Rory Gilmore Reading Challange

I think I have a bit of a problem...
First, I decide to watch 1001 movies before I die.
Now, I'm attempting the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge.

For those of you who do not know who Rory Gilmore is, first of all, let me proceed to explain.
Rory Gilmore is one of the best fictional characters on Television. She is from the Gilmore Girls, and like me, is a very avid reader.

As I was stumbling along on Pinterest today, something caught my eye. It was called "The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge", that is, to read every book she ever read, or talked about reading over the course of the entire series.

This sounds right up my alley. (:

So here is the list of books. The one's I've read in red, along with asterisks representing the stars I award them. Please feel free to attempt this dastardly challenge with me. (:

1984 by George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank ***Archidamian War by Donald Kagan
The Art of Fiction by Henry James
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner **Atonement by Ian McEwan
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Babe by Dick King-Smith
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney *
The Bhagava Gita
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews by Peter Duffy
Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women by Elizabeth Wurtzel
A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays by Mary McCarthy
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Bridgadoon by Alan Jay Lerner
Candide by Voltaire
The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer - Currently Reading in EnglishCarrie by Stephen King
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Charolette's Web by E.B. White
The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman
Christine by Stephen King
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
The Collected Short Stories by Eudora Welty
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty
A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Complete Novels by Dawn Powell
The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton
Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père
Cousin Bette by Honor’e de Balzac
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Cujo by Stephen King
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
David and Lisa by Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Da Vinci -Code by Dan Brown
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Deenie by Judy Blume
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx
The Divine Comedy by Dante
The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Don Quijote by Cervantes
Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhrv
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
Eloise by Kay Thompson
Emily the Strange by Roger Reger
Emma by Jane Austen
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Ethics by Spinoza
Europe through the Back Door, 2003 by Rick Steves
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Extravagance by Gary Krist
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury *
Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore
The Fall of the Athenian Empire by Donald Kagan
Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
The Fellowship of the Ring: Book 1 of The Lord of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (TBR)
Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce
Fletch by Gregory McDonald
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger
Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
George W. BushismWeisberg
Gidget by Fredrick Kohner
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
The Godfather: Book 1 by Mario Puzo
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Alvin Granowsky ****Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford
The Gospel According to Judy Bloom
The Graduate by Charles Webb
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ****
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens ****The Group by Mary McCarthy
Hamlet by William ShakespeareHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling *****
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling *****
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (TBR)
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry (TBR)
Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
Henry IV, part II by William Shakespeare
Henry V by William Shakespeare
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris
The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III (Lpr)
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss *****
How the Light Gets in by M. J. Hyland
Howl by Allen Gingsburg
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
The Iliad by Homer **I’m with the Band by Pamela des Barres
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Inferno by Dante
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Iron Weed by William J. Kennedy
It Takes a Village by Hillary Clinton
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë **** 
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan *Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare ****
The Jumping Frog by Mark Twain
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Lady Chatterleys’ Lover by D. H. Lawrence
The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway
The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Lottery: And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold **
The Love Story by Erich Segal
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Manticore by Robertson Davies
Marathon Man by William Goldman
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman by William Tecumseh Sherman
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Meaning of Consuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Mencken’s Chrestomathy by H. R. Mencken
The Merry Wives of Windsro by William Shakespeare
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka *
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion by Jim Irvin
Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield Taylor
A Monetary History of the United States by Milton Friedman
Monsieur Proust by Celeste Albaret
A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It’s Aftermath by Seymour M. Hersh
My Life as Author and Editor by H. R. Mencken
My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru by Tim Guest
Myra Waldo’s Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe, 1978 by Myra Waldo
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult ***The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature by Jan Lars Jensen
New Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Night by Elie Wiesel ****
Northanger Abbey by Jane AustenThe Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John P. McGowan
Novels 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A Time to be Born by Dawn Powell
Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Old School by Tobias Wolff
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan
Oracle Night by Paul Auster
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Othello by Shakespeare
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan
Out of Africa by Isac Dineson
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition by Donald Kagan
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick HornbyThe Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker
The Portable Nietzche by Fredrich Nietzche
The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill by Ron Suskind
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ****
Property by Valerie Martin
Pushkin: A Biography by T. J. Binyon
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Quattrocento by James Mckean
A Quiet Storm by Rachel Howzell Hall
Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers ****
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman
The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings Book 3 by J. R. R. Tolkien (TBR)
R Is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
Rita Hayworth by Stephen King
Robert’s Rules of Order by Henry Robert
Roman Holiday by Edith Wharton
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare ****
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
The Rough Guide to Europe, 2003 Edition
Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi
Sanctuary by William Faulkner
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford
Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller by Henry James
The Scarecrow of Oz by Frank L. Baum
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd ****
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman
Selected Hotels of Europe
Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 by Dawn Powell
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Several Biographies of Winston Churchill
Sexus by Henry Miller
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Shane by Jack Shaefer
The Shining by Stephen King
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton
Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Small Island by Andrea Levy
Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by Barrington Moore
The Song of Names by Norman Lebrecht
Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos by Julia de Burgos
The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
Songbook by Nick Hornby
The Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Sonnets from the Portuegese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
A Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams
Stuart Little by E. B. White
Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals by Anne Collett
Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Term of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
Time and Again by Jack Finney
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger *****
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee *****
The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Trial by Franz Kafka
The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Unless by Carol Shields
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
The Vanishing Newspaper by Philip Meyers
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Velvet Underground’s The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third series) by Joe Harvard
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Walt Disney’s Bambi by Felix Salten
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker
What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 by Richard Nelson Bolles
What Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf by Edward Albee
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire *****
The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum ***** Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole


Soooooo. I have a long way to go. YAY! I can't wait to knock some of these out. I own maybe 20 of the ones I haven't read yet. Wish me luck!

Peace out Kids.

