sins of my youth.

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2009 scrapbook time!

bombsawaaaay — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:18:31 GMT

time for another scrapbook! i loved keeping one for 2008, so here's another for 2009. :)

default icons
hover over for icon information.

layouts
past layouts featured on this journal. hover over the pictures for further information.

mood themes
mood themes used throughout the year.
james t. kirk/dr. leonard "bones" mccoy

© wickedground / june 5 - august 6
pushing daisies

© isis2015 / august 6 -

desktops
desktops i've had on my trusty old macbook. hover over for more info.

movies
only listing those viewed for the first time. suggestions welcomed! (based on a 5 star rating)
1. Milk ★★★★★
2. Speed Racer ★★★1/2
3. Love and Other Disasters ★★★
4. Hellboy (Director's Cut) ★★★
5. The Accidental Husband ★★1/2
6. The Tale of Despereaux ★★★
7. Leatherheads ★★★
8. Center Stage 2: Turn it Up ★★★
9. Passchendaele ★★1/2
10. Thank You For Smoking ★★★★
11. Persepolis ★★★
12. RocknRolla ★★★1/2/★★★★
13. Vicky Cristina Barcelona ★★★1/2
14. The 39 Steps ★★★1/2
15. Brideshead Revisited (2008) ★★★★1/2
16. Richard III ★★★★1/2
17. Australia ★★★1/2/★★★★
18. Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (I've Loved You So Long) ★★★★★
19. The Reader ★★★★1/2
20. Get Smart ★★1/2
21. Belle's Magical World ★★
22. Eagle Eye ★★★
23. The Tenent of Wildfell Hall (miniseries) ★★★★1/2
24. The Diary of Anne Frank (miniseries) (2008-2009) ★★★★★
25. Slumdog Millionaire ★★★★★
26. Choke ★★★★
27. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ★★★★1/2
28. Doubt ★★★★★
29. Rachel Getting Married ★★★★1/2
30. Appaloosa ★★★1/2/★★★★
31. The Lost Boys ★★★1/2
32. The Million Pound Note ★★★
33. The Maltese Falcon ★★★★1/2
34. Key Largo ★★★★
35. Pride and Prejudice: A Latter Day Comedy ★★
36. Der Rote Baron (The Red Baron) ★★★1/2/★★★★
37. Watchmen ★★★★1/2
38. The Philadelphia Story ★★★★
39. Confessions of an Ugly Step-Sister ★★
40. Easy Virtue ★★★★
41. Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One) ★★★★
42. The Spirit ★★
43. Der Untergang (The Downfall) ★★★★
44. W. ★★★1/2/★★★★
45. The Cake Eaters ★★★
46. Deception ★
47. The Lucky Ones ★★
48. Valkyrie ★★★★
49. High Noon (TV) ★★★1/2/★★★★
50. Tribute (TV) ★★
51. The Road to El Dorado ★★★
52. Jane Eyre (1997) ★★★
53. Hotel Rwanda ★★★★
54. The Prince and Me - Royal Honeymoon ★★★
55. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ★★★1/2/★★★★
56. Star Trek (2009) ★★★★★ (x3)
57. Star Trek: The Motion Picture ★★★
58. Dragonball: Evolution ★★
59. Blind Dating ★★★1/2/★★★★
60. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ★★★1/2/★★★★
61. The Young Victoria ★★★
62. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ★★
63. Battlestar Galactica: Razor ★★
64. Confessions of a Shopaholic ★★★1/2
65. Cloverfield ★★★1/2/★★★★
66. Untraceable ★★
67. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ★★1/2
68. Body of Lies ★★★
69. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle ★★★1/2/★★★★
70. Fireproof ★★
71. The Uninvited ★★★★
72. The Unborn ★
73. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay ★★★1/2/★★★★
74. Doom ★★★★
75. Pathfinder ★★
76. Bottle Shock ★★★★
77. Gran Torino ★★★★1/2
78. Somewhere in Time ★★1/2
79. Designing Woman ★★1/2/★★★
80. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ★★★1/2
81. Someone Like You ★★★
82. Push ★★
83. Sunshine Cleaning ★★★
84. Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. ★★★★
85. State of Play (2009) ★★★
86. The Soloist ★★★
87. The Hangover ★★★★1/2/★★★★★
88. Blood: The Last Vampire ★
89. District 9 ★★★★
90. Nothing But the Truth ★★★★1/2
91. Grace is Gone ★★★★
92. The Hunt for Gollum ★★★
93. The Boondock Saints ★★★★
94. (500) Days of Summer ★★★★★
95. Up ★★★★
96. Away We Go ★★★★1/2
97. Tormented (2009) ★1/2
98. Fan Boys ★★★★★
99. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans ★★
100. Underworld: Evolution ★★★
101. Sliding Doors ★★
102. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ★
103. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan ★★★

