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!

Fall Warmth

I have definitely been enjoying fall. One of my favorite parts of fall is drinking hot tea on a cold day. Since "cold" doesn't happen too often in SoCal, I'll usually take a good crisp chill in the air. Anywho, this is by far my favorite tea:

It's perfect. Sweet and Spicy is the perfect way to describe it. Just drinking this makes it feel like I'm in a place that gets normal fall weather. I just had a cup and you can bet that I'll have another as soon as I get home. :-)

Also, I need to run over to JCPenney and Hot Topic to get some much needed vampire t-shirts.

Have a happy fall day!!

Wednesday Worries

Hi all.

It's been 7 days since my last post.

I'm sitting at work, with absolutely NOTHING to do, and I've got a huge headache. This headache starts at the top of my neck and has traveled over the top of my head and rests behind my eyes and at my eyebrows.

I started seeing a chiropractor around January, at the insistance of my ex-boyfriend. Well, that guy is history, but I liked the chiropractor so much that I stayed. He's a nice guy, not difficult to look at, young, and when I leave his office, my back and neck feel better.

Now herein lies the problem: this headache/neck pain I have going on right now... I'm pretty sure I didn't have that before I went to the chiropractor.  I just lived my life not worrying about my neck/back and not experiencing ridiculously painful neck and head aches. Well, that's not entirely true... I've always known that my back wasn't straight and I worried about it relentlessly. Now that I KNOW there's a 12 degree curve in my spine, I don't worry. I also worry that I have what I like to call "Old Lady Hump" where my neck meets my back. I hate it and it won't go away. I think I'm going to have to sleep on my back, which is next to impossible.

I digress.

My concern is that if I keep going to the chiropractor, will my neck continue to hurt? Am I relying on his bi-weekly (that's 2 times a month for you non-accountants/finance people) adjustments too much that I won't be able to live comfortably without them?

While I spent a month in Europe, I had a 30 lb backpack keeping my shoulders back and my neck aligned. I didn't have neck/back pain often enough to worry about it, if at all. I came back from that trip and my chiropractor commented that my trip had benefited my back.  Well, that's all fine and dandy. But now I'm back behind a desk slouching and sitting incorrectly which has put my poor spine back into the pits of dispair.

I think I need something to put on my chair, behind my back, in order to keep myself from slouching against it. Or... drink more coffee/get more sleep so I'm not folding over onto my desk in an effort to catch some quick Zzz...

At least this is the worst of my worries. Everything else is pretty trivial. :-)

Wordless Wednesday

Idea: Jamie Hiryak

Happy Days

I am finally in my happy place.

I absolutely adore my boyfriend. My apartment kicks major ass. My roommate is quite possibly a gift from heaven. Work is steady, which is all I can ask for. I love being around my parents 5 days a week, so I can't complain that the work isn't that fun. I will soon be taking classes on the road to my new career: teacher. My new car is fabulous. It's still so pretty and new and smells like new car. And the gas milage is to die for. ;-)

I honestly feel like I deserve to be this happy. With the absolutely horrible year I just had, I deserve this. It feels good to say that.

With all the happiness surrounding me, I find that I have less to blog about. I've heard this a lot lately from a variety of 20-something bloggers. It seems that we are all getting to the age of settling down. We've somewhat found ourselves and perhaps someone to spend our time with and drama mostly fades away. It's the drama that keeps some blogs interesting.

I'm going to keep posting every now and then... especially when something funny or strange happens to me. I'll probably be spending more time on my Vampire/Twilight blog I started with my roomie: AVenomous Bite. I seem to be majorly obsessed with Vamp's, as I'm sure you've noticed from this blog. So chiggity-check me out over there. I hope you get a giggle from my dorkiness or a quicker heart rate due to the hot pictures I post of our favorite vampires. I hope to be back on here soon.

Happy HAPPY Monday! :-)

Nobody Hates Free

Hey you, I know you don't hate free. Check this out, post this little ditty on your blog, then hopefully you'll win some free Uggs. Or... you could not post it and give me a better chance of winning. ;-)

AT&T hates my apartment

Yes, it's true.

Case in point:

I call AT&T today to ask why their webpage says that almost every other apartment in my 9-unit complex gets the opportunity to enjoy 230 channels, HBO & Showtime, DVR and Internet while my nice little top floor corner unit gets denied. WHY!?!

Well, the nice lady on the phone checked for herself. And as she kept noting all of the units that are "allowed" to have AT&T, I was stilfing a scream and trying not to bang my head against the wall. At least she checked. The other guy I called last week told me that I could get internet through them but NOT CABLE. Huh? AT&T works through the phone lines. If you can get me internet, then you sure as hell can get me cable. He tried to tell me to call Direct-tv, which is "linked" with AT&T, but I'd have to call them seperately after I finish my phone call with AT&T. DUMB.

So that nice lady that helped me today put in a service order or whatever it is she called it and will get back to me on the status of "whether or not my apartment GETS to have TV" by Monday at the latest. I just want DVR, dammit.

Until then, I'm going to enjoy the free 55 channels I get with my apartment and the wonderful person who forgot to password protect their internet. Thanks Mr. or Mrs. AWESOME! Though, you're internet is a little slow, so could you, like, move it closer to a window or my wall or something? Kthxbye.

NEW MOON SOUNDTRACK!!

Head on over to my Twilight/Vampire blog A Venomous Bite and see the full track list for the New Moon Soundtrack! I can't wait 'til October 20th!!

Getting my Sh*t together

Specifically for school.

I need to schedule my testing time for the CSET exam in November.

I need to start studying for said exam.

I need to look up class times for my 4 week online Health class through a local community college.

I need to purchase the book about the Constitution and sign up for the exam.

