I'm Eating French Fries for Dinner

BAH! My classes start tomorrow! I'm excited, but also kinda surprised that it snuck up so quickly. It feels like just a few days ago that I was complaining about my roommates and staring down a 4 month vacation. Whew! But at least now I'll have something new to keep me occupied.

I'm a little disappointed in my lack of progress with the HP series. I'm still working on HBP, but I'm planning on finishing it tonight as soon as I clean my room and get everything ready for tomorrow. I'm at the part just after Harry has entered Slughorn's real memory. I think I can get through a hundred pages in one evening.

So yesterday I visited Melissa, who is living up here now, and we watched Miss Congeniality. It's such a good movie, although whenever I watch movies with my sisters, we are never short on laughs. I'm debating also watching Across the Universe while I clean my room and get organized tonight. I suppose we'll see.

Cooliosity

So I got to read a bit further into Stop in the Name of Pants. I'm so close to being done. It's funny - the more of the Georgia Nicholson books I read, the more I begin to speak think using some of the words from the books, like oo-er, nippy noodles, and adding -osity to words. It'll be interesting to switch from this to Harry Potter.

Speaking of HP, the trailer for Deathly Hallows came out! Here it is:

http://www.cleveland.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/06/harry_potter_and_the_deathly_h.html

I'm pretty excited to start reading the series again, and even more excited to see the movie, even though I wasn't a huge fan of the 7th book. We shall see.

So I have been contemplating this for a while: Disney should come out with a TV show about modern day versions of the Disney princesses. It could be set in a high school with all of the princesses and all of the villains and everything. I think it would be cool as long as Disney didn't make it stupid like Hannah Montana or Wizards of Waverly Place. It wouldn't be a sitcom, but more of a drama, like the shows on ABC Family. It could bring in older watchers (and by older, I mean teenagers) while still incorporating Disney elements. I really kinda want to see it happen.

So apparently my boyfriend is considering buying a house. He's convinced he can get a foreclosed house for really, really cheap, and that it would be a good investment, I suppose. He's 22. I don't know, I feel like he's not really ready for the responsibility of owning a home. His bills would double, he'd have to do upkeep, etc. Plus...I don't know, I feel like it's his way of saying that he's growing up, and I don't really know what that means in terms of us. So I don't know whether to help him with this or to tell him it's not a good idea. We'll see, I suppose.

...And Suddenly It's Summer

I am driving 85 in the kind of morning that last all afternoon...Why Georgia by John Mayer just popped up on my song list, so there you go.

Ahem. I could try to play off the fact that I completely stopped updating for a couple months, but I'm sure that by this point we've all moved on already. So we'll just maintain an aura of causulosity. Yup.

Can you tell I've been reading the Confessions of Georgia Nicholson series? It was the first bullet point on my summer reading list, which I will hopefully complete eventually. I'm on book nine, Stop in the Name of Pants. Ah, Louise Rennison, how I love thee! There are only ten books in the series, so I'm almost done. Apparently she's starting a new series that'll be out soon, but I feel as though nothing could top this one. I really wished she had just kept it going forever. I'm not even ashamed to admit the fact that I am a 20 year old who enjoys reading about 14 year olds. Seriously, it's the funniest series I've ever read.

Next on my list is obviously the tenth book, Are These My Basoomas I See before Me? But after that I'm moving onto Harry Potter. Surprise surprise. But it is a summer tradition, and this will be the first official time that I will have read the entire series back to back. After that, I do believe an HP movie marathon is in order.

Geh, it is so hot! Everyone has this misconception about Michigan being cold all of the time, but no, it's not. In fact, when you're trying to cut your electric bill by waiting as long as physically possible to turn on your A/C, it's freaking hot. Bah.

So I'm all moved into my new apartment, away from my former horrid roommate (she removed me from her friends list on facebook), so all is well on that front. I have my own room (!), so life is splendid. Even better: I got a job in April, working at Marshalls. It's ok, but at least I get paid for it. I'm also taking classes at the local community college since they're about half the price of the university I attend, which is always lovely. After this summer, all of my credits have to be earned at GVSU, so I'd like to save my money while I can.

