Spoiler Alert - do not read unless you have read Jacob's first chapter in Breaking Dawn.
OK so I got over the wedding night. And now it doesn't seem like such a big deal anymore. Bella's pregnant?
I had gotten to the point where I was loving their honeymoon. Snorkeling and cliffs and sea turtles.... I was totally lost inside this awesome world of that amazing house and the perfect views and even the thought of curling up with a DVD on the huge flat screen. When Bella started eating a lot; I knew. When Bella started dreaming a lot; I knew. And when Bella started puking? Well hell...I knew. But when she started getting a bump and nudges at 2 weeks? Oh that was freaky. It IS freaky, as it's about as far as I got, before Jacob's book started. And at first, I was annoyed. "Ugh - I have to read more about this werewolf world?" But as it went on, I started feeling bad for him and didn't mind so much.
But now I don't know what to expect. And it's a little unnerving. I try really hard to just read and take it all in and not try to predict. But seeing as I'm the most analytical person on the planet; that's not easy to do. Beth said the book would end in a heart-wrenching way. But frankly, I'm already finding this heart-wrenching. Edward and Bella are back and Carlisle called Charlie to say Bella was sick. Is she going to keep this baby, which is obviously vampire or it would not be growing so fast. Right? (Those of you who have read this whole book are giggling at my assumptions right now.) And is she going to stay human? I have a horrible feeling about how this is going to end. I have a horrible feeling that Bella will die or be forced to be separated from Edward...and that will kill me. I'm not in the mood for a Forest Gump ending - so to speak - where Edward is left to raise this child and she is dead. Or I wonder if she'll end up with Jacob for some reason. Will she ever turn? More things that make you go "hmmmm"!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
WHAT A LET DOWN!
SPOILER ALERT - oh and BELIEVE ME you will be all KINDS of spoiled. Do NOT read this unless you've gotten to the part WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR in Breaking Dawn - aka - at least past page 97.
Holy SHIZZLE. I am so not happy. I've waited through four friggin books for Edward and Bella to get busy. And then, conveniently, Stephenie Meyer decides to SKIP that part! They go from swimming - to WAKING UP IN THE FRIGGIN MORNING?!? Are you KIDDING ME?!?
You know - while I was still reading Twilight, I asked Beth M. if there would ever be any kissing. At that point, there hadn't been and I was dying for it. Then - the kissing came - and it was lovely. Lots of kissing. Kissing, kissing, kissing. And for the next two books I endured soooo much kissing. And I'll admit it; I wanted more. I wanted it all. I wanted lust and rolling around in the sheets and dirty, sexy, Edward-speak. And what do I get? A BUNCH OF FEATHERS AND BRUISES. That's all. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? I am soooo not happy right now. I KNEW I shouldn't read a bunch of teen books! Don't get me wrong, I don't want a trashy novel with Fabio on the cover. But c'mon. I've endured what - 1700 pages of Edward's pulling back - so that we would get ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on his wedding night? I feel cheated. I might have to go to that sweet woman over at Book Town and tell her I want a refund for misrepresentation. WEDDING NIGHT INDEED!!!!
Holy SHIZZLE. I am so not happy. I've waited through four friggin books for Edward and Bella to get busy. And then, conveniently, Stephenie Meyer decides to SKIP that part! They go from swimming - to WAKING UP IN THE FRIGGIN MORNING?!? Are you KIDDING ME?!?
You know - while I was still reading Twilight, I asked Beth M. if there would ever be any kissing. At that point, there hadn't been and I was dying for it. Then - the kissing came - and it was lovely. Lots of kissing. Kissing, kissing, kissing. And for the next two books I endured soooo much kissing. And I'll admit it; I wanted more. I wanted it all. I wanted lust and rolling around in the sheets and dirty, sexy, Edward-speak. And what do I get? A BUNCH OF FEATHERS AND BRUISES. That's all. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? I am soooo not happy right now. I KNEW I shouldn't read a bunch of teen books! Don't get me wrong, I don't want a trashy novel with Fabio on the cover. But c'mon. I've endured what - 1700 pages of Edward's pulling back - so that we would get ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on his wedding night? I feel cheated. I might have to go to that sweet woman over at Book Town and tell her I want a refund for misrepresentation. WEDDING NIGHT INDEED!!!!
Here's What I See
SPOILER ALERT - don't read unless you've read the first few chapters of Breaking Dawn.
I found these photos on some other Twilight blogs (see, I'm not the only FREAK who needs to write it all down). I am reading about the wedding...and just HAD to find something to help me visualize. *Thanks to housegallery.ca, banglesofhope.com and fanpop.com for the photos.
How I'm visualizing Bella's dress and ring:
And here, is a STUNNING picture of "Bella" and "Edward":
I found these photos on some other Twilight blogs (see, I'm not the only FREAK who needs to write it all down). I am reading about the wedding...and just HAD to find something to help me visualize. *Thanks to housegallery.ca, banglesofhope.com and fanpop.com for the photos.
How I'm visualizing Bella's dress and ring:
And here, is a STUNNING picture of "Bella" and "Edward":
Question
If the Volturi are so serious about following rules, then why did they drag those 40 or so people down into the bowels of their dwelling to slaughter them? Remember, the woman carrying her rosary beads? And Bella started flipping out, knowing they were all going to die? What of that?! That's just one of the things that swirls around my head while I'm trying to concentrate on reading.
Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn is in my possession (thank you Book Town in Manasquan!) and will be started this evening. First I have to go to Mary Kay's and have a glass of wine and discuss books 1, 2 and 3 with Beth, who has read them all. In code, of course, since Mary Kay hasn't yet read the series....and is looking for Twilight. The waiting list at the library is akin to an American Idol audition line.