Movies to see/download: The Visitor, The Wrestler, Changeling, Frozen River, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Happy-Go-Lucky , The Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men, Casablanca, Fight Club

television shows
includes all tv shows (mostly only if i have finished an entire season)

1. Spooks (SERIES 7, 8 EPISODES) FINISHED
2. True Blood (SEASON 1, 12 EPISODES) FINISHED
3. Battlestar Galactica (SEASON 1, 13 EPISODES) FINISHED
4. Battlestar Galactica (SEASON 2, 20 EPISODES) FINISHED
5. Battlestar Galactica (The Resistance, 10 WEBISODES) FINISHED
6. Grey's Anatomy (SEASON 5, 24 EPISODES) FINISHED
7. Battlestar Galactica (SEASON 3, 20 EPISODES) FINISHED
8. Gossip Girl (SEASON 2, 24 EPISODES) FINISHED
9. ~~Kings (SEASON 1)~~
10. Battlestar Galactica (SEASON 4, 20 EPISODES) FINISHED
11. Mad Men (SEASON 1, 13 EPISODES) FINISHED
12. Legend of the Seeker (SEASON 1, 22 EPISODES) FINISHED
13. Mad Men (SEASON 2, 13 EPISODES) FINISHED
14. The Office (SEASON 1, 6 EPISODES) FINISHED
15. The Office (SEASON 2, 22 EPISODES) FINISHED
16. The Office (SEASON 3, 23 EPISODES) FINISHED
17. True Blood (SEASON 2, 12 EPISODES) FINISHED
18. Secret Diary of a Call Girl (SERIES 1, 8 EPISODES) FINISHED
19. The Office (SEASON 4, 19 EPISODES) FINISHED
20. The Office (SEASON 5, 28 EPISODES) FINISHED

books
including only those read for the first time. suggestions welcomed!

TOTAL PAGES READ: 4,972

book/movie quotes
memorable book quotes/passages from books read or re-read this year

     "Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss." Benjamin Button, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

     "It's a funny thing about comin' home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You'll realize what's changed is you." Benjamin Button, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

     "It is an intoxicating moment in a love-affair when, for the first time, in a public place, in a restaurant or a threatre, the man puts his hand down and lays it on the thigh of the girl and when she slips her hand over his and presses that man's hand against her. The two gestures say everything that can be said. All is agreed. All the pacts are signed. And there is a long minute of silence during which the blood sings." Diamonds Are Forever, by Ian Fleming (PAGE 198)

memorable posts
journal entries that are particularly memorable for 2009.

