Nothing else matters ...

I just watched Friday Night Lights and Tim Riggins just gets prettier and prettier every time I see him. I think I'm going to watch The Covenant once I'm done journaling just to get a little more Kitsch time. Word.

Some time before Christmas I told my mom that I really, really needed to buy a new bookcase. She asked me if I could wait until Heather moved out. At the time I could wait. Now? I can't. I told my mom that I had rearranged as much as humanly possible and I still didn't have enough room for all my books and movies. Woe! I must buy a new bookcase.

I also think I'm going to try to pop into Best Buy tomorrow and buy Lost season 3. If it's on sale. :)

And that it all.

ETA: Book #9 - Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures, volume 1 by Laurell K. Hamilton - This is the comic adaptation of LKH's 1st Anita Blake book. Ye, gods! It's pretty. This takes issues 1-6 and puts them together in a gorgeous hardcover book with all the variant covers and other random pretties. It's kinda making me want to go back and re-read the original novel. Cool.

Book #76 - Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris - This book was fun. I'd have to say that her Sookie Stackhouse series is better but this one was engaging. I'm willing to read the next in the series.

I'm feeling very ... melancholy tonight. There's no reason in particular, I'm just zoning out on myself and I feel like I'm drifting. I'm also fairly surprised that I managed to read anything at all, much less start and finish a book. Blah.

I think I'm ready to head off to bed. I just want to cap off this fun and scintillating post by saying that I've officially hooked kimbrchick on Friday Night Lights! My sister and her husband are also recent converts! Whoo-hoo! My work here is done.

I have things to say. First off, my internet connection is still not working in my room. Blah! I'm so annoyed by this that I can't adequately express myself. I want my fully customized browser. I want my music playing as I journal. I want to be a little less whiny about this and I KNOW that's not going to happen.

Secondly, Book #68 - Forever Knight: A Stirring of Dust by Susan Sizemore - I actually really liked this book. Sometimes, novelizations of TV shows/movies/etc come across as extremely weak and not at all fleshed out. This one was captivating. And yes. It's based on the awesome vampire cop show from the late 80's(?), early 90's(?) of the same name. Forever Knight. Look it up!

Book #69 (heh!) - Angels Fall by Nora Roberts - I was quite pleased with this book. It has the requisite romance/mystery/deadly peril that all Nora Roberts book seem to have but I was sure I knew who the killer was about halfway through and I was totally WRONG! That is so cool. Also, at a hefty 444 pages it was a remarkably fast read. I started it about 6 last night and finished before midnight.

For the record, I didn't read at all today. I've run out of new books and have to decide what's worthy of a re-read. Also, I need to make sure I haven't read any of my re-reads already this year. Seriously? That sucked. I'm not ashamed to admit it. malkovich03 wonders how I can forget what I've already read. All I can do it shrug. Because I just don't know.

So, today I hauled Cole out to do some last minute clothes shopping so that he'd have some new pants for school. Umm, yeah. That didn't work out so well. I mean, I bought the pants, but my kid's grown so much lately that none of them fit. So, I'll take him to school tomorrow and head back out to Target to return those FOUR pairs for a larger size. *sniff* My baby's growing up. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

While we're on the topic of school, Cole has the same teacher in the same classroom that he had last year. It's a 2nd/3rd combo and his teacher handpicked him for the class. I've always wondered if having the same teacher is a good thing or a bad thing. On one hand, he was handpicked for the class and the teacher knows how he works and how to handle him. On the other hand, if for some reason ... yeah, I don't know what I'm saying. I've just always been curious is the same teacher is good or bad. I guess I'll find out.

And finally, my award thing in Half Moon Bay was exactly like this...
( EXACTLY like this )

Until it was like this...
( Yep, it was also like this )

Thanks to iron_knife for bringing those to light.

Now I'm done. Remember, Friday Night Lights season 1 comes out tomorrow. I've bought my 5 copies. Have you? And, yes. I really did buy 5 copies. I'm committed to converting the unbelievers. Mwahahahahahaha! And then I will take over the world! Again. Hee!

'Night!

