So at least a year ago, probably longer, Mom rented this movie from Netflix. It was about this man who puts his girlfriend second in his life and when she dies, he's given the chance to relive his last day with her and show her how he really feels. Up until the end, this was a great movie that had a sweet love story. *******SPOILERS! DO NOT READ IF YOU DON"T WANT TO KNOW THE ENDING!!!*********** Now, at the end, the guy gets into the cab with his girlfriend, the cab she died in the first time. Then the cabbie turns to him and says something about fate. And this time when the car crashes, he protects her. This would be great and cause for a wonderful moment at the hospital except for one fact. He dies! I couldn't believe he still had to die even though he saved her! Shouldn't that have changed fate? Anyway, the point of this post was that I'd forgotten the name of the movie, probably repressed it because of the horribly sad ending. But I went searching and I found it this evening! It's called If Only and has Jennifer Love Hewitt in it. Mostly, this post is so I can remember the name of the movie for future reference.
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I feel very proud of myself right now. I finally have my room cleaned. And not just a "Oh I don't want to clean, but Mom's nagging me so I'll move three things" clean. It's clean enough that we can rearrange the room finally. To put this in perspective for you, my room has not really been cleaned since before Christmas. How do I know? I found a Christmas card hidden in the crap and a receipt from back in December. There were clothes piled on my chair in the corner (some clean and some not), old soda bottles, binders of old school work I hadn't bother cleaning out, you get the picture. I even went through all of my clothes and put the stuff I didn't wear in bags. We're going to donate it to this thrift store that gives at least a portion of its proceeds to animal shelters. I also vacuumed! The clean-ness is actually strange, but in a nice way. And it only took be about three weeks to actually get it done.
Oh, and I got a $1500 scholarship from the Navy Wives Clubs of America in the mail recently! Yippee!
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I spent today at a graduation party for my friend Annie. It was a lot of fun, playing Life and talking with friends from school. Plus we watched Accepted, which I really enjoy. But one of the best things about today was the food Annie's mom made us. Not only was it fantastic, I ate quite a bit and I don't feel sick right now. I think I ate more today than I have in quite a while. Egg rolls and chicken and strawberries and a bunch of other good stuff. I didn't gorge on it, but I ate quite a bit. I am so glad that I was able to eat food at a friend's house for once. Usually I have to pass on everything, but today I was able to say, "Yes, I would like another egg roll." I had a great time.
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So last night, my family and I watched Eagle Eye. I absolutely loved this movie! ( More about Eagle Eye (SPOLIERS!!!) ).
( Sister Rant )
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Under the cut is a rant. It's not really got any purpose other than making me feel better. Feel free to ignore

( Arrrrgggg! )

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People who have a Facebook may know of the Application called Flair. I am addicted to this app. Every time you send a flair someone you get a flair credit, one person=1 flair credit. Every time you add a flair to your collect you use flair credits. 1 added flair= 1flair credit. I have 883 flairs and 2396 air credits. Under the cut are some flairs for your viewing pleasure.
( Mmmmmmm Flair )Enjoy these. Yes, I do enjoy Math humor
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I know I haven't posted in such a long time. A lot of stuff has just been happening. I was sick for like a week and then I fell behind in pottery so I had to make up a bunch of time by going in extra hours. Then I didn't have anything to post about. But right now I have a meme. Because I have fun and get bored. Stole this from lezlishae 
I want to know 36 things about you. I don't care if we never talk
or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine.
You're on my list, so I want to know you better!

BE HONEST! COPY FROM HERE THEN SEND DIRECTLY TO ME IN A COMMENT THEN, REPOST THE EMPTY QUESTIONS.

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
2) What was your dream growing up?
3) What talent do you wish you had?
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
5) Favorite vegetable?
6) What was the last book you read?
7) What zodiac sign are you?
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
9) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30) Do you swear a lot?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
35) Do you believe in God?
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

