She's Come Undone

I'll be the first person to tell you I'm a book worm. I love to read. At my old job all I did was answer phones and read. At one point, I had fourteen books in my office and I had read them all at least thrice.

I love the feeling I get when I open a book for the first time, but I dread when I've finished it. I love to read series because they don't just end at one book, you get three or four and sometimes more. The feeling when I finish a series is even worse than a single book, however.

I don't know that I have one favorite book, but the one I've read the most number of times is "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. It's part of Opah's Book Club and really good coming of age story. The fact that a male wrote it from a female's perspective, and wrote it so well, impresses me.

My friend let me borrow her copy my junior year of high school and I read it twice before returning it. I've since bought my own copy, lost it in a move, bought another copy and lost it yet again to a friend.

I think it's time to buy another copy and get lost in Dolores Price's world again.

Pick me. Choose me. Love me.

Picking my favorite TV show was easy, peasy. Hands Dow , without a doubt, it's Grey's Anatomy. I was hooked as soon as they called Derrick McDreamy! It's very rare that I miss an episode, and if I do, it's because I happen to love the person I'm with. A lot.

Last season finale was rough. It was amazingly written, but it aired when Papa was still in the hospital recovering from his liver transplant so I was a little scared to go visit. (My biggest fear is a mass public shooting like that.)

This season pretty much sucks. There, I said it. The whole Emo Christina thing is being way over played and that documentary style episode last week? What the deuce?

I have my fingers crossed that it will improve the next few weeks. I can't wait to start watching from Season One again and get The Best Friend hooked, too!

I have a confession.

I can't pick one favorite movie. I've been thinking about this for two days now and I just can't! There are too many good movies out there. So, instead of my favorite movie, I bring you the top ten, in alphabetical order!

A Lot Like Love
This reminds me of two of my friends. I think it's one of the sweetest movies and it always cheers me up. Ollie+Em 4ever.

Chicago
I watched this everyday after school for like three months when it first came out. Love the songs!

Gone With the Wind
I kind of had to pick this one. I mean with out Katie Scarlett I could've been named Edna or something. (No offense if you are/know an Edna!)

Step Brothers
The whole drum set scene after the fight makes the whole movie. This is my go to movie when I can't sleep and it reminds me of spending time with Daddie.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
It's a musical. About a whorehouse. Enough said.

The Breakfast Club
This is my favorite 80's movie.

The Hangover
I honestly thought this was going to be Napoleon Dynamite stupid, but it wasn't. It's super funny and has good memories attached to it.

The Notebook
This one makes me cry EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. The whole together in the bed ending tops it off.

Titanic
I will watch this anytime it comes on TV not matter what. It's my absolute favorite love story, even though I just got the ending last week when it was on TBS. Duh, Kate.

Top Gun
This also reminds me of my friend. She thought I was crazy for liking a movie about airplanes. That was before we watched it 4 times in a row.

There you have it! Katie's Top Ten Movies in alphabetical order.

Why you gotta be so mean?

I’ve been thinking about this all day.  I don’t really have one all time favorite song.  I chang my favorite song and musical taste like most people change their underwear so it’s rather hard.

I’ll listen to just about anything as long I like it.  My iTunes consists of pretty much everything including, but not limited to:

1. Umbrella, All Time Low, Punk Goes Crunk
2. Only Prettier, Miranda Lambert, Revolution
3. Peacock, Katy Perry, Teenage Dream
4. Tempo Bledsoe, Smile Smile, Truth on Tape
5. Love the Way You Lie, Eminem ft. Rihanna, Recovery

At least those are the first five so things that come up when I hit the shuffle button.

Right now, my favorite song is Taylor Swift’s “Mean” off her new Speak Now album.

 

High school was four years of complete hell for me.  I went to school, did what I needed to do to get good grades and that was about it.  I woke up about 20 minutes before I had to leave, threw on a tshirt, hoodie, jeans, some flip flops and pulled my hair in a pony tail, because I was going to school to learn, duh, why should I dress up and impress people!

I had some friends, but they came and went.  I went to my first football game senior year and I got there so late that they didn’t even charge me to get in.  Between the name calling, stalking, bullying and lists of Reasons Why I hate Katie B, I was beyond happy to graduate!

Girls are catty, boys say hurtful things and it doesn’t really get any better as you get older and the words still hurt, but I’ve found that as I get older, it gets a little bit easier to cope with them.  You realize that those people have a problem with themselves and in order to make them feel better about themselves, you get hurt.

I still let things get to me more than they should, but I’m ever so slowly getting the the point where I can pity them.  If your life is so miserable that you have to bully me, then your life must suck something fierce.

