measure in love!

best news ever: taye diggs and idina menzel are expecting a baby!!!!!! i'm so excited and happy for them!!!! i really can't even express it. it was the top story on Celebrity Baby Blog! aaahhh!!!! so exciting!!!! they are the most beautiful gorgeous sexy couple ever and their baby will be the most darling baby ever.


omg! they are so beautiful together. and i just love them. and i'm listening to Rent right now in celebration of the news. man, they were both just babies when Rent opened. and now they're so freaking gorge. how could they hate Benny anyways?? he's such a feast of love.

anyways. so, also in celebration of this news, i thought to myself, "aw wow, what a great opportunity to get caught up on my Private Practice!" i was two episodes behind. oh, Taye Diggs is on Private Practice, fyi. (and he was just voted the sexiest man on TV. duh, no poll needed.)

so, i watch the first episode. great. dramz to the max. and then i watch the second episode - and Idina is a guest star!!!!!!! how awesome is that?!?! oh - i was thrilled. they didn't have any hott make out scenes, though. or actually, any scenes together. but i'm hoping her character is on for a few more episodes. it would totes make sense.

i'm so happy for them!!!!


in other news:

- creepy ghost-man living next door = very respected retired doctor from Dartmouth Hitchcock. sooo yeah....i guess i was wrong about that one.

- i suspect there are bedbugs in one of the rooms. you are the first person i'm telling. i got a call a little after midnight from one of the girls saying she has been up taking frantic showers and can't sleep because there are bugs crawling all over her. i told her i'd be down right away.

and i got a look at the little creeper. a cross between a lady-bug and a tick. instructed her to sleep elsewhere. took a mental picture of the bug. came back here and researched. and....i'm gonna say that i'm probably 85% sure they're bedbugs.

i felt bad because she seemed pretty shaken up. just like there had been bugs crawling all over her.

- i babysat the toddler today for an hour. OH - and when i put on my coat this morning to take her to daycare she said, "Julie, nice coat!" i love her! so, we had fun this afternoon. we searched through the animal book until we found the snake. and she had some doritos and she kept feeding all the animals in the book the doritos. the surprising part was they actually liked them!

- quite suddenly tonight i got this desire to eat white cake. and i needed to make some immediately. but, i don't have any baking pans, so i baked it in a frying pan! brillz, i know.

the very middle part isn't quite cooked. but it still tastes good. also, i burnt my wrist taking out the pan and it hurts pretty bad. some of the skin is peeling off. like a scrape.

- also, last night i thought i was getting an ear infection because i was getting these really, really sharp intense shooting pains in my right ear. and i was like, "aw crap i don't know where my health insurance cards are." (i mean, they're here somewhere, i just don't know right now." and i couldn't blow my nose, or tilt my head to the right, or yawn or cough or swallow. it was actually pretty bad.

this morning it was better. and then tonight i'm fine. so, that's good. but i was thinking, "man, what a perfect way to end March - with an ear infection!!" i've been sick the entire month. because i got the stomach floo the first week, then that super bad cold with a fever, then the kitties came to visit me and my allergies kicked right in.

my chest has been super tight all day. hard to breathe.

- i'm working again wednesday night 3:30-10pm. it's Big Chore Night. ugh. i hate big chore night. i still don't understand at all how chores work. they're on some sort of intricate rotation schedule. there's dinner chores, and then there are evening chores. and then on wednesdays there are even more chores, i think.
- clear dishes from dinner
- load the dishwasher
- unload the dishwasher
- bathrooms.
- kitchen.
- living room
- dining room
- lounge
- porch and vans
- floors

i don't get it. and i'll be like,

JULIE: Um, can you take out the trash in the kitchen?
GIRL: Unload takes out trash.
JULIE: What did you have?
GIRL: Kitchen.
JULIE: Who had unload?
GIRL: I don't know.

great. you'd think that the person who had kitchen would take out the kitchen trash. but no. it's unload's job. i don't get it. i just give out the minus if they do it wrong. or the plus if they do it right.

we're getting another resident on thursday! the one who slept over that other night and had the hair dying party. i'm working thursday night too, so that's good.

and i got a chance to hang out with our other new resident tonight. .she.is.a.tough.girl.

