Oh that Edward

Robert Pattinson AKA "Edward Cullen"

So what if he plays a 17 year old (who's been 17 for "...a while")? He's actually 22 in real life (which, granted, is still too young for me). Isn't he dreamy? And all "vampire-y". So, yes, I too am a "Twilight" fan. I read all four books in six days a couple of months ago. Boy that was a productive six days. I'm surprised I took time out to eat and sleep (okay, who am I kidding? Of course I ate and slept--probably the only things I did do besides read).

Jodi, Heather and I went to see the movie on Friday. It was a lot of fun! We got there early enough to chat it up before it started, which was nice. We even took pictures to document the day (well, except for me because I didn't have my camera). I'm a sucker for cheesy love stories so I really liked the movie. It stayed pretty true to the book I thought, which was nice.

You know what though? As dreamy as Edward is, I'll still take my Andrew (mortality, crazy mom and all).

My Friend: The Cold

Picture of a cold virus or a plasma ball. You decide.

So my wonderful parents, in the true spirit of thanks"giving" and togetherness, gave me their colds this lovely holiday weekend. Thanks Mom. Thanks Dad. It must have been a particularly nasty little virus as I was avoiding contact, we were lysol-ing everything and washing our hands constantly. Damn if I still didn't get it. Such crappy timing too since I was planning on hanging out with Jodi and Olivia on Monday. Well, my Monday consisted of me getting up to go to work, realizing I wasn't going anywhere and going back to sleep...until 3:00. In the afternoon, people.

So, since Thursday evening I've had the usual bout of symptoms: "sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing, and coughing; sometimes accompanied by 'pink eye', muscle aches, fatigue, malaise, headaches, muscle weakness and loss of appetite." Damn. Minus the "loss of appetite" thing. What I wouldn't do for a good stomach virus that made me lose about ten pounds.

Is an Acceptance Speech required?

My creativeness has been rewarded! Okay, so apparently they felt sorry for me and my puny little blog, but hey, I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. Hmm...I wonder where that saying came from...Oh, well, according to Wikipedia it comes from something like this:

The value of a horse is related it its age - i.e., a younger horse is more valuable than an older horse. You can determine the relative age of a horse by inspecting its teeth. Back in the day, a horse was commonly given as a gift. If a man received a horse as a gift, and then inspected inside its mouth, he was trying to assess the value of the gift he received. So, the saying means that you should not assess the value of any gift that you receive; rather you should be thankful for the thoughtfulness of the gift-giver. The saying is used in reference to being an ungrateful gift-receiver.

Huh. Did you also know that: As horses age their teeth begin to project further forward each year and so their age can be estimated by checking how prominent the teeth are. This incidentally is also the source of another teeth/age related phrase - "long in the tooth."

Okay now that I've gotten totally off subject, here are the rules of the award:

1. Mention the blog that gave it to you and comment on their blog to let them know you’ve posted your award.

2. Publish these rules.

3. Share 6 values that are important to you and 6 things you do not support.

4. Grant the prize to 6 people.

Both Jodi and Stacie awarded me with this! I'm doubly-loved!

Six Values That Are Important to Me:

A little thing I like to call, "The Chisle Factor"

1. Compassion

2. Honesty

3. Integrity

4. Selflessness

5. Loyalty

6. Empathy

Six Values That I Do Not Support:

Otherwise known as "The Sharpi Principle"

1. Self-centeredness

2. Hypocrisy

3. Arrogance

4. Racism

5. Pettiness

6. Intolerance

And the six bloggers I'm passing the award to are:

Hmm...it seems that everyone in the known bloggy universe has already gotten this award. Well, here's my list for six that I would give it too if they hadn't already gotten it from someone else first (or if they knew I existed and I was brave enough to actually award it to them)!

Heather, MckMama, Rhys' mommy, Shea, Bossy, Shelley

Well, there ya go! My award-winning blog has now been recognized for what it is. Um...I'm not sure what that is exactly. But, hey somebody likes it!

To the Tune of Twinkle, Twinkle

Bloggy, Bloggy what to say?

Guess I'll post another day.

Can't decide on what to write,

Try to think with all my might.

Bloggy, Bloggy what to say?

Guess I'll post another day.

Almost Wordless Wednesday

This is Bucky B. Katt from the comic strip "Get Fuzzy"

This is Bailey showing off her Bucky fang.

Things My Boyfriend Says

As I'm looking at Jodi's blog:
A:"You sure like that baby a lot...you can't have one."

Via text message:
A: "I think you might end up being the best thing that ever happened to me."

After looking at green hot sauce and commenting about how it looked like phlegm:
A: "If I ever cough up something that looks like that get out the shovel."

Prior to dating:
A: "How do you spell your last name?"
Me: "Why?"
A: "I'm putting together my list of the people I'll spare when I become ruler of the universe."

On McCain losing the election:
A: "I hope he's crying into his bowl of prunes."

My Life in Music

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?

So, here's how it works:

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. When you go to a new question, press the next button
5. For every question, type the song that's playing
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool.

