Lightning in a Bottle

Your Word is "Fearless"

You see life as your one chance to experience everything, and you just go for it! You believe the biggest risk is being afraid and missing out on something amazing. Sometimes your fearlessness means you're daring. You enjoy risky activities. And sometimes your fearlessness means you're courageous. You're brave enough to do the right thing, even when it's scary.

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So I leave for New York tomorrow and I'm so excited.

I've been wanting to go to New York since I was sixteen years old and I'm finally going.

I'm a little nervous that I'm hyped NY up so much that I'll be disappointed but it is NY so that probably won't happen.

I'm going with my cousin and we rented this little apartment in Midtown Manhattan and we've already got like a hundred things we want to do.

Plus I'm going to see Shrek the musical which looked so cute, and it's Shrek so I don't think it can be bad.

Anyway I just wanted to post and share my news with anyone... you know, in case I die there so something... so if anyone out there is from NY or knows of places in NY that I have to go to let me know now.

Oh, and my exams are finally done- thank god.

Later,

So I saw Twilight last night and what a disappointment.

I don't know if they drugged and gagged Stephenie Meyer during the whole process of casting, and making (not to mention why the hell was the make-up artist on this movie and why did they feel the need to make all the vampires look like geishas?) this film, because if she is okay with the disaster that made it to the big screen then I don't know that I have any respect left for her.

It breaks my heart to think of what became of such an amazing book, especially after I waited so long for the movie and had such high hopes for it.

 

I guess I should have known better- I’ve yet to see a movie that lives up to it’s book- but Twilight must have set new records for movies that suck.

If anyone wants me I'll be in my room re-reading Twilight till I succeed in erasing the memory of that (shudders) movie from my mind with the real Edward and Bella and just for kicks THE WHOLE REST OF THE CAST!  Seriously, can someone explain to me why Bella's school friends had more lines and screen time then all of the Cullens put together?

This movie blows.

So have I mentioned that my friend is getting married?

What do you guys mean there is no way I could have since I haven't updated in about five months?

Oh! That’s right- I'd been much too lazy to update during the summer and much to busy with school to update now.

I should be doing homework; I'm updating instead.

Back to the subject at hand--- my friend is getting married... in September of '09... she’s twenty-two years old and I love her but I think she is way too young to be getting married.

I can't seem to get over this.

She asked me to be her maid-of-honor.

I said yes.

I still think she is way too young to be getting married.

Now that I got that off my chest.

I've been toying with the idea of writing an Oliver/Chloe fic (Smallville) and I got a very basic, first draft of the first chapter that I was hoping someone would Beta for me. I'm not in a big rush to get it out or anything but I feel like I need some feedback concerning the tone and the feel of the characters- if I'm keeping them in character and all that- plus feedback is helpful in staying away from writers block. Anyway if anyone is up to betaing, please, please, please let me know.

And I just caught up on Stargate: Atlantis.

Someone please tell me what the hell Dr. Keller was thinking telling Ronon she was interested in someone else?

That was disappointing and really not giving me any incentive to finish out the series.

Clearly, I'm not the happiest of people right now.

I think I should get studying- you know, since I'll probably need a future and all.

Ciao

P.S- I saw a production of Pride and Prejudice the other day which was wonderful. Jane Austen is a god; I'm thinking of re-reading the book for the millionth time. I thought you all might like to know.
 

Shows I started watching in the autumn: Pushing Daisies

 

Show(s) I lost along the way: House, LOST, Smallville (I watch when I can)

 

Show(s) I picked up along the way: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Friday Night Lights

 

Show(s) I'm thinking of for next season: Dollhouse, Fringe (The new one with Joshua Jackson)

 

Best season opener: Terminator: TSCC

 

Worst season opener: Not that it was bad or anything but out of the last three seasons this year’s Supernatural opener was a little dull in comparison. It didn’t seem to jump in like the other two openers

 

Best season finale:  CSI: NY, Grey’s, Terminator: TSCC

 

Worst season finale: Out of the shows I watch Ugly Betty is probably at the bottom this year; it’s beginning to seem repetitive.