okay. i'm going to go to bed now and not be scared anymore of the man next door. all the girls were talking about how scared they were of him, and so my boss stepped up and told us who he was and everything and they she said,

CHARLENE: I lived in the third floor apartment for 18 months - I know his routine.

and i was like, "yes! so i'm not a creep!" it's normal that i know the routine of the family across the street. they are so cute. :)

alright! goodnight! i'll talk to you on wednesday!!!!!! have a lovely time until then.


a new lease -
you are my love.

ghost = guy

alright. this is going to be a scary post. that is your warning. actually, probably more scary for me than you. but oh well.

this is about the ghost family who lives next door to me. this is the big yellow house where i never see anybody inside, never see the car leave the driveway, never see any movement inside. but the lights are constantly on and off, the other day the porch furniture moved. this is also the house with the beautiful pink room at nighttime.

ok. let's continue.

so, last night, it was a little windy again and i was nervous. because of the shaking windows and the branches rubbing the side of the house, etc.

alright, so i watched this darling french movie called The Girl on the Bridge. afterwards, i hung out online for a little bit. and then just before 2:30am i decided it was time for bed. because i could barely stay away.

so, i stand up from my red chair and see that the garage light of the house next door is on. this kind of startles me, because i wasn't expecting it. it's even more weird because the entire rest of the house is pitch black.

i walk into the kitchen to put my dish in the sink. glance back at the garage light and it's still on. i turn to throw something in the trash. glance back at the light. OFF. the light has shut off during the one second i turned away. and the rest of the house is still totally dark.

so now i'm really creeped out. i don't know. something about that garage light just rubbed me the wrong way. and how it turned off so quickly after i got up.

and then it took me a while to get to sleep because i was all skeeved.

so, finally get to sleep. didn't really sleep well. woke up at 5:45 with a phone call. couldn't get back to sleep after that.

so now it's 6:45 i'm downstairs with the girls. had some nice hang-out time with them. and then kind of randomly one of them starts telling this story....

GIRL: OMG, so last night me and (new resident) were hanging out in her room, just like, talking about our different backgrounds and stuff and then we both happened to look out her window and the guy next door was standing in his window just STARING at us!! and then as soon as he saw us look at him the curtain moved and he was gone!!! It was so freaky.

AAAHAHHHH!!!!! so scared. after her story i told my scary light in the garage story. i don't think they thought it was scary. but, they don't know my whole theory about the ghost family and all.

so, something is up with the guy next door. was he also looking into my apartment from his garage last night? and then he saw me get up and quickly shut off his light? what is his deal? how come i never see him walking around his house?!

i was pretty freaked out all morning after hearing the other spooky story about the guy next door. i guess he's the "creep" in the neighborhood. there's this little beat up car in the driveway, but i never see it gone.

i also think it's odd that they have so much furniture on their porch which is clearly only a summer porch. if you aren't using your porch all winter, wouldn't you want to bring in all that furniture so it doesn't get ruined from the snow and melting??

and remember how i told you about when me and andrew went to the used furniture store and all the chairs looked like it was a ghost meeting the way they were lined up??

well that's kind of how the porch is. there are these two rocking chairs side by side positioned perfectly to look out the window onto the street. and the other day, it was one of these chairs that was turned to face a different direction.

so. that's the scaryness for the day. until probably nighttime again when i get spooked out by something else.

like, what was he doing in his garage at 2:30 in the morning? and why weren't there any other lights on?? not even the pink room.

ok. enough about the ghost man and his creeper house. i have to get ready for work. turns out we didn't have staff meeting today because some people had to go to court.

so, now i'm just working from 3:30-10. and from 3:30-6 i'll be working by myself! scary! all those girls and just one me. pff i can totes handle it.

i'll write more later. i just wanted to tell you about this.

have good nights!!

<3.

undercover kitty

so remember when i told you that earlier today Ruby Tuesday was sleeping under my covers in my bed? right next to Buck? well, i didn't know exactly how cute it was when i said that. and then i saw her.

i had to share the cuteness with you.






there she is. what a sweet little girl. right next to Buck. and Oscar, my green-seahorse. she slept there all afternoon! from like, 3pm until 6pm. what a nice nap.


ok! that's all. i hope it brightened your evening.

