tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79929783836228665362024-02-18T23:36:58.627-06:00That's What She SaidAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704538884004355213noreply@blogger.comBlogger473125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-16349171440569198122010-05-09T22:16:00.002-05:002010-05-09T22:27:44.186-05:00Onward and Upward - May's PlaylistI must say I'm super proud of my playlist for May. I listened to it multiple times on my drive to and from the Mississip this past weekend. <div><br /></div><div>In Christ Alone - Page CXVI</div><div>I Know Where I'm Going - The Judds (a throwback)</div><div>A Whole Lot Better - Brandon Benson</div><div>The Fear - Lily Allen</div><div>Portions for Foxes - Rilo Kiley</div><div>Blow Away - A Fine Frenzy</div><div>Today Was a Fairytale - Taylor Swift</div><div>Highs and Lows - Mindy Smith</div><div>Dancing in the Dark - Mat Kearney</div><div>Crush - Glee Cast</div><div>Why Didn't You Call Me - Shelby Lynne</div><div>All I'm Thinking of - Tyrone Wells</div><div>Sex and Reruns - Jay Nash, Matt & Tony Lucca</div><div>Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of - The Avett Brothers</div><div>Help Yourself - Sad Brad Smith</div><div>Kings and Queens - 30 Seconds to Mars</div><div>Electric Feel - MGMT</div><div>The High Road - Broken Bells</div><div>Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap</div><div>Animal - Neon Trees</div><div>Ghost Town - Cary Brothers</div><div>If I Die Young - The Band Perry (This is my personal new favorite song.)</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-64763068087253249392010-03-31T22:31:00.002-05:002010-03-31T22:34:46.456-05:00April, You're Here Too SoonYes, I realize this is the name of my last post on 12 Months of Resolutions. It's also the name of this month's playlist. Ready? Set. Go!<div><br /></div><div>40 Dogs (Like Romeo & Juliet) - Bob Schneider</div><div>Kandi - One Eskimo</div><div>Breakeven (Falling to Pieces) - The Script</div><div>Lisztomania - Phoenix</div><div>Kick Drum Heart - The Avett Brothers</div><div>Dog Days are Over - Florence + The Machine</div><div>1972 - Josh Rouse</div><div>Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros</div><div>Cousins - Vampire Weekend</div><div>Makin' Pies - Patty Griffin</div><div>Love this Pain - Lady Antebellum</div><div>Look So Easy - Dave Barnes</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy each and every moment of these treasures.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-37483352345646244122010-03-31T17:02:00.001-05:002010-03-31T17:03:45.639-05:00Well, hello there.I promise, April is the month for blogging. I'll be back. But in the meantime, check out <a href="http://12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com">12monthsofresolutions</a> to see what April has in store.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-38200142189792421002010-03-02T20:31:00.003-06:002010-03-02T20:49:26.527-06:00Real World: Baton RougeSo Bob, Kay and I surprised John for his 8.5th birthday! We moseyed on down to Red Stick after Greg so graciously planned everything. A few notes of the weekend:<div><br /></div><div>- On the drive down I-55 just outside of Jackson, I smelled a burning odor and asked Bob what he thought it might be. His response? Burning chicken feathers. What? You've smelled chicken feathers burning? He claims he has.</div><div><br /></div><div>- Baton Rouge is surprisingly like Jackson, only with a really large college in the middle of the city.</div><div><br /></div><div>- I ate crawfish at two meals on Saturday....once fried in a po'boy, once boiled in a huge tray all for the eating. And eat I did. My love for mudbugs was something unknown to my family. GET TO KNOW ME!</div><div><br /></div><div>- Here's the kicker...You may see the McDonnell clan on next season of The Real World: New Orleans. Apparently, one of the Miss. State basketball players knows one of the girls on the new season. So she and another girl from the house (you know the lingo) sat in our section. We didn't know why these cameras were following these random girls. Somehow we find out that it's for MTV's The Real World. They are filming a second season in The Big Easy, this time after Katrina. Of course we have to explain what we're talking about. Kay claims she's never heard of this. She then proceeds to tell us that we shouldn't know what it is either and that she knows that we used to watch it in her house even though it wasn't allowed. </div><div><br /></div><div>Of all the nerve! Truth be told, we did watch MTV even though we were forbidden to. One time I walked in on my dad watching Singled Out. I told him that I was going to tell Kay and he begged me not to since she'd have the cable taken out. Hilarious.</div><div><br /></div><div>Back to the subject, you may want to watch the next season as there were multiple times one or two of us were on camera. Kay even strategically placed herself behind one of the girls for a while. She's "taking a picture of the scoreboard"...at least that's what she'd say. </div><div><br /></div><div>- Story of the weekend: Bob is a trickster. He and Kay met in the early 70s when he still had dark hair and a spring in his step. Apparently, he convinced Kay that he was Jewish for the first few months of their relationship. He went to the trouble to drive her by the Jewish synagogue, talking of Jewish holidays and the such. So for months, she's believing he's of the Hebrew nation. Until one family dinner at her grandmother's house, Bob got asked what religion he was. He replied "Episcopalian". I guess he felt obligated to tell the truth to the elderly. What ethics he has!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-52508662580242223202010-02-25T22:11:00.000-06:002010-02-25T22:12:04.864-06:00The Cutest Emergency Ever<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><div>Seriously...it's 6 minutes long but so precious.</div><div><br /></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P6cksmhtGWs&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P6cksmhtGWs&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-72962161392916006632010-02-16T20:31:00.004-06:002010-02-16T20:39:22.702-06:00How do you do that?As I've said before, I love listening to podcasts. My favorite one is The B.S. Report with Bill Simmons and I think the reason for this is the format of the podcast. Essentially, Bill just talks to his friends about topics. Sometimes it's about sports, sometimes it's about pop culture. I love that he calls up his friend who is a Yankee fan at work. The guy picks up the phone as if he's answering a business call and then they proceed to talk about how the Yankees are doing for the next 30 minutes. Or he calls up his friend Jacoby, the Czar of Reality TV and they discuss Jersey Shore for over an hour. <div><br /></div><div>I think the biggest pull for this podcast is that I feel like I could do that. How do you get into something like this? </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-80724371536858430702010-02-11T14:15:00.003-06:002010-02-11T14:23:21.705-06:00Handicapped PoserThis is Amber posting not Sarah...I know you are all like who the heck. Promise I am the co-blogger to this account. Anyway I thought this msn messenger chat was pretty funny and should be posted. So I used to have a boot on my foot and had one of those handicap things you hang from your mirror. I took full advantage of the handicap luxuries when I wore the boot. I mean that boot was BIG...it was justified guys, I was even on crutches at one point if that helps my point. Anyway my co-worker was making fun of me only using the handicap bathroom stall at work and still using the handicap parking spot even tho I no longer have the boot. Sidenote there is not a handicapped person that works at my company.<br /><br /><strong>Crystal says</strong>: is that way you insist on the first parking spot,t oo?<br /> dude, you dont even have a sign on your car<br /> we could totally report you.<br /><strong>Amber says:</strong> i'm not really insisting homie...who's parking there??? NO ONE. and i do still have the sign if i need to start using it again<br /><strong>Crystal says:</strong>when i go to the publix, and there is NO ONE using that spot, do you think it's acceptible for me to park there?<br /><strong>Amber says:</strong> NO<br /><strong>Crystal says:</strong> how is this different? <br /><strong>Amber says:</strong> this ain't publix<br /> how many peeps you see walkin up in here handicapped<br /><strong>Crystal says: </strong> what if someone from American prinitng came and was injured, do you thinkthey should have to park out back?<br /> injured. injured, baaad<br /><strong>Amber says:</strong> they should call ahead...just sayin<br /><strong>Crystal says: </strong> you're redic<br /> i don't know what to do with you<br /> you are soo an only child!!!!<br /><strong>Amber says:</strong> dude i can't help it the rents didn't have more<br /> its like in my blood<br /><strong>Crystal says:</strong> i guess...Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704538884004355213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-21914545810083599432010-02-10T18:14:00.001-06:002010-02-10T18:14:43.555-06:00Life's Soundtrack<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/10/950.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/10/s_950.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Live music in Nashville on a Tuesday night. I don't take advantage of the fact that I live in Music City enough. So I'm going again Wednesday night to the Bluebird Cafe. <br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-58571358861855758542010-02-10T18:13:00.000-06:002010-02-10T18:15:22.933-06:00A little reading<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/10/948.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/10/s_948.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />I love magazines. As I opened the mailbox today I found these treasures inside. Yippy Skippy!!!<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-38684968243469447212010-02-08T19:56:00.001-06:002010-02-08T19:56:37.041-06:00What Most Don't Love<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/08/1041.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/08/s_1041.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />I love Unexpected Snow!!!! I will keep a silly grin on my face until the last flake falls. <br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-2154320835018497932010-02-07T21:58:00.001-06:002010-02-07T21:58:37.176-06:00My Town: Full of Possibilities<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/07/1222.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/07/s_1222.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />I love living in a town where I have so much left to discover. I went to Art Crawl Saturday downtown. And while I'm not a huge art fan, I loved the experience and the idea that I saw something new in my town. (This is The Arcade)<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-85554306039494594692010-02-05T19:54:00.000-06:002010-02-05T19:54:00.532-06:00Why don't you super bowl shuffle over here and bring me that bbq sauce<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mPMPh_pBNIY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mPMPh_pBNIY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-84279303362612098972010-02-04T19:49:00.003-06:002010-02-04T19:52:05.763-06:00You Ridin' With Me?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ei1R9xFaZLaTaK1NmdZitOkljQHd25JKhHtyoKKOebbg1CtA3Te-51FGuhgR5CXhmShg65VAq1U6zK5dXjBrXWbdCA0e4xFQm2pmzujz1aFy1PQ3GksfYEb59RcJixP7vR66gb_UIooJ/s1600-h/acid_picdump_40-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ei1R9xFaZLaTaK1NmdZitOkljQHd25JKhHtyoKKOebbg1CtA3Te-51FGuhgR5CXhmShg65VAq1U6zK5dXjBrXWbdCA0e4xFQm2pmzujz1aFy1PQ3GksfYEb59RcJixP7vR66gb_UIooJ/s400/acid_picdump_40-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434570931995984642" /></a><div>Apparently it was for research for Taxi Driver. But wouldn't it have been cool for DeNiro to be your cab driver?</div><div><br /></div><div>Via <a href="http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/02/02/robert-de-niro-taxi-license/">UnrealityMagazine</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-8184618924478066872010-02-04T19:21:00.002-06:002010-02-04T20:00:19.865-06:00Day 4 - Images of Heritage<center><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/04/841.jpg"><img src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/04/s_841.jpg" border="0" width="210" height="281" style="margin:5px" /></a></center><br />Isn't that such a ridiculous title? Give me a break. I couldn't think of anything else.<br /><br />These are photos that I keep of my family. That awesome couple in the back? Macky and Grandmother (I'm sure if John and I had known her we would have given her a rockin' grandma name.) those two love birds on the right? Why, that's none other than the infamous Kay and Bob. The cute kids in the front? Johnny Mac and me. And the dapper man on the left (with me)? That's Boppa.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com">12monthsofresolutions</a><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-84399475545889380602010-02-04T19:16:00.002-06:002010-02-04T20:00:47.907-06:00Day 3 - Hail State<center><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/04/838.jpg"><img src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/04/s_838.jpg" border="0" width="210" height="281" style="margin:5px" /></a></center><br />This is my Alma mater. Well, not Vanderbilt. The team on the bottom goal line is Mississippi State. So many memories are tied to that school and place. I'm glad I still get to see them play once in a while.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com">12monthsofresolutions</a><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-53682025139302270482010-02-02T21:06:00.002-06:002010-02-04T20:01:16.890-06:00These Kids - Day 2<center><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/02/1090.jpg"><img src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/02/s_1090.jpg" border="0" width="210" height="281" style="margin:5px" /></a></center><br />Nathan and Laura. Some of my best friends in Music City.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com">12monthsofresolutions</a><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-25570834626072950162010-02-01T19:58:00.002-06:002010-02-01T21:38:58.122-06:00Day 1- dinner with friends<center><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/01/918.jpg"><img src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/01/s_918.jpg" border="0" width="210" height="281" style="margin:5px" /></a></center><br />Friends eating at Blue Coast Burrito. 2/1/10<br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com">12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com"></a><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-30009297745500244392010-01-30T11:31:00.000-06:002010-01-29T11:37:32.460-06:00Another Fantastic Find<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrpkrBfJqetY8yIS5h4jiT4aTbUl3Z3bPM36N9gYz-UYCG0cBd4wCWMi9zRGLVSIbsdWx617Uuo8Jw9y6Pl4bkqTqLy1OC667Gj11fUobivi0fSnFwSXX3bb6bH9srn3NC2R8lW_LE4wG/s400/logo_hdr09b.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432216239876746562" /><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's another great find for shopping. Much like IDeeli which I posted about last week (<a href="http://babyberandsassymac.blogspot.com/2010/01/perfect-way-to-shop.html">here</a>.) </div><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-74938128826104384852010-01-29T10:50:00.004-06:002010-01-29T10:55:29.596-06:00Man, I love a drum lineWhen I was in high school, our band was...oh, how you say...lacking? Sure they played the fight song and even marched at halftime but they were very small and just okay. <div><br /></div><div>The high school where most of my church friends went had a great band with an incredible drum line (I believe the honorable <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.chriskinsley.com">Chris Kinsley</a> was a drum major for the MCHS band.) I loved to go to their games and watch the band, especially the drum line. </div><div><br /></div><div>While they were good, I don't think they would hold a candle to these jokers. I guess this is what the Swiss are doing while they aren't engaged in combat, so always.</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AIj-JcoiRnA&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AIj-JcoiRnA&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div>(via <a href="http://www.misscellania.com">www.misscellania.com</a>)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com/">12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-87280543492466595652010-01-28T19:26:00.001-06:002010-01-28T19:27:58.531-06:00Will it or won't it?I think that if I wake up and run to the window tomorrow morning and there is no snow, I shall shed a tear. This Mississippi girl needs to see some significant snow.<div><br /></div><div>Don't think I won't pray for this tonight.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-10206202132893867312010-01-27T22:16:00.006-06:002010-01-27T22:22:59.662-06:00Are you afraid of the dark?Remember that show on Snick? Me too. And it scared me. Below is an article from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.MentalFloss.com">MentalFloss.com</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>about the strange phobias of celebrities. Do you think some of these phobias may be publicity stunts? Like Tyra's fear of dolphins? (Believe it. To think that she is going to be off the air. What a shame for journalism everywhere. It's truly a loss.)