A Product of Christa..

After I read the following I felt that I could very much relate and see myself doing it.

The following excerpt is from “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows on Pages 24-25 of the paperback version. I don’t really see it as a spoiler but I am now warning you about it so that you can not say that I spoiled without warning!

“On the afternoon before our wedding, Rob was moving in the last of his clothes and belongings while I delivered my Izzy article to the Spectator. When I was through, I tore home, flew up the stairs, and threw open the door to find Rob sitting on a low stool in front of my bookcase, surrounded by cartons. He was sealing the last one up with gummed tape and string. There were eight boxes- eight boxes of my books bound and ready for the basement!

He looked up and said “Hello darling. Don’t mind the mess, the porter said he’d help me carry these down to the basement.” He nodded toward my bookshelves and said, “Don’t they look wonderful?”

Well, there were no words! I was too appalled to speak. Sidney, every single shelf-where my books had stood-was filled with athletic trophies: silver cups, gold cups, blue rosettes, red ribbons. There were awards for every game that could possibly be played with a wooden object: cricket bats, squash racquets, tennis racquets, oars, golf clubs, Ping-Pong paddles, bows and arrows, snooker cue, lacrosse sticks, hockey sticks, and polo mallets. There were statues for everything a man could jump over, either by himself or on a horse. Next came the framed certificates-for shooting the most birds on such and such a date, for First Place in footraces, for Last Man Standing in some filthy tug-of-war against Scotland.

All I could do was scream, “How dare you! What have you DONE?! Put my books back!”

Well that’s how matters started. Eventually, I said something to the effect that I could never marry a man whose idea of bliss was to strike out at little balls and little birds. Rob countered with remarks about damned bluestockings and shrews. And it all degenerated from there- the only thought we probably had in common was, What the hell have we talked about for the last four months? What, indeed? He huffed and puffed and snorted- and left. And I unpacked my books”

I would like to now point out that while I was typing that up in my word document Jennie texted me and an unidentified moving object walked across my bed and made me jump off it…the unidentified object/bug not the text. I promptly raced to get a napkin and then could not find said bug and had to pretty much remove almost everything from the bed until I tracked down the little bugger. I’m pretty sure it was an ear wig and I don’t think I could have slept in the bed knowing that it could possibly crawl in to my ear and take up residence.

It’s ok…it’s now been flushed down the toilet and Jennie and I are going to see The Hangover and then promptly go out to create our own hang over afterwards. As of this time no I have not seen Transformers…I’m working on it.

I like to watch Romantic Comedies/Chick Flicks when either I am depressed or sick. I don’t know why but they are most comforting to me so here are the top ten movies that I like to watch. It’s actually changed over the years…if you’d asked me 10 years ago what they were I’m sure the list would be very different. Also I picked from my own collection so there isn’t anything on the list that I don’t own.

Before I start I’m going to say that I’m leaving out The Notebook, which is probably the ultimate girl movie since Dirty Dancing. While I love The Notebook I just don’t watch it when I’m down because I end up just crying all over myself through the last 15 or 20 minutes of the movie and probably a couple times before that.

Here they are in no particular order

Fever Pitch – I can’t really explain why I love this movie so much. I’m not a huge Jimmy Fallon fan or anything but I do like Drew Barrymore. I pretty much like everything Drew is in with the exception of that world poker movie…I don’t know what it’s called but it was pretty boring. I don’t even care about baseball but I just love this movie. There are so many good lines like “You love the red sox but have they ever loved you back?”  I also think this is one of those stories in which the girl ends up with a guy that she never saw coming.

Legally Blonde – I have pretty much loved this movie since the first time I saw it. I was working at blockbuster when it came out, and I could get the movies a week before they were released to the public. I don’t know if they did this so that we could talk about whether they were good or not but I wasn’t complaining. I bought it on VHS as Previously Reviewed because that was back in the day that I didn’t own a DVD player.* This is one of those movies that I have watched back to back. It also is what made me really like Reese Witherspoon (well I think maybe Cruel Intentions helped). It just has the right amount of comedy to make me feel better about myself. Plus there were a few lines that I really liked in it like when she is talking about getting to Harvard and she says “What like it’s hard?” I should mention here that I don’t like the second one as much and the bend and flip scene kind of makes me cringe.

