12 posts tagged “eclipse”
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.
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.
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.
Tonight I went out with the girls, Susan and Belle. I haven't been out with them both since the BE Blowout, and that is saying something. We went to the 101 Coffee Shop, where we failed to see Spunk Ransom and then went to the Arclight to see Iron Man. I know, I know, I have already seen it, but it was good enough to watch a second time and better in my opinion than seeing Sex in the City. Which might I add had all these women dressed up to go and see it. No one better make fun of Harry Potter fans or Twilight fans ever again. Back to the movie, I have to say that this time around I paid more attention to Robert Downey Jr.'s delivery and the man sold it. His lines are flawless. I love his disaffected cavalier attitude. And still, Dummy the robot is my favorite part of the movie. I laugh so hard that I cry when Tony is having him be on fire patrol. *sigh* Good times. I really liked being out with Susie and Belle. I think I was overly excited and ran on at the mouth some. The perks of me going out in the evening rather than the morning when I first get up. I am a lot more awake and I chatter in anxiety.
This week I quit school. I felt a load better when I made the decision not to go. I know it's not following through and being responsible, but I was so tired of pretending. I just couldn't try anymore. Of course I spent the whole week in bed feeling like a loser but it seems that we can't win all the battles.
Tomorrow I am going to the bookstore so I am pretty happy. I know the books that I want to get and I am hoping that they will be at Barnes and Noble. I want Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr, City of Bones by Cassandra Clare and I might get Eclipse SE but I'm leaning toward another book now. I don't know. So many books and so little time. Right now I am reading Sword-Dancer by Jennifer Roberson. I didn't like it so much in the beginning but it's started to grow on me. Tiger is sort of hard to like in the start and the book is told from his perspective. It seemed like nothing was happening for a really long time and then all the sudden every time you turned around they were in some new stew. I like the love interest Del, she's a really strong character. Sometimes a little stupid too but not as much as most modern books make the characters so that is a nice thing. I should be done with the book whenever I have an hour to sit down, undistracted. I already BookMooched the next one and there are 5 books total in the series. I must not be hating it too much to wonder what happens next. Of course my hopes ride on devouring Ink Exchange as quickly as possible this weekend. And I am looking forward to going to Melissa Marr's book signing in Pasadena on Monday. I want to get both books signed. I'd love to have Ink Exchange read by then so I can ask her questions about the next one. I want a lot more Seth and Aislinn. Although Irial intrigues me.
Sunday will be the MTV Movie Awards and Susan, Belle, David and I will be there bright and early, despite my inability to do early, to get places in the bleachers for the red carpet. I want to see Rob Pattinson and Belle got me hoping that Ben Barnes might be there too. Johnny Depp is supposed to walk the red carpet and I want a picture of him in the worst way. Sunday scares me to death though. I just don't know if I am built for this kind of event. Anxiety isn't kind to me and this is the sort of stress that I generally hide away from. But I will, somehow, wake up at 8:30 in the morning and I will make it through the day and I will take pictures galore of the red carpet and after the event I will have proved to myself that I can do this sort of thing and I will have emotional growth to show for it. mmmmmmm Rob Pattinson, Johnny Depp, Ben Barnes.
This week I quit school. I felt a load better when I made the decision not to go. I know it's not following through and being responsible, but I was so tired of pretending. I just couldn't try anymore. Of course I spent the whole week in bed feeling like a loser but it seems that we can't win all the battles.
Tomorrow I am going to the bookstore so I am pretty happy. I know the books that I want to get and I am hoping that they will be at Barnes and Noble. I want Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr, City of Bones by Cassandra Clare and I might get Eclipse SE but I'm leaning toward another book now. I don't know. So many books and so little time. Right now I am reading Sword-Dancer by Jennifer Roberson. I didn't like it so much in the beginning but it's started to grow on me. Tiger is sort of hard to like in the start and the book is told from his perspective. It seemed like nothing was happening for a really long time and then all the sudden every time you turned around they were in some new stew. I like the love interest Del, she's a really strong character. Sometimes a little stupid too but not as much as most modern books make the characters so that is a nice thing. I should be done with the book whenever I have an hour to sit down, undistracted. I already BookMooched the next one and there are 5 books total in the series. I must not be hating it too much to wonder what happens next. Of course my hopes ride on devouring Ink Exchange as quickly as possible this weekend. And I am looking forward to going to Melissa Marr's book signing in Pasadena on Monday. I want to get both books signed. I'd love to have Ink Exchange read by then so I can ask her questions about the next one. I want a lot more Seth and Aislinn. Although Irial intrigues me.
