Twilight Unabridged

Now this may upset some people. Read with caution. I like the twilight saga, I do, but Stephanie Meyers isn't a great writer. None of the lines from the book are profound or prophetic. Example: "And so the lion fell in love with the lamb. Stupid lamb." Really. That's what people remember most. I could have come up with something way better than that in the shower. She is just retelling love stories with a twist: A vampire and a werewolf. They seem generic and not well thought out.
I gotta give it to her though, she knows how to tell a story that's a quick and easy read. No thought involved.
I have to say, I have read all the books and I've seen the movie. And I plan on seeing New Moon, but I can't get over the over exaggerated love of this book series and movie.

500 days of Summer photo collage video

Is anyone seriously as ready as me to see something this romantic and heart wrenching? I can feel the intensity, even with the start of the music. I understand that this is a movie that is retelling a story about love, but what happens at the end? I want it to work out, I want the love story to not end there but to blossom into new beginnings and not bitter ends.(Did I really just exclaim that I want something to blossom?) I want this to be the story that I put myself into, that I put my boyfriend into and that I am confident in saying, this is true love, real life. The photo collage makes me joyful and heartbroken all at the same time. I love this fucking movie already.
PS...I know that I cussed at the end of this post. Just had to disclaimer it. I only say the words that I truly mean, and I mean them.

Arranged Love- May 2, 2009

Writer’s block. So I can write my random thoughts on my own all day long, when I know that nobody will see it but me. But, when I plan to post my musings on the Internet in blog form for the whole world to see, it becomes an “assignment”, and no longer as fun. Dangit. Maybe writing as a career is harder than I thought it would be (not that this is a career, but you know). Anyway, thought I should give it a try again.I’m reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. I’m actually enjoying it, and not for the naughty reasons one might think. First, I love novels written in the first person. It has the feel of a memoir and seems very realistic. I just happened to watch the Duchess last night, which really coincided with the book. Women were so powerless, pawns in the hands of men. Elijah and I are pretty anti-infidelity, so we didn’t enjoy that part of the movie. But I think it is so interesting to see how things were and how much they have changed. Marriages that were arranged for power, money, or prestige instead of the product of love. It is so hard for me to imagine being in that situation. I know its sounds all serious, so I guess I’ll stop. Anyway, I would like to research what happened in history to make relationships and the role of women the way it is today. There is probably a 90% chance I will not pursue this. I did already take a “Women in History” class. But it makes me thankful to know I can choose to be with the one I love.

Beat that Shay!

It's exactly two months to the day until my birthday!

This is a picture of Shay and I on my birthday at the beach.

Camping is intense or in tents?

Cliffside Pictures of Montano De Oro

So funny. Shay's arms behind me.

Casey aka Bear Grylls

I think they both need a shave!

My favorite camping group ever! Oh how I love thee(s)!

So, we(Casey, Shay, Elijah and I) went camping at Montano De Oro this weekend. I think we all, with the exception of Casey who apparently thrives in this kind of condition, discovered that we aren't much of the adventurer slash campers that we thought we were. Nor are we as experienced as we thought. Lets just say there were raccoons involved as well as a tent that just wouldn't quite cooperate with the wind.
We saw snakes and ticks and crabs, OH MY!
I pretty much already knew I wasn't a camper, mostly because of my love affair with all things technological. Even on our hike, I had my iPhone attached to my head. I also have a hate affair with sleeping, so windy, raccoony conditions aren't my ideal. I am such a wuss, I had to sleep in the car. I have an amazing boyfriend who slept, and slept uncomfortably, I might add, in the car with me. I don't think he wanted the one armed maniac to bust through the window and grab me =). Suffice to say, I don't like camping. I like taking pictures and leaving. That's about it.
The others, I think enjoyed it. Well, I think Elijah and I feel the same way, but Shay and Casey are good and happy campers.

Getting Me Through My Day!

It's been so hot in Bakersfield that I can't handle the heat at night! And sadly, I can't get out of the kitchen. So, in conjunction to it being miserably hot, I haven't slept well at all. Here are all my "get me through the day" tricks.

Does it to Me Every Time April 17, 2009

Exactly 8 months until my birthday today, just in case anyone needs to start making any monetary saving arrangements. One would think that my birthday excitement would fade as I age. But no, apparently I’m like a little kid that likes to make everyone aware. On the actual day however, I just like to sit back and see how many people remember. I know all this because my darling brother-in-law Ryan told me this past year how I make my birthday a “big deal”. Well, excuse me for wanting to celebrate life, jerk. To make matters worse, he forgot to call me until the evening to tell me happy birthday. Seriously, how rude. I’m hoping to heal from my bitterness by the time my next birthday arrives. 8 months from now (please make note). (ps No brother-in-laws feelings were hurt in the writing of this blog)
As far as reading goes, I have read a bit more in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I’ll be honest, I think I probably would have stopped reading it by now if I weren’t blogging about it. A big turnaround from my brownie comments, I know. Where was the collapse? It’s non-fiction! It does it to me every time. Anyway, I’m not giving up on it yet. Kingsolver still has a beautiful way of putting words together that I do enjoy. So I will continue on, although I may need to find some other novel as my reading escape. I am so a nerd.

-Shay