New Perspective

It's interesting how one little thing can completely change your perspective of someone.
After Michael Jackson died, I wasn't sure exactly how I felt. We lost the King of Pop, a true legend in music. But we'd also lost a molester and a drug abuser. I was torn between emotions.
Then the one moment that changed everything I ever felt about him.
When Paris, his daughter, got up in front of hundreds of people at her father's memorial and said, through tears, how much her father meant to her. My heart broke. I cried twice that day(I've turned into this totally weird emotional person-I absolutely hate it) It was so brave of her to get up onstage-completely unplanned!-and speak to the world. I have immense amounts of respect for this child.
If this doesn't touch you, you are a cold-hearted bastard.


These pictures also gave M.J. a different light. He was smiling and playing with his kids.
http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/28/michael-jackson-photos-rare-family/

This is also sweet:
http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20290360,00.html

Debbie Rowe said she didn't want kids, she had them for Michael, because she knew he wanted them and he'd make a great father.

The more I hear, the more I miss him. He made some mistakes, but he was a wonderful man.
And every time I see a picture of him from when he was black, I smile because he was just too damn cute.

R.I.P. Jacko

P.S. I can't seem to embed this picture, but check it out, it's my favorite:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kerrarr-chup/3701836933/

4th of July, Fireworks, and Diets(Oh My!)

Hello!

I meant to post on the 4th, but I was too lazy :P So Happy Belated 4th of July!
I went to see some fireworks in this big, open field nearby with the fam. Got some REALLY cool pics. The rest of them are on here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/dustytomatoes/

So the main thing going on right now in my boring life is my new diet. The annual beach trip is on the 23rd and I've been desperate to actually look good in a bathing suit(let alone anything else) for a long while. I decided to actually work for it. There's an app for iPhones and iTouches called "Lose It!". You enter in your weight loss goal, your height, age, etc. and it comes up with the number of calories you're allowed to eat in order to reach your goal! Unfortunately for all you that are iPhone/iTouch-less, it's only available for those devices. However, I'm sure you can find something similar online.
I've mixed that with Wii Fit and the results are kind of amazing. It's been 4 days and I've lost 3 pounds. I can already see the difference it's made! I had no idea it would be so simple-all I have to do is step on and off the wii board rhymically for 20 minutes, then twirl and imaginary hoola hoop(which makes you look like an idiot, but works wonders on your stomach) for 10 and I've already lost a pound! It helps if it's hot-I've probably lost a lot in sweat.
Anyway, wish me luck-I'm aiming towards 122 by the 23rd(but i might try to go for less than that if it continues to be this easy!)

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Review: He's Just Not That Into You

Ok, the best word I can think of to describe this movie actually isn't a word-it's a sound.
Eh.
This movie was ok. I didn't really like it, but I didn't dislike it. I liked certain elements of it.

Again, I'm stealing a summary because I suck at writing my own:
The plot chronicles the romantic misadventures of nine individuals in their twenties and thirties. Set in Baltimore, the common thread of the story is that one person in each relationship is more enamored of the other person than vice versa. At the core of these multiple stories is Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin), a young woman who repeatedly misinterprets the signs that men give her about their level of interest in her.

Here's what I liked:

• The fact that all the people seemed to form a web of interconnecting relationships.
  
• Justin Long was cute and his character was too
• I really can't think of anything else. You'd think I'd hate this movie, but I don't.

Here's what I didn't like:

• Scarlett Johanssen's boobs-I mean c'mon, they were WAY too big. No offense to her. They just kind of annoyed me.
• The fact that the girls were SO obsessed with guys calling them. Get.a.life.
• Bradley Cooper's character was a total dickhead.
  
• The whole movie kind of tired you out. It seemed like the same thing was happening over and over again so you felt as exhausted as the characters did.
• It left me feeling kind of empty until the concluding clips in the credits.

Overall, I would not recommend it. But lots of people liked it. It's one of those thing that you either love or hate.
Hopefully this was helpful.