<3

deer friend

happy birthday maria!!! today is maria's birthday. i am excited about this. i have sent her something through the post and she should receive it this week. i hope she has a wonderful day.

actually, i have just returned from the post office. there is a lovely gentleman who works there. he has blonde hair. he's so pleasant and polite. it was a very nice experience mailing things today. and i bought stamps FINALLY. so maybe i will mail something to you.

so, this morning was the normal morning. up at 6:30. there was a phone call immediately which made me very annoyed. so i had no time at all to have my morning drink of water before i went downstairs. i had to go down right away. not happy about this.

so then i hung around downstairs. did some morning french braiding. fun times. that's like, the best skill i have. forget about trying to relate to people, console them in hard times, having an important discussion or trying to be strict with them. FRENCH BRAIDING. that's all you need to know for this job.

and then i hung out in the kitchen for a while, while the toddler's mother told me this very long story. good story, though. and then i finally got my morning drink of water. it was in a mug, which made it more delicious.

and then we get ready to leave for our morning trip to daycare. and i have my new teal jacket with me. and so we're all putting on our coats to leave and the toddler says to me,

TODDLER: Julie, you got a new coat?
JULIE: I DID get a new coat! Thanks for noticing!
TODDLER'S MOTHER: Wow, is that really new?
JULIE: Yeah, it is.
TODDLER: It's a nice coat.

this little girl amazes me. she's not quite 2.5 years old and you can have an entire conversation with her. it was so funny. i can't believe she noticed i had a new coat! it was so amusing and wonderful.

and then before this, it was just the two of us in the staff office. her mother had gone to mop the kitchen floor. and so, me and the toddler. we're talking.

TODDLER: Oh, I'll take a tissue. (takes a tissue out of the box)
JULIE: You need a tissue?
TODDLER: Yeah. (she wipes her nose a little bit, but not really because she doesn't really need a tissue.) All done!
JULIE: Do you want to throw it away?
TODDLER: No. I'll save it for later.
JULIE: Save it for later?
TODDLER: Yeah. (tries to put it in her pocket) Where's my pock? (still trying to find her pocket) Oh! There's my pocket!
JULIE: There it is!
TODDLER: Uh oh.
JULIE: What?
TODDLER: I need my tissue.
JULIE: You do?
TODDLER: Yeah. (reaches for her tissue in her pocket. can't find it) Where'd my pock go? (still trying.) Oh! There's my pocket.
JULIE: There it is!
TODDLER: (wipes her nose again a little bit. she still doesn't really need it.) I'm gonna throw it away.
JULIE: Ok. Do you want me to lift you up to the trash?
TODDLER: Yeah!!!!
JULIE: Ok! (lifts her up so she can throw away the tissue.) Wow, good throwing away!

and that was the morning tissue saga. i JUST LOVED how she abbreviated 'pocket' to 'pock.' where's my pock? oh, i was laughing pretty hard. and she just looked so grown up. keeping a tissue in her pocket for later. haha. it was very funny.

so. what else.

sunday was kind of lame, i guess. i didn't do anything. turns out i didn't have to work. no work today either. tomorrow, though. from 12:30 to 10. and then thursday 3:30-10.

last night i watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona. so good. so much hottness. and then after that, i watched The Darjeeling Limited. again, so good. so much hottness. both very good travel movies. i enjoyed them a lot.

i had a scary dream last night. or actually, it was this morning. i woke up at 10:30 and i was scared. the dream was that i was driving around town. like, past Steve's Pet Shoppe area. and Jake's. and then these two men wearing long black coats ran out from a building and onto the sidewalk. and they had cameras. and they were talking pictures of everything. and then i drove past and one of them pointed the camera into my car, but it wasn't really a camera. it was a gun disguised as a camera. and he shot me. and i died. and this was the first dream i've had where i've been shot and actually thought, "man, this hurts." normally in my "getting shot" dreams (and i've had a lot of them) i think, "this isn't so bad."

anyways. i didn't like it.

it was actually a scary night last night. it was really windy. and really rainy. and there were lots of strange scary noises. my windows shake really bad when it's windy. and there was one time where i actually paused my movie and walked thru my apartment to make sure nobody had somehow gotten inside.

