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I don’t remember which blog I stole this from… I was reading in bloglines, and I just copy/pasted to an email so I’d remember to fill it out. I forgot to note the blog where I saw it! Sorry!

1. One book that made you laugh: Any books in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich make me laugh OUT LOUD… even if I’m in public. lol
2. One book that made you cry: Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson and Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
3. One book that you loved as a child: My favorite kids’ book is Go Dog Go! As an older child, I was a fan of the Nancy Drew series, and I read a TON of the Babysitter’s Club books.
4. One book you’ve read more than once: I don’t like to re-read books.. whenever I do, I remember what happens, and then I stop reading it.
5. One book you loved, but were embarrassed to admit it: I’m not really embarrassed to admit that I love books. I am a sucker for cheesy romance novels, and I loved VC Andrews books through the Ruby series.
6. One book you hated: Animal Farm. It’s the only book I’ve ever thrown away.
7. One book that scared you: The Shining was kinda freaky. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski was also kind of scary to me because it was just so odd. I don’t think I ever finished it, though.
8. One book that bored you: Every book I had to read in high school except the Great Gatsby. The Outlander also bored me until I started listening to it in audiobook form… now I’m excited.
9. One book that made you happy: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, even though the series is done.
10. One book that made you miserable: I don’t think I’ve ever had a book make me miserable..
11. One book that you weren’t brave enough to read: Most of the books by Stephen King. lol I don’t know why.
12. One book character you’ve fallen in love with: I have three! Roarke from the “In Death” series, Edward from the Twilight Series (and i am NOT afraid to admit it!), and Jean Claude from the Anita Blake series… I have a thing for vampires (except Roarke)… and series. lol
13. The last book you read: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer… the new one comes out in a couple of weeks, and I don’t want to ruin the magic of the last one by reading something in between.
14. The next book you hope to read: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer and The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

Stolen from kc, again. Check out the last one I stole from her.

Here’s a music meme to reflect how eclectic your music collection might be. Put your music library in alphabetical order by song, then take the first song for each letter of the alphabet. No repeat artists. Tag five people then let them know they’ve been tagged to do the meme themselves.

A - Addicted to Me - The Click Five
B - Bab’s Uvula Who? - Green Day
C - Cailin - Unwritten Law
D - Daisy - Switchfoot
E - Easier to Be - Lifehouse (It’s actually Easier then Love by Switchfoot, but I already used that band!)
F - Face Down - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
G - Galaxy - Jason Mraz
H - Half-Life - Duncan Shiek (Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley is 2nd! LOVE that song!)
I - I’ll Be Loving You Forever - New Kids on the Block (hahahaha)
J - Jackson - Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon
K - Karma - Alicia Keys
L - L.O.V.E - Ashlee Simpson
M - Mad as Rabbits - Panic! At the Disco
N - The Name of the Game - ABBA
O - O’Sailor - Fiona Apple
P - Paper Bag - Anna Nalick (Actually, Panic Song - Green Day, but I used them already!)
Q - Quicksand - Incubus
R - R-Evolve - 30 Seconds to Mars
S - Sad Songs - Matt Nathanson (Actually, S.O.S - ABBA, but I used them already!)
T - Tailor Made - Colbie Caillat
U - Under the Moonlight - Travis
V - Val Kilmer - Bowling for Soup
W - Waiting - The Rocket Summer
X - XO - Fall Out Boy
Y - Yes - Coldplay
Z - Zen - Miser

Alternately, I decided to alphabetize by Artist Name and pick the first artist & song name, which proved to be a bit more embarrassing.

