Before i start about the books i've read, i just wanted to tell you how excited i am that i learned how to add all these links and how to change the colors! i think i've spent the last hour playing with the HTML color pallet! i had the previously read as different links, but i decided i liked the books.
Eldest
first off, if you have seen the movie eragon, but have not read the book yet and plan on reading the book, or vice versa, you are in for a big disapointment! the first book is so much better. and, johng, i read it over a year ago, so i don't remember if it was hard to read. he just tries to throw in some big words and it kinda throws off the rhythmn. keep reading! Eldest was very good. it does not have as much action as the first book, but i believe it is simply building up to the third book. my husband has to read at least a chapter before bed. I recommend it, but don't expect a second movie to be at all like the book.
Harry Potter #1
i had to keep reminding myself that the book was written before the movie. i must say i am glad to see the screenwriters stuck to a lot of the book, and used many word for word phrases, even if different people said them. i don't have much to say about this book. just that it was very good, and it read fast. i think i finished it in a week. keep in mind, i was sick (see earlier post) so i got a lot read.
ok, not the best book review person. and let me just tell you, finishing eldest, immediately starting harry potter, and things bothering me at work, i had some messed up dreams about being scryed (is that right?) at work while trying to do/learn magic! yeah they were messed up! i do recommend reading the books though! i think i would've liked eragon the movie had i not read the movie, but the more i read the second book, the more frustrated i got at the movie with how much important stuff they left out. especially if they plan on doing Eldest as a movie! Harry potter i was much more understanding. if they added everything in the book, it would be a 5 hour movie!
speaking of Harry Potter, let me just tell you how frustrated i am about all the publicity that is going on about what's his name doing that play in england. HE'S an ACTOR! actors like to try different things! it is a very good play my husband says. he's not going play a teen forever! he's just expanding his talent! and if the media didn't make such a big deal, no kid would know he was doing such a role. why? because no kid is going to go see the play! and even if they did go see the play, they need to remember, as does everyone, he's an ACTOR! it's not harry potter playing this kid who get's naked on stage! please! they are two different characters and i think he has every right to play whatever role he wants to. i just wish people had a more open mind. come on people. seriously! He's not going to play harry potter forever, and this other play (sorry i am terrible with names of both shows and actors) will be good for him as an actor and as a person! yeah, i might always get casted as playing some form of whore (prostitute, can can girl, on my 9th marriage, cheat on my fiances, wear two pieces - down boys-). i just happen to play those characters well. doesn't mean i am one. it's a good challenge because it is not who i really am. and the more i'm casted as that sort of person, the better an actress i become because i just have to work harder. if that even made any sense to anyone but me. and now i have blabbled from a book review to defending what's his name aka harry potter. if by some strange odd chance you are reading this, i say good for you! and i wish you the best! break a leg!
Friday, February 23, 2007
it is i
can you believe it? i'm back! back from the dead, or rather reality. don't really have many excuses for my absence. but if i'm going to make up an excuse, i might as well make up a few!
I'm totally whipped. yes, by my husband. and not physically either. that's just not a turn on for me. he wants to spend time with me. cuddling on the couch, watching movies. AAHHHH.. yes i hear you guys. so i don't make it up to the computer.
i've been sick. all last week i would come home so tired from work that i don't even get up to get the phone when my husband calls to tell me he's leaving. and i go to bed shortly after 9. yeah, i was sick.
this past week, hmmm... really no excuse. i can't think of one. just can't make it up to the computer. so what makes we write tonight? yep, you guessed it. he is working his every other friday night, although it's been every week the past month. enough with excuses, even if they were good ones. =) i don't really have a theme for the blog. just what i can remember what is on my mind. i will say this,
I'M TIRED OF SNOW!!!!!
i never thought i would say it, but i did! even if it is just a dusting. i'm so tired of shoveling once or twice a week. although we did have one week of no snow! but we did have three days of frozen fog. that was fun. and now it's been warm enough, all the snow that is not shadowed has melted. our front lawn, yeah, still LOTS of snow. and guess what! it's going to snow AGAIN! seriously. i think we got the point. it's winter! i'm ready for the windows to open and cool breezes at night, and a quiet rain on the rooftops. the smell of wet sky blowing through the room! and my hair getting frizzy.
