So why don’t I turn off the light?

I can’t sleep in the dark.

Even in my apartment, I would leave the closet light on. I need light, somewhere. This use to bother my husband, but he’s grown use to it. What a good sport!

So anyway, the last time I went to the doctor to get my ears flushed, they mentioned you could easily do this at home. Here’s the deal with my husband and someone saying “you can do this at home”, he’ll do it. He will watch very carefully, ask questions and then, attempt to do it at home. I seemed to have missed this considering the assistant was flushing my ear while telling him this and it was a glob of earwax that was not coming out. I was too focused on how squishy the inside of my ear sounded.

So, it’s now that time of the year again (I really should do this twice a year to prevent my right ear epic build up) where I need to flush my ears. So husband got an earwax removal kit. Oh.

Here’s the difference between this and what I’m use to. When I call the hospital to set a flushing appointment, they tell me I need to “prep” with drops. So I skip it and I just spring it on them after a check up or something and I don’t use the drops. They just go straight to the flushing. Well, with the home kit, there’s drops and for some reason, this freaks me the fuck out. I read reviews and I have a blogger friend who does this and they say you’ll here “fizzing” and “popping” which means the solution is working then you flush. I’ll hear WHAT and WHAT? Hell no.

So last night I decided to skip the drops and go straight to the flushing. It wasn’t that bad but it sure didn’t help either. Like, at all. My blogger friend even commented that I was brave for attempting such a thing and assured me (again) the drops were the easy part. So later today, we’ll attempt the drops then the flushing. But let me tell you, I’m not excited.

In other news, I finally tried these Luna bars everyone’s talking about. I was interested mostly because it has two things I look for: Iron and Fiber. So if you could wrap that in something delicious, I’m all for it. I didn’t want to buy a box of just one flavor, so thankfully I found a box of mini’s with two flavors I was looking into: Lemon Zest and White Chocolate Macadamia. Plus they’re mini’s and I have this theory… everything tastes better when it’s mini. Mini cupcakes, mini macarons, mini M&M’s, mini Pepsi bottles… maybe it’s because I’m small and I like to appreciate the smaller products? Or maybe I just like feeling like I actually finished my food. Who knows.

Out of the two, I freakin LOVE Lemon Zest the best! It totally curbs my candy cravings too. Another thing I’m pretty darn obsessed with? The Hex Hall series by Rachel Hawkins! I just finished Demonglass yesterday and I’m just a ball of “OMFGCALOMFGARCHER” right now. I’m sad that Spellbound doesn’t come out until March and that it’s the end of Sophie’s story. This series is awesome. Sophie is such a sarcastic and funny character!

And in other-other news, Itotallythoughtschoolstartedtodaybutitdidn’t. Yeah, oops. Woke up at 8am for nothing. But at least I did get my Panera Bread souffle and the day felt pretty darn long. I also got a Mochalatta Chill and got to take a nap. So I guess it was pretty worth it :) haha!

I finally got around to reading Beastly. In honor of NaNoWriMo (and the fact I’m writing a re-telling) I decided to make November re-telling month. With that, Beastly was up first. Because I put it off for so long. This was another one of those won’t-watch-the-movie-til-I-read-it things but to be honest, the movie didn’t look all that interesting. I just thought they casted weird people. I’m not a Vanessa H or Olsen hater but I don’t know, the Olsen part sort of bothered me.

Anyway!

Kyle was a jerk. I mean he was a jerk. Like I wanted to reach through the flippin pages and strangle him. It’s so sad that his mindset was passed down from his father, who was an even bigger ass. I thought this would be your typical boy is a jerk and pisses off a witch and blah blah blah, which it was, but you couldn’t help but feel bad for Kyle. His dad completely judges and ignores him and you could tell all he wanted was just a little bit of attention. And maybe if he had gotten that, he wouldn’t had been such a jerk.

I loved Linda. She was sweet and caring and optimistic. Her father was also a flippin ass though, probably the biggest ass of a parent I’ve seen in a re-telling so far. How do you treat the only daughter you have like that? She cares for you, puts up with you and you just treat her like trash? And poor Linda, she shouldn’t have to feel guilty for anything when it comes to her father, ever!