Review:My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger

So I honestly thought that I had already reviewed this.

I didn't.

But now I will because this book deserves to be gushed about!

Because I suck at summaries, I'm just gonna give you this one that I found on amazon.
In his first novel for young readers, Kluger revisits themes in his adult titles: baseball, romantic sparring, and social activism. Boston teens T. C. and Augie are such close friends that their families acknowledge them as brothers. Alejandra has recently arrived from Washington, D.C., where her father served as a Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Written in multiple voices and nontraditional formats, including instant messages and school assignments, Kluger’s crowded, exuberant novel follows the three high-school freshman through an earth-shaking year in which musical-theater-obsessed Augie realizes that he is gay, Alejandra reveals her theatrical talents to disapproving parents, and T. C. tries to make a deaf child’s greatest wish come true. At the center are heart-pulling romances (even a few among adults) and a broadening sense of what family means. A few plot twists will require readers to suspend belief, and the voices tend to sound alike. Still, the appealing characters are bright, passionate, and fully engaged in their lives, and many readers will lose themselves in this original, high-spirited story.

It was like this book was written for me: I love the Red Sox, therefore I love Fenway Park, Mary Poppins is one of my favorite movies, and I love those cliche gay guys that are obsessed with musicals and the like.
The characters are absolutely charming, as is the whole book. It captures exactly how crazy someone you have a crush on can make you. It tells the story of true friendship and young love(and I sound TOTALLY CHEESY! But the book isn't)
Trust me, you gotta read this one(not sure if guys would like it...) I thank SunnyD a billion-and-one times for recommending this one. It makes me realize how well she knows me :P

Anyway, I'm sick of using all the same words I always use to describe things(i.e. awesome, amazing, etc.) so I went on thesaurus.com and found some words that I think describe this book perfectly.

absorbing, alluring, amiable, appealing, attractive, charismatic, choice, cute, dainty, delectable, delicate, delightful, desirable, elegant, engaging, engrossing, entrancing, eye-catching, fascinating, fetching, glamorous,

Oh-and fabulous.

Hope you all will take my advice and check this book out!

Bad Week For Living

I'm sad to say we've lost three wonderful people in less than a week!
R.I.P. to all of them, they will be missed dearly.

P.S. I forgot Ed McMahon. I think he died in the same week. R.I.P.!

Three(Stolen From Shela)

My darling Shela, I am stealing this from you, my blog sister.

Three screen names that you’ve had: alannamonkey, joyfulmonkeys, xx_unspokenmind0xx(I was emo then)

Three things you like about yourself: My lips, my curves, and my ability to always make people laugh :D

Three things you don’t like about yourself: I'm really a total bitch(but what the hell, who cares?), my stomach(it's a real pain-literally), my shortness/stoutness

Three parts of your heritage: Uh..not sure. I'm part Irish, so I guess drinking, shamrocks, and castles? lol

Three things that scare you: Well, I used to put "Michael Jackson" here, but I guess that isn't really appropriate anymore. So I'll put spiders, gas masks(weird fear, but they seriously scare the crap outta me), illnesses(they almost ALWAYS find me)

Three of your everyday essentials: My goat's milk lotion by Canus, my peace sign ring, MY IPOD!!!

Three things you are wearing right now: black shorts, my middle school gym t-shirt(haha, this thing no longer scares me), and underwear

Three of your favorite songs: Omg, WAY TOO MANY!! "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2
(listening to it right now), which everyone that knows me knows I loooove. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" also by the magnificent U2(haha, "Magnificent" is another one of my favorite songs by them! go figure), and "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve. Soooooo many more.

Three things you want in a relationship: Serious music-loving, a love for almost anything 80's, and a '67 Mustang if that's not too much to ask :)

Two truths and a lie: I have been forever single, I think Steve Perry was a sexy beast, I think Michael Jackson was a terrible person and I'm not sad about his death....scroll down for the truth...

