Update

Currently Reading:
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

Currently Watching:
ER, The Complete Eleventh Season

Currently Listening to:

The Fame Monster By Lady Gaga

Update

Currently Reading for School:
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

Currently Watching:
The Tudors: Season Three

Currently Listening to:

Joy Division

Dream Cast Thursday! Blue Bloods

Today's Dream Cast Thursday will be the Blue Blood's novels. The Blue Bloods Series is by Melissa De La Cruz. The series so far consists of Blue Bloods, Masquerade, Revelations, and The Van Alen Legacy. So far, there are no films in the works, but this is a really good series, and with pop culture's sudden obsession with vampires, it is only a matter of time.

Schuyler or Sky Van Alen is originally from Manhattan. She has blue, black hair, bangs and bright blue eyes. Schuyler was startingly pretty, with a sweet heart-shaped face; perfectly upturned nose; and a soft milky skin--but there was something almost insubstantial about her beauty." She is a student, a model, and a committee member. For my adaptation, I would cast Alexis Bledel.

Oliver or Ollie Hazard-Perry is originally from Manhattan. He has chestnut brown hair and hazel eyes. "Oliver was tall and slim, with a fair, elfin face that was framed by a shag of brilliant chestnut hair. He had sharp cheekbones and a sympathetic hazel eyes." She is a student and a conduit. For my adaptation, I would cast Dominic Cooper.

Madeleine or Mimi Force is originally from Manhattan. She has platinum blond hair and green eyes. "Mimi was popularity personified. She had golden girl good looks and tanned, Pilates-toned limbs that came with the Queen Bee position..." She is a student and a Committee member. For my adaptation, I cast Amanda Seyfried.

Benjamin or Jack Force is originally from Manhattan. He is Mimi's twin brother. He has platinum Blond hair and green eyes. "The two of them [Mimi and Jack] shared the same pale, platinum blond hair, the same creamy, translucent skin, the same hooded green eyes, and the same long, slender limbs." He is a student and a committee member. For my adaptation, I cast Hunter Parrish.

Bliss Llewellyn was born in Houston, Texas. She has big, red hair, green eyes and "equine good looks." She is a student, a committee member, and works as a model. For my adaptation, I cast Anna Lutoskin.

Dylan Ward is originally from Connecticut. He has black, shaggy hair. He is a "sad faced boy with long lashes, smoldering eyes, and a tarnished reputation." He is a student and a committee member. For my adaptation, I cast Nicholas Hoult.

Kingsley Martin has dark features. He is a venator and a committee member. For my adaptation, I cast Steven Strait.

So what do you all think? Have you read the novels? Who would be in your perfect adaptation?

Currently Reading for Pleasure:
Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Currently Watching:
Berkeley Square

Currently Listening to:
Amanda Palmer

Update

Currently Reading for Pleasure:
The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa De La Cruz

Currently Watching:
Kiss Me Kate

Currently Listening to:

Battlestar Galactica: Season Two Soundtrack

Update

Currently Reading for School
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

Currently Reading for Pleasure:
Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan

Currently Watching:
Spaced: Series One

Currently Listening to:

Battlestar Galactica: Season One Soundtrack

Update

Currently Reading for School
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood

Currently Reading for Pleasure:
Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan

Currently Watching:
the 10th Kingdom

Currently Listening to:

Dirty Dancing: the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Update

Currently Reading for School
The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing

Currently Reading for Pleasure:
Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle

Currently Watching:
Cold Case

Currently Listening to:

Pomplamoose

Update

Currently Reading for School
Reading the Romance by Janice A. Radway

Currently Reading for Pleasure:
Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle

Currently Watching:
Torchwood: Children of Earth

Currently Listening to:

Titanic: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Back at School

I am so glad to be back at school right now. My dad and I arrived at my dorm this morning just a little before 8:00 am (Chicago time). After quite a while, I finally managed to get everything unpacked and put away. I never really feel settled until I get everything put away, so it is always the first thing that I do. Then I went to do a little grocery shopping. It feels so nice to be on my own again.

I am living in the same dorm, so everything seems really familiar, but just a little different. It is kind of weird. For instance, I am sleeping in the same room, but on the opposite side of it. My desk is in a different room. All of the furniture is moved around. And of course there is the fact that the place is clean. I never really noticed how well the dorms are cleaned during the summer, but this is certainly not the condition that we left it in.

That is all for now, but I will keep you posted to the goings on.

