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Happy Valentine's Day

Still from Bones 6:14: "The Bikini in the Soup" otherwise known as The Valentine's Day Episode, because it takes place on Valentine's Day. And it's partly hilarious, and partly heart-breaking.

Happy Valentine's Day you guys! Whether you're single, dating, engaged, married, or whatever, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY (MASSACRE)!!

I've been thinking about all this love stuff, lately. Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? Why aren't the banks closed February 14th? Did Hodgins remember to get Angela a gift this year? more importantly, WHAT did he get her? also, what did BOOTH GET BRENNAN? 

 I sincerely hope that by the time I'm done with this post, I will have succeeded in answering the questions that have been nagging me for the last fourteen days. And possibly longer. But before we can start, a good playlist is in order:

The Official Scattered Thoughts Valentine's Day Playlist

by Laura, with inspiration from my own Music Library

"Just a Kiss" - Lady Antebellum
"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"- Judy Garland
"Crazy For You"- Adele
"Just Haven't Met You Yet"- Michael Buble 
"Blake's View"- M. Ward
"Someone Like You"- Adele
"Enchanted"- Taylor Swift
"I Was Made for You"- She & Him
"Check Yes Juliet"- We The Kings
"For the First Time"- The Script
"Friday Night"- Lady Antebellum

"Got Me"- She & Him

"Home is a Fire"- Death Cab for Cutie

"I'm only Me when I'm with You"- Taylor Swift

"I'm Yours"- The Script

"I Thought I Saw Your Face Today"- She & Him

"I Will Posses Your Heart"- Death Cab for Cutie

"Lingering Still"- She & Him (yes, you know I LIKE She & Him...)

"Long Live"- Taylor Swift

"Love Song"- Adele

"The Man Who Can't be Moved"- The Script

"Here there Delilah"- Plain White T's

"Rhythim of Love"- Plain White T's

"Mine"- Taylor Swift

"Mushaboom"- Feist

"One and Only"- Adele

"Rave On"- M. Ward ft. Zooey Deschanel

"Science & Faith"- The Script

"She's got You High"- Mumm-Ra

"Sparks Fly"- Taylor Swift

"Stay Young, Go Dancing"- Death Cab for Cutie

"Sweet Disposition"- The Temper Trap

"There Goes the Fear"- The Doves

"There's a Light that Never Goes out"- The Smiths

"This=Love"- The Script

"You Make My Dreams"- Hall & Oates

1. Why Do We Celebrate Valentine's Day?

According to tradition, Valentine's Day is celebrated to honor one (or several) Christian Martyrs named Saint Valentine. It wasn't until about the 15th Century that the holiday was actually associated with Romantic Love. That came about because of courtly love, and the such. On this day, as you very well know, significant others are showered with red roses, and chocolates and red velvet cupcakes, am I right? You go out on a romantic date with The One. You are given sweet Hallmark Greeting cards, in which he/she expresses his/her undying love for you. Magazines are awash with ideas on how to get your guy to take more notice of you, and how to get a 'happy ending'. TV and Movie Theaters are filled with Romantic Comedies, and Chick Flicks. The Hallmark Channel has a Countdown to the Valentine's Day Countdown, then they have a Countdown to Valentine's Day.

The question remains: why on that  particular day? maybe because greeting card companies teamed up with flower companies, who in turn teamed up with clothing/accessory labels, who teamed up with department stores who teamed up with countless other industries (Yeah, I know. This isn't actually how it goes...) in order to brainwash our society into thinking we need to do something for Valentine's Day. I believe that while you don't have to, it certainly is nice to do something just because.

Dear Zooey Deschanel, roses are red, violets are blue, ukuleles are cool and so are you! 

2. Why aren't the Banks closed on Valentine's Day?

Since it is more of a commercial holiday than a religious one, or even a Federal (Government) one, banks don't close. I feel confident in saying, though, that in a dream world where chocolates don't make you gain weight and/or break out Valentine's Day (and National Chocolate Cake Day!) would be a national holiday.

3.Did Hodgins remember to get Angela a gift this year? more importantly, WHAT did he get her? also, what did BOOTH GET BRENNAN?

A. I honestly hope he did. 

B. Hopefully something sweet! and weird and creepy! but still super sweet!

C. OH MY GOD! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN! BONES FANS, WHAT DO YOU THINK? SOUND OFF IN THE COMMENTS ;)

These flawless human beings wish you a Happy Valentine's Massacre Day!!