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas. (:

Well hey hey hey!
Everyone knows what tomorrow is right?
December 1st! :D
That means:

• 25 Days until Christmas
• 24 Days until Christmas Eve (Which was kind of obvious because of the first bullet, but I thought I would point it out anyways...)
• 32 Days until the elusive 2012 (but here's a big shocker for everyone - THE WORLD'S NOT ENDING)
• 20 days until a very special person's birthday :D (I'm wondering if she will catch that I'm talking about her?)
• 41 Days until another special birthday (My bestest friend in the entire world that is)
• And lastly, 193 days until I am officially an adult. :DDDDDDDD

So enough of all of that, today, I've decided to share a few things about myself that you may not know. Prepare to be amazed. (:

A lot of people don't know this, but one of my favortie things to do is sing. I do it ALLLLL THE TIME. Some people appreciate my lovely singing. ei, my parents, my best friend, random hobos on the street. (Just kidding about that last one guys...)
Some people do NOT enjoy my singing (my sister...)
But that has never stopped me. I sing in the shower, in my room, in the car with my windows rolled down, in the middle of grocery stores, in parking lots. Pretty much any where.

But the thing is... I only sing around certain people. Because my worst fear is for someone to think I'm a bad singer. Yea, pretty irrational, but that's one thing I don't want people to judge.

Anyways... Point of this loverly story is coming, I promise.

Ever since I was a little girl, I've loved to sing. And it all started with one song in particular, from a very certain movie that I may have mentioned before. And yes, this movie does have to do with Christmas time, so what better time to bring it up than now?

WHITE CHRISTMAS PEOPLE!

It's only my Favorite Movie EVER. (OK- it's only my favorite during the christmas holidays, because obviously I lovelovelove When Harry Met Sally. So technically it's my second favorite. But for all intents and purposes, we're saying it's my favv today. kthanks.)

But seriously. I used to watch this movie nonstop when I was little. I used to run around my house dancing (OH yea, this movie is why I used to love dancing, but I grew out of that) and singing "Sisters, Sisters, there were never such devoted sisters". I had the dances memorized, every line to the songs I knew by heart. I still do actually.

Every year, we wait to watch White Christmas for the first time of the season until we put the Christmas tree up. I have been dying to watch this movie for weeks now, but I couldn't until we put the stinkin' tree up. Well, we finally did yesterday, so I finally got to watch my movie. I sang along to EVERY SONG, much to my sister's annoyance. I didn't even help decorate the tree, because I just wanted to watch the movie, hehe.

Before almost every song, I would say, "Hey, It's my favorite part, be quiet!" or "I love this!" or "This is the best part!" My family finally caught on and noticed that basically the whole movie is my favorite part.

I swaer if I could, I would go back in time just so I could live in the 50s, it was such a great era. All the women were beautiful, people actually cared about what they looked like. I'm not saying I loved WWII, but it's my favorite part of history because it's when the country was at it's finest in my opinion. It's part of why I enjoy this movie so much. The 50's were just so... well, Swell.

But, per Christmas tradition, I will be watching this movie at least once a week; I never get sick of it.

This is the movie that made me fall in love with movies. Fall in love with music. Fall in love with dancing. Fall in love with Bing Crosby. Fall in love with Christmas. Fall in love with Rosemary Clooney. Fall in love with comedy. Fall in love with the 50's. Fall in love with snow. Fall in love with singing. and most importantly, Fall in love with love.

Everyone seriously needs to go see this movie ASAP if you haven't already.

That's all for today, kiddos.

Peace Out Kids.

Twihards VS. Potterheads

So, interesting fact: apparently I have a fan base in the Netherlands? Yea, this was news to me, but Hey all you Netherlandians! Thanks for reading my blog, and keep spreading the word of how AWESOME it is.(:

So we all know that the premiere of breaking Dawn Part 1 was this week. Man, that movie sucked. Like really bad. As a fan of the series (I admit I've read them at least 3 times) I thought the movie was very accurate, don't get me wrong, but it was just plain WEIRD.

For those who haven't read the series, or just don't want to see this, don't read ahead because there may be spoilers.

It had too many corny Disney moments for me. Like the 30 second cameo of Stephanie Meyers... AWKK. I can only stare at that lady and her freakish smile for 5 seconds MAX. The that weird breathing Bella did right before the wedding. I thought she was on drugs or something. And ohhh the poop face, it was back. Kristen Stewart has this elusive "I have to poop face" throughout the first two movies, and in some parts of the third. And of course, as she was walking down the aisle to her one and only love, she smelled poop. Not a great way to remember your own wedding. My least fav part? Defff when Jacob imprints and we had this whole video montage of their future together. And the actress that plays Reneesme does not fit how beautiful this child is supposed to be. Things I LIKED about this movie? The first 30 seconds when Jacob runs out into the rain with his shirt off. (: So, I'll give it 3 stars, generously.

OK, MOVING ON.

So as a HUGE Potterhead, I've decided to make some comparisons(:
And Potter wins almost every category. Potter on the left, Twilight on the right, so let's get ready for some Potter VS. Twilight!
Ron VS. Jacob? Hm.... This really is a hard one, I'll admit. If either one were to propose, I would accept. (:
Hermione VS. Alice As much as I love Alice, I would give anything to be/meet Hermione for like 2 seconds.
HarryvsVoldemort VS. CullensvsVolturi Do I even need to explain why Harry and Voldemort is better?
Hogwarts Feasts VS. Drinking Blood Again... Who wouldn't want to eat at Hogwarts?
Quidditch VS. Vampire Baseball Quidditch BY FAR.

It's so painfully obvious which book series is better that I'm just going to stop to save you Twihards some dignity. POTTERHEADS FTW.

Alright, moving on...
Horror movies now?
Scream 4!
EEEEK. (:

I.Love.Scream.
Scream 4 is definitely the best scary movie Of.All.Time.
5 stars.
Kthat'sallfolks.

Peace Out Kids.

Today, I Became Invincible.

Have you ever accomplished something so wonderful, you just couldn't help but tell the world?

Well, 484 Jumping Jacks, Crunches, Leg Lifts; 8 minutes and 4 seconds of wall sits; 44 push ups; and an 11 minute run later, I've lived to tell my tale.