I also loved Kyle’s teacher Will. He was a pretty great character to be around. He cared about Kyle even though he hardly knew him and didn’t judge him. He always gave him the advice he needed and was just what Kyle needed in his life. The maid as well, she was also a really great character.

Beastly had a lot of similarities to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. I haven’t read the original tale so I can’t really compare. It did have it’s distinct differences like Kyle grew obsessed with growing flowers and I thought that was a pretty symbolic thing. Before his transformation he never cared for things and especially not silly things (his words, not mine) like flowers. And I think the fact that he cared SO MUCH for his garden was what really made me feel for him, it was really the only thing he had.

While I wasn’t completely impressed with Beastly, I did enjoy the journey. But I still won’t see the movie lol!

This passed week was one of those really irritating ones that make you want to rip your hair out. Thank goodness I had CJ there for me to bitch endlessly to and Martin to make everything better the best he could. I did manage to (hopefully) fix my loan mess, build back some of my publisher contacts, set an appointment for one of my biggest phobia’s and husband started playing FFXI again *shrugs*.

I’ve been addicted to KFC’s new Famous Bowls with bacon. Seriously, bacon is what this was missing. It’s. So. Damn. Good!!!

Sephora had their Friends & Family sale. I was lucky enough that my friend Steff works at Sephora and sent me a post card for it so I got to redeem it in the store instead of online like everyone else. I got the Too Faced Holiday Palette. I’ve always been curious about the Too Faced chocolate bronzer (which smells like chocolate) and I wanted Cop A Teal eye shadow so I figured why not just get this. Plus it comes with a full sized Shadow Insurance (their eye primer, that I really don’t care for). I also got a sample of the MUFE foundation everyone’s raving about. The lady helping me matched me super fast! I was impressed. And I got a gold Hello Kitty glitter nail polish.

I got After The Snow for review. I requested another book from that publisher that I really wanted to read but I guess they ran out of ARC’s (Advanced Readers Copy). Boo! I got Die For Me from participating in last month’s RAK (Random Act of Kindness). I sent out 2 or 3 books and I don’t know who sent this to me but OMG I’m so excited! I LOVE this cover!

I’m so excited I finally found these!! I’ve been searching for them all week! I stopped by our new Walgreens that has the new layout… it’s HUGE! And so pretty! The beauty section is like heaven. It’s so easy to find things and it’s all nice and organized! This is part of Wet N’ Wild’s new holiday collection. I can’t wait for their palettes!

We’ve also been playing this game a lot lately. I can see why people compare it to Kingdom Hearts even though it’s nothing like Kingdom hearts, not even close! It’s kinda confusing, like I don’t really understand the purpose of this game. It isn’t an RPG but it isn’t really a party game either, it’s kind of in between. But it’s fun! I’m of course Cheshire Cat, he’s already fully leveled and I should probably pick a new character but meh, I don’t want to. Alice world was fun, but it was after the Tim Burton film and not the Disney one. Hmph.

And also, I’ve been loving reading magazine’s on my Nook Color!

Yep, that’s pretty much this passed week besides the super irritating parts…

The room is yet again, a mess, so I’ll probably be spending my Halloween attempting to tidy it up, doing laundry and outlining my NaNoWriMo for November. I really hope I at least get 25k words in this year. Hopefully! I also gotta set up some blog posts for my many many blogs, sometimes I wonder why I do this to myself, really.

Have a Happy Halloween everyone!

The room (as well as my room) is still a big huge mess and I know I should deal with that soon, perhaps tonight. If I’m feeling like it. I’m tired of seeing the clutter, but I just… ugh. Sometimes I hate cleaning cause I honestly just don’t know where to begin. I just have so much stuff! I still have 3 boxes waiting to be unpacked and I just don’t have the room to store everything. I wish I had labeled them or something cause some of my winter clothes (why I brought winter clothes to Florida is beyond me) is in one of the boxes, I just don’t really know which one.

I’m reading two books right now both of which need to be finished and reviewed like, yesterday. Awesome right? My Halloween challenge is being a pain in the ass. I could had done better, but my mind was MIA for a week and I was just all over the place. I need to get situations in check and realize that certain things will never happen no matter what is said.

