A Product of Christa..

Two posts in one day

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Things I really enjoy doing (so therefore am thankful I can do them):

· Talking books with people so basically I like to read to
· Hanging out with Zack and Co. (Co. being anyone else that I really enjoy their company)
· Going to the movies
· Girls nights
· Having happy hour
· Debating with anyone that is willing to debate with a stubborn girl

What I am Thankful for:

· Ice cream (Haha just had to throw that out there)
· My family (all of them including immediate and extended as well as “might as well be family”) for whom I could not have succeeded in the ways that I have without them
· Having a sister-in-law that knows me. So in essence knows how to shop for me (She says that she knows me better then my own brother which is true)
· Zack (He puts up with me but I put up with him so we’re a pair)
· I’m graduating with a B.S. in Family Studies and Human Development in December (this has sort of been a long hard road for me but it was worth it)
· My mom who also puts up with a lot especially dealing with my anxiety
· Being able to laugh and having all five senses!
· Little things in life like cupcakes, Oliver kisses, and warm snuggly hoodies
· My new lap top! He’s so pretty!
· All the DVDs/Books I have giving me an endless amount of entertainment.

What am I not Thankful for?

· Constant migraines
· Mushrooms

In which I talk about the movie 2012

Nov 16, 2009
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I am going to preface this by saying that I am going to spoil this movie (2012) in the following paragraphs and so if you’re the sort of person that doesn’t like that happening to you then you should stop reading when I tell you to! But if you've seen one Roland Emmerich movie then I'm pretty sure you know how the movie will play out.

I went to see 2012 with my cousin and I was not dragged. I willingly went and saw it and actually I can give you a little preface on the whole thing.

First Zack told me about it and I saw the teaser trailer where not much happens except destruction and a lot of black and 2012 coming soon. And I thought yeah there’s action so I’ll go see it.

Second I saw another teaser trailer with just a little bit more and I thought to myself that I would still go see it but I don’t know if I would race to theater to see it.

Third I saw the actual trailer where you get to see who’s starring in it because before I never paid attention to it and this was my reaction “OMG JOHN CUSACK IS IN THIS?!?! OMG I must go see this! I will be there opening weekend!”

Alright now that we’ve established that I love John Cusack and will simply be biased about anything from here on out you might want to skip this review altogether! No just kidding read it because I might be making fun of 2012! Although I totally think everyone should go see it because it’s so bad that it’s really good! Worth that 10 bucks (well in my case 7.25 since I went to the matinee.)

This is where you should stop reading!

This film was directed by Roland Emmerich who directed such films as Independence Day which is FREAKIN awesome and you know possibly one of the best action movies of my time. You just can’t go wrong with Will Smith beating up aliens and stuff. Then he moved on to direct such films as The Day After Tomorrow which I think I was some how tricked in to seeing because ID4 was so awesome that I thought that you know he could do it again! I think maybe The Day After Tomorrow’s only real redeeming quality is that Jake Gyllenhaal is in it which is why it has a place in my DVD collection and well I kind of liked it. Kind of…

Moving on…

So is it me or does every single Roland Emmerich “The earth is in terrible peril” movie kind of have the same story line? I don’t know if that last sentence really made sense but here’s the thing they all have the same story line! You see he starts out the movie with some catastrophic event that some scientist finds out about and has to go tell the world and at first the person he wants to tell doesn’t want to listen to him and then he does! Then he’s like you better get ready because you are about to meet the president! Then switches to a scene with the president telling other countries that the world is coming to an end in so many years! ONLY the scientist guy got it WRONG! It turns out you only have like 30 minutes to prepare for whatever is inevitable. Well ok I’m exaggerating there were a couple of years where they obviously had to prepare for the end of the world in this movie but the scientist still calculated wrong and they quickly have to alter things. Also there always seems to be a divorced couple that finds each other in the end again.