(#3 was the lie-c'mon, he was the freakin King of Pop!)

Three things you can’t live without: my iTouch(literally, cannot live without it), music(at ALL times), memories

Three places you want to go on vacation: Paris-Um...do I need to explain? That place is amazing.NYC-I've been before, but only on my way to Boston(didn't get to stay long and I fell in love with it), any picture-perfect caribbean beach ;)

Three things you just can’t do: swallow a pill(becoming an issue lately), attract a freaking dude?, understand politics

Three kids names: Kylie, Peter, Oliver

Three things you want to do before you die: go to a U2 concert(it's HAPPENING! Hopefully. Still waiting for the tickets to be shipped and make sure they're legit-if they are, you will know. Trust me.), make a shrine to Bono(I'm gonna do it over the summer, probably), get one of my photographs in a magazine and/or book

Three celeb crushes: SOOOO MANY!!! RPattz, OBVIOUSLY!, Meagen Fox(the only person that stands between me being 100% straight-but can you blame me?), BONO!!!He's like God to me.

Three of your favorite musicians/bands: Need I say it? Really? u2!!! Journey, The Fray

Three physical things about the opposite sex that appeal to you: Arms, calves, buzz cuts

Three of your favorite hobbies: photography, surfing the web, painting

Three things you really want to do badly right now: Get my U2 tickets!!!! Omg, I'm talking about them WAY too much. I also want to start my Bono shrine(ok, I promise, that was it), and paint/sell some birdhouses(anyone want an awesome birdhouse? I'll post pics once I'm done

Three careers you’re considering/you’ve considered: Photographer, Interior designer, shrink(but the crazy should not try to help the crazy)

Three ways that you are stereotypically a boy: My sense of humor is that of a 13-year old boy-I laugh at farts, the word "boobies", and when a history teacher(or anyone else, for that matter) says "rapier" i giggle because I think of rape. Which isn't really a good thing, but I still giggle. Oh and I'm OBSESSED with cars. And I can't even drive.

Three ways that you are stereotypically a girl: I love shoes(ask any of my friends, I flock to them like a moth to a lightbulb), I have posters of Orlando Bloom and Robert Pattinson on my wall, and I love dressing up ;)

P.S. I also love quizzes like this, as long as they're not too long

Mall Day!

The tealight holders-they're very pretty

The $.99 ring

Hard to capture how pretty this is

Maria and I went to the mall today as a little mini celebration for her birthday(wish her a happy birthday in the comments!!)
We went a few places. Maria went a little bit crazy and bought earrings, a scarf, and sunglasses at Icing's-the crazy part was that it came out to $41.10(I remember the price exactly-she kept repeating it, shocked that she had spent that much) I bought some pink glass tea light holders for $4. We went to a few other places-including Charlotte Russe. Maria bought a really cute plaid black and white bag and some ADORABLE black, suede-fringed gladiator-type of sandals. I got this gorgeous necklace for $6.99 and the ring for $0.99! Sweet, right?
After that, we went back to this movie store to check out the Twilight stuff and guess who we saw on the way over there? Christy Carlson Romano! Doesn't ring a bell? She's the voice of Kim Possible! We're both way too old to be excited about this, but we were anyway. After freaking out a bit("Do you wanna get an autograph?" "I dunno-should we?" "No." "But I want one." "Me too." "You go first." "No, you.") we got in like with the 6 year olds and got posters signed! She was my childhood idol so it was really cool to meet her. She was really sweet, too. Here's the picture she signed for me.

I <3>

I watched Along Came Polly for the first time yesterday and I'm going to give my honest review. Hopefully it's helpful!
Here's a brief synopsis:
When Ruben Feffer(Ben Stiller) finds his new wife cheating on him with a French scuba instructor on their honeymoon, he starts looking around for the perfect woman. He comes across Polly Prince(Jennifer Aniston), a girl he used to know in middle school.
Ruben is a very catious, non-adventurous man-the exact opposite of Polly. This makes for some very interesting, funny, and terrible situations.

