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I was mostly sick this weekend which sucks, because I didn't do anything I planned. I hate it. And whenever I felt good enough to get up and do something, it was too hot to even MOVE. Plus mom didn't let me turn on the AC since I was sick, so I just tossed and turned in my bed and tried to find something to get my mind off things.

I watched Last Airbender which was a total failure, then I struggled to find something to watch, but this post inspired me and I downloded the movie Mr. Nobody. It is absolutely delightful. It's 2 and a half hours long, so I couldn't finish it last night, but from what I've seen, it's pretty amazing. On a very shallow note: Jared Leto is yummy.

Woke up with a strange toothache/jaw-ache this morning. I don't know which. It is still slightly aching, I hope it goes away quickly. Maybe I gritted my teeth too much at night.

My nails are in serious need of pampering. Ugh, they look awful.

Yup, I'm cranky. I'm most likely having PMS and I hate it.

- Look at that. How awesome. Those are weather predictions for Istanbul. (They're around 85F everyday) It's too hot, guys. Too hot. I remember saying that I won't complain this summer since it was too cold in winter, but IT'S TOO DAMN HARD NOT TO COMPLAIN.

I was home the whole weekend. I tried to be productive, write stuff etc, but it was impossible to think. All I could do was sit, sweat, shower.

I thought it was going to rain this week, I guess it was FALSE.

- On another note; I'm wearing heels today. Serious heels. Like heels heels. With platforms and all. Mom bought this amazing pair of shoes (similiar to this one regarding the heels) last week and they match with one of our bags (ours, yes, mom and I use everything together). So I donned my dress, heels and bag; straigthened my hair (it was the hardest thing I've done today! Too hot!) and I feel great! Heels are awesome and I can actually walk in them! Great accomplishment.

- Even though I feel pretty good physically, my financial status is pretty bad. I'm technically broke. I look at my credit card bill and can do nothing but sigh. However, as long as I have money to see Inception, I am fine. I feel like I'm being left out and it's not nice! It's coming on Friday and I'm tyring to find someone to go with me. If I can't I'll just go alone! It's Leo for god's sake. I'm supposed to be the biggest fan. (If only I was 13 again.)

- I'd have never imagined that this day would come: it's cold in the office and I'm happy about it. Yeah.

- I hate the new tagging system. I want my auto-complete back.

ETA: IT'S RAINING! YAY! THANK YOU, GOD.

I'm just like the weather today. I can't decide if I should be sunny and happy or say "Hell with it!" and rain down on everyone's parade. I think I need to sit down and make a serious "TO DO LIST".

( Girl problems )

- I started watching Being Erica and it's delighful. I can really relate to Erica being extremely qualified, but still not being able to get what other people have. I don't have as many bad choices as her in my past, but I would love to have a chance to go back and change some stuff. (Although her meddling with the past doesn't necessarily impact her present, but she learns things in the end.)

- I also checked out half of Burn Notice 1x01 but I wasn't in the mood for spy shenanigans so I left it for later. I have the full season 1 on my computer, I'm sure the time will come :) (I promised katayla that I'll give it a shot!)

- I brought Prisoner of Azkaban with me to work. I really don't care what others think of my "reading activities", if you give me something to do I'd gladly put my extra-curricular activities aside and serve the purpose, but I'll go crazy (or seriously depressed) if I spend another day surfing the internet.

- I'm mildly depressed this week, I think it's because of the huge gap I had to leave between my birth control pills. My hormones are kind of confused. I'll never do that again.

- I can't stop listening to Lady GaGa. I thought I was over her, but apparently not. Show me your teeth.

- I'm so looking forward to the concert tomorrow. I really need to be around people I love. My brother will be there too! Yay! (Except I had to buy the tickets for him as well. Working big sister is spending money for her little brother. I'm awesome.) I hope he doesn't forget to pick up the ticket though...

- It's crazy hot outside and deadly cold inside. I'm going to be sick and then I'll have to cut a bitch. I have to cover my arms and chest at work to avoid the freezing breeze of the AC.

