Um, Damn!

This is... I don't even know what to say about this.

Get DOWN with your bad self, Stephenie!

Great article from The Deadbolt about Stephenie Meyer coming in #26 out of 100 on the Forbes Most Powerful Celebrities list. Just like I was waxing on about last night, THIS is what it's all about. I have all the lurve for Rob P, but it's not about him pulling a butt muscle and needing a massage on the first day of shooting. (Hello, Massage Therapy school? It's me, Carol...) It's about Stephenie Meyer being awesome. She created Edward Cullen. 'Nuff said.

*Thanks so much to twilightersanonymous.com for the awesome photo!

OK so this is weird

So tonight I was doing laundry (I can hear the Rowan U. girls running away from this post, thinking it's going to be boring and they're late for a party ;) and I started thinking about Stephenie Meyer. I started thinking about the MTV awards... and how she wasn't there. And I was wondering why. One of my mother's favorite sayings is "Be conspicuous by your absence." And clearly, Stephenie Meyer was extremely conspicuous by hers on Sunday night. (Of course my mother used to say that to me when she was dragging me to Northwestern PA to see my grandparents for Thanksgiving, and I was missing the Homecoming dance, but I digress.)

So after a few minutes of pondering this, I decided I was proud of Stephenie Meyer. She could be very different about all of this. She could be going to awards - hobnobbing with the world - but she's not. She could be trying to get every bit of limelight possible - but she's not. For whatever reason, she has decided to "sit this one out" if you will. And I'm insanely impressed by that. If it were me, I'd have had my ass planted right in between Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart during the awards. I'd have gotten every designer in Manhattan to bring me dresses. And I'd have had my own little "almost kiss" with Carlisle (with Jenny AND Esme's blessing, of course) - only I'd have faked him out and gone in for the kill. But not Stephenie Meyer. Lord knows what she was doing on Sunday night. Watching in her sweats with her family at home, perhaps? (Finishing Midnight Sun, perhaps?) Regardless, she is one CLASS ACT and I am once again reminded of my respect and high regard for this woman. And as I said in the early days of this blog and should be saying a lot more these days: It's. Not. About. The. Movies. It's about the books. All of it. All of this. And we all need to remember that a little more often.

OK so why is it weird? Because - after the laundry was finished (yeah right) - I came downstairs, looked at my Google homepage, and noticed a blurb on newmoonmovie.org about Stephenie Meyer deleting her Myspace page. She posted a note on her website, saying she has never had a Facebook page - doesn't Twitter - and will only be communicating with fans via her official website. And I'm sure you - like I - will detect a bit of bitterness when she mentions missing the old days of being able to talk to fans online. So I'm guessing she is truly disappearing for a while. And I could not BE more thrilled. It means she's writing, people. It means she's got something cooking and I, for one, cannot wait to find out what. OK so I'm hoping upon hope that it involves a little more Edward - and a little less mermaids - than what has been previously pondered. But - whatever. I just hope Stephenie Meyer is in a good place right now and is truly happy. Because she's brought a lot of happiness into our lives... it's only right she get to enjoy her own.

*Thanks to entertainment weekly for the photo.

More Carlisle Lurve

Check out Carlisle's nifty scarf-tie. He is STYLIN'! It looks like he might have stepped out for a coffee in this shot and they said "no worries, we'll just borrow a stand-in from Madame Tussaud's." And hello? Bella? I know your own house is nothing to brag about, but do you think you could maybe TRY not to get blood all over the carpet? Esme puts a lot of time into decorating, you know.

I'm a fangirl, she's a fangirl, you're a fangirl too!

I had to post this just in case you weren't sure who the dude below her is abusing. But - I have to defend her - because I was just as bad the other night when I first saw it. Think Tom Cruise-jumping-up-and-down-on-Oprah's-couch bad. Yeah. I should have taped myself. I'd be all over youtube by now. And not in a good way. PS - this is SO for my niece, Caitlin. I can't wait to watch her emulate this at the next family party.

I love this guy!

Totally cute interview

How sweet is Peter Facinelli? I swear to god he's got a Leave it to Beaver vibe happening. I half expect him to excuse himself to run off to church. Or a little league game.

~ Shudder ~

I truly feel bad for this guy. He had zero clue how Twilight was going to explode and take over his life. I am willing to bet he'd say "no thank you" if he had it to do all over again, and someone told him how bad it would get. I just realized he's this mega star; but he hasn't made a ton of money from acting yet. It's not like he can hop on his private jet. He's stuck taking commercial airlines like the rest of us.
You can see all the photos of Rob P. looking slightly terrified - and taking his shoes off at security - at Celebrity Gossip. Truly unfrigginbelievable.

Great video interview with Taylor Lautner

He says that his "breakup scene" with Bella is the most intense scene he shot. Remember it was raining and Billy and the pack were looking out the window? Ugh. It was almost as torturous as Edward in the woods when I read it the 2nd time. Watch it!

Sigh. Just look at all the pretty.

Everything looks better in the morning!

