The weekend was good but weird. I can't really describe it, but it left me in a strange mood. Heard some bizarre news that freaked me out a bit. That's where most of the weird feelings came from, I guess. Made me rethink some things I want to do in the future, and even where I might want to live. I'm really not sure what direction to move in anymore. Not even sure where I want to be. Anyway, I've got a million things swirling in my head right now and I need to sort them out. I just want to shake off this feeling. But I feel like this was it, and has passed. It'll get better from here.

 
 

Does it bother you when people touch you unnecessarily? It doesn't particularly bother me in general - it's more about who's doing it. Talking to a couple of coworkers about it and they're actually a lot worse about it than I am, which is hilarious. Some people just don't like being touched, meaning, no pats on the back, rubbing of backs, massaging of shoulders, things like that. I have to say that when it's someone I don't like, the touch of their hands on me is just like fire burning my skin, and I'm repulsed. Okay, maybe I do have a problem! lol. But when it's friends, family or people I don't have a problem with, then it doesn't bother me at all. I guess it's a comfort thing, but could also be a chemistry thing - people you don't like are going to repel you, right? I dunno, I'm going to stop talking now. lol

 
 

Looks like my little muffins got a turkey of their own today too!

 
 

That's Allyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother (though Allyson will always be Willow from Buffy to me!). Allyson announced her pregnancy a little while ago, but now Cobie is preggers too. That'll be weird to have the two lead actresses pregnant at the same time. I wonder if they'll work that into the show. Actually, I haven't seen the show in a while. I wonder if it'll even last another season. It's a good show though.

 
 

When you're a kid, walking alone into a lunchroom full of people is always intimidating and awkward. It's funny that I've grown up, I've never been able to outgrow that. Today was a perfect example. I normally eat at my desk if I bring lunch, but I felt like I needed to get away for a bit today and thought I'd go upstairs to watch some tv. So I went up there and lo and behold, yet again, there is someone sitting in the section of sofas where the tv is - and is NOT watching tv. I hate when people do that. If you're not going to watch the tv, then don't sit there!

I'm not brave enough to go sit down next to the person and say, can I turn it on? So that's my fault. I acknowledge that. But seriously, don't hog up all the space if you're just going to sit there. Or at least just turn it on so that I can sit there and watch it with you, yet still manage to ignore you. TV is a good tool for the anti-social, or socially inept. It creates a good boundary, so that if you feel like you can chat with the person sitting there, then at least you have something in common to talk about, ie. whatever show is on. However, if you start to get the feeling that the person sitting there is a freak, then you can always keep that boundary and just sit there, eat your lunch, and pretend to be absorbed in the show. It's a win-win for all.

So then there was another couple of sections with sofas to sit in, but each of these had a person already sitting there. I didn't see one of the people at first, so I thought I was walking over to an empty section, but when I saw someone there, I thought, crap, it's too late to turn back. So I sat there. I looked at the person, but she couldn't be bothered to take her eyes off her book to look at me. So I though, great, I'm sitting 5 feet from someone who won't acknowledge me. Awkward!

I decided to leave my food there and walk over to grab a drink first. While getting my drink, I decided that this wasn't worth the awkwardness, so I went back, grabbed my lunch and went back downstairs to my desk, defeated. I just don't see the point of sitting up there if I'm not watching tv. If I'm going to sit and just eat, then I may as well do it at my desk, where I can at least surf the net, or chat with coworkers. It seems none of my coworkers eat up there anyway. Most people just eat at their desk or go out somewhere.

But yeah, I felt so defeated that I had to just go back downstairs. Lame. But it was the better option. I don't know any of these people that work on the other floors and from the times I've seen them up there, they're not people I'd have anything to say to anyway. I honestly feel that the people in my office are the only awesome people in the building. I lucked out with them. The people in the other offices depress me.

Back to my point, I hate lunchrooms and the awkwardness of it. I had one previous coworker who hated eating in a lunchroom so much that if he were alone, he would go down to his car and eat by himself. haha Yep! I think he said his reasoning was that he was so traumatized from his elementary school days that to this day, he can't eat in a lunchroom. He'll eat at his desk or in his car. And I thought I had issues. lol. At least it's not just me. But unless I have some people to sit and eat with, I think I'll just be at my desk.

 
 

ADORABLE. The one directly in front of the camera.... LOVE. But look at the one on the right. That pose! lol. I love that little monkey toy of theirs too. It's so tiny. Looks like they've got new green bedding too. Nice touch. hehe.

 
 

From the American Music Awards last night. You wouldn't think it'd work, but Pink's got a good voice.

 
 

Does anyone else out there still watch this besides me? I've been watching it for too long to give up now, so I'm in it for the long haul! Anyway, for those of you who have remained faithful to this show since day 1, I have good news - the new season starts in a couple of months on January 21st.

And in case you need a refresher on what happened last season, here's a 3 minute recap for you. It looks like the last 30 seconds of it are a preview of the upcoming season, so it's just the slightest hint of what's to come. But Sawyer's got his shirt off, so I think that's a good sign!

 
 

I just saw the movie this afternoon. A couple of things: 1) early matinees on weekdays are awesome - no lineup; 2) $5.19 for a small popcorn is outrageous and offensive; 3) I was hoping it would be good, but was expecting it to suck; 4) with that being said, I thought it was really good. Yay, it didn't suck!!!

Of course, the book is always going to be better. It's a fact. And so, there were a couple of different dialogue scenes that you could tell were added to move the story along. But all in all, it was pretty good.

But here are my critiques. Whoever is responsible for the makeup in this film should have their asses kicked. I understand that they're supposed to be vampires and will have pale skin, but for fk's sake, Carlisle's skin was ridiculously white - there's no plausible way that he could have skin like that and no one would think it was normal. Also, consistency - there was none. They were super pale in the first half of the film, but the latter part of the film, they had lots more color. Last time I checked, vampires don't tan.

My other major beef was the scene where Edward shows Bella what he looks like in the sunlight. In the book, it's described that his skin sparkles like diamonds, with radiant light. Well, they must've cheaped out in the special effects department, because I barely saw any sparkling going on. The second shot of him, I saw a bit, but it was otherwise really lame.

Robert Pattinson isn't what I pictured as Edward, and Kristin Stewart isn't what I pictured as Bella, but now having seen the movie, I can definitely say that they have amazing chemistry together. The kiss scene was awesome! He's actually pretty hot, but his wardrobe's kind of lame. I hate the grey winter coat he wears. It's ugly and distracting.

But other than these minor details, which really are pretty minor, on the whole I enjoyed it. My friend, who hadn't read or heard anything about the books, didn't have any sort of expectations, but wound up really enjoying it too. So I would definitely recommend it. I'm just glad it wasn't an embarassingly bad adaptation. So hallelujah to that!

If anyone wants to go see it, I will totally go see it again. Call me!

 
 

And I'm going to see them!!!