Still alive on the frozen tundra

Update on the movie watching situation: it was so bad out yesterday, that no mail was in the mailbox. I have a feeling the postal service couldn't navigate the non-main roads...and I don't blame them. But, that means that Winter's Bone arrived today. So I haven't watched it...and the fact that I'm typing right now, trying to stay awake for the latest episode of Jersey Shore? Probably not going to watch it tonight. (And yes, I understand that watching Winter's Bone would be a better thing to watch, but sometimes I just need to watch some skanky trash to and feel better about myself.)

I'm not doing so great with the reading so far this month. No teen novels on the table is leading to a massive non-fiction bender. The Cleopatra book is good, but it's slow going...wow that girl is having a freaking meltdown on "I Used to Be Fat"...why did MTV think this was a good idea? I don't think that every teen is capable of doing this and it lasting. And this poor girl, could her mom be any more unsupportive? Telling her she's selfish for wanting to take care of herself? Just wow. What was I typing about? Oh yeah, the Cleopatra book. As I'm reading it, I feel like all I really knew about her was cobbled together from kid books I read about ancient Egypt when I was in the fifth grade and the HBO series Rome. These are radically different pools of information. This is a little more explanatory...which is cool. So far, despite the crazy, murderous families, Egypt was kind of the bomb for BC women's rights in the upper class.

This weekend is the Eclipse mocking...a couple of friends come over and we watch the latest in the Twilight saga (this time, it's Eclipse) and they make fun of the whole thing. Then Sunday is the Super Bowl. I'm not really happy with the match up, but it should at least be a decent game. I'm more excited for the new commercials, the movie trailers, and the new episode of Glee afterward.

Sidebar: Is it weird that every time I see the ad for the new Adam Sandler/Jennifer Aniston movie where the little girl asks if she can do an accent and says "'Ello" that I giggle?

I think that's it for now. Just trying to get into the habit of typing. Tell me some of your favorite teen books...I need something light to mix with the Cleopatra!