Sunday will be the MTV Movie Awards and Susan, Belle, David and I will be there bright and early, despite my inability to do early, to get places in the bleachers for the red carpet. I want to see Rob Pattinson and Belle got me hoping that Ben Barnes might be there too. Johnny Depp is supposed to walk the red carpet and I want a picture of him in the worst way. Sunday scares me to death though. I just don't know if I am built for this kind of event. Anxiety isn't kind to me and this is the sort of stress that I generally hide away from. But I will, somehow, wake up at 8:30 in the morning and I will make it through the day and I will take pictures galore of the red carpet and after the event I will have proved to myself that I can do this sort of thing and I will have emotional growth to show for it. mmmmmmm Rob Pattinson, Johnny Depp, Ben Barnes.
I had to go back to Leffingwell Landing before we left the area this morning. If I lived in Cambria I would be there daily. Hell, I would know each sea star by shape and color. It wasn't as busy this morning as it was yesterday but there were people down in the tide pools. A nice woman pointed out the sea star I saw today. It was really nice and we will have to go back again and not wait so long between visits next time.
Next we swung through Morro Bay. I never really get excited about the big rock but this is the second time D and I drove out to it. Really, it's a mountain in the water--there's nothing much more about it. There is a fair amount of sea life around the docks but we didn't stop and walk around this time.
This seems like a good time to bitch about bathrooms while traveling. They are really not well taken care of and it makes travel so uncomfortable. In South Africa the bathrooms were really clean. They had attendants at many of the bathrooms and I guess I expect that kind of service everywhere now.
The next place we stopped was La Purisma Mission in Lompoc. Lompoc didn't have one place that could serve me a garden or boca burger. Everywhere we went we ordered and then had them come tell us that they couldn't serve us. I started developing a complex. I expect people to tell me that I can't eat now. And the small side of steamed vegetables I did get were sad. I never thought I would say that I missed LA but I missed being able to get a vegetarian option that wasn't french fries.
Back to La Purisma. When we got there the parking attendant had a baby
goat and he let me pet it and immediately this place was my favorite
place in Lompoc. The last time I was at La Purisma they had reenactors and I got sweet talked by a dear mislead Mexican man who told me my place was in the kitchen. He made me nails so I forgave him for this backward thinking. They didn't have them there today and it made me sad. We had a good time all the same walking the grounds. I love the feel of the place but I hate the floors. They are old stone flooring and they are uneven and I have a hard time with flat flooring. The chapel was one of my favorite places that we saw. It's so long and there are no seats. It's all open. You can imagine what it would be like to be there for service. Personally, I would like to sleep there. The other part that I like is one particular bedroom in the Blacksmith Shop, but it wasn't open for viewing today.
I would love to go back to La Purisma when they have another reenactment. I think I will have D call up and find out when they have special days.
After that we went to Jalama Beach in Lompoc. We took a quick walk on the beach and watched the waves come in. It was rather windy so we didn't stay too long. The one time we were at Jalama we found awesome driftwood but we weren't at the strip of beach today. We have talked about camping there sometime. Getting a tent and staying there. I think it might be fun. Of course that means no heaters when I get cold and I probably will freak at being subject to the whim of everyone who walks by. I can truly imagine a million things that could happen that will make my pleasant experience terrifying.
It didn't take long from there to come home. We listened to more of Eclipse and the time just flew by. I'm a bit sad to have the weekend be over. I had such a good time. I am happy to be home now though. Nothing beats life with the purrpurrs. But it is so nice up the Central Coast.
This seems like a good time to bitch about bathrooms while traveling. They are really not well taken care of and it makes travel so uncomfortable. In South Africa the bathrooms were really clean. They had attendants at many of the bathrooms and I guess I expect that kind of service everywhere now.
I would love to go back to La Purisma when they have another reenactment. I think I will have D call up and find out when they have special days.
