the premiere: twilight, jodi picoult, and jim dale June 17, 2008

well, i suppose this is my first post for this blog. with the exception of my high school xanga, i’ve never been able to keep a blog up consistently. i’m not planning on having a huge fanbase or anything – i just want to keep up with things. during the school year, i’m a pretty avid journaler, but i can’t seem to keep up with that in the summer. i figured a blog might be a better way to keep track of things – especially things trivial enough to keep out of my journal, like books, my classes, school, just kind of whatever.

i’m a junior at oklahoma christian university majoring in english writing and minoring in spanish, international studies, and accounting. so basically i’m almost picking up another major in liberal studies, but just short a few hours. accounting does seem like the odd man out, but i’m doing it for the business knowledge, since you have to know not only business accounting, but general business, management, and marketing, as well. my mom’s a CPA so she talked me into it – but i’m taking basic accounting one this summer and i really like it, so maybe it’s inherent. we’ll see.

i’m going to try to keep my posts pretty short and to the point and only write about a few things per post, maybe four or five if i’m feeling frisky.

tonight i think i’m going to start out with talking about the “twilight saga,” which has quickly risen in my stock. i know, i’m even judging myself for loving them. i tried so hard to resist, but they’re just too good. i think the characters are generally pretty flat, and i don’t think i’d be a fan of either bella (too whiny and cries too much) or edward (too perfect/noble, well, except the whole vampire thing) in real life, but i do enjoy a good page-turner. and it did keep me up two nights in a row, reading when i should have been getting valuable sleeping done in between work and evening accounting class (i know, right?)

BUT here’s the kicker – the movie. i cannot wait. it’s got a wonderful cast, and rob pattinson is making me fall in love with edward out of sheer good looks. i applaud whoever did the casting – can’t wait. kristen stewart (in the land of women, panic room) is playing bella, and so far the trailers, etc., look good. i’ll post the official trailer and a clip shown at some mtv awards show or something. i don’t watch mtv. it sucks these days. but if they’re posting twilight clips, i’ll watch those.

here’s the mtv clip

and here’s the official trailer

it’s going to be good. i promise. and if i’m lying, i’ll be right there at midnight gouging out my eyes with you.

mm. sheer beauty.

currently i’m reading “the pact” by jodi picoult. it’s definitely my third or fourth or eighth read, but it’s just so good. i can’t put it down. the basic premise is of two teens, chris harte and emily gold, who grow up together and start dating as teens, and then one night emily is found dead, a bullethole in her head, with chris next to her the whole time. he claims it was a suicide pact between the two of them, but it’s up to time and the courtroom to decide whether it was a pact or a homicide. it’s an incredible pageturner. i cry every time i read it.

other books of hers that i enjoy are “my sister’s keeper,” “nineteen minutes,” and “salem falls.” i wouldn’t recommend “the tenth circle,” but only because it delves into the supernatural, and that’s not my thing (and probably shouldn’t be hers, either, but that’s just my opinion).

currently my musical addiction is PlayRadioPlay!, which is a one-man electronic/pop band from aledo, texas started by daniel hunter in december 2005. he writes, performs, and records all of his own music. the sound can be compared to The Postal Service, Hellogoodbye, Electric President, and other electronic acts. (thanks, wiki) but for real, if you like postal service and hellogoodbye, you’ll love him. his voice also sounds almost identical to the singer from death cab, so there’s another good tip. love it.

other topics i may talk about include my favorite tv shows (lost, grey’s anatomy, heroes, i love new york, flavor of love), harry potter, classes i take, going to a christian university, what i do in my spare time, podcasts, writing, work, just whatever, really.

shoutout to jim dale tonight. i just started listening to his harry potter audiobooks, and i’ve got to say that he’s amazing. if you don’t listen, you should get on it. his voices are fantastic. if you get on itunes and download mugglecast episode 137, it’s mostly an interview with him. he does a few voices and talks about recording and all. heck, while you’re at it, download all of the mugglecast casts. they’re great.

did you know that TYPEWRITER is the longest word you can type out using only one line on the keyboard? try it. i know you did.