23 posts tagged “bella swan”

I don't mean to offend Alison when I start gushing over Lily Allen's version of Womanizer but I love it and I want to share it with the world. I am not a fan of the original. It gets stuck in my head and I hate that. Yet this cover I feel differently about. And I love Lily Allen. I almost go so far as to say that the two songs aren't comparable because they are so different. I'm eagerly awaiting Lily's new album, it's been a while since Alright Still came out. So everyone should go check out the YouTube link. I also have the mp3 if anyone really likes it.

Now I am looking forward to the new year. It will be my new slate on my book tracker. I started it in September and I've read 89 books in 16 weeks. The new one will be for 52 weeks and I am ready to devour books in the new year. Maybe I will set a goal of something like 25 books a month. I want to be sure I read things other than fantasy too. So in the new year I am going to hope to mix things up. Of course saying that all the books in my pile to be read next are fantasy save for 1 which is a romance. I still haven't read Moby Dick. Oh and I will be finishing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde before the end of the year. Even if the very act kills me.

On Saturday while out running errands D bought me new shoes and I love them. I have a really bad habit of buying shoes that I sometimes never wear. But I've already wore these so that shouldn't be a problem with these.. Ofcourse I keep all the original boxes for my shoes so when I'm done I can take them to the Goodwill in a tidy fashion. How do normal people house their shoes? Or a better question is how many pairs is normal to have? Not that I'm Amelda Marcos, she opened her shoes--so clearly, I'm not. I might be like her disciple.

They are making Edward and Bella dolls and I want them. I don't think they will be available until Spring and I don't know how much they will be yet. I hope they aren't too much. I did get my Twilight Trading Cards and I am totally confounded by how they came. I opened the packing box and it was full of packing peanuts so I dug around and came up with a box that was how the packets came, full of opened packets of cards. Then there was a collection of random non-Twilight cards, including a magnet with maybe Jensen Ackles on it, a Sponge Bob card and some others.Then there was one Twilight card in a sleeve. And finally a packet of Veronica Mars Trading Cards. Dig further down in the peanuts is a case with the Twilight cards. I haven't looked at the yet but I plan to pour through them. Maybe when Belle is over today because she will get a kick out of looking at the scenes on them. We all are going to see a movie later tonight and we might go movie hopping to see Twilight again it will be the 11th time for me. I guess now you can just say it's a gratuitous experience.

There are new Guild episodes and I'm behind, Zaboo could be running amok. Felicia Day looks less cute this season. Robin Thorsen who plays Clara is getting a world's worth of good lines. Bladezz is still only seen for half a second. But still worth a watch even if you aren't an MMOG.

Last night I went to see Twilight for the tenth time. It was still awesome. I did notice a flaw in the screenplay. It's small but now that I noticed it it will bother. When the nomads come to the field and James does his, "You've brought a snack" Rosalie jumps to defend Bella but then in the scene in the garage she asks why she should help. My answer would be, because you did in the last scene. And how does Edward and the Cullens follow her to Mimi's when she never tells Alice and Jasper where it is located? Another plot flaw. But despite those things I still love it. I would like to go and see it with Belle and Susan. And now New Moon officially has it's new director. Chris Weitz will be at the helm. I don't know if I have much faith in the guy who accepted the screenplay for Golden Compass with it missing the last chapter of the book. I hope we don't miss the last chapter of New Moon. I'm eager to hear what will happen with casting for NM. D has been keeping an eye out for sides but nothing yet. I am seriously leaning towards our Spring trip being Portland. I know it doesn't have the pizazz or sunniness of Hawaii but I would love to see Shanny and to get to play fungirl and go to some of the locations that the movie was shot at. It sounds like such fun and Hawaii isn't going anywhere. It will still be there the next year. So yeah I'm at 75% sure of going to the Pacific Northwest.