After that we went to Jalama Beach in Lompoc. We took a quick walk on the beach and watched the waves come in. It was rather windy so we didn't stay too long. The one time we were at Jalama we found awesome driftwood but we weren't at the strip of beach today. We have talked about camping there sometime. Getting a tent and staying there. I think it might be fun. Of course that means no heaters when I get cold and I probably will freak at being subject to the whim of everyone who walks by. I can truly imagine a million things that could happen that will make my pleasant experience terrifying.
It didn't take long from there to come home. We listened to more of Eclipse and the time just flew by. I'm a bit sad to have the weekend be over. I had such a good time. I am happy to be home now though. Nothing beats life with the purrpurrs. But it is so nice up the Central Coast.
Yesterday I met with the Team Logan girls. We went to Luna Park, which is just around the corner from where we live. It was a tidy little place that offered little vegetarian options. And the veggie sandwich they did have sounded unappetizing to me. I got a lettuce plate, D got potatoes. I don't think either of us will go back. But the point was to see the girls and it was nice. I never have the forethought to make small talk, so I talked about books of course. It was better than my stunted attempts at pedestrian conversation.
Today we got an early start and we were at Leffingwell Landing before noon. Walking on the beach we came across a lone seal that had gotten separated from it's group and there were people on the beach who had called the ranger. I spent a while by the tide pools and I found a sea star, which is always my goal. We watched the tide come in before we got up and moved to the rocks where we found anemones in bloom. There were otters in the water and we could see seals playing too. I loved it. If it were only a little warmer so I could have stayed longer.
I never feel that I get enough of the ocean. I love the briny smell and the feel of salt sticking to my skin. I think the beach is best on overcast days. There is more of an atmosphere when it's cloudy. All the colours seem richer. Nothing is washed out by glare. I love the darkness of the sea in contrast with the grays and rich blue gray. It's really beautiful, the photos don't do it any justice. There is something about the quality that a camera can't catch.
From there we went to San Simeon to Elephant Seal Beach. The last time we were here the look out wasn't built up and the viewing area was small with a small path that took you further down the shore. That is all changed now, it's all built up and it has this deck that follows the elephant seals area pretty far down. The elephant seals are huge and they are ruckus, making a fair bit of noise. And I don't remember it smelling the way it did today. It smelled almost like a barn. Not really a bad smell, but it wasn't the best smell either. I took some video of them. I will upload that to here too.
We tried to see about Hearst Castle but the tours were going to have us waiting for hours and we weren't interested in that so we went back to Paso Robles and found the Mission of San Miguel. Before we got there we came across this hillside that was so picturesque and beautiful. I only stopped for a moment to take a quick photo but it was the sort of place you sit and look out at for hours. Then we went on to the mission. It was really rundown but that just made it interesting. I love the architecture of the old missions. The Spanish styling and the wood and masonry construction. I would have loved to have gone into the chapel for a bit but nothing was open to the public. To be honest it didn't look safe enough for the squirrels that were climbing about.
We are throwing around a bunch of ideas of things to do tomorrow. We are in talks to stop back at Leffingwell Landing, drive down the 1 to Morro Bay, continue on to Lompoc and stop at La Purisma Mission before starting our official heading back. Thank god for Eclipse on audiobook. Of course it is more apparent to me, hearing the story, how silly Bella can be nearly all the time. I really wish she was better to Edward. She's rotten to him in Eclipse. What I really wish is that I had The Host on audiobook. Oh well. We should be about halfway through Eclipse when we make it home tomorrow.
From there we went to San Simeon to Elephant Seal Beach. The last time we were here the look out wasn't built up and the viewing area was small with a small path that took you further down the shore. That is all changed now, it's all built up and it has this deck that follows the elephant seals area pretty far down. The elephant seals are huge and they are ruckus, making a fair bit of noise. And I don't remember it smelling the way it did today. It smelled almost like a barn. Not really a bad smell, but it wasn't the best smell either. I took some video of them. I will upload that to here too.
Yesterday afternoon I finally finished Stardust the book. I loved the ending. I got over my annoyance with Yvaine and I loved the subtle way things played out. I thought the book was really good. Then last night I watched the movie, which is a lovely thing unto itself... maybe brilliant if you hadn't read the book. I didn't like the adaptation of the end of the book. I could have done without the big showdown that is in the movie. Give me the book's bittersweet ending over the movie's rather diabetically induced sugarfest. But I did like the movie, so long as I thought of it as something entirely separate from the book. I only pray, I won't be saying that same line when Twilight comes out.
