Bree Tanner; I don't care if you don't care, GO READ IT!!!

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner came out on Saturday. I was actually kind of surprised that other than the girls at Eyes of Amber are talking about it.

No, it's not Midnight Sun. Yes, that sucks. But, again, she didn't write this after she stopped writing that. This was written before Breaking Dawn, while she was editing Eclipse.

Also, I think you're going to be very surprised by the content included from this book in the movie if you don't read the book first.

Lastly, it's available for free in it's entirety online for a month. Go to BreeTanner.com and click on the arrow to the right of the book (a bit down the page on the right) to open the cover, then use the arrows to turn pages back or forth.

It boils down to this for me: Yes, it would suck to never get Midnight Sun, but, this has nothing to do with that really. It's another Twilight book by Stephenie. It showcases just how much larger than Bella and Edward the Twilight world is. It's dark and tragic, in more ways than you're going to guess. Which makes it something completely new from Stephenie. AND, for me at least, by the end, I definitely have hope that there may be more Twilight books someday. Which brings me back to GO READ IT!!!

The Host Review / Go Read It!

*Sorta SPOILERS Alert*
(not too many, just a bit)

So, I'm as much of a twinut as the next person, I love it, I think about it all the time, I read it over and over again. While I previously would say I liked Stephenie Meyer as a person, I guess I wouldn't praise her too much as an author (c'mon peeps, Twilight was bad - Edward's gorgeous face - ) I did appreciate that the books got better as we went, but, was never even a tad interested in her other book The Host. Which is a tad odd as I usually love sci-fi/different kinda books.

Even when they mentioned a movie deal, I got about as far as thinking 'that's nice' and moved on. It wasn't until dastardly Costco had it on their tables for sale that I caved and let my curiosity get the best of me. What else was I supposed to do? It's just the perfect size to go on the shelf next to my others ...

Anywho, I read it in three days, and I LOVED it!!! What can I say, woman knows how to write characters, touch emotion, and make me bawl like a baby!

I then thought, everyone needs to read this, it's good! But, how to get the twihoors to cross over when there is such current animosity towards all things SM (*cough*breetanner*cough*mightnightsun*cough*)

So let me break it down for you twilight style (note, it's totally different than this, but, in twilight terms, it'll let you get a feel for it) I'll write you a book  jacket as if it was happening in twilight world ...

"Earth has been invaded by an alien species. A human named Rosalie has been captured, there are questions to be answered. Bella is inserted into Rosalie to retrieve those answers and report them to the others. Rosalie does not take this lying down, even though she's a prisoner in her own body that is now Bella's. Along the way, Bella becomes aware of Rosalie's partner Emmett. Through Rose's memories, Bella falls in love with Emmett, and eventually, allows Rose to talk her into going in search of him. Eventually they find him, and meet Edward."

Which then gives you one of the most interesting love triangles you'll get. Emmett loves Rosalie and Edward loves Bella. Rosalie and her body love Emmett, Bella comes to love Edward, but, because of Rose, loves Emmett too.

There's a crapton else going on as well, it's truly a good read, and despite the terms I used to make it relate-able, I assure you, there is no character recycling here. Stephenie Meyer has succeeded in creating a whole new world filled with all new people, and truly, if she hooked into your emotions the first time, she'll do it again!

welcome to the rotation 

The Most Awesome Coffee Cup Ever!

Recently while at Toys R Us (while I was on a trip to spend my little spending money on yet more Twilight crap) I stumbled upon the most awesomenest coffee mug ever! (which of course I bought!)




For $9.99 you get a cool Team Edward cup, which I was excited about, that's actually a thermal mug, (which upon reading decided my purchase of it right then and there, over a shirtless Jacob action figure), when hot, the Team Edward mug displays the Cullen Crest and says ... what would I do without you?

Now, every morning, I get giddy like a schoolgirl when it's coffee time. I will fully admit that it makes me ridiculously happy each and every day, that I can have Edward asking himself what ever would he do without me!

Mostly now I'm just trying to keep it out of sight of Mr. T ... I don't think he'd be much amused.

