Tumblr!!

I couldn't find any cool button or thinigy to put in my sidebar, but I now have a tumblr account!!!

Come visit!!

I just post links to mainly book giveaways, quotes I like, and pictures I like. It's easier and quicker than posting on here. And if you have a tumblr, I would LOVE to follow it! Let me know!

Happy Thursday!!

New Moon DVDs

There are TOO many versions of New Moon coming to DVD.  Just like with Twilight...

I bought the Borders version of Twilight b/c it was so darn pretty. Then I saw that the Target 3 disc version was better. Target stuff is ALWAYS better!!! 

So the same problem is happening this year: I want the Borders version of New Moon because it's pretty and matches the Twilight DVD... but I want the 3 discs that Target is offering. 

Though... I probably won't care about the special features after watching them once... AND my roommate is buying the Target version so I'll get to see everything...

Well, I guess my mind is made up. Pretty Borders version it is!!! 

Which type are you buying? There's also a New Moon Tin at Best Buy!!

Weekend Lazyness

I love the weekends.

It's my time to sleep in, lounge in sweatpants, and read cheesy young adult supernatural novels. I also get to see the boyfriend for an entire day. Sunday he sleeps in preparation for work that night.

Sorry for the 20 million posts from Friday. I want to win some free books, and they want you to post about them... yadda yadda.

I started a tumblr. I'm not exactly sure why, but it looks pretty cool. But I have been MIA from all sorts of blogging lately. I'd rather spend time with the boyfriend or reading. Especially since I've got school 3 nights a week on top of homework to do some other nights of the week... 

Anywho, just checking in, saying hello. Hope all of you had a good week.  I hope I can sleep in tomorrow morning... I'm feeling a bit under the weather today.  Happy Weekend!

Winsday Winning

Yeah I know, it's Friday. But this cute blogs gives stuff (and books) away every Wednesday!! Check it out!

Melissa Walker

Young Adult books are my bag, baby.

Yep, another giveaway post. This time, she's giving away multiple books!

Her website is absolutely beautiful, and she likes the paranormal YA books, just like me!!! Check it out to win:

Book Bound

I Love free books!

I'm on a rampage. I'm finding free book giveaways left and right! It's only fair that I share!

Check out Shut Up I'm Reading for another chance to win!!

ANOTHER Book Contest

Seriously, this chick is awesome. The Undercover Book Lover has ANOTHER YA book contest where you could win a free book. Go chiggity-check it out!!

The Undercover Book Lover

Book Contest!

I love free stuff.  Who doesn't!!

The Undercover Book Lover has an AWESOME book contest on her page!

Seriously, go check it out, you may win a whole bunch-a prizes!!

The Undercover Book Lover

Exciting and New!

My teaching pre-requisite classes start today!

I am so freakin' stoked, I can't even explain it.

The only sad part is that I have to fight my way to school in the thick and pounding rain. Californian's don't understand the rain or any other weather but sunny days. Which means people can't drive worth beans. This = car accidents. Which also leads to traffic.  Which means I get to leave work around 3:30 just to make it up to my house to grab my laptop, then drive another half hour (w/o traffic) to school by 5 to get a parking permit for the semester, then I've got until 6 to find my classroom and wait around for class to start. At least I've got a book to tide me over!

Speaking of books, I joined GoodReads.com. I only have 2 friends on there so far, but it doesn't matter! It's a great way to share what you're reading, what you want to read, what you liked/didn't like, etc. Now you can see what I've read on my side bar!  And I've got a TON of books in my "To Read" section. I can't wait. I seriously need a bigger bookshelf!

Any questions about good books, just ask!! I'll let you all know how my first class went!!!!

One of Those Moods...

I feel very pensive. Or contemplative.

Creative.

I recognize this mood. It's not condusive to working, let me tell you.

Right now, I would prefer to be at home, curled up in my arm chair, with a good book or fan fiction. Sweatpants on my bottom half, tank top on my upper half. Pot of tea sitting on the coffee table. Peanut butter M&M's sitting in a bowl my grandfather carved out of wood. Contacts out. Glasses on.

I could probably even write something right now. Some fiction.

I would love to get into the world of Twilight Fan Fiction. I want to be a Beta reader, which translates to someone who edits fiction before it's posted for the world to see. Alas, this requires a certain amount of writing and posting, something that I haven't gotten around to.

You see, there are so many stories and books that I want to sink my proverbial teeth into. And I seem to get side-tracked easily.  Especially with DVD on TV. Especially when those TV shows started out as books.

This mood... is very dependent on my hormones.  I neither love or hate this mood. I just know what will quench the strange thirst that fills my brain.

And work is definitely not it. Neither is my Taco Tuesday friend date. I'm am almost 100% positive that I will not feel like this as soon as I arrive at said Mexican restaurant. But until then and afterwards.... I will be drinking in some lovely works of fiction... instead of working, cleaning, or doing anything remotely productive.

Such is life.

Go listen to the Bon Iver station on Pandora. It will most accurately show how I'm feeling.

