I have crawled out of bed to wish you all a Happy New Year.

Unfortunately I have dinner to cook for lots of people tonight, so I look forward to infecting them all. Sucks to be them, but at least they get delicious steak before the germs set in.

On Saturday I bought a car finally. I know I said I was going to like a month ago but the dealer sold it before I got around to it. Procrastination does not pay off, kids. Its a slightly used Nissan Altima. I have to go finalize the paperwork this afternoon, so I will also infect my dealer. Lucky her.

Have a great New Year's Eve! Drink lots for me because I don't think I'll be able to hold my liquor in my normal fashion. I'm sure the wine at dinner will cause me to pass out early on. Actually, I normally pass out before midnight due to excesses in drinking, so this will be like any other year.

Okay, so I'm not a lesbian. But damn... This picture could turn me into one (yes, I know you're not "turned" gay, blah blah blah). I mean I had a few experimental times, especially after drinking. But for Kristen Bell, I think I would go straight up lesbian. I miss my Veronica.

In other news, I'm pretty sure I am dying. Either that, or I have strep. Awesome. Have a good weekend.

My family needs to start talking before they buy me presents...


Did you all have a good Christmas? Mine was mostly good, just super busy. I woke up and exchanged presents with my mom and brother. Then my boyfriend came over and picked me up, we went to his house for breakfast with his family and then present opening with his nephew. We then drove an hour to go to my country ass relatives house, quickly ate lunch, then drove back into the city. We stopped at my Dad's so I could pick up presents, then went to my boyfriend's Grandparents' house for dinner. We stayed there for most of the afternoon and evening. I'm freaking exhausted.

I received loads of gift cards and duplicate DVDs. My present from my boyfriend was the tickets to Wicked last week, plus some clothes and DVDs.
I almost gave my mom a heart attack when she overheard me tell my brother "[my boyfriend] got me Knocked Up". So that was good times.

And now I feel a little sick, I drank a bottle of wine at dinner.

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas. I'm going to go pass out now.

I have a confession to make. I don't hate Christmas. I certainly crab about it, about the crowds and the snow and the traffic, but deep down, I still like it.

Sure, it can be stressful. And overly fucking Merry people can be annoying... but still. It's Christmas.

I'm not going to get all religious here, because that's not what I'm all about, but Christ was born, or at least this is when we choose to celebrate His birth, and I think that gets so lost in the commercial shuffle.

Anyways... I hope those of you who celebrate have a Merry Christmas. If you don't celebrate, then have an awesome Tuesday.

Last night we went to see Wicked (which was great by the way). And now I am exhausted, because I got home really late. Thankfully I've chosen to go into work late, because I am devoted like that.

So instead of an original post, I'm going to copy off of both Avitable and Poppy and do a meme. God knows I love music themed anything.

Rules: Put your music player on shuffle, press forward for each question and use the song title as the answer.

What does next year have in store for me?
Pills, Demons, Etc.- Velvet Revolver

What's my love life like?
I Will Kill Again by Jarvis Cocker

What do I say when life gets hard?
Brand New Colony by Postal Service

What do I think of on waking up?
This Year by The Thrills

What song will I dance to at my wedding?
I'm Yours by Jason Mraz

(This is probably very true)

What do I want as a career?
Dead Wrong by The Fray

My favorite saying?
Unless It's Kicks by Okkervil River

Favorite place?
Baby by Serj Tankian

What do I think of my parents?
Night Timing by Coconut Records

What's my porn star name?
Tales From The Forest of The Gnomes by Wolfmother

(Now that's a sexy name, right?)

Where would I go on a first date?
No One Would Riot For Less by Bright Eyes
(I love going to riots on dates, that's so true)

Drug of choice?
Black Wave by The Shins

Describe myself.
Someone Else's Life by Joshua Radin

(now that's depressing)

What is the thing I like doing most?
Your House by Jimmy Eat World

What is my state of mind like at the moment?
Tonight Not Again by Jason Mraz

How will I die?
You Got It All... Wrong by The Hives

Whenever I start to make sugar cookies, I get all my cookie cutters out. Then after my first try peeling tree-shaped cookies from my counter, I get angry. So they all end up being ornaments. Round is way easier than tree or star shaped.

Anyways, I'm done cookie baking. Finally.

I went to to post office this afternoon to mail cookies off to people. Thankfully, I pulled out 70 and they were servicing 66, so I was in and out in ten minutes.

I realized when I got home that I had forgotten to put a note or anything inside the box, so if you receive a white box with cookies in it from St. Louis, it's probably from me.

Now I need to go get ready, we're shockingly going out tonight, on a work night and everything. My boyfriend is really starting to live it up.

I don't want to give anything away about the plot, but I Am Legend is the story of the last living man left in Manhattan, with only his dog as company. The trailer doesn't really give anything about the plot away, so when my boyfriend and I went it was almost a total surprise.

First, I was surprised that it was more of a "horror" movie than the big budget action movie I was expecting. I was suitably tense throughout several parts, especially since I wasn't expecting it to be scary.

Overall, I thought it was pretty darn good. The effects through most of it were really awesome (There were a few things I would discuss if I could without giving away the plot. Let's just say somethings can still be done without CGI, and should be. Not everything needs to be computer animated). It was creepy to see New York City like that.

I thought it was well acted. People talk crap about Will Smith, but I thought he did a great job. He almost made me cry several times (for those of you that have seen it, I almost cried in the movie store, and then again in the lab with Sam.) He showed a lot of range. It can't be easy acting that much of a movie alone, and he pulled off both humor and drama exceptionally well.

My only beef, besides the CGI at the end, is that I was confused several times. Maybe if I would have read the book I would have understood things better, but there were several parts that inexplicably didn't make sense. It wasn't just me, everyone was asking the same questions as they left the theater. However, I went here after we saw it, and all my questions were answered.

So, if you like big budget action movies with a surprisingly scary twist, this is definitely a good choice. It has comedy, action, and drama. My favorite part is that it was not bloated and overdone, and it finished up at a timely 101 minutes.