Opening Credits: Respect the Wind-Twister soundtrack (all instrumental)

Waking Up: All That She Wants-Ace of Base-“When she woke up late in the morning light and the day had just begun, she opened up her eyes and thought ‘o what a morning’.” (seriously)

First Day At School: I Believe In You (Je Crois en Toi)-Il Divo featuring Celine Dion-“Follow your dreams; be yourself, an angel of kindness. There’s nothing that you can not do. I believe, I believe, I believe in you.”

Falling In Love: These Arms of Mine-Otis Redding (Dirty Dancing soundtrack)- “I need your, I need your tender lips, to hold me, to hold me together when I'm around you.”

Fight Song: Where is Your Heart?-Kelly Clarkson-“ I don't understand; your love is so cold. It's always me that's reaching out for your hand. And I've always dreamed that love would be effortless, like a petal fallin' to the ground; a dreamer followin' his dream.”

Breaking Up: What You Believe In-Take That-“Give me what it is you belive in 'cause I give to you my truth. I got all my faith in you. I don't know which way we are going. Doesn't matter anyway. Just as long as you will stay.”

Prom: Love in This Club-Usher-“You say you’re searchin’ for somebody that’ll take you out and do you right. Well come here baby and let daddy show you what it feel like.” (Yikes)

Life: (I’ve Had) the Time of My Life-Dirty Dancing soundtrack-“'Cause I've had the time of my life and I owe it all to you.” (I can’t make this stuff up)

Mental Breakdown: Forgiven-Alanis Morissette-“We all had delusions in our head. We all had our minds made up for us. We had to believe in something. So we did.” (what's a mental breakdown without a good ole Alanis Morissette song to go with it?)

Driving: Kick My Ass-Big and Rich-“Why does every body want to kick my ass? I'm just trying to have a little fun for all the ones who can't. Just because I kiss the prettiest girls and drive my truck too fast. Why does everybody want to kick my ass?”

Flashback: The Sound of Silence-Simon and Garfunkel-“Hello darkness, my old friend, Ive come to talk with you again; because a vision softly creeping, left its seeds while I was sleeping. And the vision that was planted in my brain, still remains, within the sound of silence.”

Getting Back Together: Get Stoned-Hinder-“Without a doubt the break up is worth the make up sex you're givin me. Let's hash it out cause your bitchin and your yellin don't mean anything. Don't count me out; I can handle all the baggage that you're carrying. You wear me out. But it's all right now.”

Wedding: Imagine-John Lennon-“You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us and the world will be as one.” (Yeah. Imagine me. Getting married. Ha.)

Birth of Child: Hey There Delilah-Plain White T’s-“Hey there Delilah, what's it like in New York City? I'm a thousand miles away but girl, tonight you look so pretty; yes you do. Times Square can't shine as bright as you; I swear it's true.” (no clue; maybe I’ll have a kid named Delilah some day?)

Final Battle: Angel-Leona Lewis-“We're like Romeo and Juliet; families can't divide us. Like the tallest mountain or the widest sea. Nothing's big enough to hide us.”

Death Scene: Hoist the Colours-Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack-“Yo, ho, all together, hoist the colors high. Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die.”

Funeral Song: Long Way Down-Goo Goo Dolls-“Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own. Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone. Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own.” (I hope this doesn’t mean I’m going to hell…)

End Credits: Carry Me Away-Armin Van Buuren-“And you call out, I can't hear you, I can't feel you, no I can't feel nothing. And you call out, I can't hear you, no I can't hear nothing. And you all look the same, now. You all look the same, now.”

Now wasn't that fun?!

Wordless Wednesday

Photo courtesy of abcnews.com

Exercise Your Right to Vote

"'The vote' is a human right. It is seen as an American right. In a democracy there is nothing more fundamental than having the right to vote." --Jesse Jackson, Jr.

"Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

"People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote--a very different thing." --Walter H. Judd

"Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote." --William E. Simon

"To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain." --Louis L'Amour


I'm not going to add any commentary other than this: Go vote!!!! Like L'Amour said, if you don't vote, don't bitch (okay, so I'm paraphrasing with my own touch).

Not Me! Monday

Update: MckMama did host the Not Me! Monday link-thingymajig. So if you want to check out other blogs' Not Me!s then head on over.

Well, MckMama is a little bit "otherwise engaged" right now, what with just getting home from the hospital after giving birth to the much-awaited and already famous Stellan, but I thought I would go ahead and do a Not Me! Monday post anyway. Gives me an excuse to quit work early.

So this past week:

I did not play video games for 8 hours straight on Saturday. Geez, if I did that you might think I'd need an intervention or something. Plus, I certainly did not get sad when my Fable II character had to leave her dog to go on a quest. I mean, that would be ludicrous. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, don't worry: I wouldn't have either until I started dating Boyfriend.

I did not enjoy spending so much time with Olivia and Jodi this week. And I certainly don't miss that baby. Nope. Not one bit.

I most definitely did not catch up on all my work I'd been putting off for the past two weeks. And if I had, it would, without a doubt, have nothing to do with the fact that my anti-depressants probably kicked in after not taking them for a couple of weeks (not that I would do that).

I did not feel the least bit guilty about not handing out Halloween candy this year. I was at Boyfriend's, and he's afraid of children. At least my parents still gave out candy. Right guys???

I'm sure there's a whole bunch of other things I didn't do, but it's almost 5:00!! Time to go home (not that I would blog on company time).