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The week that ended with Valentine’s Day <3 February 14, 2010

Filed under: Love,Uncategorized — nome5tar @ 9:12 pm
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So, as promised, I’ll be doing my weekend post on “whatever”.  Instead of just focusing on the weekend though, this post will probably be more of a dear diary kinda thing.  The past few weekends I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy a quiet Sunday with my fiance and have therefore had a lot of time to think.  There are so many things going on in my head at the moment that I think it might help to get them all out.  It does help that I only know of two people that actually read this, so I beg their forgiveness if anything I say is too confronting for them =)

Let’s see, where to begin?

I think I’ll make a list of current issues clouding my sanity and try and make sense of them all, here goes…

  1. UNI!

    I am studying a course I absolutely hate but am faced with the reality that I only have 5 months to go.  It would be pointless to drop out now.  Unfortunately the decision might be made for me.  I’m awaiting results that determine whether or not I’m allowed to return to Uni next semester.  Anything less than a 65 on the final, and I’m gone!  Needless to say the last week hasn’t been a very peaceful one.  I just can’t sit still.  I feel like something terrible is going to happen but I can’t do anything about it.  What happens when I open the results page and there’s a big fat F staring at me?  How do I tell my parents?  I used to be little miss perfect, but now I don’t know who I am…

  2. The Wedding – This requires further dissection:
  • The Mum’s – Please leave us alone!  We are the one’s getting married and footing the majority of the bill.  This is supposed to be a joyous occasion yet you’re making it anything but.  So what if the reception venue is smaller than what you’d like?  Just cut down your numbers!  We’ve already moved venues for you and you’re still not happy, where do we draw the line?
  • The bridal party – Don’t even get me started!  I’m afraid to post anything on the topic at risk of offending people who really don’t deserve it.  Let’s just say that I never considered myself a fussy person, now equal numbers seem to be a big deal to me.  How do you choose someone to go when they all seem willing but you can tell none of them really want to.  Or do they?
  • It’s too far away – Can’t we just get married now?  Run away?  Never come back?  Start life over again?  In my dreams right Buni? =p

3. Valentine’s Day

Today was a wonderful day.  I have been blessed with the most amazing fiance a girl could ask for.  I still can’t believe he’s all mine!  If it weren’t for him I wouldn’t be here and I really mean that.  He has helped me through so many things and continues to get me through to this day.  He inspires me to find out more about myself and to live out my dreams, he loves me no matter what and would do anything for me.  What more could I possibly ask for?  In him I have everything I could ever dream of having.

I know that because I have him, the things I worry about don’t matter.  That doesn’t stop all of these negative thoughts from passing through my head.  I want to be perfect for him but he just wants me the way that I am.  That’s all I ask of him so why shouldn’t it be the same for me?  If only life was as simple as that.  It should be.  Why does society pose so many rules on us all?  Why can’t I just do what I want to do?  I’m not sure what that is, but I think if I was given a chance to find it, without having so much pressure put on me to find it sooner I wouldn’t be in such a mess right now.  I’m going to keep searching and keep fighting.  There are too many people who rely on me, and for reasons that I can’t yet see, people who love me for who I am.  I hope that one day I’ll see what they see.  That I’ll know what it’s like to have self esteem, and to appreciate myself, look back on my achievements and be proud of myself.  I know I am blessed in so many ways, but is that too much more to ask for?

-nome5tar

 

The Vampire Diaries (Vol. 1) – The Awakening February 11, 2010

Filed under: Book Reviews — nome5tar @ 8:42 pm
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Author: L. J. Smith

Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Fiction

Publisher: HarperTeen

Year: 1991

Pages: 253


“A deadly love triangle.  Elena: beautiful and popular, the girl who can have any boy she wants.  Stefan: brooding and mysterious, desperately trying to resist his desire for Elena…for her own good.  Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him.  Elena finds herself drawn to both brothers…who will she choose?”

The first book in the Vampire Diaries series is certainly a good one, however it may have been better if I hadn’t first seen the TV show of the same name.  As the famous Twilight saga continues to wow audiences world wide, those who read it before the release of the first film of the same name are together bound in the knowledge that nothing will ever come close to matching the intensity felt in every word on every page.  The Vampire Diaries are woven in the same fashion.

With so many coincidences between the Vampire Diaries and the Twilight saga however, it would be interesting to find out whether Stephanie Meyer had done any reading of the young adult, vampire kind before Bella and Edward came to her mysteriously in a dream.  With few similarities between the TV show and the book, it is easy enough to be absorbed by the story line without knowing what twist is coming next.  Just the right mix of mystery and the vast history of Fell’s Church – your regular small town with a few spooks of its own, help to set a frightful scene for the story that takes place, which itself is a story full of love, teenage trials and a quest for maturity, as seen in any good book written for young adults.

The relationships written between each and every character have been carefully analysed, to the point that you feel as if you’ve known them your whole life.  It is easy to pick your favourites, and just when you think you’ve pinpointed a villain, you could be just as quickly proven wrong.

The Awakening is a good, quick read, however once reading, you will be left wanting more!  Luckily the story continues in Vol. 2 – The Struggle.

-nome5tar

 

Movie Monday? February 11, 2010

Filed under: Uncategorized — nome5tar @ 8:18 pm

Hello, Hello!

I thought it might be an interesting concept if I assign a particular review theme to each day of the week.  I’ve found it hard lately to thing of something to review at any one time as there are so many things and I find it too hard to choose!  It could go something like this:

Movie Monday – Film Review
TV Tuesday – TV Episode/Season Review
Wedding Wednesday – Give me a chance to let out my Bridezilla before the wedding!
Textual Thursday – Book Review
Food Friday – Restaurant/Recipe/Food Review
Whatever Weekend – Reflect on the amazing going-ons of my weekends hanging with the awesomeness that is my friends and family!

So, being Thursday, I guess I better get to reviewing a book!

-nome5tar

 

Table for Three February 7, 2010

Genre: Comedy
Australian release date: 23rd June, 2009 (Straight to DVD)
Rating: MA15+
Length: 93 mins
Starring: Brandon Routh, Sophia Bush, Jennifer Morrison & Jesse Bradford

Directed By:
Michael Samonek

“Scott is suddenly single and alone after his girlfriend dumps him during his marriage proposal and his room mate moves thousands of miles away.  To try and get his life back on track he invites a super-nice couple, Ryan and Mary, to share his apartment.  They soon begin to intrude on every aspect of his life including his new relationship with the girl of his dreams.  Is Scott just being paranoid or does this seemingly ‘perfect couple’ need a third wheel to keep them rolling?”

When I saw this DVD at the shop, the only thing that intrigued me was the picture of Sophia Bush on the front.  I mean, who can resist that Brooke Davis-esque charm?  It was sure to be a regular kind of movie right?  Wrong!

Not that it was terrible or anything, it just left a bit to be desired.  I’m not sure if I’d categorise this as a comedy, or  a psychological disaster!  By the end I felt violated and had a strong urge to lock my windows and doors and never socialise again!  Sophia Bush plays the perfect part as a crazed, self obsessed lunatic, along with her on screen boyfriend who seems almost as deranged.

Probably not a film I’d watch more than once, it reminded me too much of past obsessive relationships I’d rather forget!

-nome5tar

 

 
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