It's ALWAYS something!

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¡Hola, amigos!

It has been TOO long since I've posted, I know. You guys have probably planned my funeral by now. I'm sorry!

I haven't written in awhile, here or anywhere else. There is so much going on! Good stuff, bad stuff, confusing stuff, & just plain NEW stuff, & it's a helluva job trying to keep up with it all. I want an assistant!!!!!

What is funny is looking at everything that has changed lately, especially relationship-wise. Friends that I thought would NEVER leave are gone, maybe not forever, but still. The boyfriend I never expected to find? Still here. My best GFs still rock, & my mum has become one of them.

((DEAR GOD!!!! We're FRIENDS now????? WTH!))

Even my relationship with Vati is different. It's the *little girl growing up* thing for him, & the *Vati growing up* bit for me, as he has finally decided to stop drinking, & has done well so far. I am starting to feel like I have a dad again, bit late in the game, but still.

I haven't had a REAL dad since I was about 4, it's nice to see him again. Better late than never.  

I don't even know where to begin when it comes to describing everything else that's changed, it seems as if there are a billion things.

Oh, and I have a new blog. Girls only, please.

Unless you are the sort of guy who will buy your girlfriend's tampons, you don't want to know, anyway.

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bettefan05 at 9:50:16 PM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 2 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

Okay. While Kevin tries to figure out why the VCR seems to have ingested the last video we watched & WON'T LET IT GO, I shall write a quick entry.

Which I may or may not show him. I don't know yet. We shall see.

What happened was... we were in the kitchen, listening to Celine Dion, (which I was NOT forcing on him,) & he asked me to dance.

I, dear readers, do not dance.

AT ALL.

I went to my Homecomings & Proms to TALK to people.

And also to get a new dress. But I digress.

I told him no. Repeatedly.

I feel AWFUL about it... but I can't help it. "But, you're going to HAVE to dance at our wedding," he said, "or else I'll have to dance with your mom, & then it will be a *Stacey's Mom* moment- EWW."

Which is true. I can't do that to him. And I won't.

I'll dance... eventually.

I think he thinks it is his fault, like I don't trust him enough or something, but that is REALLY not it.

The only person I do not trust is... me. Or my craptastic balance & coordination.

Plus... yeah. I am, like, TOTALLY aware of how stupid I look & feel when dancing.

Past experience will do that to you. I don't know why.

This may be one of those "Fear of Failure" things. I can work through that, I think.

Give me some time to fight with it first, though, okay?

I'm stubborn, but I'll come around.

(With any luck, & the grace of Goddess.)

Optimistic little creature, aren't I?

bettefan05 at 12:53:44 AM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 2 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

Hey, guys! I know it has been awhile since I posted here, most of my writing has been in my private blog lately, but I have still been keeping up with YOUR blogs.

In case any of you were wondering, Kevin & I are still together, it's been about a month and a half now. I couldn't be any happier. I never, ever thought I'd find anyone like him- he really IS a gentleman.

Yeah, I know. I thought God(dess, if you prefer,) quit making those, too. But, he didn't.

Example: We'd been going out a month, & never kissed. AT ALL. Not even, like, a peck on the cheek or anything. I know that may seem weird, but I just wanted to be careful, as he is my first REAL boyfriend- the first one I proudly admit to.

The coolest thing is that he agreed; that it would happen when the time is right, we didn't have to push it, & that he'd NEVER force me to do anything I didn't want to do. (Yes, he SAID that.) And he meant it- he never pushed.

I also like that we talked openly about it, discussing things we would & would not do- like, no PDA, 'cause it's gross & it makes people around you uncomfortable- WAY ahead of time. We even talked about what we were afraid of, what we didn't want to happen, WAY ahead of time.

Okay, you might have seen this coming. But, I'm going to share it with you anyway, because I know you'll be happy for me. And, you should feel special, because my MOTHER doesn't even know yet. (I'll give you guys the dialogue later, you just get the highlights right now.)

I got my first kiss today. At, like, 4:30 in the morning. He actually asked if he could.

Yeah, it might seem a bit belated, as I am 18(!!!) but, you know what?

It was TOTALLY worth the wait.

And, afterwards, the first thing he said was, "You know how they say the 1st kiss tells you everything?" "Yes. What'd it tell you?" "That I trust you. I love you AND I trust you."

That is the most beautiful, perfect thing he could have said.

I feel incredibly blessed.

"And it will be the kiss by which all others in your life shall be judged." - from "Hearts in Atlantis"

 

bettefan05 at 6:25:42 PM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 1 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

 ...Kate Hudson is INSANE.

I think it must be something floating around in the water of Hollywood, because celebrities as a whole seem to have gone 'round the bend. I mean, first, we have TomKat, which seems a bit over-the top, but cute, at least. Then, BrAngelina- that is, the whispered rumours of the relationship between Jennifer Aniston's former hubby & "that chick, with the lips."
 
THAT sort of stuff is "normal" for H'Wood. What Kate Hudson recently said, however, is BEYOND BIZARRE. I realize that, as illustrated by above couples, it is obviously difficult to have a stable relationship when there are so many prying eyes & so much pressure. I get that. However, I REFUSE to believe that only celebrities suffer with this, & I even refuse to believe that their suffering is on a larger scale. The circumstances might be different, but the situations are pretty much the same.

So... when did monogamy, as Kate said, become "unrealistic?"

When did respecting yourself, your family, & your partner/spouse become unrealistic?

And, most importantly, why didn't I get the memo?

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*Clean room, which is actually NOT as messy as it NORMALLY is when Mum threatens me, but I think she came up before her morning coffee, so whatever. I gotta put clothes away, clean dressers, make bed, clean UNDER bed, (um, ew!) gather up trash, (wasn't trash day this morning?) and mop the floor.

Oh, & go through all that junk that may or may not wind up in a garage sale, & get it OUT OF MY ROOM!

*Mop Danny's floor, to prevent another mop-stuck-to-cieling incident.

*Do not break aforementioned mop. Again.

*Eventually come downstairs. Wash dishes, clean bathroom, sweep floors, & possibly dust. Also clean off top of washer. And do cat litter.

*Take back library books, 2 days overdue.

*Remember to breathe.

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Well. She has really gone too ruddy far this time, has J.K. Rowling, & I, for one, am rather upset.

As I hope you've surmised, I started reading *HBP* this morning & finished it about a couple hours ago. (Were it not for Mum INSISTING that I eat & occaisionally visit the W.C, it'd have been sooner, drat it all.)

"Well, then? What do you think?"

I cannot BELIEVE she killed off *SPOILER BELOW*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DUMBLEDORE!

Of ALL the people to off, it had to be HIM? WHY?

It is a mark of how

a) obsessive

b) sad &

c) stark raving mad

I am, because, I must confess, I got a bit emotional as I read the part.

And, having popped into AOL's Arts and Entertainment - Harry Potter Chat, I KNOW I was not alone.

It was at this moment that I truly realized just HOW brilliant an author J.K. Rowling really is. Hundreds upon thousands of fans have already read *HBP.* Hundreds of thousands of fans rushed to be in line by 12:01 on Saturday. For the most part, we are united in our rage against Snape, our grief for both Dumbledore & Harry, & our desire to believe that the end of the 6th book foretells hope in the 7th. This unity, this sense of fellowship that we feel knows no age- go into any chat, & you may find fans ages 8-82.

On one level, I well know this whole thing seems rather absurd, but on another, I cannot fathom why.

Who, in their life, has not experienced love, loss, fear, or heartbreak? Who has not been bogged down in pity, anger, or despair? Who has never wished to prove themself? Who has not, at one time, simply wanted to leave the life they are accustomed to behind, if only for awhile? These things are universal! They are things I believe we all have felt, but have pushed them aside, or tucked them away. By weaving them into fantasy, Rowling makes it 'acceptable' to feel these things.

THAT is why we cry when we lose a character- we identify with at least one, because all seem to embody some part of the human experience. THAT draws us in, the reality, but the fantasy allows us an escape.I have never seen another author do this quite so well.

I am not saying the book is without flaws- it seems a bit... slow, & anti-climatic, even with the loss of Dumbledore, if you consider the fact that the Wizarding world IS supposed to be engaging in a WAR. The 5th book didn't seem 'finished' to me, but it was, at least, an intriguing transition into this one. *HBP* seems a bit muddled & unfocused with what is supposed to be going on; it does leave me wondering how she will tie everything up in book 7.

Incidentally, it also guarantees that I will READ book 7- to find out. Neat trick, J.K.

She rocks.

bettefan05 at 3:30:26 AM EDT Permalink | Blog about this entry |  Add to del.icio.us |  digg this This entry has 1 comments: Show Recent | Add your own

Okay, fans of Harry Potter books & movies will recognize the following: Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Although MOST people would consider this just another bit of J.K. Rowling's fantasy, Jelly Belly made it a reality after the first book. However, yesterday was the first time I tried them.

Let me tell ya, when they said "every flavor," they MEAN every flavor! They have normal ones, like chocolate & peppermint, but there's also...

*grass

*dirt

*vomit

*rotten egg

*soap

*bacon

*black pepper

*booger

*earwax and

*earthworm.

Now, personally I have never eaten an earthworm, earwax, rotten eggs, or boogers, so I don't know how accurate those are. (Didn't eat the jellybean equivalents, either. Just in case they ARE accurate.)

However, my mother was from the "wash-out-your-mouth-with-soap" school of retribution, & I can personally tell you, the soap-flavored jelly bean is a dead ringer for a bar of Ivory.

Bacon tastes like a piece of crispy bacon dipped in sugar. Gross.

Grass... tastes like grass. (The legal kind that grows in your yard, obviously.) I ate a blade once when I was a kid, after reading some books by Marguerite Henry. I figured if  it hadn't killed Misty of Chincoteague, it wouldn't kill me. Plus, she just made it sound so darn good! It didn't kill me, but I like the jellybean better.

The dirt one... how to describe the dirt one? Have you ever taken a walk in the garden after a rain? The dirt smells really rich, & that is exactly what the jellybean tastes like. If you eat this one, you will know what beets taste like to me.

Those are the only ones I've tried- the only ones I plan to! Have you tried any, or would you?

P.S. Mum just said she plans to give some to her mother-in-law. Whom she doesn't like. Does that give you perspective?

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Click Me!!!!

(You KNOW you wanna.)

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