New York New York

Since I am flying out to New York tomorrow (by myself, no less! God, I'm a big girl) I thought some Sex and the City quotes would go nicely for today. Since I may be absent here on my blog for the next several days ( I know, I know reader, it's a darn tootin' shame. Try not to miss me too much) while I stare wide-eyed and bushy-tailed at the City of Apples (The Big Apple is just overly used, don't you think?) I am going to leave you with a couple quotes to ponder meticulously on for the next week.

Miranda: I had to walk all the way from the subway in these heels. My feet are killing me.

Steve: Why didn't you just carry them and wear sneakers like everyone else?

Miranda: Stop. You can take me out of Manhattan but you can't take me out of my shoes.

Louis: I have to say, this is my first trip to New York...not for me. The garbage, the noise, I don't know how you put up with it.

Carrie: Thanks. I had a great time.

Louis: Wait, you're going home alone? It's rough out there.

Carrie: Nah. It isn't so bad.

Carrie (voiceover): If Louis was right, and you only get one great love, then New York may just be mine...and I can't have nobody talkin' shit about my boyfriend.

Big: I'm tired of New York.

Carrie: If you're tired, you take a napa, you don't move to Napa.

Carrie: New York City is all about sex. People getting it, people trying to get it, people who can't get it. No wonder the city never sleeps. It's too busy trying to get laid.

Buffy vs. Bella

Similar? Ah...no. Not even close. It's merely their mutual history of having a "cradle robbing, creature of the night boyfriend" that puts them anywhere near the same "vampire" region. Check out this article from Salon.com by Laura Miller. http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/30/Twilight/

We will make this excerpt your quote of the day since work is keeping me too busy for frivolous quote research.

"Comparisons to another famous human girl with a vampire boyfriend are inevitable, but Bella Swan is no Buffy Summers. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was at heart one of those mythic hero's journeys so beloved by Joseph Campbell-quoting screenwriters, albeit transfigured into something sharp and funny by making the hero a contemporary teenage girl. Buffy wrestled with a series of romantic dilemmas -- in particular a penchant for hunky vampires -- but her story always belonged to her. Fulfilling her responsibilities as a slayer, loyalty to her friends and family, doing the right thing and cobbling together some semblance of a healthy life were all ultimately as important, if not more important, to her than getting the guy. If Harry Potter has a vampire-loving, adolescent female counterpart, it's Buffy Summers.

"By contrast, Bella, once smitten by Edward, lives only for him. When he leaves her (for her own good) at the beginning of "New Moon," she becomes so disconsolate that she resorts to risking her own life, seeking extreme situations that cause her to hallucinate his voice. This practice culminates in a quasi-suicidal high dive into the ocean, after which, on the brink of drowning, she savors visions of her undead boyfriend: "I thought briefly of the clichés, about how you're supposed to see your life flash before your eyes. I was so much luckier. Who wanted to see a rerun, anyway? I saw him, and I had no will to fight ... Why would I fight when I was so happy where I was?" After Edward returns, the only obstacle she can see to her eternal happiness as a member of the glamorous Cullen family is his stubborn refusal to turn her into a vampire: He's worried that she'll lose her soul."

Catching stuff, ain't it?! Yeah, you're hooked reader, just admit it. No one is going to judge you here, trust me. And for your patience, some pretty romantic pictures! See Bella and Buffy with their sultry, brooding vamp boytoys below.

More Twilight @ Comic-Con

Another cool video from MTV, before and after the panel, with the stars. Dude, I am so PSYCHED about this movie!!!! Yeah, yeah, you could tell before, I know. I'm a freakin' open book. *sigh*

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All We Are

I noticed that I haven't yet shot out some lyrics to my audience of maybe one and a half people, so...music time! Your quote of the day comes from OneRepublic...cause that's who I was listening to this morning. :)

"All We Are"

I tried to paint you a picture, the colors were all wrong

Black and white didn't fit you

And all along, you were shaded with patience, your strokes of everything that I need just to make it

Time can tear you apart,

But it won't break, anything that you are,
You are

We won't say our goodbyes you know it's better that way

We won't break, we won't die

It's just a moment of change

All we are, all we are, is everything that's right

All we need, all we need, a lover's alibi

I walked a minute in your shoes, they never would've fit

I figured there's nothing to lose

I need to get some perspective on these words before I write them down

You're an island and my ship has run aground

Time can tear you apart,

But it won't break, anything that you are,

You are

We won't say our goodbyes you know its better that way

We won't break, we won't die

It's just a moment of change

All we are, all we are, is everything that's right

All we need all we need, a lover's alibi

Every single day that I can breathe, you changed my philosophy

I'm never gonna let you pass me by

So don't say your goodbyes you know its better that way

We won't break, we won't die

It's just a moment of change

Edward

I'm feeling in a lovey-dovey mood today (don't ask why, I have no idea, really) so here are your three quotes (to make up for the missed weekend quotes) said by Edward to Bella, via New Moon.

