Oh. My. Gaaah.

Big Twilight news (I'm wondering if I should change this blog from one about my life to just about Twilight...although, they're kind of one in the same as of late).

TAYLOR LAUTNER IS OUT!

Okay, it hasn't been confirmed, but what HAS been confirmed is that the casting decision for Jacob Black is undecided...which, in code, means Lautner has been let go.

Also in casting news, apparently Ben Barnes (click here to see who he is) is campaigning for the role of Aro. I must say, at first I was kind of...eh, what!?! But the more I thought about it, the more I thought that would be bloody fantastic. I think he'd be brilliant for the part, and definitely a very wise route for the casting directors to take.

Anywhos, here are two links to the news:

MTV NEW MOON MOVIE CASTING NEWS

Perez Hilton

At first I wasn't sure about the supposed front-runner for Jacob Black's role, but just like Ben Barnes, the thought grew on me...I think he'd be good (at least physically. I think he definitely looks the part...we'll have to see acting-wise).

Hope everyone is doing well! I'm taking a break from studying for finals currently. 

Tomorrow I have three finals: French 7:30-9:30; World Religions 10-12; and Western Civ. 3:30-5:30. I'm leaving early Wednesday morning for the drive out back to AZ, and we'll be stopping in Albuquerque for the night. One of the girls that is driving out with me is getting dropped off in Albuquerque, so we're going to stay with her family. That way we don't have to spend any money on a motel room!

Although, we'll definitely have to drive slower than originally anticipated. Ice is everywhere, but thankfully there's no snow. Nothing has been falling from the sky, so I guess that's always a good thing. Hopefully it'll clear up some by Wednesday...but don't worry (and that means you, Mom). I'll be a good, responsible driver and I know my limits. If I don't feel comfortable driving, we'll find a hotel to stay in and we'll just take our time.

Anyways, I'm about off work and I'm hungry. Don't really know what I'll eat...perhaps some chips and salsa. I guess I'll go back to studying some more (although I definitely don't WANT to...but who ever wants to study?). Hope everyone is doing well and feeling super! I'll be home soon! WOOT!

Update!

Sorry, I know it's been awhile since I've updated. Anywho...

This weekend was fantastic! I was so excited to see Mandy and Abby and Amanda and her kids...it was just great to get a break from Cottey and spend some time with people I love. It was unbelievably cold in Iowa...in fact, it was colder there than down in Missouri. I asked my suitemates if they had gotten any snow while I was gone and they hadn't...while Iowa was in the 30 degree range, it was still in the 50s here in Nevada. But besides the cold and a little bit a snow (you can hardly call it that), it was so much fun. I drove up Friday night and we went to Wal-Mart then to P.F. Chang's. I had never been there before, and it was actually really good! Then we finally made it back to the hotel and went to bed after awhile. The next day, we went to the mall and shopped around...we didn't get to do much Saturday, simply because I had to leave early enough to give myself time to get back to Cottey. I bought some clothes and a few magazines at Barnes and Noble. I said goodbye, then drove back down. When I got back, I really wanted s'mores again, but we were out of chocolate, so Becky, Tiffany and I drove to Wal-Mart to get some more. Then, we were bored so we played the Ouiji board game. Kind of lame...I'm still convinced that Tiffany was moving it around just to mess with us.

According to the board game, I'm going to marry someone named Larry, who's two years older than me, and I'll meet him in my mid-twenties. I'm going to live in a mansion in L.A. and I'll have 5 kids, all but 1 will be boys. I'm not going to be a screenwriter, but I'll be an author, and what I'm working on now will be what gets my career started. I'll be going to college in Florida (even though I'm not even applying to any schools in Florida, despite how much I love it there), and I'll die when I'm 90. Crazy, right? Yeah, I don't believe any of it either. There's no way on this green Earth that I'm pushing out FIVE kids and marrying a guy named LARRY. Just...no. But anyways, it was a fun game to play...it was interesting to see what kind of responses we got.