Uggh! Sunday. Working on Saturday drives the fun out of the weekend. Come to think of it, other than grocery shopping and watching The Covenant twice I didn't do ANYTHING today. Yes, feel free to ask my why I've watched The Covenant about 10 times this past week. I don't know. I just know that it's exactly what I'm in the mood for. All 10 times.

Also, Taylor Kitsch is in it. Yum.

Cole's having a rough-ish time with his dad getting married. He was in tears last night for no reason at all. I told him that I'd always be his mom and his dad would always be his dad, but it's tough to wrap your head around that when you're eight. So, we sat around today and watched movies and played his new Nintendo DS Lite.

Hmm. I think I need to plan a weekend with jenahville and kimbrchick. Hopefully the two of you are free next weekend because it's the only one I have free in the next few weeks. Plus, Miss Kim's birthday is coming up! Hee! Birthdays are fun!

I've re-watched a few episodes of FNL. LOVE!

Warning: I feel like this is going to be a long-ass, rambling post. I have a lot to say. Some of it is fandom related (FNL!YAY!) and some is about the DRAMA that's been going on at my house. Also, I got an awesome email from a friend I haven't heard from practically since we got out of high school. I just might talk about that also.

FANDOM!
I finished watching Friday Night Lights last night. Good Golly! That show is gorgeous and well written. I completely see what all the love is about. I want to write about some of my reactions, but first I decided that I needed a FNL wallpaper for my desktop. So, I made one. It's not great, but it puts those pretty, pretty people on my computer. And that's exactly what I wanted.

>>added to Bay 12
>>FNL pics from the Friday Night Lights Gallery
>>1280x1024
>>comments are always appreciated
>>Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can't lose.



I've been trying to get Hailey to say "Can't lose." after I say "Clear Eyes. Full Hearts." Sometimes she forgets what to say. It's so damn funny.

Now, reactions. Which I will cut because otherwise this post will be mondo-huge.
( Can't lose )

Real life
And now for the drama. Which I will also cut because it's long. And angsty. And I'm pretty sure that I might use harsh language.
( There might even be adult content )

And in other real-life news, getting an email from a high school friend that you haven't spoken to in years is all sorts of awesome. Sometimes I forget that there's life outside of my little bubble. People grow up and move on and put families together.

It's like there's a whole world out there that's just beyond my fingertips.

I might have more to say, but I'm feeling a little drained. Feel free to comment about the wonderful-ness of Friday Night Lights. I need to roll around in all the FNL love.

Also? Have an awesome day tomorrow.

Oh, dear GOD! Work today was TORTURE because I wanted to be home watching FNL. I seriously need to watch the rest of the season so that this madness can go away. Not that I'm expecting it to go away, but at least I'll be able to talk intelligently about things that don't involve the Dillon Panthers. Oh, who am I kidding? This obsession has burst full-grown from within and it's taking over EVERYTHING inside me. Which is all sorts of awesome.

Joining two new fandoms wholeheartedly (The Office and Friday Night Lights for those not keeping track) has made me very, very pleased that I have 138 userpics to play with. For the record, I've uploaded 125. That's the closest I've ever been to maxing out on pics. AND I KEEP FINDING MORE THAT I LIKE! I'm going to have to *gasp* delete some if I keep going at this rate.

I'm planning on starting episode 16 as soon as I finish typing. Which is now. Later, babies!

I vaguely remember saying (just yesterday, in fact) that I need to get back on that reading wagon and add some more books to my ever expanding list. Yeah. That's not going to happen until I finish Friday Night Lights. I have watched three [THREE!] episodes and I've almost cried twice. At the rate I've been going lately I'm going to have to reconsider my "I don't cry at anything" statement. Geez. Every thing's been setting me off all of a sudden. I'd like to go back to being a stone-cold bitch again. Thank you.

Friday Night Lights! It is completely awesome. I adore Lyla. I adore Jason. I think Tim Riggins is hotter than hot. Coach! Oh, so much love. Cole's having a sleep-over with the boy next door in the other room which means that I'll be able to watch eps until the wee hours of the morning. Happy day!

You know, I knew that as soon as I started watching this show I'd be hooked. It's why I kept putting it off. I just knew.

Thank you, tlace and heather13! You bring the love in. *kiss, kiss*

I'm going to get back to FNL. Later.