Today, I accepted the challenge of  The Ninety-Nine Workout... "Aka: If I Finish This Alive I Must Be Invincible"
Let me tell you.... That is one craaaazy workout.

You start by doing 99 jumping jacks, crunches, wall sits (in seconds) and leg lifts, then 9 push ups. And continue that series until you get to the 2's (99,88,77,66, and so on...) and then to end it you go on an 11 minute run!

In the moment, it doesn't really seem all that bad. Except for the crunches, those killed me every time. I don't know why though, ABs are my favorite part. Then after you finish everything and you go on your 1  minute run, you think "Hey, that really wasn't all that bad!" Then you start running, and you want to shoot yourself for ever attempting this. But you can't be a quitter, so you put your iPod on shuffle and start running. (I'm not a runner-hate it so much) and when you get home, all you want to do is fall on the ground, but this is the important part. You MUST STRETCH! Then go inside and drink LOTSSSS of water. Even after doing all of this, I can barely walk.

So much for being invincible right?

Tomorrow, I will be borrowing a wheelchair from the nurse, that;s how badly my legs hurt. (haha that was a joke so you can laugh now).

But on the bright side, I feel like rewarding myself for keeping up with my daily workout antics.

What's the best reward for me? Watching a movie, DUH! So that's what I'm about to go head off and do, so I can tell all ya'll about it later.

On a side note, I finally got my first college acceptance to Schreiner University! EXCITING!
But not quite exciting as me completing that reeeediculous workout.

Either way, a celebratory dinner (and movie) are much needed.
Peace Out Kids.

Until Next Time! (Actually I believe I'm going to change my signature salutation to Peace Out Kids, because I always say Peace Out when leaving a situation of any kind...) So...

Peace Out Kids.
Ya like? (:

*Cough Cough* :P

What's the only good thing about being sick all weekend?

Staying home and watching movies, duh.

I will admit, I did get to watch quite a few movies this weekend, mainly because I was in bed sick, but I'm not complaining! It gives me more to write about!! (:

Firstly, (before I was sick of course) I went to go see the new movie Tower Heist with my family. It stars Matthew Broderick, Eddie Murphy, Ben Affleck, Alan Alda, and many others. I found this movie actually very humorous. It was a little inappropriate at times for younger people (mainly 14 and younger) but I was laughing the whole time. I haven't actually LOL'ed at a movie in who knows how long. It was nice to have a little comic relief. For those of you who haven't seen the commercials, Tower Heist is about a Hotel/Building staff who plan to overthrow the system and steal 12 million dollars from one of the Buildings residence who basically stole all of their money. I thought it was a really cute story line, and in ways reminded me of Ferris Bueller, but maybe that's because Matthew Broderick was in it and it involved a car. Anyways, I give it 4 stars, and everyone should go see it!

I have now seen 3 of 8000000000000 Woody Allen movies. Yes, that was a bit of an exaggeration... I watched What's Up, Tiger Lily? on Friday when I was home sick. It was an OK movie. I gave it two stars, but the back story to this movie is actually very interesting. This movie was Woody Allen's directorial debut. What he did was, he took an old Japanese film and edited out ALL the sound. Which just left him with the moving picture right? Then he added in American voices and an all new soundtrack that completely changed the whole movie. It went from a Japanese spy film to a film about the recovery of a treasured egg salad sandwich. Overall, it was interesting, and put a new spin on things. Definitely the first of it's kind that I have experienced.

Now I'll just fill you in on the rest of my weekend movie watchings, but no review is required. First, (well really 3rd) me and my mom watched When Harry met Sally. <3
I will NEVER get sick of that movie. In fact, as soon as we finished watching it, I wanted to watch it again. Pathetic, I know.
Then the next night, my mom and I watched Gigi, an old favorite of mine.

I haven't seen Gigi since I was a little girl, but it was just as good as I remember it being, and I still remembered the words to almost all the songs! Another great movie from The Book, and if you've never seen it, you're missing out on a Hollywood Gem.

Well, now I'm about to go do some Jillian Michaels as part of my scheme to defeating the Freshman 15 before next year!

Until Next Time!

Just Another Day in the Life

Well hello again.

Yes, I am posting for the second time this week.

Yes, there's probably something wrong with me. At least you're the first to know!

So yea. I've come up with this master plan:
If I keep up a good workout regime from here until Christmas Break (and hopefully on after that-but I don't want to get ahead of myself) I will be able to continue on and not have to deal with the Freshman 15.

For those of you who haven't already heard, the Freshman 15 is the worst thing about college, AKA my one college nightmare. It's the "15" pounds a college freshman puts on once they leave home. But that 15 easily turns into 20 then into 30, then, OK-just shoot me now.

So I am DETERMINED to get a jump start on that so I get into a healthy routine that I can carry on into college! Sounds great right?

So far I've been doing pretty good.

• I've gone rollerblading at least 3 miles 4 or 5 times
• I rode 10 miles on a bike Tuesday!
• Today I rode 14 miles in an hour! WOOOO. and. We were headed straight into the wind for about 7 miles.

Lemme tell you a little something about riding a bike straight into hurricane winds (because that's pretty much what it was like. I'm telling you there was more wind today than there was during Hurricane Rita!), Riding a bike straight into the wind is fun exhausting!!!!!!! (I've always wanted to use the slash through on my fonts:D) I have never been more tired in my entire life. Not when we did the 20 minute drill in volleyball, not running the mile under 7 minutes, no even rollerblading straight into the wind. This was some crazy stuff.

You know during the Tour de France when the bikers stand up on their bikes and sprintpedal? Yea, well me and Emily (who went with me) were sprintpedaling and we were going nowhere. Literally. We were going 9 miles an hour if we were lucky. I felt like a snail. I felt like that reeeeeally old lady that crosses the street then drops something and can't get back up. It was awful.

but guess what.

We're doing it again tomorrow.

Are we crazy or what? (:

LOVE THAT BURN!

Mannnn, Ima be sore tomorrow!

Well it's time for me to get on Pinterest! ((((: 
Until Next Time!

Well, It was worth a shot...

