Reckless abandon, like no one's watching you

Me: "One of your presents came in today. The other one is shipping from the UK so I'll have to mail it to you later."
John: "That's more than fine. On that note, something serious. In a few days it'll be a holiday I've not had much use for. Thanks to you that's changed. However I don't know how best to go about doing things for it. That being said I'd like to try and have something else handy when I arrive this month, late as it'll be anyway. Will you be my Valentine? If yes, what may I get you?"

:33333333333333333

That happened last night during our nightly texting. He's so cute :)

I told him I wasn't sure what to get him and didn't know what he should get me- though I did think of a whole list of things later on- and that it didn't matter when we celebrated the holiday, as long as we were together.

After he went to bed, I started reading Death in Salem: The Private Lives Behind the 1692 Witch Hunt by Diane E. Foulds before I too went to bed around 12:30. I actually was awake around 8 something, but stayed in bed until 9:25.

Mom, Dad and I went to Metrocast before we went to lunch and got a new modem, which I hooked up in minutes. It is so nice to have internet again, especially since I can have my Skype dates again whenever I want.

BBQ place didn't happen, but we went to this place called Kapelli's. I got a sausage and meatball sub which I found good. Mom of course was her usual charming self and was sniping at me during much of the afternoon.

I finished the book I was reading and watched the first episode of 'Boardwalk Empire' with Mom before my shower. Since John's going to bed at 10 to work at 7 tomorrow morning, our Skype date should be happening any time now.

Updated 2012 Book List:
1. John Adams by David McCullough
2. A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin
3. A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
4. The Book of Common Dread by Brent Monahan
5. Schindler’s List by Thomas Kenneally
6. Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
7. Song of Susannah by Stephen King
8. The Dark Tower by Stephen King
9. The Stand by Stephen King
10. Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
11. Mythology: Epic Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
12. The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
13. Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill
14. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
15. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
16. Emma by Jane Austen
17. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England’s Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer
18. The Chronicles of Chrestomanci Vol. 3 by Diana Wynne Jones
19. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin
20. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien {re-read}
21. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
22. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
23. Royal Affairs: A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy by Leslie Carroll
24. Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey
25. Elizabeth’s London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard
26. Whores of the Devil by Erik Durschmied
27. Death in Salem: The Private Lives Behind the 1692 Witch Hunt by Diane E. Foulds
28. Pox Americana by Elizabeth A. Fenn
29. Don’t Know Much About the Civil War by Kenneth C. Davis
30. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
31. The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
32. The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown by Lorri Glover
33. The Devil In the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England by Carol F. Karlsen
34. The King’s Speech by Mark Logue
35. 1776 by David McCullough
36. The Great Filth: The War Against Disease in Victorian England by Stephen Halliday
37. English History Made Brief, Irreverent and Pleasurable by Lacey Baldwin Smith
38. Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner
39. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century by Barbara W. Tuchman
40. The Peasant’s Revolt: England’s Failed Revolution of 1381 by Alastair Dunn
41. Witchfinders: A Seventeenth Century Tragedy by Malcolm Gaskill
42. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
43. Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
44. John Dies At the End by David Wong
45. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
46. London: A History by A.N. Wilson
47. The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
48. Everything’s Eventual by Stephen King
49. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
50. The American Revolution by Edward Countryman
51. The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
52. Shinsengumi: The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps
53. Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine by Roy Porter
54. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir
55. The Medieval Underworld by Andrew McCall
56. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly
57. Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
58. The Wealth of Wives: Women, Law & Economy in Late Medieval London by Barbara A. Hanawalt
59. Unsinkable by Daniel Butler
60. Great Tales From English History, Vol. 2 by Robert Lacey

‘Unpopular Opinion’ survey

1. A selection of television programs you do not care for.
How I Met Your Mother, Glee, True Blood, Weeds, The Office, House, Dollhouse, Lost

2. A selection of musical artists you do not care for.
Tom Waits, Justin Bieber, Beyonce, The Foo Fighters, The Killers, My Chemical Romance