America’s Sweethearts – This has Julia Roberts, John Cusack and flash back scenes. What more could you ask for? Plus they’re flash back scenes of Julia Roberts in a fat suit which is hard to imagine.
 
Enchanted – I can’t really begin to describe why I like this movie so much but there is one scene where I love Giselle’s dress. It’s the first dress that she makes out of his curtains. I also like all the songs and Patrick Dempsy is in it. This is one of those movies that even though I own I will watch it when it’s on cable as well as the DVD. I also usually bring it on vacations.

Made of Honor – I haven’t decided why I like this one so much yet since it’s newly added. I realize it’s another Patrick Dempsy movie and the first half of the movie I am like You are idiot because he has this beautiful girl that clearly was in love with him already.

Runaway Bride – I relate to Julia in this movie. My mom always says that about me to. That is why I like this movie plus the majority of my favorite girly movies use to star Julia Roberts. Not so much anymore obviously but this one does still live on in my top ten favorite. 

Never Been Kissed – More flashback scenes! Plus it’s so funny and David Arquette  is in it, he’s married to Courtney Cox who plays Monica on Friends, who happens to be my TV doppelganger* .

You’ve Got Mail – This is another movie that has been on my list for quite some time. Actually in my house Tom Hanks is considered possibly one of the best stars along with Michael J. Fox…no really. I think Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan have excellent chemistry with each other and it totally makes the movie worth watching five billion times.

Twilight – I know this probably isn’t considered a romantic comedy but possibly a dramady…whatever it is a chick flick. I love this movie so much that I have now seen it enough to quote it or say the lines before they happen while watching. And confession I absolutely hated the baseball scene in the book. I was cringing at the thought of having to watch it on the movie but it turns out that movie did a really good job with it.  Also about 15 minutes in to the movie when I first saw it I was afraid it was going to be terrible but all of sudden I lost track of time and have loved it ever since. So that is why it makes it’s way on to this list.

The Wedding Planner – A long time ago there were a few lines in this movie that always got to me. One of them was when she thought she just wasn’t enough and then Mathew Mcconwhatever tells her that she is. Then the other one was have you ever loved someone but the timeing was off…way off. Actually to this day that line still gets me.
 

*Which side note my brother and I seriously had a conversation with my niece about how “we didn’t have DVDs back when we were little, and we had to record movies off the TV…and we didn’t even have CDs! We had walkmans and tapes!”. Seriously I dated myself with my niece I swore that would never happen!

*Actually I have two of these as Felicity Porter is also my TV doppelganger. Also Friends happens to be something that I watch when I’m feeling down, it never fails to make me laugh.

Out of the things I want list, I got the Miley Cyrus tickets!

Things I Want

1. Miley Cyrus tickets
2. Bad Girls Don't Die and the new Sarah Dessen Book Along for the Ride
3. Secret*
4. For everything to work out for everyone
5. To stop hurting - physically and mentally
6. Secret*
   
7. Secret*
8. For everyone to be happy
9. To be a different kind of person (but, only on days like this)
   
10. To read Harry Potter for the first time again
11. To have something of mine actually work out
12. To have small get togethers with friends where conversation ensues in the future when I have my own place. 
13. To be able to go to the movies and scrapbook regularly with Dani
14. To always be able to visit Seattle, or some day live there
15. To have a child that will love me as much as the kids in my life love their parents.
16. The Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and New Moon movie posters
17. To some day have a cozy home to live in.
18. To have a husband that puts up with me and knows that I can have insomnia so I'll stay up late reading or watching movies/the Disney channel.
19. A golden retriever (that won't scare Oliver!)
    
20. To have Confessions of A Shopaholic(it comes out June 23) and 17 Again(August 11) on DVD already
    
21. Built in bookcases
22. A spa
23. A long blue flow-y dress
24. To lose 10 or 15 lbs
25. To not wake up with migraines
26. To always know someone is going to be there for me (I know that there are people now..I just want to always know that and be secure in that knowledge)
27. To get in to graduate school when I'm done
28. To go to Disney World, The Harry Potter Theme Park, other places in the U.S. and Canada, most of Europe and Australia.
29. To laugh
30. A nice new camera like the Digital Rebel

* = I wrote this in my hand written journal and so the numbers that say "secret" on them are things that I feel are to personal to put out in to the world.

This morning I woke up with terrible anxiety. I don't know why, it was just there resonating deep in the pit of my stomach and I had that restless leg syndrome thing going on to. I eventually just got up and got ready to go to Phoenix for my nephew's 8th Birthday Party, which was at Peter Piper Pizza.