Aside from finishing my summer reading list, I do have another summer goal: to get in shape. I'm not exactly on the hefty side (I'm a size 3), but I, like everyone else in the world, have flub, and it's not attractive. I'm also ridiculously out of shape, so I'm trying to work on that too. So I'm attempting to do a dance workout video (oo-er) and a yoga video. There are also a couple videos on Youtube that I'm attempting, so we'll see, I suppose. I'm also trying to get into cooking more, because although I love doing it, I don't too often. So wish me luck as I attempt to juggle work, class, yoga, dance, a reading list, and a social life. We shall see.

In a Much Better Mood

So I went back to Verizon today and discovered that I can get a new version of my same phone for $50, which is better than the $279 they're charging for their newer models now. I'm going back to the store later today to pick it up. I'm really excited! All of that worrying for nothing! However, I will miss the more sentimental stuff that was on my old phone, like pictures and some text messages that my boyfriend sent me. But I guess it's not that important in the scheme of things.

I like parodies. It's something that I've always enjoyed. I'm currently working on 2 Harry Potter ones, to the tunes of Good Morning Baltimore (Good Morning Voldemort) and We Didn't Start the Fire (no title yet). When I finish GMV, I kinda really want someone who can do animation to turn it into a little short. Thinking about it makes me rather excited.

And...that's about it for now.

HP Tonight!

I'm so excited - Harry Potter comes out tonight! I'm leaving class early to get to the theater by 9:10ish since there's gonna be a line. Hopefully we'll get good seats!

On a more book-related note, I'm about a page and a half into Loose and Easy. -Hides face in hands- I feel so ashamed! I know that I should read this book - I've been in desperate need of a romance novel for a looooong time. And there really is no excuse, because it's not like I'm actually doing anything. So hopefully I'll have a chance to sit down and read some of it tomorrow.

It's Been Awhile, Huh?

Sorry for the extreme delay in my latest post. I've been sorting out some issues, etc.

Anyway.

I started a new book, One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell, but was unable to finish it - it was taking me way too long, and honestly, I don't think it was worth the late dues I would've had to pay to my library. It was rather dry. However, I did finish The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Wow. Seriously. This book was insanely intense. I definitely did not predict the outcome, and the climax to the mystery kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Although there were some pretty dull parts that focused on economic standing of Sweden, which I really know nothing about and don't particularly care to, it was still really good. I'll be reading the next book in the series (even though I didn't realize it was a series until about 3 days ago) as soon as my library gets it.

The next book on my list is Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo, which I'm hoping will be a bit of a lighthearted, easy read. After The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I'm kinda looking for something a little bit less dramatic.

So I've gotten my boyfriend to start reading the Harry Potter books. He'd seen the movies but had never read the series, so I convinced him to try them out. He's on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows now, although he skipped the 5th book because he couldn't find it at any libraries around him and wanted to finish the series. It's actually kinda cool that he's reading the books because I am an HP junkie and it's cool to discuss and debate the books with a new person with new opinions. And speaking of HP, the time to pre-order tickets and such for the 6th movie is now, people! I'm probably going to call my theater later today and figure everything out.

Speaking of my boyfriend, I've had a dilemma as of late, but it actually has less to do with my boyfriend as it does all of my friends' lack of boyfriends. There is one that really needs a boyfriend so she can stop being, I'm sorry, a whiny, vicious bitch, and another who needs a boyfriend because she just seems genuinely lonely. (And it probably doesn't help that her little sister, who is 3 years younger, just acquired and dumped her first boyfriend.) The latter friend, Katie, isn't a social pariah - she talks to guys, has guy friends, and is simultaneously athletic and geeky. What guy wouldn't want a girl they could play baseball/basketball/volleyball with and then discuss the original Star Wars trilogy with? But there is something holding Katie back, and it's frankly that she dresses like her mother: non-fitted t-shirts, too long to be stylish shorts, chunky white gym shoes, etc. Let's be honest, in this world, you cannot get by on personality alone. Sometimes you need to look the part. And Katie isn't hideous or deformed. There's no reason why guys wouldn't like her if they didn't instantly label her as a geek because of how she looks. It actually really bothers me, because I know first hand how cool she is, and I want her outside to reflect her inside. I'm not saying she needs to change, I'm just channeling my inner What Not To Wear. Is that bad?