3. A selection of celebrities you couldn’t care less about.
Jude Law, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Pattinson, Charlie Sheen, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, any and all of the Kardashians and Kendra Wilkinson

4. A hobby you “don’t get”.
Collecting shot glasses

5. A habit you find disgusting.
Smoking

6. Something in school you really liked doing that everyone else bitched over.
Anything involving history

7. Your favorite household chore.
Vacuuming, laundry

8. Popular video games that make you go “meh”.
Any and all of the Zelda games, Super Mario Brothers, Mario Kart

9. PC or MAC?
PC

10. A sport you don’t like, for whatever reason.
Football

11. A sport you really like, for whatever reason.
Soccer

12. Television programs you love but have gotten shit for liking.
Supernatural

13. Musical artists you love but have gotten shit for liking.
Ke$ha, Three Days Grace, Stabbing Westward, Seether, Fall Out Boy, Fiona Apple, Papa Roach, Muse

14. A hobby you have/find interesting that other people bother you over/make fun of.
I can’t actually think of anything

15. A habit you have that other people bug you over.
Correcting people, not wanting to see earlier versions of things {like the older Star Trek films and movies} because I like the newer ones

16. Something in school you hating doing and it felt like everyone else loved.
Those deductive reasoning math challenges.

17. The household chore that makes you want to shoot your own face off.
Cleaning the cat box

18. A selection of video games that you enjoy that perhaps you really shouldn’t.
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland {because of how old it is, but I find it super cute}

19. A celebrity crush that maybe even you don’t understand.
Jackie Earle Haley

20. Free rant on whatever grinds your gears at the moment.
-I hate when people walk and don’t pick up their fucking feet and just let their shoes scrape across the floor
-I hate when people chew with their mouths open
-I hate when people don’t wipe off the toilet seat {Ladies; STOP hovering! Just put toilet paper on the toilet seat! It seriously takes like three seconds}

Last 76 Films Watched in 2011

101} Rebecca {June 4, 2011}
102} Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story {rewatch}{June 4, 2011}
103} Leon: The Professional {June 7, 2011}
104} Unstoppable {June 11, 2011}
105} Machete {June 11, 2011}
106} Super 8 {with Justin} {June 13, 2011}
107} Seven Samurai {June 20, 2011}
108} Yojimbo {with Ben} {June 21, 2011}
109} Killshot {June 21, 2011}
110} Eastern Promises {rewatch} {June 21, 2011}
111} Neo Ned {June 22, 2011}
112} Misery {rewatch} {June 23, 2011}
113} Rabbit Hole {June 27, 2011}}
114} Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream {June 28, 2011}
115} Hausu {June 28, 2011}
116} The History Boys {rewatch} {July 5, 2011}
117} Brian Regan: The Epitome of Hyperbole {rewatch} {July 9, 2011}
118} Centurion {July 10, 2011}
119} Human Centipede: The First Sequence {July 11, 2011}
120} Rashomon {July 16, 2011}
121} Horrible Bosses {July 16, 2011}
122} The Great Escape {July 16, 2011}
123} The Hidden {July 19, 2011}
124} Mamma Mia! {July 22, 2011}
125} Captain America: The First Avenger {with Justin} {July 22, 2011}
126} Threads {July 29, 2011}
127} Hall Pass {July 29, 2011}
128} Wyatt Earp {with Kara} {August 12, 2011}
129} Fanboys {rewatch, with Kara} {August 12, 2011} {x2}
130} Aliens {rewatch} {August 18, 2011}
131} The Help {August 26, 2011}
132} The Losers {September 4, 2011}
133} The Children's Hour {September 4, 2011}
134} The Fugitive {rewatch} {September 4, 2011}
135} Inglourious Basterds {rewatch} {September 4, 2011}
136} The Rocker {rewatch} {September 5, 2011}
137} Watchmen {rewatch} {September 5, 2011}
138} Wall-E {rewatch} {September 6, 2011}
139} The Music Within {rewatch} {September 7, 2011}
140} Flightplan {rewatch} {September 10, 2011}
141} Fish Tank {September 19, 2011}
142} The Road to El Dorado {rewatch} {September 21, 2011}
143} The Lion King {rewatch} {September 22, 2011}
144} Grave of the Fireflies {September 26, 2011}
145} Changeling {rewatch} {September 26, 2011}
146} Milk {rewatch} {September 27, 2011}
147} Frost/Nixon {rewatch} {September 28, 2011}
148} Contagion {with Justin} {September 29, 2011}
149} Bridesmaids {October 2, 2011}
150} Anchorman {rewatch} {October 6, 2011}
151} The Last King of Scotland {rewatch} {October 10, 2011}
152} 12 Rounds {October 13, 2011}
153} Day of the Dead {October 14, 2011}
154} The Breakfast Club {rewatch} {October 22, 2011}
155} The Frighteners {rewatch} {November 1, 2011}
156} Jarhead {rewatch} {November 5, 2011}
157} V For Vendetta {rewatch} {November 5, 2011}
158} Hot Rod {rewatch} {November 22, 2011}
159} Burn After Reading {November 22, 2011}
160} Reservoir Dogs {rewatch, with Kara} {November 25, 2011}
161} Just Friends {rewatch, with Kara} {November 25, 2011}
162} The Princess Bride {rewatch} {November 29, 2011}
163} Immortals {with John} {December 1, 2011}
164} Love Actually {rewatch} {December 3, 2011}
165} The Hangover {rewatch} {December 3, 2011}
166} Tangled {December 6, 2011}
167} Nobody Knows {December 18, 2011}
168} Fright Night (2011) {December 18, 2011} {x2}
169} Sherlock Holmes {rewatch} {December 18, 2011}
170} Return of the Jedi {rewatch} {December 18, 2011}
171} The Reader {rewatch} {December 18, 2011}
172} Finding Nemo {rewatch} {December 20, 2011}
173} The Kite Runner {rewatch} {December 23, 2011}
174} A Christmas Story {rewatch} {December 24, 2011}
175} The Devil's Double {December 30, 2011}
176} Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring {rewatch} {December 31, 2011}

