my dreams are coming true

As some of you may know or have put together on your own, I'm not exactly normal (well, on second thought, nobody is normal....). I'm not the average blogging girl. I like crafty stuff and diy stuff and cute stuff. But sometimes, I need me a little something else.

So I love AMC. Love, love, love. But not for Mad Men, although that is a fantastic show. Breaking Bad is amazing, which I watch religiously when it's on. Every week. But even that's not the reason I'm going on this long-winded rant (is it a rant? I'm not angry...)

Why I love AMC so much right now? Forget vampires and werewolves. Zombies. Freaking zombies.

AMC is making one of my favorite graphic novels into a show. The Walking Dead.

Seriously, I can hardly contain my excitement!!! I mean, I'm writing two posts in one day! And like, this show is going to be up there with the X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer! And if AMC can do grizzly murder on Breaking Bad, it's going to be a hundred times more bloody in The Walking Dead.

So can I get a "hell yeah?" ...Please? I mean I know a lot of you probably aren't very into zombies and such, but the series isn't going to be a blood-drenched, intestine-gobbling, absolute gore-fest. Well, it is going to be that, but that's not all that the series is going to be about. There are so many plot twists and discoveries and betrayals, it's going to just like any other AMC show: stellar storytelling. And really awesome costumes and make up.

The Walking Dead priemeres at 9 PM CST on Halloween. Really, I don't think my Halloween is going to get any more awesome than if Pokemon and unicorns turned out to be real.

And if you've got a strong stomach, here's the trailer. But beware, I'm telling you, a strong stomach is definitely needed: 

dark

I just finished reading Mockingjay which is the last book in the Hunger Games trilogy. I can't even begin to describe what I feel. I love the way books can touch something inside me, but it's not always a pleasant feeling that they leave with you. I could tell from the first book that they weren't the kind of books with fairytale endings. But all the same, I'm content with these books, the characters, the story they told, and how it all ended.

On a little bit of a lighter note, I start my sophomore year at Texas A&M University tomorrow. Bright and early with calculus at 9:10. Send me love on my first day back as a possibly non-engineering major. More on this development to come. And for those of you starting school, or with children starting school, or know someone starting school, I send you all my best.

in two days

I don't think I have ever read two books back to back so quickly in my life.

The Hunger Games and it's stunning sequel, Catching Fire.

If you haven't read them, get your butt to the library or Target and get them!!

I don't even remember who recommended them to me, but whoever it was, you suck and you're brilliant and I love you. Thank you. And curse you at the same time. Because these books are romantic, violent, realistic, agonizingly cruel and so damn amazing. But the next one doesn't come out for another month... :(