My favorite movie and what its about.

This is a good one! I love movies. I love lots and lots of movies. And while my fav book list is pretty dark my movie list tends to be really goofy. I love a silly movie. I honestly don't think I have a favorite. I could go on forever about how many are my favorites. So I'm just going to pick one. The one I picked to put here really isn't a movie, its a web thingy. I don't even know. Its only 45 minutes long. But since I am wearing a tee shirt from it right now, I'm rolling with it. (cuz I'm cool like that...)

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

I don't know what it is about this show but I ADORE it. Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day. I love them all. I will watch every one of them in anything they are in and they are all together here. And they all go together quite nicely.

So... The show was written and made during the writers strike awhile back by Joss Whedon (who I am a huge nerd for). It is about Dr. Horrible, played by NPH. He is this lovable villain who has 2 main goals. Join the Evil League of Evil and get the girl. The girl is Penny, Felicia Day, a sweet adorable girl who volunteers for the homeless shelter. Dr. Horrible obviously needs a hero to foil his attempts to take over the world. His nemesis is Captain Hammer, corporate tool. Played by Nathan Fillion. (if your wondering, his fists are NOT the hammer...) Our house is divided on Captain Hammer. I personally LOVE him. (the tee shirt I am wearing right now has him on it and its my fav tee shirt I own.)  

Did I mention the singing?? They totally sing ALL the time! How much cooler could it get??

Like I said, the show is not very long so I cant say very much about it or I will give it all away. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it! Its on netflix and youtube. Its a big hit with my whole family. Chelsea especially enjoys it. She wants to watch it all the time AND asks to listen to the soundtrack. She knows all the songs and can sit and recite the movie to you. Its pretty rockin' adorable! 

Its not about making money, its about taking money. Destroying the status quo because the status is not quo. The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

5 celebrities I find attractive

Mark Paul Gosselaar. Helloooo Zack Morris! 

Zac Efron. Yes he is younger then me.
I have come to terms with it. But he got me
with 17 again. Something about him playing
a young Mathew Perry.

Leo Dicaprio. Mmmm! The movie I have seen
most in the theaters, to this day, is Titanic.
I think it was watching Blood Diamonds that
I realized Jack had grown up. And he did a fine job of it!

Joseph-Gordon Levitt. 

My list would, of course, not be complete
without Zach Braff!

Anyone else notice that the name Zach comes up a lot in this post?? Guess which one my kid is named after...

How have I changed in the last 2 years

Ok, I'm back from vacation and I'm back to my bloggity blog challenge. Today is how I have changed in the last 2 years.

I'm not sure where to go with this. I don't think I have hardly changed at all in the last 2 years. 

The thing I think of first is friendships. I don't have some of the friends I used to have anymore. I have some I didn't have before. Some I don't know how I lived without. La Dayna and I have become really close in the last couple of years. I cant imagine not having her in my life now. She is pretty fantasticly awesome. 

I'm not sure what else I have. I've turned 30 but that wasn't a big deal. I don't feel like it changed me. 

I sleep better. I think because I have to go to bed earlier to get up to get Zach to school. I'm not a morning person at all, I haven't ever been in my life. But if I want school to be important for my kids it has to be important to me so up I get!

I've become a vegetarian. Well, I have gone back to being a vegetarian. I'm much more focused on it then I was before though. I am informed and really know why I'm doing it now. And I'm not embarrassed about now, its a choice I made for me. Before I always felt like I had to explain myself and I felt like the weirdo. Now I try not to make it a big deal, I just carry on. Usually I don't even think about it. 

I cant think of anything else. I know for the next week I'm going to think of things that I should have put here but didn't. 

One of my favorite shows

So, how much can you say about a tv show? I see a weak blog post in our futures.... ohhhh....

One of my favorite TV shows is....

Scrubs!  Its so dang funny. Its been my favorite for longer then I can remember. I can turn just about anything into a Scrubs reference. I quote it a lot. I know the lines from most episodes. I used to watch it every night after the kids went to bed but they moved it from 10 to 11 and its hard to justify staying up until midnight for reruns. 

This used to be my ringtone.

How important I think education is

This is funny. Because my views are so split. For me, I never thought education was the slightest bit important. I hated school, I hated being there, I hated the classes. I hated it. I never saw any importance for myself. I tried taking different college courses but I never stuck with them. I couldn't see it going anywhere. I guess not knowing what I wanted to do when I grew up made me never have any drive for my education. I wish I thought it was important for me but just cant seem to find the reason. Even now.