<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="blog_title" style="display: inline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 20px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/45924" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-decoration: none; display: inline; line-height: 20px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Quick 10: Weird Celebrity Phobias</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">by </span></span><span class="author" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 96, 119); "><a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/author/internstacy/" title="Posts by Stacy Conradt" style="color: rgb(0, 160, 198); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Stacy Conradt</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> - January 27, 2010</span></span></span></div></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">Everyone<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>has<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>their<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>weird<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>phobias<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Me,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>hate<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>clowns<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>people<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>wearing<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>costumes<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>or<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>masks<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>cover<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>their<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>faces<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> (</span>which<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>is<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>weird,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>considering<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>how<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>much<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>love<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Disney<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>World<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">). </span>But<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>compared<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>these<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>10<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>celebrity<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>phobias,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>my<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>fears<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>are<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>pretty<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>normal<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><img src="webkit-fake-url://DE7E67C0-759C-4A31-82DF-17B73AD15007/bobchair-300x206.jpg" alt="bobchair-300x206.jpg" /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">1<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Billy<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Bob<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Thornton<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>hates<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>antiques<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>so<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>much<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>he<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>refuses<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>stay<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>room<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>with<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>furniture<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>from<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>before<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>1950<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>This<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>might<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>be<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>rare<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>phobia,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>but<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>he’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>not<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>alone<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>–<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>more<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>than<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>250,000<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>people<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>U<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span>S<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>alone<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>apparently<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>suffer<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>from<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>this<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>fear<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>antiques<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>“I’ve<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>had<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>friends<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>tell<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>me<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>maybe<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>was<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>beaten<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>death<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>with<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>an<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>antique<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>chair<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>former<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>life,”<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Thornton<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>has<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>mused<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Hmm<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">2<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>all<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>things<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>could<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>traumatize<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Alfred<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Hitchcock<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>–<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>you<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>know,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>showers,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>birds,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>mama’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>boys<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>–one<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>things<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>he<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>hated<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>most<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>were<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>eggs,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>specifically<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>runny<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>ones<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>You<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>know<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>what’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>weird?<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>My<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>mom<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>shares<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Hitchcock’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>birthday<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> (</span>not<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>birth<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>year,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>mind<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>you<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">) </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>also<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>loathes<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>eggs<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Even<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>cracking<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>one<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>into<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>cake<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>mix<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>can<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>make<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>gag,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