Star Wars is exciting again...

I know this has been posted everywhere.... but damn if this did not make my ovaries jump a little and say.... Lets go lets go! Don't worry, the big squoooshy gray brain told them to calm the fuck down.

Seven things about the 2008 Oscars

1. I felt really bad about Amy Adams having to perform alone, with no dancers or anything. I thought... hmmm well maybe they are paring down the performances... and nope. I just wonder what the hell happened! I still adore her though.
2. Jon Stewart... very funny as always. I think he is a subdued host -- but still a great one.
3. Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway were my favorite presenters, I think. Their little schtick was cute, and well acted.
4. 2nd favorite presenters - Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen. They DID look exactly the same.
5. Could I love Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova more? And I thought it was very classy to let Marketa come back out and say her speech. I just loved the sheer joy and the essence of "holy shit we are really here"-ness of their presence.
6. Yay Diablo Cody! If Juno only won one Oscar -- I really wanted that to be it.
7. I loved the look on Cate Blanchett's face after she saw what clip they used from Elizabeth II. And the fact that she so artfully played a dog. Well done.
   

Seven new things I have recently been trying out

1. Olives. I had some at Christmas and I did not hate them. I had some stuffed with almonds and I was pleasantly surprised that I liked them. Salty goodness! Slow down there garbanzo bean.... don't expect me to like you unless you are smooshed up in humus!
2. Star Trek. I am currently being tutored in it. So far so good.
3. Writing a novel. Right now I have these four characters that I am just doing some development with, running them through how they might react to situations or things. Its been a really great puzzle to work with. Now if I can just come up with a plot....
   
4. Dogs. I might like them more and want to live with one more than I had originally thought. Although I do not think I could go as far as owning one.... I just want to be a dog auntie.
5. Cross Stitch. I was always intimidated by counted cross stitch before. But its really not that bad once you get into it.
6. Neil Gaiman. I knew I would like him, but have never really sat down and read his work before. I am reading American Gods right now and am mightily impressed.
7. Sugar free hot chocolate mixed in with my coffee. Sugar free hot chocolate is actually miles better than its other sugar free brethren. Plus the coffee with it is kick-tastic. At work I have to find ways to make the ordinary a little more exciting.
   

Seven Theme parties I would like to throw*

1. Clue - come dressed as your interpretation of that clue character. Original Clue only. No master detective. You can only bring food items that correspond somehow to your color.

2. Come as your favorite holiday - once again food must correlate to costume. Share a tradition with each of them.

3. High School Drama - Dress as your favorite high school stereo type. Bonus points for call backs to 80's movies. I call dibs on Ally Sheedy a la Breakfast club.

4. Welcome to the Hellmouth - You could not expect me to leave off a Whedon-fest in here did you? Trivia, sing-a-long to the musical, and other various activities.

5. When get old I want to be.... -- What did you want to be when you were a kid - come dressed as that profession -- how many firemen will there be? I am going to be an astronaut!

6. Cruise around the world progressive night - I know its kinda cliche - but there is something to be said for gorging yourself on great ethnic foods. In this plan you move from place to place -- entering each "culture" at someones house.

7. The land of misfit superheroes - come as a superhero that might not have ever made it to the Justice League.


*and almost all of them involve a costume and themed food somehow.

Quirk

I am a little delayed in doing this, but I did not want to let Torrey down. Here goes:

The Rules
* link to the person who tagged you
* post the rules on your blog
* share six non-important things/ habits/ quirks about yourself
* tag at least 3 people at the end of the post and link to their blogs
* let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog (I think I am skipping this step. I know I am a bloody rebel.)

1. I like to have cold feet and will make them so sometimes, perhaps even stepping in snow for a moment, just for the feeling of them tingling and warming up.
2. I need to be happy with my pen selection for a chosen task, work or personal. I will go through several pens (the biggest fiasco had me go through 14) until I find the right one. It is not always about color, though sometimes it may be, but mostly how it feels.
3. When asking a customer their zip code when cashing them out at Williams-Sonoma, I almost always touch my glasses.
4. I cry at the National Anthem. I cry at tributes to the troops. I am not a yellow ribbon magnet kinda person, but I get really choked up about it.
5. If I got ready too early for going out with friends, I will end up putting on makeup to kill time.
6. I wait about 5 minutes for my hot beverage to cool. But sometimes I miss that critical moment of exact warmness... and it becomes cold and I will always make a "blech" face when I drink that cold sip.

Tagged People:

Jen at The Dog-Ma - though she might answer it on this one

Brian Lewis at Oblivion Diaries... that is if that bastard is still alive

Jennie at Jen's Fives .... but I am not sure if she can post a list of 6 there!

I kinda miss the old quiz fad

You're Prufrock and Other Observations!

by T.S. Eliot

Though you are very short and often overshadowed, your voice is poetic
and lyrical. Dark and brooding, you see the world as a hopeless effort of people trying
to impress other people. Though you make reference to almost everything, you've really
heard enough about Michelangelo. You measure out your life with coffee spoons.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

I kinda love this commercial, but its probably only aired on Bravo.

Oh if this only became a Superbowl commercial.