June Photo A Day Challenge

I'm starting this tomorrow. We'll see how it goes.

Wreck This Journal Challenge

I was browsing the aisles of Target a few weeks ago when I came across a book. Why was I in the book aisle you ask?? I don't have an answer for that because I normally don't read. I do read but mostly comic books. Anyway rambling over... I came across a book called, "Wreck This Journal" by Keri Smith. Quickly flipping through some of the pages, I landed on a page which read, " WARNING: During the process of this book you will get dirty. You may find yourself covered in paint, or any other number of foreign substances. You will get wet. You may be asked to do things you question. You may grieve for the perfect state that you found the book in. You may begin to see creative destruction everywhere. You may begin to live more recklessly."


I'm intrigued. 


I continue to flip through some of the pages and find the instruction page, which read, "INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Carry this with you everywhere you go. 2. Follow the instructions on every page. 3. Order is not important. 4. Instructions are open to interpretation. 5. Experiment. (work against your better judgment.)"


I'm even more intrigued.


I quickly flip through a couple more pages and read some of the "instructions" on some pages. Some are funny. Some are incredibly stupid. Some are just plain stupid... but I bought the book.

I excepted the challenge. For the next few months (or until I can do the entire book) I'll be carrying this book around with me everywhere. We'll have adventures with each other. We'll become best of friends. So to speak. This journal will become my baby and oddly I'm not suppose to care about it. So.... first thing I did was I let one of nieces (Bailey) play around with the book. She had this book for about 5 minutes. Solid. No joke.

My baby is officially... wrecked. (GOOD!) :D

Let the fun begin. Muahaha!

Hiatus

I'll be back. (Arnold Schwarzenegger voice)

Late Night Thoughts...

I suppose I don't have much to say today. This last week has been harder than the last, if you can believe it. I've had crying spells every single day. The tears just flow endlessly, and I can't seem to stop them. I still can't think, and that's one thing that leads to my tears. Plus, my fears seem so powerful right now, as if they're zapping all the energy out of me. I'm scared of everything. The future. How I'm ever going to come out of this. If I'm ever going to stop all this crying. Because I know the crying gets me nowhere, and yet I can't seem to stop. I used to be so strong, and now I just feel weak. I know I need to find the strength deep down inside that the heartache has buried. I just don't feel very strong right now. And I HATE this!!!

Thanks for listening, friends. xoxo

Nerd Rant - The Avengers

I only watched one movie this week and it was the only movie that I needed to see. To say that this is now one of my favorite movies wouldn't even do my excitement and passion justice. I sat in my seat, squirming, bouncing up and down, and beaming with joy as I endured one of the greatest cinematic experiences of my life. Yesterday, I watched THE AVENGERS.

I love superheroes. While I've always had a huge geek crush on Iron Man, over the past few years my fascination with all of the other superheroes has only exploded. I can't have enough of Captain America, Batman, Green Lantern, just to name a few. I can't stop gushing about it to whoever is within earshot. It was just absolute perfection. Well, obviously it's The Avengers.

I love all of the superheroes involved in this movie. Although I was never a fan of the Hulk, this movie and Mark Ruffalo completely changed my mind. The chemistry between Black Widow and Hawkeye wooed me. RD Jr. as Iron Man knocked my socks off for the third time. And who doesn't love the hotties Cap America and Thor? And Loki, even though he may be bad, is one awesome badass. I literally love every character in this movie. And as someone who needs to care about characters to care about the story, I was set. As the movie neared the end, I craved more story, more character, more everything and anything that I could wrap my gushing heart around.

This movie is hilarious, mind you it was directed by Joss Whedon, no need to say more. While I love the characters they play, the actors themselves are brilliant together. They all just seem to glow, and I laughed til I cried. I genuinely adore these characters and they just happened to have damn funny things to say.

After all, who doesn't love a superhero? Anyone who doesn't have even a slight interest in superheroes is a liar. They are some of the most fascinating "people" that we "know." We all admire something in them and they are all human enough that we can somehow relate to each one of them. Whether we're cocky, dorky, brainy, or strong, we can relate to superheroes, we respect them, and therefore, we will always love them. So thank you Avengers, for keeping the nerdy girl alive and well within me.