January 9th Rpattz and Urban Dictionary / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
February 21st Conan O'Brien's favorite piece / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
March 17th Vanity Fair does West Side Story / posted at ohnotheydidnt
April 12 Zac wut the Ef is wRong with you on SNL posted @ ohnotheydidnt
April 21st Henry Cavill interview with MTV / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
April 24th Where Are They Now: Disney Channel Original Movies Edition / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
April 27th W's list of 26 Superhot Australian Exports / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
May 7th This is a hot french people post / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
May 19th Ryan Reynolds Tells Betty White to Suck a Hot Cock / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
June 4th Where Are They Now? Adventures In Wonderland / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
June 9th Mark Paul Gosselaar as Zack Morris / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
June 20th Chris Pine and "Farragut North / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
June 22 Chris Pine Outtakes / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
June 30 Scenes from Farragut North / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
July 12th Entertainment Weekly: Sci-fi Hotties of '09 / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
July 18 Farragut North Photoshoot / posted @ ontd_startrek
July 22 Official New Moon Website Launched, Henry Cavill never seen before pictures from USA Today and Men's Health / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
August 6 Totally Sporadic YES YOU WOULD TOTALLY HIT IT DON'T EVEN LIE DID YOU SEE THAT BULGE? post / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
August 8 Conan as in Moanin' / posted @ ohnotheydidnt
August 9 Hot Bodies & Male Nudity....Lawd Have Mercy I've Found A New Show, Full set of "Summer Under the Stars" posters / posted & ohnotheydidnt

2008: Kermit Bale / posted @ ohnotheydidnt

Star Trek related: Cast "No Good" interview, Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto on Jimmy Fallon, Chris Pine on Jimmy Kimmel, Star Trek Cast on SNL, More Japanese Premiere Pictures, Star Trek makes $7 million in Thursday/Midnight showings alone, ontd_startrek: Karl Urban G4tv interview, Star Trek IV Love Post, Mega gif Post of Doom, Pinto Man-baby Morphs, Chris has a Thing for Other People's Onion Rings, Behind the Scenes Pictures of Star Trek XI, Chris Pine Hasn't Forgotten How to Walk, Interview with Pinto, Scotty's Intergalactic Word Quiz, Gameshow Time, Macro Post, Is this man dead, Doctor?, I'm on a Boat (video), Compilation of Vids and Pics (mostly Captain Fine), Star Trek XI Abridged: Macro Edition, From Zero to Hero: Chris Pine Edition, Like a Boss, Simon Pegg: GQMF, Look at this Fucking Refraction of Light, Live Long and Get Naked, Trailer Macro, Final Installment of Cliff Watts Photoshoot, This Scene Needs More Lens Flare, All About Sulu, Trailers and TV Spots, Fun with horrible vampire novels and Star Trek, Spock Ain't Quite Dead, Lens Flares 101 - How to Make Your Star Trek Film Shinier, or: Yes, The Future Really Is That Bright, TOS Bloopers, More Chris and Zoë!, The Enterprise crew ... on an Airplane!, Anchorman/Star Trek macros ahoy!, Hot Fuzz/Star Trek macros!, Star Trek DVD is gonna be shiny and fancy, Star Trek Sims 2, Karl at SupaNova (another post)

picspams
memorable picspam posts by other users.

Casino Royale by typicrobots
Chris Pine by balcarin
Dream Team Animations by antonella7
Legend of the Seeker Pilot Episode by peopleareshapes
Marie Antoinette by _midnight_sky_
Slumdog Millionaire End Scene by annalouwho
Star Trek XI Characters by buttascatch
Star Trek XI Disease and Danger by vangogh
Star Trek XI: I'm on a Boat (audio) by sparkly_stuff

monthly favorites
favorites of the month, ranging from music, movies, people, events, etc.
January: n/a
February: BBC-produced dramas, Dark Chocolate Chex Mix, Apple Juice juice boxes, Hugh Jackman, dramas
March: Spooks, James Bond, Matthew Goode
April: Lunchables, Kelly Clarkson's "All I Ever Wanted" CD, The Reader, David Kross
May: Star Trek, Chris Pine, Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Battlestar Galactica, Starbuck/Apollo
June: Chris Pine, lemonade
July: Mad Men, Don Draper, Ethan Peck
August: Cascada "Evacuate the Dancefloor," Muse "Uprising," Family Guy, Legend of the Seeker, Richard/Kahlan

public, icon dump.