And so do I!!

Funniest E-cards

Best Guys/Men on TV

Here are some people I think would love to be my best friends.

Or is it the other way around?

Never mind, here's the list.

Alan Rickman

He first came to us (me) in the form of Professor Severus Snape, the man who hated Harry Potter possibly more than Voldemort himself. Oh man, was he fantastic. I screamed when he didn't get a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Seriously, Oscar people? 

Anyways, the man's a genius. And I'm sure he's feeling extremely lonely right now. And he needs a really crazy 15 year-old fangirl to tell him how fantastic he is. 

Mr. Rickman, if you weren't about three times my age, we would be best of friends in another life. 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I think Joe is just the coolest. I first fell in love with him while watching (500) Days of Summer. He and Zooey did such a wonderful job. Oh, and the music video they did for She & Him's "Why do you Let me Stay Here" was awesome. 

He just exudes a kind of unique energy, all retro/vintage-y and Smiths-ish. And he's also the guy who always gets his heart broken by the super nice-looking girl. Again, look at (500) Days... and 50/50 and you'll see what I mean. Also, he's really charming. *sigh*

Check out this awesome video of him singing The Beatles' "Hey Jude" at this year's Sundance Festival!

Matt Bomer

If you're a female specimen of the human race, I don't think I need to say why he's on the list. If you're a human, I shouldn't have to tel you why. The man is a frigging sex-god. And he's extremely charming.

I remember when my mom and I first started watching White Collar way back in Season One. There weren't enough episodes. Also, he wasn't on-screen long enough. 

As long as there's ways for him to dress up in his hipster/geeky get-up when he's 'under cover' I'm all for it. 

White Collar wouldn't be the same without him.

TJ Thyne

Bones fans (omg Celine!) rejoice. Here is one of the best actors ("Black-Out in the Blizzard", "Aliens in a Spaceship", "Hero in the Hold", "The Boy with the Answer") ever. Why he hasn't been nominated for any awards is a mystery to me. Want him to play a jittery OB-GYN? sure, there's a Friends episode for that. That one, when Phoebe gives birth to her brother's kids.  Need some kind of weird lawyer? he played one, in some movie. How about a hot conspiracy theorist/ forensic entomologist,  mineralogist and botanist? Check him out on Bones. I think we can say he's one of the best characters out there. 

Oh, and did I mention he made a movie recently? Let's just say, as soon as it comes out on DVD my mom and I are hogging the couch and watching it. 

John Francis Daley

This is for the Daley-ians out there. A lot of us (or again, is it just me?) met him through Bones. There, he plays a twenty-something psychologist/ child prodigy who often aids in profiling murderers for the FBI. He also has a weird taste in women. You know I'm right; April and Daisy are insane, to say the least. 

In real life, he started out in Freaks & Geeks, a show I have only seen a few times, because my dad can't stand it. I really like it, though, because it shows just how much worse high school could be. John is also part of the South Cali-based band DayPlayer, who has really cool songs and music videos. Incidentally, the also appeared on Bones' season 4 finale. Although, they played under the name 'Gormogon'.

SEEEE!!?!?!?

David Boreanaz

Um, Bones?, Buffy the Vampire Slayer? and Angel? how about The Mighty Macs? 

There's nothing David can't do. Even star-crossed vampire lover. Even back then he was all charm. And now, as our favorite FBI agent, and Daddy-to-be, we know the charm and awesomeness is only going to get higher.

David, although half the things you tweet don't make sense to me and Angel was such a weird character without Buffy, the Bones Fandom knows we're lucky to have you.

Please keep on being awesome. And hot. And Boothy.

I Love Emily Deschanel

Yesterday, when we (the Bones fandom) got word that  the lovely Emily Deschanel was joining the Twitterverse, we waited for the epical (epic+magical) moment when she would tweet. I, the most insanely obsessed person you will ever meet, neglected to do my homework, because I was so busy refreshing my Timeline. When she finally did, I squealed, very much in the way one would expect Bones' Angela Montenegro (Michaela Conlin) to express her happiness at the news of Brennan's pregnancy. After she tweeted, I hollered up the stairs to my sister, who quite frankly thought I was having a mental breakdown. "Why so much excitement?" she asked me in a very Brennan-ish tone.

Why so much Excitement?

I shall tell you why.