Pros:

• Ben Stiller!!! He's awesome.
• Some moments were super hilarious(Ben Stiller dancing like a moron, his IBS-Irritable Bowel Syndrome, etc.)
• Jennifer Aniston is really good in this movie.
  
• Ruben's strange(to say the least) best friend, Sandy, a self-absorbed one-hit-wonder-type of actor.

• The hilarious scuba instructor, Claude :)
• The gay guy that called him Ruby Tuesdays
  

Cons:

• It was a bit cliche chick flick in some parts(ex. When Ruben has to run across NY to stop Polly from leaving-honestly, it doesn't get much more cliche than that)
• Debra Messing was really annoying. She kept calling him "Ruby". Ick.
  
• That's about it.

Although this wasn't the greatest movie I've ever seen, it was still charming and funny. I'd suggest watching it and I'd probably give it 3.5 stars out of 5.
Hope this was helpful!
Here's the trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JlBhmprNjk

HE'S HEEERRREEE!!!

Because of my good grades(got my report card today-all A's and B's!!) my wonderful mother gave me a Sonny Angel doll!!! And it's the fancy kind that's eyes and limbs move. It is the cutest thing ever-I'm in love with him!
Any ideas for the name?

SUMMER!!!

I'm super happy because summer vacation started on Tuesday! We had our final exams and got out at 10:30.
I then went out on a shopping trip with my three favorite people in the whole wide world-Sarah, Nikki, and SunnyD. We met up at Panera Bread, laughed and ate some soup, then headed over to Sally's Beauty Supply from there. We looked around at the strange hair extensions, crazy hair colors, and fake hands for a little bit before moving on to Payless Shoes. I found these amazingly gorgeous boots, but they were about a size too small and were killing my feet(they were only $13, though!) I really, really wanted them, but they didn't have any bigger sizes :(




From there, we split up and Sarah and Nikki went to a nerdy video game shop while SunnyD and I had some fun in Hallmark. We played with the noise-making cards for a little while(they're SO COOL!) and then we moved on to Office Depot. We had some fun in the computer chair section. Did you know they order the chairs by what rank you have in a business? I sat in the cool executive chair and Nikki and I did some dorky role playing. After checking out some cats and fish at Petsmart, we crossed the street to Rita's ice cream. Sarah got hit on by this weird guy that said he had a daughter our age. He offered to buy he ice cream. She turned him down. He was a strange fellow. Luckily, he left. Sarah says she's not wearing those short shorts again :P
We waited outside of Payless for a little while, dancing like dorks to my ipod and singing songs from musicals. Then it was time to say goodbye :(
I haven't really done much of anything else since then.
I am now reading a book SunnyD recommended to me, called My Most Excellent Year. I'm loving it so far. I'll write a review once I'm done! And it won't take as long as The Host did. I've got plenty of free time and I can't stop reading it!!

Happy summer, darlings!

Review: The Host(Finally!)

I know I've been working on this book for about half a year(literally!) and I thank you all for waiting patiently for me to write a review.
I finally had some time when I was bored with nothing to do(I was sick over the weekend) so I sat down for a few hours and finally finished the book.

Twas ah-mazing.

I majorly suck at giving summaries, so I'm going to use the one from the book jacket.
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away.
Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity was succumbed.
When Melanie, one of the few remaining "wild" humans, is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too0-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.
Wanderer probes Melanie's thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer's mind with visions of the man Melanie Loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to seperate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.

This book is written by the author of Twilight, Stephenie Meyer. Just like in Twilight, Stephenie displays her amazing talent for forming bonds between the characters and the readers. I'm not sure how she does it, but she makes you feel like you know these people in real life. You become attached to them. You feel what they feel, you understand what they're going through, it's almost like you become one with the main character. It makes the whole book seem more real.