 

Series that dealt with the strike well: CSI: New York, Bones

 

Series that did not deal well with the strike: Supernatural apparently, had the strike not happened TPTB had said that they had so much more story to tell to build-up to the ending. Not that the finale sucked or anything just that there was so much more in the middle that they couldn’t get to.

 

Show(s) I'm most disappointed in this season: Ugly Better- it worries me that they seem to be losing their edge.

 

Show(s) I'm most looking forward to coming back: Supernatural, CSI: NY, Bones, Pushing Daisies, Terminator: TSCC, Grey’s

 

Show(s) that really shouldn't have got renewed: Gossip Girl

 

Show(s) that shouldn't have been canceled: Nothing I watched got canceled so I’m good

 

Show(s) that I want to pick up/should have carried on watching: Stargate Atlantis, The Big Bang Theory

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I took my litlle brother and sister to see an afternoon showing of The Cronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

It rocked!

It was two and a half hours well spent and I suggest everyone go and see this movie... and yes, I would go see it again, it was that good.

Plus, Ben Barnes is insanely adorable and I think I want to eat him up.

I can't wait for 2010, and the next epic movie in the series, I mean I love Harry Potter as much as the next person, but Harry Potter magic has nothing on Narnia magic. 

In my opinion, of course.

I can't believe it's been a month since I've last posted- I hate when life gets in the way like that- but I watched Supernatural last night and I couldn't not post.

Oh my goodness, what an episode. Last night was the first episode in a while where I actually had to turn my head away or where the sound effects were giving me chills; good job Kripke!

I must say that Kripke was right, by the end of the episode I did feel for Bela's character and now that she's gone I almost wish she wasn't. If only TPTB had thought her character through more, if only they had told us what had happened to her before. I understand that the big shocked was the ending where it's relieved that she also made a deal with the demon but would it have killed TPTB to have told us that she's been sexually abused by her father sooner? I mean in ‘Red sky at Morning’ they could have mentioned it- we could have found out that she killed her father because he was molesting her; it would have been understandable and her deal wouldn't have even had to have been mentioned. 

It was a nice way to send her off though and my heart broke for Dean because if there is one thing Dean hates its women in trouble. Especially crying women and Bela was so damaged that saving her would have been a top priority for Dean if she had just let him in. 

Bela would have been a interesting character to explore further if TPTB had given us something juicy to work with instead of making her very 1 dimensional and saving the character development till the end. 

But seriously, who didn't call that she was connected to the CRD in some way? And by the end, with the creepy little red-eyed girl who didn't know that the demon that boys need to kill is Lilith? 

Ruby has a lot to explain because is she tried pretending she didn't know that, Dean is going to kill her.

But Ruby rocks so I'm hoping Dean decided to have hot hate sex with her instead (*ducking for all the Sam/Ruby fans now trying to kill me*).

Back to the boy’s now- the scene where they split up in heartbreaking- it's so telling of what is to come. And when Dean let Sam go by himself, turned in the doorway and told him to be careful I wanted to cry because Dean knows that three weeks is not a lot of time and in three weeks Sam will be by himself. Dean is like a father learning to let his child go and it's hard for Dean to except his fate. 

Hell scares Dean, and the thought of turning into the kind of thing he spent his whole live killing it most or less his worst nightmare... that and leaving Sam. 

All I have to say is that Bobby had better make it through because without Dean, Sammy is going to need some type of center and Bobby is all he really has. 

Have I mentioned that I miss Ellen? Because I miss Ellen something fierce. 

I loved this episode, I love how hard Dean is holding onto his humanity even if he may be giving up his life- it's such a Dean Winchester thing to do- John would be proud. But Sam is the youngest, and he idolizes his brother and it's worrisome that without Dean, Sam will because cold and lost and a killer- not a hunter- but a killer. I have a feeling that if Sam starts becoming dark, that Dean will actually fight his way out of hell to give his little brother a backhand. 