Hello fellow blogging world and all of you who have continued to read this blog.
Yes-I'm sure most of you thought that I had jumped off a cliff or something, because I haven't posted anything since August, but please, let me explain why before you jump to any rash conclusions.

You see... It all started with those "summer resolutions". By actually setting a goal for myself, I jinxed the whole thing.

Then: it's called, volleyball.

Volleyball has literally sucked my life for the past three months, not that I'm complaining. In fact, I wish volleyball wasn't over yet, because not only did I get to see my best friends almost every waking moment of my life, but I had no spare time-thus no time to be bored. (:

Now that it's over, I don't see my friends as often (but we still spend way more time together than is probably healthy) and I have WAY TOO MUCH FREE TIME.

So that's the story.
I didn't die, sorry.

Now back to those summer resolutions...
Progress thus far-
       preeeeetty pathetic.
Those 30 more movies before summer... I've seen one- The Exorcist. So yayyyyy 65 down, 936 to go! That's so pathetic it doesn't deserve to be bolded.

Then there were the 50 books throughout the school year. Welllllllllllllll. We are 1/3 of the way done and I've read 4 books: Pride and Prejudice (required), As I Lay Dying (required), The Lying Game, and Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone.

I have a long way to go if I want to reach 50.

Then I stopped watching Charmed, but there's still hope for that I guess....
And yea, I definitely haven't blogged at least once a week.

BUT-
I declare now, that everything is going to change since I have a life again.

Although, I'm finding that life is starting to be consumed with Harry Potter (my obsession has found it's way back to the surface in order to fill the volleyball depression) and this new supersupersupersuper addicting website called Pinterest.

ILOVETHATWEBSITE.

Emily Grizzell, I hope you're reading this right now, because I want to thank you for completely ruining me. You got me ADDICTED!

So now ya'll are all going to be so curious as to what it is that could be so addicting, and everyone's going to check it out and blame me for addicting them, but just remember, it's not me to blame, it's Emily.

Well that's all for now.
Can't wait until Pottermore is open to the public so I have a new addiction to share with the world!

Until Next Time!

I survived Week 1 of Senior Year!

WOOOOOOOOO.
ONE WEEK DOWN.

So when's Christmas Break? haha.
No, seriously...


That was probably the longest and least fun week of my life.
Was it really on 5 days? Because I swear it felt like 3 years.

And the saddest part, I didn't watch any movies (or new ones I should say) or finish reading any books.

School takes up too much time. I'm almost done reading As I Lay Dying, which was wayyyyyy easier to get through than Pride and Prejudice for those of you wondering. But PAP was/is way more interesting than AILD. Next I have to read How To Read Literature Like A Professor. It sounds like something Luther would make us read.

Oh Luther....
How I miss you so sometimes.

Did I just say that? haha.

Well, me and my mom went on a mother/daughter date yesterday afternoon.
Talk about a full house.
I've never seen more people in a movie theater than the HP7P2 premiere!
We went and saw The Help since she finally finished the book.

That movie was so much better the second time. (:
And I actually cried like 4 times, I felt like I had a heart that time!

My mom didn't like it as much as me, she said it left out too many big chucks, like Louella's storyline.

I'm sorry, who was that again? HA. Must not have been too big of a chunk.


Well, I'm not really sure what else to write.
I need to clean my room. Ew.
I need to finish reading AILD. Ew.
I need to read chapter one of my Eco textbook (and maybe somemore). Ew.
I need to do vocab for APES. Ew.
I need to go to Sonic with Megan to find out how the review went to day. Not ew.
I need to finish decorating me and Meg's notebook. Not ew.

I guess I should stop writing now...

G'Bye Ya'll!

Until Next Time!

Farewell Summertime!

Can you believe how fast this summer has gone by? It's crazy!

I feel like the start of a new school year is kind of like the New Year in its own respect, so I've decided to make some End of Summer Resolutions!

1. Watch at least 30 more movies from The Book before summer.
2. Read at least 50 books during the school year.
3. Finish Charmed before Christmas.
4. Write at least one post a week for my blog!

Those seem pretty reasonable right?

Well I have quite a few things to write about today since I've been a bit of a procrastinator lately...

First I'll start with books.
There were two more books I read for book club.
The first is called Stolen by Lucy Christopher. I gave it three stars. Overall, it was very similar to Living Dead Girl. Same concept anyways. Girl gets kidnapped, kidnapper psycho. But this kidnapper doesn't try to kill the girl, instead he thinks he's saving her by taking her to the middle of nowhere in Australia. i felt sorry for the characters. Both seemed so lost in their own respects. This book definitely had a better ending than Living Dead Girl.

Then our final book of the summer was The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

Talk about a GREAT book. I haven't given a book 5 stars since reading Catching Fire in the beginning of June. People kept comparing The Help to To Kill A Mockingbird and for good reason. It will always have a place on your bookshelf, and it's one of those comfort reads that just makes you feel good inside after you read it.

The Help is set in the 1960's around the time of all the Civil Rights commotion. The book is actually about a book, kind of ironic, haha. Three characters, Skeeter, Minny, and Aibeleen, must work together in secret, against all odds, to reveal the truth about what it was like for the help: maids, gardeners, butlers, etc.
The book made me laugh, and cry (just a little) and above all, it gave me goosebumps and a greater appreciation for a generations worth of people.

If your not a reader, then go see the movie instead! The movie was almost (emphasize on the almost) word for word from the book.

I loved both, and play to read/watch them many times again.

Another great summer movie I strongly recommend is Friends With Benefits. I gave it 5 stars. I feel like in its own way, it's very similar to When Harry Met Sally, which as you all know is my absolute favorite movie of all time. Friends with Benefits is just more of a modern day twist to a classic love story. Plus, the chemistry between Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake is undeniably wonderful. Those two were made for those parts. Combine classic love story, a few twists and turns, a gay sports news broadcaster, many familiar faces, and a few flash mobs and you get a great summer flick.

Now, I've gotten a bit behind on my 1001 movies, but I'm starting to improve on my Meryl Streep movies. I watched The Ant Bully the other day to bring my Streep counter up to 8 out of 63! wooooooooo.