AND the worst part - there was no star on the mountain to comfort me. i think it's officially gone. it must have just been a winter thing.

although, that first night that it was gone, i had a dream that it was the middle of the night and these two men were lugging the star back up on the mountain on this big cart type thing. and i was so happy that it was back.

but, it was only a dream. there is still no star. although, i'm still looking for it.

and then this morning i woke up at 6am and i was very startled and i don't know why. and i thought, "aw, i only have 30 more minutes to sleep."

hhmmmm. what else.

apparently the girls here say that there is some creepy guy that lives in one of the houses close by. because the new girl here opened her window on friday night and then it got stuck open and nobody could shut it. so, of course, the girls started telling her all these scary stories about the scary people who live in this neighborhood. and how they hope he doesn't climb up the house and crawl in through her window.

and me and Courtney are like, "are you serious?!?! why would you tell her these things?!?!"

so, the poor girl was really scared all weekend and slept in the lounge instead of her room.

so, i thought about the "creepy guy" who is supposed to live in this neighborhood. and who it might be. not the dad across the street. not the other family across the street. not the lady next door because she's nice and has horribly bad allergies.

SO IT MUST BE - the ghost person next door. that's the only explanation. OMG, yesterday i looked out my kitchen window and saw that some furniture on their porch was moved around. i gasped really loud and scared Ruby Tuesday. i was nervous after that.

but, i even looked on the NH Sex Offender registry online to see if there were any sex offenders living on the street. and that was a negative. thank you, megan's law!

i really wanted to go to a lake this weekend. did i tell you that? and i tried to find one that looked nice. but i couldn't really. and then i got too nervous to go by myself.

it's scary doing things by yourself. i'm just gonna be honest. i don't like it. i'm getting used to grocery shopping by myself. that's kind of nice, i guess. and i generally like being by myself. it's just the doing new things part that i don't like. if i'm going somewhere where i've never been before, i like to have someone else with me.

or, i guess generally, if i'm going somewhere to "do something" i like to not be alone.

i think i'll wait until kara comes and visits me to go find that lake. i think we'll go to Fairlee, Vermont. that seems like a nice little place.

OH OH OH. this is important.

yesterday i spent much of the day planning my future life. in Pennsylvania, where i'm destined to live. and i found this place:

The Inn at Bowman's Hill Bed and Breakfast.

now, i found this place because it is in Buck's County. and i thought, Buck's County? Like Buck my turtle! I'll go there too!!! and so, i also found this inn.

so - if anyone wants to marry me at this place, let me know and i'll start making phone calls. this place looks like the most beautiful place ever. and i decided i want to get married in the Conservatory. the rooms run between $300-$500 per night. and, i'd really probably want to rent out the whole place for the wedding.

so, it won't be cheap. but i think it will be worth it. and then i'll probably get my dress at some upscale shop in Philadelphia. Rose, from Titanic, was supposed to get married in Philadelphia. i guess it's only natural that i will too.

SO - i'm looking at this beautiful place. and reading the rules of the Inn and everything, and there was one part that said, "we ask our guests to respect our local Township noise ordinance that requires quiet after 10pm"

and i'm like, "TOWNSHIP?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!?!"

am i destined to live in a township!!?? ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES YES YES.

i couldn't believe it. anyways. let me know if anyone is interested in getting married there. probably not this year, because i'm using up all my vacation time for my trip to Ireland. but, maybe next week. i mean, year. next year.

i really wanted to go somewhere today. but i can't think of anywhere to go. i went to the post office.

and man, there were some nice looking men at the post office at around 3:30. i think that will be my normal mail pick-up time.

right now Ruby Tuesday is sleeping in my bed under all my covers. right next to Buck.

i'm babysitting the 3-month old baby all day on saturday. from like, 8:30am until probably like, 9pm. i keep forgetting about this. that should be fun and terrifying.

i just learned that The Reader will be released on dvd on 14 April. UM, HELLO! that's totally the day that Titanic crashed into the ice berg. wow, i'd like to hug the person who planned that dvd release because they are awesome.

well, okay. i think that's all for the time being. maybe i'll talk to you later?

