We Matriculate a Lot.

Work is GROSS, and I hate these stupid SHADY people that come in here. Oh, and if you pay for your hotel room in cash, I judge you immediately as shady. Sorry, experience has formed a stereotype in my head.

Uh, how amazing was Twilight, seriously guys? Give me like, 3 minutes to be a nerd.

Consensus Agreements About Twilight, the film:

1. The sparkling.... was disappointing. Edward didn't look sparkly, he looked sweaty. Like he was perspiring glitter through his pores.

2. The soundtrack is amazing. And Robert Pattinson's voice=amazing and a half.

3. The scene in the car is just as cheesy in the movie as it is in the previews. When they touched hands and looked away SO DRAMATICALLY, I almost vomited.

4. Hair was not terrible wigs, as it looked like in the previews. Although, I still claim that Jasper's hair was a little ridiculous.

5. Miscasting: Okay, I am still alone on this, but I think Bella was miscast. I think Kristen Stewart is not terrible, but not good either. Everyone agrees that Rosalie wasn't pretty enough, Angela talked too much, and since when was Eric Asian? And I just have to say, WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO CAST NINA MYERS AS RENEE? Holy cow people, Nina Myers is 10 times more dangerous than any vampire.

So it was good.

In other news, I am SO SICK of class. And I'm depressed that I don't get to go home for Thanksgiving, and that I'll be working here instead. But I'll be getting holiday pay.

Okay, I suppose that's it.

I've Blown All My Buy Money, My Bribe Money, Four of My Best ID's and I Am Nowhere! Not Only Am I Nowhere, I'm Pretty Sure I'm Being Followed.

Celebrities I Would Most Like to Meet:

1. The Sutherlands (for purposes of this list, father and son are combined as one unit. Because seriously, who doesn't want to meet Donald and Kiefer?)

2. Audrey Niffenegger (If only to shake her hand for giving the world The Time Traveler's Wife)

3. Matt Damon (and hello, not just because he's hot. He seems totally cool and down to earth and I just want to test that theory)

4. Emma Thompson (How freaking awesome is she?)

5. Christian Bale (I would like to actually decide once and for all if he's just really method and intense or actually crazy)

6. Rachel McAdams (She seems like she would be super-fun to hang out with. She's the kind of friend who would go to Target with you and just walk around, and keep you from buying useless shit you don't need but still share a mini-pizza with you)

7. Rufus Wainwright (Do I really have to explain that? He is ten kinds of genius, I probably wouldn't even be able to speak to him)

8. Ryan Gosling (Because I feel like he would be a good friend to write with, he'd listen to all your stupid ideas, give them a twist and make them awesome, then he'd read you what he's been working on and you'd immediately feel inferior, but he'd be totally cool about it)

9. Ewan McGregor (He'd totally be your wild and crazy fun friend who would drag you to the coolest bars and you'd feel wretched the next day but after sleeping on your couch he would have the perfect cure and you'd lay around watching worthless TV.)

10. Patrick Flueger (Because when I see real-life interviews with him he seems really cool and he could probably secretly heal you.)

I would say James McAvoy and James Franco but I really don't have legitimate reasons for those and I'm trying not to be shallow.

I'm sure there's more but... I think that's it for now.

Tempt Not a Desperate Man

Romeo and Juliet was KICK-A, so much so in fact that I may or may not have seen it twice. In a row. And I think some people were judging me for it. But it's not often you find such a good-such a well-done piece of theatre! And why not savor it while it's around? The next one may be a long time coming. Why not see something twice that encourages you to love with "reckless abandon"?

Anyway, I found out I have to work on Labor Day, but also that I get paid holiday pay. And do you know what holiday pay is? TWICE regular pay! Seriously! AKA, I will be getting paid $17 an hour! So, even though I don't get to sleep in on my day off, I'll be getting serious paid for it.

What else? My boyfriend's out of town and that sucks. I've been doing some Europes planning. I work out now. School started. Which was okay, I mean, Math for Elementary Teachers is going to be kind of lame and I don't really know what I was thinking taking two French classes in one day on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I'm going to be plain Frenched out.

Soon After, Mummies Were Found in Peru

So, we went to see the new Mummy movie, which was actually way better than I thought it was going to be. I'm not sure why it's not getting more publicity.

Sometimes, I freakin hate this Night Audit. I mean, the actual shift itself, while I am physically here doing it, is usually not that bad. But I hate having to get dressed and come in to work at 10:30 pm, when my body is winding down for sleep. And I hate wasting the whole next day catching up on sleep (which, if I skip, comes back to bite me in the ass the next night).

School starts Wednesday, which SUCKS because I totally just got out of school. My summer break was like, 2 1/2 weeks long.

