KellyVision

Not much going on here.  I'm working on the DVD project (holding steady at 30 movies watched, but I've watched all the extras on 180 movies).  I still have a long way to go though. 

I'm dieting again.  Lots of fruits and vegetables (for lunches and for snacks).  It's about two days in and I have no idea how long it will last, but I figure every meal that doesn't come with french fries is a victory. :)

I also got a package of those 100 calorie cupcakes.  They're really good and come in packs of three, but I can comfortably fit all three cupcakes in my palm.  Still, I figure it's a good way to satisfy a craving for cupcakes without, say, dropping $3 a cupcake at one of the cupcake places in town.  Even if the peanut butter cupcakes are fantastic.

*sigh*

I'm also bummed that tonight is the last Brothers & Sisters.  Actually every show I watch will be done for the season by May 22.  (Brothers & Sisters tonight, The Office Thursday, Desperate Housewives next Sunday, One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl on 5/19 and Grey's Anatomy that Thursday, 5/22.) 

They just came back, damn it!

Finished The Host by Stephenie Meyer.  Really, really good and hard to describe without giving something away.

If I didn't have a ton of books to look forward to between now and the release of Breaking Dawn, I'd be really sad.

Okay, is anyone else reading this?  I'm 190 pages in (so yeah, not even halfway yet) and I'm really liking it.  I thought I'd keep looking for Bella and Edward, but I'm not.

(Although if this were Breaking Dawn, I'd have finished it by now.)

Or, Thank God It's My Friday.

This has been an insane week.  I HATE sweeps.  I don't know if I've said that before, but sweet bastard, it's so true.

On the plus side, it started early, so there are only two weeks left.

But here's what's on tap for my weekend:

Tomorrow night, obviously, I will be watching the Office and Grey's Anatomy.

Beyond that, I hope to work on the DVD project some more (I've watched 29 movies and, I think, 145 extras--I'll let you know for sure at some point; my list is at home).  I also did end up getting The Host (and also the new Elizabeth Berg book of short stories) today, and whoa, it is HUGE.  I wasn't expecting it to be a large novel, but it's 619 pages. 

(I am not complaining.)

Finished The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman.  I think this is my favorite of hers (after The Lake of Dead Languages, of course).  It's about a woman who's trying to write a book about her mom and of course, it's not as simple as she thinks it will be.

I have one more book of hers to read (Ghost Orchid) but I'm probably going to read Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs next.  (Unless barnesandnoble.com decides to send my copy of The Host soon--bastards.  THIS is why I prefer amazon.com.  But I had a gift card, so I opted to go with B&N.)

So today North Carolina and Indiana have their primaries.  North Carolina has been called for Barack Obama but so far no Indiana outcome.

CBS has reported that supporters of both Democratic candidates have said that if their candidate doesn't win the nomination, they're either going to vote for McCain or stay at home and not vote at all.

Okay, seriously?  I will be very unhappy if Barack Obama doesn't get the nomination.  There will be tears and swearing and mutterings of how I hate people.  But come election day, I will be there and I will vote for Hillary Clinton.  Voting for John McCain is not an option for me.  I would vote for Rosie O'Donnell (my candidate for most obnoxious Democrat) before I'd vote for any Republican.  You can tell me he's moderate or a great guy or whatever--still no.  They said George Bush was moderate too, right?  And look what he's done.

And I'd be willing to bet that if you told Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton that you'd vote for John McCain if they weren't elected, they'd smack you in the face for being a jackass.  (At least I hope they would.)

No phone calls. :)  Life = good.

So I'm about to go to sleep.  Will I get a 2am phone call?  We shall see.

(My mom and aunt advised just hanging up but for my money, saying "I know exactly who you are and if you do this again, so will the police" is a little more likely to get me left alone.)

And as a hermit, I want to be left alone.

(Also, I totally cried when Kevin proposed to Scotty on Brothers & Sisters.)

Stolen from Jenny

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Finished City of the Sun by David Levien, which is awesome.  I picked it up because Harlan Coben liked it and because the author was compared to Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly. 

This 12-year-old boy gets kidnapped and the story takes place 14 months later.  His parents hire this private investigator as sort of a last ditch attempt to find their son (or his body).

And it is so insanely good.  Like stay up all night reading it good. :)