bombsawaaaay — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:14:23 GMT

to be honest, i've completely given up on ticktickticboom because of time constraints and for the fact it's become too time consuming to keep up with. i didn't want to lose track of the icons i spent making, so here's a post with the entirety of what i made. feel free to take some, but as always, please be kind and comment and credit. thanks! :)

To-do list!

bombsawaaaay — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:59:35 GMT

i was intrigued by ephee's idea to make a to-do list. not necessarily a laundry list of what to get done in a day, week, or month, but rather one involving things i want to do in my life. like her, i'll provide pictures for each thing accomplished (if applicable).

and yes, this is really being posted at 4AM. i can't believe that i'm still awake.

join laliste!
• Travel back to Italy.
• Go back to Portland, Oregon (+ take pictures of my old houses).
• Learn how to play the bagpipes.
• Write a book.
• Get married (and only once).
• Buy an Audi TT, my dream car.
• Go either skydiving or bungee jumping.
• Permanently change someone's life for the better.
• Graduate with a Bachelors.
• Graduate with a Masters.
• Save someone's life.
• Learn how to take a compliment.
• Sing a song and have it professionally recorded.
• Read all of Ernest Hemingway's books (same with Madeleine L'Engle and Ha Jin).
• Be an extra in a movie.
• Win the lottery.
• Drive over 100 MPH (autobahn, anyone?)
• Get in on in the back of an exceedingly expensive car (yes, that's actually something I want to do. Move on).
• Speak a foreign language in a foreign country and have natives believe I'm actually from there.
• Learn how to hot-wire a car and successfully do it.
• Jump through a glass window - you know, like a stuntman does it with candy glass.
• Buy a recurve bow

Scrapbook 2008: layouts, movies, books, etc!

bombsawaaaay — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:55:18 GMT

layouts
past layouts featured on this journal. hover over the pictures for further information.

desktops
desktops i've had on my trusty old macbook. hover over for more info.

