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. 
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
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 I agree that those terms seem outdated.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?
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. 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
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?
And he has a pretty good job, so I don't know why they do it..
I've not seen the movies or read the books 
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 
I think that he's been convinced to send it with me next class though 