When I first started reading, I wasn't really crazy about it. But I knew Stephenie would never write something I didn't like, so I kept on going. For a good stretch of the beginning, there are non-stop twists and turns, keeping you hooked. Towards the middle is when it starts slowing down. It gets a little bit boring, but you have to stick it out because it picks up the pace again and then keeps going until the end.

This is definitely one of my new favorite books. I'd recommend it to anyone.

A tip: don't do what I did and read it off-and-on. Just read the whole thing in one big stretch. Read it at a steady pace, even if you begin to lose interest. It's worth getting through the slow parts and I'm sure if I had done that, I would've loved it even more.

Anyway, hope I've been convincing enough for you guys to go out right now to your nearest book store and by The Host!!!

Exams

Hey, everyone!
I've been really busy, but I've got some free time now and I thought I'd post again so you don't think I've fallen off the face of the earth :P
It's exam week. I had my first one today(yesterday was the last day of classes :( & :D ). I got out at 11:30, then Sarah and I hung out at the pool! I get out early tomorrow, Monday, and on Tuesday I get out at 10:30!!! YAY! Then it's summer time. Planning on going out to lunch(Panera!) and then shopping with my girls to celebrate Nikki's b-day!!
Hopefully the rain will stop sometime soon so I can go to the pool again...
I'm finally catching up on The Host(yeah, I'm STILL not finished-I put it down for a while) now that I have time after my exams. I'm also reading,"The Definitive Guide to Stuff White People Like-The Unique Taste of Millions"-it's basically what the title says. It's the funniest book I've ever read. It's based on the blog. I'll post a review once I'm finished.

I've become a little overly obsessed with origami lately. I learned how to make an inflatable bunny, a sailboat, a butterfly, and a heart. Here's one of my many bunnies! I'll post more pics of my other stuff once I take some.

So what's new in your life?

P.S. Just found this song-and it made me day:

Memorial Day Weekend

Hope everyone had a great 3-day memorial day weekend! I sure did.

Saturday was fun. SunnyD, Nikki, Maria, and I all went to the movies to see Night At the Museum 2. I really liked it. Not the greatest movie I've ever seen, but it was still charming and funny. And of course Ben Stiller was in it, so it's immediately ten times better than plenty of other movies :P I love Ben Stiller(in case you couldn't tell)

Anyway, after the movie, SunnyD had a job to fill as a probably very bored 3rd wheel while Maria had to spend time with her family, so Nikki and I had a little one-on-one bestie shopping day. I don't even remember when the last time it was just me and her! We see each other ALL the time, but there are always other people around. We had a lot of fun. First, we decided to try out the relatively new dollar store-we went a bit crazy("Ooh! Ooh! This is only a dollar?! Ooh, look at this! THEY HAVE YARN!") good times, good times. We spent the rest of the time at Borders(we stay there for hours on end-it's like my second home). We shared a big snickerdoodle and a yummy chocolate chip muffin, looked around nostalgicly in the kid's aisle, and gawked over all the things we would buy had we all the money in the world! It was really fun and we're planning on doing it again before Nikki has to leave for a while over the summer!

Speaking of Nikki, her b-day in about 5 days! I got her into Pullips and she's getting her first one for her birthday! We're both nerdily excited about it.

Sunday my family and I went down to visit my aunt in Wilmington. It was really fun! I played Rockband for the firs tiem(shocker!) and I loved it. Must it be expensive?

Not much else happened. I had fun, though!
Only 6 days until exams!!!!
Cannnot wait until summer.
That's it for now.
Love,
Alanna :D

P.S. Check out the creepy statue I saw. Not sure what it is. The theory so far is that it's a drunk guy being attacked by starfish. Check out the bird taking a crap on his head!

MEGA Awesome

These are freaking sweet! It I had $50, I'd SO buy them!
http://www.modcloth.com/store//ModCloth/Apartment/Honey+I+Blew+Up+the+Earbuds

Happy Birthday Shela!!!

