1. Got to sleep in
2. Managed to catch the last half of Robert Pattinson on Ellen
3. Had sushi for dinner at Tono
4. Saw The Blindside, good movie
5. Hung out with @mthelma

1. Waking up and realizing it was New Moon Day
2. 4 year anniversary of my pledge class today
3. The realization that, without my knowing, I had made a friend in school… a real friend, and not just a colleague or classmate.
4. Seeing New Moon at the midnight showing! (My review will come later, I’m not enamored with it, I hope it gets better… but I’m really glad I got to see it)
5. Having Mojito with me to see New Moon!
6. Having great seats for the movie!
7. Getting out of the movie and realizing that the busses were still running, we caught the last bus of the night… this mean not having to try to flag down a cab, which is nearly impossible at 2:30am and when trying to compete with 300 other people for a cab.
8. The New Moon frenzy on twitter, and having all my tweethearts all over the country just as excited as me… oh what a difference a year and an obsessions with Twilight can make.

I will be seeing New Moon tonight at the midnight showing at Gallery Place with my dear friend, Mojito.  We bought our tickets about a month ago, as soon as we noticed they were on sale.  It’s strange this time around.  I can’t seem to read the books again (and trust me, I’ve tried) and the excitement didn’t start until this past Monday.  I was excited each time the logo was released, or a new poster was revealed, I saw a commercial, or when the cast appeared on tv and in award shows.  But, it always dissipated.  I felt a bubble of excitement when I realized it was New Moon week.  On Tuesday, I realized that I would be seeing the movie in three days, so a few more bubbles of excitement.  Then finally, today… I woke up today and my whole body was on overdrive.  I am SO excited to see New Moon tonight, I’m bouncing in my seat, filled with joy and anticipation.  I have heard amazing things about New Moon (on tv, from friends who’ve seen it, from reviews, seriously… everyone) so my expectations are slightly higher for New Moon than they were for Twilight.  I’ve also heard the soundtrack is amazing… it takes a few listens to really get into it, but that it’s actually a really great soundtrack.  I have yet to listen to it, despite having had it for weeks now.  I think I will start today.

It’s odd to think that one year ago, my Twilight obsession was on overdrive.  I left work early the day the movie came out so that I could go see the movie (I took work home to do over the weekend of course! I’m not that terrible).  I couldn’t help it that day as I sat in my office watching all the tweets go by about the movie, especially from @feiticeira who had gone to the midnight showing.  That very night, I wrote my review of the movie.  I loved Twilight (the film) and I’m incredibly excited for New Moon tonight.  My muscles are seriously twitching in anticipation right now.  I have to sit through a two hour class tonight, rush home to drop off my stuff, then to the theater to meet Mojito.  SO. EXCITED.

A few posters of enjoyment… when these two posters came out, I remember I was so happy and excited.  They are fan made posters, but I think they truly encapsulate what the fans think of the books and how we had wanted to see it translated into the movie.

Then this was released… and the excitement flowed ever more.

When finally the official poster was released, I knew that when the time came, when the movie was released, without a doubt, I would be in the theater at midnight ready to see it.

So, will you be seeing the movie? Will you be at the midnight showing? Are you a fan of the Twilight series?

1. Sleep
2. Delicious chicken bake for dinner
3. Made a yummy egg scramble with tomatoes, avocados, onions, and black olives
4. Finally finished the chapter in my story for NaNoWriMo
5. 24 hours until New Moon … I am SO freaking excited!

1. Slept in
2. Not having anything major to do today
3. A decent group meeting
4. Mojito graciously bought my dinner tonight because I’m the idiot that forgot her wallet, and forgot she forgot it twice. *facepalm*
5. Hanging out with Mojito… it was fantastic seeing her and catching up!! It’s always a great time with her.
6. Spoke with two of my cousins today… they both called to “catch up” and see how I was going because they hadn’t talked to me so long. It was odd because the one called right after the other.
7. A random message from a friend I haven’t talked to in months… it was good to hear from him.

