seat hoarders

are people so scared of talking to people they don't know that they are willing to sit on the front row of the movie theatre rather than asking someone to scoot down one seat? i think it's crazy that people always have to put at least one seat between them and the person next to them, although i do it too. "this seat is taken...by my purse". at least when i see that the movie is pretty full or that people are having a hard time finding seats together, i give up the ghost seat. i think it's ridiculous when the hoarders get so irritated when someone who actually paid for the seat asks for it. if you don't want an actual person sitting next to you...buy an extra seat!!!

my movie reviews

recent movies i've seen and my two cents:

• Toy Story 3 - definite must and impressive for a sequel
• Shrek - do the roar! good one.
  
• Knight and Day - don't waste your time
• Letters to Juliette - great...as chick-ish as you can get
• Ironman 2 - good, but first one was better
• Eclipse - glad I didn't stay up all night opening night to see it...wait til the crowd dies down
• Karate Kid - awesome! the original is a letdown in comparison
• Avatar: The Last Airbender - horrible acting. left after 15 minutes on opening night.
  

the book hoarder i've become

so many books...so little time. i get on reading streaks and then i'll get all these books i want to read but then after a few i'll go through an extended period of no reading at all. i don't even want to read street signs during these times. so i've acquired quite the bookcase of books that i haven't even cracked yet. so i thought i'd list the unread books so i can look back occasionally and see how far i've come:

• eyes of a stranger
• santa cruise
• i heard that song before
• at first sight
• the guardian (started about 3 times)
• the purpose of christmas
• sea glass (also started a couple times)
• the memory keeper's daughter
• flashback
• raising an emotionally intelligent child
• the princess
• forever...
• keeping it together in a pull-apart world (i really should pick this one up sometime)
• princess (i)
• princess sultana's daughters (ii)
• princess sultana's circle (iii)
• mayada
• whisperings of the spirit
• the explosive child
• the choice
• the wednesday letters
• light in shadow
• get off the best-stressed list
• how i got this way and what to do about it (partially read...so i know how i got this way, just not what to do about it yet)
• a time to dance
• inkheart
• where are the children?
• the woods
• hokus pokus
• sometimes i wake up grumpy...and sometimes i let him sleep
• payback
• sunday at tiffany's
• the gift of eternal life
• the painting on the pond
• as always, dave
• the promised land series (read the 1st before the others came out and now have to reread it before going on)
• almost sisters
• fire of the covenant
• journey to zion
• hold tight
• the last child
• being the mom
• the risk of darkness
• the host
  

the books i'm in the process of reading are:

• house rules
• a train to potevka
• the gathering
• the pure in heart

i'm thinking i better get reading!!

your perception?

i feel like the way someone’s house makes you feel when you walk into it is a reflection of how you perceive that person. if you walk into the house of a person you feel is cold and self-absorbed, you will probably not be too comfortable on their couch, no matter how soft it actually is. whereas, if you were to walk into a house of someone who makes you feel warm and welcome, you probably won’t automatically look at the interior and judge it as hard and uninviting, unless it’s so messy that a rat may run out at any moment. one person may feel one way when entering someone’s house who they see a certain way while a someone else who knew that person in a different light would feel totally opposite when sitting in that same house. so my point is to get to know the person for who they really are before going to their house.

popped too long

a friend and i were talking about the amount of women from church that are pregnant at any given time. before and during the time that i had kyra for a few years, there were usually about 8-10 women pregnant at one time, overlapping each other. it reminds me of popcorn when all the kernels are popping out of control. now, i feel like we’re at the point in the popping process when there’s just a few pops here and there. makes me realize that i’m getting old and getting to that point where if i don’t watch out, i’m gonna be a stinky, burnt kernel. i guess i’m past that inviting, delicious part of my life. i just have to face facts and hope i don’t get thrown out with the bag.

emotions or no emotions?

so last week my counselor said something interesting that i hadn't really thought about, but don't think i agree with. he mentioned that we didn't have emotions before coming to earth because emotions are a physical trait and we didn't have physical bodies. but the more i thought about it, i figured we don't have bodies between our death and resurrection either, yet i've been told we're learning and i believe we can love, which are physical emotions, right? so tell me your thoughts about this, although it's probably one of those answers we won't know while we're here.

younger is better

we are supposed to "be as little children" because they are so innocent and carefree. so why is it so weird that i like to hang out with the youth...that's what i'm supposed to be doing. they help me be carefree and myself and not uptight and old. if we want to be healthy and strong spirited, we need to look up to the youth. sure, we need to be examples, but we can still have fun doing it.