So basically the first few scenes is “omg the world is coming to an end because of some scientific stuff that I can’t even go in to” and it basically takes forever to get to scenes with John Cusack (yay!). John Cusack is a divorced father of two who hates the guy his ex-wife is dating and his son is basically angry at him. Also his daughter has a thing for hats which I think is suppose to serve for some comic relief for something that happens later on in the movie when LA is falling in to the ocean. Anyways John(YAY!) or Jackson takes his kids on a camping trip that ultimately will be cut short because Amanda Peet’s character wants him to bring them home immediately due to the fact that she was in the grocery store when a major earth quake happened that split it in half. Sorry about that run on sentence! While they are on this camping trip they meet Woody Harrelson who of course plays this crazy character and Jackson finds out all this conspiracy type stuff that’s going on and how the end of the world is near and that these giant “ships” are being built but you have to have lots of money to get on them! Also Woody Harrelson’s character likes pickles just throwing that out there.

So Jackson (YAY!) brings his kids back and then it turns out he is a limo driver for some Russian rich guy and finds out that this rich guy is actually going to get on the “ship”. Oh and you know basically LA is about to become nothing and that’s pretty much what happens for the next few scenes. Jackson some how manages to get a plane and rescues his kids, Amanda peet and the boyfriend (Gordon) and they make it to the air port just in time only the pilot is dead! But that’s ok because Gordon knows how to fly a plane or just barely I guess which also serves as some comic relief. For whatever reason they are unable to really get the plane in the air so they have to fly through all the tumbling buildings and blah blah blah. My cousin had to make a comment about it to which I told her to be quiet because a.)John Cusack(YAY!) is in this movie and b.) I love action and all I could think about was how good this would look on blu-ray!

Sooo after all that they go back to get the map from crazy Woody Harrelson who doesn’t want to go with them and wants to die while watching the world come to an end and die he does. But the catch is the ships are in China! They have to get a bigger plane! Turns out they run in to Jackson’s (YAY!) Russian boss and then they have a plane! Only they need a co-pilot but that’s ok because Gordon knows how to fly a plane but not really! Also Gordon is a plastic surgeon and did the Russian boss’s girlfriend’s(who I will now call RBG) boobs so they know each other. RBG is really nice and apparently was having an affair with some other guy and so when they finally make it to China ,and not without a lot of trouble either, Russian boss ditches them all but he doesn’t make it on the ships anyways.

Well whatever Jackson(YAY!) and Co. plus RBG and RBG’s dog some how make it to the ships that turn out to be not space ships but arks. They sneak on to the ships with some help only a lot of stuff happens and you know they almost don’t make it and basically I’m getting tired of writing everything that happens in this movie because it was 2 hours 38 minutes! Which actually it didn’t feel that long since enough was going on that I was entertained! But they almost don’t make it..well RBG doesn’t make it and neither does Gordon. Which come on that’s just not fair! All Gordon wanted was a family and to be happy and thought Jackson(YAY!) was so lucky! But Gordon had to die obviously so that Jackson and Amanda Peet could find each other again and the family could live happily ever after!

On a side note there are a lot of other scenes I’m not mentioning like the President dieing in a huge Tsunami wave because he insisted on staying behind rather then going to the ships with everyone else. There is also a lot of other around the world scenes where the world is coming to an end and more science guy scenes as well.

And lastly as my cousin says the whole world meets its end except for the thing that is meant to save them. That some how manages to make it through it all and they set sail for Africa because of course there is still land for people to populate.

Now what did I learn from this movie? That if I’m not rich then I sure as heck better go to Yellowstone and meet some crazy Wood Harrelson type character to tell me about said “ships” so that I can make my way to China. That or find John Cusack(YAY!) because I’m certain he’ll know what to do!

Conversation with my dad at 8:30 this morning

Nov 1, 2009
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Only I will probably care about this or find it half way amusing.
a.) I am not a morning person...
b.) I slept terribly last night and I'm still feeling it
Dad: You need to be careful with your pc
Me: I know
Dad: Well I don't know how you have that set up there but you have to make sure not to bend it (my ac adapter broke) because it can easily break in half.
Me: I know, it's not bented(no typo that's literally what I said)..I know how to take care of my stuff
Dad: Bented? I didn't know that was a word.
Me: evil glare
Dad: Are we in a snit this morning?
Me: No
Dad: Are we just tired?
Me: yes

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

Oct 19, 2009
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Neverwhere

Preface: So a couple weeks ago I challenged Zack to read five books and he challenged me to read five books as well. The first one that I decided to read was Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. I’m letting him choose the next one although it will probably be awhile before I get to it. My own TBR pile is sort of overwhelming as it is. As a side note Zack lent me his copy and it sort of looks loved in the way of it being a favorite book that you pass around to everyone because you liked it so much. I’m not sure if he did this or not but that’s the look of it. My well loved books just look worn because I’ve read them multiple times or I’ve accidentally cracked the spines to them not because I passed them around. I use to be pretty stingy like that but I have gotten better.