you all have been great so far. i'm loving your comments and new-blog excitement. pass the word along that this is the coolest place in the internet. let's reach out to the masses.

because, i think it should be everyone's priority to read about the conversation i had with a two year old. duh.


loveu.

schindler vs. voldemort

hi friends.

i just finished watching Schindler's List. i had never seen it before!! i know, i know. i probably deserve to have all my movie reviews burned in front of me.

anyways. i watched it. i only too 2 breaks! one to go check in with Courtney and the other to switch the disc over! that's not too bad!!!! at first i was really worried. how was i supposed to watch an 'over 3-hour movie' that didn't have Kate and Leo in it?!?! this was worrying me. but i did it!!!!

man, the second half of that movie is pretty grim. and i definitely cried really hard at the end. when all the real people were putting rocks on his grave!? yeah. buckets.

anyways. what was the deal with that guy? he was a Nazi. but he was a good guy. he hung around with jerks. but he was a good guy! he hung around with Voldemort, but he was a good guy. what!?

so, i liked this movie for a couple reasons:

1. John Williams.
2. i feel like we're supposed to have this idea that Nazi = terrible. but this was about a Nazi who = awesome! this makes me think that there must have been more Nazi's who weren't so bad.
3. it was really about how one guy can make a super huge difference. he saved almost 1200 people.

i didn't like this movie for a couple reasons:

1. voldemort
2. all the writing. like, to explain stuff. it made me more confused.
3. voldemort
4. "

let's talk about voldemort. MAN he was a jerk. he's someone who doesn't get hugged enough. and there's that one scene where you're like, "aw, wow, he really loves that lady." and you think this until he pretty much beats her to death. that was unpleasant. ugh, what was his problem? i just didn't understand him. i just don't understand these bad people.

but voldemort was the worst. this was not a movie where i wanted to reach out and touch his face. like in The Reader.

person whose face i DID want to reach out and touch?? LIAM NEESON. yes please. what a sweetheart.

ok, so Schlinder's List = ****

moving on.

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist = **

UGH.

1. First of all - this movie should have been rated R. I DON'T KNOW what has gotten into the heads of the MPAA when they rate some of these movies. i would not let my 13 year old see this movie. it was DIRTY. super dirty language. dirty unnecessary "sex" scene in the end. dirty slutty drunk girl. dirty slutty non-drunk girl. PG-13? i think not.

2. i hated these kids. i hated his stupid yellow car. well, actually, i thought the parts with his yellow car were kind of funny. there were lots of parts where i laughed pretty hard. but overall - UGH UGH UGH. it was all these "we're so uncool we're actually cooler than you" kids running around looking for this mystery hipster band at 4 in the morning.

3. i think with music you can either be a cool, "hey, you've probably never heard of this band, but i think you'll like them" person. OR, you can be a "um, what? you've never heard of this band? wow, they are my favorite band and you are a loser" person. this movie was FULL of the second. i automatically hated all these bands just because these kids liked them!*

*except for Bishop Allen. i really do like them. and i was happy they were featured in the movie.

4. i think Kat Dennings is a snob. and she was in pretty much every single outtake acting all snobby and trying to be funny. again with the "we're so uncool" image.

5. TOO MUCH EMO. enough said.

6. "um, what? who wrote this movie? what?! NOT Diablo Cody?? oh no. you mean there's another one out there LIKE her???!!!"

7. trying to be Juno. now, i liked Juno the first time i saw it. i have not seen it again. i don't really want to see it again. i know by saying this you all will probably hate me and burn my movie reviews anyways. but yeah - i'm sick of Juno. not as good as i thought it was going to be. i'm over it.

8. un-cool opening credits. i don't like when they have the opening credits playing over the beginning of the movie. because then you can't appreciate all the people who were involved in the making. either have a separate opening credit sequence, or save it all for the end. NO MIXING. and yeah, tons of movies do this, i figured with all my other complaining, 'why not complain about that too!!?"

9. k. i think that's it.

save your money during the recession = Nick and Norah.
spend your money during the recession = Schlinder's List.

wow! what a great new segment.

sooo....yeah.

