Okay, so this year’s Christmas owned. But seriously, it was really good. Here’s an abbreviated list of the items that I received.

1. Alias Season 2 DVD
2. Buffy Season 5 DVD
3. Dawson’s Creek Season 2 DVD from my sister
4. Election DVD (heh, been on my list for about 3 years…)
5. A Wicked cool scarf and cute bracelets from my Aunt Penny.
6. A nice Old Navy sweater from my Aunt Lee Ann.
7. A Mighty Wind DVD from my brother
8. Britney Spears 2004 calendar
9. Target and Best Buy gift cards

10. A t-shirt from MenWhoLookLikeKennyRogers.com.
11. Nelly Furtado Folklore (well, my friend Alyssa gave this to me for me a while ago, but it was a Christmas present)
12. A book about famous left-handers (see below)

Hahaha. I was very amused to receive a book called Celebrated Left-Handers in my stocking this year. (Go Southpaws!). Did you know that both Ted Bundy and Jack the Ripper were left-handed? We have all the cool serial killers on our side!

I also purchased a few items with my gift cards.
1. Ryan Adams Rock N Roll
2. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. An awesome, awesome pair of jeans.

So yeah, my Christmas was awesome! Hope you guys had a good one as well. As for my sites, I’ve added some new wallpapers. I also reviewed Honey and Cheaper By The Dozen at Recommended Viewing.

Do you ever watch a movie, and the characters brush their teeth? Yes, Emma… you’ve done it! The most random question you could ever ask! But seriously, TV shows\movies and teeth brushing… what is up with that?

First of all, they’re never realistic or well done. The actors never seem to get toothpaste on their chin or spit out anything larger than the acceptable amount. And secondly, they’re WAY TOO LONG. Teethbrushing in the movies is like 20 minutes long. With the exception of dentists, I don’t think that most people spend 20 solid minutes on brushing their teeth, floss and mouthwash not included.

And then with the talking. Movie characters always have to brush their teeth with someone and carry on some kind of conversation with them. I brush my teeth alone, and find it difficult to speak at all when I have a plastic stick with bristles going back and forth in my mouth.

I believe that movie directors put teethbrushing scenes in movies to make the characters more real. Hey, they brush their teeth too, so they must be just like real people! But really in essence by Hollywood-ifying teethbrushing, they make the characters seem more distant from real life than ever before. But in the end, most movie stars have whiter teeth than me, so I should probably take a page out of their book and invite my best friend to brush their teeth with me while we have an intellectual conversation…

In other, non-teethbrushing news, I put up a new layout at Under My Thumb, as well as some new wallpapers. I also reviewed Mona Lisa Smile and Swept Away at Recommended Viewing.

Since I have nothing else better to post about… I’ll recommend some songs for you. And yes, I downloaded most of these (sorry, Andrew.)

1. Junior Senior- Move Your Feet – is it bad that I like this song? Am I becoming a dance music fan. Oh please, no.

2. Damien Rice- Volcano – this song is just so heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. And Damien Rice is my new favorite.

3. Yellowcard- Big Apple Heartbreak – so cute, so cute. You still have, you still have my heart. I’m not one to like the new trend wave of emo bands (eg. Good Charlotte, Saves the Day… I can’t really distinguish the others), but I actually enjoy multiple Yellowcard songs.

4. Josh Kelley- Follow You – Well, I should really recommend everything of Josh Kelley’s. After listening to his CD a couple of times, you kind of fall in love with his voice. Another rec- “Old Time Memory.”

5. Mandy Moore- Can We Still Be Friends – from her covers album. This song is a Todd Rundgren cover (y’know, Liv Tyler’s dad, then not Liv Tyler’s dad). And the “la la la la” parts sound semi-Christmas, so I really like it.

6. Howie Day- You & A Promise – Read the lyrics carefully. Howie totally got some girl in high school pregnant!

That’s pretty much it for song recommendations. Maybe next time I’ll have something real to post about. I’m hoping that my creative energy will return to me after I have finished my exams (they start tomorrow). Well, that’s it for now.

So our Mr. Sark has a name. I forgot to mention this in yesterday’s post about Alias. Well, I really meant to, because I’m going to devote an entire post (this post) to it. Here we go…

Julian? Julian? It doesn’t seem a likely choice for Sark’s first name. However, it does rhyme with Andrian, his daddy’s name. But the Sark name reveal bothers me. This is not good for Sark’s career in professional evil. Says band Billy Talent, “There’s nothing to lose when no one knows your name.” Very true. I now fear for our very very hot Mr. Sark. Or should I now refer to him as Julian Lazarey?

The particular name is also a cause for concern. I totally thought that Sark would have a name that was long and debonair… such as Alexander or Christopher. And Alexander Sark just has this nice ring to it. Julian Sark lacks this. But it does seem to be a strange, strange coincidence that they chose Julian, which is shockingly close to Julia, Sydney’s alter ego. Yes, a strange, strange coincidence. This furthers my theory that Sark and Sydney are brother and sister. C’mon. Irina did a lot back in her hey-day. I’m sure she ran into Andrian Lazarey.

Alias tonight: Awwwww. Sarkey and Daddy Sarkey. How cute. A little reunion. I love how he called him “daddy.” And how he was like “Hey dad, remember that time when you smacked me around? Good thing you did, ’cause I wouldn’t look this good if you hadn’t.” And then Daddy Sark said that Sark couldn’t possibly torture his own father. Well, he obviously doesn’t know Sark!

How awesome was Bradley Cooper in this episode? I loved Will going on a little mission and doing his little fake accent. So so cute. And now Sydney and him are sex buddies! Strange, but cute. And he killed (but not really) Alison, but still felt guilty. Ummmn, that’s because you screwed up her and Sarkey’s future! I totally think that Sark and Alison need to get married after they find the info to change her back, then they can be the perfect little evil couple.

Lauren was missing from this episode. Did anyone notice how much better the episode was because of her absence? Now if they can just get rid of Vaughn, then we’ll be all good. And Jack was all smacking Robert Lindsey. Looks like they’re trying to bring back season 1 Jack, which is a very good idea. EvilJack is the best.