If I wrote a piece of fiction, would anyone read it? It will most likely be Twilight related. And it will probably sound similar to this style of writing. Well, of that I'm not entirely sure.

Only time will tell.

Things I just thought of that I want right now, but will take a while to actually happen.

1. I want to take more pictures. A lot more. I hardly take pictures anymore. I used to be the "camera whore" and take pictures of everyone.
2. I think I'll start on Thursday when Medic and I go to Disneyland. We're gonna be goofy, go on rides, buy things we want but don't need and can't really afford, and just generally have a blasty-blast.
3. I want to stop spending money on STUPID SHIT. Yeah, this one is going to be hard to do, especially since I just wrote in #2 that I'm gonna spend money at D-land. Dumb me.
4. I have approx 7 new books coming out this year from various series I have read. I want to re-read all of the series right before the book comes out. I promise my next post will have all those series listed.
5. I want to make lists outside of this blog and follow through with them. I think that will start tonight when I hit up Target (for the 3rd time this week) and get a nifty white-board calendar with a listy portion on the side.
6. I want to move in with my boyfriend. Like now. Logistally, not possible right now. Or I guess I should say financially. And drivingly. Lol... we work/will be going to school on the opposite ends of the county from each other. Should be interesting trying to find a middle ground.
7. I want to be 15 lbs lighter. That # used to be 20 lbs. I'm working on it ;-)
8. My boobs are HUGE and killing me right now. Stupid Aunt Flo, I swear I would punch you right in the ovaries the second I met you. Right in the baby maker. (Oh Anchorman, you influence me in the best ways)
9. Um... #8 doesn't make sense with my blog title. Neither does #9.
10. I want to be a teacher. Like now. 1 and a half more years. Boo-yah.
11. I want to post more. Look at me, I'm already starting to do that!
12. I want to read more of your lovely blogs, and more often!! Getting there, peeps. I swearsies.
13. I want to make up so many words that I need a dictionary or translation section just so people can begin to understand the nonsense that comes out of my mouth. Making up words ROCKS!
14. Um... 14 is too many. I'm going to attempt to get back to work now. Tuesday? Go away. It needs to be Thursday already. Oooooooh, but Taco Tuesday is tonight, so jk's.

Back Again

I've been away from blogging for a long time and a lot has happened.
Let me give you a brief update:

1. Mr. Medic and I are in love! And very happy. :-)
2. I will be taking the CSET exam tomorrow and I start pre-requisite classes for teaching in 2 weeks.
3. Mr. Medic got me a Wii for Christmas! 2 posts ago, I mentioned that I wanted one, and Santa heard me!
4. I still love my living situation. The apartment is amazing and my roommate is great. I do wish I was a bit closer to MM, but we're figuring that out. It may take months to figure out, but we'll do it. Hehe...
5. I have read approx. 5.63 million more books since November. I am still a book fiend. There are so many good series!!! And great fan fiction. I will update these on my side bar AFTER the freakin' CSET. I hope to only take all 4 sections of the exam ONCE. But we shall see.
6. I've only seen New Moon twice, though MM has expressed his desire to see it this weekend. What a great man!!

That's very brief, I know. I have so much to talk about, but I don't have time at the moment. I'll try to start blogging more soon, but I've got a busy January ahead of me. CSET, 3 night classes a week, birthdays, Disneyland trips, just to name a few.

So Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you had a fantastical holiday season!  Be back SOON! I swears. ;-)

Books, Movies, and A Whole Lotta Vampires

First off I want to say a few things:

1. Hello to everyone new! I'm KC, nice to meet you! :-)
2. Thanks to all of my lovely followers who have stuck around even though I haven't blogged in approx 12 million weeks. Exaggeration is fun!
3. And I also want to apologize for not blogging lately. Life is pretty good, and I am WAY too obsessed with vampires to talk about much else lately.

With that being said, here we go:

I have been a reading FIEND lately. I can't stop and I don't want to. I recently purchased the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlane Harris and let me tell you how awesome they are. SERIOUSLY!!! As soon as I finished book one, I purchased True Blood Season 1 and watched 12 hour long episodes in a few short days. Hello late late night, my black under-eye circles thank you. The first season very closely follows the book one. LOVE LOVE LOVE. I heard someone say that they actually liked True Blood better than the book and Twilight the book better than the movie. I'm with ya there about Twilight, but it's a tie for me on which Sookie Stackhouse media I like better.

But... I'm on book four now and I'm not exactly thrilled on the direction of the series. There's about 9 books in the series to date. Sookie gets beat up pretty badly in each story, which gets a little tough to read. I do like the characters, but when I got a few chapters into book 4, I decided I needed a Sookie break and I picked up my lonely copy of Secret Circle by LJ Smith.  I bought the 2 books in that series with my $15 I'd accumulated with my Borders Reward Card in the past 2 months.