2012 Reading List

1. John Adams by David McCullough
2. A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin
3. A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
4. The Book of Common Dread by Brent Monahan
5. Schindler’s List by Thomas Kenneally
6. Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
7. Song of Susannah by Stephen King
8. The Dark Tower by Stephen King
9. The Stand by Stephen King
10. Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
11. Mythology: Epic Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
12. The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
13. Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill
14. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
15. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
16. Emma by Jane Austen
17. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England’s Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer
18. The Chronicles of Chrestomanci Vol. 3 by Diana Wynne Jones
19. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin
20. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien {re-read}
21. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
22. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
23. Royal Affairs: A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy by Leslie Carroll
24. Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey
25. Elizabeth’s London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard
26. Whores of the Devil by Erik Durschmied
27. Death in Salem: The Private Lives Behind the 1692 Witch Hunt by Diane E. Foulds
28. Pox Americana by Elizabeth A. Fenn
29. Don’t Know Much About the Civil War by Kenneth C. Davis
30. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
31. The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
32. The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown by Lorri Glover
33. The Devil In the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England by Carol F. Karlsen
34. The King’s Speech by Mark Logue
35. 1776 by David McCullough
36. The Great Filth: The War Against Disease in Victorian England by Stephen Halliday
37. English History Made Brief, Irreverent and Pleasurable by Lacey Baldwin Smith
38. Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner
39. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century by Barbara W. Tuchman
40. The Peasant’s Revolt: England’s Failed Revolution of 1381 by Alastair Dunn
41. Witchfinders: A Seventeenth Century Tragedy by Malcolm Gaskill
42. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
43. Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
44. John Dies At the End by David Wong
45. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
46. London: A History by A.N. Wilson
47. The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
48. Everything’s Eventual by Stephen King
49. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
50. The American Revolution by Edward Countryman
51. The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
52. Shinsengumi: The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps
53. Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine by Roy Porter
54. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir
55. The Medieval Underworld by Andrew McCall
56. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly
57. Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
58. The Wealth of Wives: Women, Law & Economy in Late Medieval London by Barbara A. Hanawalt
59. Unsinkable by Daniel Butler
60. Great Tales From English History, Vol. 2 by Robert Lacey