Maybe instead of trying to get out of the deal that two of them should use the time they have left to find a way to get Dean out of hell once he dies; ask Ruby, I'm sure she could help. 

I can't wait till next week but I really don't know what I'm going to do without my boys for the rest of the summer!

Anyway in other news I passed all my classes with Bs or higher- I must say I'm proud of me!

Happy Birthday Heath Ledger, you are still greatly missed.

My thoughts go out to his friends and his fans and his family, but mostly to his little girl, who no doubt misses daddy, and to his parents, because something is universally wrong when parents outlive their children. 

Today was my last class- I am officially done university for the year... well not officially, officially because I still have a couple exam dates scattered here and there throughout the next two weeks but at least I don't have to get up at the crack of dawn anymore and that’s all that really matters anyway.

The last two week have been a bitch though- I had a couple test and a few papers that needed doing; I left them till last minute naturally.

I must admit there is something so damn cathartic about handing in a project after you've spend so much time on it. And man was it hard; I had to create a psychology experiment that could be tested, it had to meet all criteria and rules (you know moral and whatnot). The professor is the nicest man you'll ever meet- so understanding and allowed some more time. He must have read over my paper like five times before I handed it in and after four days of none sleep- literally I think I got like four hours of sleep between Friday and Tuesday- I feel like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders when I handed him the paper.

All I know is that it's out of my hands now. 

But I got everything I needed to get done, done so it's relatively smooth sailing now.

Somehow I've managed to hold a 'B' in my science class and I know NOTHING about science at all- it's odd but I'm not on to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Besides that I just stopped by to make sure everyone knows that I am not: I repeat not dead.  _fullofgrace finally undated (and finished) her Sam/Ava piece ‘Whatever you do, don't look behind you' (link: http://community.livejournal.com/museinprogress/3016.html) and I highly suggest all Supernatural/SamAva fans go check that story out ASAP. Tonya is an amazing writer; make sure you comment and let her know that you want her to get started on another Sam/Ava piece as soon as possible.

Oh and about the me being easily influenced thing- I was browsing through livejournal and I can't remember who but someone's header on their livejournal page is Jewel Statie and Jason Momoa and they were so damn pretty together that I had to find out what show it was from.

I stumbled upon Stargate: Atlantis and watched a couple clips and music videos over at youtube and I'm so in love with what I've seen of the show- plus come on, Jason Momoa is so easy to look at, I'm surprised people don't watch the show just to look at him?- and now I'm slightly addicted and I need to know if anyone knows where I can find some Stargate Atlantis episodes. By some episodes I mean all of them, from all season- I need to get caught up.

And yes I know all you Stargate fans are sadly shaking your heads and wondering if I've been living under a rock all this time but no I haven't; I've been living under a pile of school books and essays and tests. I'm so over that now- on to Stargate!

Okay so I should be studying for a Psychology test I have on Wednesday but I had to stop in and post because

SUPERNATURAL HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN PICKED UP FOR NEXT SEASON!

I can't even get into how happy I am right now because there really aren't words; this is by far the best news I've gotten in a while. I guess I have to give TPTB over at the CW props for pulling their heads out of their asses and renewing this brilliant show- I'm still pissed at the WB for canceling Angel so it's nice to see them finally understanding the wonderful show they have with Supernatural.

Oh, and because I've been too busy to do this I’ll do it now

Happy Belated Birthday Jensen Ackles! (you pretty much get better looking with age- kept it up!)

Okay, now I'm off to watch the season finale of Terminator: TSCC (and if I'm lucky Terminator will be picked up as well)

 

Okay, so last Wednesday (Feb. 20th) a friend and I went to an advanced screening of the Christina Ricci/James McAvoy movie Penelope. Now, I've been wanting to see this movie since September when I caught a preview of it at the beginning of some movie I can't seem to remember at the moment. It looked lovely and fresh and witty and seriously it had James McAvoy in it which was more then enough. So I looked it up and found every little bit of information I could on it and I waited, and waited and waited till I was sure this would be one of those movies you'd die to see but will spend the rest of your life never having seen it.