For the last seven years, Emily Deschanel has been playing the absolutely fantastic Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, on Fox's hit TV Show, Bones. She's a brilliant forensic anthropologist, who can solve thousand-year old murders. Since partnering up with Special FBI Agent Seeley Booth (THE David Boreanaz!) they have solved over 100 modern-day murders. And one Ancient Egyptian one. Also, she has been my idol for the last four and a half years, which is when I started watching the show.

Back then, I didn't get what it was about. For maybe the first couple of months, I watched it solely because Emily and David are so incredibly funny and cute when they're on-screen together. Also, I became slightly obsessed with her trench coats. Yes, mom, I admit it. I LOVE HER TRENCH COATS.

Then we saw "The Baby in the Bough". Yes, that is the episode where Brennan gets to take care of Baby Andy, because she let him eat the key. Also, that's when we witness one of the most fantastically adorable moments in Television history:

I think I speak for like, all of the Bones, fans here: Emily, this is too adorable! :)
(Hart Harson, if we don't see this with either Michael or Baby Bones, I will cry. Just saying.) 

I swear, this episode changed my life. It was the episode that got me entirely hooked. Also, because of the whole Dancing Phalanges thing, I am much better at relating to toddlers. Although, the last time I tried it on my three year old cousin, she looked at me like I was insane. Oh, well. 

After so many years, I honestly feel like Brennan, Booth, the Squints and I are best friends. I could be like the Third Musketeer: Brennan, the beautiful and incredibly smart one; Angela, the funny, witty one; and then me, the quiet, admiring one. I would be like a much less-annoying version of Daisy Wick. I would be extremely eager to just be part of their world. I would hate Sully, and Wexler, and Stires. And Booth too, because let's be honest here: it's pretty hard to like him after seeing Emily cry. And I mean in the 100th Episode, as well as the Season 5 finale, as well as "The Doctor in the Photo".

It was thanks to Emily that I got hooked on Bones. It was because I was hooked on the show that I realized the girl on Tin Man was Zooey Deschanel, who funnily enough (or so I thought at the time...) was (is) her sister. It was from there that my subsequent obsessions with She & Him, (500) Days of Summer, and Hello Giggles stemmed. [I guess what I mean to say is thank you, Emily. Because you made me fall in love with your show, after which I realized Zooey was your sister, and not some stranger who just happened to look like you, and have your same last name. Later, I also learned that she was a great singer, and became She & Him's #1 fan. Also, because I started obsessively watching your show, it occurred to me to read Kathy Reichs' novels. Meet the future Best Forensic Anthropologist in The World!!]

I really am so glad we the crazy fans can let Emily know how much we love her. 

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I was tagged by Ginger to take place in those blog answer question thingies! (VERY articulate, I know...)
So naturally, I'm doing it, partly because I can't fall asleep, and also because I like the questions!!


so, here are the Rules:

1) post these rules.
2) post 11 random things about yourself.
3) answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post.
4) create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
5) go to their blog and tell them they've been tagged.
6) no cop-outs in the tagging section like “if you are reading this/follow me,” blah blah blah. you have to legitimately tag people.

11Random things about myself:

1. I am in love with Harry Potter. Dan Radcliffe is my future husby.
2. I use the word 'husby'.
3. When Zooey Deschanel (New Girl, (500) Days of Summer) and Ben Gibbard split up, I couldn't listen to Death Cab for Cutie for about a month.
4. Because Emily Deschanel recently started tweeting, I have been squealing. A lot.
5. Eleanor Roosevelt is one of my biggest idols. 
6. My favorite color is purple.
7. I occasionally sleep with my stuffed toys.
8. I love answering questions on Jeopardy
9. I pretend Buffy, Hermione, Bones, Luna, Annabeth, Katniss and I are BFFs.
10. I am secretly in love with Alan Rickman.
11. I HATE school.

Ginger's Questions

1) Chocolate or vanilla?

 Chocolate. I honestly don't think there's such a thing as too much chocolate. Chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream, chocolate bars... ooh, except maybe chocolate on fish, like that crazy Chef Robert Bourdain did once... heck to the no.

2) Where were you on 9/11?

9/11... Well... I was pretty young, say four years old? And at the time I was still living in Colombia. I was at nursery school in Colombia. Or in the car with my mom. Either way I had no idea of what was happening, and I was FAR away from all that.

3) How long have you been living in your current town for?

I have been here for... two years. Yes, two years in a couple of days... whoa, time flies!!

4) Have you ever fallen out with a friend and literally neverspoken to them again?