You want to know how much I frequent Borders? Just go ask my Twilight friend who works there. I met her there, I see her almost every time I go and she always shows me what new Twilight/New Moon merch they just got in. Evil, wonderful Twi-friend... Oh and I once spent 45 MINUTES there in the Teen Book section talking to her about Twilight. And she showed me the huge section of Twilight movie stuff that was on sale. How could I not buy an Edward poster for $1, a pocket Edward for $5 and an Edward lunchpail for $10?!!? Exactly. I had to. But I digress.

I'm back to the teen books. Secret Circle is starting off pretty well. I really like LJ Smith's writing style and how she describes and develops her characters. Wow... I think I sound a little like a pompus chick who doesn't really know what she's talking about, which is half true. I don't think I'm pompus. ;-) Anywho, I like her stories. Some are:

• The Vampire Diaries
• Night World
• Dark Visions
• Secret Circle

And of course they are all series. TVD has 2 more books coming out and Night World has one. All coming out in 2010 or later. Boo. Get here sooner.

Speaking of books that have more coming out I can't forget The Vampire Academy. I would actually suggest that you read this one before starting any of the above. The first book (in a series of 4 that are currently available) isn't the best because it's slower paced and really dives into this world of vampires. Trust me, there's a lot to learn. But books two through four are so full of action and love and heart wrenching moments that I found myself trying to read them as fast as possible so I could find out what happened.  It's such a unique story and a joy to read about something other than "those strange teenagers at the local high school turning out to be vampires." Unforch, they 5th book doesn't come out until maybe May 2010. Looks like I'll have to read them all over again right before the 5th comes out. ;-)

Is anyboy else as excited as I am about NEW MOON!?!? My lovely roommate AC and I along with 6 others will be camping out in front of the movie theater all day Thursday to get good seats for the midnight premier of New Moon. I SERIOUSLY can't wait. We've got these great screen printed shirts/sweatshirts, little vampy goodie bags, the Twilight AND New Moon games, Vampire inspired tunes from both movies AND the Vampire Diaries tv show, our Twilight lunchpails, Pocket Edwards, and tons of other goodies. We will be documenting our hilarious experience on our Vampire/Twilight blog A Venomous Bite and our twitter pages @Kristybabe (Me) and @VenomousBite. I'm sure the pictures will be priceless....

What are you reading that you can't get enough of? Are you as crazy as I am about Twilight?

Happy Tuesday, aka 2 days until New Moon day! ;-)

To buy or not to buy?

Ah, there's the rub.

As I was watching The Biggest Loser last night, I was reminded of something during a commercial for TBL Wii Game: I SERIOUSLY WANT A Wii.  Like, seriously.

I have played on a Wii before and it is SO much fun. I want a Wii, Wii fit, TBL game, and many other ridiculous games. A "work out" on a video game? HECKS YES.

Then I thought of something: I just spent over $100 on teen books, the Sookie Sackhouse series, True Blood season 1, and ridiculous awesome Twilight merch last week. WHY? Because I am again addicted to books/reading. I'm on the final book of the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. I've read City of Bones and City of Ashes, and I'm a few chapters into City of Glass. I recommend this series for anyone who wants to stay in the realm of vamps and wolves, but wants something different. CHECK IT OUT, for serious.

As soon as I'm finished with the Mortal Instruments series, I plan on reading Sookie Sackhouse book #1, which apparently corresponds to True Blook season 1. And the book is only about 300 pages, so it should be a quick read. Then I can enjoy reading about and watching hottie adult vampires and not feel slightly embarrased. Which, I don't really feel any more, to be honest. My roomie and I have gone slightly overboard with Twilight merch. Since Twilight movie merch is on sale at our local Borders, we bought 3 different posters for $1 each, I bought a $5 lunch pail with Edward's face on it, and I got Pocket Edward for $10. So I feel like I need to make a video of our apartment to prove the ridiculous the amount of Twi-stuff we own. 

WOW. Off topic. The point of this long-winded rant is to say that instead of buying all of these books, TV series, and Twi-gear, I could have bought myself a Wii. And I can't seriously be sad about that. As much as I want an excuse to workout with a video game and spend time fishing and hula hooping on a tv screen, I am happy getting lost in my books.

Moral of the story: video game systems get old and break, while books are forever. ;-)

P.S. I did tell boyfriend that I wanted a Wii for Christmas and he said to me "Noted." Which I take to mean that I'm gonna get one! :-) Maybe I'll throw some more hints his way to see if that's in the bag (and I would be EXTREMELY grateful if it was) so I could ask my parents for a Wii fit from them! Fingers crossed!!!!

Happy Hump Day!! Vampire Diaries tomorrow, 23 days 'til New Moon!!!!

A Song

My man is writing me a song!!

This is absoluetly adorable of him. I've never had anyone write a song for me before and I'm glad it's him.  He's got this studio in his room and he's mixing together sounds from a computer program and his guitar playing. I'm excited to hear the finished product!! I've only heard a small clip, but it sounds very Secret Handshake. Check that band out, btw. Love them. :-)

Happy Hump Day!