Twilight Movie

I am going to purchase tickets for the 9:50pm showing of Twilight on Friday, November 21 at the mall.

I have not made the decision of who I am going to see the movie with yet. I'm leaving it up to you all. If you get tickets to the 9:50pm showing of Twilight, then I will meet you there. If you don't, then we'll have to talk about it sometime after the fact.

Ephraim

I just purchased this t-shirt! I've wanted it for a couple of months now and I kept thinking about it and kept thinking about it and finally today I bought it. I am very very excited!!!

The only other 2 things I've thought about so much that I think I need to just give in and purchase are Toms Shoes and Baggu bags!

Link List from Peter

I asked everyone to recommend blogs that you read regularly. Peter was the most efficient in his response and I'm posting the ones that stuck out to me. Check them out! And send me more!! I love links and I love lists, so....there you go.

Get Rich Slowly
Unclutterer
Valpak.com Shopper & Coupon Blog
Charlotte's Door
GlassBooth - Quiz to see your 2008 presidential candidate match
Lifehacker Top 10 Web Tools for the Election Season

Rob Bell

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I listened to Rob Bell podcasts from Mars Hill Church all day today. I wanted to share some quotes with you!

This bond we have trumps whatever ways we have invented or created to divide ourselves.

The greater potential something has for good, the greater bad there will be - the greater it can be distorted.

David Cook album November 18

David Cook's album will be released November 18!

What do you think of the cover art?

Or listen to the first single "Light On" at popeater.com

Which eco-labels can you trust?

The Daily Green has rated the eco-labels so you know which ones you can actually trust.

Winner is: USDA Organic

What are you gonna do about it?

More Stuff Christians Like links

(World's Largest Side-Hug)

His site is HILARIOUS.

It makes me happy to read his posts. They're so funny!

Hand Raising Worship - The 10 Styles
Crazy Rapture Products

Just Purchased: Ray Lamontagne "Gossip in the Grain"

I just bought this on iTunes. I have been waiting for months for it to come out and I am SOOOO excited!!!

I gave up some more shows

I'm wondering if you readers know what careful thought and consideration this took.

(Yes I am talking about tv shows, but it's a big deal for me!)

These are no longer on my list, although I may watch one or two of them on DVD next summer.

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American Gladiators


Desperate Housewives


Entourage


Girls Next Door


The Tudors


Ugly Betty


Weeds


If you're keeping count, this leaves me with:
American Idol
Big Love
Bones
Ellen Degeneres
Gossip Girl
Grey's Anatomy
House
Lost
One Tree Hill
Samantha Who?
Saturday Night Live
The Office

New Moon will officially be a movie!

Summit Entertainment has already lined up the sequel to the Twilight movie!

New Moon will officially be on the big screen!

What do you think of that, Twilighters?

Travis' Wedding Band

Travis sent me a hilarious email today about his search for a band for his wedding. I have copied the best parts along with the videos below. (Also, he talks about where I work and I have deleted the name and replaced it with ******. Just, you know, for privacy.)

Check these out...



As we all know the most important aspect of marriage is a killer wedding band... So when in search of the right band for the Nuptials I recalled my brief stint as ******’s unofficial interview coordinator and applied the same skills that brought you employees like April, Crystal, Brian, Lisa and Buster.

First we drafted a small list of possible bands...

First I found the high regarded post metal ballad band “Pick Your Poison” out of Alpharetta GA.

Now PYP has it’s downside (none of which I have been able to find) but they may be too “in yo face” for a wedding like mine... I was always very reserved you’ll remember.

So I made my next contact... Sonseed out of Southern Cal.

Now I am not sure if this band is still together/alive.. But their ability to rhyme any known English word to any other word is spellbinding. Plus their use of synth guitars literally melted my face off.

Then there is the fact that my wedding is somewhat close to Christmas... So what better to bring cheer to our holy matrimony than to have some Holy vocals... Brought to you courtesy of Steve Moscowitz.

I believe his brilliance is apparent.

Then I was introduced to Reggie Six Pack by some guy at a bus stop...

He is obviously our front runner.

And finally, on my last cycling tour of Tokyo I met acclaimed recording artists YingYang. They have the catchiest jam I have ever heard... OMG.

Plus they have dance moves that would make Chris Brown change his name to Doogie Houser.

Once we complied this list we put all the candidates through rigorous testing.

Test 1... The endurance test.
Each hopeful band was asked to get in my car... Then I drove them to a sketchy neighborhood... And I let them out... Then I drove home and watched re-runs of Saved by the Bell. The next day I could only find YingYang, Steve Moscowitz, PYP and Sonseed... Reggie Six Pack obviously backed out.

Test 2... The dreaded penny test.
I dropped a penny on the floor and told them if they picked it up I would hit them with a 2X4... This would show me a whole gamut of important facts I needed to know about them.