Let's see, what else has been going on...tomorrow, I have another show (Mandy knows what I'm talking about haha) and I get to see The Maine!! I'm so excited about that...they're the whole reason why I'm going in the first place. I was going to make a shirt for the concert, but I don't think I'll have time to...oh well. Hopefully, I get to meet the guys again! Fingers crossed! And this time I'll bring my camera for sure...every time I either forget the camera or I bring it and the batteries die...I just can't seem to win.

Anywhos...hope everyone is doing well! I miss everyone from back home, and I can't wait for Thanksgiving! Love you all bunches!

Picture time!

So, I'm adding a whole bunch of new pictures from this weekend. A batch of them are from Halloween, a few are from the past, and a few more are from late, late last night. Tiffany got insanely hyper and decided to build a fort out of our cushions and so we took pictures. It was a pretty sweet fort I might add...even sweeter since we made it at 3 in the morning...well, actually 2 in the morning because daylight savings is over now. Tiffany I guess has this tradition where she stays up for daylight savings so she can adjust her clock right away (remember, she's insanely OCD), but she was really tired last night and got pretty loopy...thus, the fort.

But anyways, yeah so I've updated pictures...you can click here or go to my main profile page and click "My Web Page."

So, this weekend has been really long. Yesterday I did absolutely nothing. I literally didn't move hardly at all. I went to Sonic then the library, and that was the most movement I did all day. Tiffany and I sat on the couch all day and watched four movies (Little Miss Sunshine, Thirteen, Hook, and Peter Pan) and I think I might have gotten up about four times from the couch. I didn't even get up for dinner--we just ordered pizza and Tiffany went out to get it when it was delievered. Yeah...crazy. But it was fun. I'm glad I just vegged all day and did nothing. Well, late at night Tiffany decided to build the fort, but that was the most activity for us. Today, I think I'll actually do my homework and possibly get ahead...who knows!?

Ooh, I decided to bite the bullet and pre-order the Twilight soundtrack. I wasn't going to at first, because I only liked the song by Paramore, but then last night someone had posted links to the (not-even-released-yet) songs and so I got to hear the soundtrack, and it's actually pretty good once all the songs are put together. My favorites are still "Decode" but also "Never Think" by...dun dun dun...Robert Pattinson! Yes, ladies and gents, he can sing--and well. I've heard him sing on YouTube, but trust me, those do not do him justice. He sounds so much better in the studio, where they can kind of clean it up a bit. But on the pre-order soundtrack, there's 3 bonus songs, and one of them is another song by Robert Pattinson, so I'm pretty excited about that. The Linkin Park song is growing on me...I'm not the biggest fan of them, but I think the song fits. I also love the Muse song, but I've had that song for awhile now.

Most of you can probably see I added a music player to my blog. Those are my four favorite songs as of right now (except I did want to add "Decode" by I couldn't find it because it's so new). But you should all take a listen to the songs...they're fun. I've been fortunate to see three of the four bands on the playlist, and I can say they're all amazing live.

Let's see...what else to update on...um, about 3 weeks until I'm home! Woot!! I'm super excited and I can't wait to be home in Arizona. Yesterday, when we were watching Little Miss Sunshine, I noticed how some of it takes place in Arizona and I think I was driving Tiffany crazy because I kept being like "ooh, look, that's I-10! Oh, Carefree highway! Look, Scottsdale! ARIZONA!" and I think she could have cared less. But oh well, seeing my home state in movies just makes me happy. But anyways, I'm going to be home soon!

Woot!

These are from our s'mores-making adventure. Our marshmellows almost exploded. They were so huge, I wanted to take a picture of them in the microwave. Then the other picture is of Tiffany...we melted the chocolate too much and she could barely eat it and she got the stuff all over her face. She looked like a 3-year-old...