And drinking water, eating healthy, and exercising might be good for me but it is annoying.

And I totally forgot how much I freakin love Phantom of the Opera.

It Is Hard to Tell of Happiness. Time Goes By and We Feel Safe Too Soon.

Hey, ALANA's in Legends of the Fall!.... which is still one of the most depressing movies ever made, up there with Cold Mountain, which made me want to spend the next whole day in bed.

On another, severely depressing note, I am losing my grip on my movie knowledge.

Example #1- Tonight I mixed up Aidan Quinn with William Hurt (and I wasn't even thinking of William Hurt I was thinking of Ed Harris, I didn't even have the right name. I got it mixed up because I was thinking of History of Violence Ed Harris, and William Hurt is also in that movie).

Example #2- While watching Mamma Mia I mixed up Bill Nighy and Stellan Skaarsgard (however you spell that, it's a weird name). I mixed up Davy Jones and Bootstrap Bill Turner!

I don't know what's happening to me. Soon I'll have no idea who anyone is, and I'll be all "Johnny Depp? Who's that? Nicole Kidman? Never heard of her." And then where will I be, hm?

Also, the girl they picked to be Bella in the Twilight movie? Meh. I don't know that I agree with that choice. And Edward is supposed to be inhumanly beautiful, but all the production photos I've seen of Cedric (I mean, Robert Pattinson, although I've never heard anyone refer to him by his real name) just have him looking nothing but extremely pale.

COME ON, Twilight people, get it in gear. I'm already skeptical about your casting choices for practically everyone except Charlie and possibly Alice. And those promo photos? Why do ALL of the Cullens except Edward look like they're wearing horrible wigs? (Probably are).

Anyway, I'm done. Or, done with this post. I still have a good 4 1/2 hours left of this night audit shift to go.

MELISSA IS EATING HER BABIES

Grizzly Man is the most inadvertently hysterical movie ever made (besides Ground Control, of course). Any movie in which a guy seriously sits in a tent screaming "Come on JESUS BOY, come on CHRIST MAN, ALLAH, HINDU FLOATY THING, let's get these animals some f-ing WATER!" is totally worth it.

Backstreet Boys was amazing, and a kick-a road trip. Totally worth every penny/drop of gas. I wish I could go 12 more times.

Working the desk at night for several nights in a row is weird. It's kind of impossible not to start feeling like you kind of own the hotel, because let's face it, I have free reign and I do whatever I want, whenever I want, as long as I have the paperwork done by morning. It's weird going from that to working in the afternoons where you constantly have to watch yourself because there are managers on duty and people staring over your shoulder the whole time. So sometimes I'd much rather just work alone.

I'm not ready to go back to school!

Sometimes Truth Isn't Good Enough. Sometimes People Deserve More...

Old man drivers in Nashville are SO MEAN. This guy totally cut me off today in the Green Hills mall parking lot, and I almost hit him, so I honked, because a. I had the rightaway, b. He was like, the third old guy to cut me off in a two-minute span of time, and c. I really did almost hit him. This guy- comes to a complete stop. Opens his whole door, leans out of it looking angry enough to slice my throat and screams at me, "SLOW DOWN!" I was so shocked and my passenger was so dismayed I almost cried. It was so UNNECESSARY! Why?

So I dropped my passenger off at the bank and didn't feel like parking because she was going to be like, 30 seconds, so I pulled up to the front and waited. This old guy comes out of the bank (he totally SEES me sitting there), and starts to back up. So I start to pull up, you know, trying to be nice and move so he can back out. But I'm not fast enough so he honks at me as I'm pulling up, then pulls up beside me, honks again, mouths the word "PARK!" to me while gesturing angrily to the parking spaces.

But I mean, really? Like, what is wrong with people?

I saw the new Batman in IMAX the other night and I... have mixed emotions.

Like sure, it's kind of a kick-ass movie, awesome stunts, extremely well-written and produced, all that. But it's so... intense. It's a very dense movie.

And don't you kind of feel... responsible? After the movie was over- well really, about half-way through the movie I felt really uneasy and then I figured out why. Watching that movie made me feel responsible for Heath Ledger's death. And I just... I really feel like we killed him for our entertainment. He was so... to be in that horrible place for as long as they were filming, to be inside that character, I would have... I don't know. It just made me feel extremely uncomfortable to be paying to be entertained by what most likely killed him.

I guess I'm done, nobody else but Doug seems to understand this sentiment so I'll leave it alone, but that movie just made me feel weird, and kind of depressed about society for a while.

Wow, this post is a downer. Sorry.

