Book Review: Breaking the Devil's Heart

Lauren @ShootingStarsMag asked me if I'd be interesting in reviewing this novel by H.A. Goodman.  In my effort to read more, I said, "Sure! Why not?".  The author, Mr. Goodman, was kind enough to ship me my own autographed copy of the book within a week.  I was provided with the book, but all of these opinions are my own.

Here's the synopsis:
When Stewart and Layla recruit a demon to spy on the Devil, their decision takes them on whirlwind ride through the afterlife. Journey alongside this young couple in H. A. Goodman's new novel, Breaking the Devil's Heart, and join forces with a teenage Angel outcast to bankrupt Satan's underground Company and save Heaven from civil war. H. A. Goodman's Breaking the Devil's Heart is a rollercoaster afterlife experience that tests a young couple's love, their grasp on reality, and the essence of human nature. What happens when Stewart and Layla tour Hell's Marketing Department and Stock Exchange? What happens when their relationship is tested by Satan? This book is unlike anything you've ever read, or ever thought the afterlife might be like. Breaking the Devil's Heart is an enlightening look into an alternate world, a new afterlife, and a profound journey inside the human conscience. --Amazon

#1  This was not book I ever would have picked up for myself.  The cover art didn't scream "Kristin!" and neither did the title.  However, I've purchased an awful lot of books just because they were "pretty", or because "everyone else likes it, so I should too".  Those books have been discarded, given away, or long forgotten.  This was a lesson in not judging a book by its cover.

#2  While I'm not a fan of sci-fi, I love books about dystopic societies.  This book is about a dystopic version of the afterlife.  In other words, it's not quite what we've been believing or expecting.  It was reminiscent of a book I read a few years ago called Elsewhere.

#3  Breaking the Devil's Heart combines history and philosophy to make quite the brain bender.  It really made me think!  I dog-eared lots of pages with particularly poignant information.

#4  There's a lot of stuff about Nazi Germany and the good/evil battle that went on within the conflicts there.  The author, I'm sure, knew that's how he could easily hold my attention.  Give me a depressing WWII story any day.

#5 There are some twists toward the end that will surprise you.  I like books and movies that surprise the audience.  This book ends in a way that demands a sequel, and I guess my only complaint would be that maybe the ending wasn't as unpredictable as I would have liked.
It was still a great story!  In trying to find "balance" between work and play, I would read 4 or 5 chapters every night before bed.  A lot of the time I was so tired, but didn't want to put it down!

Overall, I'd give this book 4/5 stars.  It wasn't my usual kind of reading, but it a good novel for fantasy.  I will definitely look into reading this author's first book.

Happy weekend!

It's OK 8/29 and Thankful Thursday

It's okay that I found another person in Alaska who thinks Danskos are ugly.  WIN.  Vindication, you are mine.

It's okay that I stocked up on disposable coffee cups.  So I can use my new coffee cozy every chance I get. Environmentally-friendly, I am not.

It's okay that it's finally, finally the last week of August: The never-ending month.
Even if that does mean "winter is coming".

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It's okay that I fully expect my parents to clean my house while I'm at work.  I used to have to do that while they were at work.

It's okay that I think I've lost interest in Facebook.  If I see one more "Good luck on the first day of school!!" status, I'm gonna lose it.

I do love me a good Facebook fight though.  Maybe it was a good idea to let the uneducated join on in?  After all, they haven't figured out the "private message" feature yet.

Source: themetapicture.com via Kristin on Pinterest

It's okay that 2 separate individuals found my blog by this google search.

Oh, and it's okay that this is why I'm not going to a concert at the Alaska State Fair.

What are the chances that, if I'm out of doors, the sun will be shining?  

Those are not good odds, my friends.  

And now.  Thankful Thursday @The Ramblings of Mrs. Hargraves
I'm so thankful for each and every one of you reading this post.  I can say that I would not be making it through this season of my life without you, blog friends.  There's no way.  I can't even comprehend it.  So thanks for being you.  :)
The smile on my face as I check my emails and scroll through my Twitter feed makes me feel like I belong to a community bigger than any I've been part of before.  It's so great to know I'm not alone.

My husband thanks you too.  You keep his sarcastic and overdramatic wife from losing her mind.

WIWW 8/29

It was annoyingly chilly, like 45 degrees, yesterday morning when I took this picture.  I was all set to wear boots with this skirt (like last week), but I know my sandal-wearin' days are numbered.  It was a painfully cold decision.

At least I had pockets to keep my hands warm.

Skirt and shirt: Old Navy //  Sweater: Macy's //  Sandals:  Target

Dress:  Banana Republic Outlet //  Belt:  Target  //  Sandals:  Great Northwest (some Alaska company, but they are comfy!)

I find it odd that I had a cold on Monday, yet had perhaps the best hair day of my life.  What you see above is 4:30pm on a Monday.  No brushing, wind-blown from recess, etc.  Oh, and no product.  I conditioned it in the morning, blow-dried it, and pulled the front back with two bobby pins.

I need more days like that in my life.

And I realize that picture makes it look like I live in a sunny, mild climate.

I'm very suspicious of this state called "Alaska".  It, like, knows when I want to share pictures with you and decides to bring out the sun for 4 to 9 minutes at a time.  I swear, it started snowing right after I took this picture.

I'm kidding.

Maybe.

Sharing at WIWW on The Pleated Poppy.
Walkabout Wednesday

Apple Crisp and Instagram

Within the first week of school, I was given 6 apples by students.  Also?  An official KLOVE Certificate of Appreciation for the Teacher (I already like that kid).

While my eating habits may be labeled as "poor" at best, I do try to eat an apple everyday.  Apples stay good for awhile, I can keep one on my desk at school, and they are low-maintenance to eat.  I rarely go through the hassle of washing them.   I like to think of it as building up my immune system.  (Currently, I'm fighting off a cold, so I probably shouldn't recommend my attempted methods at "health".)

Anyway, the apples I sat staring at for a few days made me think that I need to share my Apple Crisp recipe.  This was a go-to comfort dessert that my mom made all the time.  Once I was old enough to use a knife, I started making it myself.  It's my favorite fall dessert.  Oh, my parents top it with ice cream.  But I think fruit and ice cream together is gross.  Ice cream and Oreos belong together.  Not ice cream and apples.

Apple Crisp
makes an 8x8 pan (double for a 9x13)

3 large baking apples, peeled and sliced into 1 inch pieces
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. nutmeg
1 t. vanilla
1/8 t. salt
4 T softened butter

In a bowl, mixed together everything but the apples.  Mash/cut the butter in (I use a fork) until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Spray the bottom and sides of an 8x8 pan with cooking spray.  Spread the apples over the bottom of the pan.  Top with the oat mixture and spread it out evenly.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.  The top should be a bit browned when you pull it out.

Me in my favorite coat.  It feels like a sweatshirt but looks professional.

I love plaid.  

When I came home with this phone case about 6 weeks ago, I didn't know Scott was sitting in the dining room.  I was in the kitchen taking it out of the package and I said, "Oh my.  You are just the most gorgeous thing ever, aren't you?"  To my phone case.  Scott said, "Huh?" from the other side of the wall.

Startled me, to say the least.  

Sure, I talk to pretty inanimate objects.

Like this beautiful coffee cozy.  Custom-made by Kelly!

I have a season pass to the fair.  Plus lots of meal tickets.  I'm eatin' for free this weekend.

Also this weekend?
My parents come to town and I have to make this place look like a grown human being has been living here.  Yeah, okay.

Let's talk

Jeans: Aerie // Boots: JCP  //  Purse:  Lucky Brand

Let's talk about the fact that it was sunny and warm on Saturday.  And  I woke up with a sore throat and was essentially useless all weekend long.  I was at a store on Sunday and I could barely remember how I got there, let alone what time it was.  

Let's talk about the fact that True Blood is now over and I am sad.

Let's talk about how I need a case for my sunglasses.  But, alas, I cannot find a store that sells sunglass cases.  At the PX on base, they have cases they give away when you buy sunglasses.  I wanted to buy just a case.  They wouldn't let me.  WHERE CAN I BUY A CASE FOR MY SUNGLASSES?? (And do not say 'Vera Bradley'.  I will smack you.  Those things are the size of lunchboxes.)

Let's talk about the fact that I was only in the PX in the first place to check on my Lucky Brand dress.  Still full price.  Can't buy it yet.  $74 for a sundress just doesn't sit well with me.

Let's talk about the fact that my hair hasn't been cut since the first week in March.

Let's talk about the fact that random strangers have stopped me to compliment my purse.  ("Why yes, it is awesome, thank you.")

Let's talk about the fact that these are the best jeans ever.  Aerie Skinny jeans.  Super soft, super stretchy.  They cling in the right places and never get stretched out.  I can't find jeans on their website, but I bought them at the Aerie in the mall back in March.

Or we could talk about the fact that the sweatshirt I'm wearing in that picture is an 8 year old PSU sweatshirt I got my first semester of college.  I still wear it at least once a week.  I've probably gotten my $20 worth out of it.  Maybe.

Let's talk about the fact that I ate Oreos and dry cereal for dinner last night.

No.  Let's not talk about that.

Happy Monday!  There's a 3 day weekend coming up.  Just keep thinking about that, friends.  We'll make it.

Mingle Monday!

Sunday Social 8/26 and funny stuffs

1. What is the first website you log into each day?
I usually check Gmail the second I wake up in the morning.  The alarm goes off, I scrounge around for the remote to turn the t.v. on (so I don't fall back asleep), and I pull the iPad off the nightstand to check and see if my husband sent me any emails while I was sleeping.  #sadarmywifelife
And then I usually hit up Facebook for a good laugh/frustrated sigh.  (After all, how will I start my day without knowing how your morning commute went?)

2. Give us some funny websites that you visit that we need to know about.

TextfromDog will make you cry.

And this post from Running off the Reeses' had me in tears on Tuesday morning.  

Though the tears could maybe have been partly blamed on the fact that I was up early getting ready for work.

Oh, and these are some great GIFs. 

3. Pinterest or Facebook? Why?
Both are necessary in their own way.
Facebook is something I shoot through once or twice a day, just to see what's going on.  There are only a couple of people I truly use it to communicate with.  I don't visit profiles.  I don't look at all your pictures.  I don't care what your relationship status is because I'm not 19 years old.  I just scroll through the newsfeed as fast as my fingers will take me to make sure I'm not missing something major.  Heaven forbid, I don't feel the earthquake that every one else did.  Or see the snow/rain/sunshine everyone won't stop reporting.

Pinterest is something I hit up last.  It's at the bottom of my list.  Once I've gotten through emails, the stupid newsfeed, Twitter, and my must-read blogs for the day, I'll go to Pinterest and surf around a bit.  I'm not on there everyday, but I do enjoy the time Pinterest and I spend together.

(Was that explanation long enough?)

4. Twitter or Instagram? Why?

Don't these kinda go hand in hand?  The sad, sad part is that I've had Instagram (kedarhower is the name) since last September and had no idea people were following me until about 6 weeks ago.  #loseralert.  

Twitter's fun for talking to blog friends.  I like my blog friends.  

5. Biggest online pet peeve?
1. I hate to harp on this, but for real:  Please spell my name right.  It's in the blog title.  

2. When people comment without paying attention to something the post said.  Read for comprehension, folks.  It's a basic skill.    
3.  People who tweet the same thing over and over again, just re-stating the words.  I saw it the first time.

4. Also, please don't make me follow you to enter your giveaway.  I love to see my GFC number grow as much as the next blogger, but I try not to care because I wonder how many of those people really read my blog.  I don't follow blogs I don't want to read.  And if you don't want to read my blog, please don't think you have to follow me.  But if you read me, I love you whether you follow or not!
As the puppy-stealing reverend says... 

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6. Favorite YouTube video. Post it!
Antoine Dodson (rap version).  I'd like to meet him.

funny stuffs.

• A guy drove his car down the ramp, straight into the harbor in Whittier, Alaska the other day.  I've been to Whittier.  If you ever take me back there, I'll drive my car into the harbor too.

• Continuing with the zombie theme I have going here...

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• I don't even like Harry Potter.  But I'll still use it to bash Bella's lack of character.

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Funfetti Ice Cream

'Twas only a matter of time.

FUNFETTI ice cream.  It's scrumptious.

You know what else was "only a matter of time"???

Freakin' fall.  It's here.  We've got 2 months.  I give it 1 more month of "Kristin-suitable" weather.  Then 1 more of "ugly".  Then freakin' snow.

That's what was lying beyond my ice cream photoshoot.  Leaves.  On the stupid ground.

Whatever.

I'm indifferent to the idea of winter at this point.  


Wait.  Does "indifferent" mean "against"?  Oh.  Then, never mind.  I'm against it.

Funfetti Ice Cream

1 batch of Cake Mix Blondies, baked, cooled, frozen, and cut into bite-size chunks
1/4 cup dry cake mix (I used yellow cake mix.)
2 cups whole milk
1 T. + 1 t. cornstarch
1/8 t. salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups heavy cream

I recommend baking the blondies one night, cutting them up and sticking them in the fridge or freezer, and making the ice cream the next night.

In a large saucepan, combine the milk (all but 1 tablespoon), the salt, and the sugar.  Allow it to come to a boil and then let it boil (a rolling boil) for 4 minutes, stirring constantly.
In a small bowl, whisk together that extra tablespoon (or so) of milk with the cornstarch.  Remove the milk mixture from the heat and whisk in the cornstarch/milk.  Return the pot to medium heat and let it come back to a boil, stirring constantly, for another minute (or until it's thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon).
Remove from heat stir in the dry cake mix and heavy cream.  Whisk well.  Pour through a mesh sieve to catch any undissolved lumps.  Refrigerate the mixture for a few hours until cooled*.

Following the manufacturer's instructions, pour your cooled mixture into an ice cream maker.  Once its consistency is nearing that of soft ice cream, stir in the chunks of Cake Mix Blondies and let it stir to combine.
Pour into a freezer safe container and store in the freezer for up to 2 weeks (I would say 2 weeks.  I ate my batch in one week.)

*I let this mixture cool in the fridge for well over 24 hours because I was busy and didn't have time to mess with it.  However, I let another batch of Peppermint Patty ice cream chill for less than 2 hours and it turned out wonderfully.  I think as long as it's not hot it'll work out just fine.

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It's OK 8/23 and Thankful Thursday

I so wanted to wear wedges with this.  I've only got a few precious weeks of warm weather left!  But these boots just looked too good with this dress.  Boots always win.

Dress: F21 //  Boots: JCP  //  Sweater:  Macy's

It's okay that I was right.

These woods are full of moose lying in wait to eat me.

Good thing my eagle eyes spotted this thing from 100 yards away.  Me and my lawn mower scurried back up to the garage awfully quickly.

It's okay that this little exchange made me laugh out loud.

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Oh, and it's totally not okay that I had just finished ranting about my name-misspelling-issue on here on Tuesday, when I was handed this envelope at work:

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Thankful Thursday at The Ramblings of Mrs. Hargraves
I'm thankful that a fellow teacher guilted me into pilates on Tuesday night.
I'm thankful that, even though the lawn mower was making some "I'm dying" sounds, it got me through the mowing last night.
I'm thankful for the sunshine because that means "extra recess".  The only thing getting me through the afternoons, folks.
And I am so thankful that, if I must live in Alaska (and apparently I must), I'm glad I live in the cheapest, busiest part of the state.  Go check out Angi's post on groceries.  She lives in Sitka.  (You know..where "The Proposal" supposedly took place?)

A new school year & WIWW

Pants: Aerie,  Shirt:  Land's End (@Sears),  Boots:  BareTrap (3 years old), Dumb look on my face:  Sorry about that

Jeans and Boots:  JCP (Fall 2011), Flannel:  Lucky Brand, Necklace:  Tiffany
Note:  This was Saturday.
The Pleated Poppy WIWW
Wanderlust Wednesday

I mentioned that I've been been marking time during deployment by making a chain of construction paper links in red, white, and blue.  One link per day.  Today is 230-odd days.  Yaaaaay.

As a teacher, as someone who's always been in school, as someone who's always known she would be a teacher, I mark time in school years.  New years start in August, not January.  January is the middle of the year, silly.

It is surreal to me that I just began my third school year in Alaska.  Actually, it's my fourth.  That first year, we moved here in the fall and I subbed on and off for the Anchorage school district.  "On and off" means that if it was snowing, I didn't go to work.  Subbing was nice like that.

My first year at my school seems like it was just yesterday.  But it must not have been because those little baby 4th graders I had?  Yeah, they're in middle school now.  Ugh.

If year 2010-2011 seems like it was just yesterday, 2011-2012 seems like it was this morning.  I mean, howdiditgobysofast?  I'm not necessarily complaining.  I would not want to live the last 230-odd days over again.  But those kids!  I loved them. They were literally the only reason I had to get up in the morning with my husband deployed and all.

As I started with my third (THIRD!) group of kiddos last week, I couldn't help but think of last year.  I mean, my first year was my first year and I'll always remember it.  Some of those kids will live on in infamy...if you know what I mean (it was a rough year).  But there's very few of that group of 26 that I'll miss.

But I miss those little people from last year!  Truly, honestly, I want them back.  They were so inquisitive, and allowed me to teach them history..  Because of them, I have memories like this.  And my husband has notes like this posted on his bulletin board in his Afghanistan office.  

Also, maybe they could explain how things work to these new students.

Really, now, why can't students just walk in trained on day number one?  It's so much work.

Would you believe I had to utter the phrases, "If you jump off that desk again, you will no longer have a desk" and "If you don't get out of your desks, I will tape them shut" in the same afternoon??

Ridiculous.

Don't think I won't tape a desk shut.  I have before.

Insta-Tuesday and "Me, Myself, and I"

Dress/belt:  Macy's (2011), Sweater:  Aerie (2010!), Leggings:  Old Navy, Sandals:  Target, Bracelet:  Bought off the beach in Anguilla

You can tell, by that ecstatic expression, that I was pretty thrilled about Monday.

It was a rainy, drizzly day and I prepared for it by starting out all sullen-like at 7am.

Maybe tomorrow you'll see a smile.

1) What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?  

I would definitely go back to school.  I would get a Bachelor's in American History.  Then, I would get a Masters' in Children's Literature.  And then I would teach both.  And then I would become Benjamin Gates of National Treasure.   

2) If you had only six months left to live, what would you do with the time?

I would travel anywhere and everywhere.

3) If a front page news article was written on you, what would the headline be?

"Army wife loses mind after 3 years in Alaska"  
Just kidding.  Maybe.  
Hopefully, it'd be for doing something amazing for kids.  Or maybe for discovering a hidden Native American treasure.  Scott and I both made my school's monthly newsletter last spring for this.  

4) What is your biggest pet peeve?

I wrote a whole rant about how I hate having my name spelled wrong.  

Also, I can't stand it when I see a toddler playing with an iPhone.    

Someone once said to me, "Oh wait, 'til you have a kid and you just want a moment of peace."  

Um no.  I don't think so.  You can totally hold me to that.   

(Coincidentally, it never fails to disappoint my husband when he sees that I have no games on my phone.  That's right.  NONE.  My future children are in for a boatload of fun.)

5) What is your favorite chick flick movie?

I unabashedly admit to disliking chick flicks.  I like unpredictable movies.  Usually you can tell exactly how a chick flick will end before you see the end of the preview.  And..this is weird too...I don't like movies with happy endings.  I like to be shocked (go watch The Reader).

However, there are exceptions to every rule.  

I will watch any movie with Mila Kunis.  I like Crazy Stupid Love.  And I really like Life as We Know It, because I like Katherine Heigl.    

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Also linking up with Jane for Insta-Tuesday!

Come hell or high water, there will be a tropical vacation this year.  

I wanted a beer so badly last Friday.  This was as far as I got.

The kids think extra recess is for them.  Nope.  It's for me.

 Muahhaha.  I can hardly wait for the season 7 premiere next month.

Football season in Alaska is kind of nice.  I mean, I might not get every game I want to see (grrr), but the games start at 9am, 1pm, and 4pm.  Instead of 1pm, 4pm, and 8pm.  Oh, and the Superbowl?  It starts at 2:30.  I appreciate a time zone that allows to go to bed early and watch football while eating cereal in bed.

 

Book Review: The Coffin Quilt

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The Coffin Quilt by Ann Rinaldi is about the Hatfields and the McCoys.  After watching the Hatfield and McCoy miniseries in June, I started researching the story.

It is heartbreakingly ironic.

If you don't know your history, there was some bad blood between the Hatfields (of West Virginia) and the McCoys (of Kentucky).  Both lived near their common state border.

These disagreements had been left over from happenings in the field during the Civil War.

Then, in 1878, there were some hogs.  Some hogs that needed to be brought in for butchering.  And, back in the day, you needed to mark your livestocks' ear so you knew whose was whose.  Well, there was a dispute over the ownership of a hog.  This fueled the fire.