A few words about the end of Eclipse: When Edward took Bella into that clearing and tried to do the deed, CAROL STARK was the person showing the most restraint because I was having a heart attack! Wow that was very cool that he was willing to throw away his "virtue" because it was what Bella wanted. And props to her for turning him down. That was the first thing she's done that has made me proud of her. I am ridiculously stoked for Breaking Dawn. It's going to be a nail-biting next couple of days.
A few words about the end of Eclipse: When Edward took Bella into that clearing and tried to do the deed, CAROL STARK was the person showing the most restraint because I was having a heart attack! Wow that was very cool that he was willing to throw away his "virtue" because it was what Bella wanted. And props to her for turning him down. That was the first thing she's done that has made me proud of her. I am ridiculously stoked for Breaking Dawn. It's going to be a nail-biting next couple of days.
Jacob Has to Die
I hate to say it. I really do. Everything was going great - Jacob is warming Bella in her sleeping bag and he and Edward are having a great conversation, that shows they don't hate each other. (And Edward is the epitome of class, by the way.) But then Jacob had to go and plant the idea in Edward's mind that Bella would be better off with him because she could stay human. And now I'm flipping out, thinking Edward is going to start agreeing with him and here we'll go again. But let's be honest. We can all see how that would go. If Edward left again, Bella might be OK and might marry Jacob and produce little Jacob wolf-pups...but she'd always wonder about Edward in the back of her mind. Once she was pregnant with baby number 4 and was standing there in her apron, cooking sausage or something for Jacob after he came back from prowling around the forest all night long, she'd be like "What the hell did I do? I could be living it up on the French Riviera with Edward, wearing diamonds and pretending to eat caviar. I must be nuts."
The Home Stretch - Book 3
Spoiler Alert: Don't read this unless you're way the hell into Eclipse and are biting your nails to see what the outcome is.
My head is spinning. I feel like Bella, all out of breath and stuttering. Last night, Edward proposed. (And I was more excited than she was.) That was the sweetest proposal the way he gave her his mother's ring and got down on one knee. When I found out she wouldn't wear the ring I wanted to punch her in the stomach. How could she be so cold? He's the one who's supposed to be dead.
I am at the point in this series where I have no idea what to expect and don't want to even look at people who are reading (or god forbid finished) book 4. I am expecting them to come through this fight OK (Edward and Bella are about to hunker don for the night in the storm in the tent.) But is he going to turn her? Are they going to get married? What's going to happen in the next book? Is she going to die? Is he going to die? Ugh I am a mess. And I don't even have Book 4 yet and I am nearing the end of Eclipse! What's a vampire-obsessed girl to do?!
I am truly anxious about what is going to happen if Edward turns Bella. Will he still love her the way he loves her now? Maybe he's attracted to her life force - and if he turns her she'll be all pale and sparkly. And she's worried about this, too (the first SMART thing to come out of her mouth so far in this book). But I need to chill because she might not even make it past this fight. So....stay tuned.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Man's Best Friend
Spoiler Alert - do not read unless you have reached page 431 in Eclipse.
OK - is it me? Or is it absolutely adorable that Edward is translating Jacob's wolf-speak before the big mash up? I'm telling you, if I didn't know better, I'd think these guys could be great friends. If Bella didn't exist, that is. It's very cool to watch them interact in a civil way. I hope Jacob doesn't die in this fight. That would be truly sad. I'm starting to really like him - a lot. And in a strange way, I think Edward is, too.
Vacuuming is Therapeutic
I do all my best thinking in one of four places: In the shower....In my car....In Bed....and anywhere I'm vacuuming. So tonight, I'm vacuming the kitchen floor...and I've got my iPod on...and I'm hearing a ton of songs I think would be great for Twilight sequel soundtracks:
The World I Know - Collective Soul - While Bella's jumping in New Moon
7 Year Ache - Rosanne Cash (background - maybe during the street/bar scene in New Moon)
A letter to Elise - The Cure - Ugh - anywhere Edward is sad. It will make you cry.
Pictures of You - The Cure - Even better than A Letter to Elise - this IS Edward:
Remembering you falling into my arms
Crying for the death of your heart
You were stone white so delicate lost in the cold
You were always so lost in the dark
Lonely in your Nightmare - Duran Duran - self explanatory!
Creep - Radiohead - Whenever Bella's feeling less than adequate.
I heard In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins three times today. So maybe I'll throw that in somewhere for good measure.
And back to the subject of Bella feeling inadequate. It finally hit me tonight - while I was vacuuming - that THAT is what all of these books are about. The fact that Bella thinks her life is boring - and her gravitational pull to anything exciting - aka The Cullens. Edward's just the icing on the cake, because he's so gorgeous. But does she really love him like he loves her?
So - I'm thinking about all of this - and it's hitting me - oh my GOD, what if it's all a dream? What if Bella's conjuring all of this up in her head, whether she's asleep or awake? Maybe Edward really exists - but he's a normal guy - and while he was out of school for a few days, after her first day, she wrote all of this down in a journal or something? It could happen. How I would LOVE it if - at the end of book 4 - she wakes up, goes to school, and Edward sits down next to her in Biology. He winks at her, then takes a big ol' bite of his apple. And chews and swallows. :)
And PS - holy CRAP - Broken Hearted Savior from Big Head Todd and the Monsters just came on my iPod. (Lead Singer Todd Park Mohr has some Native American in his background). This song IS Jacob:
And I love her yet
She has done me wrong
Can I bring her back
She has been long gone
And I'll always be her
Broken Hearted Savior
Sigh. I truly would do anything to soundtrack a film. Maybe I need to write my own....
The World I Know - Collective Soul - While Bella's jumping in New Moon
7 Year Ache - Rosanne Cash (background - maybe during the street/bar scene in New Moon)
A letter to Elise - The Cure - Ugh - anywhere Edward is sad. It will make you cry.
