Now I can die....

Two words: LOVED IT!

Oh man...

Go watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Ev1TkiRNo

I think I am going to explode with excitement. For a refresher of how much I love these books, go here.

On a sadder note, I woke up to an inch of snow on the ground and 28 degree weather. It's times like this when I wonder why I don't go to BYU-Hawaii. And no, it's not the first time it has snowed this year. BOO.

Bite Me!

Here is a little video of me making my all important purchase. What a great night...

It's been a while

What do you get when you combine me, kyla, corn salsa, and twilight? One fantabulous weekend, that's what!

I've been meaning to post about this for a while, but I've been busy and haven't ever gone around to it. I mean, with the Olympics on every night from 8-midnight, i just HAD to watch all 4 hours of them, every single night, right? Anyhoo...So almost a month ago (a whole month, sheesh! time is flying!) my old roomie Kyla came up from Las Vegas to visit me. We had a total blast. Why is it so much fun to just sit around and laugh about the past? She came on Thursday night, July 31st and left on Sunday, August 3rd.

Friday we started off the day hiking Badger Mountain with Danielle and my mom. My mom and I had hiked this 4 mile hike many-a-time, but it was Kyla and Danielle's first time. I think they enjoyed themselves. (I hope?) Despite the intense wind....

Ok, so any hard-core Twilight fan knows that Saturday, August 2nd, was a very important day in their lives. The 4th book came out! I have been looking forward to this day for...who knows how long...and then it finally came. Kyla and I went to pick up our line placement wrist bands for the midnight release party around 3pm on Friday, and its a good thing we did! We were numbers 36-39 and I saw a girl with number 230 on her wristband, and she was still part of those who had reserved the book, then those who hadn't reserved the book were after all of us, so I wonder how many people were actually there that night? Here are a few pics of the midnight release party over at Barnes and Noble.

We were actually able to buy the book around 12:04am. We came home, got ready, Kyla brought out her Diet Coke, and began to read the book around 12:30am. We didn't stop reading until 7am, when we were forced to get ready for my mom's work patient party that we had to help at. It really was torture, cooking hotdogs for 6 hours with Breaking Dawn on the brain. I just wanted to know what happened! Kyla and I came back home, and took a little nap, then about 2 hours later, woke up and started reading again, paused to eat dinner around 8pm, then read till we both fell asleep again, which wasn't too much later, around 9:30. We were very tired. Then we woke up on Sunday and read till it was time for church, then came back home and read till dinner, then read some more after dinner, where we finally finished. We LOVED it! Really I did, i've been hearing good things and bad things about, but, everything that I wanted to happen, happened! So I was very happy with the way it ended. But, I haven't had my fill. I want it to keep going on and on....I was honestly sad when I read "the end". My heart literally broke a little bit.

Overall it was a super fun weekend with my girlfriend Kyla. Good food, good book, good laughs, good times. I love my friends.

School starts two weeks from today. Ugh. I'm sooo not ready to do homework again.

This weekend I'm going down to Phoenix with my parents to pick up the sailboat they bought. I know, I think they're crazy too. I'm not really looking forward to the drive home from Arizona. I haven't made a drive that long in...i don't know when. I guess I'm just spoiled from all those free flights. I tried to get Kyla to go to Hawaii with me instead, but, no such luck.

My ipod mini (which they don't even make anymore), officially bit the dust. Well, I guess its 'official' death date would be about 2 months ago, but I finally bought a new ipod cord (my old roomie stole mine, thief!) to see if I could find out what's wrong with it, but I've tried everything it said to do on apple.com/support, and my ipod isn't even responding when I plug it into my computer. ugh. But, i have been wanting a new one for a while, so I guess this just gives me the excuse to actually go and buy a new one! Whoopie!

Sorry for the long, boring, post.

Bitter-sweet symphony....

Happy B-day to ME! Yep, that's right. Today is my 22nd birthday. You know what that means? Only one more year before my life officially comes to an end.....the day I turn 23, is the day my free flying gets taken away. WHY?!?!?! Dang you Delta! So, that means I only have one year left to go on all my trips I've had planned. (Namely to Australia, that Danielle and I have had planned for 5 years. Start saving yellers!) But, I still have my birthday to celebrate today! So party on!

On a happy note, my BFF Kyla is coming on Thursday! She was supposed to come last weekend, but, due to some unexpected events, she is coming this weekend. (Something about a famous brother coming home.....more important than me? I beg to differ. ) But, it actually ended up working out better, because, she gets to stay longer than she had originally planned, she will be here for the midnight release party of the 4th twilight book, and for my mom's work patient party, and I wasn't in the greatest of moods this past weekend. So, its probably better she's coming this weekend. I really cannot wait! Mostly to talk in the "bubble voice" all weekend. But really, I just can't wait for her to come! I wish you could all have the chance to meet Kyla someday. She really is the coolest ever. I mean it.

