Again, I am undecided on a title for this post, but I will just leave it blank.

In this post I want to discuss my new discovery. Or rather "discoveries". And that would be new genres (talking about books).

I have been getting more and more into reading (almost a love/hate, on again/off again relationship) and have been venturing into new genres.

I still enjoy romance, as well as comedy. But I have been getting into Murder Mysteries/ Thrillers/ Crime novels, as well as some Fiction. I've been experimenting with authors as well. Right now I'm reading the Hannibal series by Thomas Harris. I finished Red Dragon and am now on  The Silence of the Lambs.

But over the past few days I have found a few books I want to start reading. I want to read The Diary of Anne Frank, as well as a book called Your Creative Brain, which is Psychology. I want to start reading books that are somewhat "self-help". Books that help me improve myself.

With the New Year quickly approaching, I figured that would be the best thing for me.

Unsure of a Title..

Tuesday I went to visit my friend and some family. I stayed until Thursday afternoon. But I must say that Tuesday night was the most fun. I had the opportunity to watch my grandma play the Wii. We all died of laughter. My arm is sore from ping pong and playing the Wii. I had a blast. I wish my grandma lived closer because I could do that every weekend.

Thursday, however, wasn't that much of a blasty-blast. It was an eventful day, I believe. I left my parents house to go home, stopped for gas, and was at a red light waiting to turn left so I could hop onto the freeway. Well, the car in front of me wasn't moving (the surrounding traffic was) and the light had turned green. I started to move because I didn't want to roll back into a car behind me. Well, I ended up bumping into the car in front of me. Long story short, she was a girl around my age. It was her first "accident" and she had to call the cops or her mom would "kill" her if she didn't. There was no damage. Nothing was exchanged. Everyone was okay. The cops didn't even ask for information. I didn't get a ticket, which was great.

I stopped at Walmart when I got back home, because my ring came in yesterday!!

I made a second trip to Walmart, noticed it got extremely foggy, and while I was waiting in line with my arms filled with stuff, their power went out. It was rather creepy. Eventually they sent everyone home. Every store surrounding the Walmart, was out of power. But I was relieved to see lights once I drove past the railroad tracks. I was happy to have power.

Now the last thing I would like to add before I make this post any more off-topic: I think I solved my book writing dilemma.
I've always wanted (and tried) to write a book. But I have found it difficult to stick to one story that fills an entire book. So I realized I could write and publish short stories! Haha, that is all! Problem solved.

Team Hannibal Lecter

Ever since watching The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal for the first time a couple months ago, I've become a little obsessed.
Right now I'm reading the books, starting with Red Dragon (by Thomas Harris). I watched the movie the other day and it was brilliant!
It could be that I'm obsessed with Sir Anthony Hopkins. He is PURE GENIUS! The way he portrays Dr. Lecter, is remarkable. I find the character likable. Lecter is genius as well. I'm a fan.
That might be odd to admit. He is a murderer, but he's smart.

I'm surprised that it took me this long to find these books. A few months ago I've ventured into a new book genre (for me) and that's Mystery/Thriller. These books fall right into that, and after watching the Hannibal movies, I'm wondering why I didn't go after the books. I feel like I should have known that The Silence of the Lambs was a book to start off with. But I'm enjoying the books as I get into them.

The last thing I'd like to mention about this whole experience: I usually have a difficult time reading a book AFTER watching the movie. Usually when I find out that it's a book I try to read it BEFORE I watch the movie, but here I just couldn't wait. I have no problem picturing/thinking of Hopkins as Lecter while reading. Usually the movie ruins the book for me because I end up picturing the actors as the characters. My imagination doesn't get to run wild on it's own without any outside help from the movies. The Twilight books were great, but the movie (I've only watched Twilight) has ruined it for me. Edward was so hotter when I thought him up myself.

But these books, I don't mind it. It's rare. Usually I'm forcing myself to get through the books after I've watched the movie. Or I'm skipping the book altogether and I watch the movie or just stick with the movie. I find no difficulty with this. I think of these books as a diary after watching the movies. I wanted more of the Lecter story (more movies) so in a way these books feed that hunger, as it were.

Officially Engaged!

Yesterday still feels like a dream. Andy gave me an early Christmas present, an engagement ring! I was so surprised! I'm still like, wow! He couldn't wait until Christmas to give it to me. We took it to get it sized, so I hope it comes in next week! I'll have pictures when I get it : )

We don't have a date set, because we're taking it one step at a time. This was the next step after 2 years dating. I feel like I've been with him forever already. 