1. It would show me their tolerance for pain... What if they sprain an ankle mid-wedding... Are they going to quit... Will I get my deposit back?
2. It shows me if they scare easily... What if my uncle Mike gets really drunk and tries to fight them? Are they going to fight back? If not will they press charges?
3. It shows me how eager they are for money. This way I know if they ask for $1000 and I give them 1000 fruit snacks whether or not they will become angry with me or just be happy with what they have.


Well I got bored of this test after the amount of questions they asked... All of which involved my motives and criminal record... So I hit them all one time on the leg.

So after all of these tests most all of my candidates asked for me to fly them home... I said no and dropped them off at the bus station... All of the candidates besides YingYang... They don’t speak English so I kept them... I think they know what’s going on but who really knows? Am I right or am I right? Anywho... YingYang is my wedding band and me and the boyz (that’s what I call them now) couldn’t be more stoked... By the way... We have a secret performance planned for Natalie... So don’t spoil it... Here is a preview... Enjoy!

Midnight Sun Petition

Stephanie Meyer has decided to indefinitely put her writing of Midnight Sun (5th Twilight book - written from Edward's perspective) on hold.

If you've read the books and care at all, sign the petition.

If not, move on.

Dennis Quaid on Ellen

I laughed so hard I almost cried. Just watch it!

Series Premiering Tonight! 10/14/2008

Eli Stone

Season 2
ABC 10:00pm

Movies Coming Up in the Fall/Winter

These are the movies I am really excited about!! Which ones are you looking forward to??

Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist (already out)
Body of Lies (already out)
Max Payne (10/17)
High School Musical 3 (10/24)
RocknRolla (10/31)
Quantum of Solace (11/7)
The Road (11/14)
The Soloist (11/21)
Twilight (11/21)
Four Christmases (11/26)
Transporter 3 (11/26)
Milk (12/5)
Yes Man (12/19)
Bedtime Stories (12/25)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (12/25)
The Spirit (12/25)
Revolutionary Road (12/26)

Best Britney Video

Ciaara motivated me.

Which of these is your favorite Britney video? Feel free to pick one that isn't on the list.

Toxic Video
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I'm a Slave For You Video
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Piece of Me Video
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And I'm not really a big Britney fan - it's just a fun question.
Also, check out Britney's YouTube channel if you're interested in a blast from the past.

PostSecret 10-12-2008

PostSecret

NetNewsWire - RSS Feeds

What blogs or sites are you following?

I fairly regularly check all the sites in the right-hand bar on my blog, but the following are the ones I get daily updates for in my NetNewsWire on my iPhone! In terms of personal friends' blogs, they tend to be the ones that post the most (or used to). You can also set up your own NewsGator account and have RSS feeds that way.

Random sites or blogs:
Nastia Liukin's Official Website
PostSecret
ProBlogger
Ten on Tuesdays
The Official Website of Shawn Johnson

Celebrity:
JustJared
Whedonesque

Eco-friendly:
EarthFirst
Eco-Chick
Ecorazzi
Green Thing Blog
Green Wombat
GreenBiz
Gristmill
GroovyGreen
IdealBite
SmartPlanet News
The Alternative Consumer
The Good Human
TreeHugger

Jesus stuff:
An Open Apology
Burnside Writer's Blog
Donald Miller Blog
ScottHodge
Stuff Christians Like

Movies:
FirstShowing
Rolling Stone Movie Reviews
The /Filmcast

Music:
Billboard News Daily
Rolling Stone: Features

News:
BBC News - Business
BBC News - Health
BBC News - Front Page
BBC News - Science & Environment
MSNBC: World News
New York Times
Slate Magazine
The Economist
Time.com Top Stories
USA Today News Top Stories
WebMD Health

Personal friends:
Adventures of a Not-so-Dumb Blonde
CJ's Wanderings
Come Walk With Me
Emily's Post
Gravy and Biscuits
Hoping for Change
Jen's Journal
Mimsy's Musings
Patch Drury
Que Sara Sara
Ria's Rhetoric
Science to Stone
TheVegas
This is me at my darkest
Walt Sent Me

Television:
One Tree Hill Blog

Any recommendations?

iPhone Applications

Here is a list of the applications on my iPhone.

WeatherBug
self-explanatory, it tells me the weather, but it's better than the normal Weather that comes on the iPhone

NetNewsWire
this is how I keep up to date on all my news, blogs, etc. It's like a reader or RSS feed, but on my iPhone

TipStar
helps calculate a tip

Bible
self-explanatory

Movies
Flixster movies, showtimes, etc.

Twittelator
Twitter app #1

Twitterific
Twitter app #2 (couldn't decide which one I liked better)

Google
you know, for google-ing

Shazam
music discovery - play a song you don't know for it and it will tell you who sings that song

PointsCalc
Weight Watchers points calculator

Showtimes
another movie application, showtimes, new releases, upcoming, etc.

Zenbe
for making lists

To Do
self-explanatory

iHappyDays
uses info from my contacts to tell me when everyone's birthday is!!

AIM
self-explanatory

Facebook
self-explanatory

Sol Free
free Solitaire application!

What applications do you have? What are your favorites?