red shoes, red skillet

I just noticed that as of RIGHT NOW, I have 1,002 hits. I didn’t think it’d get that high, but thank you!

BY THE WAY TODAY IS TWILIGHT TUESDAY AND I HAVE BEEN DAZZLED.

I’m still being dazzled because all I’ve been doing for the past three weeks is reading and rereading the Twilight saga. Janes told me today that a special-edition of Eclipse is coming out on the 31st with Breaking Dawn’s cover art and first chapter and I just about died. I can’t bring myself to read it though–I’m a total purist (is that even the right word?) when it comes to obsessions and I refuse to listen to previews of songs that artists are about to release or read spoilers for movies or books.

So I will be patient, and wait for August 2nd.

Well, maybe I’ll look at the cover–cover art is nothing to me, especially since I don’t have the covers for the two hardcover books I own. Thanks for not giving me the covers, Eva, it makes the books much more mine.

I love this. I love Twilight. I love love love love it.

Mmmmmmmmm I should really discuss the recent Mark Wahlberg movie, Shooter, here. Sunny, Annie, Sophia, and I watched it over the weekend. Cinematography-wise, it is a beautiful, visually stunning film. Five seconds in, I knew this film was going to be beautiful. Just the scenery is reason enough to watch it , but the story is good, too.

I felt the movie went on too long after the last action sequence. This movie’s also dialouge-heavy and sometimes Mark Wahlberg speaks so fast you can barely catch the jokes. But! this movie provoked my thoughts about covert operations of the US military and the dealings of politicians.

At any rate, I really enjoyed this movie–but don’t watch it unless you have a lot of time to kill.

I had a really good day today.

I woke up late this morning, but got my act together and was even able to have a bacon-and-egg sandwich. It was surprising to see my mom make cook bacon since she usually throws stuff together in the morning. But I ate it and rushed out of the house knowing I’d be late.

By the time I swiped into the station, it was 7:39. I’d missed the latest possible train I could take. So I waited, figuring that it’s a new marking period and I could allow some latenesses under my belt. In the train, I mused that it’d be nice if the train would suddenly go on the G line, but let that go since I’d hoped for it before and it never happened.

But then when we pulled into Smith-9th, the conductor announced that after Bergen, this F train would switch over to the G line! Never in all four years has the train done this and on the day I have a smashingly good bacon-and-egg sandwich, on the day when it’s drizzling slightly, on the day I have my work slacks on and they feel amazingly good, THE F SWITCHES OVER TO THE G LINE.

I…got to school around the same time I always get to school when I take the 7:34.

Then during economics first period, only a handful of people were there. Out of team Chinatown, only Damala and I were there, so we were forced to play Acquire ( just sat there like a dead cat yesterday). We decided to add a new tile to H9, and bought more stocks of America. By the time Taniel joined us, American was sold and we recieved $5000 as a result, since we owned the most American stock. Awesome! Then Kenny came in and we played some more, and I think we’re doing well in the game–our first corporation is definitely safe, with 12 tiles.

Then then then during second period, we couldn’t play any music since the AP was going on around the corner and down the hall, so I had all period to do my math homework (which I’d sacrificed in order to read Twilight, WHICH IS AMAZING). So I did my math homework in a jiffy. And it was surprisingly easy!

Now I need to tell you. I’d had a title for this post worked out since this morning, but up until just now, I’d forgotten it and I had “i had a title for this, but i’ve forgotten it” as my post title. Well, obviously I remembered but here’s the reason behind the title:

I was bored as heck in Newman’s class yesterday and decided to try my hand at Solitaire on my phone. Up until yesterday, I always gave up on Solitaire since I’d end up being blocked by something. But then I was playing, and something in my mind clicked and I realized something about playing Solitaire, that all I had to do was look at the cards differently and strategize a little…and I won. And I’ve been winning Solitaire ever since.

Okay back to my wonderful day.

After second period was gym. Today was rainy and gray, so we stayed inside and played volleyball. I was excited for it, since we’re supposed to be playing handball for the rest of the days, and I dislike handball. Volleyball wasn’t great, but I had fun.

In philosophy, Mr. Stein brought in a tv and we watched the first episode of Lost. I don’t watch, but it was interesting. And I don’t see how it really relates to philosophy (although the TV Guides I used to get always talked about how Lost was full of theories and allusions and philosophical things). And Kenny gave me a Choco-Pie, so philosophy was that much better.

English was uneventful as usual, but math was gooooooood. Today was a shorter lesson than most, and he announced that we’d be getting handouts for homework from here on in! That means I don’t have to do my homework at home with textbooks! I can hang out after school and come home and do nothing and do math homework…IN SCHOOL! Wow I’m excited

After math and lunch, my day was okay, but all day I couldn’t stop thinking about Twilight. I made myself stay up to finish it and I did, and I love it so much. I love Edward and Bella, I love their story. And I wouldn’t usually read fantasy or vampire fiction, but Twilight is so legitimate and everything makes so much sense and Edward is perfect. Perfect.

And Eva’s going to lend me her copy of the second book, “New Moon!” And the library notified me about my reserved copy of “New Moon,” that it’s available for me to pick up now! How lovely, really.

This afternoon, I went straight home and took a good nap. Now I’m blogging about my wonderful day!

But one more thing!

My parents and I had just sat down to eat dinner when I my brother came home and put an opened Dell box on the floor. I glanced at it, then figured it was some parts he’d bought or something. But no!

MY BROTHER BOUGHT ME A LAPTOP. A LAPTOP, YOU GUYS.

A BEAUTIFUL DELL XPS PRODUCT RED LAPTOP FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU BRO!

We’d talked about getting me a laptop and picked one out, but I thought we were going to buy it together (he originally said he’d split the cost between himself and our parents). But then he went and ordered it and it’s so much more beautiful and streamlined than I imagined, with a lovely padded case for it and a cloth to keep it clean and and and…

IT TAKES MY FINGERPRINT AS MY PASSWORD.

And it has a remote that’s concealed into the laptop itself, and a button to turn on the laptop to use just for watching stuff, and it has a CD drive like the Wii (ie it sucks the CD in), and it has a webcam and a special version of Windows Vista and I love ittttttttttttttttttttttt.

I’m gonna go now, since It’s 10:30 and I haven’t written any new quotes.

LIFE IS AMAZING.

I can’t stop thinking about and watching the teaser trailer for the movie “Twilight.” “Twilight” is based on the first book of a series by Stephenie Meyer and…enough facts.

I saw the books in libraries and stores and their covers caught my eye, but I was sure I’d moved on from YA books, so I passed. Then I started hearing a lot of buzz on gossip sites about Robert Pattinson (aka Cedric Diggory in some vampire love story. I saw some set pictures and ogled him, but didn’t care/know much.

Then I watched the trailer on Sunday, out of curiosity.

Oh my god.

Robert Pattinson’s eyes. His eyes. I fell in love with him right there. I swear it’s like he’s looking into your soul, and in the most beautiful, serious way possible. And his eyes, his face after pushing the car away? I have no words. Near the end of the trailer, he has this insane half-smile that just…

Kristin Stewart is so beautiful. I first saw her in the movie “Catch That Kid” where she played a young mountain climber who executes a heist in order to save her dad. She looked and sounded like a tomboy then, but I’ve seen some recent photoshoots and she’s is definitely out of her awkward stage. She’s just gorgeous.

And they are gorgeous together.

And I am going to buy the book tomorrow if I have to. I can’t wait for this movie and to be immersed in this series.

Here’s the teaser trailer: