Okay, so this year’s Christmas owned. But seriously, it was really good. Here’s an abbreviated list of the items that I received.

1. Alias Season 2 DVD
2. Buffy Season 5 DVD
3. Dawson’s Creek Season 2 DVD from my sister
4. Election DVD (heh, been on my list for about 3 years…)
5. A Wicked cool scarf and cute bracelets from my Aunt Penny.
6. A nice Old Navy sweater from my Aunt Lee Ann.
7. A Mighty Wind DVD from my brother
8. Britney Spears 2004 calendar
9. Target and Best Buy gift cards
10. A t-shirt from MenWhoLookLikeKennyRogers.com.
11. Nelly Furtado Folklore (well, my friend Alyssa gave this to me for me a while ago, but it was a Christmas present)
12. A book about famous left-handers (see below)

Hahaha. I was very amused to receive a book called Celebrated Left-Handers in my stocking this year. (Go Southpaws!). Did you know that both Ted Bundy and Jack the Ripper were left-handed? We have all the cool serial killers on our side!

I also purchased a few items with my gift cards.
1. Ryan Adams Rock N Roll
2. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. An awesome, awesome pair of jeans.

So yeah, my Christmas was awesome! Hope you guys had a good one as well. As for my sites, I’ve added some new wallpapers. I also reviewed Honey and Cheaper By The Dozen at Recommended Viewing.

Do you ever watch a movie, and the characters brush their teeth? Yes, Emma… you’ve done it! The most random question you could ever ask! But seriously, TV shows\movies and teeth brushing… what is up with that?

First of all, they’re never realistic or well done. The actors never seem to get toothpaste on their chin or spit out anything larger than the acceptable amount. And secondly, they’re WAY TOO LONG. Teethbrushing in the movies is like 20 minutes long. With the exception of dentists, I don’t think that most people spend 20 solid minutes on brushing their teeth, floss and mouthwash not included.

And then with the talking. Movie characters always have to brush their teeth with someone and carry on some kind of conversation with them. I brush my teeth alone, and find it difficult to speak at all when I have a plastic stick with bristles going back and forth in my mouth.

I believe that movie directors put teethbrushing scenes in movies to make the characters more real. Hey, they brush their teeth too, so they must be just like real people! But really in essence by Hollywood-ifying teethbrushing, they make the characters seem more distant from real life than ever before. But in the end, most movie stars have whiter teeth than me, so I should probably take a page out of their book and invite my best friend to brush their teeth with me while we have an intellectual conversation…

In other, non-teethbrushing news, I put up a new layout at Under My Thumb, as well as some new wallpapers. I also reviewed Mona Lisa Smile and Swept Away at Recommended Viewing.

Since I have nothing else better to post about… I’ll recommend some songs for you. And yes, I downloaded most of these (sorry, Andrew.)

1. Junior Senior- Move Your Feet – is it bad that I like this song? Am I becoming a dance music fan. Oh please, no.

2. Damien Rice- Volcano – this song is just so heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. And Damien Rice is my new favorite.

3. Yellowcard- Big Apple Heartbreak – so cute, so cute. You still have, you still have my heart. I’m not one to like the new trend wave of emo bands (eg. Good Charlotte, Saves the Day… I can’t really distinguish the others), but I actually enjoy multiple Yellowcard songs.

4. Josh Kelley- Follow You – Well, I should really recommend everything of Josh Kelley’s. After listening to his CD a couple of times, you kind of fall in love with his voice. Another rec- “Old Time Memory.”

5. Mandy Moore- Can We Still Be Friends – from her covers album. This song is a Todd Rundgren cover (y’know, Liv Tyler’s dad, then not Liv Tyler’s dad). And the “la la la la” parts sound semi-Christmas, so I really like it.

6. Howie Day- You & A Promise – Read the lyrics carefully. Howie totally got some girl in high school pregnant!

That’s pretty much it for song recommendations. Maybe next time I’ll have something real to post about. I’m hoping that my creative energy will return to me after I have finished my exams (they start tomorrow). Well, that’s it for now.

So our Mr. Sark has a name. I forgot to mention this in yesterday’s post about Alias. Well, I really meant to, because I’m going to devote an entire post (this post) to it. Here we go…

Julian? Julian? It doesn’t seem a likely choice for Sark’s first name. However, it does rhyme with Andrian, his daddy’s name. But the Sark name reveal bothers me. This is not good for Sark’s career in professional evil. Says band Billy Talent, “There’s nothing to lose when no one knows your name.” Very true. I now fear for our very very hot Mr. Sark. Or should I now refer to him as Julian Lazarey?

The particular name is also a cause for concern. I totally thought that Sark would have a name that was long and debonair… such as Alexander or Christopher. And Alexander Sark just has this nice ring to it. Julian Sark lacks this. But it does seem to be a strange, strange coincidence that they chose Julian, which is shockingly close to Julia, Sydney’s alter ego. Yes, a strange, strange coincidence. This furthers my theory that Sark and Sydney are brother and sister. C’mon. Irina did a lot back in her hey-day. I’m sure she ran into Andrian Lazarey.

Alias tonight: Awwwww. Sarkey and Daddy Sarkey. How cute. A little reunion. I love how he called him “daddy.” And how he was like “Hey dad, remember that time when you smacked me around? Good thing you did, ’cause I wouldn’t look this good if you hadn’t.” And then Daddy Sark said that Sark couldn’t possibly torture his own father. Well, he obviously doesn’t know Sark!