Next step after this is to help him find a farm to milk his cows. If there's a small house on the land that would be an added bonus. It seems so hard to come by, being in an area that's surrounded by farm land. 

I'm just daydreaming. I told the woman I babysit for that I'm spending Christmas with my "well, now fiance.." She was so excited for me and gave me a hug and congratulated me! 

*sigh* : )

We've talked about getting married before, but we just left it at that. Which doesn't mean we changed our minds. I don't care if we're engaged for 5 years! As long as we can find stable ground to get our lives as a couple together. My rule of thumb, to be living together before getting married. We can get away with being engaged and not living together (for the first year or two - depending on how lucky he can get finding land).

Again, I'm in no hurry. I was perfectly happy taking it one day at a time before the ring came into play. But I'm just as happy!

He kept asking if I like the ring. If it was a "Yes". 

Of course I said YES!

I also said, "You know, a lot of girls look at the ring and go YES. They say yes to the ring and not the man it seems." So I looked him in the eye and said YES!

To hear him say I'm the love of his life, and he wants to be with me forever brings a tear to my eye, just thinking about it.

I don't know where I would be without him. He has helped me through a lot over the years. And not just the past 2 years. We've known each other for like, 6 years or so.

I have never loved anyone this much!

I miss having a dog.

I live in an apartment and no pets are allowed. I am ok with that, because I'd rather be in a house with a yard. I'd love to have a dog. I really miss Bandit :'(

And I miss my grandmas dog, Kruzer. Kruzer is a black lab, he's huge but is SO well behaved. I used to be scared of him and not like big dogs. And OMG I love him!
Bandit is a Lhasa Apso, I picked him out and my brother picked out Smokey. Smokey got to be too aggressive, so Bandit ended up being a family dog after giving Smokey away.

I miss having a buddy to go outside with. I want a walking buddy. That's why I'd love to have a dog. Not sure what breed, but a dog nonetheless. I know they are expensive to take care of, so thats another reason why I'd wait. Having a pet that loves you and depends on you and misses you when you're gone is one of the best feelings in the world.

Not so Happy December

I've wanted to say "Happy December" but I no longer want to... It has already snowed a bit. Ugh. Snow is only great when you don't have to go out in it. WHY, OHIO, WHY?!

And to top it all off, I've got some kind of head cold. I'm congested and I wish I could BREATHE properly. This is sad news for me :(

Hmm, I babysit Saturday for a few more hours. Yay more money!

This is all random. So to add to that, I wanna try some new makeup. I'm thinking the Maybelline Dream Smooth Mousse foundation, the Dream Mousse concealer, Dream Mousse blush, and a setting powder by Rimmel.

Weird mixture I guess. Oh and I want to try to use brown mascara, as well as liner. I figure brown would look more natural since my lashes are so light, and my eyes are blue - browns always enhance that. I'll make a post of what I end up getting, when I get them. Might be separate posts, I won't get it all at once.

Just my thoughts. Drug Mart is having 50% off Wet 'n' Wild cosmetics, so I'll be all over that this weekend.

Okay, I need sleep. Later!


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Over 50 posts?! Yay me!

I have to say that this blog has gotten more attention from me than any other attempt at blogging. I've been eager to blog before, but never stuck with it. Why this time is different, I'm not sure. But I'm rather proud of myself. I'd love to get more followers/comments and just feedback in general, but honestly if all I get are comments from @Gabi then I have no problem with that. <3

I need to get back to sleep. I went to bed at 8 p.m. out of boredom and it's been raining ALL day and night, so when my boyfriend called around midnight/one a.m.-ish I couldn't fall back asleep. And I've been sneezing my head off, how fun... So I feel pretty yucky. Maybe I'll stick with tea the next few days. I've gotta knock this somehow. Until I get paid Friday then I'll stick with what I have. Call me cheap, poor, whatever. I just don't like new things THAT much?

Oh well...and hey I might be changing the name of the blog from Bookie Brat to something about reviews. I want to start making YouTube videos reviewing random products and of course I'll have my in-depth review posts on my blog here. This blog is all over the place, so maybe it's odd that I have a blog for food stuff..I dunno. I do random book reviews here too, so that's why I want to do more reviews. I love talking about stuff. Duh.