Last 20 Books Read in 2011

31} Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson {re-read}
32} The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga {re-read}
33} Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor {re-read}
34} Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh {re-read}
35} Food and Feast in Medieval England by Peter Hammond
36} Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause {re-read}
37} The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause {re-read}
38} Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home by Nando Parrado
39} In The Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes {re-read}
40} Demon In My View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes {re-read}
41} Shattered Mirror by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes {re-read}
42} Midnight Predator by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes {re-read}
43} Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
44} Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi {re-read}
45} Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich {re-read}
46} The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom {re-read}
47} The Ways of the Samurai by Carol Gaskin
48} House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
49} The Short and Bloody History of Pirates by John Farman
50} Hide This Spanish Book by Berlitz Publishing Company

First 30 Books Read in 2011

1} Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede {re-read}
2} Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
3} The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History; 1300-1850 by Brian Fagan
4} A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain
5} The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
6} Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
7} Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
8} On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
9} The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
10} 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
11} Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
12} Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
13} Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 by Liza Picard
14} Royal Pains: A Rogues' Gallery of Brats, Brutes, and Bad Seeds by Leslie Carroll
15} The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
16} Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica {re-read}
17} A Break With Charity by Ann Rinadli {re-read}
18} Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
19} It by Stephen King
20} A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
21} The Help by Kathryn Stockett
22} Bar Flower: My Decadently Destructive Days and Nights as a Tokyo Nightclub Hostess by Lea Jacobson {re-read}
23} Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
24} A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
25} America the Edible: A Hungry History, from Sea to Dining Sea by Adam Richman
26} A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 by Kathryn Lasky {re-read}
27} The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory {re-read}
28} Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 by Kristiana Gregory {re-read}
29} Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison {re-read}
30} A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

