vampires are always fashionable

I was having a conversation the other day with someone who said "vampires are in fashion right now" and all i could think was, vampire stuff is always in. i remember when i was in jr. high reading the vampire diaries (which incidentally have made a comeback...i saw the display a while ago at borders). and ann rice's books, lestat was a bad ass vamp. before that there was dracula, who was depicted in tons of films and books. right now twilight is huge, and so is the sookie stackhouse franchise (i love both, but let's face it, sookie is better). There was blade, underworld, tons and tons of vampirey-creepiness. so when have vampires ever not been "in fashion"? i don't think that there is a time when people didn't enjoy vampires in some capacity.
That being said, i am working my way through buffy season 7 only to find out that ashanti had a cameo appearance, and the girl who played millie in freaks and geeks is a "potential". a potential what you may be asking yourself, in the buffy world a potential is someone who may be called as the next slayer when the present slayer dies. Something i have noticed is how different the realms of different vampire world creators can be. for example in buffy vampires are demons and their faces change to major ugly when they feed and have no souls. in sookie vampire blood is a crazy drug that makes most people trip out. and in twilight becoming a vampire allows people to realize other "gifts" which, frankly is kind of lame and was the basis for my dislike of the fourth book. that's the recent stuff i've been reading and watching. i know other things show even more differences. but the one constant is that vampires don't like werewolves...and that makes me laugh. cuz you would think that they would come together as two seperate groups who are outside the human population.
anyway, what this whole thing boils down to is: vampires are fashionable right now, but they're a classic that never goes out of style.

research methods

ok, so i am finally taking my last required class (it's all free electives until my master's course next spring) and it's research methods. I love research, i always have it's fun and interesting. but i thought doing this class online as a grad student would be lame. and while the class is a bit of a challenge (finding two articles every week, 1 quantitative and the other qualitative is quite a chore) i am totally digging it. yeah we don't get to actually do our own research, but it kind of works. and there is always that bone head who can't type to save his life and you have to figure out what they mean in their post, or the people who are still early into the grad experience and don't understand things, but this is the first class i've taken at capella where i felt really and truly interested in it and see a real exchange between thinking people. usually it's not quite so involved, but this class is different. i signed up for kind of a lame gimme class for next quarter, at least i am hoping it is a gimme class, 700 level, how to write for psychology kinda thing. i'm hoping for a nice break, but well...you just never know.

summer time

i am not really one for the sun, it burns, i get lobster red and then peel followed by fishbelly white again. but i love summer, food off the grill, swimming and hanging out in the pool and basically enjoying life. we just uncovered the pool and the water, while not exactly clear, is pretty close. can't see the bottom of the deep end yet, but you can tell there isn't any gunk on the bottom. so i can't wait for the hot weather and the crystal clear water, jumping into the deep end where the water is almost always freezing cold. I kind of wish I worked in the school district, it would be pretty decent, i mean summers off, holiday vacations. i am considering getting a teaching certificate once i am done with my masters because basically i don't know what exactly it is that i want to do with myself once i am done with school. who knows what the future will have in store for me?

worcester

well, i just finished my homework for this week while chillin in the hotel room in worcester ma. it's ok, nothing special. they gave us a hard time at check in, the workshop we attended was pretty good, it was kinda heavy on the therapy side, but pretty decent (even if the chairs were uncomfortable). we went to a restaurant across the street from the hotel and it was insanely expensive, the only thing i even wanted to touch was a herb encrusted steak, it was a lil heavy on the salt, but extremely tasty!! i didn't bring my camera, i won't have time to take pics. and i am realy really tired right now. but i got my work done, and i will be crashing pretty heavy tonight. this weekend i'm gonna go see i love you man at the heights, so that will be fun. can't wait to get back to helmira, i miss my dylbie.

x-men origins

went to the drive in last night with the dyl to see this flick and it was awesome. the explosions were amazing, you get to see why wolverine is the way he is, i loved the scene were they went up in the elevator together and they really showcased all the mutants' abilities. it was just a fun flick. dylan liked it alot too even though they didn't showcase any of the girl mutants until the end with emma frost and kayla. we both enjoyed ourselves, and who doesn't love to go to the drive in? this thusday i am going back to the drive in, sans dylan (yep all by myself) to see star trek. they are doing a special pre-show on thursday at 8:30 and i am all over it!! no midnight viewing, get to see it before alot of other people. yeah i might be tired on friday, but who cares? it'll be awesom!!! yay for the drive in