>don’t<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>even<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>ask<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>make<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>you<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>over<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>easy<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>eggs<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">3<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Christina<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Ricci<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>cannot<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>stand<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>be<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>around<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>house<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>plants,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>which<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>would<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>be<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>known<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>as<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>form<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>botanophobia<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>She<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>finds<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>them<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>dirty<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>shudders<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>at<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>idea<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>watering<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>one<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>“If<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>have<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>touch<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>one,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>after<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>already<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>being<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>repulsed<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>by<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>fact<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>there<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>is<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>plant<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>indoors,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>then<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>it<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>just<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>freaks<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>me<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>out<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span>”<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>guess<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>if<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>guy<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>sends<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>flowers<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>after<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>date,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>there<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>won’t<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>be<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>second<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>one<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Or<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>maybe<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>flowers<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>are<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>different?<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Do<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>we<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>have<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>any<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>botanophobics<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>out<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>there<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>can<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>clarify?</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">4<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Tyra<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Banks<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>won’t<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>be<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>swimming<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>with<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Flipper’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>cousin<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>at<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Sea<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>World<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>anytime<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>soon<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>–<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>says<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>been<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>scared<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>intelligent<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>swimmers<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>since<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>was<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>about<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>eight<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>years<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>old<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>“I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>have<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>dreams<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>am<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>pool<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>there<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>are<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>dolphins<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>bumping<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>me<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I’m<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>frightened,”<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>has<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>said<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">If<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>you’re<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>really<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>interested,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>here’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>video<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Tyra<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>bravely<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>facing<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>nemesis<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>for<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>talk<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>show<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Geeza Pro; min-height: 15.0px"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JQp3c1o7rGw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JQp3c1o7rGw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">5<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Megan<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Fox<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>hates<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>paper<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>imagine<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>this<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>must<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>make<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>it<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>very<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>hard<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>read<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>scripts,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>but<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>what<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>do<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>know?