A more just cause for celebration would be that I actually sat through the entire movie. I gave it two stars, generously. It's a cheap rip off of A Bug's Life with a moral in it. Why adults try to teach kids lessons using animated cartoons about animals and bugs, I don't know, because kids these days only watch reality TV and look up to people like the Kardashians, not some little minuscule ants.

Moral of the story, don't flood an ants home, or the wizard ant will shrink you to bug size and force you to be an ant until you learn your lesson by saving the colony from an exterminator. yay.
Don't waste your time watching this.
I already did for you.

See the sacrifices I make for you people.

Then I made another sacrifice by watching The Hot Chick.
That movie was about as good as The Ant Bully.

Only this time the moral of the story was don't steal earrings from an African American valuables store or you'll wake up in the morning in a man's body.

Can you say been there done that with Freaky Friday (in two movies actually).

The only reason I watched this movie is because Rachel McAdams is in it.

Yes, I have a McAdams counter too, but I've actually seen a number of her movies. She is another one of my many favorite actresses. So here goes it:

• The Hot Chick (2 stars)
• Mean Girls (5 stars)
• The Notebook (5 stars)
• The Family Stone (4 stars)
• The Time Traveler's Wife (4 stars)
• Sherlock Holmes (4 stars)
• Midnight In Paris (5 stars)

That would be 7 out of 16, almost halfway! WOOOOOOO.

Well, I hope everyone is dreading the first day of school as much as I am.

I'm off to finish reading my summer book, Pride and Prejudice. (See, I told you I was procrastinating...)

Until Next Time!

Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire

I remember when I was a little kid, if I was caught lying I wold get a spanking.

Now, I have the worst guilty conscience. I can't tell a lie to save my life.

When adults lie though, the consequences seem to be a little different.
At least they are in Just Go With It and Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult.

Adam Sandler is one of the funniest people on the earth. And you all know how much I love Jennifer Aniston. Combine the two, and you get one of my new favorite movies, Just Go With It.

Yes, I know it came out a long time ago, but I never had time to go see it in theaters. But boy, am I glad I finally did see it. (: There isn't much to say about this movie, other than "Don't pour over me! Don't pour over me!" Yea, just go see it. 4 stars!

Then, sometimes, lying isn't a good thing. In Vanishing Acts lying lands the main character in jail. I was pleasantly surprised by the ending of this book. After reading My Sister's Keeper, I made a vow to never read another Jodi Picoult book again, but Book Club made me break that vow. I'm glad they did. I liked it, 3 stars.

Vanishing Acts is the story of a woman who finds out that she was kidnapped as a young child, by her own father. She starts to realize how much of this world is made up of lies and false memories, at the same time that her old life seems to unravel before her.

Its a good book, but it wasn't exactly a fast read. I usually had to make myself read, even though I was enjoying what I read, it just didn't have much of a pull factor for me until the very end of the book. Like her other books, Jodi Picoult writes the story in the different viewpoints of all the main characters. Most people don't like when authors do that, but I like it!

Well, I think that's going to be it for now.
I'm going to go watch Charmed now (:

Until Next Time!

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Yea, yea, yea. Don't even start. I know it has been a very long time sense my last post. And I know I promised to write more, but I have been putting it off for a very specific reason.

I knew that my next post would have to include my review of HP 7 Part 2, and honestly, I'm not going to write one. By writing a review of that movie, it would bring closure, and I'm not quite ready for that. Harry Potter was my whole childhood. I wanted to be Hermione, get my acceptance letter, and go to Hogwarts, and now it's over, and I'm not ready for it to be. So if I keep putting off the review, I'm not accepting the end, and that is that. So if you want to go see the slaughtering of a great book, be my guest, because I refuse to write how awful that movie was. I refuse to tell you how they ruined my favorite book by the author that made me realize that I want to write.

Oh, well I guess I just did write all that, but oh well. That's the closest to a review you will get out of me.

But I will tell you more on the theme of this post.
Wicked, magic, you name it.

Firstly, I finished The Heretic's Daughter, the story of a little girl as she has to witness, and live through, the Salem witch trials. I thought this story had a very interesting story line, but it isn't one that I will want to read many times again. I usually had to force myself to read it, but once I got started I could easily keep reading without force, or stop reading without hesitation. It was just an overall OK book, so I gave it 2 stars.

If you ever want to know more about the books I read, or what I thought about them, you can always become friends with me (or just stalk me) on my goodreads account.
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5556442-shelbi

That is possibly the coolest website invented, so check it out! :D

Now the next wicked, may be another form of evil.
We're talking about Horrible Bosses, one of the funniest movies of the year. I give it 4 stars.
One, it has Jennifer Aniston (another one of the actresses I would like to see all of her movies, her list coming soon). That movie was so funny. it had the same kind of humor of bridesmaids, just a little less vulgar content and more vulgar script. If you are looking for a movie that will literally make you Laugh Out Loud, then I suggest seeing this movie.

Jennifer Aniston counter:

• Friends (5 Stars)
• Rumor Has It (4 Stars)
• Marley and Me (5 Stars)
• He's Just Not That Into You (4 Stars)
• The Bounty Hunter (3 Stars)
• Horrible Bosses (4 Stars)

That makes 6 out of 27, but if you want to count each season of Friends individually...... hehe.

Now for my last little blurb, full of all kinds of magic, demons, and otherwise.

I've been a bit addicted (OK, extremely OBSESSED) with Charmed lately, and everything that has to do with Charmed. I juts LOVE that show. I used to watch it every day after school, and then I found out about 2 weeks ago that it was on the Netflix instant queue so I decided to watch it from the very beginning, especially since I had only seen a few episodes that actually had Shannen Doherty in it. My love for that show has become much stronger since then, and I watch it almost 24/7. I just got to the part where Leo and Piper get married (:
I love Leo, and Piper. They are soooo cute, and plus Piper is my favorite. I wish I had her power. I wish I was her. Haha.

Well anyways, I think that is going to be all for now, so enjoy!

Until Next Time!

Happy Day Off!

