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30 Day Meme: Day 15 – A Fanfic

4 Feb 2010

Day 15 — A Fanfic

I don’t really read much fanfiction anymore. No time! When I do, though, it’s of the Dawson’s Creek variety. Particularly if it centers around Pacey and Joey.

It’s been awhile but one of my favorite DC fanfic authors is Juliet. I especially enjoyed Shadows of Starlight I, which is her re-imagining of season 3. It takes the best plots and dialogue of the season (Pacey and Joey!, “I remember everything”), gets rid of the bad (Eve, AJ), and fills in with characters and storylines that make sense. It’s an awesome fic. The only problem I have with it is that for some reason, many apostrophes and quotation marks seem to be missing so it’s a little difficult to read. But it’s definitely worth it.

Now I’m all nostalgic — off to re-read some fics!

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30 Day Meme: Day 14 – A Non-Fictional Book

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3 Feb 2010

Day 14 — A Non-Fictional Book

I don’t read a lot of non-fiction. What can I say? I prefer “escaping” into the books I read. But as you know, I’m a huge Disneyland fan and I just *had* to read Mouse Tales: A Behind the Ears Look at Disneyland by David Koenig. It’s a quick and fun read filled with everything from the history of the park to hilarious insider gossip and even to the darker side of lawsuits and accidents. I have a tendency to romanticize all things Disney and even this book can’t tarnish the magic. Highly recommended for any Disney fan.

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30 Day Meme: Day 13 – A Fictional Book

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2 Feb 2010

Day 13 — A Fictional Book

I missed a couple days. Oops. I was out all day on Saturday and was too exhausted yesterday to get in front of the computer.

So… I’ve actually been reading books! Last year was a total fail in that area but I’m off to a good start this year. YAY. One of the books I’ve read is Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. It’s the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. I wasn’t sure if I’d like this book (I favor light! and happy! type books) but I really, really did. I thought it was a satisfying combination of vampire fantasy, romance, humor (Bubba!) and suspense. Sookie is a slightly ditzy but engaging and spunky main character and she’s surrounded by a colorful cast of Southerners (including vampires) in Bon Temps. There’s one central plot in this book that drives the story forward and keeps you guessing until the end (at least it did for me… or maybe I just didn’t catch any of the clues). If you’re looking for a quick and easy read, I highly recommend this book. I received the first 3 books as a gift so I’m excited to get started on the second one.

This book also makes me want to check out True Blood again. I watched the first 2 or 3 (?) episodes a year ago at a friend’s house but since I didn’t have HBO, I never finished the first season. Still don’t but maybe I’ll rent the DVDs when I have time…

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30 Day Meme: Day 12 – Anything!

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30 Jan 2010

Day 12 — Anything!

Since this seems to be the picture part of the meme, I’m going to post another one…

BWAHAHAHA. This is my cousin Riz and me (I’m on the left) in the Philippines in December ‘83. This was the first time we met (she lived there at the time)! We already look like troublemakers.

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30 Day Meme: Day 11 – A photo of you taken recently

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28 Jan 2010

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

This is from my last trip to Disneyland during the holidays. There was finally NO LINE to take pictures in the tea cup so I hopped in. This is the closest I can get to the ride now — it makes me sick and dizzy so quickly. Getting older suuuucks.

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30 Day Meme: Day 10 – A photo of you taken over 10 years ago

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27 Jan 2010

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over 10 years ago

OMG. Rob and I look so young here! LOL. This was taken at the beginning of my sophomore year in college (Sept ‘98) in my dorm room. I think we were either going to or coming from a Hawaiian-themed party, which explains the aloha gear. NO, we were not dating yet. That didn’t happen for another 7 months.

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30 Day Meme: Day 9 – A photo you took

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26 Jan 2010

Day 09 — A photo you took

I’m *so* not a photographer so there’s probably about a million things wrong with this picture but it makes me smile. So I love it. I took this during my 30th birthday trip to Disneyland (hmm, that reminds me that I never blogged about it — must do that someday).

Random — Rob and I made this chicken piccata recipe for dinner tonight. OMG. So good! I especially love the tart lemon sauce. Serve it with a side of rice pilaf and asparagus and you’re golden. YUM.

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30 Day Meme: Day 8 – A photo that makes you angry/sad

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26 Jan 2010

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad
I’m gonna go for sad. And wistful. Because I don’t really want to look for a picture that makes me angry.

This is one of the few pictures I have scanned of my parents and me (all the others are in albums at my dad’s house). Seeing it makes me miss my mom something fierce. She passed away almost 17 years ago and there isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t think about her.

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up in the air

In: movies

24 Jan 2010

So I did talk Rob (and my cousin) into watching Up in the Air last weekend and I liked it!

Spoilers?

I think I liked it so much because I was intrigued by Ryan’s (George Clooney) job of traveling back and forth across the country to fire people. I mean, is there really such a job?! And I found it believable that someone who has this job would live a nomadic lifestyle as well — only living for miles and elite status, pushing friends and family away to avoid having a place to call “home.” I ended up really sympathizing with him as the movie went on. And I attribute a lot of that to George Clooney. Ryan probably wouldn’t have been as likable and charming a character if it weren’t for him.

Towards the end of the movie, I thought they were going for the whole “he gets the girl — and regains his life” ending and as much as I’m a romantic, it wasn’t true to life and I didn’t want the movie to go in that direction. I’m glad it didn’t. Life isn’t easy and I think that Ryan needed to learn that emotional connection doesn’t always happen when you want it to. So I was much happier that the ending was left… up in the air (haha, pun intended). That you weren’t quite sure where Ryan was headed. Was he going to revert back to where he started? Or was he going to move forward and regain his life? I hope it was the latter.

Aside from the story, I thought the acting was solid. Vera Farmiga was beautiful and strong as Alex. But Anna Kendrick’s Natalie Keener totally stole the movie! (She was also one of the best parts of New Moon). She really holds her own against the other two more experienced actors. In fact, my favorite scenes were the ones of the three of them drinking and party-ing in Miami. The casting department really did a great job with this ensemble. They’re so deserving of all their award nominations.

It’s not a movie for everyone but I really appreciated it and hope you will too!

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30 Day Meme: Day 7 – A photo that makes you happy

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24 Jan 2010

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

My wedding pictures always make me happy. Like, deliriously. This particular one of Rob and me cutting the cake is definitely a favorite. Look how happy we are! The ceremony was over and all we had to do was have fun with our family and friends.

Thanks Apertura for the lovely photo and to Heidelberg Bakery for the scrumptious and beautiful cake!