Anyways on with the review….

Now first off I’m not even going to pretend that I know how to write a book review because I don’t. I’m also really bad at describing what books are about as I think I’ve said before. I also should say that while I like Neil Gaiman I don’t love Neil Gaiman. I just can’t seem to get in to his books to the point of “oh I can’t put this down!” however I quite enjoyed this book. I wasn’t really able to read it as quickly as I wanted to because school is kicking my butt.

This book starts out with Richard in what is known as London Above and he is living an ordinary life. (ok that’s what the back of the book says whatever!) Then he finds Door who has been hurt and basically after that his whole world gets flipped upside down. Amazon probably can do a better job on telling you what it’s about.

I really only have a couple things to point out in this book one being that I think the villains Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar are quite possibly some of the creepiest villains I have ever read. Like literally after reading parts where they were present I got shivers or rather I wished I hadn’t read it at night time when I am about to turn off the lights. Not because it was really scary or anything but more that I just wouldn’t want to run in to them in a dark ally or even in the day light or dream about them and those thoughts made me nervous.

The second being that I think this:

"From the darkness at the crown of the bridge came a gentle noise, like a rustle or a sign. A handful of irregular quartz beads pattered down the curve of the bridge toward them. Richard picked on up."

And what happened afterwards sort of made my heart break. I think Gaiman has no qualms about killing off certain characters right when you become attached to them, which makes an interesting read. The only other time I can think that I had this very reaction was with Sirius Black in Harry Potter. Oh J.K. you broke my heart with that one, you really did. (Side note she smashed it to smithereens in Half Blood Prince but we’re not talking about Harry Potter right now, that is a completely different entry)

I’m not actually sure if this book is suppose to be young adult or adult but I don’t think it’s a book for kids. I think there were some pretty creepy parts as well as a little graphic but I liked it and would definitely recommend it to other people. Also I would now even more so like to book a trip to London.

Books I'd like to Buy and a Challenge

Sep 20, 2009
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But I can't because I'm on a "book buying" ban

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larson (It takes place in Sweden..I am 100% Swedish due to the fact that my mom and my Grandma were both born there. My mom didn't really grow up there though she mostly grew up in the states but my Grandma did grow up there)
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbery
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins (I think this book would be perfect to read next month...poo on my book ban.)
Prophecy of the Sisters - Michelle Zink

Zack and I are doing a book challenge in which I challenged him to read 5 books that I have picked out before next October. I know five books doesn't seem like much especially since I've already almost 50 this year alone but it's a book challenge so that's the way I'm rolling with this one. He also picked out five books but these are the ones that I have picked out for him, I apologize in advance because I copied and pasted this from an e-mail so it's basically written to him:

1.) Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien - Ok I just loved this book and I know it's actually three books but the copy I have is the three in to one so there for I'm counting it as one. One day I would really like to own this! (Which I am totally drooling over.) This is one of those books that I wish...really wish that I could experience for the first time again. I found that I couldn't wait to get back to it while I was reading it. I didn't even want to read it in the beginning! It's length was so daunting and I just couldn't deal but let me tell you it was totally worth it! They leave stuff out in the movies trust me! Although the movies are sooooo good.

2.) Whisper of Death - Christopher Pike - I haven't read this book in over 10 years but I seriously loved it when I did read it. Although I was probably like 14 or something so I don't know if we can really count my 14 year old self on finding good stuff to read since I loved Sweet Valley High books and books by R.L. Stine and Lois Duncan. I probably should reread it myself because other wise if you were to talk to me about it I wouldn't know what exactly you were talking about. But still I'm going to make it a requirement since it was a book that I loved when I was younger!

3.) The first book in The Bartimaeus Trilogy The Amulet of Samarkand - Jonathan Stroud - I kind of wish that I could cheat and put all of them in this list but I can't because they're three seperate books (unlike LotR). I guess my only hope is that you'll like the first one enough to read the rest of them. The second one The Golem's Eye is my favorite of the three and I am seriously considering that should be the book you have to read instead which would just force you to read the first one! HA! But that's probably cheating to. Instead of talking about the first one I'm going to say why I liked The Golem's Eye so much, there was part in it that was slightly creepy and dude it totally worked for me! I was even a little bit scared to go to bed but I don't think the same goes for my brother. He loved this trilogy to as I have said before! The way he ends the series to was just awesome!