movies
only listing those viewed for the first time. suggestions welcomed! (based on a 5 star rating)
1. Atonement ★★★★★
2. La Vie en Rose ★★★1/2
3. 3:10 to Yuma ★★★★1/2
4. No Reservations ★★1/2
5. Stardust ★★★★1/2
6. Superbad ★★★★
7. Sydney White ★★★1/2
8. Rendition ★★1/2
9. Across the Universe ★★★1/2
10. Juno ★★★★
11. Gone Baby Gone ★★★★★
12. Elizabeth: The Golden Age ★★
13. Michael Clayton ★★★★1/2
14. Sense and Sensibility (2008) ★★★★★
15. The Golden Compass ★★
16. American Gangster ★★★
17. Enchanted ★★★★
19. Penelope ★★★
20. Silk ★★
21. Love in the Time of Cholera ★★1/2
22. The Queen ★★★★1/2
23. The Jane Austen Book Club ★★★★1/2
24. All the King's Men (1949) ★★★
25. Mansfield Park (1999) ★★★1/2
26. Dear Frankie ★★★★★
27. The Sleeping Dictionary ★★★1/2
28. 27 Dresses ★★★★
29. Miss Austen Regrets ★★★★
30. No Country For Old Men ★★★★1/2
31. August Rush ★★1/2
32. The Darjeeling Limited ★★★1/2/★★★★
33. Into the Wild ★★★★1/2
34. The Other Boleyn Girl ★★
35. The Bad Mother's Handbook ★★★★1/2
36. The Messengers ★★
37. The Haunted Airman ★ (This wouldn't have gotten any stars from me if it hadn't been for Robert Pattinson.)
38. P.S. I Love You ★★★1/2
39. In the Land of Women ★★1/2
40. My Boy Jack ★★★★★
41. The Covenant ★★ (I only gave it this many because holy shit, Steven Strait is hot. Woo!)
42. John Adams (miniseries) ★★★★★
43. There Will Be Blood ★★★★
44. The Savages ★★★★
45. 10,000 B.C. ★
46. Beowulf ★★★
47. Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer ★
48. X-Men: The Last Stand ★
49. Made of Honor ★★★1/2
50. Cassandra's Dream ★★1/2
51. Before Sunrise ★★★★
52. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story ★★★★
53. Before Sunset ★★★★1/2
54. Jacquou Le Croquant ★★1/2
55. The Bank Job ★★1/2
56. Paris, Je T'aime ★★★1/2
57. Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) ★★★
58. Starter for 10 ★★★★
58. Hannibal Rising ★★★★
58. Shaun of the Dead ★★★1/2
59. Dan in Real Life ★★★★1/2
60. Lions for Lambs ★★★★
61. The Children of Huang Shi ★★★
62. Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) ★★★★1/2
63. Bella ★★★1/2
64. Things We Lost in the Fire ★★★1/2/★★★★
65. Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) ★★★★1/2
66. Monsters Inc. ★★★1/2
67. Superman Returns ★★★★
68. Feast of Love ★★
69. Once ★★★★
70. El Laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) ★★★★
71. The Invasion ★★★1/2/★★★★
72. Mr. Brooks ★★★★
73. Transformers ★★★1/2/★★★★
74. Disturbia ★★★1/2
75. 30 Days of Night ★★1/2
76. Cranford (miniseries) ★★★1/2
77. In Bruges ★★★1/2
78. Happy Feet ★★★1/2
79. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ★★★1/2/★★★★
80. The Others ★★★★1/2
81. The Hours ★★★★1/2
82. 21 ★★
83. Spider-Man 3 ★★★
84. Dial "M" for Murder ★★★★
85. Definitely, Maybe ★★★★
86. Archangel ★★1/2
87. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian ★★★★
88. Il Postino (The Postman) ★★★1/2
89. Charlie Wilson's War ★★★1/2/★★★★
90. Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day ★★★1/2/★★★★
91. Never Back Down ★1/2
92. Kill Bill Vol. 1 ★★★★
93. Resident Evil ★
94. Enduring Love ★★★1/2
95. Les Chansons d'amour (Love Songs) ★★★1/2/★★★★
96. The Little Mermaid III: Ariel's Beginning ★★
97. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas ★★★1/2
98. The Fall ★★★1/2
99. My Sassy Girl (2008) ★★★★
100. Iron Man ★★★★
101. Une vieille maîtresse (The Last Mistress) ★★★
102. Jefferson in Paris ★★
103. Ensemble C'est Tout ★★★★1/2
104. Jane Eyre (2006) (miniseries) ★★★★★
105. Sex and the City ★★★★1/2
106. Lost in Austen (miniseries) ★★★★★
107. The Ruby in the Smoke ★★★
108. Generation Kill (miniseries) ★★★★★
109. Only You ★★★★1/2
110. The Shop Around the Corner ★★★★1/2
111. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ★★★1/2
112. Flashbacks of a Fool ★★★
113. The Edge of Love ★★★1/2
114. Rebel Without a Cause ★★★
115. I Capture the Castle ★★★1/2
116. The American Mall ★★1/2
117. Wanted ★★★★★
118. Persuasion (1995) ★★★1/2/★★★★
119. Tess of the D'urbervilles (2008) (miniseries) ★★★★
120. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 ★★★★
121. Wall-E ★★★★1/2
122. Tropic Thunder ★★★1/2/★★★★ (RDJ=WIN)
123. Quantum of Solace ★★★★1/2
124. The Invisible ★
125. Twilight ★★★1/2
126. Let the Right One In ★★★★
127. Possession ★★★1/2
128. Wuthering Heights (1992) ★1/2
129. Hello, Dolly! ★★
130. Battlestar Galactica (miniseries) ★★★★1/2
131. The Duchess ★★★1/2
132. Frost/Nixon ★★★★★
133. August ★★★★
134. Reservation Road ★★1/2
135. Nim's Island ★
136. Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse ★★
137. Resident Evil 3: Extinction ★★
138. In My Father's Den ★★★★1/2
139. Chaplin ★★★
140. Mamma Mia! ★★★1/2
141. Little Dorrit (miniseries) ★★★★1/2
142. From Russia With Love ★★★★
143. The Devil's Whore (miniseries) ★★★★
144. Wired (miniseries) ★★★1/2
145. Revolutionary Road ★★★★1/2/★★★★★
146. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ★★★1/2
147. The Namesake ★★★★
148. The Dark Knight ★★★★1/2
149. The Happening ★★
150. Like Minds (Murderous Intent) ★★★

