HBO: You Suck

A while back I pre-ordered True Blood Season 2 on Amazon. See, we don't have HBO or Showtime, so my sorry ass has to wait for these shows to come out on DVD. No biggy. I've got plenty to watch in the mean time, or so I thought. I just got an email notification from Amazon updating me on my True Blood pre-order purchase:

"True Blood: The Complete Second Season (HBO Series)"

Estimated arrival date: May 28 2010 - June 02 2010

Didn't season two wrap up like at least 4 months ago?! What the hell HBO?! Probably the longest tv to dvd conversion ever. I've read all the books and am needing to get caught up on the show. I want some more Eric time. I'll have book 10 in the series read before season 2 is even released! (Dead in the Family will be released May 4th...which I just pre-ordered today, of course)

HBO: YOU CAN SUCK IT.

Master of Blogging and Friendship

My loves (one through blogging and one in real life) Handbags & Handguns and Dezzy Lou bestowed me with this lovely...more like kickass...blogging award. You know how I feel about blog awards: I HEART them. Mostly because it's exciting to be recognized by bloggers you stalk on a regular basis. Plus, who doesn't love an award that incorporates It's Always Sunny? Hells yeah.

(This award is all about recognizing friendships that have been made while blogging.)

The Rules:

1. List 6 things you are a master in.

2. Pass it on to 6 bloggers you think are masters at friendship, and make blogging so awesome. (I'm being bad....I'm skipping this, ONLY because so many of the bloggers I want to pass this on to already received this award. Plus, I love you all!)

My Six Things:

1. I am a master tv watcher. Seriously. I can watch the shit out of some Thursday night tv. Never mess with my dvr.

2. I am a master at Sudoku puzzles. I suck big time at Crosswords, but can solve the expert Sudoku puzzles like nobody's business. Bring it on Bill Gates....that is, if you play Sudoku.

3. I am a master at being independent. I have to have total 'me' time or I will go serious ape shit. I like knowing that I can do things on my own, my way, if need be. Plus, I like being totally alone in complete quietness sometimes. Freak?

4. I am a master at holding grudges. I'm like an elephant...I never forget. (eff, I just compared myself to an elephant. Sigh.) You piss me off once, that's it. We're pretty much done. I don't have time for your bologna.

5. I am a master at going with the flow. I'm up for whatever, whenever and can easily adapt when plans change.

6. I am a master shoe shopper. I can be in and out of a place like DSW within 15 minutes, with three pairs of shoes. Do not mess with the shoes. Like Cinderella said, "One shoe can change your life." Nuff said.

The Book of Eli

More like the The Book of Boring. Seriously. Such a MAJOR snooze fest. We had date night last night and this time it was my night to choose what we do. I knew the hubs wanted to see this movie. A new movie tavern opened in town, so I thought this would be a great idea. The new movie tavern? Great atmosphere, service, food and beer. This movie? Big fat Suck It. Don't waste your money on this one. SO slow and the movie is hardly in color! It's mostly a sepia, sand color throughout the whole thing.

Public Enemies

This was our latest Netflix movie. I really wanted to like it, but I have to give Public Enemies a thumbs down. There wasn't great character building and the movie dragged on a bit longer than necessary. But, seriously, who wasn't in this movie?! Channing Tatum even had like a two second part. And what the hell are the directors doing having such an amazingly hot actor as the villain? Johnny Depp can rob any bank he wants as far as I'm concerned. I didn't want his character to die in the end. I even shed a tear. Ewww, and Christian Bale gives me the creeps. I could have done without him in the movie. Maybe I never should have watched American Psycho? He's still a major creepo.

True Love

Everyday I'm reminded more and more how much I freaking love my husband. Just got back to my desk after a long boring team meeting and had this text conversation with Aaron:

Aaron: Tried to call u like 10 times to see if u made it to work ok
Me: Every Wednesday we have a team meeting from 9 to 10
Aaron: Is it a Team Edward meeting?
Me: YES. You are freaking awesome.

=)

Perfect Weekend

(minus the fact that it wasn't spent in Austin, of course ;) Are you getting sick of my million blog posts today? Clearly I have diarrhea of the mouth. Like that visual, do ya? Anywho, this weekend was such a refresher after a long, tough week.

Friday:

After my much needed nail appointment, the four of us (yes, I do mean our pups, too, when I say *us*) spent the evening curled up on the couch with a blazing fire, eating junk food and watching more of Dexter season 2. P.S. I hate Lila (character in Dexter). So glad she's met her demise now.

Saturday:

Got in my workout while Aaron worked in the morning. I've been switching everyday between my Cardio Max dvd and my treadclimber. Both have royally kicked my ass this last week. The afternoon was spent doing a little retail therapy. The perfect cure to a bad week. Among some other items, I bought my first two pair of super skinny jeans. Why would I buy such seemingly god awful jeans, you ask? I have several pair of uber cute tall boots and they look goofy when worn over my MEKs and Big Stars. These jeans seemed like the perfect solution. They totally are once I get my boots on. Before boots? Not so hot. OMG, and you should see me trying to get these puppies on and off. I pretty much have to high dive from a three story building to paint them on. Getting them off? Let's not go there, shall we? Cut to Saturday night....we spent dinner with my in-laws then headed to some trendy bars downtown to celebrate a friend's birthday. It ended up being a fairly quiet, but fun evening, and Aaron and I actually ended the night trying to beat each other in several rounds of Backgammon before bed. Total dorks. I know.

Sunday:

My intention was to clean. When we finally rolled out of bed at 11 then caught up on some dvr'd shows, cleaning totally went out the window. Instead we hit up Target for items we didn't need. Afterwards, Aaron dropped me off at the local vineyard & winery for some much needed girl time. The four of us tasted 5 wines then downed two and a half bottles while gossiping and catching up. Delish. Sunday winded down with a hot bath and finally finishing Nineteen Minutes.

Work can totally suck it, but I am feeling so refreshed and relaxed after such a great weekend. SO very needed after last week!!!!!

Victory is Mine

I FINALLY finished this book! I started it back in like September/October and am just now finishing it. I just couldn't get into it as well as My Sister's Keeper. The second half of the book was much more interesting to me than the first. She really dove into Peter and Josie's characters and relationship much more in the second half. I don't want to give too much away, but I really found myself rooting for Peter. How wrong is that? I do not in any way condone what he did, but he also didn't deserve a lifetime of abuse.

It may look like I totally slacked off in my reading, but I assure you that was not the case. While trying to get into Nineteen Minutes, I found myself pouring through many other books that weren't quite as depressing. My reading list from the time I started Jodi's novel to the time I finished:

1. the Twilight series (yes, again)...that would make twice now that I've read the series in full
2. just Twilight (I AM that much of a freak).....it's just such an amazing love story
3. Midnight Sins by Cynthia Eden
4. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
5. Midnight's Master by Cynthia Eden
6. Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia Eden
7. Need by Carrie Jones
8. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
9. Fallen by Lauren Kate

See? I hadn't totally been slacking off in my reading. Has anyone read The Hunger Games? My mom suggested I read that next. I also have another Jodi Picoult book she gave me, but I think I'm going to wait a book or two before diving into that.