Tuesday, October 28, 2008

TWILIGHT SAGA


Twilight Saga.... need I say more?

Ok, ok I will.

I LOVE these books.

I read a lot and by a lot I mean a TON. I love books large and small, black and white, frontwards and backwards, right side up and up side down. I just simply love books and getting lost in them.

Harry Potter was one I refused to sub-come to until I could not stand it anymore. I finally caved and started the last week of August 2007 and finished all 7 by the first week of November 2007. Those books are so intricately composed you really have to pay attention to understand and keep up. I loved them. At that point I had decided that Harry Potter and J K Rowling were the best things that ever happened to the reading society. Yes folks they are that good.

But then.....

TWILIGHT AND STEPHENIE MEYER (THIS IS A LINK YOU SHOULD CLICK IT)

YES THE TWILIGHT SAGA IS THAT GOOD THAT I MUST NOW WRITE IN ALL CAPS AS I REFER TO IT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DEEPLY SUCKED INTO A BOOK AND THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY. I CAN'T PUT IT DOWN. I STARTED THE SERIES THE END OF THE WEEK BEFORE LAST AND I AM NOW ALMOST DONE WITH THE THIRD BOOK. THERE ARE ONLY 4 BOOKS IN THIS SAGA SO I MAY BE GETTING SAD THAT MY JOURNEY IS COMING TO AN END. AH EDWARD AND BELLA WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?

YES I AM A NERD AND I AM GOING TO PUT UP A WIDGET THAT GIVES THE OFFICIAL COUNT DOWN TO THE TWILIGHT MOVIE PREMIER.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

I break for Corn Husks!

So it is fall and harvest time in Indiana and we have a LOT of corn. I feel like I need a bumper sticker on my bumper that reads
"I BREAK FOR CORN HUSKS"

As I am driving down the road, usually "THE 32", I often see something scurrying across the road and I tap my breaks. I love animals, so big or small I don't want to smash one on the road with my tires. This would make me sad :0( so I try to avoid it.

My breaks get a workout during harvest time in Indiana. You see what I am most often breaking for is not natures furry little critters but CORN HUSKS!I know I know I know.

After the combines have whisked the corn out of the fields there are a lot of corn "bits" and what-not left just laying around. Indiana is flat so when the wind blows so does all the "bits" and often times when a single dried corn husk is drifting across the road it resembles something that can scurry and has a heart beat.

Better to be safe than sorry so after a quick glance at all of my mirrors I tap the breaks to avoid crushing what appears to be some sort of a furry creature out for a jaunt across the road. More often than not it is a corn husk I avoided hitting :0)

They are not just flat pieces of dried up leafy stuff that is easily recognizable as a husk. No no no they are sometimes curled or bent so when the wind blows it looks like something hopping or running or whatever.

So yeah, I am doing my part to keep Indiana's Corn Husks safe folks, are you?
I BREAK FOR CORN HUSKS.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

I'm fired!

So I am totally fired! Yup that's right I am firing myself. I did not successfully predict the future. Nathan and I switched like we normally do and to top it all off... I did not take a nap at all, not one single nap.
Now to some of you that may seem like no big deal but, I sleep in the car if I am not driving. That is just what I do. The calm lull of the passing stuff on the road, the gentle rock of the vehicle as it takes me to my destination. I always fall asleep on long trips I just can't help it. Not this time though. Who knew I was so terrible at predicting the future!?!? So yeah, I fired myself.

We arrived around 11:15 pm and chilled for a couple of hours and then went to sleep in my brothers bed and it was AWESOME! His bed is so comfortable it puts ours to shame and I love ours. So good sleep time.

I also started reading Twilight last night and it rocks! I am only on page 79 but I am digging it already.

My nieces were estactic to see us, and we chilled all day. Now Nathan and I are getting ready to head to my other brother, Allen's house.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

What time is it?

So it is now 3:36 am yup AM! Nathan and I were planning on leaving for Tennessee tomorrow at 9 am sharp. HA!
Nate has an exam he has to do on campus and I am gonna sleep in a bit.