The most absurd, ridiculous concept--as if there were any way I could exist without needing you. ~Edward

I'm here, and I love you. I have always loved you, and I will always love you. I was thinking of you, seeing your face in my mind, every second that I was away. ~Edward

Only you could be more important than what I wanted...what I needed. What I want and need is to be with you, and I know I'll never be strong enough to leave again. ~Edward

Write these down boys. They are just a few of the zillion things we women want to hear.

Motivations of the Week

I know, I know. I missed last week's motivations, but there wasn't really much for last week anyhow. This week, however, is quite full of motivations to get out of bed...

1) First and by God, the very best: New York City!!! I fly out on Friday to see the Big Apple for the first time ever. I know, I know, it's crazy that I'm 25 and I've never been, but I just haven't had the chance until now. But dang it if I'm not going to get my New York City groove on (with my friend Charlie as my groovy guide). Hopefully this trip will include a chance to see Wicked and other various awesome events and sightings. It does already include tickets to Late Night with Conan, which is going to rock my face off. And don't worry, I brought some mace, just in case I run into that Trump character.

2) And by God, the very biggest part of NYC being the first best, The Breaking Dawn Concert series with Stephenie Meyer and Justin Fursternfeld (the lead singer of Blue October). This concert was sold out within 45 minutes of it being on sale and it's going to be the greatest thing EVER! I just hope Charlie can get through it without killing me for dragging him into a huge crowd of overly excitable female fans of a young adult book. Humm.....

3) Turner Braves Bash on Thursday!!!! This kinda turned into All My Friends and Family Braves Bash, but whatever. It's a Braves game which includes all my favorite people on the planet, so that's all that matters. Go Braves!!! (Though not really, since they are really sucking right now).

That's all folks. I doubt I will ever be able to beat this week's motivations, but I'm sure gonna try.

Twilight at Comic-Con

Poor Robert Pattinson. I just don't think he's cut out for this kind of fame. But boy is he getting it whether he likes it or not. Well, it serves him right for taking on the role of pretty much the embodiment of the perfect man (or vampire, really). I mean honestly, what did he expect? I would say that 90% of Twilight fans are women, and Edward is everything that every female in the world wants. Did he not realize that playing Edward means that he would then become everything that every female wants also, even if he is decidedly nothing like Edward himself? Seriously, sometimes actors can really delude themselves. Still, I feel bad for the poor bloke. He seems too normal to be shoved into the spotlight like this. Maybe he should have stuck to music and left the acting to someone with thicker skin...But I just gotta say...LOVE the hair...no seriously...I really do. Love it.

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She'll Break Your Heart

Here's your quote of the day...it's a good one!



"You see, women are like fires, like flames. Some women are like candles, bright and friendly. Some are like single sparks, or embers, like fireflies for chasing on summer nights. Some are like campfires, all light and heat for a night and willing to be left after. Some women are like hearthfires, not much to look at but underneath they are all warm red coal that burns a long, long while. But Dianne...Dianne is like a waterfall of spark pouring off a sharp iron edge that God is holding to the grindstone. You can't help but look, can't help but want it. You might even put your hand to it for a second. But you can't hold it. She'll break your heart..."



Ah, Patrick Rothfuss, your words will make women swoon. *sigh* Anyway, that was a passage from Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind. Excellent book. Go pick it up at your local Borders and you can thank me later. Plus, he's a Buffy fan so there isn't much I don't love about this guy. No, seriously.

Sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments; love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no, it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his heighth be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

- William Shakespeare

Encircled

"What was it that made this human love so much more desirable to me than the love of my own kind? Was it because it was exclusive and capricious? The souls offered love and acceptance to all. Did I crave a greater challenge? This love was tricky; it had no hard-and-fast rules - it might be given for free, as with Jamie, or earned through time and hard work, as with Ian, or completely and heartbreakingly unattainable, as with Jared.

Or was it simply better somehow? Because these humans could hate with so much fury, was the other end of the spectrum that they could love with more heart and zeal and fire?