Did everyone have a good fourth yesterday?
I did!

Even though there weren't any fireworks or big pool parties, I enjoyed my evening just fine. I was lucky enough to get the whole day off from work, so what better thing to do than watch movies all day?
You know that's exactly what I did.

First of all, congratulations are in order. Because.......

64 down, 937 to go!!!!!!!
Mhmmmm, I watched not 1 but 2 movies from The Book yesterday.
Take that, suckers!

First was a Woody Allen great, Manhattan. After watching this movie, I'm pretty sure I will enjoy Woody Allen's other movies. His movies are all about the script, he doesn't have many special effects, but his cinematography is amazing. The whole movie is in black and white, which adds flavor to the movie. He really plays with shadows and textures with the black and white filming. I loved the score for the movie, some great music! And I love the way Allen incorporates the music with montages of New York, and the life of his characters. It deserved its place in The Book, and I give it 4 stars!

This puts my Meryl Streep counter (I forgot to mention she plays Woody's ex-wife in Manhattan) to 7 of 65. Yay! I'm closer!

After watching that black and white masterpiece, I was in the mood for a good old classic movie. In The Book and on my Netflix queue was a movie I had been dying to see for quite some time, and I was in the perfect mood for it. An Affair to Remember is possibly one of the greatest movies I have ever seen, 4.5 stars, the half star deducted for making me cry too much. This is just an absolute masterpiece and you should go see this before sunset, not before you die, because if you haven't seen it, your missing out on so much. So many people now use The Empire State Building as a romantic icon in movies, TV Shows, and even real life because of this movie. Take Sleepless in Seattle for example. So go see this movie, like, NOW.
K thanks.

Another actress I hope to see all of her films is Reese Witherspoon. She may not have as many films as Meryl, but I love her all the same. Yesterday, I saw one of her firsts, Wildflower. That was such a cute movie, 3 stars. It was directed by Diane Keaton, not one of my favorites, but I was gladly surprised at how much I liked it. The only weird part was that Reese sounds exactly the same, but she looks like she's 12 in the movie. I'm not sure of her actual age at the time, but if you close your eyes and listen you would expect to see herself as she is now, not then. Anyways... here are the movies of hers I have seen so far.

• Wildflower (3 stars)
• Legally Blonde (5 stars)
• Sweet Home Alabama (5 stars)
• Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (4 stars)
• Just Like Heaven (4 stars)
• Walk The Line (5 stars)
• Penelope (2 stars)
• Four Christmases (2 stars)

So that makes my Reese Countdown 8 of 31! WOO!

Lately, I've been on a documentary kick. They have been fascinating me, and I have no clue why.

The first I watched was actually more of a documentary series about the Disney Parks. THEY WERE SO COOL. They made me want to go back to Disney. If you're ever bored, look these up. They all start with Disney Parks: (And this part would be which documentary it is). Anyways, I loved them, and you find out so much about Disney you wouldn't have known before.

The second documentary is probably the coolest, funniest thing I have ever seen. Definitely gets 5 stars. The 50Worst Movies Ever Made. Yes, that is the name of the documentary. It shows little clips of the 50 worst movies of all time. Yes, these movies look BAD. Most of them either have a man in a gorilla suit, Bela Lugosi (Dracula to most people) or some weird mutant creature/Mad scientist. And if anyone was wondering (because I was) none of the 50 Worst Movies made it into the 1001 to see before you die. I was secretly hoping at least one would...

Now onto HP3, or for those of you who don't know me, Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. This one didn't have many fun facts, but here's a few.

• Dudley didn't have a single speaking part in the entire movie.
• The new director wanted to get to know the characters better so asked each of Daniel, Rupert, and Emma to write an essay about their character. Emma turned in a 16 page essay, Daniel a one-page summary, and Rupert nothing at all.
• The new director for the film hadn't read a single Potter book or seen the first two movies.
• The new Dumbledore didn't read a single Potter book through the course of filming the entire film series, because he didn't feel it was necessary.

Well that's about it for today!
Until Next Time!

Silence Is Golden

First, before I go any further, I would like to update my last post.

After much thought and consideration, I realized that I liked Rent a lot more than I did after first watching it. I guess it's one of those movies you have to sit and think about before you truly know if you like it, like with Black Swan. I am currently obsessing over all things Rent and Idina Menzel. So that 3 star just mated and had a baby because it's deff 4 stars now.

Now while on the subject of Idina Menzel, I have some absolutely specatumous (spectacular/magnificent/wonderful/and every awesome word you can think of) news! Idina Menzel is going to be in a new show on ABC!!!!! http://broadwayworld.com/article/Idina_Menzel_Lands_Own_TV_Musical_Drama_Series_for_ABC_20101130
That's one of the links I found if you'd like to check it out for yourself.

Also, lots of speculation about a Wicked movie!!!!!
Yes I was cyber-stalking Idina Menzel all morning-thus the obsession.

Speaking of obsessions... Remember how I told you how Megan has her "movie obsessions". Well I am pleased to say it seems that her Runaways obsession is dampening, and now she has somewhat moved onto Johnny Cash. She finally saw Walk the Line (one of my favorite movies if I might add...).

Well let's get to the good stuff shall we?

62 Down. 939 to go!!!!!!!!

Yea, that's right, I watched another movie from The Book. It was slightly painful. And took 3 separate viewings to finally finish it, but I did it. The saddest part? The movie was only an hour long... But it was so hard to stomach in one setting!

After much internal debate, I give The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari only 1 star, and here is why:

First off, I would like to congratulate myself for watching yet another foreign movie and my very first full-length silent film! Whoopdeedoo! And this is probably the oldest movie I've ever seen! (1919) Well, the just of the movie is as follows: This crazy psycho guy is telling a crazy story about this Dr. who has a somnambulist (sleep-walker) and controls him, making him murder various people. Weird right? Well at first, I thought this is boring. Then it got kind of crime movie mystery type thing. So it was a little bit more interesting. Then it got Inceptionist on me, and I no longer liked it anymore.