Today was a really busy day. We had to get me shoes for D's work Christmas party and I chose shoes that I don't believe I will wear that often over the ones I loved. I really regret getting them. The other ones were even on sale. I love shoes but why do they have to be such a labour when choosing them? Then we had to go to the comic book store and now we are up to date on Spike, Buffy and Angel. Our next mission is to actually read them. We are about five issues behind on Angel. Appalling. Then we went to Petco and got a friend for Nate. I haven't named him yet because I'm leaning towards either Jace or Seth, after Jace Wayland from The Mortal Instruments or Seth from Wicked Lovely and I would be heartbroken if I had to say either of them had died. So for now my little black moor goldfish is Little Fish. Then we went grocery shopping which was an ordeal because I was there. It had to be twice as expensive because I like to shop off the shopping list. It's like I'm the bane of D's life at times. I did get pickles, silk nog and raspberry sherbet. Score! Then we had to go to the boss's Christmas party. I was not excited about it because I have the social graces of a rock. He did have a nice house and the fresh pineapple was yummy. I even had a glass of bubbly and reminded myself that I find champagne god awful. We came home and made french toast with cinnabon bread. D's a master chef and it was so good. Oh and in between the grocery store and the party I wrapped D's Christmas gifts and I love Christmas. I keep wanting to talk to him about them and that would just be bad. I'm so excited for Christmas when he will open them and hopefully like them. I know three things that he will love. The rest is all up to the gods.

I have been reading some the last few days. I read both Novel of the Darkyn books I had and they were sort of disappointing. I will read the others in the series but these books were highly recommended for being good vampire books and they just aren't. I also read the first Others book, Wolf at the Door by Christine Warren and it was a good fantasy romance. The writing is sort of mediocre and the story isn't what I would call original but it had something to offer. Last night I started Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning and I was sort of blown away. I only got 70 pages in but the style and tone is incredible. It's categorized as romance but there isn't any romance in it so far and I would classify it as fantasy/suspense. It reminds me if you were to take Sookie Stackhouse books and Dante Valentine books and then threw in faeries, but better written then the two, then that is how I would describe it. I plan to read Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind this week. I don't know if I am ready for it but I don't think I ever will be. I'm just going to have to jump in.

Tomorrow I'm meeting Team Logan at Mo's in Burbank at lunch. Tam will be there and I haven't seen her since last Christmas. I'll get to show Belle my new silver nail polish. She will love it. I hope to make plans with Susan and Belle to get lunch or dinner this week sometime. I don't see the group, well hardly ever. It'll be good to touch bases.

I have to sleep sometime soon. I am not tired. It's 3:30 in the morning. My sleep is a mess. Stupid red eye. I haven't been the same since. I doubt sitting here listening to music and updating my last.fm helps.

Last night I went to see Twilight for the fifth time. Due to some narcoleptic-like issues I fell asleep at the fight scene. If you know how I get when I'm tired you will know that it had nothing to do with the movie and everything to do with not being able to deal with life after 9PM. I love the movie more and more with each veiwing. With every new imperfection. For the last week or week and half I have been playing the soundtrack in serious rotation. My favorite song on the album is by Blue Foundation, it is called Eyes on Fire and it's so pretty. I've also played Rob's songs with every intention of making myself sick of them. It hasn't happened so far. I'm not a fan of the Lullaby. It's not how I imagined it and it doesn't hold up to multiple listenings. I like the remix of Bella's Lullaby more than the actual thing. The piano piece doesn't sound like what Edward would compose for her though. It lacks a dark quality. I do so LOVE the score Carter Burwell did for the movie. It's played most notably when Bella is looking up The Cold One after Edward drives her home from Port Angeles. It continues until she leads him up into the woods. I want that song and it is no where on the soundtrack. D promised me he would lift it from the actual movie if need be. After the movie comes out on DVD I mean. Oh and I love the Linkin Park song... the lyrics are pretty. Chester rocks the pretty words. A really weird thing is that I used to be able to learn song lyrics after like the third listen and I am positively lost with them now but I pretend I know them and sing out loud the wrong words with gusto. I'll admit when there is no body to watch I even dance. But for that to happen I have to pretend I'm drunk and the world is unpopulated.

Alaska in 17 hours. I was up at 3AM this morning. I don't know if it is mental retardation or pre-travel nerves but I was bright eyed and alert in the early hours of the AM. Which is really nice so that I can shower before we have to leave. I wanted to last night but read above of near narcoleptic hoo-haw. Alaska. I am so very excited. Although I can't even conceive of how cold it is going to be. Not even in a nightmare can I imagine. I hope it doesn't hurt. I have such thin SoCal blood these days. There will be a million pictures I think.

I haven't read a book in 4 days. It feels absolutely unnerving. I tried to read Amelia Atwater-Rhodes book Hawksong today in the waiting room before therapy but the receptionist are the most annoyingly chatty people on earth and I kept getting distracted. I only read 3 pages before listening to the audiobook of City of Bones which reminds me that I have to at City of Ashes audiobook to my iPhone because I'm close to finishing City of Bones. And D is excited because I am going to start Wizard's First Rule as I promised. I have been liking Legend of the Seeker and where as I do understand the two are only losely related I still like it. I want to see the romance part of the story. Go Richard. I did also bring two other books that I can't remember and City of Bones. I brought 4 books for 6 days and Wizard's First Rule is a thousand or so pages. Luckily it's dark for 20 hours a day.

