Just some random musings:
1- Dropped a TON of money in the last three weeks. My school refund came in (hello new shoes!) so it was time to be all grown up. New shed, lawn mower, power washer (really, husband, really? A power washer??), more off the wall stuff for the house, new bookcases, new desk. Do you ever have buyers remorse even though you KNOW you have more than enough money to buy shit? Cause I totally do.
2 - Had my first trip ever to Ikea. It did not disappoint. I kind of want to live there forever.
3 - You know how when someone mentions something and that's all you can think about at the most inopportune times? Welcome to my every morning and night since last Friday. The dad and I were driving home from Ikea, (which, by the way, is three hours away! Come on, North Carolina, build an Ikea in Raleigh already) listening to The Beatles and 'Helter Skelter' came on and he goes "Damn that Charles Manson was a crazy fuck." Then proceeded to tell me all about the movie, after I repeatedly told him I knew enough to scare me and it would do his health well if he would stop. But he did not. The dad informed me that in the court cases, they would say "Charlie's watching you" all creepy like and then continued to randomly whisper that the rest of the night. In the dark. Needless to say, every time one of my dogs gets all tied up under the porch and I need to untangle them, in the dark, all I can hear is some freak whispering "Charlie's watching you...." over and over in my head until I free the dog and haul ass inside and lock the door. Yes, I am aware I have issues.
4 - School is kicking my asssssssss! I honestly didn't expect it to be this much work and I'm exhausted ALL.THE.TIME. I have no free time to myself and the little bit I do end up finding is spent sleeping. Or watching the endless hours of DVR. OR my newest obsession, Being Human. Again, the British version, not the US remake.
And lastly, Elizabeth Taylor passed away early this morning and I got to thinking. I miss the days when movie stars were MOVIE STARS. We have very few in this generation. I know many people will disagree with me but Clooney, Leo, Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett and a handful of others are people I consider MOVIE STARS. The rest are just.....there. You know? I like Jake Gyllenhaal and all but he's not in their league.
What happened to the likes of Redford, Brando, Olivia de Havilland, Vivien Leigh, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Dean....I could go on and on but won't. I just.... I wish it was like that today.