There Is Plenty of Time For Us To Get to Know Them AFTER We're Married...

Today's Post in List Form

1. Do you ever forget that some people have parents? And then when you think about it, it's really weird? Like, Hitler. Had parents. Brad Pitt. Had parents. The Dalai Lama. Had parents. Jack Bauer. Had parents. (Well, Jack Bauer had crazy Farmer Hogget as a father, which, frankly, probably directly affected his ascent to bad-assness.)

2. There is a time between 3:45 and 4:30 AM on Night Audit shift when I briefly suspect that no one else in the world is alive.

3. A noisy vaccuum cleaner is about 110% more annoying at 5:00 in the morning, even if you're not trying to sleep.

4. While chlorine doesn't make your hair clean, it certainly makes your dirty hair more manageable.

5. You take for granted the benefits of being unemployed until you are employed. Like, if I was unemployed, I would be asleep in my bed right now instead of trying to stay awake and communicate in non-Enligsh to the only other person awake right now, namely, my night houseman. If I was unemployed, I could go on vacation for weeks after summer school was over, instead of having to plan my tiny vacation around work. If I was unemployed, I could hang out with whoever I wanted to during the week. However, if I was unemployed, I would also be broke. And that is no benefit. That is a detriment.

6. Swimming at night is definitely one of the best things about summer.

Heat-Seeking Missles, Bloodhounds, Foxes, Barracudas...

Pineapple Express is totally inappropriately hysterical. It falls under the category of "Movies You Probably Shouldn't Be Laughing At, But Man. It's Just Funny."

Okay, number one pet peeve of summer school? Or.. school? PEOPLE TALKING IN CLASS. For some reason, people talking during class, like even whispering (I mean talking to each other, a seperate conversation) drives me INSANE. It's just so disrespectful! (I almost just wrote irrespectful, PS) I want to lean over and be like, "Really? This little whisper fest can't wait for another half hour? Because this person prepared a lesson for today."

Reading in French, well, reading a novel in French is very hard and time-consuming. Maybe it's just because I'm used to flying through books in four days tops and now I'm averaging like, four pages a day. I'm sure it'll help my language abilities in the end, but it's very interesting right now. It's Atonement though, so it's totally worth it.

Also, I hate having to be responsible for things like: the dry cleaner the hotel uses ruined this lady's apparently $150 shirt. A., It's a weird thing to worry about at 2:00 in the morning, and B., What am I supposed to do about it? I can say I'm sorry, and rebate the charges, and that's about all I have the power to do. Please stop yelling at me like I'm the one that ruined the shirt. I just got here two hours ago. Also, I wish people would LEARN HOW TO USE THEIR ROOM KEY TO GET IN THE DOOR, so I wouldn't have to keep getting up.

I'm going to see Batman in IMAX soon. I'm pretty pumped about it.

The Only Reason You're Still Concious Right Now Is I Don't Feel Like Carrying You.

Here's a quick update.

1. I have a new apartment/an awesome roommate who totally gets me.

2. I have a kick-ass boyfriend (oh yeah I said it, I say it all the dang time.)

3. I now work in Hotel Hell (Okay, let's be honest. It's only Hotel Hell because of most of the guests. I swear! People just lose their minds in hotels. I just want to shake these people by their collars sometimes and say "I am a person. Do you realize that you are speaking to another human being like you would speak to a misbehaving animal??" Otherwise it's a very nice place, honestly.)

4. My life is being slowly eaten alive by summer school and work. (PS, summer school? Worst invention of all time.)

5. I'm still spending my life savings at Sonic.

6. I still love The 4400. (I've actually talked Doug into watching the whole thing with me, so we're nearing the end of the last season. It's a bad idea, because I'm just going to be upset all over again when we get to the end and I re-realize that I'm STILL not going to get any more, and that all the questions I have will never be answered.)

7. I have a dog! (Well, actually, I've always had a dog, but now she is here with me.)

8. We are totally going to see the Backstreet Boys in August. (Don't even judge me, I'll slap you with their CD.)

I'll try to post more often then... every 5 months.

All's Well That Ends-- What? Puppies With Rabies?

I always forget how much I love Florez! They are so spectacular. A new Florez EP made me happier than two Sonic Diet Cokes. And I spoke to him without passing out. Or insulting him, or saying anything awkward. People dancing make me laugh, also. I've never seen anyone dance with both hands in their back pockets, just swaying along with the music before, it was ridiculous in the best way. It did feel counterintuitive rocking out to a song called "Women Are Crazy" (like puppies with raaaaaabies.)

But, I'm pretty happy about life in general right now. I think things are going kind of fabulously in my life. These last couple of days I've found it pretty difficult to get upset about anything. Except school, and how dumb it is. But even that hasn't really bothered me that much.