OK so this AM both Jenn M. and Kim H (who I don't even know but she's friends with cool Kim from the shore so she must be cool) pointed out that Bella is wearing a different jacket in the "Jake run!" scene than she is in the Laurent scene. Soooo....they DIDN'T mess with the Laurent scene. And for this, I am eternally grateful. AND - I just watched the breakup scene again and almost cried - but this time for Edward. After reading Midnight Sun - and that 4 pager blurb when he was in the attic in South America in New Moon - can you even IMAGINE what was going through that poor guy's head when he dumped her? Oh man. Bringin' the crazy. Stephenie Meyer - please - don't make me beg more (but you know I will).

PS - Hope you liked my erratic posting last night during the awards. Which only goes to show that I truly do live in p-u-r-g-a-t-o-r-y over the Twilight series. It just ain't right. They will commit me before this is all over and Breaking Dawn comes out. I just hope they let me watch it in the rubber room.

YOU decide.

And another thing...

Was it me or was Edward pissed BEFORE the party? Did the "kiss me" part happen BEFORE the party? What's with THAT? When they're coming down the stairs at the Cullens, he looks upset already. Do not even TELL me they've messed with it that much. Please. I don't know if I can stand it. This will just send me right over the deep end and I'll be wandering around in the school parking lot at pick up, clutching New Moon and whispering to all my underground Twilight buds that I have to read it again for a THIRD time, just to stay focused. (While admiring Shannon's Twilight shirt.) And we don't want that happening. No way. No one wants unfocused Carol. Nope. Focused, happy, drink-cosmos-while-out-with-my-Twilight-buds is a much better Carol. I promise you.

Oh NO!!!!!!!!!!

I just rewatched the clip. No no NO. She yells at Jake to run and he changes in front of her??? The beauty of the meadow scene with Laurent is that she didn't know about Jake yet. Come ON! He comes to save her and changes in FRONT of her for the first time with LAURENT there? NO NO NO!!! Totally not how it happened! Look people - I dealt with Edward being all spazzy in the meadow in Twilight. But now THIS? OH I am so not happy. SOB!

Kstew IS Bella!!!

I loved the hell out of her dropping that award. It was SO adorable. I have done a complete 180 about this girl. I was subjected to The Hills tonight and found myself being so happy Kstew wears her little Converse and doesn't act all scary and LAish. And now this. She drops the award. Total BELLA move. She couldn't have planned that if she tried. All I could think of was Charlie saying "Good luck with that" when Edward said they were playing baseball. PS - I'll go back to pretty pictures tomorrow but for now I just have too friggin much to say!!!!!!!

Why I loved the clip.

Jenn M. isn't thrilled. I feel so bad because that's how I felt with the 15 second clip at first. Here is what I loved. I loved getting to SEE Jasper lunge at her. I loved seeing Edward shove him across the room. I loved just seeing the Cullens at the party. I loved watching Edward dump Bella in the woods and I got teary. I loved watching her lay there. But - surprisingly - most of all - I LOVED watching Jacob turn into a motherfriggin werewolf! That. Made. My. LIFE!!!!!!!!

My. Heart. Just. Stopped. Beating.

I don't even know what to say. I can't breathe. That New Moon trailer was about 75 times better than I ever expected. Holy CRAP I am shitting my pants right now, worse than Rob on stage with the popcorn trophy. I can't wait to a) watch it again and b) post it in purgatory as soon as I find it online. My early apologies to whomever I gank it from. I'll give you full credit. I promise.

Loving this chat!

I am having sick fun on this newmoonmovie.org chat. Come chat with me - CarolS!

A prayer

Dear 8 pound, 6 ounce Baby Jesus. Please, please never make me watch this scary Hills show again. The people getting married are like some weird, Stepford, Aryan Nation couple. Please please save me from this robotic, LA hell. In return, I will try to never again abuse Kristen Stewart for her angst, black eyeshadow or skinny jeans. If I ever lay eyes on this show again, I promise to run screaming to Kristen Stewart to ask her where she bought her Converse sneakers and I pledge to buy a pair. So help me God.

PS - I am getting G-I-D-D-Y. Get these people OFF my TV and let the NEW MOON FESTIVITIES BEGIN!!!!

Um...some things about the MTV Awards, y'all

Thanks to cullenboysanonymous for airing this live feed from the MTV red carpet.

I forgot to mention I read in Page 6 this AM... They had to do a last minute seat change at the MTV Awards because different Hollywood stars are soooo not down with each other and can't stand to be near each other. Two they mentioned were Whitney Port and our own Bella, none other than Kristen Stewart. They said Whitney made some rank comments about the movie (she allegedly called it "really bad") and that the role of Bella was too "one-dimensional". Um, yikes.

Is anyone else having problems with newmoonmovie.org loading? Holy crap. I love this site so much and sometimes have an issue or two getting pages to load... most likely because it's tres popular and has a butt-load of Twilight-rific graphics. But tonight it is sick. And I'm trying to check out their live blog. WTF? I don't have an Apple Commodore for god's sake! I have a friggin iBook and am online with FiOS. HELP!

PS - I SO don't want to offend any of you who read my blog with any regularity. So if you're a fan of "The Hills", just move along and go get yourself a lovely snack from the fridge. But I am (suffering through) watching some episodes because they're holding me H-O-S-T-A-G-E and airing red carpet shizz during the show. Oh. My. God. It truly seems bad. I mean really bad. But then again, I watch the Real Housewives of New Jersey. So what the hell do I know?