phantom punch

I had a dream about Mike the other night. Nothing meaningful or sexy about it, he was just in it and it kinda ripped another hole in my heart. I really thought I was beyond this, but clearly I’m not. This is what not having closure does to you. Your emotions sneak up on you in your dreams when you least expect it and then you are left to ponder what it all means. Why did he show up in my dreams now? Did something happen to him? Why should I even care when he acted like such a dick? Am I still just upset that he vanished and moved on without so much as a word? It’s frustrating because I do still love him, but I refuse to let it put a strain on me again because my heart can’t take that. I can’t be a zombie again. I won’t. With any luck it’ll all be out of my brain in a few days and I won’t have to think about it anymore.

And now for meaningless and non-personal stuffle…

I’m creeped out by this Keri Russell photoshoot. She looks sickly and gross.

I’m really tired of seeing Heidi Montag and her douchebag verywhere I turn. They’re on every gossip blog known to man, they’re in the grocery story, they’re in the bookstore, they’re just everywhere and they need to go away. I think I might be more annoyed at the fact that I know who they are just because they are such blatant media whores.

Now for more Breaking Dawn commentary. I’m about 300 pages in now and

seven hours ’till the moon sleeps

So guess how tall my kid is now? Are you ready for this? He’s 5’7″. He’s only 11 and I’m so not ready for him to sprout into a 6 footer at 15.

I’ve been contemplating learning Russian. I realize that Russian is actually quite useless to me in my daily life, but learning a second language would expand my brain and could be fun. Besides, everyone else usually learns French, German, Italian or Spanish whether or not they will use it in their daily lives, so why not step outside the norm? If I don’t like it, I can always try out one of the easier languages instead.

Every single book I’ve read lately has used the word “murmured” a ridiculous number of times and it’s bugging me. I’m starting to hate it almost as much as I hate the word “succulent” and I really, really hate that word. There are a lot of other words that could be used in place of “murmured” and then “murmured” could be used more sparingly. Do the authors not realize they use it so much? Do their editors not catch it? Does it not bother anyone else?

So I’m about 200 pages into Breaking Dawn and I’m still not into it. I mean, I’m into it in the sense that I need to find out how the story concludes, but I’m not really enjoying it and that is disappointing me.

Flickr meme that everyone else is doing

1. Answer each of the questions below the cut using the Flickr search engine.
2. Choose a photo from the first three pages.
3. Copy the URL of your favorite photos here.
4. Then share with the world.

Yum!

I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving. We had a great time and for the first time ever, everything that I cooked turned out awesome. I thought I’d share a couple of the great recipes I found in case any of you wanted to try them.

Autumn Potato Gratin
These potatoes are probably the fattiest thing that I have ever cooked in my entire life, but they totally rocked.

Awesome Sausage, Apple and Cranberry Stuffing
This might be the single yummiest thing that I’ve ever cooked even though it wasn’t my own recipe. The only changes I made were these: I left out the liver because eww; used a honeycrisp apple because they taste better; used all fresh herbs instead of dried because they taste better and are prettier; used chicken broth instead of turkey stock; and just baked them in a nice glass dish instead of stuffing it inside a turkey. You could totally make this a vegetarian dish too if you wanted by using veggie broth and veggie turkey or veggie crumbles or faux chicken or something like that. Totally yummy dish that would go great with pretty much anything.

In non-food news…

I’m starting to get more and more stoked about Wolverine. I’m beyond thrilled that Gambit will finally be in a damned movie. Why he was left out until now, I will never understand. He was my favorite character from the comics and cartoon and he would have been a fabulous addition in the prior films. At least we finally get him and he’s being played by the wonderfully hot Taylor Kitsch to make things even better. No, he doesn’t look anything like we’re used to Gambit looking, but that doesn’t mean something won’t happen in the movie and make him a little closer to what we’re all used to. I’m personally just so happy that he’s in the film that I don’t really care what his hair and eyes look like.

