Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts

Thursday, January 13, 2011

2010 Wrap-Up

My sexy husband had this on his blog and because doing little surveys like this was my favorite thing to do on Myspace... Do ya'll remember way back then? So here is my life in 2010. Enjoy!

1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?
Not working more then 15+ hours. I have never worked so little since I was sixteen.

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I forgot whatever resolution it might have been. I guess it wasn't a very good one :(

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not this year. Can you believe it?!

4. Did anyone close to you die?
My husband's family dog. He was 13 years old.

5. What countries did you visit?
None :( but my husband says we drove over 5000 miles. That's kind of cool.

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
More time to run. Got new running shoes for my birthday.

7. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
September 18th, the day we got our puppy Memphis!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I was awarded a scholarship and worked on learning motion typography to use to apply to my top grad school.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Letting people get me down. It's not really a failure but it sure does feel like it sometimes.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Caught a flu bug over the summer. It lasted a few days. It sucked.

11. What was the best thing you bought?


12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My Handsome! He so brilliant. This past few he lead a workshop on How to Help/Write a Science Thesis to Science PHds'. That's totally wicked! Plus he is looking into a doctoral for himself. All expenses paid for and a job once he his done. How cool is he?

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The rude and ungrateful people that seem to want to bring me down. Bad days happen to everyone, I know, I've had my share. Yet the people who feel they should share their bad day because they think it's not far your having a good one. Need to fly a kite in a thunder storm and leave me alone :P

14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Getting a puppy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
It's a classic but Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" after a day trip to Santa Fe. We where driving home when my husband, bro-in-law and I spontaneously brooking into a sing-a-long.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?
I am so freakin' blessed. It's crazy!
ii. thinner or fatter?
I don't feel thin or fat but I could use a few runs.
iii. richer or poorer?

We don't have a lot of money but I don't feel poor.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Run. Read. Draw.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Dishes. I seem to be doing dishes all the time but there are still tons of dirty one still in my sink. What's up with that?

20. Did you fall in love in 2010?
I'm so in love!

21. How many one-night stands?
Who needs a one night stand when I got this hottie in my bed ;)

22. What was your favorite TV program?
GLEE!

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I'm stealing what my husband said (because I'd say something mean.)
"Hate's a strong word, but I'm definitely not too happy with someone."

24. What was the best book you read?
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Lighting Thief. It's just so much fun.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Sleigh Bells.

26. What did you want and get?
A puppy!

27. What did you want and not get?
A pass port.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?
I really enjoyed seeing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I'm getting closer to 30. Anyways. My husband took me to the movie's, his mom made me cake, and I got to open the first christmas gift of the day.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
My year was just fine. I can't think of anything that would have made better.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
A lot more tight and socks.

32. What kept you sane?
Counting down the days until I graduate and then off to a New Place. 120 days to graduation.

33. What political issue stirred you the most?
The governor of NM probably wasn't the best one voted in.

34. Who did you miss?
Humidity! Not really a who but I do miss it and so does my hands, hair and body.

35. Who was the best new person you met?
Tony and Mel! They are a lot of fun... and they (not to be mean) don't have kids... like us.

36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010:
I'm hard headed but creative and sometimes that's a good mash-up.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Girl Who Needs to Read These Books...




This weekend while the boys where out I had the place to myself, and what did I do? While I spent most of the day watching the final game of the World Cup 2010 (Spain vs. Netherlands 1:0) as I washed dish and dust. But when dinner rolled around I made couscous with broccoli and cheese and set down to watch a movie.

...At the beginning of the Summer I was asked by my film teacher if I'd seen "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" I hadn't and he said I needed to and it was playing at our local (an hour away) Indie movie theatre. I tried to go but the theatre wasn't showing it anymore. As sad as I was we saw Toy Story 3 and that made up for the lack of show time at the other place...

So that night I set down with my couscous and pulled out my laptop and login to my Netflix. And, low and behold the new thing that popped up was the new streamed movie, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" And I watched it.
...I'm normally not into foreign films, basically, I just don't understand them, but with my moving-loving husband movies are life no matter where the movie comes from. My first really film from another country was "Amelie" This film blow me away. For once I knew what was going on. Sense then my husband and I have watched many other films from Japan, Sweden, France, Italy, you name....

I highly suggested that you watch this film (Check out the trailers) and if the trail get you excited (Click here) the books are truly cheap. I so am buying the book and start reading the story. I had always wanted to but just never did. I hope you get to see this film and read these book then we can chat.

...Ps. If you have seen this film or not another great movie is "Let the Right One In" Hollywood is making a English version but I'm to jazzed about it. The screen shots look shot for shot of this version...

Enjoy!