I Want

Vanity Fair, Thackeray

To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee

War and Peace, Tolstoy

The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne

Pride and Prejudice, Austen 

Little Women, Alcott

The House of Seven Gables, Hawthorne

The Complete Works of Charles Dickens

I want this so much. 

This lady in Washington, D.C. makes wallets and purses out of old, used books. It's beautiful. I think it's kind of funny that my copy of War and Peace has the same cover as the one she made the purse out of.

Anyone have an extra $160 they'd like to give me to get one of these? :)

Casino Royale

I've decided to give a weekly movie review. Hopefully I can keep up with it. I know you're all so very excited. Please, try to contain your excitement and do not pee your pants. 

This week's review: Casino Royale (2006). 

Fact #1: The James Bond series by Ian Flemming has made more money movie/book wise than any other series. It's probably soon to be surpassed by Harry Potter. But it still holds that number one spot. 

This movie was just a little bit.....ridiculous. I was really looking forward to seeing this movie but other than Daniel Craig in the lead role I was let down. I mean, so much of the whole plot line was completely implausible although for a James Bond movie I guess that is pretty typical. In one scene the guy was applying an AED to himself...while he was still conscious. Ok, you should be unconscious if you need an AED and have no pulse. It means your heart has stopped and usually by then you can't really attach an AED to yourself. Please correct me if I'm wrong. It just blew my mind away. 

Overall, it was great action-wise and a pretty good movie if you like a thriller/action flick. It was classic Bond with a good-looking guy with a British accent to play him. Then he always falls in love with one (or sometimes more) beautiful woman. The plot had a nice pace and I liked the fact that you saw two sides of James Bond as opposed to this superman you had seen in earlier films. 

Overall, it was fresh. 

My Five-Year Plans

Stalin had fiver-year plans so I figure since Stalin had them, I should have them. However, mine have nothing to do with increasing industrialization and the amount of farms in my country. Mainly because I don't have a country. 

In five years I want...

...to be in the MTC if not already in the mission field.

...to have a high school diploma.

...to have visited at least Germany.

...to have been to MOMA. 

...to be fluent in German.

...to have two years of college done and possibly a nursing degree. 

...to have read all of Shakespeare's plays.

...to have actually read a play by Henrik Ibsen. 

...to have been to the Rijksmuseum.

...to have been in a hot air balloon. 

...to be content. 

Stalin did it and so can I. (I like Stalin.)