How awesome are these?!

I. Love. These. My friend and fellow Twihard - Shannon - brought these over for me today. (Although she prefers to refer to herself as a "Twerd". Tee hee.) I want to open them and read all the little messages, but I don't want to mess with the box! You can get them at Walmart, while you're there buying one of their Twilight shirts.

Talk About Motivation!

Oh No I Di'nt!

Just curious. Do you stop in mall parking lots, trying to inconspicuously take photos of yellow Porsches after following them in and out of rows, just because they remind you of New Moon? Cause I do. And I'm beyond mortified. But it seemed like a good idea at the time!

Twilight Bunnies

I. Love. This! So funny!

David Slade to Direct ECLIPSE!

It's official. Straight from the Summit Entertainment website: David Slade will be directing Eclipse. David Slade directed a tremendous movie - "30 Days of Night" with Josh Hartnett. I loved that film. The suspense was SICK. For the first time, I am really excited about the Eclipse film. RIGHT ON!

Stephenie Meyer on Ellen Last Year

I never saw this episode of Ellen from last fall. It's really good. Hell, I had no interest in reading Twilight last fall, let alone starting a blog about it. I was way too into Vampire Bill from True Blood, who now seems a little too cheesy and un-Edwardlike. Guess we'll find out in June when True Blood starts Season 2. (Oh who am I kidding? I'll be all up in that shizz again. Watch me.)

I love hearing Stephenie Meyer in her own words instead of the latest rumor or gossip about her or the stars of the movies. Her husband retired last year because of her success. Yowsa. And all I'm writing is this blog that, like, 4 people read. It's mind-blowing how productively un-productive I am when it comes to making money. My husband should be so lucky!

Team Jasper?!

"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."

(That quote is from Stephen King, who I am currently thoroughly annoyed with for dissing Stephenie Meyer. But it's topical... and hits a little too close to home.)

Finally getting around to watching Jackson Rathbone - aka Jasper - on Criminal Minds from two weeks ago (that's where I got the above quote!) WOW. I have given this guy a hard time for his hair in Twilight but he is absolutely adorable. WHY WHY WHY do they make his hair look like Phyllis Diller on crack in the movie?! When you see his new 'do in New Moon, it's a little more fitting for the time period Jasper's character was turned. But still. It's... big. And bouffant. And generally not hot. But wow is he minty in this episode of Criminal Minds. AND HIS ACTING IS TREMENDOUS! Not that we'd know from Twilight, since he had about 2 lines. I assume he'll get his chance to shine in Eclipse when he has to be all Jasper-the-Civil-War-Soldier-Vampire. Go Team Jasper!

Gaps. Lots of Gaps.

Am I the only one who would sell my soul if Stephenie Meyer would just fill in some gaps? Don't you ever get curious about things that were skimmed over in the books? Like...Edward's return. Don'tcha want to know what happened on his and Alice's first day back at school? I'd love it if they worked that into the New Moon movie. Mike Newton just absolutely soiling his pants when he sees Edward walk in the door. Oh that would be priceless. I was never happy with the "summer mention" early on in New Moon, either. Bella said it was the best summer of her life. Um, why? What did she do? More meadow visits? Something tells me Edward's not a mall guy... not that Bella strikes me as the Macy's type, either. And I know they weren't having picnics. Unless they were in the forest and Bella didn't mind getting deer blood on her good gingham table cloth.

And...when Bella got the paper cut, the Cullens still seemed like her new boyfriend's family. Not like a family she's come to know and love. When I read all the extras on stepheniemeyer.com, I wish she'd write a few more. You know... in between making cookies for her kids' class parties and washing the kitchen floor. Couldn't she just sit down and type out 10 or so pages about Bella and Edward making out in the janitor's closet at school while Alice stood outside and kept watch? How about a little 5 page ditty about Esme showing Bella photos of Edward's 2nd graduation from med school? SOMETHING. Seriously. I need more cowbell.

New Moon Soundtrack

Might I mention that I LOVE the Twilight soundtrack? "New Moon" and "Spotlight" make me giddy. I've thrown songs around this blog quite a bit, but I have to laugh because NONE of them would ever come close to being New Moon material. My problem is that I listen to too much 80s and Brit pop on Sirius. I need to broaden my horizon and actually venture into the 90s and 2000's once in a while.