First 100 Films Watched in 2011

1} Winter's Bone {January 2, 2011}
2} The Iron Giant {January 3, 2011}
3} Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain: Uncensored {January 3, 2011}
4} The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day {rewatch, with Kara} {January 3, 2011}
5} Kramer vs. Kramer {January 5, 2011}
6} The King's Speech {January 6, 2011}
7} Inside Deep Throat {January 6, 2011}
8} Big Fan {January 6, 2011}
9} Ghost Ship {rewatch} {January 7, 2011}
10} The Lost Boys {January 8, 2011}
11} Air Force One {January 10, 2011}
12} Becket {January 10, 2011}
13} The Special Relationship {January 11, 2011}
14} The Girl Who Played With Fire {January 12, 2011}
15} My Left Foot {January 18, 2011}
16} Jaws {January 19, 2011}
17} Rosemary's Baby {January 19, 2011}
18} Easy A {January 21, 2011}
19} Tombstone {rewatch} {January 22, 2011}
20} My Big Fat Greek Wedding {rewatch} {January 22, 2011}
21} Bright Star {January 22, 2011}
22} Jesus Camp {January 28, 2011}
23} The Stoning of Soraya M. {January 28, 2011}
24} Kick-Ass {January 30, 2011} {x2}
25} Lawrence of Arabia {January 30, 2011}
26} True Grit (2010) {January 31, 2011}
27} Matinee {rewatch} {February 1, 2011}
28} Capote {rewatch} {February 1, 2011}
29} The Shawshank Redemption {rewatch} {February 1, 2011}
30} Pan's Labyrinth (rewatch) (February 1, 2011}
31} The Town {rewatch} {February 2, 2011}
32} Superbad {February 2, 2011}
33} Run Fatboy Run {rewatch} {February 2, 2011}
34} Up {rewatch} {February 2, 2011}
35} A Bug's Life {rewatch} {February 4, 2011}
36} How to Train Your Dragon {February 5, 2011}
37} The Social Network {February 7, 2011}
38} Nowhere Boy {February 9, 2011}
39} The Green Mile {rewatch} {February 10, 2011}
40} Due Date {February 11, 2011}
41} The Gold Rush {February 12, 2011}
42} Tootsie {February 12, 2011}
43} The Young Victoria {rewatch} {February 13, 2011}
44} Dawn of the Dead (1978) {rewatch} {February 14, 2011}
45} The Kids Are Alright {February 17, 2011}
46} Good {February 19, 2011}
47} Julia & Julia {rewatch} {February 19, 2011}
48} Dolores Claiborne {rewatch} {February 19, 2011}
49} The Bounty Hunter {rewatch} {February 21, 2011}
50} Just Wright {February 23, 2011}
51} Schindler's List {rewatch} {February 23, 2011}
52} Swimming With Sharks {March 1, 2011}
53} Black Swan {March 6, 2011}
54} The Graduate {March 7, 2011}
55} Monsters, Inc. {March 7, 2011}
56} The Godfather {March 8, 2011}
57} The Descent {rewatch} {March 9, 2011}
58} The Pianist {March 14, 2011}
59} Now, Voyager {March 15, 2011}
60} Patton {March 15, 2011}
61} Never Let Me Go {March 20, 2011}
62} Fried Green Tomatoes {rewatch} {March 20, 2011}
63} Bent {March 23, 2011}
64} Vertigo {March 23, 2011}
65} Zoolander {rewatch with Rebekah and Elizabeth} {March 29, 2011}
66} Limitless {with Rebekah and Elizabeth} {March 30, 2011}
67} Death on the Nile {rewatch with Rebekah and Elizabeth} {March 30, 2011}
68} Alive {rewatch} {April 4, 2011}
69} Rear Window {April 13, 2011}
70} Scream {rewatch} {April 19, 2011}
71} Your Highness {April 19, 2011}
72} Journey to the Edge of the Universe {April 21, 2011}
73} Star Trek (2009) {rewatch} {April 21, 2011}
74} The Boondock Saints {rewatch} {April 23, 2011}
75} Titanic {rewatch} {April 25, 2011}
76} The Joy Luck Club {rewatch} {April 25, 2011}
77} On the Waterfront {April 26, 2011}
78} The Silence of the Lambs {rewatch} {April 26, 2011}
79} Little Miss Sunshine {rewatch} {April 26, 2011}
80} Blade {rewatch} {April 27, 2011}
81} The Queen {rewatch} {May 1, 2011}
82} Pretty in Pink {May 3, 2011}
83} Airheads {rewatch} {May 7, 2011}
84} Thor {with Justin} {May 13, 2011} {x4}
85} Into the Storm {May 14, 2011}
86} Night of the Living Dead {rewatch} {May 21 2011}
87} Iron Man 2 {rewatch} {May 21, 2011}
88} Going the Distance {rewatch} {May 23, 2011}
89} A Clockwork Orange {May 24, 2011}
90} The Thing {May 24, 2011}
91} North Country {rewatch} {May 26, 2011}
92} Jurassic Park {rewatch} {May 27, 2011}
93} The Kingdom {rewatch, with Kara} {May 28, 2011}
94} The Haunting (1963) {rewatch, with Kara} {May 28, 2011}
95} The Sea Inside {May 30, 2011}
96} S.W.A.T. {rewatch} {May 31, 2011}
97} Tropic Thunder {rewatch} {May 31, 2011}
98} Take {June 2, 2011}
99} 12 and Holding {rewatch} {June 4, 2011}
100} Dead Again {June 4, 2011}

Supernatural season 5 Sam and Dean counts

-Number of times Dean says "Sam": 114
-Number of times Sam says "Dean": 117

And as a bonus-

-Number of times Castiel says "Dean": 20

43 Things #1: Read 50 books- First 10 down!

1} Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede {re-read}
2} Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
3} The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History; 1300-1850 by Brian Fagan
4} A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain
5} The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
6} Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
7} Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
8} On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
9} The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder {re-read}
10} 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston

Top Ten of 2010

Megan's Top Ten Favorite Films of 2010
10. The Bounty Hunter
9. Going the Distance
8. Nightmare on Elm Street
7. The Special Relationship
6. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
5. Iron Man 2
4. Harry Brown
3. Winter's Bone
2. The Town
1. Inception

Megan's Top Ten Worst Films of 2010
10. Shutter Island
9. The A-Team
8. The Other Guys
7. Red
6. Alice in Wonderland
5. MacGruber
4. Legion
3. Splice
2. Clash of the Titans
1. The Last Airbender

Best Film of 2010: The King's Speech
Runner Up: Inception

Biggest Disappointment of 2010: Shutter Island
Runner Up: The Other Guys

What's your favorite book?

I have a lot of favorite books. Top 10 would be as follows:
1. Lord of the Rings
2. 'Salem's Lot
3. In Cold Blood
4. The Hobbit
5. The Kitchen God's Wife
6. The Haunting of Hill House
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns
8. Carrie
9. Battle Royale
10. Howl's Moving Castle

Ask me things. And even stuff.

43 Things in 43 Months

Planning is key.

1. Read 50 books {at least 75% of them have to be new books, not just re-reads}.
2. Go back to school
3. Lose 30 pounds {202.5 by my last weigh in, so we'll set that as the marker}
4. Travel to England
5. Plant a garden
6. Go to New York again
7. Become fluent in Spanish
8. Exercise more
9. Travel to Japan
10. Travel around Europe for a year
11. Visit Boston
12. Wake up by 9 AM every day
13. Visit all 50 states {28/50. 22 more to go!}
14. Take a road trip
15. Learn Japanese
16. Learn German
17. Read The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
18. Learn how to style hair
19. Stop wasting so much time on the internet
20. Attend a taping of SNL
21. Write a screenplay
22. Learn to knit
23. Publish first novel
24. Watch every movie on the AFI's Top 100 list
25. Learn to let things go
26. Hike the Presidential Range in New Hampshire
27. Get out of credit card debt
28. Watch the IMDB Top 250 movies
29. Cook at home more
30. Re-learn how to play the guitar
31. Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's films
32. Read the complete Sherlock Holmes collection
33. Get married one day
34. See Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon
35. Eat a salad and one fruit a day
36. Travel to New Orleans, Louisiana
37. Visit 50 of the World Heritage sites
38. Be a vegetarian for a week
39. Win 10 Man v. Food challenges
40. Visit Washington state
41. Swim in the Pacific Ocean
42. Get a passport
43. Get my own place

'M*A*S*H' recast

In my current conversation with Dean {going on now}, we got to talking about Clifton Collins Jr. and I mentioned that in 'Tigerland' he looked like Klinger and that I could see him playing Klinger if they ever re-made 'M*A*S*H' into a movie or a tv series. So, here are my picks for who I think could and in some cases HAVE to play them.

Bradley Cooper as Hawkeye Pierce. Bradley has played some assy people, and while Hawkweye is a gifted surgeon {something I think Bradley could play with aplomb}, he's a HUGE ass.



Jason Sudeikis as Trappper John McIntyre. I initially had Jason as B.J., but this photo just SCREAMS Trapper to me. Trapper is a likeable character, but like Hawkeye, he is an ass, he just has more charm to him to excuse it.



Peter Sarsgaard as B.J. Hunnicutt. I had Peter initially as Trapper, but the more I looked at him, the more I could see him as B.J. It would be nice to see him in a role that isn't creepy or dramatic, and I'd like to see his take on how B.J. deals with being apart from his wife and daughter for so long.



Kelsey Grammer as Charles Emerson Winchester III. I mean...there's no explanation needed. He IS Charles.



Clifton Collins Jr. as Maxwell Q. Klinger. I initially thought Fred Armisen was the best choice for Klinger, but I think Clifton would do a wonderful job, and would probably bring an even deeper level to the character than there already is.



Sarah Chalke as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan. Sarah has the looks, and she has the shrillness of Margaret, and the subtle emotionality that's needed for the role.