I was wrong (thank god) so when I got the free passes I was so excited. My friend and I made a whole night out of it; movie, dinner and then Chapter and Wal-Mart to hang out and goof off. It was awesome. 

So today I get my RottenTomatoe newsletter and imagine my shock and disappointment when I find that the idiots over there didn't give this wonderful little movie a fresh rating but a rotten one instead? I'm not sure they watched the same movie as I did but there is no way this movie doesn't deserve a fresh rating. Right now I am so pissed off.

And then I remembered that the day after I saw this movie I wrote a review of it for IMDB.com and I have now decided to post that same review here to right the mistake made my RottenTomatoes and to give people wanting to see it a different prospective. Be warned before you read though, there is a small kinda spoiler but I have marked it in the review so you'll know what to skip should you want to. All I can hope is that my review does this movie justice and that it inspires people to take a chance on this charming little fairytale.

 

 

( Movie Review- Penelope )

I hope this review helped!

So here's the deal, if you want to be interviewed, this is what you do:

1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favorite lyric to your current favorite song. Or your favorite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like.
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You WILL update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions

And here are my answers to the questions autumn_whispers gave me. I’m sorry it took so long. I hope the answers satisfy.

I wear to God the world is out to get me.

I am so tired and lately it's been really bad; like falling asleep in class bad. I think it was just the fact that I owe so much money right now and school and weddings. I'm dead on my feet and stressed out to the point that I literally DID NOT study one bit for my test yesterday, I just went in a took it and felt so much better after I walked out of that class.

I went and napped in one of the halls during my spare after that- I really never understood how easy it was to fall asleep anywhere until I started University. 

Next week is my Reading Week which means I get a full week off of school and I'm so happy at the prospect of sleeping in later then 6 in the morning for a little while. Plus it will give me some much needed time to catch up on school work that I let myself get behind in. 

I have three projects due after Reading Week and I'm hoping to get them out of the way now so that I'm ahead of the game for once.

I think it may be the catch up game I'm constantly playing that has me so tired.

Oh a happy note though, I got the marks back from first term and I managed to get an A-! How I don't really know but I'm so proud of me... and I made the girls at my work hang up my marks on the fridge. What? I work at a day care okay; we're all about the praise. 

Okay so other news- as of 2pm tomorrow my friend will have been married for a whole week- its insane and I still can't believe he got married! It’s like everyone I know is growing up and I feel like I'm stuck in a stand still until I get my life together and graduate University. Somebody please assure me that it gets better.

By now I suppose all and every Twilight fan has heard of the castings for the movie and let me be one of the many to add that Ashley Greene as Alice is perfect- by far the best casting of any of the characters though I like Elizabeth Reaser as Esme as well. Hate the girl they picked for Rosalie and the guy they picked for Jasper isn't really doing it for me but I'm hoping it will change since Jasper is like my second favorite character after Alice. 

And who watched Supernatural yesterday? Wasn't that an amazing episode? I love Sam/Dean hug- even though Sam is a freaking giant when he threw his arms around his brother he just looked like a little boy who knew his big brother would always protect him. And the way Dean didn’t make any smart-ass remark but just seriously asked Sam how many Tuesdays he'd had was really telling. Though it's a little unnerving how everyone- human and supernatural alike- knows that both Sam and Dean's weakness are each other.

Preview for next week looks like it's going to be awesome, I can't wait... and speaking of awesome who loves Bobby? I do, I do and I loved seeing him last night (I loved seeing dark, Dean is dead and gone, Sam too though!)

Anyway here is a meme I got like a week ago and should probabaly get done- just read and follow the rules.

I stole this from

jeanniefillion

Rules: Comment and I'll give you a letter, then you have to list ten things that you LOVE that begin with your given letter. Afterwards, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own!