OH OH OH!!! i went into Rite Aid this afternoon to buy more hair dye and i saw the toothpaste aisle and i thought to myself, "hm, i'll just go see if they have my orange mango toothpaste" which i can't find ANYWHERE. and they had it!!!!! ONE left!!!!! so, duh, i had to purchase. i was so excited. oh how i miss the soothing taste of orange mango in my mouth. those peppermint toothpastes burn like heck.

AND. the hairdye i bought was called Havana Brown. kind of sounds like a porn star name or something, but it immediately drew me in.

and this lady on the front was really pretty. and then i saw another pretty lady who was also modeling for Havana Brown. and i thought, "hm, that's strange. two different ladies modeling the same color?" so, i picked up the second box and it said on the top, "New model. Same great color!"

and i was outraged!!!!! were they saying that the first lady outgrew the prettiness of the haircolor?!?! i didn't like it. it just rubbed me the wrong way how it said that on the box.

so, i was going to buy the first lady on the box, when i saw this other section of "chocolate colors." and the color was just like, "medium brown" or something, but on the front of the box it said, "part of our decadent chocolate collection". and i was like, "what?! delicious!!!"

so, then i put back Havana Brown and picked up the chocolate collection. because clearly i wanted chocolate. and, the two colors looked pretty much the same. but then as i was walking away with the chocolate collection in my hands, something came over me. and i turned around and picked up Havana Brown again.

and Havana Brown it was. it just sounds tropical. and illegal.

so, i dyed my hair Havana Brown. and, it kind of came out Havana Reddish-Brown. lame. i'm sick of this red. i've had virtually every semi-natural looking haircolor. i just can't grasp the red this time.

there's no star on the mountain tonight. i've gone to every single window in my apartment multiple times looking for the star. and it's nowhere. i have very strong feelings about this. that star was a beacon of comfort and hope. a motivational symbol of beauty. a gentle reminder that you too, can be great. and now it's gone. i'm hoping they are just changing the batteries or something. maybe they had to take it down for the day due to landscaping issues. oh man, i hope it's back tomorrow.

so, i was talking to Courtney tonight, and she asked me if i could work from after staff meeting on tuesday until around 6:30. and i said,

JULIE: Well, I'm already working for Cheryl that night...
COURTNEY: Uhh...what?
JULIE: I'm working for Cheryl tomorrow, Monday, and Tuesday.
COURTNEY: Oh...I don't think so...
JULIE: Um....
COURTNEY: I thought Cheryl just needed you for one of those days? Didn't she get back to you?
JULIE: No, I haven't talked to her since Wednesday. I assumed I was just working for her all those days.
COURTNEY: Hmmm....I don't think so.

soooo. apparently i'm not working all those days. i have no idea now. i guess cheryl was supposed to get back to me. and she never did. Courtney was pretty certain that Cheryl was coming in tomorrow. i guess i have to call her tomorrow.

we'll see.

oh, we have a new resident here! she arrived on Tuesday afternoon. i haven't had much time to hang out with her. i see her in the mornings. i like her because she comes downstairs wearing a bathrobe. very regal. and apparently her and another one of the girls are making plans to go to a club next weekend. Courtney was telling me this friday night. and i said,

JULIE: Um, Courtney, will you have to chaperone this trip?
COURTNEY: OH GOD I hope not.
JULIE: Haha!
COURTNEY: Yeah, the girls would just loove that.
JULIE: Yeah they would.
COURTNEY: Actually, I think Charlene is working with me next Friday night.
JULIE: Oh good. Make her go.
COURTNEY: Haha, yeah.

it was funny. but, we were both kind of confused at this "girls going to a club" plan. we don't know the rules about these things yet.

there's this underage nightclub attached to a family restaurant in west lebanon. located behind the Shaw's! i don't know. sounds like bad news to me.

i was learning about my new hampshire towns and villages yesterday. GET THIS: so, Lebanon, NH is a CITY. but, West Lebanon, NH is a VILLAGE inside Lebanon. confusing? yes.

AND THEN - there is the TOWNSHIP of Livermore, NH. remember we were talking about townships recently? and how they confused the heck out of me? i believe they were in reference to Upper and Lower Providence, Pennsylvania. anyways.

Livemore, NH. as of the 2000 census the population was 3. THREE. two men and a lady. um, why is there not a sitcom about this?!? two men and a lady running their own township!! that's like, prime material.

