So I had the MRI today. Obviously I have nothing to report yet. It was pretty much what I expected: Lay completely still for a half an hour with my head enclosed in this cage-like contraption. The loud hums and thumps of the machine lulled me to sleep (it doesn't take much to lull me to sleep), and this was a problem. When I start to fall asleep, I twitch. Bad. I woke myself up three times with a major twitch, but mostly it was my legs, so I think it was alright. The tech said I "did great" when I was done, so I guess the twitching wasn't a problem. She said the results would be sent to my doctor within the next two days and then I would hear. I'm on pins and needles. The headaches seem to be getting more persistent in the meantime, and I am noticing more symptoms, although I really can't know if they're related.
I am on Day 3 of doing Weight Watchers and it's going great. I've actually been surprised at how easy it's been. I told this to Bill last night and he said, "Just wait, it'll get harder." Nice. Thanks, Sweetie. (He was laughing when he said it.)
I don't know why I've been neglecting my movie blog so much lately. I guess it's because I haven't been spending much time on the computer with these headaches (staring at a bright screen doesn't help much) and I haven't been in the movie mode. Hopefully soon...
'Til then, I can at least promise a This Week In Hollywood soon.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
"Do you wanna do something fun? Do you wanna do something really, really fun?" --Lani, Surfs Up
If you do, go here.
On a completely separate note, I am nearing the month mark for this headache.
MRI is scheduled for tomorrow.
I'll let you know how it turns out.
On a completely separate note, I am nearing the month mark for this headache.
MRI is scheduled for tomorrow.
I'll let you know how it turns out.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Celebrity Quiz Results
Thanks to everyone who played my celebrity game. I had so much fun reading your guesses, especially when I stumped almost all of you on some! There was only one person who got them ALL right, and that is my gorgeous cousin, Melissa. Melissa, I never knew you were so knowledgeable about stuff like this! But you rocked this quiz. I need you to email me your new address so I can send you some fun mail. Congrats!
And since I know the rest of you are all dying to know the answers, I will list them for you. (Or, as my friend Andrea pointed out, you can just scroll over each picture and the name of the celebrity will pop up at the end of the html address down below. Hopefully none of you noticed that before playing.)
1. Madonna
2. Christina Ricci
3. Robert Downey Jr.
4. Halle Berry
5. Christina Aguilera
6. Heidi Klum
7. Zac Efron
8. Naomi Watts (and her brother)
9. Kate Moss
10. Kirsten Dunst
11. Macaulay Culkin
12. Ashley Tisdale
13. Kate Hudson
14. Amy Adams (as Amelia Earhart)
15. Ashlee Simpson Wentz
16. Hilary Duff
17. Kate Bosworth
Honorable mention to Lauren, who only got one wrong, and Karen, who only got two wrong! I love you guys for knowing as much useless crap as I do! And a shout out to Lisa, whose answers made me laugh out loud, five minutes after bawling my eyes out--a massive feat--and Andrea, for her "nasty boob tat" comment. Loved it.
And since I know the rest of you are all dying to know the answers, I will list them for you. (Or, as my friend Andrea pointed out, you can just scroll over each picture and the name of the celebrity will pop up at the end of the html address down below. Hopefully none of you noticed that before playing.)
1. Madonna
2. Christina Ricci
3. Robert Downey Jr.
4. Halle Berry
5. Christina Aguilera
6. Heidi Klum
7. Zac Efron
8. Naomi Watts (and her brother)
9. Kate Moss
10. Kirsten Dunst
11. Macaulay Culkin
12. Ashley Tisdale
13. Kate Hudson
14. Amy Adams (as Amelia Earhart)
15. Ashlee Simpson Wentz
16. Hilary Duff
17. Kate Bosworth
Honorable mention to Lauren, who only got one wrong, and Karen, who only got two wrong! I love you guys for knowing as much useless crap as I do! And a shout out to Lisa, whose answers made me laugh out loud, five minutes after bawling my eyes out--a massive feat--and Andrea, for her "nasty boob tat" comment. Loved it.
Friday, September 5, 2008
It's a Blog Eat Blog World
Fact: Almost every single person I know has a blog. Literally. I know maybe three people who don't.
Fact: I currently have 29 blogs in my Google Reader (okay, one is a website. Stephenie Meyer's, too be exact.) There used to be more. A lot more.
Fact: I spend at least two hours a day planted in front of my computer. At least.
Fact: I have a house that I fail to maintain, two young children I try to take care of, laundry that ain't doing itself, and a budding writing career. (Stop laughing. It's rude.) I also have a calling, or job, for my church, a husband that takes up two whole hours of my day, and what I like to think of as a social life.
Fact: If I read every blog of every friend that I have or everyone I knew, my house would look even worse than it does now (stop laughing, it's rude), my kids would play Webkinz all day and eat Snickerdoodles for every meal, the laundry, well, let's face it, it would stay the same, and my novel would never get finished, thwarting any chance of making the New York Times Best Seller list. The list of kids that attend my church would be in complete disarray, my husband would be forced to watch reruns of Wipeout after work, and, let's face it, the social scene around here would crumble.