I didn't know why I yearned after it so desperately. All I knew was that, now that I had it, it was worth every ounce of risk and agony it had cost. It was better than I'd imagined.

It was everything."

- From The Host, by Stephenie Meyer, again.

Grow Up

I am actually sick today (which doesn't happen often, thank goodness), so I thought a quote from a medical show would go over nicely. Since I am re-watching Grey's Anatomy, Season 2, that's where I will pull from. And also since, if I had to go to any hospital to cure my sore throat, it would be Seattle Grace (mostly due to McSteamy and McDreamy, duh).

MEREDITH: [narrating] "After careful consideration and many sleepless nights, here’s what I've decided. There's no such thing as a grown-up. We move out, we move away from our families. But the basic insecurities, the fears and all the old wounds just grow up with us. Just when you think life has forced you to truly become an adult, your mother says something like that. We get bigger, taller, older. But, for the most part, we're still a bunch of kids, running around the playground, trying desperately to fit in."

MEREDITH: [narrating] "I've heard that it’s possible to grow up, I've just never met anyone who’s actually done it. Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves. We throw tantrums when things don’t go our way. We whisper secrets with our best friend, in the dark. We look for comfort where we can find it. And we hope against all logic, against all experience, like children, we never give up hope."

I like this episode's narration and that has alot to due with the fact that there is something going on in my life right now that makes me feel like I am 15 years old again. I'm confused and frustrated and angry, when dealing with this "thing". I have absolutely no idea how to deal with it and can muster up no courage in which to ask what I should do; how I should proceed. It's almost like I'm dealing with something new and foreign, when I'm sure it's something that I have come across before. I'm sure this is something I should know how to deal with. I just can't remember... In essence, I feel like a freakin' teenager and I don't like it. I don't like it one bit. Ok, I'm done rambling now. Continue on with your day.

Evil on the Rise

Hi all, sorry about the lack of quote yesterday, but again, I am sure I will be forgiven by the whole bunch of nobody that reads this silly blog. In honor of Dr. Horrible being stripped from the Internet and for the Whedon clan being so kind and decent to let us watch it for free in the first place, here is your quote of the day:


"Any dolt with half a brain
Can see the human kind has gone insane
To the point where I don't know
If I will upset the status quo
If I throw poison in the water main
Listen close to every body's heart
And hear that breaking sound
Hopes and dreams are shattering apart
And crashing to the ground
I can not believe my eyes
How the world's filled with filth and lies
But its plain to see
Evil inside of me
Is on the rise"


I think this was part of probably my favorite song in Dr. Horrible. This part was sung by Dr. Horrible, at the beginning of Act II, after unintentionally introducing his arch-nemesis to the love of his life, Penny. Good stuff, I'm telling you.

Pope

So, I am a little depressed today, due to the bleak portrayal of humanity in The Dark Knight (there are no words for how amazing this film was) and also due to the ending of Dr. Horrible (there are also no words for how great this mini-series was), so here's your similarly themed quote of the day:

Mrs. Murphy: Congratulations, you're my volunteer. Pope. An Essay on Man. Epistle I.
Veronica: "Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always to be blest: the soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, rests and expatiates in a life to come."
Mrs. Murphy: And what do you suppose Pope meant by that?
Veronica: Life's a bitch until you die.

Must everything great have a dark and depressing ending? Jeez, someone hand me a Disney movie before I shoot myself! On that lovely note, have a great weekend, few to no readers.

Harvey Dent for President

I know he isn't really running for president, but president just sounds more flashy. In honor of the release of The Dark Knight today, here are some quotes from *hopefully* the best superhero film of the summer!

Harvey Dent: You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Bruce Wayne: I knew the mob wouldn't go down without a fight. But this is different. They crossed the line.

Alfred Pennyworth: You crossed the line first, sir. You hammered them. And in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand. Some men aren't looking for anything logical. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

If you haven't seen it yet, get to the theater as fast as your feet can fly and I'll see ya there!

Twilight Trailer #2

The new Twilight trailer, from Yahoo! Movies. Mostly for Katie and Tina. Totally freakin' badass. Enjoy! PS: Sorry, it's a little cut-off, but still watchable. If you want to follow the link below it to see the full screen, that might be better.




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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

If you have not yet seen this, please do yourself a huge favor and go watch Act I and II, which are now both up. If you are a fan of the Buffy musical or just a fan of the ridiculously silly (yet totally genius), then you should enjoy it. Each Act is less than 15 minutes, so it shouldn't take up too much of your time. Hit me up with comments on what you think!

