More Twilight Shit.

So my sister just text me "51 minutes!" referring to when the new Twilight movie comes out. I think I'm going to vomit. The fact that I'm related to someone who is watching that shit on opening night makes me physically sick. So, Buzzy brought me The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner which is the Twilight saga's latest money and hype making scheme. I tried to read it so I could make fun of it on my blog. I eventually succeeded but it took almost a week. The book is only 178 pages at about the 2nd grade reading level so that is pretty pathetic. It was awful. It was a hell of a lot worse than the original Twilight books. It reeks of, "Hey crazy Mormon chick, please pull a book out of your ass in the next week so we can publish it and make tons of money before the next movie comes out, k thanks!" The only part that was readable was the end which had basically been copied from one of the other books. This was one of the worst books I've read, ever. Ugh, I'm disowning my sister. 

Anthro Shoes

I've only ever purchased dresses from Anthropologie but I got the new catalog today and am in LOVE with their shoes. I need to find a second job where my paychecks can go just to Anthro purchases. Better yet, I need to get a job at Anthro. I bet they give employee discounts! 
Pretty sure I would find an excuse to wear these every single day of my life until they fell apart in pieces. 
The little booties she has on are purple and so ridiculously adorable in the catalog. Damn Anthro and their catalog they send me every month. *sigh*

mmm BEER!

Who wants to be my drinking partner? I'm pretty sure I'll need one for this monster bottle. Well, probably not, but a purple dinosaur once told me that sharing is caring. My little brother brought this down from Portland for me as the Coos doesn't necessarily boast a large beer selection and he says it's pretty freaking good. Can't wait to try it out! 

School Schmool

Holy shit, can't I be done with school yet? Registering for online classes is a royal pain in the ass because the selection is much more limited and some of them sound really retarded. No, I don't want to take a class entitled "ecofeminism" that has a 15 page paper requirement. Jesus Christ.

Jeffery Deaver.

Have you ever seen the movie The Bone Collector with Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie? Well, like many movies, it started out as a book. This particular book was written by Jeffery Deaver. There are many subsequent books featuring the characters Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs. My mom subscribes to some crazy mail order book club thing and she needed to order one more book so I ended up getting The Burning Wire as a birthday gift. I've never been much of a mystery reader and I doubt I'd be very into it if I read them continuously but he only writes one Lincoln Rhyme novel every other year which is a pace I can deal with. The stories are fairly quick paced I like the characters, Rhyme is a genius forensic scientist who solves crimes from his wheelchair as he is paralyzed. Sachs is his sidekick/love interest who isn't too shabby herself in the brains department. Anyway, for a nice easy read I would definitely check out some of Deaver's work. Oh, p.s. they're not scary mysteries. 

Cafe Mediterranean

So in North Bend there is a restaurant called Cafe Mediterranean. It is AMAZINGLY yummy and one of my little brother's all time favorites. Their Greek salad is so freaking good I could eat it everyday. The only problem with Cafe Med is that they aren't always open when they say they are going to be. They're my kind of people, they wake up late. Anyway, I'm kind of craving some lentil soup, hummus, and a Greek salad right now. 

Lip.

Dear Good Blog People,

I have a confession to make. I'm pretty sure I forgot to tell you I got my lip pierced. You may have noticed it in that picture of me from my dance recital. I wear clear jewelry in it for work but I tend to fail at keeping the jewelry in. The little washer falls off a lot so sometimes I must resort to other things. Anyway, if you're wondering why I did this the simple answer is that I had been drinking and it sounded like a good idea at the time. Actually, I quite like it, even if my mother detests it. Hmm, sounds like most of the stuff I do. 

Jordan

Sidewalk Art.

It's summer, time to bust out your sidewalk chalks. This guy, Julian Beever, takes it to a whole new level. His drawings are awesome. It's crazy to me that he would take the time to imagine and draw it all out on random sidewalks knowing that it will be destroyed. You can see more here. 

Bukowski

Sometimes a simple gift given without too much thought turns into a cherished possession. For my ex's birthday a few years ago I presented him with my favorite book, Pride and Prejudice. A few months later on my day I was given the two expansions to World of Warcraft and his favorite book, Ham on Rye. I had never heard of the author Charles Bukowski before but as it was my then boyfriend's favorite book I was eager to jump in and see if he had poor taste in authors. I got my iced tea, went to my porch and started reading. As it turned out, he didn't. I immediately fell in love with Bukowski's sentences, his words; they're beautiful. A lot of people may not like his subject matter of alcohol, women and how work is debilitating but you can't deny that he is brilliant. Ham on Rye is about the childhood of Henry Chinaski who you can follow into adult hood in Bukowski's other books. 

I'm not big on poetry. Most of it annoys the shit out of me but Bukowski has some pretty awesome stuff. Check out Betting on the Muse, it's a collections of poems and short stories. 

Papa.

Father's Day is coming up and as I have to work on that day I probably won't get around to posting about my dad so here he is. This is my papa. He's the best. He's just an adorable little old man who doesn't act his age. He loves to ride Harley's and he's a very hard worker. I think my dad is finally having a little fun in life. Anyway, love you Papa! 

Elven Lord Ensemble.

I love waking up to an email from etsy, perusing, and finding a gem. I saw this pic and about died laughing. For those of you going to some type of cosplay thing, you now know where you can get an Elven Lord outfit, from etsy seller LadyFaire. She makes apparel from different "dimensions" to help "facilitate your journey." bahahahaha

I'm Moving!

No, I'm not going to sit here and talk about biomass and alternative energy sources. I just needed a map and this one is much cooler than the one fourth grade classrooms have hanging on their walls. Anyway, I have decided that I'm moving. I haven't figured out where I'm moving to though. Any suggestions? I'm just sick of Coos Bay and how it holds people in place. It's the kind of place that kills your soul and it's time to move on and make a change.

Recital.

So my dance recital was last night. It was really fun. I hadn't been in a recital for years so I was a little nervous but not nearly as much as the younger girls so I mainly just tried to calm them down before the show. One thing that I don't miss about performances is dance makeup. It feels like you cake 15 pounds of crap onto your face. I forgot to get fake eyelashes so I borrowed some from one of the girls; they were bedazzled. That's right, they had rhinestones attached to the top of them. Anyway, it was a lot of fun and there was a nice turnout and all of the little girls were adorable. 

My Abandonment.

Guess what I did today. That's right, read another book. This particular book was My Abandonment by Peter Rock. It's not a true story but the idea came to him from one. He saw a brief article in the Oregonian about a 53 year old man and his 13 year old daughter found living in Forest Park, which is a huge nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. The girl tested above where she was supposed to be for her age level on all of the tests the state gave her as her dad had been "homeschooling" her in the park. There were then two brief updates about the two in the newspaper. Rock took these brief little clips and flushed them out into a very engrossing book. 

It was a quick read, perfect for a flight as it only took me a couple hours to finish. It's told from the viewpoint of the young girl, Caroline. The first 3/4 of the book was completely engrossing but somewhere near the end it started to get weird and I felt like the author was losing me. Also, I'm not really sure he was particularly successful in making me feel like it was a young girl telling the story, the narration was great, but not necessarily believable from a little girl. There was a very unsuspected twist near the end which I loved because it took the book in a completely different direction. Overall though it was an interesting story and I definitely wanted to know how it ended.