Which will make weekends interesting ... what to do? Risk Mr. T catching wind of my latest shenanigans? Or go a day without Edward marveling over my presence?

oh yeah, and for all you wolf lovers, there is this:

which goes from pic of Jacob and text that reads Team Jacob on black background, to the wolfpack tattoo and the text, 'it's a wolf thing' ... which I guess would do it for some people ...

If you're thinking of buying this in a store (vs. online), I would recommend opening the box and looking at the mug you're thinking of getting. I opened it up to see what the whole mug looks like, and noticed a bit of goober stuck to the bottom edge. It looks like the final coat built up a bit at the bottom, it looks like it would come off okay, but, I'd be a little concerned it'd peel a bit up from the bottom while trying to remove it.

I ended up looking through about twelve of them before I found one that didn't have it and the very nice employees watched on as the crazy lady opened and repackaged just about every mug on the display. What can I say, I've learned the hard way about NECA and their ideas of quality control ...

What?! A New Twilight Book!!! Why Thank You SM, You Just Made My Week/Month/Until Eclipse Time!

I woke up this morning, kicked ass and took names, then sat down to the computer to log onto Facebook. Where I find none other than a link to a USA Today article that made my day.

The long and the short of it is that THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW TWILIGHT BOOK!!!!! Oh, what? And a portion of sales go to the red cross? Bonus! SM FTW! It seems like she was inspired by the global, and twilight fandom in specifics, effort to aide Haiti and Chile as they go through these tough times of rebuilding.

The book is actually more of a Novella. A bit over 200 pages when typeset. A project SM originally was just toying with back when writing Eclipse, and was thinking of putting in the Twilight guide until she found out it was a bit too long to just be slipped in like that. It's called "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner".

It covers the last week of Bree's life. Having been turned about three months prior, it sounds like the story will cover a bit of life in Victoria's army, the end of the armies time in Seattle, the march to Forks, and the battle from the newborn army's point of view.

I have to say I'm super excited for this book for so many reasons, of which I will list below:

• I need more twilight books. I've read the four I  have and want more.

• This is a chance to be a darker book. I've never read the host, but, I've read Twilight, and the lady likes to wrap everything up in big pink sparkly bows. This story has no chance of being happy. It can only be a violent, chaotic, tragic little story, and this excites me (don't get me wrong, I love the goo, but, it'll be a nice change of pace that gives more depth to the Twilight world).

• It gives me hope that there will be more Twilight books. I super super extra sparkle hope that there will be more. I want midnight sun. I want more. I love Twilight so hard and am not okay with just four books in that world.

• It'll buzz up Eclipse. I don't know about you, but, in trying to stay away from tons of spoilers and such, I'm just not getting the buzz like I did before New Moon. The way it's being marketed and such, there's just nothing official out there yet. No merch, no TV spots, no hype. If I didn't know it was coming out on 6/30, I wouldn't have a clue there's another one on the horizon. Not only that, it makes it sound like everyone in on the movie got a copy of the manuscript and that Bree will be a bit bigger part of the movie than she was in the book, this intrigues me.

• Hopefully sales will be huge and it will further encourage Summit that the Twilight craze has NOT died down, that they should go through with BD, and that it has enough support to be two movies.

Anywho, it looks like the book drops June 5 and can be purchased in hardcover for around $13.99.

ON TOP OF THAT to give a huge high five to her fan base, and really, to give me an answer to any jerkwad that thinks she's just milking this for a cash cow, you'll be able to read the whole thing FOR FREE between June 7 and July 5 at it's website. There'll even be a donation link to the Red Cross if you want to read for free and still support the aide effort.

Read more in this article, in Stephenie Meyer's entry on her official site, or in the official press release by little brown.

SO TOTES EXCITED!!!!!

I just hope they'll go all the way through publishing it in paperback so I can get a copy that matches the rest of my set :)

Someday I'll get a grown up hardback set, but, that's maybe for when I'm not reading and re-reading quite so constantly, and when I don't have little kids that ruin everything anymore ...

Loves Me Some Sokka!!! (my fave sokka episode Included :)

Years ago, before I even ever knew Twilight existed, there was a little show that premiered on Nickelodeon. Called Avatar: The Last Airbender. I watched it from the premier episode all the way through the end. I've seen every episode. I love that show SO HARD!