Want a taste of possible (probable?) New Moon music? Check out Stephenie Meyer's personal New Moon playlist, complete with B's, E's and J's to denote whose perspective the songs are coming from. I. Love. This. Anything that comes from SM's mind IS Twilight. And I'm happy to report some of these bands/singers are already on my iPod. Right on!

My New La Push Ring

I wonder if Jacob is looking
for this very stone right now!

OK so a couple weeks ago, I'm on twilightmoms.com and I come across a link to a website that sells Twilight jewelry, photographs, etc. I click the link and almost fall over when I see these GORGEOUS rings made by Georgia - aka Gypsy Wings - with stones from the beach at La Push. I immediately order one and go about my business....heading to Florida to visit my parents in a retirement development that can only be described as "Del Boca Vista" from Seinfeld.

So I got back last night and picked up my mail this morning... and what was waiting for me but this AWESOME ring which almost made me cry. Apparently Georgia was able to stop in to visit La Push and Forks when she was on vacation... and has made beautiful rings... pendants... necklaces... But that's not all. She also took the most amazing and ethereal early morning photos of the forest. I'm thinking one of these will definitely be my next purchase.

Check out this very cool blog post from The Danger Magnet... showing Ashley Greene - aka m'girl ALICE - wearing one of Georgia's pieces. Holy. Cow. Can you stand it? How cool is that? ALSO - check out the Gypsy Wings site on Etsy to buy your own little piece of La Push!

I am now a dork who reads Twilight novels twice.

Check out this Entertainment Tonight clip of the set of New Moon. This is why I love Twilight Moms. They have tremendous updates. Apparently, Entertainment Tonight is doing a story on New Moon starting on April 23rd. GET READY.

So I just finished New Moon - again - and I cannot tell you what a different ride it is the second time around. I couldn't have cared less about Jacob the first read. Now I feel SO bad for the guy. He and Bella were inches from dating when Edward decided to get all dramatic on us and go to Volterra. Now the poor guy is alone. Bella should have told her dad she had to go to La Push and see him when she got back from Italy. You know he would have let her. She owes Jacob a little more than "Sorry - Edward's back - later." In fact, how interesting would THAT have been, if she and Jacob had become a couple...and THEN Edward came back. Yikes.

I was away last week and could not have planned better. I started New Moon before I left - put it down to read my book club book for this month - and then went back to it. And I stopped right before Bella and m'girl Alice got on the plane....so I was able to read it on my plane home from FL. It was VERY cool to be sitting there, taking off, while they were taking off and Bella was bouncing up and down in her seat. I realize this is probably pretty stupid to those of you who are slightly less obsessed than I am....but work with me here. And I was writing in the margins to the point where I thought someone should start a Twilight class at a university somewhere...and I'd be sure to sign up. Hell, didn't they have a Sex and the City class somewhere? C'mon! Humor me!

One of my favorite lines this time around: "my hallucinatory Edwards were usually better fed." Oh man I howled when I read that. Almost as good as Bella's line about sleepovers being "the pinnacle of safety conscious behavior" in Eclipse. Just hilarious.

Another line I loved that I had forgotten about: "Just walk out into the sun". It reminds me of this line from Duran Duran's "Careless Memories":

I walk out into the sun I try to find a new day but the whole place it just screams in my eyes

I also paid a lot of attention to the Volturi this time around. Who is who - what they look like - what their powers are. I cannot tell you what perfect casting I think Dakota Fanning is. She is exactly who I pictured as Jane when I read New Moon the first time.

Sigh....something tells me I'll be rereading Eclipse this week!

My Edward?

Sorry I haven't posted for a few days. I've been away but will be back at it tomorrow, as I'm almost finished my New Moon reread and have much to say. (Had to take a break to finish my book club book for April - The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee). BUT - real quick - I was just flipping through this month's GQ, not that I bought for Robert Pattinson or anything (whistle whistle - looks at the sky)....and came across a guy who I'm thinking is darn close to looking like "my Edward". The guy on the far right. He's pretty. Carol likey. What do you think?

GO STEPHENIE!!!

Check out this USA Today article that says:

1 in 7 books sold last quarter was a Stephenie Meyer book.

That... is unbelievable. Get DOWN with your bad self, Stephenie!

(And please, for the love of all that's holy on this planet, finish Midnight Sun. Thank you.)

Hey! "Edward Robert" is back! Right on!