I’m outlining my NaNoWriMo project. But even with a guide, I still don’t know what the eff I’m doing. I wonder if any author really knows what the eff is going on the whole time or do they just wing some scenes and hope that it comes out epic? I’ve got a good base for the beginning, I just have to somehow make it un-cliche. I think that’s the hardest part since I’m not creative unless I sit and think and wait until inspiration hits. Maybe I’ll just wing it and word vomit and hopefully something epic will spring up somehow. It’s better to try than to not try at all.

Husband is working on his animation, it must be epic cause he’s been ignoring me for last hour and a half. Dammit, I forgot I had to prep my posts for next week on both my review and book blogs too, gah. I’m itching for Monday so I see how much money I have left after paying the bills, I really really want to read Demonglass. The sequel to Hex Hall. No idea why I waited so long to read this book. Holy shiz it was entertaining! I’m also looking forward to Destined but I told myself no books for October, so many I’ll wait until November. Which isn’t that far away. I was thinking of writing a greek myth re-telling, but I think I’ll focus on my current re-telling before starting another (which requires much much more research). I have a few other started WIP’s floating around, not sure where they’re going but better to write down scenes that pop up in my head then to lose them, right?

I’ve been really liking this new camera app I found for Droid. As much as I really want an iPhone and Siri, I’ll miss using a Droid and all my apps.

Cold weather, I’m ready for you (:

October is half way done and that’s just insane to think about. I’ve only read two books from my Halloween challenge (out of 12) but that’s because I needed to squeeze in review books too, I’m on my pretty much last review book for the month from Amazon but it’s a thick one. Hopefully I get done with it before the next Vine email comes around. I have two for publishers that need to be done, one that needs to be done by the end of this month and one that’s for next month. Then there’s NaNoWriMo creeping up in two weeks, I’ve toyed with my idea and wrote a bit down, but not enough to ensure a smooth sail for NaNoWriMo this year. Oh well, I’m still hoping! I think that’s it as far as bookish things for the next month or so.

I’m trying to get back into blogging on my other blogs; my review blog which is suffering a bit right now. I’m trying to get back into vlogging too, but I don’t know. Blah! It’s been a long time and I just feel dumb every time I look back on the video. I guess it’s just uncomfortable since I’m not sitting at my desk and nothing is organized the way I want it to be. I was suppose to get back into weekly reviews on this blog but that, for some reason, didn’t happen. Hopefully I’ll post it before Sunday. This current week though, nothing too interesting going on. I need to start taking more pictures through the week. Even if I’m just having a boring lazy day at home.

Had a good mail day yesterday (which is kinda random), two books from HarperTeen came in for review that are 2012 debuts I believe. A gift from a friend in Orlando that I’m super excited about and I got my new holiday purse, whoot!

Husband has been working on animations all week, he’s getting better really fast. I’m so proud of him. I’ll blog about that later (:

As for everything else… I still need to organize and completely unpack. I need to figure out my next move. I’m planning a snowy vacay to visit some friends next year, I’m really excited about that! Then planning to go to BEA next year too, omgosh. Super excited about that (and Justin’s coming with us, yay)! Looking forward to getting the iPhone 4GS next month hehe.

My mind’s been MIA all week, pretty much, I’ve been taking trips down memory lane, and I swear… with all that’s happened, I could write a full novel of all the people I use to be friends with. And maybe I should write it out, even if it’ll never be published, just to get it off my chest. And speaking of, today I’m feeling a little… disappointed. I guess. Well no, I don’t think that’s exactly the word I’m looking for… but it’s about nothing new at all, so I’m trying to tell myself to move on. It can be so easy. It can be, if I want it to be.

Now to get back to work.

I did manage to post a book review yesterday and participate in the weekly Wednesday meme today though so it’s a start. A slow start, but better than nothing. September’s coming up so I have to read Harry Potter in honor of banned book month and figure out what other books I’ll be reading for the month of September. Then October rolls on by and I gotta figure my Halloween book challenge. Fun stuff.