These pictures are from this weekend's GP tradition. GP stands for Great Pumpkin and it's where the seniors put together a haunted house for the freshmen. I was a crazy girl in a mental hospital that cut her wrists to paint with her blood. Creepy, right?

For the squeamish, I'm just posting the links to two of the pictures, instead of the actual pictures. It's NOT real, but it looks it.

Wrists 1

Wrists 2

So, this was on MSN today on the homepage. It made me pretty darn excited, I'm not gonna lie.

He looks mighty handsome! I saw another new TV advertisement that included a few snippets of Renee talking with Bella. I'd post the link but the quality is really bad so it's not really worth reposting as of right now.

There was something else I was going to post about on here, but now I can't remember. Hope everyone is doing well!

I'm kind of angry with my computer right now. For some reason, earlier today the internet just cut off unexpectedly and when I logged back in, all of the old settings were restored. It shows when I misspell a word (which is a lot...but still!), it doesn't highlight things in the color I had it set to...it's just obnoxious.

Um, anyways...nothing else to update on. Tomorrow night I have another show I'm going to. It's The Academy Is... and other groups that I've never heard of before. Ha, I'm just along for the ride!

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

Week Update.

So, I had a pretty busy week, basically.

I wish I could remember that busy week I had, but I just can't. Basically, it's more of the same...it just feels like a lot. October is going to be one crazy busy month, I know that's for sure! This weekend is Family Weekend, so that's going to be insane. Next weekend is our 3-day weekend (finally!) and my senior, Miranda, will be down here. It also happens to be my suitemate, Marina's, 21st birthday! I'm not quite sure how we're going to celebrate, but I know she wants to do something. Then, we have "C For Yourself" weekend the following weekend, and chances are we'll have a perspective, which means we'll have a girl or two stay with us in the suite for the whole weekend. Somewhere in there is another suitemate, Tiffany's birthday. The week after THAT is another suitemate, Arlette's birthday. On top of all of that, I have two concerts that I'm going to. PLUS, I have midterms, Halloween, club activities that I have to do, work stuff...oh, and did I mention school? Ha, yeah that's kinda important.

I wish I were home right about now. If I were, I know this month would be a lot less crazy, and I'd get to see the family (Tammy's birthday is coming up...seriously, is everyone's birthday in October!?) and I'd get to see the friends (Kristyna and I plan on having a Twilight day along with a veg-and-watch-cheesy-80s-movies day). Granted, my schedule would be busy at home as well, but it just wouldn't seem as crazy. Maybe that's because I'd have family and friends there to help me with things. Here, it's all on my shoulders. If I don't do something, it doesn't get done...and I guess that's just what happens when you have to become "mature" and "responsible." Who said being mature was a good thing? Could you imagine a world in which being immature and lazy would be the norm, and it would be seen as a bad thing to be responsible? I'm not saying I'd like that kind of world too much, but it would be interesting if everything were reversed.

Now I'm just rambling. I guess I have nothing to update everyone on, just the fact that I'm insanely busy...but that's not much of an update. Anywho, I miss everyone at home! Hope Arizona is treating everyone well...it's getting chilly here in Nevada. I wore a sweatshirt all day today...even during Ballroom dance!

Speaking of Ballroom dance, I kind of want to show everyone my new sweet dance moves when I get home. We learned the Swing, and now we're doing the Cha Cha. Pretty exciting stuff! I'm actually getting really into it, and I really love that class. I find myself looking forward to it quite a bit.

Weekend Recap.

Well, I had a busy weekend. I guess I'll break it down by day.

