Not Visiting Forks This Weekend
I think everyone in the world is going to go see Twilight this weekend. Sadly (and strangely), I am not. I’m going to the high school football game. We’re in the state playoffs. So…to the playoffs I go. I even have my special playoffs t-shirt, which is like a million sizes too big. And it’s going to be 30 degrees (THIRTY DEGREES!!!), so I’ll be dressed like the abominable snow woman. That’s never attractive. But apparently Chick-fil-A food is sold at the stadium, so I may need to eat a lot of nuggets…just to stay warm and keep my strength up.
I don’t remember which book it is, but in one of my novels, I make a crack about having brain worms. Turns out it’s not so far-fetched! It seems a woman went in to get her tumor operated on, but they didn’t find a growth…but a worm. EWWWWWWWWWW. Read THIS. The doctor’s prescription? Wash your hands more.
For some reason around this time of year I start looking for seasonal online games. I don’t know why. I guess because shopping, baking, grading, writing, cleaning, teaching, and litter box cleaning doesn’t provide enough to keep me busy… Anyway, here are some semi-nifty ones I found.
Word games are fun. And sometimes you just need an easy one to give yourself a little confidence boost. Like THIS one.
It probably goes without saying, I’m a huge supporter of Ben and Jerry’s. And they like games too! This ice cream scooping game is harder than it seems. Scoop away HERE.
This snowman making activity provided me with a whole 60 seconds of fun. Whee.
Did I mention I’m not seeing Twilight? Sigh.
Say what you want about Oprah, but I always learn something when I watch Dr. Oz and when I read her magazine. Like I did not know John Updike wrote The Witches of Eastwick. And did you know doing tasks, like brushing your teeth, with your nondominant hand can improve your mood and memory? I wonder what steering my car with my nose would do?
Also from O magazine, discovered that Hallmark has created self-adhesive wrapping paper. That is a really brilliant idea that makes you think, “Why didn’t someone come up with that sooner?”
Another tidbit is that you’re not necessarily doomed in a plane crash. Did you know that between 1983 and 2000, 56 percent of plane crash victims survived? Do you know who they were? Ones most likely to live were those with an aisle seat and those who read their safety cards. Yeah, so anyway, there goes my chances of making it. I’ll just hope the person in the seat next to me has read his safety card. And that he doesn’t mind me jumping over him and his aisle seat. Not exactly a time to be polite, you know?
I also loved this quote by economist Eleni Gabre-Madhin, who is helping Ethiopia in major ways.
“We spend most of our lives cutting down our ambitions because the world has told us to think small. Dreams express what your soul is telling you, so as crazy as your dream might seem–even to you–I don’t care: You have to let that out.”
Then again, it’s hard to get too inspired from quotes in O magazine because the perfume samples in the November issue are stronger than any lethal gas, and every time I open the magazine, I’m like what DIED in there???
If you go see Twilight, let me know how it is. And think of me while you’re elbow to elbow with all the Edward fans. I’ll be freezing my tookus off at a ballgame. Did I mention THIRTY degrees….?
Have a good weekend.
JEN
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So, I’ve been reading your blog faithfully for a while (on a tip from one of my friends who works…er worked at Brio) and I think you are just so hilarious. Plus, I’m from Arkansas!
First let me say that I recently and very reluctantly became a huge fan of the Twilight sage. Loved all the books. So last night I saw a midnight showing of the movie. I’m not going to lie, it was commical. I was so sad because I think that in different hands it could have been great. Maybe you’ll like it better than I did. I hope so.
Anyway, have fun at the game!
I saw this in a teen review for the movie and knew you would appreciate it:
“Like a taco burp, it arises unbidden at all the wrong moments.”
I don’t know what that means, but I’m even more excited about seeing it now
Friends who’ve seen it echo what Micah said though. It’s comical when it isn’t supposed to be. Painfully cheesy were the words she used. So…. I’m really excited to read your take on it 
If anything, all my typos should discredit my opinion…sorry I can’t undo what’s been done!
I visited Forks this evening and it was pretty neat–although if you’ve kept up with the group lately, you may be disappointed. The vampires and wolves are “HOT” though–so it was still a good movie. (Don’t ask me about the casting though…THAT’S another story.)
Oh yeah…Seasonal online games. Elfbowling.
Hey, Micah!!! A fellow native Arkansan–that’s awesome. I don’t know if I can handle “not supposed to be funny” funny. To me, that sums up the whole series. I really liked the first book, but the rest was pretty much one big eye roll. Lots of so awkward and dramatic it’s funny moments. So if that’s the movie…eeks.
“Like a taco burp, it arises unbidden at all the wrong moments.” Natalie, that made me LAUGH out loud. THAT is some good writing on someone’s part.
Heather, I’m still gonna see that movie. I must know. And everyone I talk to says, “I won’t discuss it ’til you see the movie…” How rude!
And Joel, nothing says “Celebrate our Lord’s birth” like taking out some elves.
It’s so bad. Here’s my review: http://denisemorris.wordpress.com/
I blogged about it too. The Cullens were a beautiful, beautiful family. I went with a couple of friends, and we all laughed in the wrong parts. Fortunately, the fangirls were so rapt in the appearance of Robert Pattison on screen they couldn’t hear us laughing, and therefore did not murder us with fake vampire teeth.
Hey Jennifer.
i wanted to thank you for the copies of the books you brought to good ol Dr. L’s office last week! we loved them terribly and are going to keep reading them! you must sign them next time youre in to get cracked and popped.
plus: saw twilight 2x, dressed up as Victoria (because im the nerdiest person i know) and i recommend judging it for yourself. there are negatives and positives. youll see.
thank you again!
~front desk “wench”
I am a hand-washing zealot, and for years I’ve wished I had a better thing to tell people than that they were going to give me a cold. Now I finally have it:
Folks, it’s called a brain worm… and you’re going to kill us all.
I’ve never been so excited to hear about someone else’s trauma.
Maddee, we got “shushed” quite a bit from die-hards,but I think our commentary was more entertaining than the movie.
Colene!!! You dressed up as Victoria? How cool! That’s an interesting character pick. I didn’t picture her how she was in the movie.
Bethany, you’re not a zealot. You’re just doing your part to save the world from brain worms. That would make a great bumper sticker,