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People Magazine online drops the ball

So People Online is going with all the Eclipse trailer coverage except with one HUGE flaw...talking about a character who does not exist. Rather, they are listing Bryce Dallas Howard as playing "Rachel" when the character is actually "Victoria". I think their misstep is that Howard is replacing Rachelle Lefevre. I know with copywriting, I go through tons of proofing but this is a HUGE error to fall through the cracks, especially since it is written in the headline as well.
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What a lazy bum

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'Jersey Shore' the movie: Mila Kunis, Nick Lachey & Craig Ferguson star

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

So it is raining and it is cold. I need new wipers bad. I am dealing with rubber tails coming off of both wipers and thin strips of clear area on the windsheild where I can see.

I am definately not the neglectful car owner but wipers just escaped me. It happens. The fun comes when deciding how elaborate the wipers need to be. If they washed dishes and drove me aound, they would be perfect. Wow a rant about wiper blades. I promise to come back with something entertaining soon.
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And so it goes

After 2 weeks on vacation, I was back to the grind this week. I thought I missed work, well I was wrong. Ha ha. Anyway, brian and I also started walking everyday and it is a nice change from naps every afternoon.
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The great toilet paper shrinkage

So we use Quilted Northern toilet paper. You wanted to know that, right? Well anyway, a strange thing has happened with the tp.

We are all aware that companies are shrinking sizes of their products due to economy but Quilted Northern did it in a sneaky way. While they can't really seem to shrink the length, cause we would all notice that... They shrunk the width. So now, we have shirt squatty toilet paper.

I guess they feel Americans are dumb and wouldn't notice.
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Why can't AT&T and Verizon just get along?

I have friends who have Verizon while I have AT&T. I can receive texts from them but they can't receive from me. Each phone company blames the other and in the meantime, I am stuck not being able to reply to text messages.

So far, the only solution I have found is to use Google Voice. I hate having to have to go back and forth between 2 different phone numbers and it isn't without its flaws. There is sometimes confusion between which number is being used. I am sure I will figure it out.

The phone companies need to figure out a way to work together and make sure things flow back and forth between them before they start losing money from people jumping ship due to the problems.

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Life is short, You never know....

I lost an amazing person today. She was the kindest, most loving, caring person ever. She was my mentor in becoming a better person. She was like a mom to me since my mom is so far away. No matter my religious beliefs, she always prayed for me and my family and left me prayer cards on my desk. She was beyond any person you will ever meet. She loved everyone and everything and never had an unkind word, no matter how annoyed she would get.

She is Esperanza. Coworker, Friend, all around great person. I got a call yesterday that she was in the hospital and today she passed. It is nothing anyone wants to hear and never feel you should have to deal with. It is hard to sit at my desk and not see her at hers right across from me. Her giggle whenever a swore or burped was great, even though she thought it was disgusting. She was funny without trying. No one can replace her and she is one of those people who you can go through your whole life, only having met her for 5 minutes, but you will never forget her. I am at a loss and can't think of anything else to say. It hasn't sunk in yet.

Its the Best Time of the Year!

It’s Halloween season and for a lot of people, that means horror films. For me, the whole year is horror film season though. I have a strange fascination with the whole genre and prefer them over any other type of movie.

Entertainment Weekly has a slideshow on their website with the “20 Scariest Movies of All Time” listed. It was a pretty decent list and I thought I would share it and give some of my opinions as well.

Not in a particular order:

1) The Shining (1980) – A total classic. This movie was the first horror movie I watched on my own. I also think it is the movie that jaded me to not jump or be afraid of most movies. Jack Nicholson was the ultimate “creepy psycho” and since I watched it as a kid, the parts I didn’t understand made the movie scarier for me.

2) The Exorcist (1973) – I didn’t see this until I was about 16 or 17 (weird, huh?) and by that time, it lost its effect that it was meant to have on me. It’s ok because I still love the movie.

3) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) – True classic

4) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) – One of the best movies ever made. Period.

5) Jaws (1975) – My mom let me see this as a kid and weirdly it didn’t affect me.

6) The Ring (2002) – I like Ringu (the Japanese original), but I really didn’t like this American remake.

7) Halloween (1978) – I love this movie. Michael Myers is truly creepy with his super strength.

8) Psycho (1960) – Black and white makes movies even better.

9) Seven (1995) – This movie didn’t scare me and I even called the ending before it happened (I figured out what was in the box when it was delivered) but then something happened. On the drive home, I had to pull over and have my then husband drive. My mind freaked out and I didn’t sleep for a few days cause of the mind fuck.

10) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) - Most of this movie was implied and that can be scarier than gore. I love this classic movie but these days, the scariest thing about it is that Roman Polanski directed it.

11) Poltergeist (1982) – This was usually on regular tv when I was a kid and my dad would put it on for us in stereo no less. He knew what would affect us and made us get ready for bed at the same time everytime it was on. Not til a few years later did I find out about the maggots and the braces attacking the kid.

12) 28 Days Later (2003) – Not Zombies, but Zombies anyway. Great idea and movie.

13) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) – A classic. People forget that Johnny Depp gets eaten by a water bed in this.

14) The Thing (1982) – I don’t remember the movie though I know I have seen it.

15) The Evil Dead (1982) – FUNNY!!! I love the trilogy

16) Carrie (1976) – I still watch this movie on a very regular basis.

17) Night of the Living Dead (1968) – This is one of my all time favorite movies. I remember asking my mom for the VHS of it for Christmas one year and she got it for me with the Double Feature of Reefer Madness. I love her.

18) The Omen (1976) – Damien is a creepy ass kid.

19) An American Warewolf in London (1981) – This movie made me laugh from beginning to end.

20) Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990) – This movie scared the piss out of me. No other movie has done that. I did see it again last year and it didn’t have the same effect on me, but I think the “trueness” of it is what scared me so much.

So that is it. I have a ton of other movies I could have added myself to this list but then I could write for weeks on end about it. What do you think of these movies?

One hell of a day

Monday's are usually bad, well they just feel bad, but today really was. First, I notice that the fishtank is leaking. I can't move a 55 gallon tank and was not about to try. I panicked and got ahold of my husband. He and I came home at lunch and moved the fish. He went back to work and then I drained the tank. It is now sitting out on the curb waiting for the trashmen to take it tomorrow morning. Luckily not much damage to anything. Second, our almost guaranteed move to GA is now not happening. Someone else got the orders we wanted. Oh well, we have to wait 2 more weeks and try again with somewhere else. I hope the rest of the week gets better.