I got the letter S
1. Sam Winchester
2. Sam/Ava
3. Supernatural
4. Sushi
5. Sleeping (whenever I can that is)
6. Simon (my cat)
7. Singing
8. Stephenie Meyer (what? the woman did invent Twilight and Jasper and Edward and really do you need me to go on?)
9. Sick Puppies (the band, not a sick animal cause that would be mean)
10. SpongeBob SquarePants

P.S- Don't tell anyone but I'm going to see Step-Up 2 tonight with my cousin's- I'll deny it if anyone asks though- and then we're all going to go out for sushi... I'm so happy right now.

 

So, I’m off to Alberta tomorrow for my friends wedding- I still can’t believe he’s getting married… or that I was crazy enough to charge all this to my Visa!

 

I’m gone for four day--- it’s like a nice little vacation; kinda.

 

I’ll see you when I see you

 

Oh, and

_fullofgrace- please post the end to your Sam/Ava story, it is honestly killing me here. 

Later,

 

So here's the deal, if you want to be interviewed, this is what you do:

1. Leave me a comment saying anything random, like your favorite lyric to your current favorite song. Or your favorite kind of sandwich. Something random. Whatever you like.
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. You WILL update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be asked, you will ask them five questions.

Now onto my answers...

Have Fun!

P.S- Check out the prettiness of my newest Sam/Ava icon!

... and then proceeded to copy it exactly as she had it (I hope that's okay?!?)

 
Okay so I've been gone for a while- trying to avoid dying at this point. I ended up getting into this huge accident a couple days ago which was my fault but only because some old man cut me off and then took off. Anyway I've been a complete bitch and I figured it was probably best if I stayed away from the computer and LiveJournal until I cooled off.

I mean seriously I don't have that many friends to start with and I didn't want to risk losing any.

Some good news though I've finished Eclipse!

It was good but nothing like Twilight (that book is made of awesome). 

*SPOILER ALERT* As much as I enjoyed Eclipse and all the Alice, Jasper and Alice/Jasper goodness that went along with it I must say I'm happy that Stephenie Meyer has decided to write a fourth book because I really don't like the way it ended nor do I like the fact that it seems Bella has been changed into a vampire. Nothing against vampires- Angel is love- but I really don't want her to be changed. I want Bella to find something to live for besides Edward and I want her to stay human. That's just me though and I highly doubt she will stay human but at least with another book I can hope. *END SPOILER ALERT*

Besides that I loved, loved, loved the book and I want to find a kick-ass girl for Jacob Black because he needs some love too. 

Oh and I'm still enjoying The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I love John/Cameron and I need more of them. I've never had a Monday night show but I find myself waiting on Mondays now. Thank you Fox.

By the way Tonya- I am now waiting on the chapter to your Sam/Ava fic that you said would be up by the end of the month. Remember??? I've had the worst month and 2008 is shaping up to be a really bad year. Your fic is the only bright spot I've got! Besides my car accident I am now about a thousand dollars in debt, or at least I will be when all is said and done. Not only do I have to say for my car and my licenses, I need to pay for a concert ticket my friend bought, I have to pay for my parents anniversary present and dinner and not even two hours ago I just charged close to $350.00 on my Visa for a plane ticket. My friend is getting married, why he feels the need to get married in the middle of nowhere is beyond me but on top of the flight, I have to pay for a rental-car and a hotel plus my outfit and their gift. 

I've decided that my options are becoming a drug runner, a stripper or a hooker- whatever works. LOL.

OH MY GOD- I can not believe the Heath Ledger is dead. I love him and he had a knack for picking really god roles. He wasn't about his looks which he easily could have been but he was all about improving his acting ability. I feel bad for his little girl and his family. Why do they all keep dying so young? I still can't wrap my head around it.

That's all I've got.

Ciao

P.S- My friend lost my ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ book and I’m too broke to go buy another copy which is breaking my heart because I love that book and I feel that everyone should read it at least once in their lifetime.

Okay so I'm pimping the Twilight Friending Meme as asked to. If you're a Twilight fan please, please, please click the pretty Twilight banner and go comment!

 

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