The Summer OLYMPICS Are Here!!!!

Today the opening Olympic ceremony is going to be held in Beijing, China. Although there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the location of the Olympics (due to both political and environmental problems) it is finally here!!!!! Personally I'm excited about a couple of sports including gymnastics and swimming but it looks like there is a sport for everyone.

List of Summer Olympic Sports:

Modern Pentathlon
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
BMX Racing
Canoing
Cycling
Diving
Equestrian
Diving
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Field Hockey
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling

I know it is a long list!!! You should be able to catch most of the Olympics on television channels like ABC and NBC. I will post results as soon as possible for some of the popular sports.

GO TEAM USA!

Breaking Dawn Release!

At Midnight last night Breaking Dawn was released. Breaking Dawn is the 4th installment to the Twilight Saga! Personally, I'm very, very excited about this book coming out. The third book (Eclipse) left so many questions unanswered. So much is supposed to happen it is insane. If you haven't picked up the first three books you should! Just for some back information (I know Mel has covered a lot of this already), these books mostly surround Bella, who is an awkward speak when spoken to teenager, Edward Cullen a pale, gorgeous vampire and in later books Jacob Black, Bella's best friend. It's entertaining, wild, and the plots for each of the books are amazing. When you get done with one book you want to jump into the next one just to see what happens. SO!, go to the store and pick up the series, it is an easy read and a good way to kill some time!

Name that Film!

Fun summer game! In this post are screen captures from 25 randomly selected 5 star rated movies on Netflix. It is your job(privilege) to see if you can name the movie they are from! Some are easy and common, some not so much. For this first round, try not to use imdb. It's more fun that way.

1.-Holes
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7.-I Heart Huckabees
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9.-Matilda
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12.-The Truman show
13.-Se7en
14.-Ocean's 11
15.-Pulp Fiction
16.-The Royal Tenenbaums
17.-The Princess Bride
18.-Miss Congeniality
19.-The 40 Year Old Virgin
20.-The Good Girl



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Half-Blood Prince trailer released

Having a Purpose

I have been thinking about this for a while. We all go through the transition from being a kid to having responsibilities and being an adult. Every person takes a different path in life physically, emotionally, and intellectually. Some people have pressure to be a certain way from parents, friends, or even strangers. The world we live in pressures us to live, think, and act in a certain manner. But seriously, do we have an actual purpose in life? Leaving everything aside (parents, friends, influencing parties) what is our purpose?

Do we have a purpose other then to be ourselves in life, something like destiny? Or, do we have to force ourselves to be purposeful? While growing up it seems like we were always told that we have a purpose in life. A purpose? What does that mean?...To satisfy out needs, to make other proud, to help those in need around us? Or is our purpose to find ourselves as an individual and not necessarily to have an impact on other?

Edward Cullen makes me want to become a Vampire.

So I'll be honest with you, a novel revolving around the romance between a weakly teenaged girl (Bella Swan) and an immortal loner vampire (Edward Cullen) doesn't sound like my cup of tea.

But give or take a week, I too fell under the Twilight spell.

The first book in the Twilight saga is from Bella's point-of-view: moving to the gloomy yet quaint little town of Forks, WA. Her self-conscious persona and lack of fine motor skills relates to the awkward teen in all of us. She's never dated, never saw herself as gorgeous or out of the ordinary, just a regular, talk-only-if you-initiate type of chick.

And then came Edward Cullen, who could not resist her. Which has a double meaning (read the book to figure that one out -wink-). And I must praise Ms. Meyer for creating such a heartthrob of a fictional character. I swear her character descriptions are right-on, and if your a teenaged girl like myself, your heart will grown a little attached to Edward's "golden eyes," gentleman-like mannerisms, and badass style. He's just hot. And I feel so pathetic writing this.

I guess it's because I picture Robert Pattinson (played Cedric Diggory in HP, and starrs as Edward Cullen in the upcoming Twilight flick) while reading. And he's just, well - gorgeous of course.

Anyways, Twilight is a super easy read. The size may be intimidating, but if it takes your more than 5 hours to read the book, I'm declaring you illterate.

So if you haven't got anything else to do, and are tired of those That 70's Show and Sex and the City re-runs, I suggest you sit yourself in the nearest Barnes and Noble and read this book along with the other teen girls, middle-aged moms and goths.

But seriously, Love + Suspense + Edward Cullen = a grand time for all.

New section: Random Thoughts

So Brit Brit came up with the idea to have this section... Kind of like a grab bag type deal, where we can express our notions on life, love, and other humanly thoughts that rage in our heads... and don't fit the other categories. As requested by her, here's a post I wrote on fbook:

Within a span of 18 years, few instances have reminded me of how thin life is. This past week has been one of them. And I don't think I can fully understand sorrow, until I've lost a loved one myself.

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I take my friends and family for granted. I take the food in my fridge, the mattress I sleep on, the electricity running through my laptop, tv, and lightbulbs for granted.

I forget that I'm lucky to have the option of walking or running, holding awkward eye contact with a stranger, and being able to feel and hear the sound of thunder.

I let everyday inside jokes and funny moments slip away without appreciation.

And I let some compliments go unspoken, because I feel like I risk sounding fake or cheesy.

Longtime friends who I haven't seen all year are still in my phonebook. Why haven't I called/texted them?

Petty fights and long silences,stubbornness and unsaid apologies.

Down to the last detail - I feel like I've taken it all for granted....

And I know that sooner or later this feeling will fade out, and I'll join everyone else in magnifying stupid problems in my life, but I just want to say, without trying to sound too preachy or cliche or trite...

Drop those who bring you down, but don't confuse them with people who actually care about you. And keep the latter close and within reach. Remember that your horrible day doesn't even compare to someone else's, who's probably worse off in the long run.

Let simple things go, and take it easy.

Cause life is thin.