Meet Me In St. Louis

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Woah. Let me start off by saying that I wasn't really expecting much from this film. A lot of times I don't like movies made before the fifties (with some obvious exceptions) as I believe them to be a little dry and boring. However, I felt obligated to see this film as it is playing in the background in nearly every contemporary Christmas movie. I can honestly say that I was blown away. This film made me crack up and it also made me tear up. I could relate to the plot (moving to New York), as college is just around the corner and I may have to move away from friends, family, and everything I've known my whole life. The thing that really got me was the humor. I really didn't expect a film made in the forties to crack me up, but it did. The Grandpa is hilarious! If you haven't seen Meet Me in St. Louis, you really need to. I regret how long I put off watching it and it is truly one of my new favorite Christmas movies. Watch!

P.S. You know it has to be good if it was the first movie review I've written in months. I didn't even do that for Harry Potter!

Home. (part 1)

Home. What a word. It can be defined as so many different things. It's almost an abstract word as it means different things to literally everyone that is asked. For me I think of safety, a place where you can be yourself, a place to relax, a place where you cannot be judged for your actions. I went around the house and took some pictures of things that represent my home, and then I have a second blog post that is focused specifically on my room. Here goes!

To me, a home never seens more homey than at Christmastime. We got our tree last Saturday and finally finished decorating on Mmnday.. it's a long process (aka we get halfway through and then get lazy.). This is probably one of my favorite trees even though in past years it has been more decked out. By a lot. And then there's the fireplace. Complete with the family portraits up top, gaudy stockings galore, tacky seventies architecture, and a nativity scene!

My mothers oriental collection. As tis the season, she put up her rather large Santa/ angel collection. Nothing goes together better than Asians and santas! And on the left you can see my genius demonstrated by the wreath over a clock. Wow what an invention!

My mother has been wrapping the presents.

Although I hate them (look at their beady eyes- piercing your soul in thew worst kind of way), Christmas would be incomplete without the elves. all 45 of them.

Now onto the more "home" things. This ugly couch. as much as I absolutely hate it it kind of fits into the house of hodge podge that I call my own. It might have promise deeper in, but on the surface it is quite gaudy and odd.

What are your basements filled with? Ahh entertainment centers and mini kitchens or storage? Well, it's not a real home unless it's filled with books books and books!

I absolutely love our extensive VHS collection. We probably have over 150 tapes, and even though they are horrible compared to DVD's I wonder if we will ever get rid of them.. Do you guys still have VHS tapes? Am I the only one left?

Anyway, this is my home. These are some of my favorite pieces, mostly because they just stick out on their own but if you come inside you see everything is so out of place it fits in. Sort of like my family, we're all strange in our own ways but when we come together you can see how we're a family. I think that family is the deciding factor in whether or not you live in a house or a home. There are some things I absolutely despise about my home (stained carpet anyone?), but all in all it's a place I can come home to at the end of the day and just be whomever I want to be. It's good to be home.

That's What Christmas Means to Me My Love

Ahh the sounds of Christmas music. For me, Christmas songs make me feel so many different things. When I hear "All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth," I think about my younger years when I would call Santa and tell him what I wanted. Those were the days when I would listen to the Santa Watch on the radio. Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year, though the weeks leading up to it usually are better for me. I love giving gifts. I love getting them too, but giving them is so much better, especially when you know you got them something they will love. Or make it. That's what I try to do. AND I WISH I COULD SHOW YOU WHAT I'M MAKING BUT MOST OF THE PRESENTS I'M MAKING ARE FOR THE READERS OF THE BLOG. So that's that. I just changed my caramel apple wallflower to fresh balsam. And I'm listening to the Xmas station.

The only bad thing is it kind of makes you miss people. I have not spent a Christmas with my brother, Eric for 3 years. and a clean Christmas would be even longer than that. My other siblings will come down for a gathering which is always fun, but still I feel like there's never enough time. It's true. You don't know what you've got till it's gone. When we lived in the same house i mostly fought with my siblings but now I do miss them quite a bit. It's not the same sitting around the tree with just my sister and parents. I love them, but still...

Anyway. Just felt the need to update. And I'm feeling so damn sentimental because of Christmas and also I was reading an article about Harry Potter and how it's the beginning of the end and holy shit. I'm going to cry my eyes out.

updates: oink oink

Well, for the past week I have been incapacitated... with swine flu! That's right, swine flu! The symptoms started on Saturday evening while I was perfecting my discostick, and though they are not as bad now (they have varied in intensity depending on the day), they are still here. On Tuesday night I had the worst cramping pain I have ever felt. It was just a constant sharp pain in my stomach, and I swear it rivaled the pain of childbirth. Not that I've ever felt that before, but really. So I had to miss school the only time I would have actually wanted to go (three day week, Thursday and Friday were already off). I didn't get to dress up for the last day of school prior to Halloween, and I have to make up 2 tests before the end of the trimester, which is next week. and we don't have SRT next week, so I'm not sure when that's going to happen...

Let's see... nothing else is really happening... school is still a bitch, though trimester 2 is almost here, along with drawing! I'm crossing my fingers that Mrs. Ryser doesn't like grammar as much then as she does now.

Halloween is two days away, and I need a pumpkin. I'm going to do Jack Skellington from the nightmare before Christmas. Easy, yet creative. I did Jack and Sally last year and everybody loved it, so here's to another year. Zan cut my Lady Gaga wig but I realized that in the back you can totally see through the wig so it looks like it's balding. HA oh well. I missed the Halloween dance (oink oink), BUT if all goes as planned I will be going to Madi's Halloween party tomorrow.

Yes it's still October, but I'm already excited for Christmas. Which reminds me, I am hosting Thanksgiving for the fishack this year. I'm nervous but I think it should be fun. Last time the fishack did something here people seemed to enjoy themselves. But Christmas. Last year I did the majority of the decorating which I didn't mind, Because the tree looked absolutely fabulous, and so all compliments were directed towards me. I also got a black mini Christmas tree last year at borders on DEC 26 (adding to my pink one from borders the year before), which I'm excited to decorate. I'm already pestering my parents to go ahead and buy that record player now so I can break out the Bing.

Also, my parents said they are thinking about buying a ticket so Eric can come home for a couple of days for Christmas which would make this Christmas absolutely perfect. I'm almost 100% going to Chicago with Zan and her parents fir New years eve through like the 2nd or 3rd, which would be lotsss of fun. (My parents still have to discuss it, but they said its a probably). And April is pregnant again! so congrats to her, and I hope it's another girl.



Okay. I really need to update more often, but I'm so busy.



P.S. I saw Paranormal Activity twice and loved it. It's the scariest movie I've ever seen and if you like being scared, go see it. seriously.



P.P.S. I'm Pescatarian.