Pictures of You - The Cure - Even better than A Letter to Elise - this IS Edward:
Remembering you falling into my arms
Crying for the death of your heart
You were stone white so delicate lost in the cold
You were always so lost in the dark
Lonely in your Nightmare - Duran Duran - self explanatory!
Creep - Radiohead - Whenever Bella's feeling less than adequate.
I heard In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins three times today. So maybe I'll throw that in somewhere for good measure.
And back to the subject of Bella feeling inadequate. It finally hit me tonight - while I was vacuuming - that THAT is what all of these books are about. The fact that Bella thinks her life is boring - and her gravitational pull to anything exciting - aka The Cullens. Edward's just the icing on the cake, because he's so gorgeous. But does she really love him like he loves her?
So - I'm thinking about all of this - and it's hitting me - oh my GOD, what if it's all a dream? What if Bella's conjuring all of this up in her head, whether she's asleep or awake? Maybe Edward really exists - but he's a normal guy - and while he was out of school for a few days, after her first day, she wrote all of this down in a journal or something? It could happen. How I would LOVE it if - at the end of book 4 - she wakes up, goes to school, and Edward sits down next to her in Biology. He winks at her, then takes a big ol' bite of his apple. And chews and swallows. :)
And PS - holy CRAP - Broken Hearted Savior from Big Head Todd and the Monsters just came on my iPod. (Lead Singer Todd Park Mohr has some Native American in his background). This song IS Jacob:
And I love her yet
She has done me wrong
Can I bring her back
She has been long gone
And I'll always be her
Broken Hearted Savior
Sigh. I truly would do anything to soundtrack a film. Maybe I need to write my own....
Get to the Good Stuff
SPOILER ALERT - do not read unless you have read up to page 245 in Eclipse.
I am finding myself skimming. And I loathe skimming because I might miss something I need to know. But I am up to the part about the Bonfire (you know, where selfish Bella leaves Edward to go sit around with Jacob and his friends). And I'm finding it really hard to concentrate on these werewolf stories because I'm worried that she's late and Edward is getting upset. I came to a conclusion this morning, which is that she doesn't truly love Edward. If she did, how could she possibly put him through this anxiety? And why would she want to? You remember how it was 15 million years ago when we were all seniors in highschool and dating. If you had a boyfriend, you spent every waking hour with him. You weren't out prowling around in La Push, hoping for a hand squeeze from a wolf with a temperature issue. Remember that feeling of "oh my god I have to see him RIGHT NOW". She doesn't have that with Edward. At least not like she used to. I can't help but think if she truly, really loved him, she'd be over at his house laying around on his black leather couch, listening to music and staring into his liquid gold eyes. (Preferably Duran Duran's "Tel Aviv" off their first album, but hey, that's just me. Take a listen if you get a minute, and think of being on the couch with Edward while doing so. You'll swoon.)
I am finding myself skimming. And I loathe skimming because I might miss something I need to know. But I am up to the part about the Bonfire (you know, where selfish Bella leaves Edward to go sit around with Jacob and his friends). And I'm finding it really hard to concentrate on these werewolf stories because I'm worried that she's late and Edward is getting upset. I came to a conclusion this morning, which is that she doesn't truly love Edward. If she did, how could she possibly put him through this anxiety? And why would she want to? You remember how it was 15 million years ago when we were all seniors in highschool and dating. If you had a boyfriend, you spent every waking hour with him. You weren't out prowling around in La Push, hoping for a hand squeeze from a wolf with a temperature issue. Remember that feeling of "oh my god I have to see him RIGHT NOW". She doesn't have that with Edward. At least not like she used to. I can't help but think if she truly, really loved him, she'd be over at his house laying around on his black leather couch, listening to music and staring into his liquid gold eyes. (Preferably Duran Duran's "Tel Aviv" off their first album, but hey, that's just me. Take a listen if you get a minute, and think of being on the couch with Edward while doing so. You'll swoon.)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Bella the Bozo II
SPOILER ALERT - do not read unless you have gotten to page 167 in Eclipse.
I have had about as much as I can take of this dopey girl. As if I wouldn't LOVE to have a sleepover with the Cullen chicks? How much fun would that be?! My best friend, Alice would be painting my fingernails in addition to her offer for a pedicure because I'd be so overjoyed SOMEONE was doing them. And then I'd ask her to do my hair and let me try on her clothes, too! And why? All because my beautiful, brave boyfriend, Edward wanted to keep me save from big, bad, hairy, nasty warewolves. And if all that wasn't enough to get me completely stoked, when I walked into his room and found that he had bought me a huge BED when he doesn't even sleep, himself? Oh my god I'd be beyond verklempt. Especially when Edward had done all of that - including buying his sister a car - to keep me safe. All so this sweet and loving almost-110 year old man could get a bite to eat in peace. But don't expect Bella to be happy. Noooo. All she did was whine, bitch and have the UNMITIGATED GAUL to sleep on the COUCH instead of the gorgeous bed my boyfriend - I mean Edward - bought for her. I'm disgusted. Again. With Bella. Someone should just throw her ass in a flannel, marry her and make her live in a van down by the river - just like she's always wanted. Beotch.
PS - Great quote for today:
"Yes, because a vampire sleepover is the pinnacle of safety conscious behavior."
Oh how I HOWLED at that comment right out loud in my car in the school parking lot.