I'm going contra dancing Friday night, and I'm pretty excited about it. Oh, with my boyfriend. That's right. Can I say that? I hope he doesn't read this, it would be kind of embarrassing. Can I call him that? Well, I just did. I'm going contra dancing Friday night with my boyfriend, who is pretty great. There.

I'm also killer at my job, and am enjoying it immensely.

And I'm working on my thesis, which is a novel. A NOVEL! Instead of a huge paper, I get to write a novel. How great is my life right now?

(Although, when Milo died the other night on 24, I was pretty upset. I was just getting to really like Milo a lot, what with his snappy one-liners, bravery in the face of gun-wielding danger, and that aggrexx kissing moment he had with Nadia ((NADIA, MAN I hate her, almost more than Audrey. Okay, that's a lie, I freakin detest Audrey.)) I thought why, 24, why? Why bring Milo back just to shoot him ruthlessly in the forehead with a pistol?)

But other than that, things are stellar.

What Do You Think I Am, Some Kind of a Jerk or Something?

OH, right, okay, of course. I get it now. I see what you're talking about.

This Is One Doodle That Can't Be Un-did, Homeskillet...

I am always oversleeping and missing things. And not really on purpose either. Like, I love my sleep so much that it just takes over me and makes me miss things.

Like, earlier this week I missed Foundations of Education, which only meets once a week, and I really kind of needed to go to that class. This morning, I overslept and missed church, when it was the last weekend in the school. I don't really know what's the matter with me. I wasn't aware that I loved sleep THAT much, or rather, that sleep liked ME that much, for that matter.

Josh Wilson's new CD comes out soon, YES. And I'm going to see Pride and Prejudice this week, YES. And I feel so positive about life right now in general, YES. Went to my first real day of work and realized I'm awesome at peer-pressuring people in buying things, YES.

Just So You Know

Being not single rocks.

Cause You'se A Viper!

You know what, just because I don't go out clubbing every night of the week doesn't mean I don't GO OUT, okay? My social life is perfectly acceptable to me, and probably to most normal people. Geez. People.

Anyway, Pride and Prejudice starts this week (!!!!, right?) and Hamlet was kind of weird. I mean, don't get me wrong, it was the theatre and you know how I feel about the theatre, but it was.... weird. It was... I don't even know how to describe it. Well, the guy that played Hamlet got on my last nerve, I don't know about everyone else, but as the play is called "Hamlet", you can imagine how that kind of interfered.

Well, after four and a half hours of training and "dress rehearsals," moderately priced soaps are now my calling, if you know what I mean, even if I have about 0 hours a week. (Exaggeration)

Oh and also, I don't know about the fate of The 4400. I did my best, it's up to USA now to freaking fix their huge error. Tom Baldwin is judging you, USA Network.

I'm not ashamed to post this (since no one reads this anyway):




I'm also not ashamed to announce that I took part in the Seeds Revolution. http://www.savethe4400.com/

To put it in the words of one poster:
Screw you USA Network-- I mean Uncle Tommy! (If you laughed at that like I did because you get it, then you definitely have to sign the petition)

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA

I'm FREAKING OUT.

You guys, you guys. They freaking CANCELLED THE 4400. CAN THEY EVEN DO THAT?? I'm so upset. I definitely haven't gotten any homework done.

Oh please, oh please, say it isn't so.

All That You Know is About to Change...

I'm such a huge nerd. I watched the new Narnia trailer and the new Other Boelyn Girl trailer and I found out that the Time Traveler's Wife movie is coming out in 2008 and now I'm all keyed up and too excited to sleep.

I'm beginning to think I'm much too exciteable for my own good. We started watching the first season of the 4400 tonight and I was so excited I almost gave myself a stroke.

William freakin Moseley is back people, and I'm not talking about that fish I had that died.

AH! I really have to try and go to bed now.

The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn Is Just to Love and Be Loved In Return...

Christmas Break is almost officially over, BOO. I'm moved into my new house! Well, if you count stuff all over the floor still as being moved in which, let's face it, I do.

I saw FLOREZ today at the grocery store! No lie, he was standing right there with his (wife/fiance?) in the frozen foods aisle, I almost died. I was totally cool though. Meaning, I didn't speak to him or stare, and then we went the opposite direction up the aisles so that he wouldn't think we were stalking him. It was fabulous. I wanted to tell him how much I love his music, but that would have been weird because I'm hugely awkward.

Now I'm going to go back to deciding where to hang up pictures and putting clothes in drawers, which is kind of a chore. I'm really in the mood to see a play, I wish there was one somewhere soon.