<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Technically,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>clarifies<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>this<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>isn’t<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>phobia<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>–it’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>more<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>like<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>people<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>who<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>get<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>chills<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>when<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>they<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>hear<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>fingernails<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>on<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>chalkboard<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>She<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>says<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>sometimes<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>even<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>has<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>have<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>cup<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>water<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>nearby<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>so<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>can<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>thoroughly<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>wet<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>finger<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>before<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>turning<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>page<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>if<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>doing<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>lot<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>reading<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>at<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>once<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>So,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>War<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Peace<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>is<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>probably<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>out?</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">6<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Do<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>you<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>guys<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>remember<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Frankie<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>from<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>The<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Real<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>World<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">: </span>San<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Diego?<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>If<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>you<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>do,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>you<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>probably<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>remember<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>for<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>battle<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>with<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>cystic<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>fibrosis<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> (</span>which<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>sadly<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>lost<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>2007<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">) </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>not<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>for<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>strange<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>phobia<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">: </span>big<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>boats<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Really<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>The<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>cameras<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>were<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>rolling<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>on<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>roommates<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>just<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>standing<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>around<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>chatting<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>when<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Frankie<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>bolted<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>for<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>bathroom,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>white<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>as<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>ghost<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>thisclose<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>throwing<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>up<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Why?<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Because<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>someone<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>said<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>“cruise<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>ship<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span>”</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">7<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Matthew<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>McConaughey<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>is<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>scared<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>revolving<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>doors<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>And<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>maybe<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>also<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>personal<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>hygiene,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>because<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>he<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>says<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>he<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>hasn’t<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>worn<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>deodorant<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>20<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>years<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>He<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>claims<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>he<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>feels<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>anxious<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>about<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>even<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>getting<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>near<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>revolving<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>doors,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>he’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>also<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>scared<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>tunnels<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>While<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>actually<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>being<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>tunnel<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>doesn’t<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>bother<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>him,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>point<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>where<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>you<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>have<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>go<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>underground<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>enter<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>tunnel<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>does<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><img