Don't waste you're time watching this movie. The only reason its in The Book is because it was such an advance in cinema for the time, especially in a foreign country. The subtitles were extremely hard to read though. Funny parts of the movie: the cuts are very obvious. But at the same time, it's amazing that they were able to film. But I do think they could've constructed more life-like sets, especially since sets have been made for theater since before Shakespeare...

No other reviews for today, but we did watch the second HP the other night.

Fun Facts for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:

• In the last scene, when Hermione runs up to hug Harry, but not Ron, many people thought this was a sign of things to come regarding Hermione/Ron relationship, but actually, Emma Watson was too embarrassed to hug the boys on-screen, so the director decided to compromise, allowing her to just shake hands with Ron.
• Dobby the House Elf actually appears in 5 of the books (if I remember correctly) but only stars in 2 of the movies, sadly.
• The scene where Harry breaks his arm at the Quidditch match, Daniel put pressure on his right arm in one shot without acknowledging its hurt, but in the next shot, appears to hold it, as if it's been hurt.
• The actor who played Dumbledore died two weeks before the movie released in theaters.
• This was Daniel Radcliffe's favorite book in the series (and my least favorite).
• The actress who played Madam Hooch in the first movie, refused to continue in the second because of salary differences.
• An outbreak of lice in the cast occurred during the filming of this movie.

OK, that's enough. (:
Want more fun facts? Check out imdb.com!

Until Next Time!

Screams, Thrills, Shrills, and Songs.

What do I love more than anything?

Watching movies on my day off of course!

I decided to knock off some of my Netflix movies! However, none were from the book, but oh well!

First, I watched Scream 2. Hehe I love those movies. (:
Wes Craven is a genius when it comes to scary movies, and his parodies (The Scream Movies) are even better in my opinion. If you like cheesy scary movies, watch Scream. I'm just waiting on Scream 3 to come in the mail, and Scream 4 to come out on DVD, but man I love these movies. I give the second Scream (and Stab-if you've seen the movie, you'll know what I mean) 4 stars! YAY!

Then, since I was in the mood for more scares, me and my mom decided to watch Shutter Island (which I thought was a scary movie.... Turns out it's not). Talk about a weird movie. 2 stars at best. The story line was a bit predictable if you ask me, and was too inception-y if you ask me. Which if anyone remembers, I did not particularly enjoy Inception either.... The only good thing about this movie is Leonardo DiCaprio, but even he isn't all that....

Anyways....

Then today, I got Rent in the mail from Netflix! WOOHOOOOOOOO!

I have been waiting to see this movie ever since
1) I found out Idina Menzel was in it (I FREAKIN' LOOOOOOOOOOVE HER!)
2) I found out Seasons of Love is a song from Rent
and 3) I heard Take Me or Leave Me on Glee

I had extremely high expectations for this movie, especially since I love Broadways and Musicals. Not to mention at least half of my iPod is either music from Broadways, Musicals, and Glee. Well I think I set my standards a bit too high, but I still enjoyed the movie. When you get past the excess of gay and drug usage, it's actually not that bad of a movie, 3 stars. Did I mention I love Idina Menzel? I am extremely pissed I was never able to see her in the Broadway rendition of Wicked... Well, anyways, back to Rent. The cool part about the movie is that most of the cast is from the cast on Broadway, with the exception of Mimi and Johanna, but they still did a great job, in my opinion. Ironically, even though Idina Menzel plays a lesbian in this movie, she married her costar, Taye Diggs, who played Benny. My favorite numbers from the movie are Tango: Maureen and Take Me or Leave Me- and no, it has nothing to do with the fact that Idina Menzel are in both.... Ok, maybe a little...

Of course, I have already bought the soundtrack and listened to it at least once. (:
Even though I only gave it 3 stars, I would still watch this movie again, so go watch it people!

Until Next Time!

101 more people! Literally!

Only 101 more pageviews needed until I get 1001 pageviews! I feel like this will be a significant milestone in my quest to see 1011 movies... Ya think?

Well tonight I have 2 reviews for you, not much, but better than nothing!

I went and saw XMen: First Class with my mom. I LOVE XMEN!!!!!!
That is probably one of my favorite superhero series. They aren't cheesy like Superman, and aren't super overrated like Batman!

I love how the new XMen ties into all of the old ones, but brings in a lot of new as well, plus, for those who haven't seen any XMen, you can watch this and still understand the story line!

My favorite part of this movie, well one of my favorites, is that Mystique (the blue chick) is played by the same girl that will play Katniss Evergreen in The Hunger Games!!!! Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss/Mystique) has such a great on-screen personality and charisma, and she has the perfect persona to play Katniss, I'm super excited for Hunger Games now!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
I will furhershur be at the midnight premiere for this movie. I'm somewhere below Twilight obsessed, but it made my 2nd favorite series spot... so....

Enough Said.

Now for book club update. Can I say I love being in a book club?
The better question is can I say it enough times?
I don't think I can, but perhaps I shall try!

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OK, I think you get my just.

Anyways, I just finished reading I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max. The sad part is that this book is ALL TRUE. Which is Absolutely. Insane.

My first thought was I was reading the memoirs of Barney Stenson, from How I Met Your Mother, but even Tucker Max would make Barney cringe.

This is one of those books that is so disturbing you can't put it down...
You like it,
But you hate it.
It makes you uncomfortable,
It makes you laugh,
And then it makes you never want to talk to another man in your entire life.

All I can say is... EW. STD CENTRAL.

Enough Said. (My catch-phrase of the day?)

2 stars, for the few non-sex/drug/alcohol related stories that actually were tolerable.
We are supposed to watch the movie version if it at book club, but I'm not sure if I could sit through that pain again.

The saddest part? Tucker Max is genuinely a good writer...
He should put his skills to a better standard.
If for some reason you feel the need to check this guy out he has a blog too...
tuckermax.com
I have yet to check it out, I'm a bit frightened, but your welcome to go ahead and let me know how it goes!

Now onto The Heretic's Daughter for bookclub!

