Orycon is Coming up

Don't forget Friday, Saturday and Sunday is Orycon. If you like Sci-Fi and/or Fantasy, you might want to check out this link.

There will be plenty of guest speakers to inspire all of us wannabe writers.

Answer to Word for Wednesday

Word: Nosh

It means to snack or eat between meals.

If you want to read more about it, check it out here.

Word for Wednesday - a game for Writers

Word: Nosh

Take a guess, what do you think it means?

Put your guess in the comments section and then come around 3:00 p.m. to see if you were "write" or wrong. ;)

Tune for Tuesday - I Keep Dancing On My Own

Thanks to Gossip Girl and Mackenzie :)

Movie Review Monday - Let the Right One In and Date Night

My son gave me the book to read. I read about 30-50 pages and got bored with it. I still haven't finished it. But then my son brought home the movie and said his friends said it was "Great!" So, I thought, I'll give it another chance. My husband and I popped some popcorn and sat down to watch it on Saturday night. He liked the idea of watching a Scandinavian film and I am a die-hard fanpire, so what the heck.

But "Great" is giving it way too much credit-at least in my opinion. It was slow and uneventful for a horror film. It was labeled a thriller - but I was less than thrilled. The acting may have been okay but definitely not stellar. All-in-all this would not be one I'd recommend.

However, my husband and I then popped in Date Night with Steve Carell and Tina Fey. It was super cute and made me laugh out loud.

I have so been there with this couple, when the kids were growing up. Only my husband and I never did "Date Night(s)". I wish we would have known about these special occasions for parents. But back then we were just struggling to make ends meet and after seeing this film, maybe that was a good thing. I'm sure we would have taken the Triplehorns' reservation too, if we'd had the chance and then where would we be today? Not driving a lamborghini - I'm sure, we would never have been so lucky.

But this is one funtastic film that I would recommend to any young couple with kids - no, wait, I'd recommend this one to anyone :)

Halloween Happenings

I love Halloween - there's only one holiday I go more GAGA for-yep, Christmas.

Check out Mackenzie's Lady Gaga impersonation and Luke's always just Joker...ing around




I'm a little more tame in my costuming..

We dressed up and went to a 3-D, glow-in-the-dark putt-putt golf course. It was a lot of fun but I don't know if the 3-D glasses helped or hurt my game.


If you want to know more about Putt-Putt in Portland, check out the Glowing Greens link but be WARNED, it makes a lot of noise (this is a sound enhanced site), click here.

Interview with a Vampire - Book Talk

I know it's an old book that was even made into a movie in 1994 but I didn't like the movie. I know, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, what's not to like? Right? Well, for me, it was just too slow for a vampire story.

But the book is an entirely different thing. Interview with a Vampire written in 1973 by Anne Rice is a well-written story.

I picked it up at a bookstore in Seattle, when I was waiting for my husband to get out of a meeting. And, after a few pages, I couldn't put it down.

I was curious what so many people found interesting, especially since I didn't enjoy the movie. Well, I found out why it was such a phenomena. It is an interesting story.

So, if you're a fanpire like me, and you haven't already read this novel, you might want to pick it up and give it another chance.

If you do read the story, let me know what you think.