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Out of Darkness, Into Faith

Here is your quote of the day:

Hope is the destination that we seek.
Love is the road that leads to hope.
Courage is the motor that drives us.
We travel out of darkness into faith.

This is also from Dean Koontz's Book of Counted Sorrows. I like the sound of it, that is all.

Dollhouse

Ok, so I know I haven't yet mentioned this in any posts, but I am SUPER excited about Joss Whedon's new television show, Dollhouse. It is premiering in January on FOX, so the wait is going to be excruciating, but I think I will survive. For those of you out of the Whedon loop, which I am sure is a great many, here is the trailer for Dollhouse and an interview with Eliza Dushku (who is beyond adorable and who played Faith, in Buffy).

Love: Accident or Fate?

Good morning avid readers! Let's get this quote on! Yes, I am a nerd but I can still beat your ass, so there! And yes, I am also still in third grade...

"In so many millennia, the humans never did figure love out. How much is physical, how much in the mind? How much accident and how much fate? Why did perfect matches crumble and impossible couples thrive? I don't know the answers any better than they did. Love simply is where it is."

I read this passage last night while waiting for dinner (I had a great chef over last night and it was a treat, since I myself cannot cook worth a damn and I so rarely get cooked for) and also waiting for the freakin' All-Star Game to take a million hours to actually start. Talk about presentation. I think all the introductions and singing and riding around in golf carts over perfectly manicured fields took longer than the actual game! Jeez! Anyway, again I digress. This passage is from The Host (thank you Tina!) and just like always, Stephenie Meyer struck me down by asking the most simple and yet one of the most important questions in our world; whatever culture you may be apart of. I love anything to do with love (I am a FEMALE, after all) and these questions plague me just as much as I am sure they secretly plague you, reader. I keep thinking that if we could just get the formula correct, maybe we could stop making mistakes. But it's not about formula, is it? That's why we have lived for so long and still just don't get it. But perhaps its the "just don't get it" part that makes things in life more exciting, more dramatic and more interesting. If we did in fact discover the formula, there would be no more learning, no more long searches, no more bonding with our girlfriends over misery and margaritas; maybe we would even miss out on meeting some really great people because they didn't fall into our own individual "formula". So who really wants to know the formula for love anyway? It's so much more interesting to stumble around blind in the dark, momentarily touching and changing the lives of whoever we come into contact with, just hoping one day we will stumble into the one person who "fits" perfectly. Maybe that's just optimism, but if you knew me, you would know that is not a statistical possibility.

The Sheep, or the Wolf

Happy Tuesday! Here is your quote of the day:

"It's a choice, Wesley, that each of us must face: to remain ordinary, pathetic, beat-down, coasting through a miserable existence, like sheep herded by fate, or you can take control of your own destiny and join us, releasing the caged wolf you have inside. Our purpose is to maintain stability in an unstable world - kill one, save a thousand. Within the fabric of this world, every life hangs by a thread. We are that thread - a fraternity of assassins with the weapons of fate. This is the decision that lies before you now: the sheep, or the wolf. The choice is yours".

This lovely, upbeat sell for the awesome world of assassins was performed by Morgan Freeman as his character Sloan in Wanted. Wesley, played by the delicious James McAvoy, seems to embody the very ideas of wasted potential, worthlessness and that lovely dull brain jelly I mentioned in my first post; you know, the way your brain melts when sitting day after day in front of a computer entering 1s and 0s into a system. Oh Wesley, I feel your pain. Too bad I can't pick up a gun and start killing people, not to mention make out with Angelina to make it all better. Oh well, as a friend of mine likes to say: "Such is life". Here are some kick-ass pictures to go along with this highly insightful and kick-ass quote:

Motivations of the Week

Hi, me again. Yeah, who else would it be, right? Let's skip the long intro, shall we? Here are my motivations for this week and boy are they swell:

1) Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Premieres!!! A three-part Internet series by Joss Whedon. Talk about tingling in my nether regions! Ok, maybe too much information, but whatever. Check out the trailer and you might just get some tingles of your own:

2) The Closer and Saving Grace both premiere tonight. I am supporting my network and will avidly watch and enjoy.

3) The Dark Knight!!!!! Must there be an explanation for this one? It is released on Friday and because I work for such an illustrious and humongous corporation, I get to leave work early and go see it for FREE! If you are jealous....you should be. Again, as if you haven't seen it already a million times, here is the trailer:




4) And last, but not least, the release of the Penelope DVD this Tuesday, which has an awesome featurette on Twilight in the extra features. Here is the super cool introduction to the new full scene we will get on the DVD.