On a possibly happier note, my BFF Danielle who just got home from her mission last week, started reading Twilight! Yes, another has been sucked in! She read the first book in one day, then called me last night, frantic, because she needed the second one. I told her she could get it when she came for my birthday festivities tonight, and she responded with "I have to wait that long!?!?" So, she came over and got it last night at 10pm. I'm so happy I could bring another into the flock.

On a really-fantastic-news note, grades were posted and.......I passed Chemistry! It was really touch and go there for a while, but I passed with a C+. Now, I know some of you genius' out there are thinking, "A C+?! That sucks!" But, I am very proud of that C+. That Chemistry class was the hardest class I have ever taken in my life, and I was actually surprised that I did that well in it. There were numerous times where I really just had no idea what was going on. It did drop my GPA a little, but I had A's in all my other classes, so not too bad. Math is totally my downfall.

Well, off to celebrate my birthday. Sorry my posts are so lame and boring. What can I say, I have a pretty boring life. But, after this weekend, I will have some very exciting things to post about! Kyla, Twilight, etc.........I can't wait!

Mission Accomplished

While at home this past weekend, I achieved one of the most important things in my life right now....reserving my copy of Breaking Dawn at Barnes & Noble. It will be waiting for me on August 2nd at midnight. For all those who would also like to own this book, I suggest going to your local Barnes & Noble, Borders, etc. and reserving your very own copy. You want to fit in with all the cool kids right? Come on....everyone's doing it.....

My True love....

As many of you may or may not know, I am in love! yes, love. Quite shocking I know, coming from the girl who says she is going to date someone for 5 years before she marries them, but I can't help it. I'm head over heels.

My dream-boat is everything you could ever want in a guy.....sweet, charming, amazingly attractive, cares about you more than anyone ever could or will, oh...and did I mention he's 108 years old, sparkles in the sun, and has no heart beat? Yep. Your eyes did not fool you. I am in love with a fictional vampire named Edward Cullen.

For those of you who have not taken part in the masterpiece that is the book Twilight, shame on you! It all started when I fell in love with Edward and the rest of the characters last Christmas. Actually, my interest was peaked around Thanksgiving time. My dear mother, (who I have never really seen finish a whole book in my almost 22 years of life) was reading this amazing specimen. Now, I'd heard of Twilight before, and I was not going to be fooled into reading it. It was about Vampires for goodness sakes, and I'm not a big sci-fi gal. I had read the back cover a few times at the church bookstore back home, and thought "really? a girl falls in love with a vampire? fangs and all? how lame." But, I figured, if my mom could hold onto the book long enough to finish it, maybe I would give it a try.

Thanksgiving came and went and with the excitement of the holiday, I never got around to reading it. I made my not-so-long journey (thanks to the beauty of flying for free!) back to the ice capital of the world: Rexburg, Idaho. Finals were nearing and so I put Twilight in the back filing cabinet of my mind to make sure that I "studied" and "focused" enough for my tests. Well, finals came and went, and it was time for me to return to my homeland of Richland, Washington once again.

I returned home just 10 short days before Christmas, and with the hustle and bustle of the season, and with my little brother Dally leaving on his mission to Brazil in 5 days, (that, and the fact that my mom STILL had not finished the book so I couldn't have it) Twilight continued to sit in the filing cabinet of my mind.

Christmas and New Years came and still, I had not gotten around to reading it. During this time, I had began to hear more and more about this mysterious book, girls were drooling over Edward and I just didn't get it...yet. January 3rd-ish rolled around and my mom FINALLY finished and it was my turn to get my hands on this page turner.

Oh. My. Gosh.

Edward and Bella had my undivided attention from page 1. I now understood and could fully sympathize with people when they said they loved Edward Cullen, or they wished that vampires were real, or wished that their boyfriends/husbands sparkled in the sun. I was hooked. I could not put this puppy down, and for those of you that don't know me, I am NOT a reader. Really, it usually takes me 2-3 months to finish a book of equal length. I must take after my mom :) But, there was something about Twilight, that made it become permanently attached to my hands.

I read it in about a day, and was salivating for more adventures with my mythical friends. I went out and purchashed (er, my mom purchased) the sequal, New Moon. I was captivated once again. Meanwhile, my mom and I had joined the gym, and I was silently cursing her for making me go to Body Pump and Body Step in place of my sweet Twilight time. All I could think about while in the class was "What's going to happen next?!", "Will Bella and Edward get together?", "Who will Bella choose?", "Why is my mom making me do this? she read twilight, doesn't she understand my pain!?" and "Could this hour be any longer?!?!?!". It was pure torture. Between the aerobic classes...and lets face it, doing nothing else but reading, I was able to finish New Moon. What an emotional rollercoaster that book was! Onto book 3 I went. Eclipse kept my attention just as much as the first two, and when that book came to a close, I about had a nervous breakdown when I found out I would have to wait 8 MONTHS for the 4th and final book to come out. oh man.