4.) The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold - I actually read this book during a hard time in my life and I loved every little bit of it. I read it about 5 years ago (I think) though and my mom was nice enough to get it for me while I was poor. I don't think I could have an in depth discussion over it without rereading it myself but I do think you should read it before we go see the movie, which I am very excited to see. It was another book that I couldn't wait to get in to and I stayed up late in to the night reading it.

5.) The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfiled - I'm picking this book because it kind of has a ghost story/mystery going on and I think you would like it. It's your kind of book and if you don't like it oh well at least you tried it! I can't remember exactly what went on in the book but I did really like it when I was reading it. It was one of the first books I bought when I got my job and I was able to suddenly buy what I ever wanted.

I hope he has fun with this and afterward we're going to discuss whether a.) you're crazy this books sucks or b.) you're a genius this book is superb. I may even post it on the blog and not only are we doing this but in Janauary we are going to start rereading the Harry Potter books, one a month and then have in depth discussions about it. Should be fun.

Totally random side note I went to see Love Happens last night and I really liked it. It also made me miss Seattle like crazy..there's something about Seattle at night to that just gets me in the heart. I really like the soundtrack to it and I had to immediately download the whole thing off itunes as soon as I got home and it's been on repeat ever since.

In Which I go On About School

Sep 18, 2009
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I'm not doing anything exciting other then school so guess what I'm going to talk about school! I know I'm just as excited as you are to hear about it! Let me begin with my correspondence class. It's a research methods class that I am required to take which by the way you can't get in to the actual class on campus unless you are a Psychology Major. I think it's silly to have class that's required that you can't even get in to with out a bit of trouble and so then have to fork out 900+ dollars for a correspondence course. It's all pretty much done online except the exams I have to go down there to take at allotted exam times. When I finally got all the stuff for it, it said that the lessons should each take 30 minutes only all the answers are given to you? How can each lesson take 30 minutes when I can read about 6 of the lessons in thirty minutes? I felt like I was missing something but no apparently not it's just that easy, which is good because I'm taking some other classes that aren't so easy.

The next class I'm taking is at 9:30 in the morning and it's pretty hard to get myself up to be there on time. Forutnatley the content is pretty interesting because it's a required class and this is *fingers crossed* hopefully my last semester in school so therefore I must take it now. The class is called Sociocultural Context of Development. So far we've learned a lot about how culture and ethnicity makes and helps us develop in to who we are as people. Yesterday we learned about the "I Self" and "Me Self" , Individualistic and Collectivistic cultures as well as Interdependent and Independent Cultures. We had to do this little mini project for Credit where we answered questions all about ourselves to see which category we fell in to. Next week is my first exam in the class and I'm pretty nervous about it because it's essay and I always get overly anxious about those kinds of exams, which actually I get overly anxious about exams in general this is just ten times worse!

My next class comes right after my first class and it's called Issues in Aging. We're basically learning about Gerontology. It's actually really interesting all though apparently once you hit 30 it's all down hill for the most part which is mildly depressing if you ask me as I am nearing it pretty quickly here. A few weeks ago we did this aging simulation where they aged all of us. They had put a string around our feet so that we had trouble walking, we had to put special glasses on to see what it's like to have cataracts, then we wore gloves and splints on our hands for arthritis, we put cotton balls in our ears as well as had to hear this tape recorded as though you had a hearing problem and lastly we all got a piece of chocolate but we had to plug our noses so that we had no sense of smell and therefor the chocolate didn't taste as good. Understatement it had no taste at all, I do not want to grow old! Oh well it's inevitable I have an exam in this class to next week and it's multiple choice with some short answer. I wouldn't be as nervous about this normally but it's on the same day as my other exam so basically I'm shaking with anxiety in my seat.

The third class I'm taking is Minds, Brains and Computers. I don't know how I got myself in to this class but it's a psychology/philosophy class heavy on the philosophy. Unfortunately I'm terrible in philosophy and I like to do Suduko during that class and think about what I'm going to get to eat for lunch because it's a 12:30 class and goes to 1:45. Fortunately there are only two exams where you have to answer one question and one paper I have to write. Don't ask me what it's about but for the most part think it is telling us about how the mind works a lot like a computer hence the name of the class.