Also, in lue of the Harry Potter Premiere in 18 days, 2 hours, and 22 minutes (as of the moment I write this) mi y mi familia are watching a Harry Potter Movie a night, time permitted. Each night I watch one, instead of providing you with a review here is my review of them all in a whole:

THEY. ARE. AWESOME.

Enough Said. (There I go again!)

But I will provide some fun facts I have gathered over the years about each movie.

Sorceror's Stone (being the only one we've rewatched so far) I have a few.

The last scene in the movie where Harry and friends board the Hogwarts Express to go home was actually the first scene to be shot. In this shot (and a rare few others) you can catch a glimpse of Hermione's buck teeth. The directors wanted to keep this true to the book, but after the few scenes decided not too. Also, they wanted to have Daniel Radcliffe wear green contacts to include Harry's green eyes, but Daniel was allergic to the contacts so in that last scene, Harry (Daniel) has extremely red eyes, that are only noticeable in closeups if you look for them!

And did you know in England the first book was called the Philosopher's Stone?


Until Next Time!

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Ya'll ready for some book/movie reviews?

Good, 'cause I got lots comin'!

Shall we start with movies?

First... 61 Down 490 To Go!
While I was at my grandma's house in Kerrville, I watched A Streetcar Named Desire, finally. I had only had the disc from Netflix sitting on my BluRay player for the last 4 months. Well... At least I got it over with, because I can't say I enjoyed watching that movie. It was painful to watch. Almost all of the characters are mentally unstable, and they all have so many problems, you just get to a point while watching it that you can't stand to watch anymore of it. I give it 2 stars. My only reasoning to think it would make The Book is that the director, Elia Kazan, has brought so many new faces to the screen that go onto become Hollywood legends. This movie showed the world the Marlon Brando.

I still didn't care for the movie...

Now for a movie I REALLY enjoyed, Midnight In Paris! This was my first Woody Allen movie, and I loved it. 5 stars all around! Such a cute movie. It has Owen Wilson, Kathy Bates, and Rachel McAdams in it, all 3 absolutely wonderful actors and actresses. My only suggestion is this: those of you who do not have an appreciation for literature and art in the early 1900s, specifically the 1920s, you will not enjoy this movie. This is one of those movies that you have to have literary/artistic/poetic appreciation/knowledge, because without it, the movie won't make sense, and therefore becomes less enjoyable. But as a deep appreciator of classics, I fell in love watching this movie.

One of my absolute favorite actresses is Meryl Streep. My goal is to watch all of her movies. I started by adding as many available to my instant queue on Netflix. The first one I've watch so far is called Before and After. It was OK. So I gave it 2 stars. Normally I'm a fan of Liam Neeson, but he played an awful character in this movie. It's about the trial of a boy who was accused of killing his girlfriend. All in all, it couldn't hold my attention, and was a pretty odd movie. Not Meryl Streep's best. I have seen 6 of her 68 movies. Not bad I guess. Here's what I've seen so far.

• It's Complicated (4 stars)
• Julie & Julia (4 stars)
• Mamma Mia! (5 stars)
• The Devil Wears Prada (5 stars)
• Lemony Snicket: Unfortunate Events (3 stars)
• Before and After (2 stars)

Now for the next  movie, try to imagine we live in a perfect world, where everyone says exactly what they are thinking, with no filter, and there is no such thing as a lie. Then one day, some random guy discovers the ability to fudge the truth and "say something that isn't". The Invention of Lying. What a weird movie. The whole movie seemed to mock religion and God, but at the same time, some parts seem to praise Him. Either way, it wasn't my favorite, but it did have a creative story line, so it gets 3 stars.

Last movie for you today! One I had been dying to see for a while now, a favorite to many, include one of my bestest friends in the entire world, Miss Taylor Brown. I'm so glad she suggested watching this movie this morning! Chicago, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones (who played my favorite character in the movie), Renee Zellweger (who graduated from Katy HS, but I can't stand) and Richard Gere (who can't help but love him?). Overall, I really likes this movie. I know most everyone has already seen this movie, but if you haven't, go watch it, what are you waiting for? I like how it had the Burlesque feel I love, and it was set in the 1920s, an era full of creative genius. The whole movie centers around the lives of these women in jail for murdering someone, but the main character, Roxie Hart, wishes to become famous and perform on stage like a cellmate, Velma Kelly, did. Roxie imagines every conversation and situation throughout the movie as a performance on stage, so the movie is full of great song and dance. My favorite number is Cell Block Tango (I already bought it on iTunes). 4 stars for Chicago!

Now that's all for the movies, shall we move on to books?
I promise there aren't as many.

First, progress on my Book Club, I'm having so much fun! Our first meeting was Sunday, and it's so nice to finally be able to talk to people about books that actually read, for one, and appreciate the same parts of literature that I do. I love my friends, but most of them just don't understand the power reading a book has over me. When I read a book or watch a movie, I'm simply doing it for the entertainment pleasures, I am doing it as an escape in some ways. I become part of the movie/book. I am there, experiencing the same feelings and emotions and action that all of the other characters do. Which is probably why I get so emotional... haha

This and so much more is why The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is my second favorite series. Sorry, but I don't think anything will ever be able to trump Harry Potter. The series overall gets 5 stars, but the last book I give 4 because in a way I feel like she got tired of writing and just ended it. But the ending left me with so many questions. I wanted so much more from the last book than I was given. I still think the series should be at the top of everyones "to read" list. If I could capture the power Suzanne Collins has in her writing, I could probably be a best seller too. I don't know if I have ever cried so much while reading a books. Tears of sadness, sorrow, sympathy, depression, joy, and laughter all came from reading that amazing series.

The only other book I have read since was Party by Tom Leeven. This book took me a while to get into, but overall I enjoyed it; 4 stars. My only complain is tat each chapter is in the perspective of a different character, 11 chapters in all. For a while, I was getting characters mixed up, and couldn't remember each persons' perspective. But what I love about this book is how it proves that you may think you know a story, but until you see all the perspectives surrounding it, you can't truly know what the real story is.

Well, now I'm starting I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, which so far I swear is the memoirs of Barney Stenson from How I Met Your Mother. I'll let you know how that one goes!

Until Next Time!