→ Bought supplies to make mini witch hats yesterday. Figured out what tully was, yay! Didn’t get any stuffing but I think the material for the cone part of the hat should sit just fine. Excited to start these!

→ Had a dream about the same former co-worker two nights in a row. The hellllllllllll!

→ Moved my beauty/review blog over to WordPress. I’m hoping the new place will encourage me to blog the way I want without holding the old weight of my previous blog. It’s so hard to start a blog and steer it into another direction once it’s already been established.

→ Did a bunch of laundry since my mom wants all my luggage unpacked (don’t judge me) since we’re having guests over in a few days. I hate unpacking just as much as I hate packing. And this packing is worse, it’s not like you know… luggage from a vacation. No. This is like, luggage from moving. Completely different and twice the headache.

→ Still have to fill out FASFA and I always hate doing that.

→ I was hoping to try and figure out WordPress some time this year (since I say that every year). But I’m scared me and WordPress will never see eye to eye. I self taught myself HTML when it was the hardest thing ever in the 90′s but I never got around to teaching myself CSS because… well… it looks scary. I kind of started getting the hang of it a few years ago while messing with my LiveJournal theme and then I just stopped and re-forgot everything. I know, smooth right? I have two books, a magazine and google. But yet I still run the other way. I want to learn how to make my own cool themes… I just… :( you know?

→ My newest obsession is Bath & Body Works candles. I guess it’s not a new obsession but lately I’ve been buying a lot of their mini candles (which burn FOREVER. OMG. Best 3 for $5 I’ve EVER spent) and their body washes. The Paris Amour is the one I’m using now. Smells amazing. Not better than Cherry Vanilla but still pretty amazing.

And lastly, this finally came in the mail today!

My books for review from Amazon Vine! I waited allllllll week for these! They usually ship them faster… speaking of books for review, I have a few from NetGalley I need to get started on before they archive them on me and I’m unable to post a review. A warning would be nice!

I’m so excited to be able to have time to read and review things again :).

I spotted this guy at Panera Bread a few days ago. I don’t think they made him last year… I’m not familiar with gingerbread so I gave him a try. Tasted like mashed up graham crackers, is that what gingerbread is?!

I admit, I bought this on a whim. For no reason. And I’m so glad I did! I am obsessed with this scent! Husband has been putting lotion on my legs at night because I keep forgetting to and at first I thought this scent was too strong… but as it fades, it smells like peppermint marshmallows and it makes my skin tingle! Must. Stock. Up!!

Okay, this is my brother’s candle. I bought a small one that I haven’t lit yet because… I like saving candles. I know, weird right? Anyway, as you can see, he burns his (like any normal person would) and it smells like mint Oreos. It smells heavenly! I wish they’d make this into a body lotion, a soap, a bubble bath… something! Goodness. Yum!

Husband has been making me watch movies I never bothered to watch. Like Toy Story for example. Now I’m obsessed with Buzz Lightyear. And I hated him when I watched the first one. Now I love him! Ugh ugh ugh. I’m not a fan of Lotso but I had to go on this crazy hunt for him for my Disney World Secret Santa and since at the time it was buy one get one free I got myself a Lotso too. Only because I like sniffing him. Husband is also making me sit though all 3 of the Lord of the Rings. I hate to admit, I love Legolas! I think I secretly like Orlando Bloom, even though I talk so much shit about him. But you have to admit, he fucks shit up in every movie (Elizabethtown, Pirates of the Caribbean… TROY… just sayin).

I am so excited that my favorite bakery brought back my favorite soup, Tomato Ravioli! Yay! They took it off the menu and switched everything up so I stopped going. Went to get a snack last week and found out they brought it back! YES! And they had my strawberry shortcake! I’ve been getting it there since I was a kid. *Sigh. Again with the “familiarness”.

I’ve given in to my roots and I’ve gone back to Dr Pepper. I love Dr Pepper but sometimes I only crave it when I’m sick. Lately I’ve been craving it all the time (then again, I’ve been homesick, does that count?). My dad went as far as buying me a whole 24 pack lol. Thanks daddy! I swear it tastes like marshmallows! Husband doesn’t believe me. But come on! 23 flavors, marshmallows could totally be one of them!