Sorry I can't make a big, elaborate post about how dear you are to m and how if it wasn't for you, most of the time, I'd be blogging into empty cyberspace, but I don't have much time. It's 6:15 A.M.
Anyway, I hope your 19th is awesome!!!
<3 Alanna

The Rumors are true...

and I am VERY jealous.
http://laineygossip.com/Selena_Gomez_sushi_date_with_Taylor_Lautner_.aspx?CatID=0&CelID=0
Still, I'll admit, these two are pretty damn adorable together! And I love Selena AND Taylor. I like them as a couple, but as always, I think Taylor belongs with me ;)

My Dinner

The setup

The Setup 2

Apparently the best guacamole ever(I don't like guacamole, so I wouldn't know, but my mom said it was the best she's ever had!)

Taco Meat!

Mexican Bean Salad!

I had to take pics for the project, so I thought I'd post them!

Wow, It's Been A VERY Long Time!!!

I am so sorry it's taken me this long to post. I've only got 11 days left until exams-only 15 days of school(and exam days are half days!) so my teachers have been cramming in all the work they can.I've been completely overloaded and so usually when the weekend comes, I just want to chill out and truthfully, blogging was one of the things I least wanted to do. But I got in the mood a little bit once I realized that I was being missed :P

In other news, I have this big end-of-the-year project for my foods class in which I have to cook a big 3-course meal for my family. I made it last night. Including shopping for the food, making it, and cleaning up, it took about 7 hours! My feet hurt from standing up that long once I was done. But it payed off because the dinner turned out pretty good!

So I found these super adorable dolls that are made in Japan. They're called Sonny Angels and their basically exactly like Kewpie dolls only way cheaper. And their eyes move. And they have little wings on their backs! Anyway, I really want one. There are several sizes:

• little cell phone charms
• Medium sized with the caps they're wearing attached(eyes don't move on these-they're cheaper, though)
• Medium sized with removable caps and moving eyes(more expensive, but this is the kind I want)
• And then large ones, like, baby doll sized(I think they're pretty rare)
  

Here are more pics if you want to see them


Yes, they are anatomically correct ;) But they're supposed to be babies, so I don't think it's sick, unlike my friends :P("Ew! What the hell is wrong with you?")

I was going to get one when I found some U2 tickets for only $60!!!It's my dream to see U2 live. I'm a CRAZED fan. So now I'm scraping up all the money I can get to buy those(but my neighbor might be able to get some for free*crosses fingers*)

I think I've made this clear before(though it's been a REALLY long time), but I really don't like Shakespeare. I admit, he was a talented dude. But I personally think he's a bit overrated. But I'm pretty sure I'm dyslexic(I still need to be tested for it) and having weird, old words mixed up(when my head mixes them up for me) is not easy.I literally have to read almost every line 6 times to understand it. Which is why my teacher's summaries and Spark Notes are by bffs at the moment.

I still haven't finished The Host yet, sorry! I've been meaning to get around to it(I might read it when I'm done with this), but I haven't had much motivation and/or time. But I promise you guys, when summer comes(not too far away) you will have a crazy amount of book reviews from me :P And if I don't remember, virtually kick me(unless I see you in person, then kick me-though I will kick you back, just a warning)

My photos are becoming slightly more popular on Flickr! Help me out, people, and check out my photostream if you haven't yet! While I've been slacking off on the blogging, I have been updating my Flickr a decent bit.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dustytomatoes/
Before I go, here's the last of the updates:
What I'm listening to:" "Your Love" by The Outfield(AH-MAZING song!!! Great cover by Katy Perry, too!)
What I'm reading: For fun-nothing For school-finished To Kill a Mockingbird(on a scale of 1-10, it was a 6.5) and The Odyssey(I liked it-I'm into the whole gods and goddesses thing) and am now working on Romeo and Juliet, which as I mentioned earlier, sucks ass in my opinon -_-
Current Obsession: I've always loved Journey, but now they're like, ALL that I'm listening to, no joke. Oh, and I've always been thinking of creative ways to get James in trouble and/or possibly dead? Sounds mean, but he's been as complete asshole lately.
Current hate: James, duh!
Last thing I bought: Hm...I think it was Mother's day gifts.
Last Place I went: Besides school...the grocery store. How exciting, right?

