31 Going on 13

My dorm room of a cubicle wall at TV Guide Magazine

At the risk of looking like a total loon...I thought it would be fun to recount all the things that make me feel silly (in the best possible sense) these days.

~True Blood/Stephen Moyer/Alexander Skarsgard. Ah yes...it all brings me back to the days I'd go to the pharmacy in town to check out Bop! Magazine. The equivalent these days would be trips to the HBO store. Most recently it was when the Tru Blood soda came out. AWESOME.




~Our office's little girlie book club...mostly Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series...feeding into all things True Blood.

~My Black & Tan Turtle...now, this would be wrong if I was actually 13...thank goodness I'm not! Black & Tan's are so pretty!

~The Office's John Krasinski...Jim! And of course, "JAM"

~"The Silly Hour" at work. We inevitably crack up about something at around 4pm...give or take. One of my favorites was Sara saying she was "racist against Werewolves..." It set off a string of hilarity that we still pull from. Priceless.

~Paul McCartney in concert = Giggles and smiles all around

~David Tennant as Dr. Who...oh boy. To be honest though, it gets worse when he speaks in his normal (Scottish) voice that I basically jump up and down on the inside all a-twitter :)

~The Waterboys!!! Being introduced to their music has caused me to embark on an album buying spree the likes of which haven't been seen since I "discovered" Terrence Mann when I was 15 and then The Beatles shortly thereafter. Terrence Mann inspired my friend Melodie and I to save up for a bus trip into NYC to see "Beauty and the Beast" and The Waterboys have inspired me to buy tickets for a concert in Dublin in the Spring. Being 31 certainly expands your ability to travel for your fandom.

~The Outlander series, by Diana Gabaldon, which inspired me to visit...

~Scotland.


This started out as a funny little whim of a blog...but I realized through writing out all my little "silly" interests that they have shaped me more or less. Even going back to when I was 15 or so because I was following my joy and in doing so found other things that kept me going in a certain direction.


I think we all need to keep a bit of 13 inside of us :)


XO

My True Blood Recap Trilogy!

For those of you either not on Twitter or Facebook...I had the pleasure of writing some True Blood recaps for TV Guide Magazine's website for a few weeks.

It was a very serendipitous thing and proof that The Universe is listening because I had just been talking to a writer friend about getting some "official" blogging experience and BOOM this fun opportunity arose.

Enjoy!

I got to recap the following episodes:

"Hard Hearted Hannah"

"Release Me"

"Time Bomb"


True Blood is definitely a watercooler show in our office :) I can't wait for this week's episode!

*I actually have gotten to write another recap...sort of on the fly...which can be found here:

"A Sort of Home Coming"

True Blood Brunch

These days I am 30 going on 13. I have become addicted to the HBO show "True Blood" and am fortunate in that a lot of my good friends are also fans and we can be silly 13 year-olds together :)

For example...my good friend Krissy came over last Saturday and we had brunch and watched the show (I have recently been introduced to the wonders of HBO OnDemand...)

The True Blood Brunch Menu:

A scramble with tomatoes, basil, garlic and mozzarella
Coffee (of course)
Ham
Cherries
Toast

and of course...wait for it...blood orange juice!

Hee Hee