television shows
includes all tv shows (mostly only if i have finished an entire season)
1. Gossip Girl (SEASON 1 - 18 EPISODES) FINISHED
2. Grey's Anatomy (SEASON 4 - 17 EPISODES) FINISHED
3. Moonlight (SEASON 1 - 16 EPISODES) FINISHED
4. The Tudors (SEASON 2 - 10 EPISODES) FINISHED
5. Robin Hood (SEASON 2 - 13 EPISODES) FINISHED
6. Grey's Anatomy (SEASON 5)
7. Pushing Daisies (SEASON 2)
8. Gossip Girl (SEASON 2)
9. Spooks (MI-5) (SEASON 7)
10. Mad Men (SEASON 1)
11. True Blood (SEASON 1)
12. Skins (SEASON 1)

books
including only those read for the first time. suggestions welcomed!
1. A Live Coal in the Sea, Madeleine L'Engle (336 PAGES)
2. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (498 PAGES)
3. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer (608 PAGES)
4. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer (640 PAGES)
5. North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell (425 PAGES)
6. The Host, Stephenie Meyer (619 PAGES)
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean-Dominique Bauby (132 PAGES)
8. Darcy's Story, Janet Aylmer (268 PAGES)
9. John Adams, David McCullough (651 PAGES)
10. Into the Wild, Jon Krakuer (203 PAGES)
11. Austenland, Shannon Hale (194 PAGES)
12. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, C.S. Lewis (223 PAGES)
13. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer (768 PAGES)
14. Pemberley by the Sea, Abigail Reynolds (426 PAGES)
15. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (Book 1), Lemony Snicket (162 PAGES)
16. Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories, Ian Fleming (279 PAGES)
17. Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit?: Insanely Annoying Modern Things, Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur (272 PAGES)
18. Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates (355 pages)

TOTAL PAGES READ: 7,059.

book quotes
memorable book quotes/passages from books read or re-read this year
    "He had known what love was - a sharp pang, a fierce experience, in the midst of whose flames he was struggling! but, through that furnace he would fight his way out and into the serenity of middle age, - all the richer and more human for having known this great passion." - North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell (PAGE 328)

    "There comes a time when the heaping up of calamities brings on uncontrollable nervous laughter - when, after a final blow from fate, we decide to treat it all as a joke." - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, by Jean-Dominique Bauby (PAGE 25)

    "'What a joke,' she said, sounding to herself like the movie incarnation of Lydia Bennet. 'I come for Mr. Darcy, fall for the gardener, and get propositioned by the drunk husband.'" - Austenland, by Shannon Hale (PAGE 88)

    "I felt like - like I don't know what. Like this wasn't real. Like I was in some Goth Version of a bad sitcom. Instead of being the A/V dweeb about to ask the head cheerleader to the prom, I was the finished-second-place werewolf about to ask the vampire's wife to shack up and procreate. Nice." - Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer (PAGE 185)