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Bella

So last Saturday was my prom. I actually ended up having a lot of fun. I got my hair done before at the hair salon and it looked awesome. My dress was long and purple satin and I had sliver shoes with low heels. I went with a huge group of people which was a lot more fun than having a date. We all went to Olive Garden to eat before the dance and i ended up just eating some bread sticks (Curse you IBS!). Then we went to the dance. I actually danced a bit and had a lot of fun. Ron took  bunch of pictures. My favorite dance was when we did the Cha Cha Slide. We kept backing up towards the refreshments table. I think the adults manning it were getting a little nervous, considering we got within just a step or two of the table. I also slow danced with one of Joe's friends, Syring (I probably spelled that wrong). We both couldn't stop laughing the whole time. I did get dizzy a couple times and ended up falling at one point. Meg says I fainted, but since I didn't actually lose consciousness, I don't think it counts as fainting. After the dance we went to a local $3 theater. But neither our driver or our navigator seemed to have a good idea of how to get there because they went down the freeway and wound around. It took us, like an hour to get there. Then we went to Wal-Mart so everyone could buy some snacks. By this time it was about 12:30 at night, which is after my craziness point. So I was wandering around behind my friends, singing to myself. I don't even really remember what I singing because I was making it up as I went along. Then we got in line to buy the food and Jenna picked up this candy called a Fling. I said wanted to have a fling with a Fling. Then I said, "Somebody should make a candy bar called a Hershey's." Then I picked up a bar and said, "Look, they do." This is when I burst into hysterical giggles. Clearly I should have been asleep by then. Then we all went to my house and watched Labyrinth. At three in the morning everyone finally went home. It was a lot of fun.
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Um, I suck at being outdoors. I seriously don't like it and even fully equipped I wouldn't last very long. I have a tenuous grasp on how to use a compass (it comes and it goes. No seriously, sometimes I totally understand how it works and other times I look at it like it's a foreign device). I learned at one point how to make a tent out of a tarp, but I think that skill is gone.I don't know which plants are poisonous or edible. I can't start a fire using twigs and moss. If we were graded for Outdoor School (this three day camp thing in 5th grade were we went and tried to learn about living in the outdoors) I totally would have failed. If I was still alive after three days, I'd be seriously surprised. So, if I mention I'm going on an outdoor trip (camping, hiking, etc.) and I don't post a complaining post within about three days, please send someone to look for me.

I love finally reading new books. It's so great. This week has been good for me because I am unofficially done with high school! I have no more credits to take for high school, and on Monday I passed my Culmination Project! Details are under the cut. ( My Presentation Experience )
Now, the book I want to recommend is Blood Price by Tanya Huff. The book is about this detective, Vicki, who had to leave the police force, which she loved, because of her failing sight. She's now a private investigator and she can't help getting involved when a series of bodies start turning up with the blood drained. The city is shouting vampire and Vicki is determined to get to the bottom of it. She meets Henry Fitzroy, a romance novelist, who give her some help. Turns out Fitzroy is actually a vampire. He was in life the illegitimate son of Henry VIII. Together, they race to solve the mystery, before more deaths unleash something worse. It's a great fun read, sort of like the Dresden files, but with some more romance and a little less sarcasm.
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I haven't had a book day in a while and recently I read a book I really loved. It's called Wishes and it's by Jude Deveraux. The story is about this woman who's died and she was neither good nor bad, so she goes to a sort of waiting room. To get to Heaven she has to do this task, which turns out to be helping this woman from the 1890s get this guy (who is totally awesome by the way). The woman is sort of older, but she a sweet great girl. Unfortunately, most guys don't see that because she's more curvaceous than her younger sister. So the woman (Nellie) mostly stays home and tends to her sister and father. Then this man, Jace, comes to town and he actually sees her. But because she has low self-esteem she doesn't really see it. The story is about Nellie and Jace overcoming things and falling in love. Great romance novel and very low on the explicit bedroom scenes, which means that younger readers (not super young, but like mid-teens) can enjoy it too.
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PS. If anyone is on goodreads.com, come look me up. I'm under Ashleigh

I'm writing this because I sitting at a table in the college waiting for one' o'clock to finally drag itself around so I can go to class. I should be working on my journalism homework, but I keep getting distracted. I started writing a story based on a dream I had the other night whose character keeps nagging at me, but she's just as distracted as I am, so I thinks he keeps running off while I'm trying to write. I probably wouldn't be so unfocused if there wasn't the fact that I've been sitting here for about two hours now. I have such a long break on Thursdays (and today because I don't have my lab) that it's ridiculous. Four hours is way to long to be sitting at the school but if I go home, it wastes gas. Which especially sucks right now because my cash supply is stagnant at the moment. If I run out before I find a new job, I'm pretty much screwed. I love the class I'm taking at one though, so maybe I'll be able to stick it out without complaining so much.
Wish me Luck
Bella

I don't often sleep through the night, which makes it very strange to me that I have dreams a lot and I almost always remember them. A few are fairly easy to understand, like the ones where I'm searching for my classes or I'm late to a class (of course this is never in a traditional fashion of just being late or searching. I'm like searching for a dragon slaying class or I'm late because I had to beat down a flying hamster that breathed fire. Not that this has happened. It's just an example of how even my normal dreams are strange). Every now and then I think about trying to interpret my dreams, but usually I can't understand the reasoning behind them. I'm going to post a few here just so you don't think I'm exaggerating about the insanity factor. These are just a five from within a five month period. Enjoy and if you have any clue what they mean or you're taking a dream interpretation class, have at it.

