Who would I be?

Number of naps so far today: 0
Number of calories burned: gah
Books read over vacation: 7
Books left to read: all of them
Number of times seen Twilight: 3

I was thinking about Greek myths this morning. Don't know why, since it has nothing to do with Christmas really, but I was. Where do I belong in that? Am I more of an Aphrodite (ha) or a Hestia (more likely). I think that's the ultimate personality test. Which Greek god are you? It's the original archetype. I'd love to know the Hera's out there so I can avoid being turned into a cow. The Zeus' would just be whores. The Bacchus' of the world might be cool to hang out with. The Demeter's would have seasonal depression, among other emotional problems.

As romantic as I am I don't think I would be Aphrodite. The original one was all for the true love, but the second one was waaaaay more lusty. I'm way more romantic (example: I had to buy a new Pride and Prejudice DVD because I watched the other one some many times it stopped working). Maybe I'm just a Hestia. I am a homebody, so it wouldn't be that difficult for me to guard the hearth and home, but I'm no housewife either. I guess most people are a combination of different gods.

Why is weather so scary?

Number of naps so far today: 0
Number of calories burned: none, none, NONE!
Books read over vacation: 6
Books left to read: all of them
Number of times seen Twilight: 3

So I was watching my local news today and the top story was the weather. Dear sweet mother of Yoda... IT WAS RAINING! Let's drop everything and get into a storm shelter because who knows the horrific damage RAIN can do!!!! Not even a thunderstorm, just RAIN!

Is it just me? Am I the only one who isn't freaked out by simple weather occurrences? Even my grandmother won't go out to do errands when it's raining. It's not like there's a plague of locusts outside, the water won't burn our skin and the lack of sunlight isn't going to do any damage either. If the streets were flooding I would understand getting freaked out, but to spend most of the newscast updating viewers on the amount of rain... really? And I don't need to be reminded millions of times that once the temperature reaches a certain point the water will freeze and turn to snow. If there is an actual chance we will get snow in the valley, say it, don't allude to it if we aren't. Come on, we haven't had snow here in a long time, don't get people's hopes up.

And yes, when it rains I pretend i am in Washington waiting for Edward Cullen to find me.

Wimbledon

Number of naps so far today: one
Number of calories burned: negative a lot
Amount of money school owes me: atleast $30
Amount of money school will admit they owe me: $0
Number of times seen Twilight: 3

I love tennis. My favorite grand slam is Wimbledon. My favorite tennis movie also happens to have that same name. And now it is available to be viewed on Hulu.com. No joke. I will be spending most of my vacation watching that movie over and over and gazing in wonderment at Paul Bettany's ass, which appears in pretty much every movie I have seen him in. You go Paul Bettany!

Winter Break Goals

Number of naps so far today: none, sadly
Number of calories burned: none, happily
Motivation to check grades and send transcripts: 0
Number of times seen Twilight: 3
Number of shirts finished today: 2

I need to start my list of things to do over winter break.

1. Read as many books as I can.
2. Get rid of 15 lbs.
3. Catch up on movies that I haven't had time to see.
4. Watch Twilight many more times.
5. Watch TV series I didn't have time to watch.
6. Make tons of Christmas presents for everyone before I move!
7. Get together with everyone before I move!!
8. Pack things.
9. Sell a bunch of stuff I don't need anymore.
10. Catch up on naps.

That's the basic list. Now on to some details.
DVDs I will rent:
-The Tudors season 2
-Arrested Development- all the seasons
-Sex in the City- all seasons (believe it or not i have yet to see every episode in order)
-John Adams miniseries

Books I will read:
-Sookie Stackhouse Series
-Twilight series
-Harry Potter series
-Divine Comedy
-Works of Jane Austen
-Seven Years in Tibet
-Works of Jack Kerouac
-Stuff by Gregory Maguire
-Stuff by Anthony Bourdain
-Mrs. Dalloway
-Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
-Harry A History
-Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
-Atlas Shrugged
-Catch 22
-Austenland

Cute Stuff From Fred Flare .com

$7 "bookworm bookmarks" I would use these and give them to all my friends. Clever, cute and simple

$10 "punctuation pagemarks" I would use these! I know I could just write these out on plain pagemarkers but this is so much cuter and cuts out the time spent writing.

$15 "Five year diary" I like this mainly for the design. It's cute and simple, but probably not worth the money since I would never remember to write in it.
$10 "frozen smiles ice cube tray" How awesome would this be to give to an older person in the family? Or to just plunk down one of these ice cubes in someone drink when they aren't looking?

$24 "mini boombox iPod speaker pouch" I shouldn't have to justify why I think this is awesome.