I had class tonight and took an exam in Psych that I studied and studied and studied for and then I took notes and rewrote the notes on index cards I could use in class. So needless to say I knew the info frontwards and backwards or so I thought. Apparently my teacher has an affinity for wording tests just so,... just so she can mess with your mind :0)
I am hoping for an A but since I did the best I could possibly do I will settle.

I came home and Nate's mom was here and she took us out for a late dinner. It was nice getting to spend time with her. Then we had to do laundry while doing more school work. Then it was home to put away laundry and pack for tomorrow (for me at least) Nate had to finish school work to turn in tomorrow at 9 am so he can take his final. The final touches for tonight, straighten up the house and now at 3:42 am I am going to do my last bit of homework before sleeping.

So since I am ready and he has some stuff to do tomorrow that I can't help with I get to sleep in! WOOHOOOO!

By the way did you know I can predict the future? Here read on and I will predict tomorrow and you can check back in a day or two and see if I was correct....
In our future I see us taking more driving breaks and switching off drivers far more often than normal for us.

Don't forget to check back on my next post to see if I have a future in fortune telling.

Must not forget the neck pillow oh and my handles to adjust my seat backs were fixed so yipee to us because we can now recline to nap in the passenger side and when Nate drives he does not have to sit up freakishly tall (that is how I drive, the back of my seat is almost straight up, HEY, don't judge it is what feels right to me) he likes a bit of an angle. So woohoo the trip should go well.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Back home again in Muncieania

So we are back home for a day and a few hours and then off to the south.
I decided to pick out a book from my book shelf to read, but I still have Twlight to read so I picked a book that I could put down for weeks at a time if need be.

Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is a twisted, in depth, complicated story weaver. He takes the original fairy tales and reworks them from another point of view. Wicked is the story of The Wizard of Oz from the wicked witch's point of view, Confessions of an Ugly Step Sister is Cinderella from one of the step sister's point of view, etc...

I am now reading Mirror Mirror which is Snow White but I am not sure who's point of view, we shall see.

There are a few quotes in the first few chapters from the priest that I want to share with all of my fellow bloggers.

"I've never been persuaded you had much of a soul. More like a little damp anchovy stuck between your breasts, trying to breathe. That's what you smell like anyway"

Also from the priest...

"I'm a priest, I know better than most when a lie is permitted"

and last but not least from the priest, a prayer...

"May you choke on your godless superstitions and spend eternity in coals up to your squid marks. Amen"

I like reading Gregory Maguire's books. They are exceedingly complicated and when you think you have it figured out BAM he hits you with another twist. His book Wicked is a Broadway Musical and Nate and I went to Chicago last may and saw it. It was fantastic. When I first start one of his books I feel stupid because they are so complicated but after words I am like "Oh" so I continue to read. It is a plus that you can put it down for weeks or months even and come right back to them.

So I foresee it taking me awhile to get through this book since I have the Twlight series to start!

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Chi-Town

So -V-, Nate and I went to Chicago today. It was an exciting and fun trip! We took a train from Hammond Indiana into downtown Chicago.We hit Navy Pier and then the Magnificent Mile. While heading down to the pier someone said "Hey, I know you people" We all turned and saw an acquaintance from High School who now lives in Chicago.
Small World, really small world.
This happened on our Honey Moon in Cancun. We didn't know the people but they were from Muncie and recognized Nate's Ball State sweat shirt.
Small world indeed
Anyway we snapped lots of photos on -V-'s camera (ours likes to eat batteries so they were dead) and did some shopping.I like to get lost in bookstores so we hit Borders, *side note, I really wish we had one of these in the big city of Muncie* and I caved and finally bought the first book in the Twilight series and also bought my dad a book by Bill Cosby since we are heading down to visit him. Nate hit up Express and got some great deals. They just happened to be having a BUY 1 GET 1 50% OFF the ENTIRE store. Then it was a mad dash back down the Magnificent Mile (which I might add I think is WAY longer than a mile) to make sure we made it to the Millennium train stop to go back home. If we had not made it we would have waited 2 more hours to go home.I took this photo of a random downtown Chicago Pigeon. I love them, seriously, they are like the Mafia of Chicago. They just don't care and I imagine if you make them mad....
Back on the train where we had some.....interesting males sitting in front of us.
Home and to the pool. 1 of 4 on grounds, seriously yo!
Back home, shower, drop off a movie and back for taco's!
Now it is time for TERMINATOR 2.... night all!