I have seen Twilight only three times so far. This morning will be four. I hear that it is doing really well in the box office and that they have already got the go ahead for New Moon. All music to my ears. I actually like the movie. I've heard some other people with contrary opinions but I don't understand them. The worst I have to say is that the effects weren't so great, but considering the budget I have to say they could have been worse. I also heard someone who said that the story was too truncated but it is already a 2 hour film it really would have been too long if they added any more. And at the Catherine Hardwicke Q&A we were at yesterday someone said there was too much Charlie and I disagree. I liked having him more fleshed out. I thought the acting was very good with the exception being the part in the ballet studio where it sounds like Bella is orgasming and it looks like Edward is eating her arm. That part seemed clumsy and I think that goes back to Catherine. Just bad direction there. I loved the part where the Cullens are introduced. Gil Burmingham's parts were a thousand times better than in the book. I LOVE the music that is played when Bella is leading Edward up to the mountain. I must locate it however it is going to happen. I'll ask on Lion and Lamb or something. The kiss scene is soo good. Very sexy. Not how I pictured it but having seen this take I have to say I won't quibble with it. Michael Welch was one of my favorite parts. He plays Mike Newton in the best, most comical yet not too funny kind of way. And then there is Kellan. Have I ever mentioned how much I love Kellan Lutz? Because I do. I really REALLY do. And my boy Krys is in the La Push scene with Taylor Lautner and Solomon Trimble. And then the one thing that bothered me but bothers me less with each time I see it is the sparkling. It makes me think of freezer frost. And despite the sparkle no where in the movie does he utter the dazzle line. I can live without it but I would have loved to see it in it. I did like almost all the lines that were lifted from the book though. The "You are my life now" didn't seem half as corny as it did in the book. You go Rob for delivering that one with a straight face. And the adrenaline rush line was also delivered in a way that didn't make me cringe like I did when I read the sides. I'm happy with it. I know I am going to go and see it a few more times. I already can't wait until it comes out on DVD and I am so very excited for New Moon.

And despite all this I still love Jace and Clary more. I will be reading City of Bones while up in Alaska. After Wizard's First Rule, of course.
 

As for books most recently read... I read the second in the Hathaways books by Lisa Kleypas, called Seduce Me At Sunrise and I loved Merripan more in this book than the first. Win was sort of lost in the telling. Not much happens from her perspective and that was sad. There was a lot from Cam's perspective and that makes sense in light of his connection to Kev. It was a very good book and I am hoping that the third book will be Leo's because in every page he was on he stole your attention. I don't really care about Beatrix or Poppy. I have loved this world Kleypas has made since the Wallflowers books and to see so many of the early characters making appearances is nice.

As for a check in on me. I am feeling okay. I've been dealing with some urges to cut lately and it's distracting as all hell. I haven't given in to these urges but I want to. During therapy this week I agreed to the assignment to write a story in the form of a children's tale. I decided it would be a fairy tale, but I haven't written anything yet. I keep putting it off a day and that doesn't seem to be working for me. Maybe I will start it today when I have time to kill and D's computer to work on. Procrastination be damned.

So I just finished it and I totally did not hate it. Very sad to see the end but also happy with the end that was. I am going to attempt to express my opinions of the book without spoiling Nielle, Alison or anyone else. So I loved the beginning. Book 1 had two bigs in it for me that just made me warm and tingly inside. The amount of Edward is also why I will have to go ahead and say that it is probably my favorite part of the 3 books in the book. I did not hate Book 2 which is Jacob's book and I am a little surprised because I didn't know that I had it in me to not hate him. There are 2 things that happen in this part that drive me nuts. One has to do with a name that makes me want to puke and the other is Bella in general. But there is nothing to do about it, it has been the nature of the beast that she drive me nuts in the saga and this just means her character is true to form. There is not enough Edward in this part and that makes me sad. Oh and the last page of Book 2 also makes me want to chunder. For godsakes it's a plot point but not one that I can get behind. Belle mentioned that mormon connection with a word that applies to this page and it starts with P and ends with -phile. And Book 3. Still not enough Edward. Even when he is there it is less the Edward I know and love. I needed less of the main event and more of Bella and Edward. I do appreciate that S. Meyer went in a direction that I could totally get into and follow. It's really hard to say all this without talking about specifics and details. Very hard. That being said I will drop names of people I loved that won't spoil anything. The usual suspects... I loved the Cullens. I didn't mind Charlie. I FUCKING loved Seth. I really liked Tanya and Kate, Carmen and Eleazar. Thought Zafrina, Benjamin, Stefan, Vladimir, Alec, Jane, Demetri, Felix, Garrett and Alistair were all very interesting to be introduced to. I didn't mind Book 3 Bella. By far the least annoying of Bella in any of the books. I don't think that this book is my favorite out of the saga, but it trumps New Moon. I think that I'll give it a week and read it again.