So, natch, when I heard there was going to be an AVATAR movie coming out I was really excited, and then disappointed, it wasn't Avatar at all, it was a bunch of weird blue people playing Pocahontas ... not what I had in mind at all.

Then I did hear they were also doing a movie called The Last Airbender, and I was excited all over again!!!

From what I can tell, the movie covers the first third of the Saga, what the viewers found in Book One: Water. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, you're missing out. It's a FABULOUS show!

I was THRILLED to hear that Jackson Rathbone was playing Sokka

 

 

JBone's infectious smile and sunny personality seem like a GREAT fit for the comic relief that Sokka's character provides to the story. I'm really excited to see how it plays out!

I am a bit hesitant about M Night Shyamalan being in charge of the whole thing though,while I do love his movies, the show was very funny and clever, and I don't know if he can keep the same tone it deserves.

Another note of bummer for me, is that in the series, Prince Zuko, son of the firelord and primary adversary to Aang the Avatar

was voiced by Dante Basco, who if you don't know off the top of your head, was Rufio from Hook

who is now admittedly now a tad bit older than when i first fell in love with him, and maybe a little bit older than Prince Zuko should be, but, in my opinion, he's still zuko and should have been cast for him in the movie regardless!!!

cause this guy they cast just isn't doing it for me ...

and, they've got the hair wrong, but, whatevs ...

All in all, again, great show, SO EXCITED for the movie, and really can't wait to see what Jacksper brings too the role. Also looking forward to see him with lines and no horrific wig!

For those of you who've never seen it, watch one of my favorite Sokka episodes after the jump.

avatar book 3 fire episode 4 "Sokka's Master"


It shouldn't spoil anything for you if you want to see the movie as it takes place in the third book (which'll be the third movie if it ever gets that far) and as it's mostly a side story will likely not even make it in if we get to Book Three: Fire. Enjoy!!

New Moon in the Cheap Seats!

Locally we have a theater that used to be the big main Cinemark theater with 12 screens. Years ago, Cinemark built a better theater in the same mall that featured 17 screens and stadium seating with more comfortable chairs, arm rests that group and down, seats that rock a bit, and a bunch more cool modern features.

Instead of demo-ing the old theater, Cinemark took the 12 screen set up and started taking older movies that are out on, or nearly out on DVD, and letting folk see them on a big screen for $1.75 during the week, and $2.00 for fri and sat night showings.

Good news, New Moon has just hit the buck-fitties!!! (when it first opened, all shows were $1.50 and the name just hasn't caught up to the price change)

Needles to say, I've seen it several times and have plans to see it several more.

On my most recent viewing, Thursday night, I finally decided to take some notes so I could write a bit about my thoughts about the movie. I packed in a note pad and pen, got it out during the previews and got ready to jot a few thoughts.

I ended up with thirteen pages of notes ...

Let's just say what started as a 'jot a few notes to remind me later' turned into channeling my HS note taking mania at the height of finals preparation. Which gave me what ended up looking more like a director's critique of a rough cut than a few notes on a movie I want to blog about ...

Anywho, it gives me LOTS of material to work with, and, over the next few mondays (maybe thursdays too) I'll be going over a page or two, and pretending like you all care ;)

RMEMBER ME TICKETS ON SALE NOW (here at least)

Hey, y'all, fandango just sent me the fan alert. Looks like (here at least) Fandango has started selling tickets for the opening weekend of Remember Me!!! (BIG YAY!)

I doubt it will be the huge circus that a Twilight Saga opening weekend is, but, it is a movie with the precious, and I wouldn't underestimate the power of that! On one hand, I don't want to tell anyone about it until I have money to buy the tickets tomorrow, on the other hand, I know that the maybe two people that still read here live no where near me and the ticket that will put my butt in a seat is likely safe.

So, because I like you, I'll tell you after all, head on over to fandango and get some!

Oh Verizon, Way to Reach THAT Demographic!

I don't know if you've seen it yet or not, but, Verizon is out with a new commercial featuring "Sebastian" and his girlfriend ... Sebastian's styling/outfit is looking VERY familiar ... what I'm not recognizing is the non whiny, non stuttering, non blinking at a hummingbirds wing pace, blond girlfriend ...

