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A txt conversation I had with Josh yesterday regarding the wedding ceremony I attended this past Saturday:

J:   How was this wedding?

A:  It was nice but I [wasn't too fond of the pastor]

J:  The pastor ruined it? Wow. That’s a good omen.

A:  I just got annoyed by some of the stuff he was saying during the service. Very androcentric.  I wanted to throw [something] at him.

J:  What kind of things was he saying?

A:  Something about how the wedding ring symbolizing a belt a man would carry his sword on, and that the sword was symbolic of strength and battle? And when a man marries a woman, it’s like he’s saying his sword is also her sword. Uh…no.  A sword is also a completely phallic symbol, so when you get right down to it he’s REALLY saying “my [penis] is your [penis].” And now, that would just be emasculating! *Steps off soap box*

J:  LOL! Wow.  Symbolism is fun!!!

A:  Sorry, crazy feminist moment. It’s really no wonder no men will put their swords in me

Yes, and I’m sorry, this post is about Twilight–but don’t stop reading, please.

For those of you that don’t know (and I’m extremely embarrassed to admit this), I recently finished reading Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series.  I made the mistake of going to see the film prior to reading the books (hey, at least it only cost me a dollar at the dollar theater in town).

(*Spoiler alert* not that anyone cares!)

I won’t talk much about the film, as it was pretty bad.  Kristen Stewart (girl who plays Bella) had the same dumb look on her face throughout the entire movie, and it was enough to be distracting. Robert Pattinson’s voice just got to me–he has a creepy voice, but it’s not the right kind of creepy voice.  Like, “awkward home-schooled kid whose dad died when he was 2 years old” creepy, instead of “I’ve been 17 years old for over 80 years and still have never gotten laid” creepy. At least the storyline followed the book fairly well.

My disclaimer for reading the books: My mom thought I would like them…?  I really have no good excuse for myself here.  I would start reading one of these books and would look at the clock, and magically, 2 hours had gone by.  I compare reading the Twilight series to (and I’m going to look like a total loser for admitting to this too) watching 5-10 episodes of Sailormoon in one sitting. The series is completely mind-numbing, I know exactly what’s going to happen in every episode after watching 5 minutes, but for some reason the characters are irritatingly endearing so I get sucked in. Or like not really being hungry, but you have a can of Pringles in front of you so you start eating them and before you know it the can is empty and you feel bloated and guilty.

I will give Meyer credit for her use of imagery. It was great, for the most part–not the best I’ve read, but far from the worst. However, the second book (New Moon) is IMAGERY OVERKILL.  Too much imagery to the point where she could have shaved 50 pages off of that already too-long book.  Needless to say, this book DRAGGED, and didn’t really have a difinitive ending, so I can’t imagine what is going to hold the film together, other than “WHOA SWEET CGI WOLF EFFECTS” (and “OMG EDWARD CULLEN <3333″).  70% of the book is Bella wallowing in her own self-pity and all the while pulling Jacob around like a puppy on a leash.

I got through Eclipse relatively quickly. Quickly enough that I can’t quite remember the whole plot of that book.  It was mostly centered around the vampire/werewolf rivalry (or really, the Edward/Jacob rivalry) but it’s not hard to guess who Bella favors in the end.  The one thing I do enjoy about this book (and maybe the only thing I really took pleasure in reading out of the entire “saga”) was Rosalie’s backstory.  In a nutshell- while she was still human, she was gang-raped, beaten, and left for dead by her fiance and his friends. Carlisle found her, turned her into a vampire, and during her “crazy newborn” phase she put on her wedding gown for dramatic effect and went back and slaughtered all those bastards.  Kind of badass. They also kill off Victoria in this book, which was pretty anticlimactic after reading up to that point, but I also didn’t expect an epic battle (by then I had learned to not expect TOO much). I was hoping Meyer would delve at least a little bit into Victoria’s back story before killing off that character, but she didn’t- another disappointment.

Breaking Dawn took me the longest to get through. The novel is broken up into three(?) “books,” the second of which is from Jacob’s point of view. I started reading it on my flight to Japan and stopped shortly after the first book because the angsty werewolf point-of-view is one that is extremely annoying to read, but I can see why it was necessary for that portion of the book.  I also stopped after the first book because apparently male vampires can impregnate human women…WTF? If you’re undead (particularly if you’ve been undead for over 80 YEARS), there isn’t ONE living cell in your body. That includes the baby-makin’ ones. I was irritated to say the least, but not completely surprised. To make a long story short, the baby is half-vampire (apparently it’s possible to be “kind of” a vampire; maybe Bella was also only “kind of” pregnant?), Edward performs a C-section on Bella using only his teeth, extracts bouncing, biting baby “Renesmee” then turns Bella into a vampire because somehow at this point she wasn’t dead (damn).

It was shortly after this that I realized one glaring flaw in this series. These vampires’ “venom” is what was responsible for the process that changes a human into a vampire. Obviously, this venom is found in their mouths, but is also in their other body fluids (or what’s left of them).  When Bella would be visiting with her father, she would have to wear contacts to disguise her bright red irises.  Her “sister,” Alice, warned her that the venom in her eyes would dissolve the contacts, so she would have to change them at regular intervals.  Wait, don’t they have venom in their mouths too? …how the hell was Bella able to make out with Edward while she was human without at least getting third-degree burns in her mouth? And then there’s the matter of other exchanged body fluids…inconsistencies to say the least.