Will Forte as Frank Burns. This photo of Will is an old one, but he looks so much like Larry Linville as Frank, that there's no one else I can see playing him. He's good at being a buffoon, now I'd like to see him be a hated buffoon.



John Mahoney as Colonel Potter. Like Kelsey Grammer as Winchester, John Mahoney IS Colonel Potter.



Anton Yelchin as Walter "Radar" O'Reilly. He would make a more believable 19 year old than Gary Burghoff ever did. Plus, he still has the innocent look about him that would make him a believable Radar.



Steve Zahn as Father Mulcahy. I think he would be the perfect embodiment of the soft-spoken priest who also knows how to throw a good punch when it's needed.



Adam Goldberg as Sidney Freedman. Literally, who else could you see as Sidney?

Like Friends, we all toy around with the "top 5" or "top 10" list of celebrities that, even if we were in a committed, monogamous relationship, would get a "freebie" with. Got any you'd happily catch in the sack should the stars ever align properly?

I am always thinking of this question, and have had to make a list with 5 more added to it {making 10 altogether...I can do Math hurr durr}. But for the purposes of this, we'll go with:

1. Robert Downey Jr.

2. Jensen Ackles

3. Clifton Collins Jr.

4. Chris Marquette

5. Jason Sudeikis

Ask me things. And even stuff.

Top 5 Meme

5 Famous People to Invite to Your Dream Dinner Party, Dead or Alive.

1. J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Queen Elizabeth I
3. Robert Downey Jr.
4. Stephen King
5. Joss Whedon


5 Bands/Musicians I’ve been Listening to A lot Lately.

1. Ke$ha
2. Lady Gaga
3. The Van Lears
4. Florence + The Machine
5. Muse


5 Things I’m addicted to.

1. Netflix
2. McFlurries
3. Swimming
4. Sweet tea
5. Potbelly's

5 Biggest Celebrity Crushes {for the moment, at least}.

1. Jason Sudeikis


2. Chris Marquette


3. Robert Downey Jr.


4. Jensen Ackles


5. Tim Roth



5 Songs I Can’t Stop Listening to at the Moment.

1. Telephone- Lady Gaga
2. Take It Off- Ke$ha
3. Bulletproof- La Roux
4. Uprising- Muse
5. Strut- Adam Lambert


5 Favorite TV Shows.

1. Supernatural
2. The IT Crowd
3. Lie to Me
4. Law and Order: SVU
5. Fringe


5 Your Dream Future: 1 Job/2 City/3 Car/4 Spouse/5 Pet.

1. Writer
2. London, England/Manchester, NH
3. '67 Chevy Impala
4. The right guy for me
5. Cats!

5 Things that Always Cheer Me Up.

1. Watching a movie
2. Chinese food
3. Buying a book
4. Getting paid
5. Roleplaying


Top 5 People I Want to Punch in the Face

1. Lindsay Lohan
2. Paris Hilton
3. crazy Muse fans
4. Wincest shippers
5. Michael Cera


5 Favorite Actors/Actresses.

1. Kate Winslet
2. Judi Dench
3. Cate Blanchett
4. Phillip Seymour Hoffman
5. Tim Roth


5 TV Shows You’ve Seen Every Episode of.

1. M*A*S*H
2. Firefly
3. Red Dwarf
4. Arrested Development
5. Avatar: The Last Airbender


Put Your iPod on Shuffle-What are the First 5 Songs that come up?

1. Rocket Collecting- Milla Jovovich
2. Hysteria- Muse
3. Fistful of Sand- The Bravery
4. Swete Sone- The Mediæval Bæbes
5. Wouldn't Mama Be Proud- Elliott Smith

If we die, we die together

Hmm, well, it seems my promise to once again not neglect this has been broken. Life gets in the way, okay? I can't just jump through hoops for people and post all the time. Even my LJ and my food blog have been suffering thanks to the schedule I'm on.