I finished Shadow Kiss (Darie you have to read this and soon) last week and totally loved it. I can’t wait for the next one to come out. Must find out what happens with Rose next. I’m still totally shipping Rose and Adrian even though there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that they’ll end up together. I’m not a fanfic reader, but I’m totally on board for some R/A reading if any of you ever happen upon any.

I also polished off The Last Days over the weekend. I was a little disappointed in it at first and didn’t really start enjoying it until they introduced Minerva and Alana Ray and things started coming together a little more. I really got into it after that point though and couldn’t put it down because I had to see how everything continued to click into place. I enjoyed Peeps more but they are both good books and it’s better if you read them back to back so that the details of Peeps is still fresh in your mind.

For those of you who have read/are reading Scott Westerfeld books, which of his series should I pick up next? I’ve been wanting to read the Midnighters series for a while, but I’m tempted to read Uglies/Pretties/Specials because I think I’m one of the few people who haven’t read them yet.

I picked up Breaking Dawn again last night and hopefully I’ll finish it this time. It just doesn’t hold my attention quite like the others did. I’m only 150-ish pages in thus far though, so I can’t be too judgmental just yet.

pineapples are yummy

I actually managed to find some fresh and sweet pineapple at Whole Foods today and it made me super happy. The only ones they had recently are hard and sour and just plain icky. Blech!

I ordered our Twilight tickets earlier today. I don’t think my poor son knows what he’s getting himself into by going to see this film with me. I mean, he wants to go and see it, but I don’t think he understands the magnitude of the fanbase that surrounds this film or the books. I hope for our sakes that the young girls don’t squeal with glee through the whole thing.

We’re also going to see Quantum of Solace this weekend, so yay! Aidan was sick last weekend and was really bummed that we couldn’t check it out.

My favorite knee-high boots are going to have to go bye-bye. *sniff* I somehow managed to rip a hole in the side of one of them, get a deep gash/scuff in the toe of the same one and the seam on the back of the other one is ripping apart. I would have them repaired if possible, but it would cost me more to have them repaired than to just buy a new pair. I wore them a heck of a lot because they go with practically every skirt I own and they’ve had a good long 4 year winter run anyway, so I guess it’s time that I bid them adieu.

I finished Peeps over the weekend and have The Last Days ready to read once I finish Shadow Kiss. It came out last week and I couldn’t not get it since I just finished the other Vampire Academy books recently and LOVED them. I’m about 1/2 way through it and am enjoying it just as much as I did the others. Love the characters! I must admit that I’m kind of ‘shipping Rose and Adrian, but I’m guessing that’s not going to happen. I do think it would make for much fun if they were to have some kind of little fling though.

That’s all the randomness I have for now.

frell me dead

We closed on our condo yesterday, so we’re officially homeowners now. Yay! I can’t wait to buy paint and start doing home projects.

I haven’t talked about John and Aeryn from Farscape in forever, but they are still one of the most awesome and prettiest couples ever to grace a television screen. Click here to check out _jems_ super pretty John/Aeryn kissing picspam.

I think I’m going to move my blog elsewhere because I don’t like certain people having access to it. Plus, I’m just kind of bored with it in general and starting anew might be kind of nice. Now to come up with a fun new name…

I finally saw Saw through Saw IV. I actually watched Saw a while back and didn’t like it and never wanted to see the other ones, but decided to give them a chance recently. Saw II was pretty good, but I didn’t care whether any of the victims lived or died, except for Donnie Wahlberg because he’s made of awesome. The twist at the end was good and I didn’t see it coming, though I probably should have. Saw III was just way too gross for my taste. I couldn’t even watch the death scenes and I had to turn the sound down because of all the screaming. Yuck! Also, the new Jigsaw helper was way too obvious. I think I enjoyed Saw IV the best, though I’m not sure how I felt about the twist. I mean, I knew who the new helper was, so that wasn’t a big shock to me, but the way everything played out was kind of meh. But hey, it had Scott Patterson in a lead role and that is always most excellent. I doubt that I will see Saw V in theaters unless they can guarantee me that they are going to tie up all the loose ends in a neat little bow and it won’t be unnecessarily disgusting. If they can’t, I will wait for the DVD.