and of course I have not watched Stargate: Continuum yet. Mom was gone or busy most of the day and I don't want to watch it for the first time without her, plus I was gone for a while, and then reading. *sigh* Don't know when we'll get the chance to watch it, or how much chance I'll have to read, since we'll have company. Hard to say though because my grandma would probably be content in front of the TV for the whole day every day, but we want to try to get them out doing stuff as much as we can. I'm excited they're coming to visit though. :D
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Today I accomplished the first of many chores. The bathtub was the worst, so I did it first and at least that's out of the way now. It's still a little grungy if you look at it closely, but it's certainly much better than it was. I did not end up getting Breaking Dawn today, hence the chores. Though, really, the chores needed to get done so it's probably better this way. Tomorrow will come more and even more on Monday as well. My grandparents arrive on Tuesday. :)
I did continue reading Eclipse today, and I've only got a few more chapters to go. I wonder if I should read any more tonight though? I would tell myself that I was only going to read one or two chapters, but then there'd only be three or four left after that, and I'd probably just decide to finish, staying up until Lord only knows when. And, I am supposed to get up for church tomorrow. But, on the other hand, I was up till 3 last night, so I probably won't even be tired until around then anyway. *sigh* Must fix my schedule by Tuesday though. My grandpa would certainly give me a hard time if I slept past 10 or 11, let alone the one or two PM that I normally shoot for. Heh. :p
You know what show rocks? Wipeout! It's hilarious. Mostly due to the commentary and the lovely replays and drawings over the screen. ;) I highly recommend it if you're in need of a laugh... or many laughs. I mean, if those people are going to do that anyway, I might as well get some serious giggles out of it, right? I normally miss it due to the day it airs, but they played two episodes this evening so mom, dad and I all parked ourselves in front of the telly and laughed for two hours. Good times. ;)
To apply, or not to apply? This is now the question that I'm faced with. Mom spotted a Proofreader opening at a paper in a different paper's classifieds section on Thursday. At first I just wrote it off that I wasn't qualified and they'd want someone with an English degree, etc. However, mom pointed out that they're only offering up to $12 an hour, so they must not be that picky. ;) So then I thought I would, but then mom said I should only apply if I wanted to do that job, which then made me think and hesitate more. Do I really want to proofread news articles? I guess I'm sort of leaning toward applying at this particular moment, but it's also possible they've already filled the position. Only way to find out would be to apply though. I could certainly use the added income. Humm...
Team Edward!!! :[ (<-- Look, vampire smiley, even though Edward doesn't actually have fangs.) I must say that it's hard not to get sucked into the Twilight universe and drool over Edward. I mean, aside from the whole pesky "vampire" thing, he's basically the perfect man. lol Jacob flippin' gets on my nerves (what on Earth does Bella see in him?). I vote Edward all the way baby!
Friday, August 1, 2008
A new month means more new movies! Aww yeah baby! ;) Of course, today I went out and caught a matinee of The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. I mean, wasn't it obvious that I would? Haha. Anyway, it wasn't quite as good as the first two and was a bit different, but I still found it quite enjoyable, as did Emily who went and watched it with me. Okay, now this may be considered a spoiler, so skip down a bit to the next paragraph now if you don't want to know. So, when they kill the Dragon Emperor at the end, he all starts steaming and then looking a little firey and then all of a sudden lava-looking stuff (which must be the melting terracotta he was made of from the curse or something) just comes squirting out his eyes and a hole in his back! I started chuckling. I just pictured the writer sitting alone in a room with the keyboard typing out the description for that scene: And then, as the Emperor's legs collapse beneath him in defeat. Molten rock gushes out from his eyes and the stab wound in his back, thus depleting him of life. *giggle* Okay, so it wouldn't be written so dramatically in the script, but it's fun to giggle over. ;)
There was a trailer for HP 6 on the movie, and it's the first time I've seen it. And I hate to admit it, but the trailer looks good. *hangs head* I promised myself I wouldn't get excited for it after the colossal letdown from the last film. *sigh* However, I remembered later that I had also thought the trailer for the fifth movie looked good, so that just brings me back to assuming the sixth movie won't be good and therefore I will go in with lower expectations and like it more than I would otherwise. lol I know, my logic is amazing. ;)
After that, I came home and continued in my re-reading of the Twilight series, as Breaking Dawn comes out tomorrow. I'm only about half-way through Eclipse, the third one, right now though as I didn't think I'd be able to get Breaking Dawn tomorrow. Now I might. Eeps! Must read like mad! What am I doing on the computer?
