Is green the new pale?

Tonight I went to see the new Harry Potter movie. First of all, scariest movie I have seen in a while. Seriously, how are children supposed to sit through that? Also, it wins a lot of hilarious and awkward awards, but overall, still thoroughly enjoyed it!

Now, as many of you may know about me, my favorite part of actually going to the the movies is the PREVIEWS. Nothing is better than a movie trailer! Especially ones for intense movies. The thrilling music, the fast paced harsh editing, the cliffhanger clips, it's all just awesome. I think that would be a sweet job. Making movie trailers. Or just watching them. Love it.

Anyway. Tonight, a couple of the movie trailers made me question a possible trend in our society.ARE ALIENS ARE THE NEW VAMPIRES?

There were multiple previews, one being the gem above (click picture for movie trailer), which seem to be emphasizing a trend of aliens in films to come. There was also a preview for that Tron movie, and some other one's that I'm now blanking on because all I can think about is how sad I am about Dobby.

Although the aliens were, on the most part, not necessarily being sexified like vampires have been in our society lately, I think there is still time for that. The Avatar sex was maybe just a hint into it. Maybe we're getting bored of vampires and the undead. Maybe our obsession with vampires and their powers is suggesting a boredom with our own lives and the problems within our society. Perhaps it's time to take our obsession away from immorality, sex, and vampiric powers in order to solve our social anxieties, and instead focus on... another world entirely.

Fun Vermont Facts!

Just finished my LGBT paper on Gay Comix of the early 1980s and before that had written a paper using Dorothy Smith and Foucault's theoretical methodologies to analyze Alloy Entertainment and Gossip Girl. Anyway, now I'm tired and want to go home! So, to get myself, and all of you, excited for Vermont, I've gone onto the Secretary of State website and found the Kids Page which has some fun Vermont facts...

Here we go! (I've ruled out the really boring ones)

Vermont is the largest producer of maple syrup in the U.S., producing over 500,000 gallons a year.
Duh. No other syrup is even close to being real.

Dr. H. Nelson Jackson was the first to drive an automobile across the U.S. in 1903. He was from Burlington.

That's actually really neat! I had no idea.

John Deere served his apprenticeship in VT.

People in Vermont are obsessed with John Deere.

Some philatelists credit Brattleboro with producing America's first postage stamp in 1846.

Win.

Coldest temperature recorded in VT: -47 F degrees. Hottest: 106 F.

Okay that's real cold. I wonder when that was. Brrrrr.

Vermont has nearly one half of the dairy farms in New England.

Not shocking. You can smell it.

About half the milk consumed in New England is produced in VT.

Well, this correlates nicely with the previous fact.

More people live in a rural setting in VT than in an urban setting.

This is actually really cool considering my class on suburbia. Good job, Vermont. Hold down the fort.

VT has the least amount of violent crimes out of all 50 states.

Woo-hoo!

Montpelier is the smallest state capital in the U.S.

and Vergennes is the smallest city!

Until 1996, VT was the only state without a Wal-Mart.

I'm way too proud of this.

Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonalds.

Impressive.

Vermont-born U.S. president Calvin Coolidge was the only president to be born on the 4th of July.

So, we're a bunch of McDonald hating hippies but also very naturally patriotic.

Ben & Jerry's gives their ice cream waste to local farmers who feed it to their hogs. The hogs seem to like every flavor except Mint Oreo.

This is just so stupid and so Vermont. I also just realized I hate the word "hog."

Wasn't that fun! Happy Break!

Cannot wait...!

Blah.

Cold-Eeze!

Ever since I've been at college, I literally swear by Cold-Eeze. They come in tons of flavors: cherry, tropical fruit, strawberries and cream, honey, and more! All you have to do is pop one in your mouth and they keep you healthy! I get sick all the time, but I like to think that when I have these, I can fight away whatever is coming easier. I know this is a weird post, but I'm actually very passionate about these.

Most exciting moment of my day: I've been sick for a while (probably because I didn't have any Cold-Eeze) and I finally bought some today and immediately tweeted, "COLD-EEZE!"
After a few minutes, I got a Twitter mention...FROM COLDEEZE! They responded @babesandberries: YES? =)

OBSESSED.

2 Important Messages

From, who else, Barney Stinson!

Literal life motto




I feel as though this is an extremely important lesson to learn and master. There is only so much hot that is worth crazy. And as always, beware of crazy eyes.