Anywho, the punchline is she has crappy cell coverage, he ditches her, and a wolf is ready to dive in for seconds. I wonder wherever they got this unique plot idea from ;)

All in all, what I can't tell, is if it's lame or not. Initially I want to say yes, yes it is, but, then it is kinda about twilight ... and that makes me want to say no ... what do you think?



Also, love the teeth! The more I watch Twi movies, the more I just wish the vamps could have some retractable vamp teeth ... (like the ones in this commercial where they line up on the canines, not like on Tru Blood [which I love other than teeth] where they come out of the outside incisors ... the spacing is just wrong when done like that ...)

Facing the Music & Twilight Graphic Novel

Firstly, I'm sorry, I'm a lame blogger, and it will likely stay so until after tax season.

I was so proud of myself for being able to keep up a nearly daily posting for months. Then, real life made an appearance.

There's a whole list of reasons why I'm being lame. Some of which I'll try to catch you up on.

One thing that may help, is that I found the part of the posting options where you can schedule a date and time for posts to be posted ... so, I can maybe find a day or two where I have more time, type a few posts, and then schedule them to be posted in a more strung out fashion.


Now, in other news, as most of you have likely heard. There is going to be a Twilight Graphic Novel that will be released over several installments. The first of which is set to release March 16. It looks pretty cool if you like such things, you can check it out on amazon

 

 Another bit of random, I think it's interesting that the storm hitting the East Coast is being so nasty and unpredictable that amazon is making a note about it. 

I have to say, that's the first time I've seen anything like it.

Friday Drive By

Today I'm short on time (stupid RL) so, here's a quicky sent to my by Mr Twinatic, made me laugh, it was found here

Want!!!

They may be good, they may be terrible, regardless, I have a love for the Twilight Action Figures!

I don't have NM Edward yet, he's terrible!!! I don't have Alice yet, I've been on the fence about her ... that is until I saw this ...

over at Dread Central

and now I'm seeing a need for a sparkleward, a shirtless jacob, an Alice, and a Jasper ... which is WAY more money than I have right now ... I'm thinking I can't possibly spend any more money on this without feeling HORRIBLE because the house fund is tight as it is right now ...

And then I remembered that Mr Twinatic has yet to get me a Christmaversary gift yet ... (the 29th made it 8yrs for us) and as he's done in the past, if the first attempt doesn't go well, he just forgets about it ... one attempt has been made, but, he swears he's set the money aside.

I'm thinking that as they're not out until April, this gives me a little time to connive, scheme, sell some stuff, etc. so i can get my grubs on these. I'm going to just tell Mr Twinatic to set aside that money, maybe do another can drive, and dig through the closets for some eBayable things.

I'm not sure if this habit is a good thing ... it seems to be costing a lot ... I'm no longer sure that it's cheaper than a meth addiction ...

Hello Again Twitardia

Hello,

It's been a while!!!

Somewhere over the New Moon release, the nearly traumatic encounters with drunk people four weekends in a row, my brother's wedding, and being in charge of making Christmas this year, Christmas itself, the kids home for Christmas break, an Anniversary, and New Years ... I lost my fever.

I lost my line of sight on my love of Twilight.

I didn't follow any of the blogs. I haven't even been obsessively following my beloved JJ and STY over at Twitarded! I've only seen New Moon twice! *gasp!!!* I haven't been re-reading any of the books, or even listening to them on my ipod. I haven't even read any fanfic in about 6 weeks!!! ... i hadn't even stalked any pictures of the precious ...

The worst part about it all?

... I didn't really care ...

{: o

I was actually beginning to wonder if I was ... over it ...

if the love had left me ...

if I was "cured" of the fevah ...

That was until I caught video below on comcasts front page out of the corner of my eye ...



(and of course they had it stopped to a still of the broken tooth smile)

I was IMMEDIATELY all kinds of concerned for RPattz ... was he hurt ... was he okay ... what happened to his precious tooth?!?! WHAT WAS GOING ON?!?!?

I rushed straight to all the twi-blogs to see if this was recent or old news (still don't know when it happened)

Needless to say, it all came rushing back to me, the obsession, the fever, the love!!! All it took was thinking RPattz had been massively, painfully, horrifically, disfiguringly (okay, this may be getting into 'exaggeration' territory) injured for me to remember why I love Twilight so!

