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.

BCDFGKLQUVWXZ

My husband thinks this blog is about Harry Potter. You will notice by the title that this is not a blog about arryha otterpa (or Hermione or Ron). Just because I've been preoccupied with it for the past couple of days doesn't mean that that's all I think about.
So there.
Well. I don't have much else to say.
Other than that I'm still a little irritated about something the Devil said on Friday.  So, run down: there was an article in the paper about colorless iodine and how it's supposed to be good for toenail fungus (gross) or something. Well, we can't get it in small bottles at the pharmacy, only in a pint sized bottle which is like $43 (yikes!). A TON of people have been asking for it, so, I said to him, couldn't we put in smaller bottles with their label on it and sell it that way?  It would be like $2.65-ish if you divided it straight out for 1 oz bottles, but you could sell it for like $5 a bottle and make a killing! Well...I thought it was a good idea...but apparently not, because he then said to me: I don't expect small town country people to understand how much of a hassle that would be.
.....
Well, excuse me. I'll go get my overalls, straw hat and piece of straw that I keep in my teeth out of the closet to complete my country bumpkin look. I think I have a hay bale that I can put in the back for me to sit on while I spit into my dip bottle and play the fiddle. Oh, and don't forget my dirty bare feet with toenail fungus that I can't cure now because I can't afford $43 for a pint of colorless iodine.
Ass hole.

Brandon:
you need to download me some music from these people:
Straight no chaser "I'm yours/Somewhere over the rainbow" from "with a twist" I could do that whole album.
John Mayer
Jack Johnson
Colbie Caillat
Jayman "gray or blue"
Matt Kearney "City of Black and White"
Ben Folds "Red is Blue"
Some of these are albums, some are songs....you know what to do.
Please. :) And thank you.
I mean, por favor y gracias.

Oh, and don't forget all the bluegrass to play in the background while I'm on that hay bale.

Let's see....

I have decided to utilize this blog.  We have a family blog, but blah blah blah other people read that and I'd like to put random Anneness on here. SO here we go!!!

Things I will include in my Anne-filled blog:
Random thoughts of the day
Comments on books I am reading (or listening to, because I do that a lot as well)
You know, life stuff.

And since Brandon will most likely be the only one who will ever read this, I can feel free to be myself!

Work.
May I just say that I 50% LOVE my job, 35% feel so-so about it, 10% mostly hate it, and 5% absolutely hate it. I suck at being on time.  Really.  Punctuality is not one of those gifts that I was born with and I have not yet taken the time to master it. Well, I'm glad to at-least work in a place that doesn't particularly care if I'm late. Today, I was 15 minutes late, yesterday: 22 min, the day before that, probably 15 min again.  I hate that I'm always late, but it's so typical that no one blinks an eyelash when I walk in.  Of-course, they probably talk about me the whole time between 9 and 9:13 when I come in and refuse to look at the clock and acknowledge the severity of my lateness. But I don't care. I get to keep my job and things are cool.  I always stay 20-30 min late (to counterbalance my morning lateness, and my return-from-lunch lateness as well). On the days that the boss-man is there, I attempt to put forth an extra effort, but it doesn't always work out for me. Tomorrow happens to be a boss-is-on-the-premises day and I have already planned to go to bed early so that I don't sleep in.  My problem is that I often get up at 8:26 when I have to leave at 8:45 in order to get there on time. Now, my alarm is set at 7:45 and I just suck at making myself get up. I can't do it! Literally, I open my eyes, and they close on their own! How did I ever get though college? Oh...right...I was either always late for my morning classes or I skipped them to sleep in. Right. *sigh* one day I'll grow up, but I don't foresee that day being any time soon.  I also don't feel like this is a "real job" so that probably has something to do with it.

Potter.
So, as lame as it may seem, books, movies and other forms of entertainment are a very large part of my life. Fortunately I married a man who is in sync with me on this, and he accepts me for who I am.  I have more books than clothes and shoes combined. Books never go out of style! and I have more movies than...I don't know. It goes: books, movies, saved magazines then clothes and shoes. That's how my priorities are, I guess.  Anyway, the biggest of them all is Harry Potter.  Yes, Harry Potter, that guy with a scar on his head and a holly wand with a unicorn core in his hand. And as most lesser Potter fans also know, the next movie is coming out soon!
Now, this poster is as far as I'll go in getting a sneak peek at the upcoming movie. I REFUSE to watch the trailer (have since movie 4) before I see the movie, and I definitely go see it on opening night because I simply can't wait longer than that.
I've gone at midnight since movie 4, since they didn't have midnight showings near me for the first 3, but I still went for the first showing that was available. But I've never had a party.  This year...there will be a party. Oh yes, and awesomeness will occur.  Here are a few ideas:

Some cupcakes that I think are awesome!!!

http://superhero-parties.com/
http://www.thepartyanimal-blog.org/harry-potter-birthday-party/

http://www.lovetosew.com/harrypotter.htm
http://entertaining.about.com/cs/halloween/a/harrypotter.htm

Jelly Beans - used to be Bertie Botts EFB
Coloring book pages:
Gryffindor
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
Ravenclaw

Mirror of Erised
Crossword
Potter Seeker
Word Search

http://www.roanoke.com/entertainment/insideout/wb/xp-121447

Bean Bowl

http://jessivee.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html 

An AMAZING website with TONS of ideas!!!
Preperation
Invitations
Recipes
Decorations

I'm going crazy with this stuff!....
Cool Ideas
Leaky Cauldron Cakes

Rock Cakes
Cottage Pie
Yorkshire Pudding
Cornish Pasty
Edible Magic Wands

harry-potter-birthday-party

http://littleantdesign.blogspot.com/2010/04/harry-potter-party.html

Ok, I guess I'm done. I've moved on to looking at Christmas ornaments online. SO......that's what I've been obsessing about for the past 3 hours. :)

The job hunt

Went around yesterday for about an hour searching for a job in Lexington. I felt like a missionary. "No, we're not hiring" over and over and over. I did get the opportunity to fill out an app and bring it back to the lady that runs Books & Co. today and she seemed pretty interested. Just kinda stinks because Brandon made his first contact with a place yesterday and pretty much got hired on the spot. Stink. I have faith.