Generally I don't like Peter Piper Pizza but I must have been so hungry (to the point of starvation?) that it was quite delicious. So delicious that after two pieces I was eying(eyeing? either way it doesn't look right to me.) a third! I didn't have that third but I'm still thinking about it. And then there was cake (well I love cake in general) but it was a Spongebob cake with blue and yellow icing...thick blue and yellow icing. Despite this sounding unappetizing it was pretty good. I didn't have two pieces that though... but my dad did.

I only visited the rest of Peter Piper Pizza briefly, basically I played a car racing game and the Jack Pot Machine Game. I use to be really good at the jackpot game but apparently I've lost my touch. I gave my measily pile of tickets to Alyssa who I helped pick out prizes...and she promptly decided she didn't want them except possibly the rubber snake...and maybe the Skittles.

Possibly the most exciting thing that happened today is the "book loot" I collected from Dani, my sister-in-law as well as a purse that she has had that I have been eyeing for like years! She gave me the following books and I must prephase this with "I am in YA Fiction Heaven".

1. The Summoning - Kelly Armstrong
2. Hunted (A House of Night Series book) - P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast
3. Wake - Lisa McMann
4. Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead
5. Frostbite (vampire academy book 2) - Richelle Mead
6. Shadow Kiss (vampire academy book 3) - Richelle Mead
7. Evermore - Alyson Noel

I will probably read Wake first despite what I've heard about it. I'm curious to find out about it myself.  So basically this Summer I'm going to read...a lot. I can't wait!

After the party I drove home with my mom, who had met us there since she had been up there visiting a friend for the past couple of days. And I basically told her about how my weekend and how my exam went, the B that I earned in Summer School because I was to lazy to earn the A. Like literally Thursday night I hit this brick wall and I was just unwilling to learn any more. I couldn't take it anymore!

I'm so ready for this break.

I don't know if I can be bothered to hand write my entries anymore. I mean I have my lap top! With Microsoft Word! I can type 75+ words a minute! But I will finish you. I mean I am almost done. No point in leaving you hanging..what with only a few pages left. I don't know why I haven't been writing..oh wait yeah..school. So maybe from now on I should make an effort to write every day until I am done and then I will switch to my lap top. I don't think that will take very long...

I am done with summer school and now summer stretches before me. I don't know what to do with myself. It's like my brain is still on "going and going" mode. I feel like I should be doing something or that I'm forgetting to do something.

But here is list of things that I could possibly do:

• Knock out at least half my to-read books that are in my bookcase so that I can buy more like Bad Girls Don't Die, I don't know why but this book looks simply fascinating to me. Or go the library!
  
• I can watch every single Disney movie I own with the exception of the Christmas ones because I don't think I can watch Christmas themed things in the summer. I will become Disneyfied...and I could possibly blog about this experience.
  
• I can clear out my Google Reader which is seriously backlogged.
• I can finish the complete set of I Love Lucy
• I can finally watch season 4 of Lost...all in one day! Trust me I'll do it. I'll become a hermit that day and not talk to anyone.
  
• And finally I am going to go to Washington for a month! I LOVE VACATIONS

Ok so, so far today I have woken up at 7:30 am so that I can take my last exam...on a Saturday. I mean who does that? Plans exams on Saturday? Are they masochistic? Because I certaintly didn't enjoy being there. I mean no one was up like I was. I got to school in 20 minutes or so, that's like a world record. Usually I have to deal with traffic! But I was up early enough to get breakfast at Mcdonalds! I never get breakfast there mostly because either I was a.) working, b.) at school or c.) and probably the most likely answer, sleeping!. As I was saying I love breakfast there specifically the Egg McMuffin plus I was craving a coke from a soda fountain like you wouldn't believe.

So I guess..stayed tuned for the rest of the day you never know what might happen other then the fact that I'll probably pass out from exhaustion and sleep the whole day.

Love,
Christa

A lot has been going on that I can't even begin to talk about but it's been bringing me down lately. So instead of talking about that I thought I would just post pictures of other things that I have been doing or have been stuck doing (i.e. school work).