I have had about as much as I can take of this dopey girl. As if I wouldn't LOVE to have a sleepover with the Cullen chicks? How much fun would that be?! My best friend, Alice would be painting my fingernails in addition to her offer for a pedicure because I'd be so overjoyed SOMEONE was doing them. And then I'd ask her to do my hair and let me try on her clothes, too! And why? All because my beautiful, brave boyfriend, Edward wanted to keep me save from big, bad, hairy, nasty warewolves. And if all that wasn't enough to get me completely stoked, when I walked into his room and found that he had bought me a huge BED when he doesn't even sleep, himself? Oh my god I'd be beyond verklempt. Especially when Edward had done all of that - including buying his sister a car - to keep me safe. All so this sweet and loving almost-110 year old man could get a bite to eat in peace. But don't expect Bella to be happy. Noooo. All she did was whine, bitch and have the UNMITIGATED GAUL to sleep on the COUCH instead of the gorgeous bed my boyfriend - I mean Edward - bought for her. I'm disgusted. Again. With Bella. Someone should just throw her ass in a flannel, marry her and make her live in a van down by the river - just like she's always wanted. Beotch.
PS - Great quote for today:
"Yes, because a vampire sleepover is the pinnacle of safety conscious behavior."
Oh how I HOWLED at that comment right out loud in my car in the school parking lot.
Twilight Trailer Spoof
Click here for a spoof of the Twilight Trailer.
Oh my god this gave me SUCH a howl. Pun intended. It gets funnier as it goes along. Enjoy.
Oh my god this gave me SUCH a howl. Pun intended. It gets funnier as it goes along. Enjoy.
More Bella Antics
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read unless you are at least 100 pages into "Eclipse".
Dear Bella,
Are you a complete moron? Edward goes away for five minutes and you trot your ass up to La Push? If you paid a little more attention in school, instead of passing notes with Edward (who has delicious handwriting), you'd have learned what the meaning of the words "bad idea" is.
Love,
Carol
That is where I stopped reading last night. Dopey is up at the beach with Jacob, telling him she misses him. Alice can't "see" her, Edward is out hunting and her car is on it's last leg. She is so going to break down in that jallopy on the wrong side of the line and no one will know where she is. Except maybe Victoria.
I am burning with questions. Questions I can't ask my friends who have read all the books because something will surely slip out, even when they don't mean it to. One little smile... or raise of an eyebrow...and I'm in big trouble. I analyze everything. Beth told me she's "in mourning" over the end of the series...but I keep wondering if that has a double meaning.
One question I have - and it's a doozy: Is Edward still going to want Bella if she gets made into a vampire? Is she going to smell the same? What if she doesn't?! What if he's like "ahhh...yeah...ya know...I'm going to have to go ahead and blow your new vampire ass off...mmmmkayyyyy?" Then she'll be screwed. I can't see it happening - but I just don't know that she's going to have the same allure if she's made vampire.
Things that make you go "hmmmmmm"...
Dear Bella,
Are you a complete moron? Edward goes away for five minutes and you trot your ass up to La Push? If you paid a little more attention in school, instead of passing notes with Edward (who has delicious handwriting), you'd have learned what the meaning of the words "bad idea" is.
Love,
Carol
That is where I stopped reading last night. Dopey is up at the beach with Jacob, telling him she misses him. Alice can't "see" her, Edward is out hunting and her car is on it's last leg. She is so going to break down in that jallopy on the wrong side of the line and no one will know where she is. Except maybe Victoria.
I am burning with questions. Questions I can't ask my friends who have read all the books because something will surely slip out, even when they don't mean it to. One little smile... or raise of an eyebrow...and I'm in big trouble. I analyze everything. Beth told me she's "in mourning" over the end of the series...but I keep wondering if that has a double meaning.
One question I have - and it's a doozy: Is Edward still going to want Bella if she gets made into a vampire? Is she going to smell the same? What if she doesn't?! What if he's like "ahhh...yeah...ya know...I'm going to have to go ahead and blow your new vampire ass off...mmmmkayyyyy?" Then she'll be screwed. I can't see it happening - but I just don't know that she's going to have the same allure if she's made vampire.
Things that make you go "hmmmmmm"...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Bella the Bozo
SPOILER ALERT - Do not read unless you have finished New Moon.
Is Bella the biggest moron on the planet? She finds out Edward's alive. Then she finds out he still loves her. Then he proposes. AND GIRLFRIEND SAYS "NO"? Is she KIDDING? Actually, she didn't say "no". She just whined "That's not high on my list of priorities". Hmmm. Gee. Let's think about this. Edward. Proposes. Marriage. I'd have grabbed his hand and thrown him in the car and booked a flight to Vegas on the way on my cell phone. But nooo...Bella has to be a kook. She so doesn't deserve him.
A few observations:
Maybe Alice was the hallucinations since she was always seeing what Bella was up to. I just can't see how they could have been hallucinations when they were giving her warnings she wouldn't have known about....like telling her not to get Jacob riled up or he'd turn. How could she know that? That was before she saw him do it.
I love Alice. Love love love love Alice. When Bella collects the whole family to get their vote and Alice is smiling at her before they even sit down, I almost jumped up and down. I totally want to be friends with this woman, and she doesn't exist. Which, I suppose, is only slightly less sane than wanting to live for eternity with her vampire brother, who also doesn't exist.
Why is there so much talk of what Bella cooks Charlie for dinner?
I love the way you can figure out how Stephenie Meyer's brain works in certain instances. When Edward calls and Jacob tells him "he's at the funeral"?? BRILLS. Absolutely brilliant. You know Stephenie M. was like "Hmmm..I have to really drive the point home that she's dead. I know - I'll have him call and be told Charlie's at the funeral. But whose funeral? OK - I know - I'll kill off one of his friends. Perfect".
I must see the movie to hear all this snarling going on from Edward. Does he do it in the movie? I love it. Absolutely love it. And if she wants him to turn her, why doesn't she just jump on him and get busy? He'll turn her in a second!