Ok, I really gotta go now. I'll post more often now!

So Far Behind...

Wow, I have been SO busy in the past two weeks. I decided to check the blogs I'm following...I have 14 unread posts from Shela! I need to get on more often. Hopefully I'll have some time this weekend. Sorry to bore you all with my lack of posting!

Dave Matthews, Long Week, and Stuff

IT's been SUCH a long week. I went to the Dave Matthews concert with my dad on wednesday and had a BLAST! It was an amazing concert. And they played the new single that I LOVE LOVE LOVE. Here it is. Listen to the lyrics, they're INCREDIBLE.


This week has been so long. So many projects and stuff. And issues with certain people...

I just saw 17 Again-it was an awesome movie and is now one of my favorites!

Oh, and I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird for English and loving it! I have some awesome quotes from it to post.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Review: 17 Again

I just got back from seeing 17 Again! I LOVED IT!!! It was so hilarious. The casting was really good, the romance was lovely, it was super funny, and just overall awesome.
I used to like Zac Efron, but he turned into a douche for a couple years. But I saw him on the Ellen show and I started to like him a bit more. But this movie made me a fan. Seriously, he looked SO hot!!!!
Wow, I'm starting to gush. Just go see the movie, you won't regret it!

Favorite Twilight Scene

It took a while, but I finally decided what my favorite scene in Twilight was(the song definitely helps) Check it out:

The Ring

Here's the peace sign ring I was telling you all about a couple posts back. Isn't it cute? Unfortunately, I've lost the engagement ring I bought for myself :( It's gotta be somewhere, though. Hopefully it'll show up!

I'm Such a Nerd...

I just uploaded 157 pictures and it's only 1:00. I woke up at 9:30. And all of these pics are from 1 photoshoot with my doll. Sad, isn't it?

Running In Heels-Season 1

I first heard about this show on iTunes. The first episode was in the free section on the homepage. I decided to download it for the hell of it and actually really enjoyed it! I'm not usually into the super-dramatic reality TV, but this show's another one of my guilty pleasures ;)
It follows the lives of three interns at Marie Claire. Ashley(on the left) is a jealous freak that's not afraid to sabotage the others to get what she wants. Talita(middle) is the nicest in my opinion. Though I think her voice and peeing teacup dog is kind of annoying, she's not mean like the other two. Samantha(on the right) was the nicest of the 3 in the first episode, but turned into a major bitch somewhere along the way. She thinks she's better than everyone. There's a huge rivalry between she and Ashley especially, even though they all kind of hate each other. Talita seems to get along with Ashley, somehow, though in the last episode I watched, she and Sam ganged up together.
I really like Nina Garcia, former Project Runway judge and now the head of Marie Claire. She's very nice and she handles a lot. I also like Joanna Coles. She can be tough on the girls, but she gives them what they need to be successful and she also handles a LOT. She's kind of like Miranda from The Devil Wears Prada, except she isn't a devil. She also rewards the girls when they do something right, which I can appreciate.
Sergio Kletnoy is my favorite, though. I'm not exactly sure what he does, but he's super cute(in my opinion) and he's always causing trouble without trying to. He's always giving one of the girls an oppurtinuty the others don't get, like covering a fashion show or interview. It always creates some type of fued.
I've only seen two episodes, but I've DVRed a whole bunch that I need to watch before they get erased.
It's a half-hour long on the Style channel(not sure what time-check your TV guide). I suggest watching it some time.

Oh, and I did I mention all three of these bitchy girls have to share an apartment? Oh yeah, it's good ;)