I did like Ben Barnes as the hapless young Dunstan Thorn. I think the boy is very pretty and I am just a sucker for the pretty. I also liked Claire Danes as Yvaine. I loved Charlie Cox in Casanova and I thought he was perfect for Tristran/Tristan. I did not like Kate Magowan as the Slave Girl/Una. I thought she was a bit odd for the part. I pictured someone tinier, more agile and pixie-like. I also imagined the fair Victoria as a lot better looking than Sienna Miller. I did love Mark Strong as Septimus. He's still my second favorite character of the book. And De Niro as Captain Shakespeare was entertaining, even if they built that character entirely for the movie and he is not the man he was in the book. Oh and I didn't like Michelle Pfieffer at all. I thought she was just cheap compared to the rest.
Back to Ben Barnes, I also finished Prince Caspian. It was a quick and sometimes pedantic read. The voice that the entire book is written in is so obviously masculine that sometimes it feels rather cardboard. I don't know how to actually describe it. It's just a shallowness. Like if a male is telling a story where you aren't really described the situation, but you are getting a summation. I am looking forward to the movie at the end of the week. I am hoping that I find this more memorable than The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe movie. I just can't say that I recall a whole lot of what actually happens in the first. This is the bane of being un-fan-like about something.
I am hemming and hawing now, whether to read The Host or A Sweet Far Thing. I have missed Kartik this last week without him. I even found Gemma Doyle fanfic and I couldn't read it without spoiling myself. Of course, because it is my way, I did manage to spoil myself some anyway. It's not as bad as last time where my nosiness spoiled me for the end of Rebel Angel's. This is more of a 'and after everything that happens, this happens' thing. I will stop talking about before I write it out and spoil Belle. So I guess I just made my decision. I will be reading, A Sweet Far Thing next. I wouldn't be sad if that got made into a movie. I don't have a clue as to who would play Gemma or Kartik. I would love for Kate Winslet to play Miss Moore. I don't know who I would have play Gemma's mother or father. Could I pick Charlie Cox to play Thomas though? And Pippa, Felicity and Ann... *sigh*. Too hard. I have one person cast in my version of A Great and Terrible Beauty. I will have to keep it a work in progress.
Tonight, Belle is coming over for us to watch the Ring of the Nibelung
or otherwise known as... Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King. It has Benno
Furmann and Robert Pattinson in it. Benno Furmann played Inspector
Detector in Speed Racer. We rented it to see Rob. We aren't hoping for a lot from it. It is a made for TV movie. But hey, it could happen, it could be the best made for TV movie ever.
Back to Ben Barnes, I also finished Prince Caspian. It was a quick and sometimes pedantic read. The voice that the entire book is written in is so obviously masculine that sometimes it feels rather cardboard. I don't know how to actually describe it. It's just a shallowness. Like if a male is telling a story where you aren't really described the situation, but you are getting a summation. I am looking forward to the movie at the end of the week. I am hoping that I find this more memorable than The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe movie. I just can't say that I recall a whole lot of what actually happens in the first. This is the bane of being un-fan-like about something.
I am hemming and hawing now, whether to read The Host or A Sweet Far Thing. I have missed Kartik this last week without him. I even found Gemma Doyle fanfic and I couldn't read it without spoiling myself. Of course, because it is my way, I did manage to spoil myself some anyway. It's not as bad as last time where my nosiness spoiled me for the end of Rebel Angel's. This is more of a 'and after everything that happens, this happens' thing. I will stop talking about before I write it out and spoil Belle. So I guess I just made my decision. I will be reading, A Sweet Far Thing next. I wouldn't be sad if that got made into a movie. I don't have a clue as to who would play Gemma or Kartik. I would love for Kate Winslet to play Miss Moore. I don't know who I would have play Gemma's mother or father. Could I pick Charlie Cox to play Thomas though? And Pippa, Felicity and Ann... *sigh*. Too hard. I have one person cast in my version of A Great and Terrible Beauty. I will have to keep it a work in progress.