Speaking of Edward turning Bella. I don't know why but I was VERKLEMPT when he told her he'd actually turn her, himself. I've been thinking about this and thinking there is no way I'd want to be turned by anyone BUT him. So when I read that today, I was beyond happy. (Again - these people don't exist. Carol, the asylum called, they're saving you a bed.)
OK - if yesterday was Edward-fest on the radio, today was Jacob-fest, and I don't even really like him all that much. Check out these tasty tunes I heard today that would be perfect for New Moon soundtrack:
How Far is Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
Hole Hearted - Extreme
Circle - Big Head Todd and the Monsters (OK this one was on my iPod so it doesn't count in the "weird coincidence" department)
Actually - anything from Big Head Todd would work. Also - two more:
Million Miles Away - Plimsouls
Return to Innocence - Enigma
Hollywood should be ringing my phone any minute. While I'm waiting, I think I'll get started with Eclipse. :)
Is Bella the biggest moron on the planet? She finds out Edward's alive. Then she finds out he still loves her. Then he proposes. AND GIRLFRIEND SAYS "NO"? Is she KIDDING? Actually, she didn't say "no". She just whined "That's not high on my list of priorities". Hmmm. Gee. Let's think about this. Edward. Proposes. Marriage. I'd have grabbed his hand and thrown him in the car and booked a flight to Vegas on the way on my cell phone. But nooo...Bella has to be a kook. She so doesn't deserve him.
A few observations:
Maybe Alice was the hallucinations since she was always seeing what Bella was up to. I just can't see how they could have been hallucinations when they were giving her warnings she wouldn't have known about....like telling her not to get Jacob riled up or he'd turn. How could she know that? That was before she saw him do it.
I love Alice. Love love love love Alice. When Bella collects the whole family to get their vote and Alice is smiling at her before they even sit down, I almost jumped up and down. I totally want to be friends with this woman, and she doesn't exist. Which, I suppose, is only slightly less sane than wanting to live for eternity with her vampire brother, who also doesn't exist.
Why is there so much talk of what Bella cooks Charlie for dinner?
I love the way you can figure out how Stephenie Meyer's brain works in certain instances. When Edward calls and Jacob tells him "he's at the funeral"?? BRILLS. Absolutely brilliant. You know Stephenie M. was like "Hmmm..I have to really drive the point home that she's dead. I know - I'll have him call and be told Charlie's at the funeral. But whose funeral? OK - I know - I'll kill off one of his friends. Perfect".
I must see the movie to hear all this snarling going on from Edward. Does he do it in the movie? I love it. Absolutely love it. And if she wants him to turn her, why doesn't she just jump on him and get busy? He'll turn her in a second!
Speaking of Edward turning Bella. I don't know why but I was VERKLEMPT when he told her he'd actually turn her, himself. I've been thinking about this and thinking there is no way I'd want to be turned by anyone BUT him. So when I read that today, I was beyond happy. (Again - these people don't exist. Carol, the asylum called, they're saving you a bed.)
OK - if yesterday was Edward-fest on the radio, today was Jacob-fest, and I don't even really like him all that much. Check out these tasty tunes I heard today that would be perfect for New Moon soundtrack:
How Far is Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
Hole Hearted - Extreme
Circle - Big Head Todd and the Monsters (OK this one was on my iPod so it doesn't count in the "weird coincidence" department)
Actually - anything from Big Head Todd would work. Also - two more:
Million Miles Away - Plimsouls
Return to Innocence - Enigma
Hollywood should be ringing my phone any minute. While I'm waiting, I think I'll get started with Eclipse. :)
Monday, February 23, 2009
The Sun Always Shines in Volterra
SPOILER ALERT! Do not read any further unless you have almost finished NEW MOON!!!!
Wow. I have been reading like a maniac tonight. Edward and Bella and Alice are in Volterra, dealing with the brutes in the bowels under the city....and I'm just so happy Edward and his sarcastic ass is back in business. And dopey Bella is still thinking Edward tried to off himself because of guilt. Her self-esteem is worse than mine! I have to say that I cannot WAIT to see this movie and I haven't even a) finished the book yet... or b) seen the Twilight movie. Oh and one more thing - I am just so happy to be away from the Jake storyline, even for a chapter. My god it was getting exhausting, trying to get through it without skimming. WHOO HOO - Edward is back and all is right in my world!
Wow. I have been reading like a maniac tonight. Edward and Bella and Alice are in Volterra, dealing with the brutes in the bowels under the city....and I'm just so happy Edward and his sarcastic ass is back in business. And dopey Bella is still thinking Edward tried to off himself because of guilt. Her self-esteem is worse than mine! I have to say that I cannot WAIT to see this movie and I haven't even a) finished the book yet... or b) seen the Twilight movie. Oh and one more thing - I am just so happy to be away from the Jake storyline, even for a chapter. My god it was getting exhausting, trying to get through it without skimming. WHOO HOO - Edward is back and all is right in my world!
A Little Help Over Here Please....
I cannot fathom for the life of me how Edward could leave Bella to fend for herself at the meadow with Laurent. I'm getting thoroughly annoyed with him. Yeah, that's it, Buddy....just whisper in her ear a little. That'll do the trick. NOT. She's lucky he didn't rip her to shreds. And now Victoria's coming for her - if Sam and his "gang" doesn't rough her up, first. And ALL of this is Edward's fault - or at least his family's, to some degree, since she had ZERO vampires after her before she met them. And where's Edward? He's nowhere in sight! I can understand the whole "I have to leave you to protect you" thing....sure...whatever. But Hello? She's clearly NOT protected. So get your ass back here and HELP ya stunningly beautiful piece of shit!
