Vampire Vocab

Jane finished her grocery shopping, cradling Sarah to her chest with one arm, pushing the cart with the other. She puts her items on the belt, and as the cashier rings them up, she rummages around in her purse, looking for her wallet. She finds it, and, in triumphantly pulling it out, pulls her amulet [...]

Today’s word is… Convulsing! The definition is: con⋅vulse [kuhn-vuhls] –verb (used with object), -vulsed, -vuls⋅ing. 1. to shake violently; agitate. 2. to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc. 3. to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles. Origin: 1635–45; < L convulsus ptp. of convellere to shatter, tear loose, equiv. [...]

My dad seems to have decided to make a habit of, whenever he goes to a different country, bringing one of the twilight saga back in the native language. After his recent trip to Paris, I now have two of the saga. Twilight in French and New moon in Swedish. I wonder what language the [...]

Denise’s daughter and her daughter’s husband have come to visit, and I am very eager to catch up with what has happened recently. Therefore, I start to talk about my favorite subject (besides books, that is.), vampires. After just 30 minutes of compare and contrast Bill Compton and Eric Northman, my mom’s had enough. At [...]

Today’s Vampire vocab word was suggested by my brother, so here it is… Oblivious! The definition is… ob⋅liv⋅i⋅ous /əˈblɪviəs/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-bliv-ee-uhs] –adjective 1. unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually fol. by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration. 2. forgetful; without remembrance or memory: oblivious of my former failure. 3. Archaic. inducing forgetfulness. [...]

Another fab recipe from Epicurious. I made these cookies for teacher appreciation week, and my history teacher’s wife really liked them. So I decided to link to them (below) so you could try them. I put crystallized ginger niblets on top of white icing, which was delicious and more classy looking than the colored icing [...]

My cat Miles is an old and senile Maine Coon. He is absolutly beautiful, with his long black, brown and white fur, so I began to wonder “Is he as old as I thought he was, or much older?” Could my very own cat be one of the blood-drinking immortal? His teeth are pretty sharp… [...]

No, I did not misspell Vampire. I would never do such an evil thing! I Have a pie recipe that I highly recommend that you try, and it reminds me of vampires: sweet, seductive, and I cant get enough of it! It’s a very simple pie to make and I found the recipe on Epicurious. [...]

I really like this word, so I’m going to use it instead of a Vampire quote. Todays Word of the Week (day is more like it) is… Pulchritude! The dictionary.com definition is pul⋅chri⋅tude /ˈpʌlkrɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [puhl-kri-tood, -tyood] –noun physical beauty; comeliness. Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L pulchritūdō beauty, equiv. to pulchri- (comb. [...]

I had the oddest dream last night that I was on a class trip to a museum, and my father came and I asked him about his trip to Germany (even though he hasn’t been to Germany, lately) and it led to the basis for the series of short stories I’m going to write. This [...]