NaBloPoMo Is Almost Over...Can I Have a Freebie?

I was working on a post about Nikita for today but it's just...blown up in my mind and become much bigger than I thought it would. I just can't even bear the thought of being at my computer anymore today, so indulge me!

I'd started a stupid post on my unpopular preferences at the beginning of this month but then I realized they weren't that shocking or interesting. But alas I'm going to post them today because my brain is fried.

*The World Series over the Super Bowl (baseball is my sport and I like the long drawn out tension and drama of the Fall classic)

*Zombies over Unicorns (to be fair I haven't actually read any unicorn books)

*French Kiss over every other Meg Ryan romantic comedy (but I love them all, this one is just special, okay?)

*The Beautiful and Damned over The Great Gatsby

*Every other Joss Whedon show over Firefly (okay except maybe Dollhouse, lol, I don't know, I just don't love Firefly like other people do)

*Tyler Lockwood over every other male on TVD (will I be eating my words after tonight?)

*Holiday Inn over White Christmas

*Japanese cuisine over Chinese cuisine

Then I got tired of trying to figure out the preferences and just came up with stuff I love that seems unpopular:

*Horror Movies that aren't slasher films (okay this might not be unpopular but it feels like it sometimes!)

*Brussel Sprouts (yummy little mini cabbages)

*Black Olives (no they are not just like eating rubber!)

*The Disney movie Pocahontas (ugh I know, I know. But it's so pretty)

*The Village (gah SO romantic and also interesting!)

*Rain (it rained here today!)

How about you? What are your unpopular preferences or the things you love that it seems like everyone else hates?

(The funny thing about NaBloPoMo being almost over is that I still have all this stuff I want to post about, sigh. You might be stuck with me a little longer!)

Something You Might Not Know About Me #2

Since many of you I know only through the blogging world, I have decided to enlighten you on yet another thing you might not know about me.

I am a very clumsy eater. I somehow manage to always spill stuff all over myself. Like, this morning, upon opening my yogurt, I peeled off the lid and the yogurt sprayed all over me. Honestly, it's like I'm lucky to get through a meal without some sort of mishap.

Now it's your turn to share something I might not know about you. Please be creative and dish on yourself!

And you can visit Something You Might Not Know About Me #1 to discover other fun things about the readers of this blog.

Vampires, Harry Potter, etc.

When I was in middle school, a friend lent me some young adult books about vampires. They were the Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith. I read those books and fell in love with the world of fantasy. I proceeded to read the next few series by this author, and the impact those books had on my own love for story and the conflict of good and evil I'm not sure can be measured. I was hooked.

I became fascinated with vampires. I read Anne Rice's series. I read all the vampire books I could find, but honestly, I don't think any of them ever truly measured up to that first series. I was hooked. When I was a freshman in high school and had to do an informative speech, I did it on the history of vampire folklore. (I can remember everyone's blank expressions throughout...ha!!)

(quick interruption---I am not one of those vampire loving freaks who wears all black, fangs, and goes to conventions...I just like a good paranormal story)

I have to say, that loving the paranormal and growing up in a conservative evangelical Christian world probably didn't go hand-in-hand. Eventually, I went to college where I had no time to read for pleasure between all the reading of textbooks and socializing there was to be done. But on one summer break, I came home and fell in love with a mystical world once again by opening a book. I think you may be able to guess which books I'm talking about.....Harry Potter.

I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night in all its Imax 3-d glory. I loved this book and I loved the movie. I love the way these stories stir your soul, make you hate evil, love your friends, appreciate what's good in life and it's very fragile and fleeting nature. I love that nothing is sugarcoated but all that is righteous is extolled. I love Harry Potter. But I will be writing a farewell post to him next week, so I better be quiet so I have something left to say then! I do have a question, though. For those of you who have never read the books, do you find the movies difficult to follow? I just wonder about that. ANYWAY...

The X-files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Angel are among my favorite tv shows ever. And there's a new vampire show coming on in the fall (yay!). I don't read a lot of the modern vampire books since many of them are also very, uh, steamy. But I did recently discover a new series by Shanna Swendson that's very charming and funny about a magical company in New York, written chick lit style. I guess I just like something a little offbeat in my stories, a change from the real world. I guess I like to escape. And maybe, the world's fascination with all things paranormal and fantastical is an acknowledgement that there is more to this life experience than science can explain.

I recently looked for those L.J Smith books again, because I wanted to see if they would still be as addictive and moving to me as an adult. But, in a crazy world, most of them are out-of-print and sell for a good chunk of money on ebay and amazon. Apparently, I am not the only one who loved them.

Something You Might Not Know About Me #1

I have never seen a James Bond movie.

What's something I don't know about you?