Things I Wanted To Do Tonight...

But definitely did not do:

1. Watch the "recap" episode and Season 4 Premiere of Lost. I forgot to set it up to tape it and now I have to wait until tomorrow for it to go up on abc.com. Boo.

2. Watch The L Word from Sunday. It's still sitting there waiting for me to make time.

3. Start my observation reports for student teaching. They're due Tuesday so apparently that gives me license to procrastinate them until at least this weekend. Great.

4. Start reading The Other Boleyn Girl. I am pumped to read this before the movie comes out--and it comes out soon! I better get busy.

5. Watch all of the democratic debate on CNN. I watched like 45 minutes and then couldn't take any more. Isn't this like the 144-millionth debate of the campaign? I will make sure and read all about it tomorrow to make up for my lack of commitment tonight.

Let's hope the weekend is more productive than this evening was.

She's a Super Freak!

Lil Mouse had this test on her site and I, being somewhat competitive and pretty darn confident in my typing skills, decided to take on the challenge.

Here are the results:

96 words

Touch Typing

FRRRRREEEEEEAAAAAAK! I thought I could type fast but wow, I even impressed myself with this one. No wonder I get impatient with my mentor teacher watching her look at her fingers and occasionally hunt and peck. I'm a super typing freak!

Super Tuesday

One week from today is a very exciting day!

First, and probably most important, is that it is the day for like a gazillion primaries and what could be the ultimate forecast for who will win the Hillary-Barack showdown. It should be wery wery interesting (think Elmer Fudd).

Tuesday is also the release date for about 6 movies on my Netflix queue that I have been waiting for! I only get three at a time so I have until next Monday to figure out which three I want to see the most. Here's the top of my queue:


I think I am pretty happy with the order right now, although I would really like to see Across the Universe again. Buuuut I should probably watch movies I haven't seen first. The possibility that I will change this multiple times before next week? Pretty darn good.

Too bad I have my student teaching seminar class and an area meeting that day, too, but hopefully that will all be overshadowed by the superness of Super Tuesday!

Sex and the City: The Blog?

This post was all over the blogosphere today and I ate it right up.

Carrie Bradshaw as a blogger?

Of course she would be! In reality, that is, as there is no way a newspaper would continue to print a fluff column like that without turning it into a cool blog where Carrie could post snippets about her awesomely-impossible life multiple times a day.

What might stop her from blogging is the fact that she had the same crappy old Mac for the entire series--she wouldn't even upgrade when Aidan bought her a crazy colored iBook. And she was all weird about e-mail... so blogging might be quite a stretch for the technology-challenged Carrie Bradshaw.

Isn't it crazy how much things have changed in a few short years since SATC? I love it!

I also love discussing complex ideas about a fictional character and her "real life." Priceless.

Just Another Manic Monday

I'm all over the place today, and totally falling asleep as I type, so here are a few quick things to ponder:

1. Apparently those crazy rumors about New Kids reuniting are not true. Here it is, right from the source:I guess I won't have to dust off my NKOTB sleeping bag and giant buttons after all. He did mention never saying never, though...

2. I was bored during one of my plans and started to look through all the nominees for the Blogger's Choice Awards. Some great blogs in there--I added more to my Bloglines feeds... just what I needed--and it's nice to have them in categories to browse so conveniently.

3. Is it bad that I didn't even think twice about opting to watch the Weather Channel over the State of the Union address?

4. I did manage to catch the SAG awards last night and despite being totally pumped for an actual red carpet and awards show, I was totally underwhelmed by The Sopranos sweep, No Country for Old Men winning best ensemble cast (God I get depressed just thinking about that movie) and Sandra Oh's ridiculous gift wrapping--I mean dress.



5. Last but not least, I have such good dreams when I fall asleep to Sex and the City! Too bad I don't get enough sleep for the dreams to last...

LOL

Okay I literally laughed out loud at this one today:


I know that is the point of LOLcats, but today it worked. Mostly it made me think of my horrible 7th grade picture, when I still had a metal mouth and before I discovered the magic of a hair straightener.

Shudder.

I would put it up on here but I'm pretty sure I burned all those pictures in high school.

Quickie Review: Eat, Pray, Love

I just finished Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I now understand why it has been such a bestseller and why it's featured on every book club/bestseller list under the sun.

This book was a very fast, easy read but also meaningful, which is a hard combination to master. Split into three distinct parts, the book follows Gilbert's travels to Italy, India and Indonesia after a messy divorce. Gilbert's writing is entertaining, as she obviously enjoys poking fun at herself, and her journalistic experience shines through, mixing effectively into the memoir genre. Admittedly, my favorite section of the three was the first--Italy--as I fantasized about being there, enjoying the cuisine and learning the language. I got a bit tired of the spiritual discussion, but overall this woman's journey to self-actualization and individual strength was an excellent read and I would definitely recommend it.