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Who wrote this????


So I am confessing, but only to those of you who read my blog so don't tell. I have slacked majorly in the reading aspect of all of my classes. Financial Aid was crazy this semester and I was in to class for 4 weeks (yes 4 weeks) with out any books. Luckily the teachers were all aware of the financial aid issues so life was good.
Well I finally got my books and I was like "yuck!" that is a LOT of reading if you put it all together. I love reading but text book reading falls in a complete other category and it is not on my top 10 list.
I have been doing great! I have a perfect score in all of my classes. Don't ask I am just good like that sometimes :0) *just kidding just kidding, but I do have improve skillz*

Well it caught up with me. I took a quiz in Behavior Modification and got 100%. Now it is time for the first test over EVERYTHING we have read.

Sooooooooo now I MUST read 103 pages by Thursday so I can take the test. Not a big deal really but I am skipping class a different class tomorrow to attend growth group (for the 1st time this semester) and a meeting at my fantastico church. So I will not have a lot of time tomorrow and it is now 11:33 PM so.... get my drift.

Anyway to make a long story longer....

I was reading in my Behavior Modification Basic Principles by David L. Lee and Saul Axelrod Third Edition and I came across something I found humorous on pg 17.

~When someone turns on a light, for example, is that person adding light (positive reinforcement) or removing darkness (negative reinforcement)? The answer is unclear and unimportant.

WHAT?

Can someone please explain to me why if it was soooooo UNIMPORTANT then why in the world is that little diddy even in the book? Seriously yo! Did they have a word quota they had to meet or what?

hahaha David and Saul (;0) had a sense of humor

Monday, October 06, 2008

Nothing new

Nothing new to say, sorry.

Vacation next week though!

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Can't sleep must watch HEROES

So school is going well, perfect scores in every class. A great big YIPEEEE TO ME!
How did I do on my GIGANTIC test you ask?

Well we will just have to see...but I only guessed on a few and left one question blank. Hey hey hey don't judge me I had to write the 6 thingamabobbers of some scientist for psychological social dilemmas. Yup that's right try saying that fast three times :0)

Went to class tonight and I was the only student who showed up for 30 minutes. All of the others went to our normal meeting place for class but at last they did not pay attention last class. South Side was having an Open House so our classes were moved back to Ivy Tech.
I tried to bargain for bonus points since I paid attention. You just never know til you try, ya know!?
Our class is 3 hours long. We spent the first 2 "fighting" because there is always one, no matter what there is always one. The last hour of class was fun! We had a list of people and they all had descriptions. We had to narrow the list down to 6 people we would want to take into our bomb shelter (we had to pretend the world was getting nuked and we were going to survive along with 6 peeps of our choosing from this list and start the world over again)
One of the girls in our class decided she would not vote because you can't put a value on one persons life over another.
I kindly asked if she was going to offer up her position in the shelter so we could get on with business, I mean after all we are talking about being the only survivors who have to reproduce and rebuild the world here!
Everyone wanted the Catholic Priest to be in with us. I was like "Um why? I can talk to God on my own thank you. How about the guy who knows all about planting and harvesting vegetation and stuff? I mean he can do a lot of good to rebuild the food supply for the world?"
Needless to say it was interesting! I had a good time. After all it was hypothetical.

Then I came home and Nathan and I watched the end of Season or Volume 1 HEROES.

Oh my goodness if you have not seen this show you are seriously missing out. After reading the rule book of life (because we carry one in our back pocket) we realized that it was required that we go out and immediately purchase HEROES Season/Volume 2.

So tomorrow night after I have dinner with a previous coworker and after Nathan gets back from worship practice we will be starting Volume 2. WOOOHOOO "HELLO NEW YORK" if you watched the show you would totally know what I am talking about :0) any takers, any?