Today Acheron came out and D took me to get it this evening. It is hardcover and huge--just when I was coming off of reading the epic tale of Bella and Edward too. I have to read it by Friday so that I can tell Sherri what I think of it at the book signing. I am so torn because Acheron is not one of my favorite characters so it being his book sort of ways on me. Like this will be a chore. But Sherri said, at Comic Con, that this book has everyone in it because Ash is such a central character. I'm looking for Urian, Valerius and Tabitha, Kyrian and Amanda, Wren and Maggie, Fang and Aimee, Alexion and Danger and Sin and Kat. Oh and Jaden, Simone and Xypher. I can only hope that all of them will make it into the book. I think Wren will definitely be in Fang and Aimee's book but I don't know about Acheron's. So I'm thinking of giving myself a break tonight and reading a Jill Shalvis book I bought and starting Acheron tomorrow. I may even take it with me to the Stephanie Meyer signing on Thursday night. There is so much going on in the next few days I am a little scared that I won't get to finish it in time. Compound that with the fact that I'm only minimally jazzed about it. *sigh*

The other day at the release party for Breaking Dawn I bought a bunch of books that I clearly don't need... A couple Sarah Dessen books, The Vampire Diaries and Vampire Kisses. Does anyone see an overall theme to this post? Do I read books other than vampire books? I definitely do, it just really doesn't seem so lately. HAHA and thinking about it right now, I bought two more Sookie Stackhouse books tonight too. I am not a weird vampire lover. I feel really weird about all these books now but anyway. I haven't started on any of them yet because I also have a kajillion Harlequin Blaze books to read and they go into the bathtub better than bigger books. Very few of them are about vampires. 2 that I have read so far, but the majority is not. So take that my growing reputation as a lover of the bump in the night. *sigh* That sounds dirty now. I feel like I'm giving the wrong impression all over the place.

Okay here is something nonvampire related. I just read these three books by Sydney Croft and they were paranormal military romances. Very down and dirty. Not at all what I expected. I thought they would be more like Stephanie Tyler's other Navy SEAL stuff but it wasn't even a little like it. I am so out to lunch on whether or not I liked these books that I couldn't even BookMooch them. I set them aside to ruminate on keeping them or not. They are just so raw and the character situations are just out there... but I do suspect that I will read the next book Taming the Fire when it comes out next year. I did like the character Remy a whole lot and I loved Wyatt. I think the jury will let me know my opinion on everything later. Maybe it's better that way. Sometimes I get attached to books for the wrong reasons.

But that wasn't all... nope. There were the Rob as a mountain man on a week long binge pictures. I know Belle still finds him hott but he can hide a family in his new beard growth. Rumors abound that he's dating Camilla Belle, from 10,000 B.C. However she used to be dating his best friend so that seems all too much like the soaps to me. I just want him to look like he bathes. I really don't like the one with him and Ed Westlake and Rashida Jones. Really.

The Promo to Penelope has been leaked and it's a cute minute long thing of behind the scenes action. There was another with them doing a scene where he is bringing her to the Cullen's home and then where he is dancing with her in his room and they were more "pay-dirt" than this one but they have been pulled from YouTube by Summit for copyright infringement. I got this one though and uploaded to my own server so no one would yank it on me down the line.
But wait it doesn't stop there... More Twilight related stuff. Today D and I were at the Apple store at the Grove at 6:30AM to get in line for the new iPhones. This guy arrived about 7 on crutches and he juggled a coffee while trying to stand up without them. Did I recognize him then, no. No it was about 9:30 when D asked me if he was someone and I took a really good look at him and realized he was Cam Gigandet.  The things I did notice about him is that he is hott in person, he smokes, a lot and he did something to his right leg and spent a lot of time pacing with his crutches. He was about 10 people behind us in line and I didn't feel comfortable approaching him so I just took really bad photos of him. Maybe a braver soul would have said hi, but that soul so wasn't me.

