Lather, Rinse, Repeat

The paper has had a few articles in the past couple of days regarding a tragic accident on the 401. The culprit? A 39-year old man. The real culprit? Road rage. Apparently the two cars involved were jostling for pole position on the way to the highway at around 5am. Once there, the road rager changed lanes to move right in front of the victim's SUV and slammed on his brakes. In order to prevent hitting him, the SUV swerved out of the way, hit the guard rail, and proceeded to flip for a number of metres. The driver was ejected from his seat, through the front windshield dying instantly. Is it worth it? Of course not. It makes me think to myself, about how someone can go to far in an instant. Was the man who caused the accident able to foresee what he was about to do? How he was about to take the life of an innocent man over something so trivial? Did he think it through? I think probably not. He left the scene of the crime, most likely in shock, not turning himself in to police until the following day.

As I mentioned in the previous post, I had just finished reading the Twilight series. The relationship between Bella and her boyfriend vampire Edward is so, for better lack of a word, perfect. I re-read the three books, focusing on only Bella and Edward (since the majority of Book Two has Edward leaving her, so I was able to skim through that one). It's amazing the things I had missed the first time. I notice I do this a lot. If it is something I am really interested in reading, I have an urge to finish it as quickly as possible. Then once I finish it, I feel like I missed things. Most of the time, I don't go back to it. But these past few weeks, two things have caused me to feel this way. The Twilight series and Veronica Mars Season 1 through 3. Now with Veronica Mars, I feel I can justify it a little better, as I watched Season 1 & 2 online and the quality wasn't the greatest and since each episode was in 2 parts, there were occasional bits I would miss. So I went out and purchased all three seasons and watched it all again in succession. It's definately one of my favourite shows. Too bad about it being cancelled - seems like the good ones always are.

With Twilight, it's one of the few series I've decided to re-read. The other being Harry Potter, and that was only because there was a large gap between some of them. I didn't read all 7 at once. When Book 4 came out, I re-read the first three. Then when Book 7 came out, I read book 5 and 6. Interestingly enough, I realized I did not remember reading Book 6. I knew I had because it seemed familiar but I didn't remember anything that happened. When a friend told me that Dumbledore had died, I thought she had ruined Book 7 for me, when in reality, I didn't remember it had already happened. This all sounds very juvenile, considering my age. Here I am talking about Harry Potter and the Twilight series, which is considered a young adult series. But I am a sucker for a good story. And I like to read. Book 4 of Twilight comes out August 2nd. And I have final exams the following week. Dilemma. Do I study half my subjects before hand and speed read the book when I get it? I could finish it in one day if I choose to. Then I could continue studying afterwards. Or do I leave it until after exams as a reward? I know my willpower. I know it sucks. If I left it, I would most likely read it at the worst opportunity. I guess I could avoid buying it until I was done, but I know I wouldn't do that either. I would end up going to my nearest Chapters after an exam and buying it and reading it instead of studying for the next one.

So about a month ago, I watched all 5 season of NCIS - another favourite. Thank god that this is one show that isn't cancelled. It's amazing the things the brain can pick out. In one scene of the show, there was an amazing song playing in the background. I listened closely for some lyrics and google'd them. "All We Are" by Matt Nathanson - for those who wish to check it out. Now suddenly, I see all these facebook friends adding his page to their as fans. I guess if I listened to the radio, I might know more about him. But I don't and I prefer it that way.