Cornflakes and More

Tonight we went to People's downtown to see Dick Prall play--he's this singer-songwriter guy who has a fun Cornflakes song Tony has been obsessed with for a while. Dick made a stop in crazy little DSM so we figured $10 was worth a night NOT spent watching movies in our apartments or playing yet another game of Settlers (we may have overdone it with that game a bit!)...

The verdict: $10 definitely well spent. He was entertaining, a good singer, fun songs and--bonus points--he and David had on basically the same outfit!

Check out Dick Prall's MySpace page and listen to The Cornflakes Song, or my personal favorite from the night, Halfway to Hollywood. It would be my new song on my MySpace page but it keeps having network issues when I try to add the song to my profile. Whatever MySpace... this is why I never go on you and am way partial to Facebook.

Here's the Cornflakes Song. Enjoy:

7 Random Things

Soooo Lil Mouse tagged me over on her blog for a 7 Random Things meme. I'm always up for exposing random stuff about myself, plus hello! Getting tagged on someone else's blog is WAY. FUN.

With that in mind, here goes:

1. I am indeed a housing geek. At least for the time being. I was an RA for 2 years, an undergrad assistant hall coordinator for a year and now a full-time hall coordinator about to wrap up my two-year stint. I love residence life but after 6 years, I am ready to live outside of a residence hall and grow up and be a real person. I'll miss the students, though.

2. Luckily I won't have to miss students too much cause I am gonna be a teacher. I am currently student teaching at a high school. I have a challenge with one of my students tomorrow to know the name of every person in the class. I will totally win that one.

3. That's cause I am ridiculously good with names. I meet you once, hear your name and know it for a really long time. This results in awkward interactions where I know someone and even know that person's name and they don't remember me at all. Then I look like a creeper. It's great.

4. I also feel like a creeper when people catch me talking to my computer. Or my TV. Or my car. Or other cars on the road. Or pretty much anything in my apartment. I tend to do this fairly often, mostly without even realizing it.

5. I did realize today that I am embarrassed or even offended by how much crap Meg gets on Family Guy. It's like because she has half of my name, I need to stick up for her for some reason.

6. I am also very offended by people who use the words "gay" and "retarded" in the place of "stupid." It makes me want to banish those people to a far away planet for idiots and bigots.

7. Finally, speaking of idiots, sometimes (like today) I hate watching Jeopardy because it makes me feel dumb. I consider myself a smart person and I am very well-educated, but those questions are insane! How did Amanda know all about woodworking AND opuses (is that even a word anyway?!) Seriously!?

And I think I am supposed to tag 7 other blogs of people I want to know more about but I don't really know anybody in other blogs to tag them. If you would like to be tagged, let me know! Otherwise, there are my random facts for the day. I talked about Jeopardy and Family Guy, so hey, it was even media-related! Score!*

*Did I just say SCORE? Really? Maybe I am actually offended by Meg being made fun of because I, like her, am a huge dork.

The Element of SurPRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII...

The Get Smart trailer was just released. Looks like a perfect role for Steve Carrell! Can't wait for summer '08! (Good lord that rhymed)...

You Have GOT To Be Kidding Me

According to this post on Mamapop (and others on other blogs), effing Fred Phelps & Co. plan to picket Heath Ledger's funeral.

Seriously?! SERIOUSLY?!

Not that I didn't already think they were a bunch of bigoted crazy conservative wack-jobs, but they do realize that Brokeback Mountain was a movie, right? Fiction? Hello!

Here's the press release:How can people be so horrible?

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On a totally unrelated note, I was so busy fretting about Heath Ledger's death yesterday that I didn't even notice it was my 100th post! What a sad 100th post, but I guess it had to be something. 100 doesn't seem like much, but it's a start for sure.

RIP Heath Ledger

Sad, sad news today. David called and told me "Keith Ledger died" to which I replied "Do you mean Heath Ledger? And no he didn't."

I found out about 10 minutes later that it was true. I am really saddened by this today--I have loved him since I first saw him in 10 Things I Hate About You and first swooned him in The Patriot. Definitely a terrible loss of a tremendous talent.



Seeing The Dark Knight in May is going to be sad now!

RIP Heath Ledger--you will be missed.

America Supports Hillary!

America Ferrera, that is. Here she is on the road supporting Hillary Clinton. Love it!

Fingers Crossed!

WGA/AMPTP Informal Talks Begin Tomorrow

I don't want to jinx it but there may be hope for the strike to end! Eeeeee!

Hi, my name is Megan and I'm a Lurker.

God that sounds creepy.

Unfortunately, despite the creepy name, it's true. And I feel guilty about it!