These have been the longest months of my life. No joke. You may be thinking, "Jeez Courtney, get a hold of yourself, its just a book!" Just a book.....JUST A BOOK?! Do you have any idea how much a part of my life this book is?

Onto a slightly sad/depressing story, still having to do with Twilight that will have you thinking, wow, she really has gone nuts and has no life! Anyways, the 4th book comes out on August 2nd and I CANNOT WAIT! I eat, drink, and breathe Twilight. So, just the other day, Saturday, May 31st, they released the special edition of Eclipse with.....drum roll please....the first chapter of Breaking Dawn (the 4th book) in it! My own personal dream come true! So what do I do?

Scene: May 31st, Courtney's bedroom, Rexburg, Idaho, 7:56 am.
Courtney awakes, realizing that she has to use the bathroom very badly due to the 4 huge glasses of water that she downed just before bed the night before, she goes to the bathroom, washes her hands, and climbs back into bed (mind you, this is Saturday, her one day to sleep in). She is in bed for about 30 seconds or so when it hits her....the first chapter comes out today! Her eyes fly open, yet she's so tired from not going to bed until 2am the night before. she lays in bed for another 10 seconds wondering what she should do? go back to sleep? or go to wal-mart to find the book? a sudden thought comes to her head: the new cover art should be online by now! she jumps out of bed and quickly flips up her laptop. goes online and see's the new artwork. The gears in her brain start rolling.

Flash to Courtney, practically running, into wal-mart in Rexburg, Id at approx. 8:15am on said saturday. she frantically tries to steady herself as she finds the special edition copy of Eclipse. Now, she had only planned on finding a comfy spot in wal-mart to read said copy, but much to her demise/surprise, she finds two iron-on T-shirt transfers and a poster in the book. Courtney contemplates for 2.5 seconds on weather she really needs those t-shirt transfers and poster, the answer: yes. (now you have to realize that she already owns one copy of Eclipse, and if she buys this copy, she will have 2. 1 + 1=2. remember? does she really need 2? no. but does she need those t-shirt transfers? YES.) anyways, Courtney decides to buy the book. She then decides that while she's at wal-mart she may as well pick up a couple necessities: lip gloss, milk, tampons, bagels, you know...the usual. Courtney proceds to the check-out stand to find only one lane open, and that said lane is packed! what are people doing at wal-mart at 8am? especially here in rexburg? anyways, back to the story. Courtney waits impatiently in line, very tempted to start reading the chapter, but decides against it, for fears that she may scare the other customers when she starts to hyperventilate. Courtney finally makes it to the front of the line, hurries and pays, runs to the car, while dropping 75 cents in a donation can to pay for the chap-stick that she accidently stole from wal-mart the previous week (another story for another time folks), hops in her car. and races home. Courtney's roomies all the while, have been slumbering in their beds. Courtney shuts her door, and procedes to dial her friend Allison's phone number, because Allison is moving that day, and will not be able to read the chapter on her own. Allison answers the phone and Courtney begins to read Chapter 1 of Breaking Dawn to Allison over the phone.

*que hyperventilation*

Chapter 1 comes to a close and Courtney and Allison both scream, Nooooooo!!!!!!! for they want it to keep going on. They then procede to theorize what could this chapter and preface possibly mean? and so on and so forth. They close their happy conversation with a friendly good-bye, vowing to call each other later to further analyze their reading.

Now, wasn't that just the best story you ever heard? I know you're all probably thinking now, gosh, Courtney....get a life! But I just can't leave my precious vampires in the dust. It makes me happy to know that I have turned others to the dark side as well. Kurt & Ashley, Allison, my roommate Linda, just to name a few. And now they will go on to turn others, and before you know it, Twilight will take over the world! MUAH HA HA!

So, in conclusion, I would just like to say, that if you have not read this book, you seriously need to asap. Why else would I dedicate this very long blog post to it if I did not feel so strongly about it? To learn more about these magnificant books go here and here.

Oh ps, they are making a movie of the first book. I know right!? A dream come true. But, it doesn't come out until December 12th. So so so very far away. Which is also the day I graduate from College, I might add. Donations will be accepted.

So, if you happen to need my assistance with anything on August 1st between the hours of 9-midnight, you can find me at the Columbia Center Barnes & Noble Midnight Release Party of Breaking Dawn. Furthermore, if you require my assistance on August 2nd, you will have to find someone else. I will not help you. I will be too into my book which I will have started at approximately 1 am, and will not put it down for no one! I repeat....NO ONE!

But until then, you can find me either in the Clarke Building on campus (where I pretty much live), or in my apartment.

Only 59 days until the release of Breaking Dawn. Will I make it? I don't know. I may just spontaneously combust. Oh Edward, why must you torture me so?

*Me- clearly biting my finger off, over Eclipse, whilst wearing my Twilight T-shirt that reads "Love at first bite. Forks, Washington" that was purchased for me by my dear cousins Kurt & Ashley Price.