That's all the motivation for this week, folks. But then again, it's only Monday and things can change at the drop of a hat. Who knows what other exciting things this week may hold?

Love Isn't Brains

Ok, so you knew this was coming. Maybe it arrived a bit before you expected it, but you knew in advance. You knew to be prepared. Yes, people...it's the Buffy quote! As I imagine I hear small groans throughout the day, let me say this in my defense: I am re-watching all the seasons with my bestest buds, Tina and Katie and we are up to season 3 at the moment, so I sorta have all these amazing, witty and insightful quotes staring me in the face each week, so it's hard not to share them with you, my generous, yet reluctant readers. In addition, this quote kinda works with a theme I have going in my own life, so it seemed appropriate. So, without further ado, your Buffy quote of the day:

"You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other until it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, it's blood -- blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it". - Spike, "Lover's Walk"

Spike really is deeper than most viewers give him credit for. And it means all the more coming from a human shell with a soulless demon in it. You expect such things from Angel, who has a soul, but not Spike. I kinda think William the Bloody got the short end of the stick, when it comes to the demon who took him over. Kinda a wimp, when it comes down to it. But I guess we can't judge him for getting his ass kicked by Buffy non-stop throughout 6 seasons of Buffy. She pretty much kicks any one's ass, soul or no soul.

Haply, I Think On Thee

First, I have to apologize for missing yesterday's Quote of the Day, but I'm sure the few supportive and overall awesome peeps that actually read this will forgive me. Seriously though, arguing with one's mother all weekend takes alot of time and energy. Good thing she adores me enough to make up for it with clothes and dinner, which also results in a certain fuzzy feelings in me towards her as well. I'm sure it's all instinct, though. But again, I digress away from my topic. As promised, the Quote of the Day:

When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope;
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state
(Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate,
For thy sweet love rememb'red such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.


Time for a Shakespeare lesson, children. It's a common misconception that Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of wonderfully optimistic love poems, but they are actually very insightful, open and at times, even dark contemplations of the human condition. What does it mean to be human, Shakespeare seems to ask in all his writings. You could take 10 zillion classes on The Bard and never reach an ending to the meanings of his writings. So as not to torture my few readers too much with this lesson, I am not going to break Sonnet 29 down, but also because it would take WAY too much time and I have very important places to be (like the cinema, watching that huge, red devil kick monster ass, as referenced in an older post). But note Shakespeare's use of the word "Yet" in beginning line 9. This means a change is coming. The first part of the poem is all about depression and self-pity and envy for other men's skills and possessions. But with the word "Yet", everything changes. He "haply", which by the way, means "by chance", remembers someone (depending on who you are, this someone is either Gwyneth Paltrow or some 15 year old boy) that reminds him of what he does possess and then remembering that, he would rather be in his own state, whether poor or lonely, than have all that a king possesses. Wow, that has GOT to be a run-on sentence, no? There is irony and humor here that I could go into, but won't. Again, trying to be kind to the readers.

So, according to Shakespeare, what does it mean to be human? Discuss amongst yourselves and have a great Sunday.

Counted Sorrows

It's time for the Quote of the Day!

We can embrace love; it's not too late.

Why do we sleep, instead, with hate?

Belief requires no suspension to see that Hell is our invention.

We make Hell real; we stoke its fires.

And in its flames our hope expires.

Heaven, too, is merely our creation.

We can grant ourselves our own salvation.

All that's required is imagination.

This poem comes from Dean Koontz's The Book of Counted Sorrows. Most of his earlier novels started off with a quote from this "book". Don't be surprised to see more quotes from Koontz on here. He is one of my favorite authors.

This poem, unlike a Shakespearean sonnet (something else you will see alot of on here), is pretty much self-explanatory. We believe in Heaven and Hell, but what we don't realize is that we can create both for ourselves here on Earth, while we are still living our lives. These concepts are not mutually exclusive to an afterlife. "We make Hell real." Hell is watching your best friend walk away, not knowing if he will ever come home from the war that he is being shipped off to. Hell is watching a loved one go down a dangerous road that will most definitely lead to a miserable and hard life; and there is nothing you can do to stop it. Hell is waking up in the morning and not having any real reason to get out of bed. "Hell is our invention." However, Heaven is ours to have here, as well. Every one's Hells and Heavens are different. What matters is that we do what we can to create Heaven for ourselves and for others, everyday. Also something to note, you should never take away or judge someone's Heaven, no matter how different it is from your own.