I’ve put the past behind me and I’m even really, really good friends with one of the girls who was the meanest to me in high school. 

I chose Mean because I love Taylor Swift.  I think she’s a great role model and I like that she isn’t afraid to write and sing about her life and what has happened to her.  I can relate to most of her songs and that’s hard to come by these days. 

Karma is one hell of a bitch and I hope she comes back to bite all the ‘mean girls (and boys)’ in the ass!

Thirty.

I somehow came across a 30 Day Blog Challenge while Googling. I figure I’ve never posted anything 30 days in a row so why not start tomorrow. I’m curious to see if I’ll actually follow through with it.

30 Day Blog Challenge

Day 01 --- Your favorite song.

Day 02 — Your favorite movie.

Day 03 — Your favorite television program.

Day 04 — Your favorite book.

Day 05 — Your favorite quote.

Day 06 — Your favorite music video.

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy.

Day 08 — Describe the style you had 10 years ago.

Day 09 — A photo you took.

Day 10 — Talk about a regret you have.

Day 11 — Share a story from your childhood.

Day 12 — Explain how you got one of your scars.

Day 13 — How do you think others view you?

Day 14 — Talk about the cuteness of your pets.

Day 15 — A poem you wrote.

Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly).

Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.) that is your favorite.

Day 18 — Tell us about your best friend.

Day 19 — A talent of yours.

Day 20 — A hobby of yours.

Day 21 — A recipe.

Day 22 — Your deepest fear.

Day 23 — Write a love letter to yourself.

Day 24 — Reveal your most guilty pleasure.

Day 25 — If you have tattoos, show them. If not, talk about the tattoos you want or why you don't think they are right for you.

Day 26 — Talk about the last "random act of kindness" you encountered.

Day 27 — The last thing that made you cry.

Day 28 — Say something to your 15 year old self.

Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days.

Day 30 — Share what you have learned, if anything, about yourself in the last 30 days.

Just Like a Suckerpunch

Things were going so well.

I’ve paid my tuition off.

I was saving up to by a car.

All my debt would be paid off by December 31.

Now, all of that has gone out the window.

As of Monday, I don’t know what’s going to happen.

I have faith that it’s all going to work out.

It has to.

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.

This Week in Facebook Conversations…

Katie: It's like an off brand Toyota Corolla. Not bad. Wait. Off brand isn't what I meant. lol. It's like a sister car. Like Mercurys are the same as Fords.

Caity: ?!?!?! SINCE WHEN!! that's so weird. Lmao. I wish I had posted that in my Facebook status

Katie: A Mercury Mariner is the same as a Ford Escape. A Mercury Mountaineer is the same as a Ford Explorer.

Caity: Man i love Honda's though. I'll have to get a bumper sticker that says "Honda at Heart" and I'll put it on the hood of the car!

Katie: Did I blow your mind? lol

Caity: When don't you, lol

Katie: :)

Caity: If this is what it feels like to have a bj then DAMN GIRLLLL! lol weird I know

Katie: Ummmm. Hahaha. Bj?

Caity: I was mind bj’d

Katie: I don't get it. lol.

Caity: You BLEW my mind instead of my pen15....cuz I don't have one....lol.

Katie: Bahahaha. Gotcha.

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Katie B. ‎"She looks like she got drug to Jersey and hit over the head by a Snooki! WTF?" Hahaha! ♥

Caity: Lmao omg!!!! love inside jokes ;) I was really scared!!!

Katie: Lol.

Caity: And I’m quite sure I said “dragged”.

Katie: You probably did and my brain just heard drug. It has a mind of its own.

Caity: Lmao!!!!!! Lmao lmaomalfmalfmdlaknmdfa

Katie: Wow. Did I really just say my brain had a mind of its own?

Caity: Lmao yes you did!!!! Now I don't know which quote is funniest!!!

Stephanie: Why would anyone want to be an orange crayon?

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Please please please let me find a car by Friday.

KARAOKE tomorrow at Madison’s! I hope I see you there!

Katie: Hey, guess what?

Katie: You suck at multi tasking.

Caity: I just didn’t want my comment thing to be a convo just you and I!

Katie: Lol. It doesn’t have to be. I was just going to be cute and say you’ll see me but you ruined it. Way to go. Go ahead and delete all these now!

Caity: Lmao. I ♥ you @Katie. I can’t WAIT FOR TOMORROW!!!!

Stephanie: What cars are you looking at?

Tony: What’s the price range?

Caity: It’s free tomorrow!! Omg I would love it if you came.

Katie: I think they were talking about cars, love. Bahaha.

Caity: Oh.

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I think I’m going to start introducing myself as @Katie and actually say the @.