Judd Apatow and Seth Rogan tell us the two men will of course be the lighthearted, funny ones. while the lady will naturally be the serious, boring one. she eventually hooks up with one of the guys. blahdy blah. then maybe she hooks up with the other one during a drunken late night of Law Making. because remember - they're running their own goverment here. and the story continues. lots of "what is this place? a town? or a ship??" jokes. they eventually realize they need to leave New Hampshire for bigger and better things. and in the series finale we see them sailing away aboard a giant ship they built and affectionately named, "Township."

the show will also be called, Township and will probably air just before one of those CSI shows.

oh, and i'm copyrighting all this. yes!

ANYWAYS. i couldn't believe there was a township right here among us!! i could probably drive there! i wonder if those three people live together. and like, at the bottom of their driveway there is a sign that says, "Welcome to Scenic Livermore, NH! Population: 3."

and then! i was learning all about villages. and there is the village of Etna, NH which is inside Hanover. and it was the site of the 2001 "Dartmouth Murders." and i vaguely remember this! when those two professers at Dartmouth were murdered by some high school kids. it was in the village of Etna. in the town of Hanover. author Jodi Picoult also lives there.

so, yeah. this new area continues to fascinate me.

and with that, i think i'm off to go to sleep. i'm getting sleepy. i think Ruby Tuesday is already in bed asleep. she brought her leopard print toy into my room today because she was going in there too. and before that, she had somehow managed to get a box on top of it.

i've had my chandelier on all night. i need a comforting light since there's no star. although, now whenever i turn on the chandelier all i will think about will be vampires. yikes. i shouldn't have said that. maybe all i will think about will be Robert Pattinson. maybe he misses that chandelier. i should write him an open letter.

Dear Mr. Robert Pattinson:

I bet you miss that chandelier featured in your new movie, Twilight. I bet you miss it a lot. Well, I'm here to inform you that I have the very same chandelier hanging in my bedroom. If you ever miss that chandelier so much that you can't stand it, please, consider this your invitation into my bedroom. Really, you don't even need to call to say you're coming over. Anytime, night or day, really. I don't mind. And we can, ya know, hang around in my bedroom and "look at the chandelier" together.

Fondly,
Julie

i think that went well. hope he gets the message.

SO !!! i'm going to go use my orange mango toothpaste now!!!!! i'm so excited.

hey, have nice, relaxing sundays. or, have delicious chocolate covered sundaes. whichever - i hope it's great.

i'll talk to you again soon.

loveyouloveyou,
.Jacuzzi.Jacuzzi.


post script: have i used that 'sunday/sundae' joke before?!! man, that's a classic!


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"say it. outloud."

OK. so, remember how i watched the last 3/4 of Twilight the other morning and thought that i recognized my chandelier in the background of the restaurant scene?? WELL. i searched through pretty much every Edward Cullen fangirl website in the history of the internet to try and find a screencap of this scene. WITH NO LUCK.

so, i made a decision. i would find a copy of the movie online and watch the 35 minutes in the beginning that i missed. then, i would pause it at the restaurant scene and find out once and for all if it was, in fact, my chandelier featured in the movie.

here are my findings:





THIS is the chandelier i currently have hanging over my bed. man, so beautiful.






AND THIS is the chandelier featured in the movie Twilight. i have captured two pictures from the film which i feel highlight the chandelier in all its glory.

the verdict please?

YES. i believe i DO have the same chandelier featured in the movie Twilight. heck, i could tell people it's the same one and charge them $20 to see it. just tell 'em it was in the same room as that guy and they'd probably pay more.

i have more to update you on, but i'm going out to do some quick errands. i'm buying more hair dye. i'm going darker. dark brown. no more strawberry blonde. i like the color, i just feel it clashes with everything i own.

and, i feel dark hair with a bright streak of turquoise will look pretty rockstar. because the teal streak = totally going to happen. in the coming weeks.

OH - it will be an event. keep watch.

K! have nice saturdays. doing anything fun and special? i hope so. you can tell me if you want.

i'll talk to you later alligator.

lovelove!