Yes, I have, actually!! That was in the fourth grade, before moving to the US. My best friends and I had a horrible falling-out, and I never saw them again because I moved. They chatted me up on Facebook, years later, though, does that still count?

5) Do you bring a re-fillable flask with you everywhere you go or do you buy new bottles?

I usually use a re-usable bottle. However, my favorite one broke a couple of days ago, so I have been using the throw-away ones. See, I was on the climbing machine at the gym, and the bottle fell, and the top snapped right off. The water was guzzling out. It was rather sad...

6) If you had kids, what names would you definitely not name them no matter what you were bribed with?

My dad wanted to name me after Ancient Greek philosophers, whose names sound simply horrific in spanish, so those names would be out of the question... the question should really be what would I not name them... right now Joy, Frances, Maude, Sophia, and Hermione are at the top of my Faves' List. I suppose, that something like Candi or Candy or Traci or something really obnoxious-sounding would be last on the list. 

7) In primary/elementary school, were you the kind of who told tales, was told about or stayed out of it altogether?

I was (am) extremely shy/antisocial, so I stayed out of it. Also, I wasn't included in all that, so that kind of answers it, I think.

8) Have you ever swum in the ocean, not a lake or stream, but the actual ocean?

Yes, I have. I don't really like it, because you end up with sand in places that sand should not be. Also, I always end up thinking that some kind of animal is going to come up out of the sand and eat me or something. Clearly, I have got issues with that.

9) On an Easter rabbit, do you eat the feet or head first?

The ears!! Always the ears, for some strange reason!! I guess it must be my fascination with them.... especially on animals that fall under the categories of 'cute' and 'cuddly'.

10) If you were to choose to either study Art or Science, which would you choose? Why?

That is something I have been asking myself a lot lately. In school we have to do three years of Science, and Two of Art, and there are SO many options, it drives me mad!! I love science, because it is very prescise, and incredibly interesting, especially the social side of it, like anthropology, archaeology, psychology, linguistics, etc. However, Art has been a fascination of mine since I was a 'wee little thing;! Art history, especially. Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, Frida Kahlo. All of those are favorites of mine! If I had to choose a college major right now (thank goodness, I still have two-three years!!) I would go with Archaeology (aka Physical Anthropology) and maybe Psych. 

11) What colour ink do you prefer to write with?

It depends on my mood, really. If I'm feeling serious, I write with black. If I'm feeling fancy, I write with purple. If I'm feeling girly, I write with pink. 

Now, my darlings, I shall write down eleven questions, and you [whoever I tag] will have to answer them.

1. Have you ever been obsessed with anything? Like, a TV show, or a movie?
2. Assuming you have, indeed, been obsessed with anything, what do you think it was you found attractive? What drew you in?
3. If you could meet anyone, who would it be? Why?
4. If you could time-travel, when (or where) would you go? Why? Because of the clothes? Because Elvis is cool? Oh, I know. Is it because The Doctor dragged you along in the Tardis?
5. If you have ever had a crush, have you let him (or her) know you like them? How did they react?
6. What are your favorite websites? are they incredibly awesome?
7. Who is your favorite singer/performer person? Why do you like them? 
8. If you could only eat one kind of food (i.e: French food, or Chinese food) for the rest of your life, what would it be? How about one specific dish (ie: Poison au Vin)?
9. What's your favorite subject in school? If it is math, I HATE YOU. (not really, I just suck at it.)
10. What's one place you're dying to visit?
11. What's one good piece of advice/quote that has stuck in your mind for like, forever? Whose is it?

So I have tagged 

Ginger, Natalia, Celine, Ellen and Iliza

I should get a shirt like this. It's true, I LOVE FOOD. I love buying it, I love making it, and I love eating it. Especially the part that involves dishes and soap. Yeah, washing dishes really isn't my thing. I am yet to meet anyone who actually enjoys doing that. But I still haven't met anyone who doesn't love food, in one way or another. 

Here's my love story:

I. The Beginning

We've all heard of pregnancy cravings, right? If you haven't they're pretty self-explanatory. Pregnant women start craving certain foods and combinations. Some go crazy with nut butters and crackers, some go crazy with Ben & Jerry's, or Cups Of Noodles, or overly sweet food, or salty or spicy or really anything. Sometimes really weird stuff. On 60 Minutes, for example, Beyonce said that the tabloids were spreading rumors she liked eating bananas with spicy stuff or something. 