Friday

Friday was kind of crazy because I had school but I also had a concert in Kansas City later that night. School went fine...didn't do much in classes. I had to get ready quickly for my concert and I had to pack for spending the night at Kelsi's house. Kaeli had offered a girl from Cottey a ride up to the airport (since we were already headed that way), so we drove the girl to the MCI airport, stopped at Chipolte for something to eat, then went to the Starlight Theatre to see Augustana, Counting Crows, and Maroon 5. We were kinda sad because we thought the concert had started at 7:30 but it started at 7. By the time we got there, Augustana had played all but 2 of their songs, so we missed out on that. Counting Crows were good, although I've only heard a few of their songs. Maroon 5 (the main reason why we went to the concert) was AMAZING. Absolutely fabulous! They sounded as good--if not better--as they do on their albums. Anyways, we didn't get out of the concert until 11:30 and we had to drive up to St. Joe to stay with Kelsi and her family. By the time we got there and got settled in it was 2:30am, so needless to say, we were pretty darn tired.

Saturday

We got up around 9ish, but didn't end up leaving Kelsi's house until 11:30 or so. It was so amazing to see her family again. Her mom and dad were there, along with her boyfriend, Adam. I was kind of sad that we didn't get to spend much time with them, but Kaeli wanted to leave early to go shopping in Kansas City, and since she was the driver, we left relatively early. We drove back down to Kansas City and went to Zona Rosa. First we went to get movie tickets (we saw Lakeview Terrace which was surprisingly really good!), then we went to this frozen custard place that was very yummy! After the movie, we walked around Zona Rosa shopping centers. Kaeli wanted to go to Forever 21, so we spent some time in there, and I wanted to go to Barnes and Noble. It was a really nice B&N...it was even two stories! I bought this book, but I haven't started reading it yet. I think it's an interesting story though, especially since it's a memoir. After B&N, we decided we were tired so we headed on back to Cottey. We didn't get back until 7:30ish, though. Once I got back, I hung out with Tiffany at work and we watched Big Trouble...man, I love that movie! After that we just hung out for awhile, then eventually I made my way over to bed.

Sunday

Woke up early because I had to be at work by 9am. Worked for an hour, then decided that I was still sleepy, so I went back to bed. I must have been really sleepy, because I didn't wake up again until noon. When I woke up a second time, I decided it was time for a change. So I did something crazy...

I know this isn't the best picture, and it's the only one I have so far but I'm sure more will come. Click here.

All I'm going to say is it's a big change but I love it! I'm so glad I finally did it...and more pictures will be coming!

Procrastinating.

Procrastinating is never a good thing. It's not necessarily that I'm procrastinating right now, I just feel kind of behind in things. I wish I could get ahead instead of being barely caught up in the work for my classes. I know I have a lot going on...I just need to pace myself and balance things out. Eh...oh well.

So, I got a lovely letter in the mail today from Kristyna with some purdy pictures of Gossip Girl people. Speaking of Gossip Girl, I'm finally caught up on the show! I must say, the third episode was my favorite. I love Chuck Bass even though he's conniving and devious, I still love him. He's just one of those characters you hate to love. Also, I finally caught up on 90210. I love that show too, even though it's ridiculously cheesy. I can't believe Dylan is the father of Kelley's baby! I was definitely shocked when I saw that.

Anyways, not much going on in my life. I have a meeting tonight for CBS (Cottey Big Sisters) and then I have to work until 11. I'll probably get some reading in while I work...I just hate having a late meeting time THEN having to work right after. I guess I'll deal.

Tomorrow is the concert! Kaeli and I are going to see Maroon 5 then staying the night at Kelsi's house. We'll be driving back down to Kansas City and spend the day there. I'd like to look around at little shops instead of the big chain stores...you know, explore a different side of Kansas City. Also, we might go to a movie. I really want to see The Duchess with Kiera Knightley. It looks SO good, and the reviews for it haven't been bad at all. So, we'll see!

A Rush of Blood to the Head.

Well, nothing to report. Monday I have a movement quiz in Ballroom Dance, which should be interesting. We've been learning the Swing dance, which is actually quite fun. Once you get into it, you find yourself adding "flair" to the dance moves...but yeah it's really fun. You'd be surprised at the kind of work out you can get from dancing. Every time I have that class, I come out sweating but feeling good...like I've accomplished something.