The Edward Mix
First off - I really don't have "too much time on my hands"! (I can hear Jen L. laughing from here.) I used to have a job where I was on a computer all day...and I guess old habits die hard. Being on the computer for 5 minutes here or there, in between cleaning the breakfast dishes and getting on the treadmill is not an odd thing for me. It keeps me from feeling like I've given every last piece of myself to the never ending world of Mommying.
NOW - on to my point - this morning has been like an Edward-fest on my car radio. Seriously. I've always thought I'd have been good at working behind the scenes at a film studio, putting music to soundtracks...and today is no different. Check out the tuneage I've been lucky enough to hear this AM:
The One Thing from INXS (do you remember Michael Hutchence - god rest his beautiful soul - being all hot and vampirific in the video? Enough said.) Check out these lyrics!!
The Sun Always Shines on TV from A-HA. Just a beautiful song. Starts out slow but works its' way into a quick and desperate pace. It is quite an 80s symphony of sorts... and has Edward written all over it from the ethereal music to the friggin amaging lyrics.
Here's a taste:
I Reached inside myself
And found nothing there
To ease the pressure of
My ever worrying mind
All my powers waste away
I fear the crazed and lonely looks
The mirror's sending me
These Days
Please don't ask me to defend
The shameful lowlands
Of the way I'm drifting
Gloomily through time
Talk of the Town from the Pretenders - See previous post.
Fortress Around Your Heart from Sting Holy CRAP listen to these lyrics:
"If I've built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you with trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire."
I'll admit it. I am a sickening, gushy, over-the-top romantic at heart. It's hard to believe, seeing as I actually told Tom not to get me flowers this past Valentines Day. I'm extremely internal about it - and find the desperate much more interesting than the A-OK. And yes - I'm a bit obsessed with these silly tween books. But you know what? I'm a desperate housewife. And I could be doing all sorts of things to fill up my time that would be a lot worse than getting a little over-excited about a few vampire novels. And I know that when I'm all finished these books, life will go back to being somewhat ho-hum. Until Vampire Bill comes back in the Spring, that is. God bless HBO. ;)
NOW - on to my point - this morning has been like an Edward-fest on my car radio. Seriously. I've always thought I'd have been good at working behind the scenes at a film studio, putting music to soundtracks...and today is no different. Check out the tuneage I've been lucky enough to hear this AM:
The One Thing from INXS (do you remember Michael Hutchence - god rest his beautiful soul - being all hot and vampirific in the video? Enough said.) Check out these lyrics!!
The Sun Always Shines on TV from A-HA. Just a beautiful song. Starts out slow but works its' way into a quick and desperate pace. It is quite an 80s symphony of sorts... and has Edward written all over it from the ethereal music to the friggin amaging lyrics.
Here's a taste:
I Reached inside myself
And found nothing there
To ease the pressure of
My ever worrying mind
All my powers waste away
I fear the crazed and lonely looks
The mirror's sending me
These Days
Please don't ask me to defend
The shameful lowlands
Of the way I'm drifting
Gloomily through time
Talk of the Town from the Pretenders - See previous post.
Fortress Around Your Heart from Sting Holy CRAP listen to these lyrics:
"If I've built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you with trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire."
I'll admit it. I am a sickening, gushy, over-the-top romantic at heart. It's hard to believe, seeing as I actually told Tom not to get me flowers this past Valentines Day. I'm extremely internal about it - and find the desperate much more interesting than the A-OK. And yes - I'm a bit obsessed with these silly tween books. But you know what? I'm a desperate housewife. And I could be doing all sorts of things to fill up my time that would be a lot worse than getting a little over-excited about a few vampire novels. And I know that when I'm all finished these books, life will go back to being somewhat ho-hum. Until Vampire Bill comes back in the Spring, that is. God bless HBO. ;)
Strange lyrics
After doing another under-the-covers blitz read this morning, I totally have Bella and Edward on the brain. (Obsessed, party of 1?) So when I heard "Talk of the Town" from the Pretenders on the radio this morning, I thought the lyrics were pretty interesting:
Such a drag, to want something sometimes
One thing leads to another I know
There was a time I wanted you for mine
Nobody knew
You arrived like a day
And passed like a cloud
I made a wish, I said it out loud
Out loud in a crowd
Everybody heard
It was the talk of the town
Its not my place to know what you feel
Id like to know but why should i?
Who were you then, who are you now?
Common laborer by night... by day highbrow
Back in my room I wonder, then I
Sit on the bed, look at the sky
Up in the sky
Clouds rearrange
Like the talk of the town
Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday
You've changed your place in this world
Oh but its hard to live by the rules
I never could and still never do
The rules and such never bothered you
You call the shots and they follow
I watch you still from a distance then go
Back to my room, you never know
I want you, I want you but now
Who's the talk of the town?
Such a drag, to want something sometimes
One thing leads to another I know
There was a time I wanted you for mine
Nobody knew
You arrived like a day
And passed like a cloud
I made a wish, I said it out loud
Out loud in a crowd
Everybody heard
It was the talk of the town
Its not my place to know what you feel
Id like to know but why should i?
Who were you then, who are you now?
Common laborer by night... by day highbrow
Back in my room I wonder, then I
Sit on the bed, look at the sky
Up in the sky
Clouds rearrange
Like the talk of the town
Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday
You've changed your place in this world
Oh but its hard to live by the rules
I never could and still never do
The rules and such never bothered you
You call the shots and they follow
I watch you still from a distance then go
Back to my room, you never know
I want you, I want you but now
Who's the talk of the town?
Edward's Back! Sortof...
