A few things

I can't in good conscience post on both of my other blogs (and start a new travel blog) and not post on this one.
I haven't figured out what I'm going to talk about yet.
I thought about doing one of those "30 day journal prompts" or something where I go on and on for pages and pages about things that no one else wants to read about.  But I don't want to do that.
I guess I'll just do a little something about what I'm into right now. Not that you want to read about that either.

British television
I'm always into British television.  Luthor, Doctor Who, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (the British one, the American one is rubbish...but I still watch that one too), Sherlock, Downton Abbey, a little Top Gear, Rosemary and Thyme (if you haven't seen it, look it up! it's ridiculously awful and amazing. Whole thing's on Netflix Instant) the Graham Norton Show, etc etc etc.  I am sure there are plenty more shows that I can't watch because I'm on this side of the Pond, but these are just a few that I can watch and do.  I watch some online and I watch a lot of BBC America (which played "the Patriot" the other day, and that made me laugh).  Pretty much the only two stations that I ever really watch on television are Food Network and BBC America. Okay, three, occasionally the Travel Channel.

Unpacking my house
I wouldn't exactly say that I'm "into" doing this, but as it's a necessary thing to do, I'm doing it. I must say, I am enjoying finally being down in Burgaw again.

J.K. Rowling's new book A Casual Vacancy
It's p.r.e.t.t.y. good.  It's all a bit strange, not that it's a strange novel, but... let me see if I can explain without breaking down the storyline.  It has a plot, for sure, but it's more about character development than anything else.  She really dives into the lives of these people and shows their personalities with such a rawness that is amazing. But at the same time, I am sucked into the plot. Love it.

Thinking about buying an RV and going RVing
I want to see America. And I think that doing that in an RV sounds pretty fun. I mean, it's a car and a bedroom and a kitchen and a bathroom all rolled into one! Plus a living room.  Who wouldn't love that??  But as we don't even own a house yet, it's not likely that we will own a RV any time soon, but by golly I am certainly allowed to daydream about it.  I even have some trips planned out. 

Blogging
I haven't really blogged since February, and I've gotten re-energized about doing it.  I go through phases, so I'm sure that this phase will end as well, but as for right now, I'm into making things current.

And, as I write that last section, I've lost my groove for this post.
The end.

I'll do it.

After 5 hours of blogging on our family blog, I'm a little tired of blogging, but I did want to say that I am officially going to blog more. Yes, you've all heard it before, and yes, it may be short-lived, but I will do it. I will do it. I WILL DO IT! Okay? I'll do it.

But as both Brandon and I are sick (my sickness being the 2nd cold I've had in 3 weeks) I won't be doing a huge post right now. But I will blog more. Honest.

For real.

Promise.

Hope you're satisfied with just a post with a photo from Doctor Who today.

The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Christmas Special 2011

...7 months later...

I suppose this isn't a "record keeping" blog like our family blog, so I guess that it doesn't matter too much that there's a big gap... but let me fill you in on what has happened since April 6th really quickly -
Broke my ankle
Got a job at Kroger Pharmacy
Healed my ankle
Moved to Roanoke
Quit my job at Kroger Pharmacy

That's 7 months in a nut shell. I kinda wish that I could literally put those in a picture of a nut shell to be cute, but my fingers are cold and don't want to work right, so I don't feel like doing anything other than the bare minimum of typing.

I do want to show you what the view out of my window is right now:

This is what it usually looks like:

 The world looks cool at 8 am - I should view it more often. :) It's a lot prettier than it is late at night. At least around here.

Anyway.
I also did want to mention the fact that

 has come out and yes, I have finished it already, and yes, I loved it. But I didn't really care for the Catwoman gameplay. Just sayin'.

Um. That's it for now :) I think. Pretty sure.
Nope, I wanted to mention the coming and passing of Dr. Who season 6

and how much I adore Doctor Who.

And I love this commercial:

That's all. For now.

Books

I always have a hard time before hand figuring out what I want to post about, but once I actually sit down, it doesn't seem that hard.
This post is about books.

Someday ... this will be in my house.

I love books. I love the smell of books, the look of books on my shelf, the way I feel when I read the last words of a book that I have been really into. I slip into a book really easily (well, a good book), and I hate it when I am yanked out of it to go back to the real world. Especially when I'm reading on my lunch break and I have to go back to hell. The alternate realities of books is fascinating, as well as how much I feel like I'm a part of it while I'm reading it. I want to have a library one day. A room dedicated just to books and their awesomeness.
While I was in school and teachers would assign certain books to read, I would always want to read them...but I rarely ever did. I think I read the Odyssey and...that quite possibly is one of the only books in college that I was assigned to read and actually finished. I read lots of those books later, but in the duration of class, I always had trouble. I always thought that after I finished school when I didn't have papers and tests to worry about that I would read more...and I was right. I have always read more outside of school. I think it's because I have to be in the mood to read a book. I have so many that I own that I haven't read, and it's because the mood really does have to strike me to read any book.
I just read the Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and it was amazing. I can absolutely see how other people wouldn't like it, but I thought it was captivating and I really felt an connection with the narrator. For me, that's what a good book is. Something that draws me in and keeps me there in the story, right with her as she's walking around her house looking for something to tie the silk rope that is hanging around her neck to so that she can kill herself. And I love historical pieces (ok, the 50s weren't that long ago, but I wasn't alive during them, and Sylvia Plath was older than my parents, so it's even a little before their time) written by authors that lived during that time period, so that you can really get a feel for what things were actually like then.
What's my favorite book? Emma by Jane Austen. Hands down.

BBC Emma
The BEST film version of the novel I have seen.

Jane Austen, as always, has wit and humor that rivals all other authors I have read, and her heroine (if you can really call her that...) Emma is unique in the sense that she is so ridiculously flawed, it's a marvel that Mr. Knightley could ever be in love with her, but then you realize that he sees through to the inner Emma that shines though at the end of the novel when she grows up and sheds most of those flaws that you have watched her struggle with through the entire story. THAT'S why I love Emma so much! She progresses and overcomes herself and all of her imperfections - which is what we all need to do. It's more than girl meets boy and then girl and boy hook up, but then split up, but then end up together in the end (which is the plot line of 95% of the romantic comedies in the world). It's so much more.

My dream job
One day I will live in a place like this and I'll be able to read all day.

Alright, I'm done.

24 and counting

Holy crap, I'm 24 now. And let me tell you what I didn't think would be the way it is!
-Just barely graduated from college. At least it's not 30 and just graduated.
-No children. Trying, but none yet.
-Just as lazy as I was when I was 18.
-An astonishing lack of socializing...
-I watch more BBC America than any other station!
-Only been to the temple twice so far in my life. I'll make that 3 this weekend (I hope!)


So, just so you know, I have followed the ranks of what I am sure is thousands of people, in the starting of a blog after watching Julie & Julia. Joining me in the ranks is my husband, who has started writing about his comic-book reading.

I don't know what mine will be about. I just want to have a place to write. I love writing in my journal, but this is just another place.