Jingle All the Way

Well kids, Thanksgiving has happened and now the Christmas season is in full swing at my house. I can't decorate too much this year because I have moved and I only have the one room. But never fear people, I am constantly listening to Christmas music, lighting my Christmas candle, crocheting gifts, and watching festive movies to keep me in high spirits. I am even managing to get some of my homework done; although, given that it is dead week,  I don't really have the motivation anymore. I have a rough draft due on thursday, but I am waiting til the last possible moment. When December gets here I get a little ADD when it comes to school. ooooh is that something sparkly? Is that something plastered in the colors of red and green? Ooooh Christmas music...is that cinnamon I smell...oh my gosh I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!  I am going to celebrate it right now by making some delicious hot chocolate with a candycane melted inside. YUM!

Things I am Thankful for

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!! Despite my extreme excitement for Christmas, I feel I must give a nod to Thanksgiving. To me it is all part of the Holidays and it is a fantastic day to get together with people you love and share great food and good times with. This Thanksgiving I will be spending it with my Oregon family, The Earls. They are a great family and they are super hilarious, so naturally I fit right in. The Earl family tradition is to go to movies on Thanksgiving. I never really did this, but I do love me some movies... Anyway, we want to see Tangled. It is a new animated movie and it looks really exciting. Instead of waiting though, we are going to go see it tonight. And tomorrow we will get our cooking groove on.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving I thought I would tell you all what I am thankful for in no particular order...when I get back from the movie....

1.Disney movies ( I just got back from seeing Tangled and it was soooo good) I loved the princess and the prince and everything about it! Fantastic job Disney! Way to be :)
2. I am thankful for heat. It is too fricking cold up here this week.
3. Good friends who love me no matter what kind of crazy I seem to be suffering from and stick with me anyway...you know who you are ;)
4. My niece and nephew. they are the cutest little kids and I love them!
5. My dad. He always listen to me when I am stressed.
6.Turkey and Pumpkin Pie
7. MASHED POTATOES (they are my fave so they get their own number).
8. My Sisters! Cuz they are ALWAYS  there for me...(no one watching us grow up would think that I would put them on here because we used to fight so much.
9.Anyone who reads my blog...that means you, various friends and family
10. My job, although, I wish I was teaching instead...or living in France like my dear Aunt Quay once did haha
11. An education
12. Maxine (she is the lady I live with...rent free)
13.Bollywood
14. The UK (Richard Armitage, Rupert Penry Jones, David Tennant, Mr. Tilney, Rupert Friend, Rupert Grint...you get the picture). Doctor Who, MI-5, and various period pieces.
15.oh and the Gospel! that one is pretty important.
16.that my car still runs.
17. Books
18.Music
19. and...netflix

Ok There are way more things I am grateful for, but I am getting a little sleepy...and that is code for "I am going to watch a movie on netflix now"

White Noise

NOT the movie :) It is a book written by Don DeLillo. I thought it was a fairly good read. It was interesting and completely random at times which I enjoyed. here is what it was about:

Jack Gladney is a renowned Hitler professor at an unnamed university at “the-college-on-the- hill” in the novel White Noise. His whole identity is mixed up between his role as this professor, consumerism, and the idea of death. His role as professor is so interwoven with the concept of Hitler that it has taken over part of his personality. Commercial goods are a huge part of his life and the idea of consumerism completely surrounds him. Commercials from the television and radio fill up his and his family’s life, enticing them and encouraging them to buy more products in order to be fulfilled. Death is an extremely important aspect of the novel. The whole idea of death terrifies him. When it comes time to confront any of these issues, Jack is left wondering where exactly the real him starts and ends.

It is definitely interesting. I am now currently readin The Road but I haven't quite finished it. I will post something once I have. If you want to read more about White Noise, I wrote a huge paper on it and would be more than happy to email it to you.

Procrastination is an ugly word

But it has been my main focus these last five days. I have a rough draft of a research paper due on Wednesday... that means I have maybe 30 hours to put together something that makes enough sense to send home with other classmates to edit; and I also have a midterm in the morning AND another class after that and then I have to work for five hours.  YAY! ok... so I probably shouldn't blog anymore but I just wanted to update that I am feeling great for the most part and my eye still has yet to twitch. go me! Wish me luck

Isn't it wonderful that Prozac is cheap?

As I sit here and mull over what is typically happy news, I am finding it hard to rejoice in the wonderful excitement that comes when a former friend becomes engaged. Ah...former is the key word. All I have to say is THANK GOODNESS that I filled my prescription and am medicated again cuz this news could really throw me for a loop. Trust me it is not envy that is motivating this emotional upheaval. I shouldn't even be surprised because I knew the moment they started dating that this was going to happen. And I won't stay sad long. Just because their relationship ended our friendship doesn't mean I need to bear any ill will toward them. But I am going to pause and take a moment to mourn a friendship that obviously wasn't very important in the first place and then I am going to wrap it up and put it in the trash because I am done with this. I will not allow any of this to interfere with my life and I will keep moving forward...just like in Meet the Robinsons!

I have been Crocheting

I never attempted a hat before and the first one turned out oo big, but this one turned out just right

And I have just discovered that my camera phone has horrible resolution. But I think the hat is pretty fun...that is my first time making a little flower too. Um can anyone say Beanies for Christmas presents??