Finally!

Before I write anything, by request here's a picture:

(You can see my gigantic Edward poster in the background haha)

I need to take a shower and put my new batteries into my camera and then I will post more new pictures.

Wow, I have many things to blog about lately.

First, anyone like the new layout? I made the last layout myself, and I made this one myself as well. I found that picture on a site called deviant art and it's by a very talented artist. Also, the lyrics are from a song called "Decode" by Paramore! This is the first single off of the Twilight soundtrack, and I absolutely love the song! So yes...I know it's dark, but I thought it'd be a good fall layout.

Second, I know it's been awhile since I've updated on what's going on. This weekend, my senior from last year, Miranda, drove down to stay the weekend with us! I was so excited to see her, and I realized how much I miss that crazy kid. We had a blast, but I felt kind of bad--all we did were watch movies and hang out at AJ's Coffee Rush. But I guess that's all we EVER do here, so it wasn't too big of a deal. This weekend I saw a ton of movies:

• The Goonies
• Yours, Mine & Ours
• Eagle Eye
• Burn After Reading
• Bridget Jones's Diary 2: The Edge of Reason
• Nights in Rodanthe

The three new movies were all very good, but very different. Eagle Eye was very action-packed, but it kept me entertained. The only problem I had was the chemistry between the two leads, and the casting of the lead characters. It was a little awkward. Burn After Reading was funny...but I honestly couldn't tell you what happened. The weird thing was, none of the characters in the movie had any idea what was going on either, and I think that's what made it so funny. Brad Pitt was brilliant in it, although his character was definitely less than brilliant. He played a personal trainer in this gym, and man did he do a good job at that! I would suggest seeing the movie just to see a goofy Brad Pitt. Nights in Rodanthe was...well, I guess all I have to say is this: it's by the same guy that did A Walk to Remember and The Notebook. Nicholas Sparks is an evil, evil man. He gets a thrill out of making women (and some men) cry like a baby on the day it was born. I bawled...literally. I was hiccuping and there were snot bubbles...it was bad. The crying, not the movie. The movie was incredible, but very sad.

What else...ooh, today I had off. It was our one day that we get off other than the three major breaks. I did absolutely nothing today, but I'm okay with that. It's nice to have a break like that...although every weekend I do absolutely nothing. I guess it's because I'm so busy during the week, I just need the weekend to catch up on sleep and just getting some good rest in.

I've been working on my (gasp) novel. It feels weird saying I'm working on a novel, but I've gotten far enough in the writing that it feels like it's moved on from just being a "story" to a novel. When I'm done with the synopsis of the whole thing, I might be brave and send it to the family. This is the first thing that I've felt confident enough in to have other people read it. Most things I write, I keep to myself...which probably isn't a good thing, especially since I plan on making my career in writing. I have to get over that fear, and I feel like what I'm writing now will help me with that.

Things have been going...okay...in the suite. There's been some tension between Kaeli and I, and I really don't know why. I know I need to talk to her about it and not let it just fester, but it's like when I get the nerve to talk to her about it, things get a little better between us and then I feel like I don't need to talk to her. Then something will happen later on, and I feel the tension again. It's weird. But, I've decided I need to hang out with other people. I think I'll start in Ohio Suite...I'll just go up there when I'm bored and start hanging out with them. I know a few girls up there, so it'll be good. And I believe I'll hang out with Taylor some more (she's from Mesa too). We're already going to a concert together and she'll be driving back home with me, so it'll be cool to hang out with Taylor some more.

Speaking of driving home, so far I have two other passengers for the ride back to Arizona. Paige and Taylor both will be riding with me, however Paige won't be driving back with me until we get to New Mexico. I'd like to possibly find one more person perhaps, for at least some of the way...then I think we'll be good. I don't want to get the car too full, because it's a long drive and no one wants to be uncomfortable for 1200 miles.

Stupid Facebook is acting up with me. I keep trying to comment to Kristyna and it won't let me. Arg...oh, and I got another girl hooked on Twilight. I gave her the first book the night before last, and she's already pretty far into New Moon. I know I'm going to have a ginormous group going with me to the midnight showing, so that'll be exciting. It's always fun to go to those kinds of things with a big group of people. I wish that the movie theatre here in Nevada would show Twilight. If they did, I bet Cottey could set up a thing where they rent out a whole theatre...they'd need it with as many Cottey girls who are fans of the books. It's crazy at how many fans are here on campus...but that's good! It's always nice to see people excited about reading for a change.

Lastly, you need to watch this video. Seriously.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNW5A0HfzDM