In closing, I’m glad I’m through with the Twilight series (I refuse to call it “the Twilight saga” as that word has a positive implication), but now I have nothing to read.  Any suggestions? I would prefer something that actually exercises my brain muscle.

a complete relief

April 28th, 2009

So there was some question of whether or not I was going to get my passport before I am supposed to leave (Friday afternoon)… as of yesterday they said it was still “in processing,” and couldn’t give me much more information than that. Last night was spent laying in bed and moping.  This morning I check the online status and it says that they mailed it via express mail at 5:33 PM yesterday! So I’m going to have it in time.  Thanks to Joleen, Dave, John, Jeanette and Josh,  Steve,  Paul, Mom, and Ben for putting up with my near-panic attacks. D:

siiiiiiigh.

April 23rd, 2009

It had been a while since I last had butterflies in my stomach.

One interesting development since my last post.  I’M GOING TO JAPAN!  That’s right!  For a week…flying out on May 1st, arriving there the 2nd.  Flying back the 9th.  I was more scared than excited initially, but now I think I’m more excited than scared.  I am still pretty scared, though!  Hopefully I will be able to sleep on the plane for at least most of the 13 hour flight, because I don’t want to be completely worthless for the first day I’m there (I’m not sleeping the night prior to flying).  I’m sure Ben will be the best host ever while I’m there. :D

What else…I hit the 20-lb. mark on my weight loss…well, make that like, 240 lbs. *laughs* XD

This week I’ve been busy playing flute in the pit orchestra for Arcadia High School’s musical (”Oliver”) this year.  I’m not exactly crazy about the music (there are a couple good songs), but it’s just nice PLAYING again.  I really need to set more time aside to just do artsy things.  I feel so much better…aside from my cramped jaw and fingers.

That’s all for now…don’t expect another update until post-Japan. heheh :3

I apologize in advance for how seemingly cryptic this post is going to seem. I swear I don’t mean for it to be that way…

Have you ever had a moment in time play over and over again in your mind? Yes, of course. But have you ever had a moment in time that hasn’t even HAPPENED play over and over in your head? And I mean CRYSTAL clear as if it actually had happened; the same exact images every time.  I like to refer to it as an “unmemory.” Lately, maybe over the past 2 or 3 weeks I’ve been experiencing this…and it’s not a BAD unmemory, but if I don’t actually experience that moment when it happens EXACTLY as I’ve pictured it, I’m going to be extremely disappointed.. ;_;

OK, I’m done. If anyone can make sense of that I commend you!

(edit: Fixed an incorrect preposition. I seem to do that a lot…)

Currently finishing  up day 3 of my 4-day work week.  Friday evening Mom and I are heading to Cincinnati to visit family.

Yesterday, I purchased the first well-fitting shirt from a Junior’s department in over a year.  I was ecstatic.  Not only does it fit, it looks CUTE.  For those of you that don’t know (which, is probably the majority of you), I’ve lost 12 lbs. since January just from watching what I eat.  I have a couple different sources of motivation but the biggest one is being able to still fit comfortably in the bridesmaid dress for Tammy’s wedding that I already bought last August.  I’ve already noticed that my energy lasts later in the day and I have less of a hard time getting up in the morning.

I’m thinking about taking a class or two at Owen’s in the fall.  I miss school TONS and I’m wanting to take a Japanese class (and already had someone offer to help me out with it ^-^).  My job won’t reimburse me for Japanese, but it’s still something I really want to do.  If I take something directly job-related, however, CareTech will reimburse me and that’s pretty awesome.

I paid the bulk of the bills from my surgery this past week (le sigh), but my tax refund is coming on Friday.  This is a good thing, but too bad all that money is gone already.  I was going to put it toward a new compy. :[ Guess that's what my stimulus check is going to be used for...but I also want a new bed...and a new couch...and a... *sigh* I should just put that money toward a Roomba with as often as I have to vacuum.  Freaking Maine Coon fur.  EVERYWHERE.  On a similar note, I would likely come home one day and find poor Roomba murdered and dismembered.

Also, the name of my blog is G33k.chic, which is pronounced "geek-sheek," not "geek chick." From our friends at dictionary.com :

chic

[sheek] Show IPA adjective, -er, -est.

1. attractive and fashionable; stylish: a chic hat.

–noun

2. style and elegance, esp. in dress: Paris clothes have such chic.
3. stylishness; modishness: the chic of the firstnighters

Weekend update.

February 22nd, 2009

Nothing especially exciting to report today. Got gas, went to the store, came home and had a late lunch at about 3pm. Worked on tweaking some things on the site some more, then went over to Jeanette and Josh’s at about 6(?) to hang out, play with the puppy, and wash some new sheets I got for my bed (that are exactly the same as some others I have, but I got another set because they were on clearance, and I really like them).

The cold is almost beaten. I am coughing a bit every so often, and have to blow my nose more often than I would if I wasn’t sick, but otherwise am able to function as normal. I’m still sucking on zinc lozenges to speed up the process (or at least, that’s what they’re supposed to do).

Friday, I had a strange burst of motivation when I got home from work, so I decided to hop on Turbotax Online and do my taxes. They are now done and submitted, which is quite the relief.  Later on that night, I received a message from my old roommate, Tiana, saying that she bought me this when she saw it at the bookstore and decided I needed it.  Now I will be able to show my grandkids what a lolcat was. :P

I posted my old laptop I bought in 2003 on Craigslist on Saturday and have already received a few emails about it. Only one, however, seems legit. I’m hoping to have this paperweight out of sight and out of mind by the end of the week (and $225 in my hand).

I stumbled across some good music over the weekend:

Ratatat - Lex

No art to post today, sorry about that.

I’m back

February 21st, 2009

Taking g33k.chic back to a blog. I think it’s better that way- and I’ll be more likely to update my site this way.

Sweetcron is cool- but not for me.

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