src="webkit-fake-url://DE7E67C0-759C-4A31-82DF-17B73AD15007/kidfly-300x149.jpg" alt="kidfly-300x149.jpg" /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">8<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Nicole<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Kidman<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>is<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>what<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>is<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>known<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>as<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>lepidopterophobe<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>–<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>person<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>who<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>is<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>terrified<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>butterflies<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>“It’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>so<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>bizarre,”<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>told<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>In<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Stylemagazine,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>“I’m<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>not<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>scared<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>snakes<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>or<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>spiders<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span>”<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>She<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>said<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>once<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>tried<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>overcome<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>fear<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>colorful<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>little<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>guys<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>by<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>making<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>herself<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>go<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>through<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>butterfly<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>exhibit<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>at<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>American<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Museum<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Natural<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>History,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>but<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>just<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>couldn’t<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>make<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>it<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>through<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>As<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>little<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>girl,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>couldn’t<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>even<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>go<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>yard<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>when<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>got<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>home<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>from<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>school<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>if<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>there<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>was<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>butterfly<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>sitting<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>on<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>gate<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">9<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>Childhood<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>sure<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>can<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>mess<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>person<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>up<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>“My<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>grandmother<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>used<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>save<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>it<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> [</span>used<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>gum<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">] </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>little<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>rows<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>cabinet,”<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Oprah<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>once<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>said<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>“I’d<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>be<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>scared<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>touch<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>it<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>because<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>it<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>was<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>so<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>gross,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>so<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>have<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>thing<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>about<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>gum<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>One<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>guest<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>my<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>home<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>sat<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>at<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>dinner<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>table,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>took<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>out<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>some<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>gum<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>from<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>mouth<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>put<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>it<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>on<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>her<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>plate<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>—<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>after<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>she<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>left,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>threw<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>plate<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>out<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span>”</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">10<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>What<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>does<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Madonna<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>have<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>common<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>with<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>dog?