Each family had like 26 kids.  They had enough that they started running out of decent names and just had to come up with whatever.  Robert E. Lee Hatfield?  Pharmer McCoy?  Johnse Hatfield?  Trinvilla McCoy?  "Bud", "Fanny", and "Adelaide" were the good ones.
Anyway..

The pretty Roseanna McCoy ran off to marry Johnse Hatfield and then....it got real.

I don't want to tell the whole story, but it does end up with just about everybody dying.  (Chick lit, it is not.)

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The Coffin Quilt is historical fiction by Ann Rinaldi.  She explains how and why she wrote the way she did at the end of the book.  Brilliant, and it's exactly how I would write about a subject like this too.

The story is told by Fanny, the youngest McCoy child.  The feud, of course, began long before she was born.  The Coffin Quilt begins in 1880 when Fanny is seven and ends* in 1889 when she's 16.

This book was a quick read.  Once I got into it, I couldn't put it down.  The language is different (19th century Kentuckian), but it's easy to understand, and kind of amusing.

If you study history at all, you know that a lot of people tend to cling to religion at times when they would be better served by logic.
For example, Mrs. McCoy is more concerned about reciting quotes from the Bible's prophets and moving pebbles around a tree stump (damned to the left, saved to the right, or something like that) than she is about the reality of the situation.  The McCoys seemed to believe that this feud was God's doing and couldn't be altered by man.  That worked to their disadvantage, in my opinion.

If they had woken up and realized, "Hey, maybe we could allow Ro to marry him.  We've got 17 other daughters anyway" or "Hey, maybe we shouldn't 'pray on it'.  Maybe we should attack and get our sons back after they'd been kidnapped".  Or even, "Maybe we should stop letting Alifair try to drown Fanny under the water pump".

Fanny, as an 8 year old, saw the reality of the situation.   She couldn't do anything about it though, so that was frustrating.

Now, of course, the Hatfields aren't innocent in any way.  They rounded up 3 McCoy boys and executed them to avenge one man's death (a drunk uncle).

If you watch the miniseries, you'll think "Who's the bad guy? Who's the good guy? I'm confused!"  Because I had no idea who I wanted to win.  Trust me.  There were no winners here.

*Apparently there was a court order to end the feud, but honestly, everyone was dead, so it kinda fizzled out.

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Oh.  What's a coffin quilt?
The Hatfields had a coffin quilt that Roseanna worked on.  She added McCoy names to it.  The McCoys didn't believe in coffin quilts.  They were busy shuffling their "pebbles of the damned" around on a tree stump.
No wonder there weren't any winners here.

Sunday Social 8/19 and funny stuffs

What were you like in middle school/high school pictures?

Hideous.  Absolutely hideous.  

I had glasses until 7th grade.  And bad skin until 11th grade.  

I mean, maybe I didn't look that horrible on a day-to-day basis, but I could never quite get it together on picture day.

Here's a picture a classmate posted on Facebook.  Muddy soccer game.  2002ish.  (I'm so old I can't remember the year.)  Aside from the mud, sweat, and humidity-stricken bangs, this was a good day.

What were your favorite past times?

At school, there was soccer and band.  I played the trumpet and I twirled a silk (not at the same time).  

Out of school, I didn't have a lot of hobbies.  Movies, music, and pop culture (as well as TRL) were my forte, though.

What songs were you obsessed with?

The pop music of the early 2000s.  'Nsync, specifically.  While I liked The Backstreet Boys' music, I didn't like them.  My mom bought me tickets to their stupid concert.  And MADE me go.  It was not a good place for an 'Nsync fan to be.

What fashion statement do you look back on and cringe?

I had shiny denim jeans in 9th grade.  Remember the jeans with glitter on them?  Yeah.  Those.
Also, twinsets.  Remember twinset sweaters??
I wasn't bad at fashion, but I compared myself to others a lot.  I was most comfortable in my soccer gear.

Who was your celeb crush?

There was a whole list.  I needed a list to keep track of them all.  I really liked O-Town (for a brief period in 2001, only, guys), Justin Timberlake, Josh Hartnett, Leo.  It's hard to remember back that far.

What were your favorite t.v. shows/movies?

Friends.  Always Friends.  I started watching it in 5th grade ('96) and it ended the month before I graduated from high school in 2004.  

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funny stuffs.

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Let's give KStew a break and make fun of someone else today.  Or maybe I just couldn't find a good meme.  Katy Perry is a close second to KStew in my book.

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