What a day. I am thoroughly exhausted and completely out of steam.  I got only three hours of sleep last night, and was up at 7am this morning, attended an 8am meeting, and followed it all up by going to Tryst in order to make some progress on my ethics paper.  There was this incredibly annoying guy sitting next to me who kept shaking his leg, therefore shaking the entire bench we were all sitting on. I wanted to punch him in the face. So I packed up my stuff and came home. My excuse is I didn’t wanna start nuthin’ … haha. There were still many graces today. So, let’s move onto that instead, shall we?

1. Pulled off waking up on time for my 8am meeting with my M team and professor.
2. Best part? I missed my original bus and had to take a later one, and somehow managed to still get to the meeting 10 minutes early, awesome.
3. So much coffee
4. Strawberry waffles
5. Finishing my ethics paper on time
6. Making it to school on time
7. Finding a room to work in because another group stole my reserved room
8. The metro, due to an emergency, made their last stop at Farragut West, which was luckily my stop.
9. Staying on the metro to wait out the delay, instead of running off and finding a bus. It worked to my advantage in the end.
10. New episode of Big Bang Theory!! It was awesome!!!

And I leave you with this gorgeous man, who I shall go dream about now.

Jim Parsons: that smirk, those eyes, UNF.

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1. Slept for 13 hours… insane, I know. But oh so fantastic.
2. Woke up at 9am… amazing.
3. Finished laundry early, fantastic.
4. Made breakfast! An egg omelet with tomato, onion, avocado, and black olives. I haven’t made breakfast in months.
5. Accomplished quite a bit of work at home.
6. Went to Starbucks where I enjoyed a yummy coffee, madeline cookies, and finished a big project for my C team thesis.
7. I ended up massively jittery and hopped up on four shots of espresso in my coffee. It was fun and propelled me towards finishing things for school.
8. French fries and chicken fries for dinner.
9. I caught up on The Big Bang Theory … it is so good. So thankful there is a new episode tomorrow.

1. Had a great meeting with my M group
2. Coffee and a bagel to get me through the day
3. Picked up the new Entertainment Weekly magazine. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner on the cover!
4. Went to bed at 8pm
5. More of season 2 of the Big Bang Theory… fantastic.

1. Woke up at 8:30am… let us marvel at this. Because I go to bed at 6am (normally), I tend to wake up around 3 or 4pm. Ah, the life of a student. Granted, I woke up early because I had a client meeting at 11am and the stupid painters keep banging the door LOUDLY next door.
2. A great meeting with the client for my M class
3. Went to Borders and picked up Harper’s Bazaar and The New Moon Illustrated Movie Companion!
4. Japanese food for lunch and dinner … I couldn’t help myself.
5. The Big Bang Theory is my newest obsession, and Jim Parsons is super cute and funny.
6. Borders won… they got me to buy the panda bear. They had a note beside it that said “Spend $30 and get the Panda for $8.99″ … so I bought the panda. She’s SO CUTE!  

238 (Wednesday, November 11)

1. Watched the Country Music Awards… I love awards shows and it was nice background noise while doing homework. I’m not that into country music, the country-pop I can do. The best part was watching Taylor Swift win Entertainer of the Year. I have a girl crush on her.
2. Went to Tryst with the old roommate to do homework until 2am.
3. Brought home an iced coffee with me, this turned out to be beneficial for the next day.
4. Made a delicious meal in the crock pot.
5. Slept in

239 (Thursday, November 12)

1. Got a few hours of sleep.
2. Finished my midterm just in the nick of time!
3. Got to class on time even though I left late!!!
4. Burger King for dinner… after not having eaten for nearly 20 hours, it was great to put food in my belly.
5. Went to bed at 12am… do you have any idea how amazing that is?  My normal bedtime is 6am because I normally can’t sleep before then!
6. Grateful for the mac program “WriteRoom” … it’s how I wrote my midterm.