Friday, February 27, 2009

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Life without dessert- no one should have to do it.

Allison got through in American Idol! I am happy about that fact.
Spent 20$ more on crafting supplies- that makes 30$ total so far in this headband selling attempt- we'll see- if it doesn't work out then I'll have a pretty good supply of gifts for my sister and friends for a little while at least... :)

Not much else to say- didn't do so well on my diet today, Alex, Coreen and I hit applebee's and we hit it hard, dessert shooters and all. So far am down 9 pounds though- not too shabby, I told myself that once I'd lost 20 I could get the tattoo I've been wanting, so 11 more to go on that one. I've learned that it's okay to lose track every once in a while because it keeps you going. No one can live life without a little dessert every once in a while, you know??

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

You know what movie was lame? Coraline.


Yeah, you heard me. I *wince*did not like Coraline.

Why is everyone going so nuts over this film? What's so gosh darned special about it?
To answer my own rhetorical question, the animation. I will so super give them that. The animation was beautiful, it was very aesthetically pleasing, and I thoroughly enjoyed looking at the movie.

However, that was about the end of the entertainment value road for me. Coraline in short: "We're moving to a new house! I met a boy! There's a weird tunnel to an alternate world! Buttons! WHAT?! GHOST CHILDREN? EVIL MOTHER? WE NEED TO GET EYEBALLS! WE GOT THE EYEBALLS!? WE DID?! Okay good."

The plot was so disjointed, and the movie moved so slowly at first, showing us the alternate world and making us wonder what was up...then everything was THROWN at us! Bethany and I were left with so many questions.

Why was the mother the evil one? They were both deadbeat parents, so why did the mother turn into an evil villain, while the dad just ended up being all weird but not really evil?

Did this story actually have a moral? Other than: "if your parents suck, maybe you should crawl through a tunnel to an alternate world at your new house, and you'll have a newfound love for them." That really got me- her parents suck, and in the end really, they're still going to be the same crappy parents who don't pay attention to her...did they undergo some kind of transformation?

Where was the character development? How did she go from exchanging about 5 minutes worth of words with Wybie to being his best friend in the end?

Beth and I were antsy the whole time, both seeming to wonder when it was going to 'get good' and when we were going to become sucked into this magical world ourselves. It never really happened.

In the end, I'd say this movie was visually stimulating with some cute moments, but to be honest, it was really lacking, and the 3D aspect was its saving grace.

What? I'm blogging?

So, Bethany's super cute blog inspired me to start one (though I'd be lying if I said that Barney Stinson's didn't also encourage me to start one...) but this is the sort of thing that I generally start with the best of intentions for keeping up with it, and then, lo and behold, 6 months later, there's only one entry to be read.

So we'll see what happens.

Last night, I posted 3 super cute headbands for sale at my store at etsy.com, and I'm hoping they'll actually sell. Etsy is a great idea in theory, but the problem that I'm encountering is that it costs 20 cents every time you want to post an item for sale. It's not too high a price, but it stops me from posting everything I'd like to, because I don't want to spend money posting things until I know how they'll sell. So right now I only have 3 things posted, hoping to feel out the market and see what people actually want to buy, when I'd rather have many different colors and patterns of headbands for sale. See my dilemma? I'll give it a few days and maybe post some more things later.

Also today I started reading Lucky (Alice Sebold). It's good so far, intriguing, interesting, but also very gruesome and the intense parts where she's describing her rape (the very beginning) made my bones sort of feel like jelly and made me sort of twist uncomfortably in my seat- because they're described really way too well. However, the book becomes less about the actual rape itself and about her ability to deal with it and all of the effort she puts into finding her rapist, and the events leading to his arrest. I haven't finished yet, but so far, I'm liking it. It's easy to see where she got her inspiration for The Lovely Bones.

Something else awesome! I just got hired at American Eagle Outfitters and I'm super excited. My first shift is next Tuesday, and I'm pretty pumped to be working at a place I love, and also just to be making money in general. It's also sweet to get a 40% off discount (25% off sale items), but I dropped 40$ the other day reaaall quick. But I got some cute items:








Aaaand I had a savings of $17.50 with my discount! Yippee!

I guess that's all for tonight- tuning in to American Idol now. (They're a disappointing lot so far. We'll see, I guess.)