I have seen a couple of movies though in between some of this and those were Angels and Demons and Up. However unfortunately in the last few minutes of Up the power went out and stopped the movie. Basically this sort of produced chaos. Everyone was trying to get out of the theater and it was very dark and crowds of people were pouring out of the theaters...you know everyone needs a little excitement in their day. We could have gotten a rain check but it was almost over and we all just wanted to go home.

It's ME!

I took this after Angels and Demons which I actually liked a lot and I never read the book!

What I'm stuck doing

What I've read recently

The first two books in the House of Night Series, Marked and Betrayed, were ok reads but the third one I was so annoyed with the main character. I felt like she just did not care about anyone in her life but herself and she kept making up excuses about what she was doing like she couldn't help it. I also felt she was a little hipocritical and I felt like the author beat us in the head with certain things about her....with that all said I still couldn't put any of them down because even though they are terribly written I still want to know what happens. I read The BeeKeeper's Apprentice for my book club. I thought it was pretty enjoyable although I it felt like I had been reading it forever. The Hunger Games was soo good and I would have read it faster if I hadn't started summer school. The one book that's not in this picture is Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult which I read during finals..I basically recommend anything that Joid Picoult writes, she's just very good at making things sound interesting and of the three books I've read she's always had some sort of twist that comes out in the end. 3 Willows was enjoyable but I think I like The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants series better.

Kurt Halsey print

Lastly Zack got me this. This is one of my most favorite artist and I already can picture where I want to put it.

I'm done with finals week, except now I have turn around and go to summer school on Monday..bummer.

Except that once I'm done with summer school I get to go to Washington to be with my Grandma and my cousins for a whole month. A WHOLE month...all my friends here aren't really a fan of this me being gone a whole month but you see..I am! So it's always so hard for me to act all sad about it because while I'll miss them terribly, mostly just Oliver j/k, I'm still pretty excited about going.

I haven't updated in awhile because I've been to busy with studying and that is pretty much all I did the past couple of weeks. That and get over being sick...I had that flu for two weeks! But I got to Wolverine, which I loved, and I read Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult. And so far I have earned two A's(human sexuality and policy and law), not sure yet on the other two grades. Probably a B in abnormal pscyh. and either an A or a B in my Psychology of Spirituality and Religion class.

So now I think I'm going to have happy hour with my mom and read The Hunger Games.

- I'm sick...ever since I went back to school I've been getting sick almost every two-three months....it's like my immune system hates me. Before school I only got sick once. My chest hurts and I have this terrible cough that keeps me up all night. I can't get out of bed.

- I took my niece to see The Hannah Montana Movie on Saturday, sick btw. I didn't care that I was sick because I wanted to see the movie and have some one on one time with my niece. And I was pleasantly surprised.

- I've been watching I Love Lucy on DVD.

- Zack got me the GQ with Zac Efron on the cover because I'm to sick to go get it myself. He apparently was embarrassed about buying it until I told him that GQ stands for Gentleman's Quarterly but I mean he has a point. How many girls do you think ran to the store to buy this magazine?

- I've been reading The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King which at first I had a lot of trouble getting in to but I now am finding it delightful.

- I'm almost done with the semester but I have to go to summer school so no need to get excited. Then I have to do a correspondence class but the good part is that I get to do it from the comfort of my Grandma's house in Washington! YAY!

- I wish I had the DVR in my bedroom so that I could watch the five episodes of Ghost Whisperer I have plus Supernatural, Dollhouse and Gossip Girl.  P.S. Fringe is sooooooooooooooooo good. Harper's Island while not super good TV still addicting to me because it's amazingly cheesy and predictable and unfortunatley I like al that in a mini series/movie.

I think God has his reasons and that he basically has a plan for everyone. I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason to and I just have to have faith that things will work out and that I'll find my place in the world. That in that place I will find happiness.

I've been having a tough time lately, just a lot of blah and things annoying me. So here are things that I do appreciate in life or that make it ok for me to have to deal with the blah because sometimes honestly I feel like giving up.

- Amazon packages
- Happy hour with my mom
- Addison
- Having people that will listen to me vent
- Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted CD (let me tell you it's getting a lot of play time in my car and I love the lyrics)
- I Love Lucy on DVD
- Photography
- Lexulous on Facebook
- Getting B's on my Exams
- Being able to take my niece to see the Hannah Montana Movie on Saturday
- Happy Meals from McDonalds
- New Pink Ear buds for my ipod (my other ones broke which was a sad day indeed)
- My possessed lap top (the fan is making angry noises)