<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I’m<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>sure<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>there<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>are<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>lots<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>hilarious<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>answers<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>actually,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>but<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>answer<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>have<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>in<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>mind<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>is<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>they’re<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>both<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>afraid<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>thunder<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 12.0px Lucida Grande">I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>think<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>fear<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>of<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>clowns<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>is<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>somewhat<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>common,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>so<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>didn’t<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>include<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Johnny<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>Depp’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>phobia,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>but<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>I<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>have<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>say<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>that<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>his<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>thoughts<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>on<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>why<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>he<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>hates<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>them<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>sum<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>up<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>my<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>own<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>opinions<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>pretty<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>nicely<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">: </span>“There’s<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>something<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>about<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>painted<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>face<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>and<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>fake<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>smile<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">. </span>There<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>seems<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>to<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>be<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>darkness<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>lurking<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>under<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>the<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>surface,<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>a<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>potential<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>for<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>real<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro"> </span>evil”<span style="font: 12.0px Geeza Pro">.</span></p></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;color:#444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); float: left; width: 575px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;"><br /></span></p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-17724950339007530592010-01-27T22:13:00.001-06:002010-01-27T22:14:23.963-06:00So you sat out a month...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Check out </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="www.12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">12monthsofresolutions - February edition</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> to see what February has in store, challenge-wise.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Are you in?</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-33546391566888392652010-01-26T22:35:00.004-06:002010-01-26T22:51:21.250-06:00Will you be there, Edward?<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They are converging on Music City, folks. The Official Twilight Fan Convention is going to be at Opryland this weekend. It's sure to be a blood-sucking good time. And by blood-sucking, I mean weird.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; "></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(142, 154, 89); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Devoted fans gather for the love of a vampire</span></h1></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"></span></span><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This weekend, scores of fans will descend on Nashville to attend the </span></span><a href="http://www.creationent.com/cal/twilight_tn.htm" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Official </span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fan Convention</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> at</span></span><a href="http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-opryland/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If you're imagining throngs of screaming teens and gothed-out vampire wannabes, think again. Among </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40046501465" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the crowds</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> will be a multitude of women — mothers, sisters and best friends — looking to escape their daily lives by indulging in their love of </span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>"The </span></span><a class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100126/ENTERTAINMENT07/1260313/-1/RSS05#" target="_blank" itxtdid="16775431" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none !important; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 100, 0) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; background-color: transparent !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">love </span></span><nobr id="itxt_nobr_5_0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">story</span></span></nobr></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> really is for everybody," says Crystal Bandurske, a 34-year-old mother of five from Louisville, Ky. "Whether you are a teenager or an older person, it attracts such a wide range of people."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>Staying at the hotel, meeting actors from the movies (including Peter Facinelli who plays </span></span><a class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100126/ENTERTAINMENT07/1260313/-1/RSS05#" target="_blank" itxtdid="16946074" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none !important; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 100, 0) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; background-color: transparent !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dr. Carlisle </span></span><nobr id="itxt_nobr_6_0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cullen</span></span></nobr></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) and mingling with like-minded fans is a far cry from the daily routine and the isolation that can come with being a stay-at-home mom.