Lastly I am taking Intro to Cognition which would be so much more interesting except that I already know half of what she's teaching. Plus in the beginning people would would sometimes get up and go out for a minute or leave early, as people generally do in ALL of my classes and she decided to point it out that that was distracting.to her. Then she decided that we all needed to e-mail her to let her know if are going to leave early and to do all our business before we go to class so that we won't be leaving in the middle of it. Normally this whole thing wouldn't bother me but now whenever anyone leaves she basically stops in the middle of lecture to point it out that she doesn't like it. I'm sorry but that's way more distracting then the person actually leaving. Let it go we're paying for the class in the first place.

After this I get to go home and fall flat on my face from exhaustion! Literally!

Bad Girls Don't Die - Katie Alender

Aug 19, 2009
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"I can't help it, Alexis," he said "I want to make you think too much...and then I want to hear the things you've been thinking too much."

I sadly can not seem to post a picture of the book right now which is to bad because the cover is just very pretty. It's kind of a weird cover but still hauntingly pretty and is what made me pick it up in the first place. I guess I could take an actual picture of it but I'm to lazy to go through all the trouble of it. Maybe later I can try to fix it and put it in.

I've Come to Realize...

Aug 18, 2009
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1. I've come to realize that my chest-size...isn’t something I ever really cared about?

2. I've come to realize that my job...is something that I want to love doing

3. I've come to realize that when I'm driving...I really hate when people cut me off

4. I've come to realize that I need to take more time out...doing things that are fun and letting go

5. I've come to realize that I have lost...myself

6. I've come to realize that I hate it when...I let my insecurities get in the way of having fun

7. I've come to realize that if I'm drunk...I do stupid things but don’t most people?

8. I've come to realize that money...is something I would like to have but I don’t need to be rolling in it, just comfortable enough.

9. I've come to realize that certain people...will never change

10. I've come to realize that I'll always ..be semi anxious about everything

11. I've come to realize that my sibling(s)...are not just siblings but friends

12. I've come to realize that my mom..will always be over protective of me

13. I've come to realize that my cell phone...is something I can’t live without

14. I've come to realize that when I woke up this morning...that I didn’t really want to get out of bed

15. I've come to realize that last night before I went to sleep...I watched a lot of Friends which put me in a better mood

16. I've come to realize that right now I am thinking...too much

17. I've come to realize that my dad...will always drink my soda out of the fridge

18. I've come to realize that when I get on Facebook...I like reading everyone’s statuses

19. I've come to realize that today...could be a good day or a bad day either way I’m along for the ride

20. I've come to realize that tonight...will be lazy

21. I've come to realize that tomorrow...is just another day

22. I've come to realize that I really want to...be in love

23. I've come to realize that the person who is most likely to respond to this is....?

24. I've come to realize that life..is what you make it so let’s get it right

25. I've come to realize that this weekend..is my last weekend before school

26. I've come to realize that the music I listen to when I am upset...is really depressing

27. I've come to realize that my friends...have their faults but I’m glad they're in my life

28. I've come to realize that this year...has been interesting and I think I’ve changed somewhat

29. I've come to realize that my ex...isn’t important anymore

30. I've come to realize that maybe I should...stop shutting people out

31. I've come to realize that I have to....get stuff ready for school

32. I've come to realize that I don't understand...some things my friends do but they don’t understand things I do so it’s a nice balance

33. I've come to realize my past..was something I just needed to learn from and I need to move on now

34. I've come to realize that parties...are pretty fun when you’re in good company

35. I've come to realize that I'm totally terrified…of losing people in my life

36. I've come to realize that my life...could be a lot better if I had an income of sorts

37. I've come to realize that my favorite sound is...the ocean

Questions

Aug 3, 2009
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I stole this from tom and cori.

The Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. Here is the basic Proust Questionnaire.

1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
This is kind of hard but an afternoon with in the lower 80's out on the back porch of my Grandma's house talking with my family and having happy hour and/or reading a book. OR thunderstorm and watching it from my window.

2. What is your greatest fear?
That I’ll wind up alone

3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I'm pretty obsessive and make things bigger then they are

4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Smugness

5. Which living person do you most admire?
My mom..she will do anything for her family and makes sure that all of us are alright.