I still have a lot going on in that stupid RL that won't leave me alone, but, I will find a way to balance ... I have to ... I have a lot to catch up on!!!

Dear RL, Get The Heck Outta My Way!!!

So, since New Moon opening, life has been crazy, here's some of the following events that have kept me offline/not blogging, and yet, will be most of the future posts when I get back to it.

• Evicia getting a boyfriend
• Ev finishes Twilight and asks for New Moon
• Ev's boyfriend turns out to be the coolest guy ever!
• Parker getting super drunk at the NM premier
  
• Watch New Moon again, visit Ev after, and end up in charge of a medical emergency at the bar she works at.
  
• Thanksgiving
• My Brother's Wedding
• My SIL and her Fiance in town from Utah
• Illness interlaced
• Finance/house painters (yes in december)/home repair
• Kid issues/school/HighA days
  

I will be getting back shortly (hopefully) and will have much to share, I just gotta do this RL thing a little longer ...


Thankfully, I do have Rob (and all my twi men) to make me smile when life get stressfull!  :)

Thanks hotties, just what I needed today :)

I have decided that I NEED to be able to have some time in the Twidom soon!!! I'm seriously behind on reading blogs, comments, twittering, picture surfing, and EVERYTHING!!! I'm starting to go through withdrawal! (is bad, is vewy vewy bad!!!)

My New Moon Premier Hot Mess!!!

I had been so excited for the NM premiere for months! Had bought my tickets WAY ahead of time for me, and the only other person I know in RL who's even close to as excited about Twilight as I am Parker.

I had been planning for weeks on what to take, how to pregame, what to do, etc. But, as we got closer, it looked like life would pretty much get in the way. We both have kids (stupid kids take SO much time [not to mention money] away from Twilight!!! j/k ... kinda ...) and she has a jobby job, so we couldn't get away to the theater till after five ... BOO!!!

If you remember, by buzz was harshed quite considerably by waking up at 3am thursday morning to a sick kiddo saying he had a bad headache and felt like he was going to throw up. Ended up being a fever of 102.7 and 90 mins before I was able to get back into bed. 

The sick kiddo incedent threw me for a loop and lost my buzz morning of, but, after a bit (and help from @donnersun) I remembered I was going to see the CW version of a SM book, and some shirtless rob and got the excited back.

Parker's work schedule pretty much meant no pregame, just straight to the theater. Which was okay. In the end, Mr. Twinatic ended up staying home sick the 19th (legitimately, I tried to talk him into fakin in early plans of staging, but, he said no, lucky me he actually got sick that day after all) to which I thought was a boon as it maybe meant I could leave to be in line early (even if I was alone as Parker still couldn't' get off work that early)

This did not end up being the case. Instead, it mostly just meant A LOT of sneak packing (Mr. Twinatic has NO clue how much actual merch I've accumulated ...) he kept following me around to see what I was doing and to hang out, normally things I would love and encourage, but, as it was, it made it VERY hard to collect all the mags and minis I wanted to take for in line.

All said and done, I had my minis, my mags, my twilight director's notebook, both movie companions, a travel game of scrabble, some yahtzee, a deck for skip-bo, a regular card deck (yes, geek here) a chair, snacks, bottles (one of water, one empty) and a backpack to carry them all in.

I got guilted talked into taking a banking deposit in for my boss, and left knowing I needed to stop at the store and get some kind of liquor, juice, sandwich, and drop off the deposit before I even could get to the theater.

Not even two steps out my door, I was detained by my neighbor who is also a twifan (the normal kind, not the crazy ass over teakettle kind) and wasn't going, she kept me for nearly 15 minutes to talk about the premier, how much fun it was going to be, how the movie was looking, how her daughter couldn't go, hwo they had almost won movie tickets, and how they didn't think they could go until december. I FINALLY and somewhat gracefully was able to pull out, and head to the corner store where juice and rum were quickly bought. I then RACED into town (approx 25 mins away) to the sandwich shop, and then the bank. Free of all preshow errands, I FINALLY got to head to the theater, I got a decent parking spot, got a spot in line, set up my chair, and promptly started talking to/making friends with the people around me in line, I was SO EXCITED by this point, it was nice to be back from the doldrums at the beginning of the day.

