School

School is back and I am taking more credits than I ever have. This semester I am going to find out what it is like to be Jason... (With different classes of course) I am taking 17 credits, which is ridiculous for me. Fortunately I am taking some very cool classes and only one potentially awful one! 

Advanced Writing

History of the English language

Literature of the Sacred: Adam and Eve

Adolescent Literature

Math

The classes so far are really fun. I think my favorite so far is the adolescent lit just because I get credit for reading books. It does make the workload a bit heavier as in 2 books a week heavier, but at least they aren't text books, which I am fine with. 

Birthday time!

Yesterday was Jason's birthday. We started out the morning at a very early 7:45, I had to take Jason to work. While he worked, I cleaned the apartment. I picked him up at 11:30 and we came home to have lunch and open presents. A pair of pants, socks, and jacket from his parents, and two gift cards from his aunt. 

We went and rented the new college football game for the 360 and Jason played that for a while. Then we went to wal*mart to get an ink cartridge so Jason could print things out. 

                        On a happy side note, Jason got a secondary for Med school from the University of Utah, on his birthday.

He printed out his things and we took them to the post office to be mailed out and then went to Tucanos for dinner. It was really good as usual. When we got home Jason decided we would return his football game and get a movie. We looked all around the store, and they didn't really have anything, so we ended up getting Race to Witch Mountain. It was alright. There were some pretty funny parts, and some cheesy parts. It was an alright movie, something kids would really enjoy. It wasn't like the original Escape to Witch Mountain. It was very different. I was kind of hoping they would have just done a remake of the original. 

It was a pretty fun day. I am so grateful for my wonderful husband, whom I love very much and I am so happy to celebrate his birthday with him. 

MOVIE REVIEW!

Technically it should be "movie reviews."

The other day I borrowed 17 again from my mom. The movie was very cute, very predictable, and very cheesy. I did enjoy it though. There were only small parts that I did not like, namely the parts with the principal. I thought those were overly cheesy and distracted from the film. 

Push was a really good movie. It has Dakota Fanning in it, and I really like her! It was a very interesting movie, with lots of plot twists and action to keep you going. It was fairly intense and very fun. I will see this one again. 

We also watched knowing, with Nicholas Cage. It was pretty good. A little jumpy, but nothing bad at all. The girl in the beginning of the movie was great! The rest were only alright after her. The movie was interesting. A little sci-fi, a little suspense. It was an interesting story.

Yesterday we rented a movie called The Brother's Grimm. It was fairly good. It has Health Ledger and Matt Damon as the brother's Grimm. They are called to a town to help them find their missing children. It was a clever movie that incorporated many of the Grimm's fairy tales. After seeing the cover I thought the movie would be a lot more trashy than it actually was, which was pleasing. It was an entertaining movie that I would possibly watch again. The acting was pretty good and the story was entrancing. 

When we were finished with The Brother's Grimm, we went back and rented The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was pretty good. I thought the special effects and makeup were done very well! The story was interesting, and the acting was good as well. I did not like that it was based on a flashback through a journal. They cut into the story way too much to cut to a dying old woman with lung cancer and her daughter. That part could have been easily done without. Or at least cut A LOT of that garbage out. It was very predictable (at least with the mom and daughter) and I was just so sick of it. Anyways... Brad Pitt did an exceptional job and I truly loved his "mama" in the movie!

The Time Traveler's Wife...

On Sunday evening while Jason and I were at my parents house for dinner I noticed a book on the couch, "The Time Traveler's Wife." I immediately picked it up and started reading it. Janna came upstairs and told me it was her book, I just couldn't put it down. I kept reading through dinner and caught up to where Janna was in the book, and then passed her. Our laundry was finished and it was time to go, but I couldn't convince Janna to let me take it.

Monday morning I got up and watched tv wishing I could read the book instead. I went to school and in class I texted Janna and she said she didn't even have a chance to read the book while she was at, which is why she wouldn't let me borrow the book. 

Monday evening: We went to see Joseph at the Scera Shell with my family. Janna showed up with the infamous book in her purse. She went to get a chair, and I took the book. I read and read and eventually Janna realized her book was gone. She was engrossed in the play and let me read. I asked her when the play was over if I could just take it home and finish the book, she relented and I got to read the book, in exchange for editing out the bad parts.

This continued until this morning after class, so let me give you my review...

POSSIBLE SPOILERS:

The book was actually really good! I really enjoyed it. So much better than Twilight. However, there were some bad parts. The book has a LOT of F words. Seriously, there are a lot! There are also some very explicit sex talk/scenes. REALLY EXPLICIT! If you cut those parts out the book is good. It has a great story and plot. It is well written and very interesting. Even though you kind of know what is going to happen, the book is actually suspenseful. The characters were very interesting and developed. I loved the relationship between Henry and Clare, it was believable to me. I didn't like the morals the characters had, but I guess not everyone has high standards, and of course the situation Henry was in, I understand some of his actions. 

I would give the book 4 1/2 out of 5 stars, but I am warning you that this book is really graphic. There is a lot of trash and garbage in it. The f word is literally on almost every other page, and there are some very trashy scenes. I wish they could edit trash out of books like clearplay does with movies! I guess you could send me your book and for $5 I'll go through and cut out (black them out) the unnecessary f words and sex scenes, since I've already done it for Janna's book and can just copy my own work. ;) ;)

Anyways...

The movie comes out on August 14th. It looks great.

Oh and the actors who play the characters from the book seem to fit the images of what I had in my head, for the most part.

Pictures!

I love it when I am driving around and see odd/interesting things. I reach for my phone and pray it will go to the camera fast enough that I can snap a picture while stopped at the light.

I went from school to my moms house and I saw this on my antenna! He came with me all the way from my school to my moms house, what a brave grasshopper!

Jason and I were on our way home and we saw this (extremely slow car) with a gatorade bottle sitting on the rear bumper. Maybe it was glued there because it didn't fall off.

This is for my cousin Leisy. I was on my way to school and I saw this license plate in front of me and had to take a picture.