White Daisy Passing

I miss I miss I miss.

This Friday my grandparents are flying to Merida, Mexico to serve their (second) mission at the LDS temple. I have to admit I am not over thrilled for them. But that is because I am selfish. Also, it worries me that they will be gone for two more years. A lot can happen in two years. And when you are older, a few years can mean a lot. My grandparents are very young in spirit, though. And I think they will be alright.

Anyway, it got me thinking that I am sort of already missing them. And then I realized I miss a lot of things and people, in different ways. I wanted to reminisce a little.

I miss my overalls that I wore just about every single day in the fourth grade. (or was it fifth?)
I miss my black and white cats, Kitty and Moochy. I miss the healthy Kitty. Even when he was alive, I missed when he was healthy. And of course I always miss Mooch.
I miss my childhood.
I miss my neighbor's sandbox, and the hours upon hours spent in there.
I miss riding on the end of grocery carts.
I miss my grandparents. And sunday morning breakfast at their house.
I miss our old dog, Rascal.
I miss my guinea pig, Gus-gus.
I miss Scotland.
I miss my friend, Whitney. I miss when we were friends.
I miss my cousin, who is just in Provo, but I haven't seen her for like...two weeks.
I miss my sister, who I saw last weekend, but I don't care.
I miss my other cousin, Rachel, in Oregon.
I miss Oregon, as a matter of fact.
I miss being able to ride big-wheel bikes.
I miss all the shows that used to be on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon and Disney.
I miss Disney World!
I miss my brother.
I miss when my dad was younger and didn't ache and hurt all the time.
I miss my neighbor's swing set.
I miss Plain City as a country-town, not a cul-de-sac town.
I miss beef jerky and rootbeer from Smith n' Edwards.
I miss being in shape. >_>
I miss the summer.
I miss my goat.
I miss riding my bike. Too cold.
I miss my friend, Maren, who I never see anymore.
I miss my horse, Freckles, who wasn't really my horse, but was still my favorite.
I miss stealing sugar cubes from the horse-renters horse trailer.
I miss thinking that we had tons and tons of property.
I miss ice-skating on our pond.
I miss rafting on our pond.
I miss playing under the old trees in plain city's park.
I miss my fourth grade teacher's classroom.
I miss AP english.
I miss my The Mighty Boosh, that never comes on anymore.
I miss when the Harry Potter books were new.
I miss DragonBall Z.
I miss my hammock.
I miss my San Diego Zoo ring, which I lost.
I miss playing the wagon-game with my neighbors.
I miss Santa.
I miss that Harry Potter game that was like Clue, only Harry Potter themed.
I miss watching the Jazz Game AT the Jazz game.
I miss having a hot breakfast every morning.
I miss german pancakes.
I miss Plain City elementary library.
I miss a crapload of things. Have I worn everyone out, yet?
I think I originally was just going to post about grocery carts and the huge tire in my neighbor's back yard that was sort of scary. And then I got a wee bit carried away.

Avatar?

Okay, so that movie Avatar keeps getting all these huge award nominations. But, um. It looks like crap. It looks like a lot of special effects with a cheesy, obnoxiously predictable, really gag-worthy lines all mixed up with not-very-subtle messages about the environment. (which I am all for messages for action to save/help the environment, but uh, how about you donate all the bajillion dollars you are making from the box office to some environmental causes? Just a suggestion.)

Anyway, MAYBE I am wrong? Has anyone seen it to prove me wrong? It just seems like a lot of "wow" effect, but with a crappy plotline. Am I right?

Ugh

[rant]"They're" means "They are". "Their" is third person form for more than one person. They don't mean the same thing.

"You're" means "You are". "Your" is referring to you, particularly in a possessive form. As in "Your socks are red." Again, not the same.

One more annoyance: dot dot dots. They are called ellipses. They should be used SPARINGLY. NOT as a substitute for all grammar punctuation. It just makes sentences look dramatic and automatically obnoxious.

Example: One more annoyance...dot dot dots...they are called ellipses... they should be used SPARINGLY...not as a substitute for all grammar punctuation....it just makes sentences look dramatic....and automatically obnoxious...
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Elementary, my dear Watson.

So, I am posting this somewhat late, but after a Robert Downey Jr. Youtube marathon, I decided it is about time I post about Sherlock Holmes, even though I saw it a couple of days after Christmas.
One word: AWESOME.
It was really good. I think something that I think is portrayed in the commercials and trailers for Sherlock Holmes, is that it is a funny/light movie. It is funny at times, but on the whole, the funny can be outweighed by the dark. There are intense scenes. But nothing too gory. It is PG-13, not R. Something that I really liked about it, is that it was the typical "Holmes is super smart, and Watson is comical relief/a bit dull". They made sure to make Watson a legitimate character.

Also, a bit of book trivia, which I didn't know. Watson is a war veteran from the anglo-afghan war in Afghanistan in 1842. A bit ironic, eh?

BBC is pure evil.

Damn you Russel T. Davies! You can't toy with my emotions like this!!! >='(

p.s: whoever casts semi-minor roles for Doctor Who should probably not cast major cast members from the other bbc shows I watch. It makes it very distracting when George the werewolf from Being Human is sitting at a bar with Captain Jack Harkness.
Also, can I just say that I was half-expecting Han Solo to be sitting at that same bar? Just saying.

-sigh- I can't live without David Tennant as the Doctor.