Also in line was Adam Goldberg and he was taking pictures with people in line near him but we weren't in the same line so that never became an option. He looks exactly as he does in the movies.

Last night after we got home we watched Shoot 'Em Up and it was a classic. The lines are so cheesy they are brilliant and the parts with the baby and Clive Owen are just priceless. I decided that we need to own this movie. Monica Bellucci as a lactating prostitute who Owens falls for is just a hilarious premise and the movie delivers.

So, I've had SYTYCD shows, movies, new iPhones, movie star sightings and tons of things on the internet to entertain me. Not to mention I have been reading romance novels one after another again. So is it surprising it took me a few days to post?

How to Be is an indie film with Robert Pattinson and I want desperately to see it but it's not playing at the LA Film Festival. Pattinson plays a musician and it's the story of his trials and tribulations. I am very put out that it has no established distribution date. D says that if Twilight gets enough buzz it will help launch How to Be too. Facebook has a fan page for the film and it has 900 fans on it, which is good considering it played only a few film festival and is passing only by word of mouth. I guess this is me pitching in my own word. Hopefully someone will read this and check it out. It's an 85 minute film, hardly any time at all. I bet you spend that much time in traffic a week. When the movie actually is released you'll realize that it is brilliant and that you should give me present for being so clued in.



Today was Twilight Tuesday and Larry Carroll delivered some behind the scenes stuff.  The first blog is about the Cullen Family Crest. The other is interviews and clips regarding the direction away from the book. Catherine Hardwicke talks about how the film can show in seconds something that might take the book 25 pages to say. The one clip is behind the scenes at the field trip to the green house and how Bella is trying to get Edward to tell her how he stopped Tyler's van. I have a little wibble with the delivery of Edward's line about it being adrenaline and how it's not uncommon, that she should look it up on Google. It just bothers me. I don't know if it's Rob there or the line itself. I do like the idea that they have this talk somewhere other than the hospital. I think that is what I think, for right now atleast. Who knows I'm fickle maybe it will bother me more later.

I got information on Twilight Saga book distribution and publication from EdwardandBella.net ... I'm just going to cut and paste it. I'm such a freak but I want all the special editions and the color prints. I want to buy a set for my sister but she isn't into reading books like I was/am. She likes to read animal books and I don't think she will buy the whole, but Jacob is really a dog bit.

• October 2008: Twilight Collector’s Edition: This deluxe edition, housed in a slipcase, includes a ribbon bookmark, leather-like spine, cloth cover and newly-designed chapter openers. ($30.00)
• October 2008: The Twilight Saga Collection: This stunning box set contains “Twilight”, “New Moon”, “Eclipse” and “Breaking Dawn” as well as four exclusive, limited-edition full-color prints - the perfect gift for fans of the best-selling vampire love saga. ($83.00)
• November 2008: Twilight Mass Market Tie-In Edition: Available for the first time in a mass market paperback edition, featuring a striking movie tie-in cover with foil effects. ($7.99)
• November 2008: Twilight Trade Paperback Tie-In Edition: Includes a collectible full-color, fold-out movie poster! ($10.99)
• November 2008: Twilight: The Illustrated Movie Companion: Designed as a celebration of the film, this lavishly illustrated paperback edition is an exclusive behind-the-scenes guide featuring full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets, as well as storyboards, interviews, details of the special effects, and much more. ($16.99)
• December 2008: The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide: This must have edition is the definitive encyclopedia reference to the Twilight Saga and provides readers with everything they need to further explore the unforgettable world Stephenie Meyer created in “Twilight”, “New Moon”, “Eclipse” and “Breaking Dawn”. With exclusive new material, character profiles, genealogical charts, maps, extensive cross-references, and much more, this comprehensive handbook is essential for every Twilight Saga fan. ($19.99)

Speaking of books... D and I finally finished listening to Eclipse in the car and it made me feel all sorts of things about Breaking Dawn. I have some predictions to make regarding the last Bella lead book. First, I wish that she would be turned but I think something is going to change for Bella and she is going to decide to remain Human. I really want for it to be otherwise but I listen to everything Stephenie has to say and I just don't see her choosing death for one of her characters. If she could do that then The Host would have a different ending. Second, I don't buy into the people who think Jacob is going to imprint in this book. Stephenie has said she would like to write more about the Twilight-verse and that means leaving some ends untied. She loves Jacob's character and I think she would like to write more about him. Third is the Volturi. The Cullens made a small boo boo, in my opinion, when they let the Volturi believe that the killed 20 vampires on their own. That makes them seem a lot more dangerous and concentrated than the Volturi would ever want them to be. I think that The Cullens will be tested in the new book. Fourth is a hodge podge of things, the wedding/wedding night/changing/werewolf war. I foresee that the wedding itself will not go smoothly.  I almost can see the wedding not going off at all. Bella's reaction to her wedding gown fitting, alone, made me see red. I could see her getting cold feet at the last second and bailing. The wedding night will be a flop of some proportion. There won't be any changing but I can still see the wolves wanting to war with them for some unforeseen reason. I have it in my head that I will get the book and read the last few chapters first so I'll not have a heart attack reading it as it was meant to be read.