My weekdays are thus:
-7:15 AM: Wake up, get dressed, grab something quick for breakfast
-8:15 AM: In Starbucks in Greenbelt for my additional, or second, breakfast of a tall hot chocolate and a blueberry scone/Mallorca sweet bread/plain bagel with cream cheese, while I read a large book to wile away the minutes
-9:15 AM: Clock into work
-9:30-9:55 AM: Unload the stock truck
-10:30/10:45-11:45 AM: Put out stock onto sales floor
-11:50-12:30/1:30 PM: Unload boxes
-1:30-1:45/1:45-2 PM: 15 minute break
-1:45/2PM: Back to work hanging clothes
-2:45: Put out clothes onto sales floor
-3 PM: So long, suckers!

I don't work my second job until Fridays, and that's always 4-9. Some days, I drop Mom off at her second job and then go to the gym at my school for an hour {sometimes a little less} and roleplay/watch movies. I also do this on days when she's not at her second job.

Weekends are strictly me time, where I can sleep in and stay in my pajamas all day.

I am thankful for the 3 day weekend I have this time around. Thanks to Memorial Day on Monday, we get no stock truck, so the stock associates don't have to come in. Bliss!

In Other News:
*I have yet another celebrity crush to add to the growing multitude of them. Michael Sheen is a god among men, and I try as hard as I can to block out that he was in the Underworld films {though I loved the 1st one for awhile} and the new Twilight movies {JUST...NO}, despite the fact he looks fine as fuck as a werewolf.

Awww yeah.

Normally, he's a talented actor in films such as 'The Music Within' {he plays a man with cerebral palsy}, 'The Queen', 'Frost/Nixon', 'The Damned United' and has guest starred as one of my favorite TV characters ever on '30 Rock'. And through it all, he has retained that charming geekiness.

MMMF

Also, I firmly believe he should be the person playing Bilbo Baggins in 'The Hobbit'. Who can I talk to to make this happen?

*I'm currently trying to save up for a trip to Florida in October for the Food and Wine Festival at Epcot. It'll be my 3rd time going to Disney World, and I predict this one will be even better than the last. Chief among those reasons is because it's much less expensive than the last trip, we're flying this time, and because I can drink if I like {I will be}.
There was talk about a tequila tasting, in between all the wine and food tastings, so that should be interesting.

*Muse's new song 'Neutron Star Collision' is on the 'Eclipse' soundtrack {3rd in the 'Twilight' series}, and even though the song is legit cheesy and sappy, and I get blinded by rage if I have to recall what it's associated with, I love this song.



And speaking of Muse, I'm seeing them for the 5th time in October, after the Florida trip, in Virginia with my very good friend Davey, who is moving here from Kentucky on June 3rd. We plan to meet them after the show, and I hope we are successful in this venture.

Lust List of Lovely

Ground Rules: Name your Top 20 "However Many I End Up With" List Of Lust, in no particular order. Your neighbor or grade school teacher doesn't count. The list can be male, female or mixed. They can be real life celebrities or characters in a movie or TV show. For example, you might want to gag Mariska Hargitay, while still lusting after Butchy McFabulous Olivia Benson.

1. Jason Sudeikis



Dat ass!

2. Sam Worthington



Super adorable :3

3. Joshua Jackson




4. Chris Wolstenholme

Oh Pedro!



5. Jensen Ackles/Dean Winchester

Most awesome face ever


Unfunfunfunf

6. Brendan Hines



Sweater vest...unnnnnng

7. Tim Roth



Oh yes please, Guildenstern

8. Anton Yelchin/Kyle Reese




9. Billy Boyd



What a flirt

10. Bill Hader



WANT

11. Chris Meloni



Sexy as fuck. He can cross examine me any day!

12. Bradley Cooper



All of this now, please.

13. Jeremy Renner




14. Chris O'Dowd



Hottest Irish nerd ever

15. David Wenham




16. David Anders



Always cute

17. Jorma Taccone



He makes me jizz in my pants

18. Matthew Goode



Ho lord

19. Michael Fassbender



Aka that one hot guy from '300' {"Then we will fight in the shade"}

20. Robert Downey Jr.



Also known as the guy who looks like both Javier Bardem and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Think about it.