I've made no bones about the fact that Rob Pattinson is "so not my Edward" in the past, as wonderful and delicious as he was in the Twilight movie. This is due to his usual scruff... green eyes... crazy-assed muppet hair, etc, when we see him in all those intrusive paparazzi shots. COMMA *Thanks to julielinker.com for the photo. HOWEVER, just check him out in this FABULOUS shot from Popsugar.com of him being completely invaded while getting into a cab after Kristen Stewart's 19th birthday outing in Vancouver. HE LOOKS SO EDWARD! I've never seen anyone who can go from 0 - 60 in the pretty department like he can. One minute it's "Gah! um, no thanks, I'll pass." The next - BAM! He's bringin' the Edward! I love it!

I am probably excited about Rob P's recent "Edwardness" because I have sortof declared a self-induced Edward ban at the moment. I am at the part in my New Moon re-read where Bella just told Jacob she knows he's a werewolf and he is taking her to tell Sam everything she knows about Victoria, as well as the Cullen's secret powers. (I had a problem with that the first time I read the book but I wonder if I'll change my mind now. I'm so pro-Jacob that I'll probably be like "well screw the Cullens! They left her there! To be killed by Victoria! No love for them!")

But I am flying home on Friday, and as I edge closer to Edward's return in New Moon, I thought it would be cool to hold off on reading about Bella and Alice's flight to Volterra until I'm actually on my plane, flying home. Won't that be cool? The Spirit airlines flight attendant will be offering me a $17 soda and I'll be all "Shhh! They're on the plane! What if they don't make it?!?" It's gonna be sweet.

PS - Dudes, how can MTV think that Rob P's hair looks like Edward in this photo? This picture invokes memories of Gary Oldman's ridiculous butt head in Bram Stoker's "Dracula". Just sayin'. *Thanks to MTV and movieactors.com for the photos.

Go ahead. Reread New Moon. I dare ya.

First I have to throw a huge shout out to my niece - and her peeps - at Rowan University. Cait, Rud, Mair and everyone else I have not met but PLAN TO soon! Not only do they have the famous "Edward Cullen Funnel" (or beer bong as we used to call them when I was in college 80 million years ago), but they also read my blog! How cool is that?!

OK I have totally and completely reached Twihard status. I am now blogging from my in laws' house in Florida. I wasn't even going to bring my laptop... but I caved at the last minute because I couldn't stand to be away from my Twilight blog! SAD SAD SAD! And that was nothing compared to the stress I had over not being able to bring my entire Twilight library on the plane. "But what if I need an Edward marriage proposal fix?!" or "What if I just HAVE to reread the honeymoon scene?!" Decisions...decisions. In the end, I decided on New Moon.

I am ridiculously immersed in New Moon - again. I have to ask anyone who has read the series to go back and reread it. I never thought I'd be so committed the second time around. I thought "Eh, I'm going to get bored and need me some Edward". But something really strange happens when you read it the second time around: Edward leaves - you're all sad - you keep reading - and BAM! - you're all KINDS of up in Jacob's shizz. And you can't get out. And you're all "Wow I can't WAIT to see this movie" and you start getting really excited for November 20th! (Not only do I have plans to see it during the day with a bunch of other Twilight-loving chicks in my hood, but I'm also planning a "100 Days 'til New Moon" party in August. Yup. I'm thinking pomegranate cosmos or sangria on the patio. And maybe an Italian dish from the Food Network. But I digress.)

Ya know...there is a part of me that is actually prolonging the book because I want Edward to stay away. HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD did I just say that?! Me?! The girl who owns an Edward Cullen Fan Club shirt?! The girl who takes a lot of crap on Facebook for choosing Edward Cullen as one of my top five hotties?!! I did! I can't BELIEVE it! Then again, I am also the girl who just ordered a ring made from a stone from the La Push beach. And let's face it - La Push and Jacob go hand in hand. So it's official; I'm one fickle beotch.

What's funny is that I am just as rabid about New Moon as I was the first time. I ignored my family on the plane so I could read about Jacob getting sick and ignoring Bella. The first time I read it, I was like "Fine. Whatevs. You puke, he pukes, get mad at him, go see him and then BRING BACK EDWARD!" Now, I'm like "Oh my god Bella, don't you see Jacob needs you? You love him! Go help him! Go see him! Ignore Billy! GO!" I seriously don't know what's gotten into me. I think it's Doreen.