( The Dreams )

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This afternoon I watched Bolt with my parents. I didn't have huge hopes for it. I mean, I thought it would be a little funny, and a bit heart warming. But I ended up laughing through half the thing and I loved it. And when it was over it made me want to cuddle with my beagles. After reviewing most of the Disney movies I've watched, I've decided to endorse my mom's opinion that there are no "bad" Disney movies. There are great Disney movies (most of the older movies, like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, as well as the 90s ones like Hercules and Aladdin, fall in this category), good Disney movies (like Lilo and Stitch), and okay Disney movies (usually what you get when you have sequels and sequels to the sequels when the studio should have stopped at the first movie). I also noticed with Bolt that--shock and horror--it isn't in conjunction with Pixar. I don't know when the last time was that I watched a Disney movie (at least an animated one) that didn't have a partnership with Pixar. It's just bizarre. Oh, and I am still relieved that the Miley Cyrus and John Travolta movie that was being talked about a couple years ago turned out to be animated. Seriously, this movie was great. Go forth and enjoy.
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I've been fighting with myself on whether to make this book a book recommendation. Not because I didn't love the book, but because it is part of a series I've mentioned before. But I talked about it with myself and we decided to make these two book the book recs for this week and last week. They are under the cuts

( Lover Eternal by JR Ward )

( Lover Awakened )

Enjoy everyone. I'm off to read book five in the series
Bella

I will try to keep doing this, but I will either need to find new books or recommend once a month or something because I am running out of books to recommend. Mostly because I've recommended series instead of individual books. But the book for the week is Welcome to the Jungle by Jim Butcher. This is technically a graphic novel, but it's one that I really enjoyed. It's a sort of prequel to the Dresden Files series. It's got a lot of good wit and I think as a society we seriously under value the importance of pictures. I mean look at how much better classics like Fahrenheit 451 or The Grapes of Wrath would be is they had accompanying illustrations. Enjoy the book.
Bella

</div>I love how there may be fewer than 1 of me in the US. My first name is shared with 12,236 other people, making it the 1684th most popular name in the US. My last name is shared among 1,009 other people, making it the 26984th most popular last name. Apparently, my name is kind of rare overall, considering that the above numbers come out of over 305 million people.

Shock and awe, the book rec. is actually coming out on the day it's due for once. This is due to the fact that I have no homework, have a very long break between classes, and finished a good book last night. The book this week is Dark Lover by JR Ward. This book was sort of recommended to me by lezlishae and I have finally read it, after buying last summer. This book was one I wasn't particularly psyched about reading at first, but it was really good and sucked me in about a third of the way through. The book is about a vampire named Wrath who is the last pureblood vampire and leader of a special force called the Black Dagger Brotherhood. This group is made of six super-strong and uniquely talented vampires that protect the rest of the race from the lessers, slayers of vampires. When one of the brotherhood dies, his last request is for Wrath to help his half-human daughter through the transition from human to vampire. Wrath does it grudgingly, but what happens when he starts to feel attracted to her? This is not a happy or fluffy vampire book like I normally read. It is darker than most of those books so if you're looking for a light, funny paranormal romance read, this is not the book. There is a fair amount of swearing and adult scenes, so read it at your own caution, but I enjoyed it. And now I have to go find the rest of the series
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Wow, can't believe I'm not posting this until Sunday. Anyway, the book for this week is The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks. This book is fourth in her Love at Stake series, coming right after Be Still my Vampire heart. Jean-Luc is a fashion designer/vampire from Paris. Lately the media has been getting and little too curious about why the designer never ages, so he decides to go into hiding in the last place someone would search for him: Schnitzelberg, Texas. Heather is a school teacher in Schnitzelberg, with a four year old daughter. She once dreamed of being a designer, but it never happened for her. When she saves Jean-Luc from a crazed attacker though, her life gets turned upside down. Now the attacker's after her and that's not her only problem. What happens when she finds herself falling in love with Jean-Luc, a man she barely knows? This is a good read for fans of paranormal romance or of Kerrelyn Sparks' other books. Enjoy
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I love having healthy ways to dispel rage and frustration. Especially when I'm angry or frustrated for no real reason. I was feeling that way on Monday, which was really sucky. And I really hate snapping at my family, especially my sister or Dad because they get angry about it really fast. So I found a new way to get rid of that feeling: writing. Seriously, I sat down and wrote a thousand words on a little exercise. I wrote about an art project showing my alter-ego. She is freakin' beautiful. I think that was part of my problem actually. I'd imagined my alter-ego and for a moment I really wanted to be her. then in the exercise I was able to convince myself that I didn't really want that. Music also helps. Blast good music and it makes you feel so much better.
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Bella