I know what you're thinking. If you've never met me, you're thinking "
Why should I listen to this kooky girl with the Twilight website and read Outlander"? And if you have met me, you're thinking "
Why should I listen to this kooky girl with the Twilight website and read Outlander"? (snicker. I crack m'self up.)
So I thought I'd share with you some of the parallels between Twilight and Outlander.
Not so much the story - because, let's face it - one involves vampires - and one involves Scottish clans. Apples and oranges, right? But - if you look at the way you behave while reading both, clearly there are similarities:
1)You start to carry Outlander everywhere, just like you did with Twilight. I just sat in the doctor's office with my son, watching Casper and wishing I had my book. PINING for my book. And a certain clansmen.
2) You find yourself looking for Outlander themes in the songs you're hearing on the radio, just like you did with Twilight. Songs that have zero to do with this book, yet all the sudden seem like they have everything to do with the book.
3) You miss the main male character when you're not reading. Like he's your boyfriend and you're (im)patiently waiting for him to call you when he gets back from Pep Boys with his dad.
4) You see the book lying on a table and an instant sense of simultaneous calm - and excitement - comes over you.
5) You find yourself looking up maps of Scotland... planning your summer vacation in Scotland... and being incredibly jealous of all those who actually live in Scotland. Or at least near it, which means they can visit whenever they want. LUCKIES.
6) You can't stop thinking - or talking - about the book.
OK - if that isn't a glowing recommendation, I don't know what is. And for some reason, I'm really curious about whether Stephenie Meyer has read the Outlander series - and if so, if she loved it.
That's all for now. More Edward later. Right after I trek around the Highlands a bit more...
Great article about Robert Pattinson's upcoming Vanity Fair article. RPattz cracks me up. I swear to god. I would so love to do some type of pub crawl with this guy. He seems like one of those people who is funny no matter where he is. Like you could be sitting in a bar with him and he'd make you laugh so hard you cried over a salt shaker. Or some dude's shoes. Is is just me?
As I've waxed on about before... THIS kills me. KILLS ME. (Click the link - it's a Volvo site with a "Win Edward Cullen's Car" contest. BLECH.) It's like Edward's picking my kids up at school tomorrow. I don't even know what to do with myself. The silver, four door Sedan Volvo WAS Edward Cullen. I am so sad that they've made this major change. And don't kid yourself; altering Edward's car so drastically is a MAJOR change. 
Some pictures surfaced today... or yesterday... I'm a little behind since my sister forced me to read the Outlander series and now I'm mental over it... but I digress. Rob and Kristen at the airport... Rob, Taylor and Kristen at a photo shoot in LA... Rob coming out of a RiteAid. RITEAID for god's sake. As if I care?! "Oooh he might use Speed Stick!" God can we not give these people a little room?! Maybe he needed something a little personal! Is that our business? UmNO. Can you imagine if that were you or me? Let me set the scene. You're sitting around and all the sudden you realize you need tampons - pronto. And not just tampons, but Kotex Super Plus tampons because there is major hemorrhaging going on in your nethers. OK that was a little obnox - but bear with me. So you trot yourself on over to RiteAid to pick up the aforementioned feminine products. And you're feeling a little uncomfortable while you're standing at the counter - gawking at Rob Pattinson on the cover of People as inconspicuously as possible - and the male check-out kid is trying soooo hard not to look at you. And you walk out the door... and BAM! 10, no 15 photogs are in your face, taking photos of you and, more importantly, your RiteAid bag full of Super Plus tampons. As if!!! Would you not DIE?! 
Could someone please explain this ENSEM Edward is unfortunate enough to be standing in among the ferns? When did he become "Blazer Guy"?! Not that I have a problem with blazers... not at all. But I just don't get this look - at all. Let's start from the bottom, shall we? What's with the brown shoes he seems to wear throughout the entire movie? They look like he's going to bust some moves - Fred Astaire-style. I mean, seriously. "Hi...Edward? Gregory Hines called. He wants his shoes back." (Thank you, Mr. Hines, for being OK with that joke, seeing as you passed on a few years back. I LOVED you in History of the World, Part 1...and White Nights "We're landing in RUSSIA!") OK next - the pants. THE PANTS. What in GOD'S NAME are the pants?! They look like something my orthodontist wore in 1981!!! OK next - the sweater. With the nice, WIDE, ribbed waistline. OK maybe the sweater - paired with some jeans and the right shoes - might look somewhat minty. And a little more Edwardesque. But with the blazer? THE BLOODY BLAZER?! I just don't get it at all when put together. On Edward! OK that's all. Thanks for reading my rantlicious commentary. Buh Bye.
Lookie what I finally found today! Squeee! And it's not a minute too soon. I've been all wrapped up in Outlander this week (which I finished and there just are no words. READ IT) and have been neglecting my poor Twilight blog. So I plan to read this now and have some commentary shortly. PS - RPattz on a leash. Too bad he's only 2...
I think I might be cheating on Edward Cullen. 
