I didn’t think this still happened with them. I mean, I always knew that South America went crazy when they are there. But, for this still be happening is completely insane. I felt like I was just transported back to the days Black & Blue.

They say that what you’re doing at midnight on New Years Eve is what will shape the rest of the new year for you. Well, last year Hayden, Niki, Bean and I made it home with less than five minutes before 2008. Hayden got champagne ready for all of us and we counted down then drank. We then played some drinking game before going to bed. I do believe there was also some yelling out the window that went on. On the outside everything seemed perfectly normal and great, on the inside things were strained and lots was unsaid.

I’m not going to highlight everything that went wrong over the past year. There have been many bumps in the road, but they are best left with 2008 when it ends. Over the past year I’ve worked to try and better myself as a person, it’s still something I’m working on. I’m not going to say that I’ve completely changed because I haven’t. But, in many ways I have. I’d like to believe it’s been for the better, but I’m usually no good at evaluation myself.

Let’s break down what I can about this year…
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Just found this amusing.

(1) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

(2) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

(3) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

(4) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don’t Do It!

(5) Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing.. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing).

(6) That’s Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That’s okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

(7) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you’re welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says ‘Thanks a lot’ - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not th anking you at all. DO NOT say ‘you’re welcome’ . That will bring on a ‘whatever’).

(8) Whatever: Is a woman’s way of saying F– YOU!

(9) Don’t worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking ‘What’s wrong?’ For the woman’s response refer to # 3.

Just posting some pictures of the decorations in the apartment.

The porch. It has a bit of a candy cane feel.

Our fireplace. Stockings for Hayden, Niki and me.

The tree! I wish I had a camera that could capture the lights right.

One of the Mickey ornaments.

I keep meaning to sit down and write in here. After all, I got this space just so I WOULD start writing again. But it seems that everytime I think about doing it I start doing something else and it never gets done. Though, that’s the way I am with most things if I don’t do it right then and there. Here I am though, sitting down and writing.

Christmas is just around the corner and things in the apartment look pretty festive this year. We have red and white lights out on the porch and then my lovely roommates bought a tree and surprised me with it. It’s way cute and done up in red and white to match the porch. Surprisingly, the cats (or my cat rather) haven’t tried to climb it and they don’t seem to want to destroy it too much. My cat, Cosmo, seems to enjoy chewing on the fakeness of it and the most both cats are really interested in are the ornaments.

It looks like I’ll be spending Christmas Eve in California with Niki’s family and then driving back here to Phoenix with her on Christmas day. I really didn’t want her to have to make that drive alone on Christmas. My mom wanted my to go to San Antonio, but flying stand-by during the holidays is not fun what-so-ever. She did however put some “Hanukkah guilt money” in my savings account today. They’re apparently doing Hanukkah on Christmas…strange, I know.

Work hasn’t been too bad lately. They’ve cut hours at Inmotion so I’ve only worked there three times this week. My nights at British Airways have been going by quick. Today was hell, but most days are over before I know it. It could be due to the fact that the flights are so full that we keep busy through the whole shift.

Next month Emily will be out here and I can’t wait for that! It’ll be a nice way to start the new year.

You ever feel like everything is wrong? I mean…EVERYTHING. And you don’t know how it got that way or how to fix it and it just keeps getting worse. You don’t know what to do so you just deal and you hope.

What can be said about the Twilight movie? Well, a lot really. It wasn’t the best movie that I’ve seen, but it wasn’t the worst either. For the first half of the movie I felt like I was watching just pieces of film put together to rush a story along until it got to where you wanted it. Once that second half started though, things were good. So much was changed from the book. But still, I’ll more than likely see it again.

As for the actors, I could live without some of them. I’m still not all that sure about Rob Pattinson playing Edward. He did a pretty good job, but he just isn’t the Edward that I pictured in my head. The best, to me, was the actress they got to play Alice. I just wish she would’ve been in it more and had that interaction with Bella that I love from the books. You really didn’t get to know many of the characters in the movie. The introduction of Jacob was just all wrong to me and Bella’s friends from school were kind of just…there.

Honestly, I don’t think most who aren’t fans of the books will enjoy the movie because of the way it’s put together. So many people want to compare this to Harry Potter and it is no where near that level. My opinion, but still. For the first five Harry Potter movies I had only read the first book. The movies made me want to pick up the rest of the books and be ready for the next movies. I don’t see the Twilight movie doing that for anyone.

It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged. Well, really, since I’ve had my own blog site. I’ve been over in the world of online journals for years. After awhile of using those I kind of stopped writing real updates on my life. I’d write a one liner here and there and did a lot of memes along the way. This site is me wanting to get back into actually writing. And I’d also wanted a place that friends of mine, outside of the online journal world, could be apart of. That being said…let’s get on with it!

Things have been kind of, well, eh lately. I think I’m just kind of bored. I work from 8:30am until 9:30pm (getting a two hour break between my jobs) and then come home and usually crash after an hour of being home. I was interviewed for the assistant manager position at the electronics/music/movie store I work at in the morning and have yet to hear anything on it. There were three of us interviewed and we’re all kind of just…waiting. It’s getting kind of annoying. But I’d love to go to having just one full time job that will pay the bills.

Last night I went and saw JT Spangler and Isaac Johnson perform for the first time. I had met JT the last time I was in Los Angeles and had heard a lot about Isaac from a friend of mine. It was nice to sit and listen to them play, even if it was in a room of about fifteen people. Everyone cleared out pretty quick and the three of us just sat and talked for awhile. Very talented and great guys. I wanted to sneak into their car and head to Vegas with them, but I never would’ve been back to work on Thursday.

Tomorrow, at midnight, is the showing of Twilight in theaters. I’m really not sure if I’m ready for the movie. I’m afraid that I’m just going to be disappointed in it. The books are some of my favorites that I’ve had the chance to read. I’m actually reading through them for the second time right now. I started with rereading Twilight so that I could be refreshed for the movie and lead to me having to reread New Moon and so on. I’m just about done with Eclipse and not sure if I’m going to read Breaking Dawn a second time. While I love the books, the final one wasn’t that great to me. It felt almost rushed, kind of like the last of the Harry Potter books did to me.