NEW BLOG ONLINE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND RECEPTION

Welcome! Welcome! Thank you all so much for coming to my online ribbon cutting ceremony and reception!! I'm so happy to see you.

I can't wait to start this new blog with all of you, my dear friends and family, and I'm thrilled you are here to take the first steps down this new road with me. I think we will be great together, as we always have been.

Enjoy!!
















I had one guest at my party!!





RECEPTION!!!




We had deviled eggs, popcorn chicken and hummus and crackers!! Delish!!


Wow! What a great party!!!




Too much partying for Ruby Tuesday. She crashed pretty quick.

Thanks for coming to my online ribbon cutting!!!! I had a blast. Can't wait to start blogging!!!!!


“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.” – Ivy Baker Priest

official welcome!

Welcome to the new blog. Enjoy yourselves. Let's party all night.

beautiful passage

i was reading the reader just now and came across this beautiful passage that i 1) wanted to remember and 2) wanted to share with you. also, it reminds me of myself. and the experience of not being able to sleep....

"through the long hours of the night you have the church clock for company and the rumble of the occasional passing car that throws its headlights across the walls and ceiling. these are hours without sleep, which is not to say that they're sleepless, because on the contrary, they're not about lack of anything, they're rich and full. desires, memories, fears, passions form labyrinths in which we lose and find and then lose ourselves again. they are hours when anything is possible, good or bad."

thank you, bernhard schlink.

transitions and such things

wow! look at this great blog! it's so classy and hip!! i love the chandeliers!

i've been really into light blue and black lately. it's like i want all my rooms to have this coloring. light blue walls with big black chandeliers hanging. or, i guess i'd take crystal chandeliers.

today was a good day. i kept feeling like i had something to do, but i didn't. i got an iced coffee, which was good, but made me really shaky. i keep saying that i am going to eat something, but then i get distracted.

there was lots of traffic tonight when i was driving. it made me a little annoyed. but then i was happy again because it really meant that i just got to sit in my car longer and listen to music.

so far i like writing this post. it's pretty similar to the livejournal postings. i feel kind of bad for retiring my livejournal. i'm worried that this new blog means "starting over." maybe that's what i want. not that i want to start my livejournal over from the beginning. i think i just need a new blog scene. i'm living in a new place, new town, new house, new job, new people, new places to go. seeing as blogging is a big part of my life, it would only seem right to update my blog with my changing life. right? right!!

hm. i'm not sure about this font, though.

let's see if this one is any better. this is Trebuchet, which makes me think of Lost for some reason that i can't think of right now. the other one was Georgia. i have to find a good font that matches the style of my new blog! this could take some time. let's try another.

how's this?! oh wait! is this my old journal font? arial? this looks familiar. hm. maybe i'll keep this one. is this the same font? David? the 'y's' look different.

anyways. really i just wanted to get some text onto my front page so i could really see what it looks like with a good solid entry. right now there's just too much blue.

i've been thinking about it, and i really want to start spelling 'blue', 'bleu'. do you think people would mind or get mad? it just looks so much more fancy. and it's like, different, but not too different.

Julie Bleu.

hm. i think i'm going to go eat supper now. i'm hungry. and it's ten o'clock. man, i can't believe it's ten o'clock. it's been a weird day. weird, but good. warm! it's supposed to be warm all week!

ok. suppose i'm finished. maybe i'll write again later. i'm not quite sure how this transition should take place. i want everyone to feel comortable here. i wish i could have a New Blog Open House. or, a New Blog Grand Opening.

OR OR OR OR!!!!!! EVEN SO MUCH BETTER!!!! a New Blog Ribbon Cutting!!!!!!

O.M.G. it will happen. i promise! i will plan this. i will make it happen. the first ever online ribbon cutting reception. I WILL MAKE INTERNET HISTORY! and then my new blog will become as famous as my old one. which, i think is pretty famous.

ok. i have to start planning this. man, i'm getting excited! what kind of snacks should we have? beverages? i wish saga could make a cheese platter!

oh man, i love you guys. i love blogging. i should be a professional blogger.

OK! for serious now friends, i will be back later. but probably in the livejournal. i think i need to do both for a few days. i have to make sure i'm nice and comfortable here as well.

so far though - i like it :)

love love love you!!!!

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first post!