    "Then the fight got out of control. It quivered their arms and legs and wrenched their faces into shapes of hatred, it urged them harder and deeper into each other's weakest points, showing them cunning ways around each other's strongholds and quick chances to switch tactics, feint, and strike again. In the space for a gasp of breath it sent their memories racing back over the years for old weapons to rip the scabs off old wounds; it went on and on." Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates (PAGE 28)

memorable posts
journal entries that are particularly memorable for 2008.
March 4th, 2008: Finding out my dad had cancer (posted at bombsawaaay)
April 8th, 2008: 2008 Scrapbook (posted at bombsawaaaay)
April 29th, 2008: Best Comment EVER (posted at ohnotheydidnt)
May 5th, 2008: Twilight Teaser Trailer (posted at ohnotheydidnt)
May 5th, 2008: 25 Things You Didn't Know About Me (posted at bombsawaaaay)
May 7th, 2008: Lifetime to-do list (posted at bombsawaaaay)
May 14th, 2008: Launch of ticktickticboom (posted at bombsawaaaay)
June 17th, 2008: Soundtrack List (posted at ostnotes)
June 24th, 2008: Purse Meme (posted at bombsawaaaay)
July 27th, 2008: Shift Supervisor Promotion (posted at bombsawaaaay)
August 3rd, 2008: Breaking Dawn (posted at bombsawaaaay)

monthly favorites
favorites of the month, ranging from music, movies, people, events, etc.
January-March: n/a
April: Linkin Park, Coldplay, Twilight, Robert Pattinson, the rain, Jon McLaughlin, John Adams (miniseries), Coke + Vodka, my roommates <3
May: Muse, Twilight, Dream Team (Emily/Gaspard), Colbie Caillat, The Fashion, Ed Westwick, Gaspard Ulliel, French films, Coldplay's "Viva la Vida"
June: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (movie and book), *NSYNC, Dr. Pepper
July: Ben Barnes, Regina Spektors "The Call", decaf iced coffee w/ white chocolate, blended lemonade, Miley Cyrus's "Fly On the Wall"
August: Muse's "Eternally Missed," Twilight (Jacob pre-imprint, Emmett, vampire!Bella)
September: Muse's "New Born" and "Muscle Museum"
October: Toast, BoA's "Eat You Up," Rosalie Hale, fall, walks around the lake, Jane Eye (miniseries), Lost in Austen (miniseries)
November: Wall-E
December: Britney Spears's "Circus" album, Coldplay's "Twisted Logic," Robert Downey, Jr., Chaplin soundtrack

hang on there, mr. fancy pants! it's FRIENDS only!

bombsawaaaay — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:05:08 GMT

++ journal is 95% friends only.
+ do NOT add me without commenting - otherwise i will not add you back.

you drain me dry and make me wonder why i'm even here.

++ melissa. 21. political science major, history minor. born in portland, OR and now lives in MN. oldest of two children. brother in the united states navy. has a dog named indy (after indiana jones). owns over 300 movies and television shows. always dresses up (even going to class). proud liberal.

+ opinionated. loyal. outgoing. occasionally can be quiet. enjoys time alone. hardworking. argumentative (particularly about politics). abhors all things religious, but is tolerant of other's choices. grammar nazi. very sarcastic. could out-swear any member of "the sopranos."

+ loves chocolate, men in well-tailored suits, foreign accents (scottish and australian, particularly), dressing up, green eyes, the smell of rain, discovering new bands, dancing around in her empty apartment/house, finishing a good book, being organized, driving, expensive cars (that i'll never be able to afford), movies so good they're bad, bbc-produced miniseries.

+ hates spiders, close-minded jerk-offs, people (in general), bad drivers, homophobes, children.

+ reads ernest hemingway, madeleine l'engle, ha jin, ian mcewan, historical biographies, twilight (guilty pleasure), william boyd, the classics.

+ watches pushing daisies, gossip girl, grey's anatomy, law & order, law & order: svu, mad men, battlestar galactica (just starting), robin hood (bbc), family guy, legend of the seeker / pride & prejudice, wall-e, annie hall, beauty & the beast, the little mermaid, titanic, wanted, tropic thunder, penelope, office space, sixteen candles, indiana jones trilogy, the bourne trilogy, star wars... way too many others to decide from.</center>

12.16.08 friends cut
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