Fact: I am extremely paranoid about hurting people's feelings, offending anyone, or thinking someone is mad at me. When I was forced to admit that I was spending way too much time blogging and it was time to start cutting back the amount of blogs I read on a day-to-day basis, I was SO WORRIED that people would notice I stopped coming to their blog and be offended or at the very least wonder why. Usually I am just that: paranoid. But as it turns out, my fears were not in vain and so I want to explain to anyone who has noticed my absence.
Just because I may have disappeared from your blog does not mean I don't love you. It doesn't mean I don't still consider you a friend. It doesn't mean your blog or your life bore me. All it means is I have really, really had to cut back on blogging time. It also doesn't mean that I don't check back on occasion just to see what's going on in your corner of the world. I do when I can. I wish I could read and comment on them all. I really do.
And I hope I don't sound hypocritical by doing a post about wanting comments when I've stopped reading and commenting on so many people's blogs. I thought of that after the fact, and I was in no way trying to say, "I don't comment on yours, but you sure as heck better comment on mine." I completely understand if you don't want to comment on my blog. I understand blogging is a two way street.
Okay, I've said it. I'll stop stressing now and I promise to check back on your blogs as often as I can. But if my novel never gets published, I'm blaming you.
Fact: I currently have 29 blogs in my Google Reader (okay, one is a website. Stephenie Meyer's, too be exact.) There used to be more. A lot more.
Fact: I spend at least two hours a day planted in front of my computer. At least.
Fact: I have a house that I fail to maintain, two young children I try to take care of, laundry that ain't doing itself, and a budding writing career. (Stop laughing. It's rude.) I also have a calling, or job, for my church, a husband that takes up two whole hours of my day, and what I like to think of as a social life.
Fact: If I read every blog of every friend that I have or everyone I knew, my house would look even worse than it does now (stop laughing, it's rude), my kids would play Webkinz all day and eat Snickerdoodles for every meal, the laundry, well, let's face it, it would stay the same, and my novel would never get finished, thwarting any chance of making the New York Times Best Seller list. The list of kids that attend my church would be in complete disarray, my husband would be forced to watch reruns of Wipeout after work, and, let's face it, the social scene around here would crumble.
Fact: I am extremely paranoid about hurting people's feelings, offending anyone, or thinking someone is mad at me. When I was forced to admit that I was spending way too much time blogging and it was time to start cutting back the amount of blogs I read on a day-to-day basis, I was SO WORRIED that people would notice I stopped coming to their blog and be offended or at the very least wonder why. Usually I am just that: paranoid. But as it turns out, my fears were not in vain and so I want to explain to anyone who has noticed my absence.
Just because I may have disappeared from your blog does not mean I don't love you. It doesn't mean I don't still consider you a friend. It doesn't mean your blog or your life bore me. All it means is I have really, really had to cut back on blogging time. It also doesn't mean that I don't check back on occasion just to see what's going on in your corner of the world. I do when I can. I wish I could read and comment on them all. I really do.
And I hope I don't sound hypocritical by doing a post about wanting comments when I've stopped reading and commenting on so many people's blogs. I thought of that after the fact, and I was in no way trying to say, "I don't comment on yours, but you sure as heck better comment on mine." I completely understand if you don't want to comment on my blog. I understand blogging is a two way street.
Okay, I've said it. I'll stop stressing now and I promise to check back on your blogs as often as I can. But if my novel never gets published, I'm blaming you.
THIS WEEK IN HOLLYWOOD: Name That Star
Every week as I peruse photos of the rich and famous, I often come across pictures and think, "Who is that?" I have to look at the caption to even figure it out. It's almost always a well-known celebrity, just caught at a really bad camera angle, or wearing no makeup or big sunglasses. So I thought it would be fun to test you all and see if you can figure out who these famous people are.
No cheating--don't go trying to find the pictures online, that's no fun. Whoever gets the most right, well...there may be a little something coming your way.
3. I have no idea if he is in costume or not
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5. Someone's had a little work done. And by little I mean huge.
6.
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8. Just the girl, the guy is not famous
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10. One can only hope she is out shopping for a mirror
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13.
14. She is in costume...for a movie she is shooting
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17. Someone needs to tell her that rail-thin is so 2006
No cheating--don't go trying to find the pictures online, that's no fun. Whoever gets the most right, well...there may be a little something coming your way.
1. Time for some Botox
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3. I have no idea if he is in costume or not
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5. Someone's had a little work done. And by little I mean huge.
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8. Just the girl, the guy is not famous
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10. One can only hope she is out shopping for a mirror
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14. She is in costume...for a movie she is shooting
15.
16.
