Archive for November, 2008

In case you didn’t know.. it’s TWILIGHT WEEK!!! And in case you have been living under a rock, or don’t know how to read (why else would anyone NOT read these books?)… I am sharing the trailer for the movie with you here today.  Ok, it’s not the “official” trailer or anything, but it’s one of the better ones! I’m so excited I could just… oh, I don’t know…. kiss Edward Cullen or something really crazy like that!

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8arbgAbF4l4]

And can I just say, James is one pretty hot vampire, too. What am I saying? Vampires are hot, period.

And yes, I’m fully aware that I sound like a raving lunatic at this very moment. It’s all good. This is my escape from reality, let me enjoy it, will ya?

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I must interrupt Twilight Week here to bring you breaking news!

I just found out (thank you Donna) that Motley Crue is coming to New Orleans Feb 28th with Theory of a Deadman. Presale tickets are on sale NOW, general public tickets go on sale December 6th.

If I don’t get tickets to this concert, I promise you, I will flood this town with tears.

Motley Crue is my absolute favorite band EVER. And I love Theory of a Deadman. And I like a couple of Hinder’s songs, too. I want to be front and center, right in front of Nikki Sixx – oh, what a dream that would be. I know that won’t happen, but I will be happy just to be there. I am going to get tickets. Two of them. I don’t even care who goes with me.

Aaahhh… I can’t take this! Luckily for me, I get paid the day before tickets go on sale. Let’s just hope I get all of my bills caught up before then so I have a little “extra” to get the tickets. Or I’m telling you, it’s not going to be pretty around here, folks!

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It’s Twilight week here at AG&HB! I’m sorry, but I can think of nothing else. And I’m really peeved that I have to work Friday  night, and won’t get to see the movie until Saturday!! I keep telling myself that it’s okay, maybe I will avoid the droves of teenage girls sure to flood the theaters on Friday night, but in reality, I’m just not okay with it. I’m really hating it – really, really, really hating it!

I peeked up at him one more time, and regretted it. He was glaring down at me again, his black eyes full of revulsion. As I flinched away from him, shrinking against my chair, the phrase if looks could kill suddenly ran through my mind.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 1, p.24

I love this part in the book, in the beginning. I especially loved reading it from Edward’s perspective in Midnight Sun. I sincerely do hope that the author, Stephenie Meyers, opts to finish Midnight Sun. It’s so enlightening on nearly every single aspect of Twilight – and very captivating, to say the least. I mean, who doesn’t want to hear Edward Cullen’s side of the story? Call me crazy, but I want everything Edward Cullen has to offer!

His fingers were ice-cold, like he’d been holding them in a snowdrift before class. But that wasn’t why I jerked my hand away so quickly. When he touched me, it stung my hand as if an electric current had passed through us.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 2, p.45

An electric current. Wow! I have only known one person in my life that has ever made me feel that way, and you know what? It still happens with him. If he just gets too close, brushes up against me, I get butterflies and the whole nine. Granted, he’s no Edward Cullen, I just felt the need to share that tidbit.

He is probably the reason I’m choosing to focus on Twilight this week. I’m pretty sure this week is the week he will disappear from my life for approximately 28 days. I am not sure how I am going to cope with that. He is my lifeline, my confidant, the main person on the face of this Earth that really gets me. And he’s going to be gone, and the mere thought of not being able to call or see him on a whim leaves me grasping for air.

Back to Twilight…

I couldn’t allow him to have this level of influence over me. It was pathetic. More than pathetic, it was unhealthy.
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 4, p.74

Aaahhh…. Bella Swan, you and I have more in common than even I have noticed. Except for the fact, that you totally get your happy ending. You get Edward Cullen and happily ever after. Lucky you, fictional character, lucky you.

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At work this past week, I worked with my favorite doctor. He’s not my favorite because of any other reason than he is probably the smartest person I have ever met. He kept mentioning all night how this job is quite trying (emergency medicine, and I’m paraphrasing)… but, he says “…at least I’m not a shipbreaker. I don’t tell myself that enough.” Finally, I asked “What are you talking about?? Shipbreaker??” and he proceeded to tell me the whole, detailed story of a documentary he watched on shipbreakers in India. I found it very interesting, and while this is the condensed version of the documentary, it’s definitely worth watching.

So, next time you think “This job sucks!” – remember, at least you’re not a shipbreaker.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxYPh2g5c-s]

Ok, I realize it’s Flickr Friday and I should be appreciating photography… but you can’t be obsessed with Twilight and see these shoes and not blog about them!! What the F? Seriously? I am fully aware that this is quite silly, but… I have got.to.have.these.shoes!

P.S. I wear a 9.5

This Thursday, I am thankful for my family.

I don’t think I am thankful for them often enough, and they do so much for me. Including drive me completely insane. Seriously… nobody gets on my nerves more than my family. Except, well… maybe another day.

However, it’s obvious that they love me, and would do anything to help me and to protect me. I love them, too. And I am very protective of them, no matter how batty they make me. If I didn’t have them, who knows where I would be at, what I would have lost at this point in my life, or who I would even be. I don’t know how people survive without their family rallied around them. I’m very blessed to have always been surrounded by my family. And my son is very blessed to be being raised right smack in the middle of this big, sometimes crazy, always fiercely protective family of ours.

I can’t go on and on, because I get emotional… but I want to mention also, that today is the 3 year anniversary of the death of my Grandpa, lovingly known as Paw Bill. I miss him, terribly. Every single solitary day, I miss him. N misses him. I’m so thankful that he got to know him, and that he remembers him. I’m thankful for the closeness that they shared in the almost 4 short years that they had together. I’m thankful for my grandma, for always standing by her man, even when people thought she shouldn’t. If she hadn’t done that, we may have never seen the beauty and adoration for his family that lived inside of him.

I’m also very thankful that I was with him, right there at his bedside, sleeping with my head on his bed his last night here on Earth. It was difficult, but I couldn’t bring myself to walk away from him. I’m glad I stayed.