On to another book. I finally read Highlander Ever After, which is the third and final book, by Jennifer Ashley, about Nvengarians. It was a really fast read. It seemed like chapters just flew by. I liked Egan from previous books and he was a little more sensitive and less the mad highlander so that was different. You hear a lot about Zarabeth in the first two books and it's interesting to finally meet her in the third. I felt a little like her character wasn't as developed as it could have been. I didn't get why he was in love with her. I did like the idea of the magic, but as a witch, I think Zarabeth should have used it more often. I would have also liked to hear more about this connection that Egan and Zarabeth share when one of them is in danger. It's just a romance novel though so I guess I can't really complain.

I picked up Blood and Chocolate and started reading it but I was feeling the effects of the new medication and almost fell asleep with my face in the book. I think I will have to go back and read it all over again. I also got further in Fragile Things. I didn't think I would read more of it but I have been. I think I even liked the one story, The Flints of Memory Lane. There are currently 8 books in my to read pile. Coraline, Atonement, Sebastian, Belladonna, City of Bones, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, Lock and Key and Tithe. I'm not so sure about the Cory Doctorow book. It sounds a bit out there... we will have to wait and see.

Tonight I think David and I are going to watch Enchanted. Last summer was hard with me always being in the hospital so I didn't get to see it then. It's weird not having hockey to watch anymore. I miss Vesa. I guess this just gives me more time to read.

Today I got to read Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr and I don't really know how I feel about it. I want to get the next book, Ink Exchange, so I apparently liked it to some degree. I didn't mind Aislinn, the main character. Finally a female who isn't overly stupid or self sacrificing, so that was nice. I loved Seth who is the best friend and love interest. I could definitely take a guy like him. Keenan was interesting. I spent the majority of the book cringing when he was mentioned, but he's not like that. I think I just was worried about the situation. I know Belle loved Donia, and I didn't mind her but I found her rather flat. I think Donia plays best with Keenan. At least there is something there that is believable during those interactions. The book was a quick read, I read it in one day. I am really interested in getting Ink Exchange now because I want to read more about Ash and Seth. The book didn't give me a satisfactory ending for them.

Before I read Wicked Lovely I was rereading The Host again and I loved it as much on the second read as I did on the first. I read all the signing questions on Twilight Lexicon and I am really excited about the prospect that this could be a trilogy. I really am hoping that it is. I know Stephenie Meyer is taking next year off to write and I hope she gets the urge to revisit Wanderer.

I got the 1st chapter of Breaking Dawn the other day. Belle found it had been leaked on the internet. I was really excited to read it but it made me immediately aware of the fact that Bella drives me nuts. She waffles and wars over the silliest of things. Edward apparently buys her a new car, a Mercedes Guardian, because the truck dies and she is embarrassed by it. She's not embarrassed to ride in a truck that no doubt kills emissions standards but a nice car is too much for her. And she is still belaboring the getting married thing when she is the one who insisted on it after Edward tells her that he rescinded his demands. The girl is marrying Edward Cullen, her dream guy, you think she could pull it together and be happy about it. The first chapter just made me want to devour the whole book. I don't know really if I can make it the 65 days until it comes out. I guess I can reread my Twilight Saga and The Host and pretend that time is passing more quickly.

Today, well yesterday I guess, was Twilight Tuesday and I actually wasn't disappointed in the article this week. I thought it was a nice little grab bag of some really dorky questions. I especially loved the RPattz one. I think I could call the guy Spunk Ransom. Although D thinks it sounds like a porn star name. I think we are going to go to the red carpet for the MTV awards on Sunday. It should be interesting to see what can be seen. I hope that we do see Rob there. Kristen I could take or leave. I was talking to D and I can't even really name that many good movies from the last year. Stardust should win something though. Just so Ben Barnes could maybe get some love. I realize Charlie Cox is the star but Ben is cuter.