More specifically, when I sign up for the CSET (which should be happening today) I will prepare a study schedule for myself for every single night. I think that if the Exam is in November, I can study for about 1 hour a night and get through the book a couple times before the Exam. Perhaps tonight I will study for an hour and see how far it gets me. Then I can write up a schedule. 

I haven't done anything after visiting my advisor at the University.  Granted, that visit has left me with a career path. I see it ahead of me. But I need to get the ball rolling. And I am definitely a procrastinator. Or... I was. I do not want to procrastinate about this. I want to do this. I want to be a teacher. This is the first major decision I've made about the rest of my life. I want to see it through. I just need to get my sh*t together.

Writing "sh*t" is just so much fun, isn't it? With the little asterisk...  ;-)

My housing sh*t is hitting the fan though.  My new place: LOVE IT. My new roommate: AWESOME. My old living accomidations and roommates: SUCK. I left there almost a month early because a) I can't stand them and b) I didn't want to clean up after them. When I lived there, I never used the common areas other than the microwave in the kitchen. I shared a bathroom with a girl and her F-ING boyfriend who she had move in 6 months ago. They NEVER cleaned. Oh, maybe once when I came home from a weekend away to find black footprints in the shower. Then I put cleaning supplies in the shower and came back the next day to find it clean. OH HOW STRANGE.  Idiots. I cleaned that bathroom numerous times. I don't want to live in filth. So she wants me to come back and clean the bathroom? HA!! I cleaned the bathroom a week before I left and my sink and mirror the day I left. Her and her dirty-ass boyfriend can clean it. And they want to get a maid to clean the rest of the house! How f-ing lazy are you people?!??!! Clean up after your nasty asses. ARG. I'm POed about it all, if you can't already tell. I had to deal with listening to them have loud disgusting sex, them having loud parties or get togethers late into the night on weeknights, worrying about the safety of my belongings in my room, having my food eaten and not replaced, having my stuff used/taken... just to name a few. They were so outrightly disrespectful of me and my belongings. And I have some dirt on them if they keep pressing the subject of helping them clean/paying for a maid: they brought a dog over MULTIPLE TIMES. TO STAY. It clearly states on the lease: NO PETS. I don't want a damn dog waking me up at night, thanks. They had a satellite dish DRILLED into the side of the house, after the landlord told them not to. They had 2 other people MOVE IN that weren't on the lease. I could seriously F them over with the landlord. I would rather have part of my security deposit taken then come help those selfish bastards clean up after themselves. I cleaned my space. BE GLAD YOU'RE DONE WITH ME!! AAAhhhhhh....

This has been bothering me every day since they emailed me. I dread checking my email since I think they will email me again. I'm afraid of confrontation. Afraid of standing up for myself. I hate being like this, but it's 3 against 1. I'm always in the situation where I am being ganged up on. I hate it. And as soon as I get some sort of security deposit back from my landlord about a week into October, I am officially DONE with these people. Celebration time. Can't wait. I'm sick of stressing out over assholes. I want to move on.

Soon enough.

Twlight blog!! A Venomous Bite

I started a new Twilight blog with my roomie AC!

I suggest you check it out! Please? :-)

A Venomous Bite

It's new, only 2 posts. But it is filled with major love for Twilight and all things teen vampire. I'm thinking it will turn into more of a humor blog than anything else. Anywho, so I'll stop rambling, I would love if you would check it out! Happy Thursday all!

Nightmares

I feel like I'm 10 years old.

I'm having nightmares.

Seriously. For the last 2 nights, I've had nightmares. Really bad ones. Like... personal ones.

2 nights ago, I dreamt horribly all night, then woke up tired and upset. I remember sobbing in my dream.

Last night, I had multiple nightmares. And I woke up after each one, recognized that I was at home and tried to shake off the bad dream. And I was checking the light coming into my room to see how close to wake-up time it was. Blah.

I can't remember the last time I had a bad dream.  I haven't done anything different or weird in the last 2 days to give myself nightmares.  Let's hope for a nightmare free sleep tonight.

On a lighter note, my roomie and I want to start a Twilight site. Seriously, I need to post a pic of our awesome of Twilight collection in our living room.  We're trying to figure out what it takes to run a website.  And make it look cool. And what the content should be, since I want it to be more than Twilight news. More to come on this fabu idea.

New Moon Trailer Mash-Up

This is FABU. A 6 minute long mash-up of the 3 New Moon Trailers. This is getting me SUPER PUMPED about the movie. I can't wait another 2 months!! AAAHHHHH!!

A Change and A Missed Celebration

September 3rd.

That's when my "Blogoversary" was. Oops.

Happy 1 year anniversary, my lovely blog! Thanks for being there for me through one of the toughest years of my life. I haven't posted everything that's happened during this past year, but I've been happy to share my life with many new blog friends. Thank you, my lovely readers, for being so wonderful!! I look forward to another great year of blogging!

I've definitely been MIA lately due to moving, family happenings, boyfriend, reading, new roomie, being out of town, etc.  I've that it's time for a bloggie change. I want to keep the name, but I want to focus more on things I enjoy and sharing that with others.  For example, I am going to post the list of Twilight blogs that I frequent. I know many of you enjoy a little Twilight in your day and I want to give you the scoop of the best sites out there.  I also want to share the books I've been reading. They may be teen books, but they stories are cute and easy reads.  A great way to escape from reality for a while.

I honestly haven't thought about this too much, but I'm excited to change some things and hopefully get myself back into blogging regularly. I've got a cute photo project that MM (the boyfriend) and I are going to get into and I will definitely post the pics from it when it happens.

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Who's looking forward to Vampire Diaries this Thursday night? I AM!!!! Happy Monday (night)!!