OK so he's not exactly back, per se....but the hallucinations are making me very hopeful. When she heard him telling her to stop in the middle of the street in Port Angeles, I thought "Hmmm...could just be her imagination." But when she heard him on the motorcycle? Fuggetaboutit. He's back in all his glory as far as I'm concerned. How odd that he's a character in a book....and I'm happy to just have a glimmer of him. It's really a strange feeling. And if I were Bella - I'd be riding that bike alone, at midnight, at the bluffs...you get my point. I'd be summoning his ass any way I could. I'd be ditching school and cliff-diving in a blindfold if it would bring back Edward in all his gloriousness. But I have to admit....the Jacob Black stuff is bothering me. I don't want a boy/girl relationship forming there. No way. I'd actually have been worried, if it weren't for him developing a fever and getting sick and so obviously being called into Sam's weird group. My theory is that they're werewolves. And he's going to turn. And Bella's going to be in danger - so our vampire Romeo is going to have to come and save her. And it's going to be SAAA-WEET. And PS - if I were Bella, I don't even think I'd be wasting my time with motorcycles and cliff-diving. I'd have gone straight to Italy and get made - and not like Tony Soprano, I might add. I'd tell Charlie I had a spectacular field trip across the Atlantic - and then I'd haul my ass to Italy and meet that vampire royalty family and piss them off but GOOD. Then I'd fly my own new vampire ass back to Washington State and find Edward. But that's just me.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Heartache
SPOILER ALERT: I was pretty early on in New Moon at this point...after Bella's birthday party and before all the shenanigans with Jacob.
This post's title is Heartache. Am I talking about Bella's? No, I'm talking about MINE for god's sake! Edward just left with the whole damn Cullen family. Are they kidding me? As if I am not fragile already from the James debacle. Now they have to go and do this. And I am fighting the urge to pick up the phone and call someone to lament....most likely it would be Beth. I just talked to her an hour or so ago, so that would be really odd...and she might feel compelled to call someone to come and evaluate me. I'm lucky she didn't do that the last time I called her in a panic, when Denny Duquette died on Grey's Anatomy and I was still stunned in my pajamas at noon the next day.
What is with Stephenie Meyer? I have the same love/hate relationship with her that I do with Shonda Rhymes. Why, every time things are going great (baseball game...birthday party...) does something have to go equally as wrong? I don't understand! All I know is that watching Edward dump Bella was torture, watching him get more and more distant and knowing there was absolutely nothing she could do once he did the deed. We've all been there. And now I'm right back to wondering if I should go any further in this series, knowing it's going to be a series of good times and good cries. Kindof the same way Edward didn't know whether to stay with Bella for the same reason. My god Stephenie Meyer is brills, is she not, with these parallels?! All I know is this - I cannot read fast enough to bring Edward back. And when he returns, he'd better leave Rosalie's bitch ass wherever the hell it is, because I want no part of her. Although Bella deserves her attitude sometimes. What is with running for hours after getting dumped, laying down in the middle of nowhere... and not answering when she heard people calling her name? Honey get UP, wipe your narcissistic self off and go the hell home. As I said; we've all been there! (Cue "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" music here!)
This post's title is Heartache. Am I talking about Bella's? No, I'm talking about MINE for god's sake! Edward just left with the whole damn Cullen family. Are they kidding me? As if I am not fragile already from the James debacle. Now they have to go and do this. And I am fighting the urge to pick up the phone and call someone to lament....most likely it would be Beth. I just talked to her an hour or so ago, so that would be really odd...and she might feel compelled to call someone to come and evaluate me. I'm lucky she didn't do that the last time I called her in a panic, when Denny Duquette died on Grey's Anatomy and I was still stunned in my pajamas at noon the next day.
What is with Stephenie Meyer? I have the same love/hate relationship with her that I do with Shonda Rhymes. Why, every time things are going great (baseball game...birthday party...) does something have to go equally as wrong? I don't understand! All I know is that watching Edward dump Bella was torture, watching him get more and more distant and knowing there was absolutely nothing she could do once he did the deed. We've all been there. And now I'm right back to wondering if I should go any further in this series, knowing it's going to be a series of good times and good cries. Kindof the same way Edward didn't know whether to stay with Bella for the same reason. My god Stephenie Meyer is brills, is she not, with these parallels?! All I know is this - I cannot read fast enough to bring Edward back. And when he returns, he'd better leave Rosalie's bitch ass wherever the hell it is, because I want no part of her. Although Bella deserves her attitude sometimes. What is with running for hours after getting dumped, laying down in the middle of nowhere... and not answering when she heard people calling her name? Honey get UP, wipe your narcissistic self off and go the hell home. As I said; we've all been there! (Cue "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" music here!)
Things I Ponder
I wish I'd started this when I started reading Twilight, because there is so much I've forgotten. Some of it meaningful...some of it completely inane and not necessary for anyone to remember.
For one - stupid question - did Edward drink his coke at the restaurant with Bella? Or did he switch them because she was so thirsty? They were both empty when the waitress came to the table. And how did he eat the piece of pizza at school? (Am I going to find this out later?) Where'd it go? That is such a no no with Vampire lore. But I don't care because it's cool that he did that. And I loved when he laughed his ass off when she asked him if he was going to show up on film when she got her pictures developed (in New Moon.)
OK so yesterday I'm sitting on my bed, after having announced I was retiring to my room to read. Tom was at the gym and the kids could have been painting the lyrics to Personal Penguin on my living room wall, and I wouldn't have cared, as long as they were happy and not getting hurt. I was completely immersed. And life was good. And all the sudden I had a sick need to call someone and discuss Edward. But the phone was missing from my room (as usual). So I sat back down and kept reading. But it was all so exciting. There I was...I mean, there BELLA was, watching the Cullens play baseball. And life was so good. Edward was being his usual adorable self...and his mom was being really sweet and welcoming...and it was Saturday afternoon in my house....and I was so excited to be reading this book I could have fallen off the bed. Then...it happened. That friggin James. My whole world came crashing down as I realized the lovely little Stepford Vampire family was running around like mad, trying to save Bella. It was exciting - but I wanted none of it! I just wanted happy happy happy! And instead, I got Bella locked in a Phoenix hotel room with Alice and Jasper. Hello? NOT what I was expecting. No Edward? Oh I don't THINK so. And what's killing me now is that Beth tells me Edward is barely in New Moon - and I've just started reading it. So now I sortof see it as something I have to "get through", just to get to the third book, the title o which completely escapes me.