6. What is your greatest extravagance?
Probably my DVD's..one DVD doesn't seem like much but a whole bunch of them can add up pretty quickly

7. What is your current state of mind?
Racing with thoughts

8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Physical beauty. (I think I'm going to have to agree with Cori on this one)

9. On what occasion do you lie?
When I don't want to hurt someone I have been known to tell a little lie but it always seems to get back at me in the end so I try not to do it to much.

10. What do you most dislike about your appearance?
I wish my hips weren't so big and that my thighs were smaller to

11. Which living person do you most despise?
Oh Paris Hilton how despise thee

12. What is the quality you most like in a man?
Stability

13. What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Companionship..someone that I can lean on and depend on to listen to me when I go through my troubles

14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Anyway, super, totally, frack, Yesh, and I've been known to throw out a son of a biscuit every now and then

15. What or who is the greatest love of your life?
I don't have one of those yet but I do love my family

16. When and where were you happiest?
When I went to Washington this summer, when I'm with family and friends

17. Which talent would you most like to have?
I can play the piano a little bit but I would like to be able to play it better. I would like to have baby grand piano some day to play on to.

18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish I could be more outgoing and stop being so anxious and learn to go after what I want and not let opportunities pass me by.

19. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Graduating with my B.S. will be my greatest achievement and after that it will be my masters..then after that the sky's the limit.

20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A cat...they're lazy and get to sleep all day sounds good to me.

21. Where would you most like to live?
Either Flagstaff, Phoenix, The Seattle Area of Washington or possibly Portland Oregon not sure about that last one though.

22. What is your most treasured possession?
Oliver my rabbit..my two rings and my necklace and lastly my stuffed dog Vince.

23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
I don't know

24. What is your favorite occupation?
F.B.I Agent particularly in The X-Files..j/k on the x-files part

25. What is your most marked characteristic?
I'm one of those people that does not open up so easily but once I do am well liked.

26. What do you most value in your friends?
The trust that I have in them

27. Who are your favorite writers?
Gah! J.K. Rowling, Sarah Dessen, Jennifer Weiner, Jane Austen, Sophia Kinsella, Emily Giffin, Jodi Picoult, Meg Cabot to name a few

28. Who is your hero of fiction?
Possibly Snape

29. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
I don't even know about this one.

30. Who are your heroes in real life?

My mom, my dad, my Grandma, J.K Rowling and I'd say Jennifer Aniston but she's more of an idol of mine

Finding Nemo

Aug 3, 2009
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I'm doing my own project where I watch all my comfort movies before I go back to school at the end of August, which I'll be really busy sadly since I have to take four classes on top of a correspondence class. Should be interesting but on the plus side hopefully (fingers crossed) I'll be graduating in December!

The reason I started this project is because I'm pretty sure I'm going through a bout of depression right now and I need something to take my mind off it. I've been reading to but somehow movies have always been really comforting to me. So the first movie I decided to watch is Finding Nemo:

The Art of Finding Nemo

Mark Cotta Vaz

I saw this movie a few times in the theater and I loved it each time. I remember the first time I saw it, the part where Dory thinks she can speak whale just pretty much had me rolling in laughter. I still find the movie enjoyable and funny which is why it is a comfort movie for me. This movie reminds me of living in the condo with Summer and Chris. I use to sleep with my window open there because we were upstairs and my room was in the part that was gated off. My room had a little window seat that I use to like to sit in with pillows and read. I also would set my lap top up on it. There was one night that I was watching Finding Nemo on my lap top making screen captures when Summer came in and we ended up watching it all together with Kyle and his now ex-girlfriend. This for some reason really sticks out in my mind as a comforting night.

Another memory of this movie is that I went to Washington the summer it came out and two times Jennie and I tried to go see it. The first time we went we just ended up being to late and we saw something else. The second time we brought my other cousin Jay with me and it was opening day for Pirates of the Caribbean. So while we were waiting in line I turned to Jennie and said “I really want to see Pirates of the Caribbean”. To which she said “me to” and then we asked Jay if it was alright if we went to see it instead, and so we did, which was worth it btw. Finally we got to go see it together and so I associate this movie with that time to. Just getting to be with my family and friends is a real comfort to me.