So, I’m really into dumb quizzes right now.  Well, anything that gives me something to do at work, really.  At least the quizzes give me something to post on my blog.

Your fairy is called Tangle Elffilter.

She is a cheerful sprite.

She lives at the bottom of tangled gardens and in hedgerows.

She is only seen on midsummer’s eve.

She wears tangled dresses of multi-colored petals. She has delicate green wings like a cicada.

Get your free fairy name here!

Happy birthday, Luisa!

I just finished reading The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.  The first time I read it was when I was in the fourth or fifth grade.

My class read The Westing Game together as a “class” book.  I don’t remember reading all it completely because a lot of the story seemed unfamiliar, and, at that time, I hated to read.  The only thing I remembered about the book was that the clues had something to do with the song, “America, the Beautiful.”  In fact, I didn’t even remember the name until I read it in a comment on my Another Mystery Book post back in February.

Ever since I rediscovered this book back in February, I wanted to read it again.  The story is hard to follow at times because of the constant change in voice, meaning the story is narrated by each character multiple times within a chapter.  Other than that, if you’re looking for a fun, fast read, I recommend you give The Westing Game a try.  At only 216 pages in length, the story will keep you guessing until the very end.

On the back cover, it reads:

One fateful day, sixteen people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will.  To their surprise, the will turns out to be a contest, challenging the heirs to find out who among them is Westing’s murderer.  Forging ahead, through blizzards, burglaries, and bombings, the game is on.  Only two people hold all the clues.  One of them is a Westing heir.  The other is you!

Happy belated birthday, Michelle!

So, for those of you who haven’t heard, the movie for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is no longer being released on November 21, 2008. It has been pushed back to next summer.  The new release date is July 17, 2009. 

I’m a huge Harry Potter fan, but I like the books more than the movies.  So, I’m okay with waiting another seven months for the movie.  My only concern is that with the plan to cut Deathly Hallows movie into two movies, I just hope we don’t have to wait until 2015, or later, to finally find out what happens to Harry and his friends in movie form.  I mean the actors can only pull off being teenagers for so long and it’d be catastrophic if they cast different actors to finish the series! 

Well, because Half-Blood Prince movie’s release date is moving to July 2009, the Twilight movie’s release date is moving up and taking Half-Blood Prince’s spot! So, the Twilight movie is now being released on November 21, 2008; three weeks earlier than planned! Woo hoo!

Happy birthday, Shauna!

I found this tag on Kayla’s blog.  She didn’t tag me, but I wanted to do it anyway because I love tags. So, here’s my take on Corey!

1. What is his name? Gwyllum Corey Blaser; he was named after his father and grandfather.
2. Who eats more? I hate to admit it, but I do.
3. Who said “I love you” first? You should ask Corey this story some time.  It’s quite funny for him and embarrassing for me.
4. Who is taller? Corey as he’s 6’1″ and I’m only 5’4.5″.
5. Who is smarter? Well, if you ask him, he’d say that he is.  But, I think I am.
6. Who is more sensitive? Definitely, me!
7. Who does the laundry? That would be me again.
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do.
9. Who pays the bills? He does.
10. Who cooks more? McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Taco Time
11. Who is more stubborn? I think it’s a toss up.
12. Who is the first to admit when they’re wrong? We both hate admitting we’re wrong, but we’ll do it when we have to.
13. Who has more siblings? I do.  I have five sisters and one brother, whereas he only has one of each.
14. Who wears the pants in the family? Definitely, Corey!  I’m too much of a pushover and pleaser.
15. What do you like to do together? We like to watch TV, go to movies, hang out with our friends, play games with our friends, and play Mario Kart together.
16. Who eats more sweets? Have you met Corey?  Okay, so we probably both eat a lot of junk food, but Corey eats a whole heck of a lot more chocolate than I do.
17. Guilty pleasures? Chocolate as long as it’s not Hershey’s; he’s what you’d call a chocolate snob.
18. How did you meet? We met in the library of our single’s ward.  He would rather me not go into detail on my blog, so ask me some time if you want to know the whole story; it’s quite good.
19. Who proposed? Well, we knew we were going to get married, but we weren’t officially engaged until a month before our wedding.  But, he proposed on the Logan LDS Temple grounds because that’s where we wanted to get married.
20. What is his best feature? I like his smile and his eyes.
21. What is his best quality? He’s really smart, almost too smart for his own good.  He’s also a hard worker and very ambitious.