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"I'm 35 — this </span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">is</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> my girls weekend!" says Lori Joffs, laughing. Joffs, who lives in Spring Hill, is the administrator of </span></span><a class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100126/ENTERTAINMENT07/1260313/-1/RSS05#" target="_blank" itxtdid="16773362" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none !important; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 100, 0) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; background-color: transparent !important; "><nobr id="itxt_nobr_7_0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight</span></span></nobr></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Lexicon, one of the most popular </span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> fan Web sites. She has attended </span></span><a class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100126/ENTERTAINMENT07/1260313/-1/RSS05#" target="_blank" itxtdid="8671918" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none !important; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(43, 101, 176) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 0.2em !important; background-color: transparent !important; "><nobr id="itxt_nobr_8_0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif" name="itxt-icon-0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; height: 10px; width: 10px; position: relative; top: 1px; left: 1px; float: none; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></span></span></nobr></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> conventions in Atlanta, New Jersey, Miami and Chicago (often as a presenter for Twilight Lexicon), and plans to attend about 10 this year. With so many conventions under her belt, Joffs has seen a lot of </span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> moms.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"There are a fair share number of teenage </span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> fans," Joffs says, "but generally speaking it's a rarity to find a teenage fan who's (at a convention) without her mother. And her mother says she's a fan, too."</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>"The last time I went somewhere with my girlfriends was August '01," says Debbie Smith, 33, from Nicholasville, Ky. "That was the last time I went anywhere without a kid or husband. I am always with a kid."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>Smith plans to travel to Nashville with two friends, and the nearly four-hour ride is something they're all looking forward to, especially Angie Napier, the ringleader of the trip and possibly the biggest </span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> fan of the bunch.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; "></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"We will catch up and see what the other families are doing and just get out and enjoy life," Napier says. 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text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; text-transform: capitalize; font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'Everyone Likes Romance'</span></span></h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>So what is it about </span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> specifically that inspires such passion? For the women we spoke to, at least, it's not so much the supernatural vampires-and-werewolves angle. Rather, they're drawn to the intense romance that develops between central characters Edward and Bella. That, and the character development at which author </span></span><a class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100126/ENTERTAINMENT07/1260313/-1/RSS05#" target="_blank" itxtdid="16775739" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none !important; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 100, 0) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; background-color: transparent !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Stephenie </span></span><nobr id="itxt_nobr_13_0" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Meyer</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif" name="itxt-icon-77" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; display: inline !important; height: 10px; width: 10px; position: relative; top: 1px; left: 1px; float: none; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></span></span></nobr></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> excels.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>"There are some mature aspects of mortality and family life and your soul," says Joffs. "It is a fun, escapist love story, and it's clean, so it's something a mother and daughter can do together, and a mother is not ashamed to share this with her daughter."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>"Everyone likes romance," adds Napier, who says she relates to the strong-willed, feisty Alice character.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The husbands may not understand their wives' fascination with </span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Twilight</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, but most can appreciate their need to get a break from the kids.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>"(My husband) is actually OK with it," says Lindsey Morgan, 27, of Fayetteville, Ky. With three children under the age of 4 and a full-time job, the convention is something she's really looking forward to. "When I first told him I was going, he looked at me like I was crazy, but he loves to give me a hard time about it. He's glad it is something me and my friend can do together and he doesn't have to come with us."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>Experiencing a giddiness and excitement that has been missing since high school, these women are unabashedly giving in to the rush fans have when they come close to their passion.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>"I don't remember really being obsessed with something since </span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dirty Dancing</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> came out," says Napier. "When I was a teenager we all had our hair cut like Baby and rolled up our denim shorts, and that's what I feel like now. I remember my grandfather making fun of my aunt, who was my age now when all of that happened. Now I can relate."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p size="12px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>Another draw of the convention is having a direct connection to what has become one of the biggest franchises in history. "It is kind of neat how big it has gotten," says Morgan. "It's hard to fathom that those four books have caused this much interest in the world."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="aa" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="pp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; "></span>"I want to meet Dr. Carlisle," says Lexington mom April P. Merrill Bormes, 31. "But the one thing I am looking forward to is spending time with my sister doing something we both like."</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">via </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100126/ENTERTAINMENT07/1260313/-1/RSS05">The Tennessean</a></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><a href="http://12monthsofresolutions.blogspot.com">12monthsofresolutions</a></span></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-63787068063062384512010-01-25T18:51:00.003-06:002010-01-25T18:55:13.825-06:00The perfect way to shop<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I am a shopper. I'm also the person who looks in her closet and says, "I've got nothing to wear." I've found a great new website for someone like me.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7gXCTpHyRCRwAS5Nq5iVueIwf0-Wa5o5YN8OgD29JwZJm4GIhJz9FfdUtneV4ifIiEiJmMaHeOKoMeXoENJUk_o4HRQCQyUvNo90nESBgyGCFMkb6KujXYNadAg9dHluvrMY_pkPQqAJ/s400/masthead_logo.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430845463898805410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 62px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Some of the stores they have on this site are really, really expensive. But they've also got some that are incredible. While I haven't purchased anything yet, I can feel a transaction in my near future.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992978383622866536.post-88712425803288017902010-01-24T18:16:00.002-06:002010-01-24T18:24:04.311-06:00For Posterity's SakeI've lived in Nashville for almost 3 years (in June) and one of the things this city has going for it is the chance to see famous people. Now, I've been to NYC and LA and have seen celebs out and about in both (I'm fine, Phillip Seymore Hoffman. How are you?) But in each of those places I've been visiting so I've had my eyes peeled. The times I've seen people in Nashville have been random and unexpected. So before I forget, here's the list of those I've seen. I'm not bragging...just remembering.<div><br /></div><div>Darryl Waltrip (race car driver...not too exciting)</div><div>Nicole Kidman (Academy Award Winner)</div><div>Keith Urban (Grammy Winner)</div><div>Mat Kearney (Singer...not particularly famous worldwide but I love his music!)</div><div>Amy Grant (Singer...a childhood icon. Story to come.)</div><div>Patty Griffin (Singer...one of my favorite songwriters. Story to come.)</div><div><br /></div><div>P.S. I did write "Posterior's Sake" first as the title. I knew it didn't look correct.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0