i'm going to see wicked! i'm so excited!! it's coming in may. let me just tell you about how we got these tickets. i don't know if i ever told you, but my husband made a friend at my cousin's christmas party. my cousin is not straight, and neither were many of the people there, but i was totally cool with that. well, my husband starts talking to this guy (yes, the guy is gay) and they exchanged #s which i guess was teased about afterwards. the guy (we shall call PA) has a serious partner, so it was quite interesting. anyway, they went out one time. i did not go on this adventure. they just went out to dinner. i guess PA just like to talk to my husband because they like to talk about things in ways that most people, including me, don't normally talk. if you've met my husband, you know what i am talking about, and i can't explain it. anyway, the next time PA wanted to do something, my husband wanted me to come too. so where to do we go? the mountains with PA's partner and another couple. the trip was a couple hours and PA kept saying how he wants us (my husband and i) to do all these things with him. the list is very long. we did have a good time, and when we got back, we hung out at their house for a little bit. which is when we were invited to see Wicked. now i kinda feel slightly intruding. there are a group of guys that always do things together, including my cousin. he is getting a ticket for his birthday, even though he really doesn't like theatre. so we are a new addition to this group, kinda. so, PA called us again a couple weeks ago and wanted to go out. so we meet him for a late lunch, meet his partner at the denver art museum (saw monet, it was awesome!!!) and then we decide to go out to dinner and then a movie. now i find myself relating more to PA's partner, who i shall call AL. however, i think he still feels a little akward hanging out the "the other kind" because we aren't normal in thier world. anyway, PA really wants us to go to this dance and drum thing for his birthday. just us and AL. none of his other friends. just us. ok. so we are going next wed. then we are going to wicked with a bunch of guys i don't really know, besides my cousin and these two. it shall be interesting, but it will be fun. for they are a great bunch of guys (from the brief moments i've met them) but i need some straight friends! i have one really good friend. but she's in school and works and writes papers for school, so i don't get to see her much. i have another friend that i hang out with how is also gay, and as much fun as her and her partner are, we need some straight friends! i just can't explain it. i love hanging out with them, don't get me wrong! and i don't feel awkward at all with either of them. i think i just need some friends.
i'm so itching to do theatre, it's killing me! i really want to do a musical, but i think that ship has sailed until after the summer. but maybe i can get into a play. i can do plays. i need to work on monologues, but i can do cold reads!
(side note, the cold front is coming. the wind is really hitting the side of our house! it's supposed to rain, then snow. i can just hear the wind for now. thought you'd want to know) i just want to be on the stage. i want to get really good and win awards again! yeah, i've only won once, but it's a great feeling and i want to accomplish that again! some day...plus, once i get into a show, i will know more of other auditions, and make friends! i won't ever see my husband, but i'll have some more friends! in case you didn't know, i really need to have that social life. my husband, not so much, but i do.
speaking of friends, i'm still terribly homesick. every now and then i will start to stare at my computer and my eyes get watery, and i have a quiet little meltdown of loneliness. my OH friends are just so much fun to hang out with! i totall miss it! and i've made my eyes water again! dang it! i am going to be hanging out with some awesome OH friends this summer as they venture to myrtle beach with us! i can-not wait! it's still a while so i should push it aside.
i shall conclude with the murder of the cat, or rather, some days i would like to! we bought grapes last week. we've gotten them before, however, Ols has decided to discover them this time. he now jumps up on the counter quite frequently, and it is really starting to piss me off! one day we came home and found all these little grapes all over the house! if that doesn't give it away that he was up there! every day, there were more grapes. i ended up not eating them anymore because i don't know what he's touched. do you know where that tounge and those paws have been? NASTY! i woke up the other day and found all the grapes lined up along the side of the sink. then tonight i make chicken nuggets. some were left out. i heard the pan move, and yelled at him. i didn't see him, but the shot glass with toothpicks on it's side was a good indication that he was up there. and he had the NERVE to meow back at me! i just want to cut his jumping muscles so he will stay down. one of these days, i'm going to buy fly paper and leave it on the counter. yeah, he won't like having THAT stuck to his paws. don't know if that will keep him down, but it's worth a shot!
i've written enough. this is what happens when i am left alone, not wanting to do anything, and not written for a couple weeks. hope you made it to THE END!
I'm totally whipped. yes, by my husband. and not physically either. that's just not a turn on for me. he wants to spend time with me. cuddling on the couch, watching movies. AAHHHH.. yes i hear you guys. so i don't make it up to the computer.
i've been sick. all last week i would come home so tired from work that i don't even get up to get the phone when my husband calls to tell me he's leaving. and i go to bed shortly after 9. yeah, i was sick.
this past week, hmmm... really no excuse. i can't think of one. just can't make it up to the computer. so what makes we write tonight? yep, you guessed it. he is working his every other friday night, although it's been every week the past month. enough with excuses, even if they were good ones. =) i don't really have a theme for the blog. just what i can remember what is on my mind. i will say this,
I'M TIRED OF SNOW!!!!!
i never thought i would say it, but i did! even if it is just a dusting. i'm so tired of shoveling once or twice a week. although we did have one week of no snow! but we did have three days of frozen fog. that was fun. and now it's been warm enough, all the snow that is not shadowed has melted. our front lawn, yeah, still LOTS of snow. and guess what! it's going to snow AGAIN! seriously. i think we got the point. it's winter! i'm ready for the windows to open and cool breezes at night, and a quiet rain on the rooftops. the smell of wet sky blowing through the room! and my hair getting frizzy.
