Hey ya’ll… yeah, all one person who might be still checking this page. I’ve decided to change this up a bit a try a new format with more organization. So here’s how it’ll work. Half notepad for me, half blog for you, all totally fun. Plus, I’ll try to add in something new every day to keep this fresh and fun. Like, on Saturday, cat pictures (Hello Caturday!), or on Monday a book review. Something fun like that. I want to make this blog more appealing for you readers and more challenging and creative for me. I mean, I already have a journal that I occasionally use. So nuts to that format here. So let’s see what we can do!
Under the more button, find personal bloggage, photos of the day, and my review for the novel “Twilight”.
To do list:
-Go to bank
-Go to library, return books, get more.
-Record shows for this week, as well as next week.
Noteworthy News!
So for those who don’t know, I am trying to get my net presence back. I went AWOL there for a few months due to A) Nanowrimo, B) reasons of personal insanity, and C) School and LSAT work. Well, Nanowrimo was the best year yet for me, as I not only finished my novel’s word count, I FINISHED the actual novel! I KNOW! I’ve never done that before. So now I can actually say, yes. I wrote a novel. It’s half second-drafted by me now, but I’ll be putting excerpts up here later on. Maybe that can be a Friday feature or something…
The LSAT went as well as could be. God, the logic games! The brain ache!
Possibly missed dates for this week’s new format include: Wednesday, Thursday. I have to see a root canal specialist on Wednesday, and they will be operating or whatever else it is that they do. I’m not sure how severe it will be, as we don’t know the reasons for my complications yet. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Random Photos of the Day!:

So we had another little snow storm last night. This is a view from my front door, of the side of our yard. So pretty! Note: Just called Jack to learn he had the day off from school today. PEOPLE THAT IS NOT ENOUGH SNOW TO CANCEL SCHOOL! Why wasn't the school board made of wusses when I went to school...

Felix, Cornelia, Snowman, and Hannalore. Also in the mood of Christmas, there was a Contest for the best Christmas/winter photo involving Puki dolls. I decided to send this photo in.
So, today is Monday. What will Monday’s Feature be… You know, let’s stick with the book review thing. If only because I read THIS:

Dear. Sweet. God.
Now, I consider it a point of pride that I always finish a book. Until now, there has only been one book to trump me. But this… this was just… LORD.
If you haven’t heard of Twilight, congrats! Stay under that rock! I know I wish I did. The only reason I took this from the library is that I work with several high schoolers who LOVE Twilight. I have only followed Twilight through fabulous sites like Fandom Wank, Fandom Lounge, and the fabulously hilarious Cleolinda. This means that while I know all the important information and plot points, I don’t know much of the actual WRITING. So, to give my co-worker Alex his due, I decided that I should at least attempt to read one of the four books before I complained about them.
Good intentions get you nowhere, people. NOWHERE!
I flung this book across the store four times. I stomped on it twice. When I reached the Vampire Baseball scene some 380 pages in, I had to throw up my hands in defeat. This book is awful. Seriously, awful. The only good thing about it? It gives me hope that someday, my books will be published. Because if this DRECK can be sold at bookstores, I can’t be worse.
I was expecting the love between Bella, human girl, and Edward, tortured vampire boy, to annoy me the most. However, I was wrong. What actually drove me insane was Bella herself. People, this girl is awful. She is whiny, closed-minded, and exhibits the most obnoxious behaviour any female character can do. I’m talking about the age old trick of “I’m so plain and ugly, but really I’m GORGEOUS, I just can’t see it!” Why yes, Bella! You’re thick brown hair is disgusting, and your porcelain skin? God. Enjoy being a spinster! Oh, and you’re also really skinny? Well, you better pick out those cat names now, because it’s all over for you.
Seriously though, this girl is the new kid and HALF the male population of the school falls MADLY in love with her. When the school dance shows up, she receives THREE invites in the span of ONE day and THREE pages! But of course, since none of them have the brooding stare of Edward the HAWTIE, she does not care.
Moving on the Edward, don’t fret. He’s not as bad as she is, but he makes very almost as much sense. You see, Edward can read minds, EXCEPT FOR BELLA OMG GUYZ WHAT COULD THAT MEAN SOULMATES?! and he can also smell everyone’s blood. And Bella? Well, her blood smells so delicious to Edward, it’s all he can do not to rip open her veins right there in Bio and drain her for all the world to see. He tells her repeatedly in the beginning of the book that he can never be around her, that it’s for the best if they never become friends. Which is all fine and dandy, except he NEVER FOLLOWS HIS OWN ADVICE. Seriously, he’s there every time she turns around. Bella about to be hit by a car? Saved by Edward. Bella about to faint in class like the dainty daisy she is? Carried by Edward to the nurse. Bella is chased downtown by gang members and trapped in a dead end alley? Edward to the rescue in his Volvo! No, Really! Also, did I mention he sneaks into her room every night to watch her sleep? Stick a fork in me, my friends.
By the time we meet all of Edward’s adoptive family, his super hot undead doctor dad, and meet the local werewolf committee, my eyes were glazed over like a freshly made doughnut. The baseball was too much, and I gave up. Still, at least I tried. Points for effort, right?
December 8, 2008 at 6:14 pm
OMG… Best. Review. Ever.
And the pics! Wow!
And shut it. They’ve closed schools from ice.. ICE.. no snow whatsoever…
I tell you, being a Teacher in Canada. ROCKS!
WELL DONE! LOVE THE UPDATES!
December 8, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Jack- Being a teacher in Nova Scotia rocks.
You have more school days in a year than I did in my entire history of education. For sure. You Jerk. *winks*
December 8, 2008 at 6:39 pm
You have a blog!
And it’s brilliant! And shiny! And omg notebook.
Congratulations on finishing NaNo. <3 And for that matter, I don’t blame you one bit for not finishing Twilight. Really. I’m impressed you made it that far.
REALLY.
December 8, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Mari- Awww thank you! It’s shiny now. It’s my December project, since I’m done with school and whatnot. I will turn it into something awesome.
Thanks for the congrats! *hugs* Stupid Impossible Twilight. For the records, the high schoolers who love it? Have only read one or two of the four books. I told one what happens in the last book and it took me twenty minutes to convince I wasn’t making it up. I broke his spirit just a little that day…. and I LOVED it.
December 8, 2008 at 7:06 pm
I’ve not read the books, but his super-hot undead doctor dad amuses me greatly. Other vampires get powers like being able to subject everyone in a ten-mile radius to unthinkable agony, or fling fire from their hands, or assorted other abilities that wouldn’t be out of place in the Justice League.
Edward’s dad? Gets super-compassion.
December 8, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Nick- I don’t remember what all the other vampires’ ablities were… they all get some kind of “super power” like Edward’s reading-minds thing. I actually think super-compassion WAS something one of them had… maybe Edward mom?
SO LAME!
And don’t get me started on how the doctor has been in the town for YEARS and nobody has questioned why he doesn’t age. Because WTF.
December 8, 2008 at 10:36 pm
I thought that sort of snow was a 3/4 of the year sort of thing in Canada?
Can’t wait for some real snow to fall here. I love driving in the snow. It’s about precision and controlling your vehicle, not speed.
Great to hear of your NaNoWriMo success.
I can now go from resisting the temptation to buy a copy of Twilight to good honest smirking at anyone I see picking it up. Wait, hold on. I’m supposed to be one of the good guys.
Also, I’ll be sending you and Jack a new script for Estalvin’s Legacy in a day or two. Potts and Liefman return! Especially Liefman. And they get a scene together.
December 9, 2008 at 3:29 am
Paul- We do get a lot of snow, and it’s still fresh enough that we don’t hate it yet. We get to that point pretty damn quick though… It’s FREEZING.
Thanks!
Oh, you can smirk. Smirk until your face hurts. They deserve it.
Oooo, I have so many lines to record… I just lose track! *laughs*
December 9, 2008 at 3:48 am
Someone explained what happened in the fourth book and I was like “…this is fanfiction, right? You’re joking…right?”
Don’t break too many spirits! *hugs* People need them for living and thinking and stuffs.
December 9, 2008 at 4:50 pm
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December 18, 2008 at 11:37 am
Gosh I hope no one ever told you twilight was a good book as in good writing. Every review I have ever done of it (one still waiting to be put on a podcast that was recorded months ago) says it is pure junk, it is trash. Just because its trash though doesn’t mean it can’t be enjoyed. I loved the books (all but the last) because they were junk, complete fluff that is not meant to be taken seriously. It was fun, like watching Xena, a complete guilty pleasure.
I have to say, not once in your review did you bash on the sparkly thing, which come one, is so completely lame. (BTW they don’t all get powers in the end, you just meet more vamps with powers in the last book) its like vampire Darwinism, those with powers live longer, but still the last book is teh suck, even for trash.
Yesterday my husband was sent home from work because of the snow. Mainly they sent him home because the schools were closed and they only have two more days of work till holiday break but still, for that snow? It makes me laugh. I live in the valley BTW and how people here deal with snow is insane. Two years ago in Ontario my husband’s bosses would have laughed at anyone asking to go home early for this, and there people didn’t live so close to the base like they do here. Seriously, I can walk to his job.
Growing up in NY I think I only ever had one or two snow days, my school didn’t even plan them in the schedule so if we used one we had to make it up over easter break.
December 18, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Oo, welcome to the blog Nuchtchas!
Sadly, all the people who forced me to read it DO think it’s well written. I know. Let’s take moment of silence for those poor souls. And I do love me some trash. *hugs her well-worn copy of Flowers in the Attic* I just couldn’t manage Twilight.
I DID skip the sparkly thing, didn’t I?! What the hell is wrong with me? Hey, do you know that Hot Topic stores now sell Edward Body Glitter. I AM SO NOT JOKING.
If Jack had to make up HIS snow days then he wouldn’t even have a summer vacation, let alone an Easter break. =P