Doreen is my friend who is on Team Jacob all the way. She can't stand Edward. She has come to the conclusion that she loves Jacob because she's always cold and, well, we all know Edward's hands feel like he's the spawn of Snow Miser. I thought she'd lose her friggin MIND when she got to the part in Eclipse where Jacob has to hold Bella in the tent. Holy COW she was a happy camper. Hmmm...pun intended, I suppose.

So anyway, I'm rambling and need to shut up. (Thanks to Honey, my mother in law, for dying eggs with the kids and giving me the opportunity to sit the hell DOWN for five seconds and blog!)

So get reading and let's discuss! I'd love to hear how everyone else feels!

The New Moon Reread - Part 2

"Only a teenage boy would agree to this: deceiving both our parents while repairing dangerous vehicles using money meant for my college education. He didn't see anything wrong with that picture. Jacob was a gift from the gods."

The first time around, I was completely annoyed with Jacob for being so immature and agreeing to spend her COLLEGE money for this. Now I realize he was 16 years old and college wasn't high on his priority list, either.

"While he worked, Jacob chattered happily, needing only the lightest of nudges from me to keep the conversation rolling. "

I am just as annoyed with Bella here as I was during the first go-round. She is so selfish sometimes. I feel like saying "god forbid you put yourself out there and actually BE a friend." She was the same way with Jessica. And I know Jessica could be a pain in the ass, but still. Bella just comes off like she'll use anyone who crosses her path, with the exception of Edward.

"I giggled quietly. The sound made my eyes widen in wonder. I was laughing, actually laughing, and there wasn't anyone around watching. I felt so weightless that I laughed again, just to make the feeling last longer."

See? First time around, it's like "good, yeah, whatever, I'm glad she's not suicidal, but for the love of god, WHERE IS EDWARD?!" Now it's like "OK, good. I'm glad she's getting happy again. She needed to come out of that rut. She's going to be OK." Remember those days when homework seemed like a welcome gift because you were trying not to think about some guy? UGH - I do. So I'm happy Bella's coming out of her man-funk. Because sister, we've ALL been there.

One more thing - I have been googling photos and there are a ton of photoshopped Edward/Bella/Jacob shots out there...and I am finding that I literally can't look! I feel like Bella! I don't want to even think about Edward... or I won't be able to really get into the Jacob storyline like I want to. How funny is that?

*Thanks to twilight-gossip.com for the photo.

MY new moon

"Because there was just one thing that I had to believe to be able to live -- I had to know that he existed. That was all. Everything else I could endure. So long as he existed."

I've decided to read New Moon again - as per Stephenie Meyer's request. I suppose I still feel guilty about reading her Midnight Sun manuscript and I am trying to make amends. I figure it should up my karma a notch, possibly making her want to finish Midnight Sun. More than any of that, though, I want to reread it for the same reason she suggests rereading it; I missed half the book the first time around! I was absolutely desperate for an Edward return, so much so that I raced through most of Jacob and Bella's time together. And hello? The movie is coming out in November. I want to be ON MY GAME and really feel good about these two characters.

You know what's cool? While I wasn't a Twilight fan when they announced and cast the first movie, I am now. So I'm enjoying the heck out of it this time around. When I read the casting announcement for the wolf pack, I was almost giddy. And I HATED the wolf pack the first time I read this book. OK "hated" is a ridiculously strong word. I suppose I should say I didn't CARE about them. But now - I'm actually looking forward to the wolf story in New Moon. I really love the book this time. I am handling Bella's breakdown so much better... I am really seeing some of the amazing quotes and comments I completely missed in the first place (see above)... and frankly, I am thrilled with Jacob. Bella was a mess, and he SAVED her. Truly. So I'm seeing this whole new side to New Moon and loving it for its' middle, as much as its' beginning and its' end.

And as for the quote at the top... all I can say is... "sigh". I get that quote. I've said that quote in my own life. It's so tragic. And what's even more tragic is that Edward doesn't really exist. (We all remind ourselves of that once in a while. Admit it. You know you do.) But as long as we are reading a Twilight series book... or watching a Twilight series movie... or commenting on a Twilight series blog... he does, right? He does in MY world.

*Thanks to Lainey Gossip for the photo.

Adaline Rocks

Just found this great Vancouver Sun interview with indie musician, Adaline. She talks about meeting Robert Pattinson at a Juno after-party and how he was so thankful she treated him like a normal human. She also says he smells really good.

