Quote of the Week

"Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with."

-Juno

Things I'm looking forward to this weekend

The weekend got here so quickly.
I don't have much going on, so it looks like it's going to be a good one!
Things I'm looking forward to:

-trying out my new sneakers at the gym

-finally getting around to grocery shopping and having real food in the house

-going to see A Christmas Carol in 3D on Sunday with my little sib, Makayla

- finally getting down to business with my poetry paper due Tuesday

- diving into these Social Work Grad School apps

-celebrating Kelly's birthday tonight

-having time to really clean my room/apartment

-watching "Dear Jack" at least five more times before Tuesday

-hopefully picking up my guitar at some point

-perhaps going out for a delicious dinner in the South End on Saturday

-and sleeping sleeping sleeping.

The World's Largest Gummy Bear

So, I am a big fan of gummy bears.
Without even looking, I stumbled across this beauty.
It is the world's largest gummy bear.
5 pounds. 12,600 calories of pure gummy.
And the best part is that it comes in blue raspberrry.
As much as I love gummy bears, the thought of ingesting this entire thing makes me kind of queasy. Maybe if I could eat it over a long period of time it would be ok?
How long do you think it would take you to eat a gummy bear of this size?

It's just ridiculous!

Dear Jack

One thing that I haven't broadcast nearly enough is my obsession with Jack's Mannequin, and more specifically, Andrew McMahon of Jack's Mannequin, because he is a musical genius. Aside from this fact, he has quite the story to tell. Right after his first pre-album tour for his first Jack's album called "Everything in Transit," Andrew discovered that he had leukemia at the age of 22. He documented the whole thing, from diagnosis to recovery. In July of 2006 he started the Dear Jack Foundation, which has since gone on to raise over $250,000 for cancer research.
The documentary, "Dear Jack" finally came out this week. I preordered it of course, and watched it, and loved it, and yes, cried. I am so grateful he has survived and continues to make amazing music.

A Day in France...sorta

So I came up with this wonderful idea.
It is what I will call a Fake Day in France.
I will start off the day with french coffee and pastries.

from there, i will get cozy and watch my three favorite French movies:

L'Auberge Espagnole
Amelie
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

While doing so, I will drink chocolat chaud out of a bowl
and will feast on brie and french bread.

Then I will look at all the pictures I took in Paris and I will pretend that I am still there.

I haven't figured out when I am going to do this, but I will.

Quote of the Week

"Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps if we never veered off course, we wouldn't fall in love, or have babies, or be who we are. After all, seasons change. So do cities. People come into your life and people go. But it's comforting to know the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you're very lucky, a plane ride away."
Sex in the City

A piece of me in... November 2009

I have decided to join in on this idea from Toothfairy on her blog Notes From the Toothfairy

This game is to share a piece of you, every month. That way, you and your readers can see what's happening in your life, including the changes. I.E. one month, you might love chocolate, a few months later you've might come to hate it. It's also to remind ourselves of people you love and the plans you have.

Let's start!

This month....
I like: that Halloween just happened and I am really actually looking forward to a little snow, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I already watched Elf this morning! I figure the cold weather is going to happen no matter what, so I might as well embrace it. And the holidays can be stressful but I am going to try my best to focus on the great parts of them.

I don't like: how little time I am going to spend with my family and friends from home this month. I won't be back until around Thanksgiving and I wish I could be with them more.

I want you to know: I really love when you guys read my blog, and I love it even more when you comment. It really cheers me up :) I know I go days at a time without posting when things get really crazy with school, but I try to post as much as I can!

I've planned: to not be so hard on myself this month. Nobody is perfect and sometimes I forget that I will never get there. I think the best I can do is accept that I make mistakes, I say things that I later regret, and sometimes I forget to do things that I should have. I just need to get better at accepting that sometimes, quite often actually, I do mess up, but that it's normal to do so. I really am my own worst critic.

I want to say to someone special: Jess, I really miss you and enjoyed your text messages last night! I can't wait until next year when I will be close to home, or actually at home, and we can see each other much more.

Join the bandwagon, and start playing!

We play the game on the first sunday of the month.

Feel free to join anytime, but remember to keep posting every first sunday of the month after the first time!