I read a gazillion blogs about people's lives and kids and jobs and thoughts. Even though they're inviting me into their worlds by posting it on the Internet, I feel bad about reading it all. I know that a few weeks ago was Delurker Week or something along those lines, and I should have taken advantage of that to, well, delurk... but for some reason I didn't.

And a few awesome people have been commenting on my blog, which I really thought would never happen, so I feel like now is a good time to officially delurk.

But I don't know where to start! I feel like I am outing myself as a random creeper who reads the blogs of people I don't know and will never meet in "real life." I just gotta suck it up, take a deep breath and comment. I can't be afraid of sounding dumb. Or random. Or... yeah.

Sunday Post Secret

I look forward to every Sunday when new secrets are up on the PostSecret blog.

I always want to submit a secret to them and see if it will show up, but then I remember that my life is not nearly interesting enough to have a cool secret that would show up online.

Today my favorite was this one, though, as it made me realize, as I glance at my giant pile of unread books under my bedside table, that maybe I do have secrets...

Nerd Game...

...and no, it's not Dungeons and Dragons. It's Settlers of Catan! [read with an Irish or Scottish accent for the ultimate affect]



During RA training, Tony and Matt convinced/taught David and me to play this game called Settlers of Catan. I am always up for just about any game anyone wants to play (apart from Monopoly which bores me to tears--even the new electronic version) so after listening to the giant "almanac" of rules, the battle was on.

Night one ended with a victory for me (I was just as surprised as Matt and Tony were) which was, nevertheless, attributed to beginner's luck. Whatever. It probably had more to do with the fact that David and I were allies and he gave me whatever resources I wanted. And, of course, amazing skill and strategy on my part. Right.

Night two... well, maybe it was beginner's luck before, cause I'm pretty sure I came in dead last the second time around. David also was way more competitive so that did not help. In my defense, the sun was in my eyes.

UPDATE ONE:
Night three was too much like night two for my liking. I think I tied for dead last this time though. What happened to all that skill?

UPDATE TWO:
Night four = me losing... twice. Night five may or may not have resembled night five. Okay it did.

Waitflixing

I saw this on BuzzSugar and got to thinking about my own Waitflixing ("what happens when you add a movie to your queue but keep moving other films ahead of it so you never actually watch it").

I am most definitely a Waitflixer, and a multiple-offender at that.

See, as of lately my queue is set up in a very specific way: the bottom 1/4 of the list is "Coming Soon" stuff to remind me what needs to be moved to the top of my queue each week, the next 1/4 is "Movies I want to watch but won't until I either watch all the TV shows or get sick of them" (i.e. the Waitflix section), the next 1/4 - 1/2 of the list is a "TV Shows to watch" section (i.e. what really gets watched) and the top are new releases that get moved up from the bottom right before the release date. Sometimes nothing is in the top 1/4 and that's when the second 1/4 gets whittled down.

That sounds way too complicated when written out, but it totally makes sense in my head.

What doesn't make sense is that I add to the movie 1/4 of the list occasionally (especially if I miss a release date for a new release and it turns into a "long wait") but really don't watch anything on it. That's where my Waitflixing talents come into play--currently included are The Lives of Others, Rescue Dawn, Miss Potter, Gracie, The TV Set, and Pirates of the Caribbean 3, among others. I have been Waitflixing most of those for at least a month, if not several. I also tend to Waitflix movies I saw in the theater but want to eventually see again.

I get frustrated by this "movies" section because I really do try to keep my queue below 30 if at all possible (right now it's 36--oops!), and often go through and cut movies out.

At least that's one good thing about the writer's strike--I've definitely been keeping up with my queue! What do you Waitflix?

AAAHH! REAL MONSTERS!

Much MUCH to my surprise, I actually liked Cloverfield.

I basically had to be dragged to the theater against my will for this one (which rarely happens), but I actually liked it. Go figure!

This review on BuzzSugar really sums it up a lot better than I could hope to at this point, and I definitely agree with most of what she says about the movie. Apart from more than a few vomit-inducing running scenes and only one ridiculously completely unrealistic component* (Beth has a pipe through her chest and then runs down 5o-some flights of stairs), it was very entertaining and I loved the way it was shot and edited in the home-movie kinda way.

*Well other than the giant alien monster destroying Manhattan, that is...

You're Always Welcome at Morehouse!

This year's winter RA training brought the return of RA Airband--the best lip syncing show, well, ever! Each hall does their own little performance to whatever crazy song they pick and I have to say, ours has to be the craziest. We found this song called "Our House" and changed the words to "Morehouse," naturally.

Here's the Morehouse staff performing:

All the RA's after the amazingly creative performances, including Thriller, Sk8rBoi, Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better and many others:


And here's a hilarious YouTube video of our song on the Muppet Show. Ours was an Irish version that was a little more peppy but it's the same murderous tune!