Currently Reading for Pleasure:
The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan

Currently Watching:
Battlestar Galactica Season 4.0

Currently Listening to:
New Order

Smell Saturday! Dermot Mulroney

For this week's "Smell Saturday" I will be posting the...Essence of Dermot Mulroney...

Heavy on the: Campfire Smoke, Rain

Waft of: Apples, Cigar Smoke, Laundry Detergent

Hints of: Hair gel, Sweat,Barbecue

Currently Reading for Pleasure:

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Currently Watching:
Felicity: Season One

Currently Listening to:
Lou Reed

Smell Saturday! Gwyneth Paltrow

This week's "Smell Saturday" is Gwyneth Paltrow.

Heavy on the: Coconut and Paper

Waft of: Lemon and Hairspray

Hints of: Lavender and Sugar

Currently Reading for Pleasure:

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Currently Watching:
Blood Ties: the Complete Series

Currently Listening to:
The Clash

Update

Currently Reading for Pleasure:

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

Currently Watching:
Coupling: The Complete Third Season

Currently Listening to:
Roxy Music

Planet of the Dead Review

Maybe it was just me, but I was really disappointed by the Doctor Who Easter Special, Planet of the Dead. Maybe my expectations were just too high. See, I am used to buying a Doctor Who Season and watching it all at once. I have never had to wait for episodes before.

I think that I expected way more than a single (less than an hour) special could provide. Also, I think that the writing could have been a little better. Overall, I do not feel like much happened in way of the storyline.

The previews for the next episode looked good, though. I have no idea when it will air, but it should come out before 2010 (whenever than means). Did anyone else see it? Does anyone else have any thoughts?

Currently Reading for Class:

Fear of Flying by Erica Jong

Currently Watching:
True Blood Season One

Currently Listening to:
RENT: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Music Monday! pt. 2 NAIVE

Today's Music Monday Mp3 is Lily Allen's cover of Naive (originally performed by the Kooks).

Naive mp3

Currently Reading for Class:
The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus

Currently Watching:
Doctor Who Season One

Currently Listening to:
Lily Allen

Two Doors Down

In the past couple of weeks, I have become obsessed with Two Doors Down by the Mystery Jets. I have listened to is over and over (mostly while walking to class and attempting not to break into dance). I hope that you enjoy.

Two Doors down mp3

Currently Reading for Class:
Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver

Currently Watching:
Asylum

Currently Listening to:
Only With You by the Beach Boys

Blood Ties

This weekend I became obsessed with this older show called Blood Ties. The premise is of the show is pretty interesting. Vicki Nelson is an ex-cop turned private investigator. She starts investigating a series of strange killings. Over the course of the first episode, she meets Henry Fitzroy (the vampire son of Henry VIII). She begins taking on supernatural cases with the help of Henry, her goth assistant and her ex-partner, Mike Cellucci. The show has everything. There is action, comedy and tons of sexual tension. Best of all, all of the episodes are available online for free at Lifetime.

Currently Reading for Class:
Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver

Currently Watching:
Blood Ties: Season Two

Currently Listening to:
Mystery Jets

Update

As you all have probably noticed, I have starting posting trailers on Tuesdays (Trailer Tuesdays). I also want to try and start posting recipes on Fridays (Food Fridays). If anyone has any ideas for other things that I could do or trailers and recipes that I should post, please let me know.

Currently Reading for Class:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

Currently Watching:
Dawson's Creek: Season Six (don't judge)

Currently Listening to:
Mystery Jets

Update

Currently Reading for Class:

The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer

Currently Watching:
Felicity: Season Two

Currently Listening to:
My Chemical Romance

Update

Not a whole lot is going on. I am getting psyched up for the Academy Awards and my twenty-first birthday. Classes are really starting to pile on the readings, and midterms are coming up. I was really excited when I found this trailer, so I thought that I would share it.

Currently Reading for Class:

A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
King Lear by William Shakespeare
and
Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi

Currently Watching:
The Forsyte Saga: Series Two

Currently Listening to:
Bush

Movie List

Movies that I still need to see before the Oscars:

The Visitor
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wrestler
Tropic Thunder
Doubt
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
Rachel Getting Married
Changeling
Frozen River
The Reader
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda
WALL-E
The Duchess
Slumdog Millionaire
Australia
Defiance
Iron Man
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges

Currently Reading for Class:

Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee
and
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Currently Watching:
The 10th Kindgom

Currently Listening to:
Linkin Park