I must admit, I did NOT want to watch the series premier of The Vampire Diaries. Mostly because it seems like the world is cashing in on Stephenie Meyer and the huge success of the Twilight series. And also maybe because I've been told that I already watch too much TV. :)
But I was home alone on a Friday night and hey, there was nothing else on...so my remote magically turned to the CW (formerly known as the WB, home of three of my all time favorite shows: Dawson's Creek, Felicity and Everwood). And voila! The Vampire Diaries was on.
Sigh...what can I say? I'm a sucker for sexy, brooding, sensitive, blood-sucking types. And Stefan (hey, that's awfully similar to STEPHENie...as in Stephenie Meyer) is pretty convincing as an Edward wannabe. My only problem with him was that he played Emmalin's bad-influence boyfriend on Army Wives and I just can't get the image of him trying to elope with a 16-year old girl out of my mind. But I'm sure that will turn around eventually.
Then there's Damon, his bad-news "brother" (I have no idea if they're REAL brothers, I haven't read the books after all). All that I know about this guy is that he likes to kill humans and is
ubercute. Oh and he was in a movie that my cousin produced called The Rules of Attraction. Yes, that is all I know.
There are all of the supporting friends (i.e. the Mikes and Jessicas and Angelas, only they're from CW-land and not Forks) and little brother Jeremy (who was actually in Everwood - keeping it in the CW family I guess).
But the best part so far for me is Elena. Not only does she have the awesome name of my favorite female werewolf (read Bitten if you haven't already), but she is so freaking cute, I want to put her in my pocket and carry her around. She kind of reminds me of Lana Lang from Smallville with I guess a small bit of Bella (but the book Bella, not the movie version). I instantly liked her more than K-Stew (sorry girl, you're a bit too angsty for me). And since I haven't read the books, I don't care that she doesn't have blond hair. I like her hair. I wish my hair looked like that.
Anyway, that is all. Obviously I am sold and will become an avid watcher. CW, you have succeeded in bringing me back.
Shepherd's Pie + salad was actually a success!
A bit of history: I hate to cook. No, I take that back...cooking stresses me out so badly that by the time it comes to eating the (generally not very delicious) meal, I can't really enjoy it. This may seem strange (especially if you know my mother, who is an excellent cook), but up to this point, I've been a microwave-a-Lean-Cuisine or a dine-out kind of a girl. Two factors are playing into my new goal of learning how to cook: the first, it's freaking expensive to eat out; and second, I'm trying my hardest to slim down and get into shape before we go to Hawaii in December. So I went out and bought the Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook and have created a menu for this next week - as kind of a trial. Plus it helps that I'm not working at the moment (more on that later), so I'm hoping that once I find out that I actually can create a delicious and nutritious meal on my own, the stresses will fly out the window. We shall see.