So I’ve been picking up the sequal to this book every time I go to Borders and I thought it was the first book in the series, but it’s not so I had to go get the first book, which is Deadly Little Secret. I didn’t really know what to expect but OMG. I love this book! There was suspense, there was humor… romance isn’t a big issue with me when it comes to books. It seems like everything in YA (Young Adult) has a love triangle. Jeez. I actually finished this book in one sitting, in two hours! Crazy. I’ve never done that before! I can’t wait to start on the sequel, Deadly Little Lies! The third book comes out on the 28th I believe. Whoo!

So that’s what I’ve been loving this past week or so. Gotta get things in order. I cleaned my room a bit, now I just have to wash my sheets, organize my stuff, figure out what I’m going to pack, write book reviews, read books that were sent for review and a bunch of other things. Ahhhhh! December is such a hectic month for me all the time. Last year it was our wedding. This year it’s moving. Next year I’m totally going to NOT be busy for December and enjoy it! Hopefully.

Anyway, my fourth class at UoP ended last Monday. I’m starting a new class this Monday and I haven’t even met the teacher yet. In fact, our discussion page isn’t even set up yet so she took the time to email everyone the syllabus. Why? Because we have an essay due, the first day of class. About three chapters we’re suppose to read.

Why, nice to meet you too!

Ugh. Sometimes I think college isn’t for me. But I do love this school and I am excited for my career, so I just have to shut up and suck it up.

My Amazon order isn’t coming in this week, which means I get no new books this week. Well that’s not completely true. I got 3 books this week so far for review, one of which I’m really excited to read (Siren by Tricia Rayburn). I also got an email back from Penguin Publishing finally and they approved my request for the two ARC’s I wanted. So I’m excited about that as well! Now if only I could get an email back from HarperTeen…

I’ve realized that I spore up and my brain turns into mush in the summer. It’s just too freakin hot to think or do anything. I can’t wait until Fall, that’s when I wake up and start getting creative. I love cool and cold weather!

I wish I had asked my dad to get me a chocolate parfait… darn.

I’ve had a headache all weekend, it’s driving me nuts. I took NyQuil last night which eased it until well, now. I absolutely hate headaches, and I get them frequently. They stopped for awhile when I started drinking water, but I’ve been slacking on drinking water… so they’re back. I know I should start again, especially since it’s been really really hot lately, sometimes I doubt I think.

A bit off subject, my brother threw away a bunch of things that reminded me of him, or the him he use to be. His turn tables, his xbox and the Pwawa doll I gave him when we were kids. Shouldn’t hurt my feelings right? Yeah, it shouldn’t.

Another thing off subject… my reading week has been slow. I only finished one book this week and I finished it last night (which was cute cause as soon as I turned the last page, my husband goes “did you like your book?” and I was laying behind him and he was playing a game… how did he know I finished it?!)… I’m still struggling through “Sea Change” and I have to start “Butterfly” soon. I started “Other” last night awhile after I finished “The Swan Kingdom” (which didn’t have anything to do with a “swan kingdom”). It’s funny because I requested a review copy of “Other” and when they took too long to respond (I assumed the publishing company skipped my request), I bought a copy and the next day the publishing company responded. Don’t you hate when things like that happen? I love that I’m getting ARC’s and review copies, it makes reading and blogger so much more fun. I know everyone says you shouldn’t blog for the ARC’s, but it’s a nice feeling knowing that publishing companies think you’re worthy of it. Does that make sense?

I need to get my “to review” book pile out of the way, I’m a bit behind on two books. I have a few more ARC’s coming in this week… and I hate how impossible it is to reach Penguin…. argh. I’ll keep trying until I finally reach them (or until the books I want are relased)!

This post is a little late… not that anyone would had even noticed :).

This is what I got my mom for Mother’s Day this year; Orchid scented stuff from Bath & Body Works (since she loves Orchid’s), a Nora Roberts book set and I also included a copy of The Clearing since it’s my favorite book of the year (so far).

All wrapped up and ready for her to find!