Anywhos, like I said nothing much is going on. Tonight, Kaeli and I went to see a movie, which was horrible. Probably, the biggest waste of time and money I've experienced in awhile. So note to everyone reading this: do not see My Best Friend's Girl, with Dane Cook and Kate Hudson. It was crude, disgusting, and degrating quite honestly. I usually love Kate Hudson, but she was a huge disappointment. And Dane Cook...well, I did see Good Luck, Chuck so I know how dirty he can be, but in this movie it was ridiculous. And he looked horrible...normally I think he's pretty handsome, but in this movie he looked horrible...and so did Kate Hudson, matter of fact. It was just bad. Very, very bad.

Ooh some Twilight news: Paramore will be on the soundtrack for the movie. Apparently, the lead singer, Haley Williams, is obsessed with the book series and was so excited when she found out they wanted Paramore to be on the soundtrack. I guess she wrote two songs for the movie, one called "Decode" and another one that is yet-to-be-titled. Also, "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse will be on the soundtrack (I believe). I can't say for sure that's the exact song on the soundtrack, but I know Muse will definitely be on there in some form. Muse was a huge inspiration for Stephenie Meyer during the writing of the series, so it's no surprise they will be on the soundtrack. Also, two original songs by Robert Pattinson (yes...that's right...songs by Edward himself! Excited much!?) will be on there, and the composer for No Country for Old Men will be writing the official Bella's Lullaby. Originally, Robert Pattinson composed something on the spot and they were going to use that, but apparently he didn't like what he had composed and declined to let them use that. Anywho, I found a YouTube video of Robert Pattinson singing and I was shocked by his voice. It's kind of like a cross between Damien Rice and the guy from the movie Once. I suggest Googling both of those artists, then finding the YouTube video of Robert and comparing them (but I warn you: Robert is definitely an amateur and needs to clean up the vocals, but it's still good for a newbie.)

Wow, that was an awefully long Twilight update. Sorry about that...you know how I can get.

Finally...

So, today is always my busiest day. I have a PEP Meeting from 11-12, I work from 12-1, I have class from 1-2:15 then another class from 2:30-3:45. Basically, between 11 and 3:45, I get a 15 minute break...like I said, busiest day.

I think something is going around, because two of my suitemates are sick. One is worse than the other, but still--suites are breeding grounds for all kinds of germs. In short, I'm steering very very clear from these two.

I should be posting pictures of my room shortly. Today I'm going to be going to Wal-Mart to pick up some 3M products so I can hang up the rest of my posters and such...and I need to clean up a little bit, but after that pictures will be coming soon.

Anyways, things are going decently. Not too much going on, just busy that's all. We're getting ready for some traditions, such as VAC Hour and GP (VAC = Virginia Alice Cottey Hour, which is when the freshmen get their Baby Blues; GP = Great Pumpkin, a really fun Halloween tradition which includes a haunted house!). GP is probably one of my all-time favorite traditions, so I cannot WAIT for that one. VAC was fun last year, simply because it was so unexpected. They make you believe that everyone will be spending an hour in their rooms privately, "studying" when in fact they interrupt and have a cool tradition in the parlor.

Well, I'm getting ready to take Arlette (my suitemate from Rwanda) to the pharmacy, so gotta run! Hope everyone is doing well!

Howdy Doody!

Hello one and all.

So, I got this idea from a fellow friend of mine about making a blog. See, I realize that I'm far away from home, and people want to know what's going on with me. This year I'm crazy busy, which means I don't have a lot of time to call everyone or text everyone or email everyone about what's going on with me. So, I stole the idea of making a blog and sending out the links so everyone can read for themselves! I know...pure genius, right!

Anyways, I'll post as often as I can, and I'll be posting my school schedule so people know where I'll be at any given time. This also makes it easier for phone conversations, etc. And I'll be posting pictures as the year goes on, so stay tuned for that!