How awesome was Bradley Cooper in this episode? I loved Will going on a little mission and doing his little fake accent. So so cute. And now Sydney and him are sex buddies! Strange, but cute. And he killed (but not really) Alison, but still felt guilty. Ummmn, that’s because you screwed up her and Sarkey’s future! I totally think that Sark and Alison need to get married after they find the info to change her back, then they can be the perfect little evil couple.

Lauren was missing from this episode. Did anyone notice how much better the episode was because of her absence? Now if they can just get rid of Vaughn, then we’ll be all good. And Jack was all smacking Robert Lindsey. Looks like they’re trying to bring back season 1 Jack, which is a very good idea. EvilJack is the best.

Craig Kilborn is the best late night television host, Johnny Carson notwithstanding. And I’ve compiled a list of reasons why this is oh so true.

1. Craig Kilborn’s name is Craig.

2. Craig Kilborn is single.

3. He has a cute nickname- Kilby.

4. He doesn’t have an annoying house band where he has to keep up a conversation with the band leader.

5. Kilborn does not do annoyingly long monologues in the beginning of his show.

6. Kilborn doesn’t revert to toilet humor like Conan does.

7. He has cooler staple segments, such as “What up?”, “5 Questions”, and “This Just In.”

8. He’s generally more suave than the other hosts. Leno and Letterman are old, and Conan can be kind of creepy.

9. Craig Kilborn has generally better musical guests. Conan sure knows how to book those crazy obscure bands.

10. Craig Kilborn is a fan of Mandy Moore.

11. Craig Kilborn is a fan of Dido.

12. When Kilborn has a particularly special guest, he usually has a countdown during the show until they come out, which is very funny.

13. I just love the sound effect when he sits down at his desk. (“The late late show is starting.”)

Whew. That’s a pretty big list. My Kilby rules. But in other news… on Thursday I bowled the best game of my life: a 212. I had 5 strikes in a row (a big ass turkey). I’m still pretty jazzed from Thursday bowling.

I’m starting to really feel the Christmas vibe.

I went to Starbucks earlier this evening for a Christmas party. It was a bring a toy, get a free drink kind of a deal. We (my father, younger sister, and I) walked in, me holding the toy. And two Rather Attractive Male Starbucks Employees greeted us. One of them said “Did you bring a toy?!?!” and I said “Yes!” then he said “Well, then you get free food and drinks!” and I said “Super!” and we all grabbed little brownies from the trays that they were holding. Very delicious little munchies, by the way.

I dropped the toy off in the collection area. Then we walked over to the counter. The only free drinks that they were giving were the special holiday drinks, which I thought was rather cool. My father didn’t think this was cool, as he had fully planned to order a vanilla latte. Haha. Anywho, my sister ordered a peppermint hot chocolate, which was very pepperminty. My father and I both ordered Gingerbread Lattes, which were excellent. I thought they would overdo the gingerbreadness, but it was just perfect.

So, we’re just sitting there sipping our little Starbucks coffees, when my dad asks why Rather Attractive Male Starbucks Employee One had only addressed me when we first walked in. And I said that he was probably flirting because I’m oh so hot. To this my father chuckled. What? Is it so unbelievable that I might be oh so hot and Rather Attractive Male Starbucks Employee One would want to flirt with me? Okay, okay. I see his point.

We finished our coffees and exited Starbucks, and headed over to the parking lot where the local Boy Scout troop sells Christmas trees. We say some really nice ones, but most had big holes in them, y’know, where more branches should be. There was one tree, in particular, that I really liked. But alas, my father insisted on coming back and viewing the trees in daylight. Picky, picky. But the trees smelled so, so good. So very much like Christmas. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, y’know.

Hey! It’s time for the annual cloudyday.org Christmas layout. This year it’s blue and snowflakey. I really like it so far. Let me know what you think in the comments. And make sure you check out the “cool” list.

I also just got a new AIM screenname: QueenSark. So if you’re on the instant messenger, feel free to IM me.

There is a question that has been plaguing me for quite some time now. How is it that R. Kelly still has a career? Honestly? Not to mention that he’s a pedifile, he’s an awful musician. The R. Kelly-produced track on the new Britney Spears album is awful. Outrageous as you wanna be? Sure, whatever.

I had a bowling match earlier this afternoon, and it was a very interesting match. First off, I did not have my bowling ball or bowling shoes with me, so I had to use a house ball and house shoes. So already the karma was off. But I did surprisingly well in the first game with a score of 150. In the break between the first and second games, the coach from the other team came over to set the new line-up, and guess what? He looked just like Winn! My initial reaction was to say “Hey, Winn!” but I quickly stopped myself considering that he had brown hair, a little more “junk in the trunk,” and a shirt that said Coach Atkins on it. The resemblence was still uncanny. I’m still pondering whether Winn has a bowling coach alter ego. Anywho, I continued bowling. To my dismay, I did not bowl as well as before. My last two games were 114 and 126. The appearance of EvilWinn apparently gave me some bad luck. When I returned home, my dad asked me how “generic bowling” went (bowling with the house ball and shoes). And let me just say, I can’t wait to bowl with my own ball and shoes. And I hope that EvilWinn doesn’t show up to any more of my bowling matches.

On a movie note, I rented Malibu’s Most Wanted last week, which I enjoyed immensely. You can read the review here.