I just finished reading about Bella's birthday, where she's all BITCH FROM HELL because the Cullens dared to have a party for her. "Waaaahhhh poor me...my gorgeous, wealthy, adoring boyfriend's blood-sucking family is paying attention to me....wwaaaaahhhh". And at the end of the chapter (coincidentally entitled "Party") she gets a paper cut (dope!) and Jasper lunges at her. If I were her, I'd be running at him and shoving my hand in his mouth. Hmmmm.....let's see.....it's between getting old and wrinkled and in need of Botox....or being an 18 year old, living in ecstasy with Edward for the rest of eternity. YOU DO THE MATH. So anyway - I put the book down (because I had to pay a little attention to the sharks at Jenkinsons' Aquarium with the kids - yes, I took the book to read during the CAR RIDE!) and only read the few first sentences of the new chapter. So I know Carlisle is about to help Bella since she fell on glass shards or something. Her clumsiness is getting on my LAST nerve, by the way. Why this family falls over themselves to try to do nice things for this girl is beyond me. I get that they love Edward and blah blah blah. But why does Edward love her? She's so annoying! And self-centered! And bitchy! Hello? The prom thing? Priceless. Boyfriend is putting you on his shoes for god's sake, and you're complaining about it. Someone needs to give Bella a knuckle sandwich and I wish it could be me.
PS - This guy is more how I picture Edward:
For one - stupid question - did Edward drink his coke at the restaurant with Bella? Or did he switch them because she was so thirsty? They were both empty when the waitress came to the table. And how did he eat the piece of pizza at school? (Am I going to find this out later?) Where'd it go? That is such a no no with Vampire lore. But I don't care because it's cool that he did that. And I loved when he laughed his ass off when she asked him if he was going to show up on film when she got her pictures developed (in New Moon.)
OK so yesterday I'm sitting on my bed, after having announced I was retiring to my room to read. Tom was at the gym and the kids could have been painting the lyrics to Personal Penguin on my living room wall, and I wouldn't have cared, as long as they were happy and not getting hurt. I was completely immersed. And life was good. And all the sudden I had a sick need to call someone and discuss Edward. But the phone was missing from my room (as usual). So I sat back down and kept reading. But it was all so exciting. There I was...I mean, there BELLA was, watching the Cullens play baseball. And life was so good. Edward was being his usual adorable self...and his mom was being really sweet and welcoming...and it was Saturday afternoon in my house....and I was so excited to be reading this book I could have fallen off the bed. Then...it happened. That friggin James. My whole world came crashing down as I realized the lovely little Stepford Vampire family was running around like mad, trying to save Bella. It was exciting - but I wanted none of it! I just wanted happy happy happy! And instead, I got Bella locked in a Phoenix hotel room with Alice and Jasper. Hello? NOT what I was expecting. No Edward? Oh I don't THINK so. And what's killing me now is that Beth tells me Edward is barely in New Moon - and I've just started reading it. So now I sortof see it as something I have to "get through", just to get to the third book, the title o which completely escapes me.
I just finished reading about Bella's birthday, where she's all BITCH FROM HELL because the Cullens dared to have a party for her. "Waaaahhhh poor me...my gorgeous, wealthy, adoring boyfriend's blood-sucking family is paying attention to me....wwaaaaahhhh". And at the end of the chapter (coincidentally entitled "Party") she gets a paper cut (dope!) and Jasper lunges at her. If I were her, I'd be running at him and shoving my hand in his mouth. Hmmmm.....let's see.....it's between getting old and wrinkled and in need of Botox....or being an 18 year old, living in ecstasy with Edward for the rest of eternity. YOU DO THE MATH. So anyway - I put the book down (because I had to pay a little attention to the sharks at Jenkinsons' Aquarium with the kids - yes, I took the book to read during the CAR RIDE!) and only read the few first sentences of the new chapter. So I know Carlisle is about to help Bella since she fell on glass shards or something. Her clumsiness is getting on my LAST nerve, by the way. Why this family falls over themselves to try to do nice things for this girl is beyond me. I get that they love Edward and blah blah blah. But why does Edward love her? She's so annoying! And self-centered! And bitchy! Hello? The prom thing? Priceless. Boyfriend is putting you on his shoes for god's sake, and you're complaining about it. Someone needs to give Bella a knuckle sandwich and I wish it could be me.
PS - This guy is more how I picture Edward:
I Cannot Breathe (FIRST POST EVER!)
A few (hundred, it seems) friends suggested I read Twilight. First, there was my cousin, Colleen. Then there was Nancy. Then Beth, Ellen and Jen. Then Andrea (who lent me the first two books, therefore rendering my washer, dryer, stove, oven and vacuum powerless). Then there was Caitlin at the library...and Chris up the street. Then my cousin Jenn got in on the action, as well as Liz and Kira, via Facebook. And I can't forget my niece, Caitlin, who told me there is a beer bong at Rowan University which is lovingly referred to as "Edward Cullen" and those who use it must refer to it properly. Everyone seemed to be in on this Twilight madness....and I was too weak to resist. I have finished the first book, and have just started "New Moon" - and have this nagging need to talk about it. With anyone. Even my computer. So....without further ado....these are my thoughts on Twilight and the books that follow....as I read them...
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