17. Someone needs to tell her that rail-thin is so 2006
GOOD LUCK!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
I just want to apologize for the plethora of old posts that just filled up your Google Reader. Shayla is in the process of helping me transfer my posts from my movie blog to my new blog and this is how we have to do it. Hopefully soon all the technical difficulties will be over.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
So, So Random
* I just want to clarify that my poster proclaiming my love for Stephenie is not as fruity as it looks. Okay, it's totally fruity, but there's a good reason behind it. I didn't just think, "Hey, I want the world to know I love Stephenie, where's a big banner I can put on my blog that shouts it out loud and clear?" This is a statement, a gesture, that I was asked, as a fan, by fans, to put on my blog in support of Stephenie during this time of crisis (scroll down for her statement) for her. They designed it, not me. I have never in my life said I "heart" anything, and I never will. But if Stephenie ever stumbles across my blog (maybe she'll google "best blog ever" or something and it will lead her here) and it puts a smile on her face, then my fruity banner is totally worth it.
* Do you hear that? Me neither. That's because it's silent. My house is silent. (Except for my dumb fridge that rattles 24/7) Preschool started today and I am in complete solitary bliss. Oh how I love to be alone. And this year I get three days a week of this. Does life get any better than that?
* One of these days I'll actually update my movie blog. However, at present I am spending all my spare time reading the BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE. I mean, portion of an unedited manuscript. Whatever. Either way I have died and gone to Edward heaven and I really think that I am nearing the point where he could not get any more perfect. Perfection has a stopping point, right? You can't just keep getting more and more perfect. Okay, I'm done, stop gagging.
* I am sooooo tired and so sick of being tired. I don't know what my problem is, other than the fact that I stay up till midnight or later to actually see my husband and then I get up at 7:00 am to get the kids ready for school and since Payson no longer takes naps and has decided I shouldn't either, taking a daily nap has become somewhat of a chore. Give. Me. Sleep.
* I am the worst friend in the world and I completely forgot that yesterday was Rachael's birthday, until about 5:00 in the afternoon. I wanted to give her a true bloggy shoutout and hopefully she'll forgive me. So here's what I love about Rachael:
- She always says "for whatever reason"
- If you stumble over a word or say something stupid, she won't let you get away with it, she'll totally call you out and laugh at you.
- She has weird eating issues, like not eating cake with ice cream cause it makes it soggy and not eating fried cheese sticks reheated.
- When she laughs really hard she starts to cry, and she thinks I'm funny
- She calls pop "soda", as if she hasn't lived in Washington her entire life
- She loves Tyler Perry movies...as if she's not white.
- She sort of yells "hello" when she answers the phone.
- She gets as absorbed in books (and completely obsessed with the lives of fictional characters) as I do
- She loves Lauren Conrad. I just had to put that in there.
And I was going to write out my favorite Rachael memory but I realized it wouldn't be funny to anyone who wasn't there, so I'm just going to say that it was when she asked me if I put up a certain picture for "motivation" and I completely misunderstood. We got a good laugh. Happy Birthday a day late Rach!
* Do you hear that? Me neither. That's because it's silent. My house is silent. (Except for my dumb fridge that rattles 24/7) Preschool started today and I am in complete solitary bliss. Oh how I love to be alone. And this year I get three days a week of this. Does life get any better than that?
* One of these days I'll actually update my movie blog. However, at present I am spending all my spare time reading the BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE. I mean, portion of an unedited manuscript. Whatever. Either way I have died and gone to Edward heaven and I really think that I am nearing the point where he could not get any more perfect. Perfection has a stopping point, right? You can't just keep getting more and more perfect. Okay, I'm done, stop gagging.
* I am sooooo tired and so sick of being tired. I don't know what my problem is, other than the fact that I stay up till midnight or later to actually see my husband and then I get up at 7:00 am to get the kids ready for school and since Payson no longer takes naps and has decided I shouldn't either, taking a daily nap has become somewhat of a chore. Give. Me. Sleep.
* I am the worst friend in the world and I completely forgot that yesterday was Rachael's birthday, until about 5:00 in the afternoon. I wanted to give her a true bloggy shoutout and hopefully she'll forgive me. So here's what I love about Rachael:
- She always says "for whatever reason"
- If you stumble over a word or say something stupid, she won't let you get away with it, she'll totally call you out and laugh at you.
- She has weird eating issues, like not eating cake with ice cream cause it makes it soggy and not eating fried cheese sticks reheated.
- When she laughs really hard she starts to cry, and she thinks I'm funny
- She calls pop "soda", as if she hasn't lived in Washington her entire life
- She loves Tyler Perry movies...as if she's not white.
- She sort of yells "hello" when she answers the phone.
- She gets as absorbed in books (and completely obsessed with the lives of fictional characters) as I do
- She loves Lauren Conrad. I just had to put that in there.
And I was going to write out my favorite Rachael memory but I realized it wouldn't be funny to anyone who wasn't there, so I'm just going to say that it was when she asked me if I put up a certain picture for "motivation" and I completely misunderstood. We got a good laugh. Happy Birthday a day late Rach!
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