Ummm Skins, what the fuck? ( Spoilers for 4x07 - Effy. Seriously. )

I can't sleep properly. It's been going on for a couple of weeks (maybe even longer). I wake up in every 2-3 hours after a busy or uncomfortable dream. My brain just doesn't stop working and let me sleep. I'm always tired when I wake up :(

Last night was even worse, I don't even remember exactly what I dreamt about, but I woke up in sweat 3 times in 6 hours! I finally gave up and turned on my computer, put some boring movie on and tried to sleep to their conversations. It worked to some extend, I woke up at 6:30 again, shut down the computer and tried have some sleep until 7:30, but my father decided to knock on my door at 7 to wake me up by scaring the shit out of me. At least I wasn't late to work, but now all my muscles are aching like I exercised throughout the night.

Maybe I'm going to bed too early? But I feel sleepy, that's why I sleep! Why can't I just have a powerful, dreamless sleep and wake up rejuvanted instead of tired with extremely huge, puffy eyes? Why?

Today is going better than yesterday, but my throat still hurts, I'm medicated and my bottom left wisdom teeth kind of aches, but I'm hoping it's not serious and simply effected by my sore throat. I don't want to go to the dentist D:

Ugh, I've been nagging non-stop and it's just not helping, I should just shut up. People have more serious problems than a sore throat and sleep deprivation.

Today's question is: can a book be truly, 100% original?

I was reading The Hunger Games (HG) yesterday and my brother came up to me, asked me what it was about and immediately after I told him the premise he said it was "a total rip off" from Battle Royale (BR) which is a thriller book written by Koushun Takami in 1999. It even has a movie.

When it comes to comparing book plots to their earlier "friends" I've been in both of the groups and I almost always stand corrected. Take Twilight. The fandom and blind love for the books and characters put me off most of the times, but I can't deny the fact that I couldn't stop reading the books and immensely enjoyed every page. I used to be a hater. I told each and every person I know that it was done in Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Buffy and Angel, starcrossed human/vampire couple bla. bla. bla. But come the fucking on, myself, you can't just judge a book by its cover. Literally.

So one day I sat down, I managed to obtain the first book of Twilight saga and I enjoyed so much that I hated myself for it. I'm a writer, too, I write so many stuff that is similiar to all kinds of different, very well known works and I was completely wrong about Twilight.

Same thing happened with BR and HG today as well. I found Battle Royale and opened up the book and after a couple of pages I realized how those people who blindly called HG "a cheap rip off" were wrong.

( Comparisons, rants, questions, etc. etc. No spoilers though. )

A few months ago I sent a picture with Star Wars's general plot points striked over and names and places were replaced with the ones in Harry Potter's. It's so easy to say something was ripped off from another thing if you squeeze the big picture into the smallest frame and consider the general points. Please don't do that, be open minded and look for differences in books instead of trashing it for its similiarties to an earlier work.

I have to go home now, I don't know where this sudden rant came from, but I had to write it down :))

First of all; New Moon is my favourite book in the Twilight series. I finished that book on the bathroom floor because I didn't want to wake my roommate up. That's how good and exciting it was (for me). Things you're about to read only reflects my thoughts on the movie. Nothing else.

( New Moon (bashful thoughts with sparkly text, so be warned) )

( But I have a couple of good things to say as well! (in very large fonts) )

I hate driving. Driving is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life and I don't like it. I just want this driving exam to be over and no matter what the result is, I won't be driving again anytime soon (maybe never.) I still suck at certain stuff, so I have to take a break from work on Thursday and go to a final lesson (not sure if it's going to make any difference, but whatever.)

I'm drained. Literally drained. These past two weeks were very hard on me and I realized it just now: driving, trainings, projects, my bff's hospital visits, bla bla bla... Also my dad was sick (nothing serious, balance problem related to the middle ear so he couldn't sleep for 3 days and generally felt like crap.) and I was worried about him, but I ended up yelling at him today in the car, because I was so tired and now I feel like shit about it, and I feel like crying, but I don't want to, because if I do, I'll have a headache and that'll just suck, so I won't cry.

I'm downloading Merlin, maybe it'll cheer me up. Just one of those days...

ETA: Oh yes, Merlin indeed cheered me up ♥ But I still hopelessly wish for more Morgana...