All I can say,

So this weekend I fell back into the world of debate, if only for a little while. I judged some rounds, some really bad. Some REALLY REALLY BAD (seriously debate for stupid people?) Listened to some debates. Talked to some old debate friends. I got to judge the last policy round of the tournament though which was a good round, even though I squirreled (voted differently from the other two judges).

Out of this whole thing I've come to one conclusion. I'm really glad that I'm not in high school anymore. Seems silly but it's true, apparently once you get to a certain age you really are too old for some shit, and now i sound like a grumpy old grandma, damn kids playing their rap music, pull up your pants!

Look what I did!

So as some of you may know I've taken to spinning yarn on a spindle. Or at least trying to. On Sunday I finally completed my first reasonably decent piece of hand spun and decided to take my hand at dyeing yarn as well because I had some tea. I used my pomegranate green tea hoping it would turn purple or burgundy. But well it's brown. I I think it's lovely and smells really good.

See for yourself

There is a niche for everything.

So I was searching on Etsy for a spinning wheel, which I'm not going to buy because they are not cheap. I'm still terrible at spinning (although I've gotten better! I'll post soon) and quite honestly the spindle interests me, but the wheel I'm still so so on it.

But I did find this.

For those of you too lazy to click, it is a cup holder custom made to the spinning wheel you own. And that's not the only one, every possible wheel that I've heard of (and many that I haven't) this person has made a cup holder for all of these wheels. And they cost about $25 each. Crazy. It seems this etsy person has created a market for making cupholders for spinning wheels.

I guess if you have an idea, you should implement it.

fan girls > fan boys?

So my roommate sent me this link the other day that basically says New Moon had the biggest opening day ever beating out the Dark Knight. She said something along the lines of, "If I've ever been proud of Twilight it is in this moment." and at the time I agree. It's awesome that our voice is being heard in an industry that is dominated by the male gaze.

But tonight my friend convinced me that I had to see it (for her it was the second time... in about five days). So I watched it, and was a horrible movie watching buddy. I laughed and sniggered and rolled my eyes and sighed.

In theory sexy vampires and werewolves are all well and good. But if this is what it takes for Hollywood to pay attention to the other sex, I'm not sure if I want it.

Bella as a heroine is a horrible model. She lives and breathes only for Edward, when he leaves her she stays lethargic for a long period of time. The only thing that cheers her up is acting recklessly to see an unintentionally hilarious smoky Edward that tells her not do things.

The romance between Edward and Bella is so tortured, and tragical. It's seriously like watching all the bad fanfiction I read put on a film with a new life breathed in it. I am a sucker for a good romance story, and have many guilty/embarrassing pleasures, but holy crap.

Do we as females really want to align ourselves behind a character/a movie that the main characters are such freaking smucks. The movie includes beautiful lines such as:

Edward Cullen: I love you. You're my only reason to stay alive... if that's what I am.

Edward Cullen: You just don't belong in my world Bella.
Bella Swan: I belong with you.

Bella Swan: But the absence of him is everywhere I look. It's like a huge hole has been punched through my chest. But In a way, I'm glad. The pain is the only reminder that he was real.

I feel like we're sending the message that the only thing that will fly if you want to make movies that females want to see the only way to do so is to create stupid tortured love stories. Involving stupid characters who according to the author "Are flawed but are good people because of the love they have for each other." That is bullshit.

Bella is so caught up in her love story with Edward that she ceases to be a person. Loving as all great and good, but there are other characteristics that make you a person. If her only redeeming quality is that she loves this guy then in my opinion she has no redeeming qualities.

It's really irritating that THIS is the character that we rally behind and say that we are force to be reckoned with. All we are going to get then is more stupid whinny little shits that need a boy to feel complete.

The only good thing about the movie then is one thing:
I thoroughly enjoyed the Objectification of Taylor Lautner. He is quite delicious.

VAST

So I know i said I woudln't add any more, but i can't believe I forgot this song, so it's getting added.

"I went in the desert I was searching for the truth, I stumbled across you and I know you're not the truth." Temptation- VAST

Top Three

I tried to decided on a top five tonight, but it didn't work out. Instead I present to you a top three:

To see the leaves grown on the trees with you is out of question

Well, my heart knows me better than I know myself so I'm going to let it do all the talking

I'm thinking it's a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned


I think it's a pretty solid list.

More song lyrics

"It's just an old fashioned love song playing on the radio." -Old fashioned love song, Three Dog Night

"When I was young I knew everything, And she a punk who rarely ever took advice." - The Freshman, The Verve Pipe

"You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips." You've lost that loving feeling, The Righteous Brothers

"Well my heart knows me better than I know myself so I'm going to let it do all the talking." - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree, KT Tunstall

"I'm moving threw the crowd, trying to find myself." -No One, Aly and AJ

"I'm so cool, too bad I'm a Loser." - Falling for the First Time, Barenaked Ladies

"If you Said goodbye to me tonight, there would still be music left to write." - The longest time, Billy Joel

"Eight O'clock monday night and I'm waiting to finally talk to a girl a little cooler than me." -The girl all the bad guys want, Bowling for soup

"The City has sex with its self I suppose as the concrete collides while the scenery grows." - The city has sex, Bright Eyes

"I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime, played 'till my fingers bled, it was the summer of '69" Bryan Adams summer of '69

"A long December, and there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last."- Long December, Counting Crows

"So this is the new year, I don't feel any different." - The new year, Death Cab for Cutie

"I am confident, but I still have my moments, maybe that's just me." LaLa Land, Demi Lovato

"It's Lonely here in outerspace, the nearest stars are miles away, but I believe I'm on to something big." -Outerspace, Evan and Jaron

"I would swallow my pride, I would choke on the rinds, but the lack thereof would leave me empty inside." Inside out- Eve 6

"I was thinking that I might fly today, just to disprove all the things that you say." -I'm Sensitive, Jewel

Alright that was a lot but I think I'm going to start formulating my top 10 out of the ones I have and stop adding.

Lost the battle..

So this morning, yes barely a week into the new semester I've already skipped on class. It was not really on purpose, but i was awake but not really awake enough to convince myself that class is awesome!

But I did get up make it to the second class on time. And then went to classes three and four as well (I was late to four, but that's because I was really into my crossword and should have been paying more attention to the time) So I guess 3/4 is pretty good. But not what I want it to be. we fell off the wagon today, but I will get back on it. And win the war? I guess if we want to think of my attendance as a war.

ALSO (don't think I forgot): Possible Lyric, "Let me tell you all what it's like, being male, middle class and white" rockin the suburbs, ben folds.

<3Annie

Semester Goal

So every beginning of the semester I try to set a goal for my self, usually it involves attending class. This year, there is no goal no "attend most classes." It is attend classes unless it is absolutely necessary that i can't. Class attendance isn't optional, and I need to get that through my head.

I guess I really am my mothers daughter.

Lets be frank here. My mom is crazy at cleaning, infact she is sooo good at cleaning my sister and I are in fact pretty lazy/kind of bad at it.

But everyone one has their limits. And the bathtub in my new apartment in my eyes was unacceptable. by a lot.


So I got out the comet, some rubber gloves and an S.O.S. pad or two and went to town, and the results, well I think they speak for themselves. The tub still isn't sparkling clean by any strech of the the imagination, but it is a lot cleaner than it was before. Also the curtain that was there before and a little gross is up out of the way in the clean picture.



In the end I suppose it just proves that anyone is good at cleaning, it just has to be dirty enough for them to want to clean it. huh.