$10 "Purple Lace Flats" Sadly they sold out of these before I even knew of their existence, but that doesn't take away from their cuteness. Purple+flats+lace=perfection for me.

$35 "Meg Ruffle Bib Top" I love plaid. I need some decent clothes for interviews and such. I think this would be an awesome addition to my wardrobe.

$15 "Buttered toast wallet" I don't need this, but I'm sure someone I know would. Don't get the toast thing, but it's cute and looks real.

$29 "Obsessed with Star Wars" Why yes, I am. I used to be really into Star Wars. I still have tons of Star Wars stuff. If I have a roommate I feel sorry for her, she'll have to put up with a lot of weird stuff. I wouldn't mind testing my Star Wars knowledge.

$64 "Lady Lumberjack ruffle dress" I love plaid, as has been established, but I haven't really seen a lot of plaid dresses out there. So I was instantly drawn to this. I'm not a ruffle fan, but for this dress I would be ok with it.

$28 "Peace of cake mold" I would buy this for myself. I love peace symbols and this would be so awesome. It would make me enjoy baking.

$9 "wacky bandages" I saw that they have bandages in the shape of meat and lips, but why toast? Nothing against toast, it just doesn't make any sense to me.

$7 "love tape" Mostly this reminds me of the Flight of the Conchords songs "Sellotape of Love." It's probably one of my favorite songs that they do.

$10 "gin & titonic ice cube tray" How cute is this? You get a tray that makes ice cubes in the shape of icebergs and the Titanic. I would be amused for a long time with this.

Finished!

Number of naps so far today: 1 (super nice one too)
Number of calories burned: 130
Motivation level to finish out the semester: It's over!!
Number of times seen Twilight: 3
Number of books finished today: 0

Yeah. I finished school today. I thought it would be a super awesome day of celebrations and relief. I was relieved, but it was a weirdly sad day. My first final today was speech and we had to give a final speech on whatever, we weren't graded on content, just being there and saying something counted, but a lot of people had really sad speeches. I talked about things I would miss about the town, and how I would miss the people I had met. The people in some of my classes feel like family to me, so it kind of feel like I'm leaving my family.

After my finals I went to my optometrist for the last time. I've been going there since I was in the second grade so I know most of the people that work there, and I've known them for a long time. It was sad to say goodbye. Now I have to find all new doctors and hang out places. At least the place I'm moving has a Barnes and Noble and a public library.

I feel like I should be worrying a lot more about moving and starting a legit college, but right now I feel more lost than anything. Not lost, I guess, more like I think I should be doing something. I feel like I should be doing homework, or rather putting it off. Or working on story assignments. I guess the end of the semester just came so quickly that I wasn't prepared to be at my typical vacation laziness level.

I have big plans for this vacation. Mostly reading book I haven't had a chance to all semester. Twilight again. I haven't read Harry Potter for more than a year (no lie) and I read it every year, so I'll do that. I have to read Northanger Abbey and Persuasion because those are the only books by Jane Austen that I haven't read. I need to catch up on movies too. I want to watch Twilight a few more times before it leaves the theater. I have to make Christmas/b-day/care package presents. Gah. So much to do, but right now I'm just going to read and listen to more music on Ruckus.

Vampires

Number of naps so far today: 1 (it was very, very nice)
Number of calories burned: 130
Motivation level to finish out the semester: Don't think it matters at this point
Number of times seen Twilight: 2
Number of books finished today: 1

So I was mulling over the idea of being a vampire, since that's what I'm currently into. As cool as it would be, because it is very cool, I can't help but be hesitant. I realize that there's no way I could become one, but if the possibility existed I would have some issues.

First of all... I like to nap. If I were to become a vampire I would have to give up naps. Admittedly I wouldn't ever be sleepy, but I like taking a nap. There are nappy days. Like foggy days, and slightly muggy days. Those days are my stay-home-and-sleep-and-read-and-sleep-some-more days. I like just being able to lay down and slowly drift to sleep. Plus, even though my dreams are slightly weird, and sometimes really weird, I would miss trying to make some sense of them.

Another problem would be that I like to eat. As a vampire I would only be able to subsist on blood, and yes, I guess I could still eat my favorite foods, but they wouldn't taste as good, so why bother. I wouldn't be able to enjoy hot chocolate or chocolate croissants. Just the thought of never having those things again makes me sad.

My last big issue with being a vampire would be the whole blood thing. I'm a vegetarian, and I have been for awhile, so the thought of blood (or anything) from a living thing really bothers me. I know in Twilight there are vampires who just drink animal blood, but I don't know if I could do it.

Of course, all these issues would be meaningless once I really thought about all the time I would then have to read everything. Ahhh.....