I got a new webcam (thanks to my buddy JD who gave me a $100 Visa gift card and told me to splurge it… so splurge it, I did!) and it’s amaaaazing. I love it! And it was cool cause it was $80 at Fry’s Electronics but $50 on Amazon. Oh the reasons why I love Amazon are endless!

As you can see, the focus on this is amazing! It’s like having macro on your webcam!

I’m obsessed with eating Panera Bread (BBQ Chicken Salad with diced egg and Wild Rice soup) and Chipotle. I blame my husband for the Chipotle obsession. But I can’t eat it unless he soaks my rice with lemon juice, which he usually gladly does :).

Another obsession? Bokchoy Boys! They’re $.50 vending machine Ninja toys. Every time I eat at Fry’s Electronics (their Cafe has the BEST Club sandwich I’ve ever had) I have to get one… or three of these! Drives my husband crazy haha! But look at him, isn’t he cute? I’m missing 4 out of the 12 right now! Oh and this picture was taken on my new webcam :).

Finally got to dine at Olive Garden after a very very long break. I’m not much of a drinker (anymore) and I definitely don’t like wine or beer. But I love Moscato! Maybe because it doesn’t really taste like wine…

I’ve stopped buying makeup and started buying books. Goin back to my roots! But seriously, this is getting dangerous lol. I’ve been going on crazy book buying spree’s.

This isn’t even half of the books I’ve bought in the last two months! I have books everywhere! I just finished Perfect Chemistry this morning and I have to say, it’s right up there with The Clearing. Amazing story, suspenseful, real, raw and intoxicating! I’m excited to read The Faerie Path but I can’t start any more series! I didn’t know Perfect Chemistry was a series, grrr. I have this thing where if I’m reading a series, it takes priority. So I’m hoping to finish the Wings series (or what’s out of it so far) so I don’t feel this lingering obligation lol. Also excited to read Merlin’s Harp because it has a super pretty cover and Graceling because I hear so many good things about it… but again, it’s part of a series!

Oh, more books! I know what I said about series earlier but I’m kinda holding off on reading Fragile Eternity because I have a soft spot for Seth and Ash and I’m not really ready for their story to be over just yet… but I am curious to know about what happens in Radiant  Shadows because it’s been talked about lately. The thing about the Wicked Lovely series is you get those first 80-100 pages where you’re kinda confused because of all the back story and details (not that its a bad thing, it actually helps you understand the rest of the book so much more easier) and I always feel so hazy in that area lol. My good friend suggested Lock & Key to me and I gave in and got it, its over 400 pages. Goodness lol! I’m kinda reading The Iron King, it’s kinda creeping me out a bit, just because someones stalking her and I mean its a bit obvious who and why but it’s just… kinda creepy you know?!

I decided… I’m going to give up on Eyes Like Stars. At least for right now. I don’t know, it’s just really confusing to me and I find myself saying “uhhh what?” every other page. It has fantastic reviews everywhere and I feel like there’s something wrong with me because I’m just not getting it lol. Ugh, I don’t know!

My typical school lunch :D except I’m missing my Turkey Melt lol. I’m so glad this class is almost over, the teacher irritates me. He talks to me like I’m stupid and every time he’s saying something about what you’re not suppose to be doing, he stares at me. Not only that, but every freakin comment he gives me back on my homework makes me sound like I lack the ability to write a complete sentence. I don’t know what the hell his problem is but even my husband notices that he pays more attention to me than anyone else, and not in a nice way either. Like yesterday, in class. He was going through a power point and I was commenting to Martin on the things on the slide and he was talking to another one of my classmates about a personal matter so I quietly commented to Martin about the slide and he turns to us and goes “can you guys stop talking to each other over there? You’re making it very hard for me to not separate you two” and it was just irritating. Everyone else whispers to each other and we get in trouble?! And separate us?! What are we, in high school? I’m paying for this class, don’t talk to me like I’m a fuckin child. UGH. Can’t WAIT for this stupid class to be OVER!

I thought this was kinda cool, they had Mario on all the monitors on the back wall in Fry’s. The little girl kept looking back at me cause I was wearing my raccoon Mario hoodie that day lol! As soon as they left, I jumped on the controllers! I  <3 that game :)!