Motivation of the Week

Motivation of the Week is something I want to do each week, basically listing things that are happening that week that help get my lazy butt out of bed each morning. We all need something; something to motivate us, something that is apart from our regular routine that makes it worth getting up in the morning. These things could be as simple as the release of a highly anticipated film or a dinner date with a friend you rarely get to see or it can be as big and exciting as a much needed vacation. People don't usually appreciate the small things. They are often overlooked in the stress and chaos of everyday life, but these small things can sometimes be the tiny stepping stones that help you get through each week. We shouldn't take them for granted. So, that being said, here are my motivations of the week:


1) Getting to see my friend, Nathan, who is being shipped back to Iraq soon and who I maybe get to see 3 days out of each year since high school ended. That's him below with the collar on, with his owner. Haha. I kid, I kid. He's actually the owner, of course!














2) Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Yes, I know. A movie shouldn't be any motivation to get out of bed in the morning, but despite what my mother thinks, movies can make people HAPPY! Well, a day out with your best girlfriends, watching a big red devil kick monster ass and then browsing quietly among the books at Borders and maybe even downing a margarita at the neighboring Mexican restaurant can make people happy. I mean, it makes me happy, so that's all that really matters, I suppose. Below, the Hellboy trailer, as if you haven't already watched it a millions times and the best twins ever and my movie/books/margarita buddies, Tina and Katie.






















That's it for this week, folks, especially since it's a shortened week. What helps you get out of bed each morning?

The Morning After

So, thanks to my good friend Corrie, I started this blog and to continue honoring her for opening my rather squinty, though hopefully bright and endearing eyes, I decided to steal another one of her superb ideas and start posting a Quote of the Day. Don't worry, she consented to the theft so don't be expecting a chick fight anytime soon. Now, I'm not promising I will find time to do this EVERYDAY so don't get too excited, people. Contrary to popular belief (or maybe just my own mother's belief) I do have a life. Yup, that's the Gods honest truth. I've got work and gym and plenty of good friends to try to find time for. More importantly, I have old seasons of new shows to watch and deep thoughts to think while never actually remembering to write them down. Not to mention Braves games to attend on a regular basis, since my world tends to slow and crystallize, my breathing becomes less stressful and an almost unnoticeable ache in my chest disappears when I walk into that obnoxiously loud, crowded, dirty and all-together beautiful stadium. Watching that team play, no matter how horrible they are doing, with a gaggle of my best girls or a group of my best drunken guys, brings a sense of peace and happiness that I rarely find anywhere else in the city. I know it doesn't make alot of sense, I mean how can you find peace and quiet in a stadium full of loud, drunken idiots, but somehow I do. And that's the Gods honest truth.

Anyway, I digress (read the title people! It's RAMBLINGS! Get used to it). Back to the Quote of the Day (Or Maybe Every Other Day). These "quotes" can be any written words that have caught my eye recently. An excerpt from a book, a lyric in a song, or a television or movie quote. Whatever passes my fancy. For today, we'll keep in the same vein as my first post and Twilight it up:



"You were very deeply asleep; I didn't miss anything." His eyes gleamed. "The talking came earlier."

I groaned. "What did you hear?"

His gold eyes grew very soft. "You said you loved me."

"You knew that already," I reminded him, ducking my head.

"It was nice to hear, just the same."

I hid my face against his shoulder.

"I love you," I whispered.

"You are my life now," he answered simply.



So, from the first novel, Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer. Bella and Edward "declare" themselves out loud for the first time. I like Edward's answer. It's simple, direct and terribly sweet. Sometimes that's all a girl needs. Get some paper and write that down, boys.
Here's a picture from the upcoming Twilight movie, to go along with the quote.

My First Time

So, this is my first blogging experience. I figured, hey, everyone else is doing it. Why not just jump off that bridge with everyone else? Jumping off bridges aside, your everyday job can eventually turn your brain into a dull, static jelly and since I was starting to feel a leaking throughout my ears canals, I considered it time to stretch the 'ol creative muscles. Once school and classes and papers are over and done with and you've framed your glorious, yet somehow insignificant college diploma, you get to a point where, heaven forbid, you might miss coming up with an original and somewhat creative idea (or even sentence for that matter). Besides, who doesn't want to share their thoughts, dreams, insecurities and eccentric ramblings to the whole of the Internet world? Count me in, dude! I'm so there. So, to give anyone who is masochistic enough to actual waste a couple minutes of your life on reading this blog, here's a little preview on what you can expect as for the overall theme of this blog:




'Nough said.