i'm going to see wicked! i'm so excited!! it's coming in may. let me just tell you about how we got these tickets. i don't know if i ever told you, but my husband made a friend at my cousin's christmas party. my cousin is not straight, and neither were many of the people there, but i was totally cool with that. well, my husband starts talking to this guy (yes, the guy is gay) and they exchanged #s which i guess was teased about afterwards. the guy (we shall call PA) has a serious partner, so it was quite interesting. anyway, they went out one time. i did not go on this adventure. they just went out to dinner. i guess PA just like to talk to my husband because they like to talk about things in ways that most people, including me, don't normally talk. if you've met my husband, you know what i am talking about, and i can't explain it. anyway, the next time PA wanted to do something, my husband wanted me to come too. so where to do we go? the mountains with PA's partner and another couple. the trip was a couple hours and PA kept saying how he wants us (my husband and i) to do all these things with him. the list is very long. we did have a good time, and when we got back, we hung out at their house for a little bit. which is when we were invited to see Wicked. now i kinda feel slightly intruding. there are a group of guys that always do things together, including my cousin. he is getting a ticket for his birthday, even though he really doesn't like theatre. so we are a new addition to this group, kinda. so, PA called us again a couple weeks ago and wanted to go out. so we meet him for a late lunch, meet his partner at the denver art museum (saw monet, it was awesome!!!) and then we decide to go out to dinner and then a movie. now i find myself relating more to PA's partner, who i shall call AL. however, i think he still feels a little akward hanging out the "the other kind" because we aren't normal in thier world. anyway, PA really wants us to go to this dance and drum thing for his birthday. just us and AL. none of his other friends. just us. ok. so we are going next wed. then we are going to wicked with a bunch of guys i don't really know, besides my cousin and these two. it shall be interesting, but it will be fun. for they are a great bunch of guys (from the brief moments i've met them) but i need some straight friends! i have one really good friend. but she's in school and works and writes papers for school, so i don't get to see her much. i have another friend that i hang out with how is also gay, and as much fun as her and her partner are, we need some straight friends! i just can't explain it. i love hanging out with them, don't get me wrong! and i don't feel awkward at all with either of them. i think i just need some friends.
i'm so itching to do theatre, it's killing me! i really want to do a musical, but i think that ship has sailed until after the summer. but maybe i can get into a play. i can do plays. i need to work on monologues, but i can do cold reads!
(side note, the cold front is coming. the wind is really hitting the side of our house! it's supposed to rain, then snow. i can just hear the wind for now. thought you'd want to know) i just want to be on the stage. i want to get really good and win awards again! yeah, i've only won once, but it's a great feeling and i want to accomplish that again! some day...plus, once i get into a show, i will know more of other auditions, and make friends! i won't ever see my husband, but i'll have some more friends! in case you didn't know, i really need to have that social life. my husband, not so much, but i do.
speaking of friends, i'm still terribly homesick. every now and then i will start to stare at my computer and my eyes get watery, and i have a quiet little meltdown of loneliness. my OH friends are just so much fun to hang out with! i totall miss it! and i've made my eyes water again! dang it! i am going to be hanging out with some awesome OH friends this summer as they venture to myrtle beach with us! i can-not wait! it's still a while so i should push it aside.
i shall conclude with the murder of the cat, or rather, some days i would like to! we bought grapes last week. we've gotten them before, however, Ols has decided to discover them this time. he now jumps up on the counter quite frequently, and it is really starting to piss me off! one day we came home and found all these little grapes all over the house! if that doesn't give it away that he was up there! every day, there were more grapes. i ended up not eating them anymore because i don't know what he's touched. do you know where that tounge and those paws have been? NASTY! i woke up the other day and found all the grapes lined up along the side of the sink. then tonight i make chicken nuggets. some were left out. i heard the pan move, and yelled at him. i didn't see him, but the shot glass with toothpicks on it's side was a good indication that he was up there. and he had the NERVE to meow back at me! i just want to cut his jumping muscles so he will stay down. one of these days, i'm going to buy fly paper and leave it on the counter. yeah, he won't like having THAT stuck to his paws. don't know if that will keep him down, but it's worth a shot!
i've written enough. this is what happens when i am left alone, not wanting to do anything, and not written for a couple weeks. hope you made it to THE END!
Thursday, February 01, 2007
snowfall #8...
This was once our light post, until the 7 weeks of snowfall came! fun times. fun times. actually, not really. i hate to say it, but i'm getting tired of it. i likeit on the ground, not on the roads. and i'm getting tired of our road not seeing any sort of snow removal. although today there was a bulldozer clearing the sides of the roads. there was some snow removed from the entry of our road, but that's it. i'm going to need new shocks after this winter! and you would think that we would've been skiing by now. nope. we are yet to go down a slope. oh well. and it is going to be -8 tonight and 8 tomorrow and -6 tomorrow night. then it will gradually get warmer. slowly, but it will get there. so far no snow next week, but that's what they said about this week, and look at my lightpost! soon it will just be shining snow. that would be cool to see! i'm off now to cuddle under the blankets! brrrrrr....
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