I tag Ali, Amber, Becky, and Meagan.

What/who made you laugh the most? It’s a toss up between Emmett and Jacob for me.  I love how Emmett always laughs at Bella because of her “humanness” and also the wise cracks he started making in Breaking Dawn about Bella and Edward’s relationship.  I also love Jacob’s jabs at Rosalie in Breaking Dawn and the titles of his chapters.

What made you cry the most? Well, there are two things.  The first is in New Moon.  I cried for Bella when Edward left.  There was no way I was going to get around crying with the way Stephenie describes Bella’s pain.  The second is in Breaking Dawn.  When Bella and Edward say good-bye to Renesmee and Jacob during the conflict with the Volturi.

What/who made you the proudest? This is a hard one, but I’d have to say that Jacob made me the proudest.  He did so much growing in Breaking Dawn.  I felt like we started to see more of the “before” Jacob again and that’s the Jacob I loved the most.

What made you the happiest? I’m with Stephenie on this one.  My favorite moment of the entire series are the last two pages in Breaking Dawn.  I loved that Bella was finally able to show Edward her mind, so he could see how much she loved him.  (I cried during this part too.)

What was the biggest shocker? Most people aren’t going to believe me when I say that it wasn’t Renesmee or Jacob imprinting on Renesmee.  The biggest shocker for me was Edward leaving in New Moon.  At that time, I had barely finished Twilight and I was expecting more of Twilight when I started to read New Moon.  And then, three chapters into it, he’s gone!  I didn’t know what to expect.  After I had read New Moon and Eclipse, I was ready for anything in Breaking Dawn and I was almost praying for Renesmee (well a baby not necessarily Renesmee herself).

What is your favorite quote? Both of my favorite quotes come from New Moon, which is a shock because it’s the hardest book in the series for me to read.  Edward says:

“Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night.  Very dark, but there were stars–points of light and reason. … And then you shot across my sky like a meteor.  Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty.  When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black.  Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light.  I couldn’t see the stars anymore.  And there was no more reason for anything.”

Bella thinks:

Time passes.  Even when it seems impossible.  Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the pulse of blood behind a bruise.  It passes unevenly, in strange lurches and dragging dulls, but pass it does.  Even for me.

I’m quite upset at the moment.  As most of you know, I frequent the Twilight Lexicon multiple times a day.  It’s a place I can go to talk about my obsession with the Twilight Saga.  Well, I’m upset because a few people who didn’t agree with the Lexicon’s policies or with the Twilight Saga decided to spam the boards with horrible anti-Lexicon, -Stephenie Meyer, and -Breaking Dawn sentiments.  And, because the admins (who happen to be friends of mine) were having to deal with the spam, they didn’t know the Lexicon was being hacked! So, now the Lex has been shut down while they try to restore a backup.

I’m all for people having their own opinions.  If you don’t like the world Stephenie has created, or you don’t think she’s a very good author, or you don’t agree with the Lexicon’s policies, fine!  That’s your opinion!  Go post your opinion on an anti-Twilight or anti-Lexicon site.  But, why on earth would you be so immature and inconsiderate to destroy someone’s hard work?!  Anyone who does this is no better than a terrorist.  You may not be killing people with suicide bombs, but you’re still hurting people!

Here’s a banner one of my friends made to show our support for the Lexicon.

I took this quiz about a year ago on one of the threads at the Twilight Lexicon, but I forgot about it.  So, I saw it on Christie’s blog and decided to take it again.  I think I got a different flavor, but this sounds like me when I’m with certain people.

You’re Black Raspberry.

You are passionate, creative, and inspired. Black raspberry ice cream is an unusual color and flavor, so some people might consider it strange, but your exciting personality is what makes you so delicious. You bring a juicy burst of flavor to everything you do, and your life is packed with one memorable experience after another.