You can stand under my umbrella

got a hold of two more packs of 600! unfortunately, I can't seem to take a good polaroid anymore...

I am a constant reader of Sarah Dessen's blog and she has confirmed that she in currently working on her next novel. She won't give out any details yet, but what do you think it will be about?

I know it's actually Sunday night, and I normally don't post until Monday, but tomorrow, I will have no power. I don't mean in the figurative sense---although I often do feel powerless, in oh so many ways---but literally. We're at the point with our garage construction that the new power lines have been run, and tomorrow there are all these people coming over to inspect and connect and do a new transformer. Which means at some point---probably just as I am writing a blog entry---the power will go out, I'll have no internet, and that will be that. So here I am.

In other exciting news, this weekend I FINALLY got around to watching Twilight. We had some friends over and I had the DVD from Netflix, and the boys agreed to put it on with one codicil: they would be allowed to mock it as much as they wanted. I said sure. I have to say, again, that vampires are not my thing. I am not into sci fi or fantasy or really any stories that couldn't happen here in this world, right now. But I TOTALLY get the appeal of this movie. A lot of it, for me, had to do with Robert Pattinson, who I have been reading about in US Weekly for ages, but never seen on screen. He is not hard on the eyes, I will give you that. When I wrote this on my Twitter, though, I was surprised how many people got SO mad at me for liking him. Apparently, you are either Team Twilight or not, and there's no in between. Can I just say, though, in my defense, that I don't think it's really about vampires? It's the hair.

Exhibit one? Luke Perry, circa 1990 something:


And here's Robert Pattinson:


And don't even get me started on Johnny Depp in his 21 Jump Street Days:


Yeah, I know. It's kind of creepy. I never really THOUGHT of myself as a person who liked the long, moussed-up hair thing. Especially since I married someone who had a shaved head when I met him. But apparently, this is a trend with me. Although I have to say, Robert Pattinson's is kind of above and beyond. It looks like birds could be living in there. But still: cute.

The movie as a whole, well, it wasn't really my cup of tea. I didn't really expect it to be, though, for all the same reasons the book wasn't. I'm just way too literal and I like stories about real people. If they have big hair that looks like it could harbor wildlife, clearly, all the better.

Okay, I'm off to catch up on Top Chef and Hoarders. Got to get my TV on before I'm powerless. So to speak.

Have a great night, everyone!

Personal Information:
Name: Lyndsi
Nicknames: Lyn,Lynz
Age: 19
Birthday: February 4th
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Straight
Location: Ottawa,Canada (currently)
Occupation: Student
Languages spoken: English, and some French
Email: lyndsi_longpre@live.ca
Interests: Photography,writing,reading,travelling,astrology,watching movies,hanging out with frineds,reading,
Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean,The Breakfast Club, St.Elmo's Fire,Beetlejuice,Sleepy Hollow,Edward Scissorhands,Pretty In Pink,Pulp Fiction, Fight Club,Garden State, You've Got Mail, Apollo 13
Music: The Shins,Kevin Devine,Brand New, The Wombats,The Killers, Say Hi, Straylight Run, Joel Plaskit, Lady GaGa, Coconut Records,Rooney,The Fray and the list just keeps going
Books: Harry Potter,Alice In Wonderland,The Fountainhead,Nineteen Minutes,Twilight(yeah I know),Frankenstein,To Kill a Mockingbird,The Perks of Being a Wallflower
TV Shows: Scrubs,Gilmore Girls,Friends,That 70s Show, Two and a Half Men,Intervention,The Amazing Race,Big Brother

Personal Info: I'm currently a second year in university where I'm Majoring in English with a minor in Music. I'm very passionate about both. I love love love English. I'm always reading or writing. I love photography as well. I love to stay up late, I actually prefer the night,e everything is just way more peaceful at night, this is usually when I write my letters. I'm a fairly down to earth girl who gets along well with just about anyone.

Pen pal Information:

How long are your letters? I write a fair bit. I usually find something to talk about and of course it makes it a lot easier when the letter I've got in front of me has something that I can respond to also.
Do you hand-write or type? I definitely prefer to write my letters by hand. I have legible writing so there isn't anything to worry about :)

I've lost a lot of penpals over the years.
I'm really looking forward to getting in contact with more.
I'd much prefer snail mail.

How long does it take you to reply to a letter? I generally reply right away. I don't like to keep waiting. Of course, there are exceptions when life decides to get in the way.But I always respond, so this isn't an issue :)
Sending Gifts: If I see something you would like,mixed cds, postcards, those types of things, sure. I like to send little gifts.
Would you like your pen pal to be male or female? I wouldn’t mind either. I get along pretty much with anyone, just please be somewhat close to my age.
where would you like them to be from? Anywhere!
How many would you like? Tons!!!

Work by Sam Falls.

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Tomorrow is Rebecca's 2nd birthday. It's snowing like crazy in PA and it looks pretty.

Melissa taught Rebecca to say "bitch" (well it sounds like bish) whenever she sees a picture of Meryl. She didn't tell me this and we were just flipping thru photos and I was asking Rebecca who was who. We got to Meryl and she said "Bish" and I was like OMG. Amazing. Made me wanna have a kid.

Speaking of which, that'll never happen.. Mark has spent the last, oh I dunno 2-3 hours putting together a kitchen that my mom bought for Rebecca. I think he still has a good hour to go and he has started cursing at the thing. So far, only one hooky thing broke somehow so that's a good sign.

I know its been ages since I've posted but I have some extra time and I just wanted to see what everyone was up to... i check this every day, my friends page i mean. i just haven't posted in a while.

overall im really happy, but right now ridiculously stressed with school. things with carlos are great even though he's dealing with his own stress as well. we'lll both make it.

right now i'm just looking forward to a break, christmas break that is. i'll be done with school a week from today... thank god.