Anyways, back to the story,  when my mom was pregnant with me she started craving chocolate-covered marshmallows. I like to think that's why I have such a sweet tooth. There is not enough chocolate in the world to repulse me. Better yet, there's little chance that I will not eat any candy you offer me. Unless you are a perv that offers doped candy. 

But the pregnancy cravings still don't come anywhere near the reason I love food (in general) so much. All of the women in my family are fantastic cooks. I was born and raised (up until the age of 11) in the wonderful country of Colombia. I swear this will make sense, just stick with me. Colombian food is some of the best food in the entire planet (not that I have tried every single cuisine in the planet...), hence the fantastic cooking skills that run in my family/heritage. Both of my grandmothers make the most fabulous food. It is very homey, and flavorful and simply heavenly.

Then my mother who can literally whip up dishes in a matter of minutes with the weirdest ingredients. One time, for example, she didn't realize we didn't have pasta sauce until after she had made the spaghetti, so she sauteed some shrimp in olive oil with scallops. Then she served them on the spaghetti with chopped almonds. It was heavenly. Even with the almonds, which I found surprising because I'm not terribly fond of nuts unless they're a) salted peanuts or b) Nut butters.  Also, she makes a killer lasagna. Her ricotta recipe (Sorrento Ricotta, eggs, oregano and her secret ingredient!) is the best.  If she made her own ricotta, like the awesome Mary Jo Deschanel (I happen to know that... not creepy at all...), I can guarantee it would be the most heavenly ricotta ever. 

This leads me to...

II. First Sight

I remember being young, maybe like six or seven years old, when I first asked my grandmother to help me bake a cake. It might have been because I had been watching the home-cooking channel earlier, but I wanted to try. And try we did. Since I was young, I obviously had help, so it should come as no surprise that it was good. We baked a lot after that... and suddenly, by eight or nine I was making them almost by myself. And they were good (or so I was told. There really is no way to know... for reasons that will be later addressed...). 

III. First Love

We watch a lot of Food Network. There have been times when all we watch is Iron Chef America or the FN Challenges, which are awesome. Also, we watched Good Eats a lot. I mean, Alton Brown is just the coolest cat (I did just say that...) out there. And Bobby Flay. AND DUFF GOLDMAN. These guys are amazing. In case you don't know who Duff is... a) where have you been? and b) GOOGLE. Or look underneath:

Alton Brown is the smartest, most amusing and insightful person. He also complicates his recipes a lot, but they're good. Super good. And his cookbooks are very clever. And witty.

 I don't even know where to begin with this. I mean, it's Duff Goldman we're talking about here. He has won SO many Food Network Challenges. He owns the most awesome cake shop ever. (Remind me to write a post about the time I made my mom drive me to Baltimore to see it...). They make the most unreal cakes ever. Doctor Who's TARDIS? The Hogwarts Castle? A little plane thing for St. Jude's Hospital? a Wiener Dog? a Pinto? YODA? R2D2? I could just keep going on. Forever and Ever and Ever. Of course, his team is a big part of it too, but I can't crush on all of them, can I? 

Also, for Christmas I tweeted him a picture of my not-so-pretty red velvet cake, and he said it looked like a nice carrot pizza cake. 

Bobby Flay is The Iron Chef. I've never seen him get beat. That and the fact that he's so totally bad-ass on Throwdown with Bobby Flay... it actually is kinda funny. 

But he's epic.

 (BAck to the story...) This Food Network love affair was only intensified when we watched one of the most fantastic movies ever: Julie & Julia.  Meryl Streep turned  a somewhat terrifying person (I kid you not, the Real Julia scares me.) into the grandmotherly type of woman you just NEED to cook with. Check her [the Real Julia!] out making ommelettes. YUMM!!

I was deeply saddened when she didn't like Julie Powell's endeavors. At least Julie's Julia did!! (Let's all be happy because our Imaginary friends love us!!).

IV. The End (of this post)

Sadly, I have to end this post. But the story doesn't quite end there... You see, lately I have been cooking a lot by myself. Except for pasta... my mom still insists on straining it. People tell me I'm pretty good (Thanks, Cuz <3 and mummy!!) and I still am improving. 

Secretly, I want to be an Anthropologist who moonlights as a chef that specializes in patries and works for Duff Goldman at Charm City Cakes. Also, I periodically go to Egypt, and cool places like that and immerse myself in the cuisine.