Later, this becomes our twilight army who may or may not have gotten in a fight with some bitches in line, and my very own Parker may turn into that obnoxious drunk bitch that nearly ruins it for everyone ...

At this point, this blog is getting kind of long and isn't even halfway through, so I'll save the rest for later ... (also, I may or may not be trying to duck out so I can slip off to see NM FINALLY for the second time ...)

I'm Dyin' Over Here!!!

My husband found this page over at the Oatmeal that very acuratly sumerizes the story of Twilight, you should pop on over, it's cracking me up!

What's Up With New Moon Mini B?!?

Twi Mini E does not like NM Mini B. This is just a fact.

One of the reasons why is that she's in a tank top, and he sports a coat. A little thing, I know. But, if you haven't learned yet, Edward is a gentleman. He does not like not really needing a coat, yet, having to wear one while Bella freezes, he would much prefer that she was wearing a coat as well, or that he could offer his to her.

Previously, I'd just written it off to she must wear this at some point while working in Jacobs garage maybe, or during the cliff jump scene maybe, or maybe they gave her a tank because they have Jacob wearing a t-shirt ... that was until I actually got to see New Moon. It occurs to me while I'm watching, that the lowest level of undress she ever even gets to is a tee layered over a long sleeve shirt, either that, or she's wearing one of her many coats (I forgot I was counting after about four or five different ones) in fact, I almost missed entirely when she was even wearing the tank top at all.

It finally occurred to me (near the end of the scene) that hey, this is it, this is the stupid tank that somehow managed to make in a lot of the posters, and for the action figure. It was in her bedroom while she was sleeping, she's wearing the tank

M'kay, mystery solved, the tank is Bella's PJ's ...which brings up a new question ... Hey NECA, WTH?!? Why is NM Mini B running around in her PJ's?!? She had about a million cool coats and a much better wardrobe this time, why not use ANYTHING ELSE that she wore in the entire movie? Why the tank?

Possibly the Funniest Twi-Spoof Ever!!!

I caught this over at the Twilight Sisterhood and just about died laughing!!! If you haven't seen this yet, take a minute, it's worth it!!!

New Moon DVD Promises

Firstly, the weekend has been Epic (in both the success and fail sorts of ways!) and I'm sure that by the time I get done writing about all of it, you'll be so sick of hearing about it!!! This week is kind of busy though, so, I'll try to get to it in a timely manner. Also, as some of our Int'l friends haven't seen NM yet, I will try to hold off on spoilers for the next week (that's about all the longer I can hold off on talking about details though) and will explore random thoughts and experience from the night (oh man) in the meantime.

I also want to apologize to all my bloggy friends who's blogs I usually read, I haven't been reading the blogs at all lately! I'll get back to it regularly after thanksgiving/my brother's wedding/my new moon high washes over, but, in the meantime, I do still love you all!

Anywho, I ran across this article in which they discuss some details about the DVD release!!! (SO SQUEE!!!)

It should be out early 2010, it should have tons of awesome features, and it will include some of the following deleted scenes:

• "There will be probably about 20 minutes of deleted material," he explained, promising some meaty footage. "It really is good stuff and a bonus for the fans."
• Among this bonus footage could be several moments MTV knows was shot but did not make the final "New Moon" cut, including:
• » A scene with Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria driving to Forks in a car, snacking on a dead human. It was one of the final moments the actress filmed as the nomadic vampire.
• » A scene with the human characters eating Burger King.
• » Another scene with the humans, this time with Justin Chon and Michael Welch expressing jealousy over Edward's car.
• » More scenes with the Volturi in Italy.
• » An extended cut of the scene where Mike Newton quotes Shakespeare to Bella in the Forks High parking lot; in it, he does a Marlon Brando impersonation.
• » Scenes alluding to the ongoing breakup between Newton and Anna Kendrick's Jessica.