Now for my kids, its a whole different story. I think it is wildly important for them. We base everything around their schooling. Even their extra curriculars I have school in the back of my mind. 'if he learns basketball now, he will be good at it and make the team in high school and will have to keep his grades up to stay on the team and he will have built in friends so he wont feel like an outcast like I did so he will be happy to walk into the school doors!' Same with Chelsea and dance. Or any of the other things they like. Anything that will help them want to be there. That is a big part. So far they are both amazing. They love school, they have lots of friends, they look forward to going. I think it is amazing and everything I hope for. I hope they keep it up. 

I have much higher hopes for my kids then I ever had for myself. I want them to have an idea of who they want to be in the world and to have the means to be it. 

~~ Today Brandon and I were talking about college savings accounts for the kids and he said 'we really don't need one for Chelsea. She is obviously going to get a debate scholarship!' Made me giggle. ~~

Your biggest regret in life

Regrets. They are funny things aren't they? And somehow they have become taboo to have. We seem to live in a society that refuses to accept regrets at all. If you ask almost anyone what their regrets are in life they will all tell you the same thing, 'my choices made me who I am, if I changed anything it would change my life now'. Ok, yes that is true. But here is the thing, I'm not a fairy godmother, I don't even KNOW any fairy godmothers. I'm not offering to change your past for you. Why is it so hard to look at our lives honestly and say 'yeah I screwed up back then' They say hindsight is 20/20 but it seems pretty blind to me. Over the summer I got into watching a Canadian show called Being Erica (or something like that) and its about a woman who gets to go back and change her regrets without it changing her current life. It made me think about what I would change given the same chance. When I said something about it on facebook, there was a big reaction. Saying you have regrets, no matter how small, makes people think you are saying you are unhappy now. I don't know why that has to be the case. 

My BIGGEST regret in life is not traveling when I had the chance. I've always wanted to see the world. I was given luggage as a graduation gift because it was my plan, its all I was passionate about. I wanted to go everywhere. And I could have. I planted myself in a job that gave me flight benefits. But I didn't utilize them. I even knew at the time that one day I would regret it. But there was always a reason. I didn't have anyone to travel with, I didn't have the money, I didn't have the money... (yeah I know I said it twice but I said it a lot more then) But now I think, I could have traveled cheap, I could have gone alone or invited ANYONE to go with me. They were cop-outs. And now the opportunity is gone and I never answered when it knocked. I truly regret not seeing more of the world when I could have. Luckily, I still think I can some day. I hope to have flight benefits again one day and when I see the world, I may still have to do it cheap but I wont have to worry about going alone! 

A book I could read over and over again

Well, I love to read. And I am forgetful. So I read a lot of books and I reread a lot of books and they are like new to me!

My favorites though, in no particular order...

A Walk to Remember. The first Nicholas Sparks book I read. A really long time ago, before he was so popular and before all of his books started being the same. I adore this book. Its sweet and sappy and sad. If you have seen the movie but not read the book then I suggest the book. It is very different, for one thing its set in the 50s. 

The Time Traveler's Wife. My sister in law gave me this book at my bridal shower. Its not one I probably would have read otherwise. But it is amazing and magical. I love the way it is written. The words sound like a poem to me. My copy is very obviously well read. I also have it on audio book just because I love the sound of the words so much. 

Wicked. I love fairy tales but even more I love fairy tale remakes. I love hearing them from a different point of view. Gregory Maguire has other books along the same lines but Wicked has always been my favorite. I adore Elphaba, she is so much more then the Wicked Witch. Its also quite haunting, there are a few parts that have really stuck with me which is pretty rare. 

The Book Thief. My #1 book that I think every person should read. It will tear your heart out. It is narrated by Death and he is telling a story set in Germany about Germans in WWII. Once again, another point of view and it is unexpectedly touching. If you haven't read it, DO! I'm going to go read it again right now.

Atonement. The first time I read this one, I got it from the library. I got about 3/4 of the way through it and then there were pages missing. I was so invested in the characters by then that I was devastated. All of their copies were out and I would have to wait to finish it. I just couldn't stand it. I went and bought it right then. And I have never regretted it. Its also set during WWII (it really is my favorite background in a story) and its  tells a story of a young girl who mistakes a situation and changes many lives really quickly. Its hard to explain without giving too much away. Its a great book too.

Ok, I could go on and on forever. Books are my real love. But I am going to stop here so I don't seem like a crazy person.