I also really enjoyed this blog entry from Adam B. Vary on the Entertainment Weekly site about fake New Moon posters made by fans. They really are neat. I hope the real ones are this aesthetically pleasing. (These days I love to use phrases like this because this is the way my grandmother used to speak - very proper - and she was born in 1902, a year after Edward. Only a fellow Twilight dork will understand this.)

I am also reading all over the place that Jackson Rathbone - aka Jasper - played a surprise concert with a band called 100 Monkeys over the weekend. Thanks to Twilightmoms.com and newmoonmovie.org for the info.

I have gushed about twilightmoms before...but now I must gush over newmoonmovie.org because WOW they are a great site. Lots of graphics (warning, I crashed twice and my iBook and internet connection are both in decent shape) and up-to-the-minute info about New Moon. Luvs it!

Lastly, I must mention this love/hate relationship I'm having with all this New Moon coverage. I love it because I am a Twilight loser. And I need more cowbell. So I can't get enough. But every once in a while I get all smug and "ugh I'm sooo tired of hearing about these actors - Rob Pattinson is NOT EDWARD and never will be!" and have to close the laptop and walk the heck AWAY from it all for a while. Then, like most addicts, I swear I'm done with my Twilight obsession and don't care what Nikki Reed is hosting or how good Kellen what's-his-name looks without a shirt on. But - alas - the next morning things seem so insignificant and I think "oh big deal - they're just photos"..or "it's just an article"...and next thing I know I am shoving the Twilight needle right back into my arm and hating myself all over again.

Damn you, Stephenie Meyer for making me love you! (It was only a matter of time before I worked in an "Izzie and Denny" reference, the only other couple on par with Bella and Edward in my world - and we all know how THAT one turned out.) Please FINISH MIDNIGHT SUN and take me away from all this movie celebrity nonsense!

A WORLD of Noooooo!!!!

So I stumbled upon these photos of one of Robert Pattinson's first photo shoots from 2001....on one of my favorite celeb blogs - pinkisthenewblog.com.
I have to wonder if he's mortified that these things are coming out now. Apparently his mom works for a modeling agency. I'm thinking she got him the gig?
I warn you, these shots are not for the faint of heart. Oh my god - I can't even LOOK at them. I can't even upload a full shot to this blog because they're truly awful and they mess with your psyche (since you try to envision this guy as Edward Cullen. SHUDDER) Look if you will. And then go wash your brain.

Just... Simply... Moon.

I do all my best thinking in two places. The shower...and my bed, late at night. So last night, I'm wide awake because my 4 year old decided to come in my room a few times and I finally let him get in my bed. Cool for him, but beat for me. When this happens, he falls asleep and beats the snot outta me while dreaming, while I lay there and think about anything that comes into my head.

So what came into my head last night? The SICKEST, most PERFECT song for New Moon. It just...appeared. All the sudden I was just hearing it...and thinking "EUREKA"! The song is by a band called Dada who had a hit or two in the 90s - remember "Dizz Knee Land" and "Dim"? TreMENdous tuneage....I assure you.

OK so anyway - the song is actually called "Moon". It's slow and absolutely beautiful. It's mostly just a sweet, haunting acoustic and vocals...and then some electric guitar and drums come in at the end for a short time (which could be scrapped - but it could be cool to rev it up a bit while Jacob is diving in after Bella)...and then it goes back to being just acoustic at the end. But beyond it being SO FRIGGIN PERFECT because of its' title and lyrics, it would be even better if they got Rob Pattinson to record it - a la "Never Think" from the Twilight soundtrack, which was one of his own personal recordings they decided to put into the movie.

OK so here is where you can hear the song. Imagine Bella diving off the cliff....or lying in the forest after Edward left her... or just lying in her bed catatonic. Holy CRAP this song is perfect. I think I have chills.

And here are the lyrics. So beautiful. And adding Rob P to the mix would make it even better. I cannot believe the way this just popped into my head last night. My god they mention going to the sea (OK with a car but whatever)... and of course, the song is about losing someone...wow.

The night before the moon died
you realized
the flowers that you picked
and kept locked away
Were never to be seen
by naked lovers' eyes
The night before the moon died
you realized
The night before the moon died
you had your chance to make it right
but you never did
Take your car right out of gear
send it over to the sea
Touch your fingers to the water
Put your hands to your face
The night before the moon died
you realized
You had your chance
to make it right
You had your chance
to change your mind
You had your chance
to save your life
but you never did