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I saw Twilight and will definitely not give anymore of my time to the movies. I read the series in October as I was writing a spoof of them for the Boo at the Zoo show and I don't know, guys. I just don't get it?
I'm not trying to be a book snob - I totally enjoy the Sookie Stackhouse novels and those are terrible writing! :) But the whole Twilight novels were just so .... annoying. Bella is such a wuss. She constantly has to be taken care of, like she's a freakin' toddler. And Edward's "caring" attitude was just so damn condescending. Maybe I'm too much of a feminist for these books? They were badly written, but way more than that, it was the totally pathetic protagonist that made me lose my patience. :shrug:
Sorry. Not trying to rain on the parade. Just definitely not understanding the huge fan base these books have.

Nice day of teaching today. It's warmed up, so we're getting a little break from the :cold:

Interesting conversation about classes. I agree that those terms seem outdated. It's nuts to realize that when we were both working full-time, our income was well into the upper class bracket, but our actual take-home after childcare was way less. We have two cars, choose to rent, and definitely have way more savings than the news has been saying that the average Canadian does. But we do feel that paycheque-to-paycheque pinch more than I'd like.
I think we have way less stuff than most of our peers. I often think that if we had some of our friends and acquaintances over that they'd think we were poor: older rental house, etc. But I also know that these days, most of the stuff people have is way more than they can afford. Look at our national household debt level. No one waits and saves up for anything anymore. We're at crazy levels of consumer debt, plus huge mortgage loads.
Makes you wonder how the next few years are going to turn out, economy-wise, doesn't it?
 
haha Sarah I think you're just over-thinking Twilight. It's meant for teen girls :winkwink:
 
i read the books a few years back. i love the Sookie Stackhouse books way more - but they are grown up vs. the teen girl twilight books. but seeing as i have read the books, and seen all the movies so far - i feel like a quiter if i don't see it through to the end. plus the last book was the best, so i feel like the the last 2 movies are gonna be the best :shrug: but i would be even happier if i could get another season of True Blood on right now!! LOL
 
I don't really like the movies (I liked New Moon- apparently it was the worst one?? lol!) But I don't care for the books either, though I read them also. I guess I just kept holding out for something awesome to happen because they got soooo much hype?

I am not really into vampires, zombies, werewolves, etc though. Ghosts are my thing!

& Sarah you are exactly right, most of my friends with 'nice things' are in a lot of debt, I know it's hard to have everything immediately when you are a younger adult.. we do have nice stuff but if we put it on credit it's paid off quickly. My friend and her fiance put EVERYTHING on credit cards, and then have like nothing in their bank accounts! I don't get it, I'd have so much anxiety :blush: And he has a pretty good job, so I don't know why they do it..
 
I like Twilight, definitely not as much as True Blood. The movies are fun and campy for me... but I really dislike Kristen Stewart as an actress. I think I would have liked the movies more if she was a bit more animated when acting. JMO.

Way to go Tasha! :happydance:
 
Oh we are in major consumer debt and have ZERO savings. Like I would be at the shelter next month if B got injured or lost his job. :cry:
 
(Mostly because of B being laid off for over a year and we lived off of savings and cc's)
 
I know nothing about Twilight :rofl: I've not seen the movies or read the books :lol:

I hope you all are having a good day!

We're headed off to kinder korner after an uhh interesting start to the day :dohh: :rofl:
 
Hope you have a good class Vickie! and i hope you get seen soon Melissa.

We have a decent amount of debt, but if we sold tims 2 cars (he would still have his truck) we could pay it all off (except the mortgage of course).
 
We just have our mortgage... Credit card debt is dangerous stuff!!
Before we had to reduce our monthly payments we were on track to have it paid off by 2016. I hate any kind of debt.
We have some RRSP savings but not much. And an education account started for Alia that already has $2k that Nathan's family contributed.
So although our money is tight right now we are in a pretty good financial situation

Still waiting....
 
hope you didn't have to wait to long Melissa!

class was a no-go. Kiddo threw up :sick: as soon as we stepped off the darn bus. I had to carry her home because Stan for whatever reason has become very possessive over the cell phone :roll: I think that he's been convinced to send it with me next class though :haha:
 
oh no! Hope H feels better, sorry you missed your class :hugs:

I got in at 11....everything is looking good, I've gained another 3lbs for a total of 31 so far...oh well! They said my uterus is measuring spot on and my blood pressure is perfect. I have a bladder infection though :(
 
she seems okay now :shrug: She's had 7 crackers and half a banana and seems fine.

She's been watching tv all morning though :dohh: I think she's taking advantage of this because every time I ask her how her tummy is she smiles and tells me she's still sick :rofl:

I'm glad your appointment went well for the most part! I hope that the bladder infection gets cleared up soon :(
 
It's not bothering me too much...
Last time they didn't take my urine so I asked them to this time to rule out an infection. I didn't have any signs except that sex was hurting like a bitch..like really bad. So the doctor was asking me all these questions but I don't think he believed that I might have an infection. Sure enough I do! I'll be happy to get it cleared up so sex is less painful.
 
sex? what's that :haha: :rofl:

it is good that you aren't having to many symptoms though :hugs:
 
I would have rather the doctor prescribed no sex :rofl:
I haven't done it in a week because I told N it was too painful and that something was wrong....I don't think he believed me either :haha:
 
:rofl: Poor Stan has been really deprived this pregnancy for various reasons.

We dtd a few days ago but that was the first time in over two weeks :haha:
 
I think women go through enough with pregnancy....men can deal with a little less sex :D
 

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