Genius

The more I have thought about my blog's reading level ... see two posts down ... the more offended I have become.

I don't think it's very nice that you have to be a genius to read my blog. More likely than not, that means my grammar is so horrible that it would take a genius to decipher!

Or, even more likely, it's finding all my Bollywood blogs, and determining that the reader should be well-versed in Hindi.

I will think about it, but I may have to take that off .....

Gaggling

Hi! Matt likes the word gaggling; an expression he uses for someone talking quickly, breathlessly, and almost without end on one subject.

I get obsessed with things, which if you know Matt and I, is pretty funny to consider. I get drawn into something, and I CAN'T stop until I am finished. And then I gaggle about it. Honestly, Matt knows I'm tired or moody if I'm not gaggling about SOMETHING.

A few blogs back, I gave my Harry Potter post-predictions, and then said I'd have to read the Twilight series that everyone is "gaggling" about. I had been hearing things about these books on all sides.

I'm really not much of a book reader. Until about 5-years ago, the only thing I read was an occasional magazine article. I can thank the Harry Potter series for changing that, and I do every time I enjoy new reading. Amazingly enough, I can now say that there are times when I WOULD rather read a book than watch a movie. There was a time I would have scoffed at that idea.

Part of my problem, probably, is that I'm an excrutiatingly slow reader. I can read about 100 pages in 2-hours, and if I try to go faster, my comprehension spirals down!

Well, I started Dec 6 at 9pm. After two nearly sleepless nights (about 3.5 hours combined on Thursday and Friday night) I finished Twilight and most of New Moon. Then, I sat and spewed the whole storyline to Matt in what felt to me like 20-minutes, and what felt to him like hours. And hours. I won't say how long it actually was, although we figured it out. :)

I should say at this point that my brother Robert has much sympathy for Matt, because he thinks that there is nothing worse than being told the storyline of a book. But, in my defense, I know Matt won't read it, and I had to get it out.

Gaggle, gaggle.

In our powerless house, I read into the wee hours Saturday night/Sunday morning with Matt's little battery-powered reading lamp, finishing New Moon about 5am. Another 5 hours of sleep followed.

I used MUCH self-control reading Eclipse Sunday-Thursday, finishing the series last night about 8:30pm.

So, I can now say that all the talk was well-founded. I really enjoyed all three books, and will look forward to the next 2+ that are planned. And also re-reading the first three at a slower pace.

I've gaggled, my mom's gaggled, and my friend's have gaggled. I've read the gaggling in the blogs and the stepheniemeyer.com website. And I've even made a gift of Twilight to a few friends/family and can gaggle to them later.

I've speculated and I've driven Matt to the edge. So, now it's time to start paying attention to my house, and finalize getting ready for Christmas. And quit gaggling! About Bella Swan and Edward Cullen at least.

Reading Level

Wow!!!! How did that happen?!

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Bollywood

I haven't written anything about Bollywood lately!!!

So, here's the scoop for anyone interested ... which of the people I know read this thing, that would be ZERO!

Anywho ... it continues. I just got a couple more Bollywood flicks in the mail this week, and I'm really excited to watch. Here is my Bollywood movie list of what I've seen so far:

1. Dhoom 2

2. Dhoom

3. Veer-Zarra

4. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

5. Koi ... Mil Gaya

6. Janneman

7. Krrish

8. Kaho Naa ... Pyaar Hai

9. Na Tum Jaano Na Hum

10. Mujhse Dosti Karoge!

11. Yaadein

12. Paheli

13. Don

14. Lakshya (haven't watched yet)

15. Fiza (haven't watched yet)

16. Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage (haven't watched yet)

I'm also anxiously awaiting the release of Jodhaa Akbar, which looks to be really exciting, and also almost 4-hours long! I guess that's what you get from a Bollywood epic!

So, if any of you are interested in picking up a Bollywood movie tonight ... don't bother, you won't find them at Hollywood Video. But, if you are interested in trying to locate a Bollywood to watch one, these are the ones I currently suggest as my top five, in no particular order:

1. Koi ... Mil Gaya

2. Krrish

3. Dhoom 2

4. Paheli

5. Veer-Zarra

And as an alternate in my top five, I would mention the first 10-minutes of Don, which I can watch over and over again!

TJ: I have always liked you Don.

Don: Thank you TJ. I too have also always ... liked me.

Oh, it's so good because he's so bad!

Ornaments 2006

Here are our Christmas ornaments from 2006:

Darth Vader is Matt's and Cookie Monster is mine. I must have been around Stephanie Wilson a lot last Christmas; the biggest Cookie Monster fan I've ever met! Okay, the only Cookie Monster fan I've ever met.

No lights!

This Christmas season we are grateful for power, which we didn't have for 52 hours! From 9am on Dec 8 to 11am on Dec 10. It is very nice to have it back!

We had our family Christmas party on Dec 9, with 22 people in attendance! We ate by battery-powered candlelight, and put the "spotlight" on the person opening their gift so we could see what they got. Definately a different holiday experience. Merry Christmas everyone!