A - a-ha - Take On Me
B - Backstreet Boys - Incomplete
C - Candlebox - Surrendering
D - Damian Giglio - Crush
E - Ehren Starks - Lines Build Walls
F - Fall Out Boy - The Carpal Tunnel of Love
G - Gavin DeGraw - In Love with a Girl
H - Haley James Scott - Halo (Album Version)
I - Incubus - Quicksand
J - Jack’s Mannequin - Holiday from Real
K - Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
L - The Last Goodnight - Pictures of You
M - Mandy Moore - Only Hope
N - Nada Surf - Popular
O - O.K Go - Here We Go Again (love this video!)
P - P!nk - Stupid Girls
Q - (none!)
R - R.E.M - Everybody Hurts
S - Santana f/Michelle Branch - I’m Feeling You
T - Taylor Swift - Teardrops on My Guitar (rofl. I’m such a loser!)
U - Unwritten Law - Cailin
V - Vanessa Carlton - Nolita Fairytale
W - Waylon Jennings - Amanda
X - (none!)
Y - Yael Naim - New Soul (the song from one of the iPod commercials, yes.)
Z - Zack Hexum - How Many Times

I’m tagging Dina, Teresa, April, Stacy, and Jenny, and anybody else who wants to play along (Mellypie? Jessabelle? Rorobean?)

If you like Twitter, you will love Plurk!

GO WINGS!!!!!!!

I’m so glad at least someone from the same conference won the Stanley Cup. Honestly, this is as it should be. The Red Wings have had the best record all year, and now they have the trophy to prove it.

Congratulations!!

(TC - how ecstatic is your mom?? lol)

I don’t even know how many times I have started this stupid project, but I am determined. I started on the 1st day of the month so it would be easier to keep track.

Day 1: The Chronic-what?-cles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Day 2: I finished half a pair of socks

Day 3: Lunch Break with a sammich from Safeway and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. In this picture, I had about half the book to go. Now? Only about 30 pages. I am so BUMMED that I have to wait until August for the next one. I thought it came out this month.

Okay, so I didn’t watch American Idol religiously this season… sometimes we’d happen to catch it while waiting for Hell’s Kitchen to come on, and sometimes, when we didn’t have Netflix, we’d watch it on Wednesday nights, but I wasn’t really attached to anybody. I liked Jason Castro, and I liked David Cook.

WOOHoO!! Congrats to David Cook, the new American Idol!!! I hope he’s insanely famous and comes out with an awesome cd, because I think I’d like a cd he did better than any of the other contestants. I also like how he made all of his fellow contestants come hang out with him while he sang.

Way to go, David C!!

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Ummm, I had something else to say but I forgot what it was.

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So, the last few days have been very busy, hobby-wise, and not with the hobby you THINK I’m going to talk about!

I don’t know what made me want to, but I started picking up books that I was in the middle of and finishing them.

I finished Strangers in Death by JD Robb, finally. I remember starting it off really quickly, but then things happened and I just never got around to it again. Well, I finished what was left of it on my breaks and at work during the day. After Strangers in Death, I picked up 7th Heaven by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro.

I was much further into this book than I thought I was, and honestly, I was sort of disappointed in it. The story lines just seemed to both come from outerspace, and the link between them was weak. It’s probably my least favorite of the Women’s Murder Club series.

After I finished that book, I decided to pick up Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. A bunch of my friends have said very good things about the book, and I do like vampire love stories, so I’m surprised it took me as long as it did to actually get into it. I read the book in about 2 days between reading at work and at home. I don’t have the next books in the series, so I’m having to appease myself with A Stroke of Midnight by Laurel K Hamilton. It’s the 4th book in the Merry Gentry series.

I am itching to start a few new books, but I can’t until I buy them. lol. I’m really wanting to start The Hollow by Nora Roberts. It’s the 2nd book in the Sign of Seven trilogy. Every time I see it at the store, I want to pick it up, but I’m trying to be good and read some books that have been collecting dust on my bookshelf! I also really want to start the next book in the Twilight series, New Moon.

It’s been fun, finding my old favorite hobby again. I’ve missed it, and I didn’t realize how much until I found it again.

What are you reading right now?

WOOHOO!!

San Jose just kicked Calgary’s ass in Game 7 of the 1st round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. What does this mean? That San Jose is playing Dallas in Round 2, and I’ll actually get to see my boys play some hockey on tv (since I won’t be lucky enough to score tickets. LOL)!!!!

This also means that the Red Wings are playing the Avs. I wonder how many times we’ll all be grounded during that series. *lol*

EEK! I love hockey!!!!