All in all, I can't wait to see New Moon over and over again (no money yet for a second viewing :( will have to have a second job so I can hire a sitter, get excessive amounts of tickets, and set up a two times a week rotation! I also can't wait to see Eclipse now (my favorite book mostly) and to hear what they decide about Breaking Dawn (I'm SURE they'll be making a decision soon now that the box office numbers are in/projected) on one hand, waiting does give them more time to get a good deal, on the other hand, it's probably going to end up costing Summit more. With New Moon overshooting all the projections of success, everyone involved will have mega bargaining chips to hammer out much bigger payrolls!

borrowed from covershut.com

Twilight Double Feature / Edward Gives Emmett the Bird

I got the tickets for the Twilight/New Moon double feature opening night. (I will be writing MUCH more on this later ;)

One thing seeing Twilight on the big screen reminded me of, was something I've seen before,  but, hadn't thought about in a while as I don't actually watch Twilight through all the way that much.

On the big screen it's much easier to see, but, in the baseball scene after Edward and Emmett crash and miss the ball, it looks like Robert gives Kellan the bird (at least it did/does to me) ...



Which I've heard people go back and fort on whether it actually happens or not, so, after being reminded of it across the huge screen, I thought I'd do a little investigating, which is when I found this:



so now, conclusively, Robert does indeed flip Kellan the bird, it actually did make it in the movie, and it cracks me up!

On another note, no spoilers per say, LOVED New Moon, it was way better than Twilight (not hard) there were somethings I missed/would have liked to see, and our adventure was HUGE! Again, will be writing much more about this later, but, thought we'd start little ;)

Help Me Twitardia, I've Lost My High!!!

Today is New Moon Day!!! I've been waiting for this for months! I've been plotting, and scheming, and languishing for this day!

All week I've been practically floating on cloud nine! I've actually thought on several occasions that the only other time in my life I was this excited for something, was on my wedding day!

this is how happy we were

Yesterday, I began to get a little nervous, things had been going almost too smoothly, and it's my personal experience that when things are going that well coming up to a big event, things are about to go horribly wrong. Like when I was supposed to drive to Cali to go to one of my best friends weddings, and came down with the stomach flu only two hours before we were supposed to hit the road.  Missed the damn wedding!!!

Well, true to form, we get a knock on the door at 3am. It's my 7yo saying he has a headache and is feeling like he's going to throw up. Checked his temperature and it was 102.7, so we called the Dr. office to double check what stuff would mean to come in for an appointment, etc.  gave him some water, tylenol, and horchata with aloe, then settled in to watch some cartoons. All in all, only up for about 90 mins, he said his headache went away, and the fever was gone by morning, but, thanks to the new school policy, he has to be fever free for 48hrs before he goes back. So, he's home through the weekend.

When my second son got up, he was not thrilled that his older brother was staying home and decided he DID NOT want to go either. Lots of arguing later, he's in the car on the way to school, I mention that maybe we should ask his teacher if she has a special job for him, he perks right up and gets all excited, which makes me feel a bit better, until I hear him say "I can't wait to see what kind of dog she has for me"

Yeah, a not so hot 40 mins later, I've successfully burst his bubble, and gotten him turned around for his school day (he's a child with autism [pretty high function when properly supplemented]) and able to leave the school. Getting home just in time for a mucousy sassy toddler to tell me what for!

Thanks to the events of the morning, I'm not excited or elated at all anymore. I've lost the buzz. I may not even be able to go get in line till 6:30ish now (I had been set up to be there at 3:30 or so, but, I don't think the sitter we had lined up will want sickies over) which isn't so bad, but, I still have this niggling feeling that I'll come down horrendously sick as the afternoon wears on (reference the wedding debacle)

Here's where I need your help! I'm sure I can go search out clips and feel a little more excited, but, I'm trying to not get into too many spoilers, and, just don't know if I can get it back, I feel like the song "I've Lost, that loving feeling .... whoa oh oh, that loving feeling, I've lost that loving feeling it's gone, gone, gone ... whoa oh oh!"

I need to hear from you!!! What are you excited about, what scenes can you just not wait for, what clips are giving you the goosebumps, what's fueling your high? Share the buzz with me!!! I want to be all giddy again! And I just don't think it's going to happen unless I catch it from someone like my kid caught the flu!

I know deep down, you still love me, 

and will scream when I come on screen.