Today it is only 18 days until the 31st. I am hoping to be awake and coherent at 10AM that day to go to the bookstore and read the Special Edition Version of Eclipse for the Breaking Dawn chapter 1. I have tried to talk D into buying me the new version but as I want the paperback versions too, he's not as convinced to buy every version that comes out. So I might be living at the bookstore reading and rereading the chapter until 2 August. How pathetic. But it can't be helped. I feel like I've been waiting for this forever and it hasn't been a month. I can't imagine how those who read Eclipse when it came out feel. They are probably heavily medicated.
I spoke to my father today. I called him to see how my grandmother fares. Not Well, it would seem. The hospice nurses had my father call my uncle down. They don't expect her to make it another 24 hours. She was hallucinating. Seeing colors and people. Small children bringing her presents. My father has his own turn on this. That they were spirits of those she is soon to join. God even. I'm such a faithless wretch, I think it's just a part of the dying process. Neurons misfiring and too many hormones being released to relieve the pain. I find the entire dying process to be so pointless. And this decaying in front of one's eyes seems somehow a corruption of the very definition of the term alive. I just don't know if I will ever understand it. But on the other hand is the knowledge that it is coming soon. I am not good at doing anticipation for a pleasant event. So doing it for an unpleasant event is near impossible. Rip the band aid off. I want resolution and then I can deal with the outcome.
David is reading a book by Anne Bishop called Sebastian. I am caught up in it and I make him tell me what is happening between Lynnae and Sebastian every few minutes. I guess I could read the book... but at this point there is really no reason to do so. I do like the way it sounds though. Maybe I will keep it when he's done and give it a few weeks. I've been rereading Eclipse and the book still makes me really anxious. I just feel so at wit's end in the story. I know what is going to happen and still I am clenching my teeth waiting for it. It can't be healthy to be this turned inside out about a book that I've already read. I do love it though. I will be ready for something light hearted and fluffy when I'm done. Maybe I will do a mindless spree on the Blaze books I have. There are 11 of them to be read. Not to mention I'm up to Dark Side of the Moon in my Dark-Hunter books. I have a virgin copy of Devil May Cry after that. There is copious amounts of reading in my future. I just have to get through the antsy parts of Eclipse and then we will see what happens. 108 days until Breaking Dawn. I could technically read the three books in the saga 1 book per day, 36 times before Breaking Dawn comes out. David is a little appalled that I did the math to figure that out. It was little math, not algebra, so no big deal.
Tomorrow I am back in class. I am a little anxious about it. I see Dr. Scott right before it and I have to make it from Brentwood to Malibu in 30 minutes. I worry for the fact that I could receive the call from my father in class too. I am not really excited about tomorrow.
I had a really good day. Belle was here and we spent the day talking about Twilight and perusing Twilight-ish stuff on the world wide web. She introduced me to some really geeky fangirl stuff that has totally made my year. I read sides to the movie, which just proved to make me poo-poo. I did love that they had one side that was true to the book. But there were others which were so far from the book it wasn't funny. D is getting close to the end of Eclipse and that makes me alternately happy and sad. It still is all new to him and I find that exciting right now.
For dinner we went all out to Boston Market. It's a think that I think we only do with Heather. After we walked over to the bookstore so I could look at the Twilight books there. We found the funniest book. Well if you read it straight it's not funny but if you know me and my history than the book takes on a whole new realm of inappropriately funny. I made D take a picture of it so that I could share it with atleast Nielle, but then I decided to post it here. They really do start early.
So tomorrow is SD. I'm really starting to get nervous about it. I know it really shouldn't be that big of a deal. And I will have fun if I can get past the panic. This is still the furthest I'll have been away from home since last August. The last time I was in SD it was for Comic Con. We are really hoping for better things of this trip than that though. My plan is to not sleep to 1PM tomorrow. Maybe even have D wake me at around 10AM. And we can be on the road at 11-11:30AM, arrive in SD early afternoon. We can go and get lunch and go to Cabrillo National Monument to see the tide pools. Then we can head to points unknown until check-in at the hotel. Wash, lather and repeat. At some point is going to Borderfield and Paesano's. We will see where the day takes us. For all we know, I will fail the getting up at a reasonable time and that will be only the first of our downfall. That wasn't very positive.
Last night Belle came over and the three of us spent literally hours discussing Twilight books. David became rabid even though we were hearing him he wasn't hearing us. He is very dogmatic in his views. But Heather and I got talking about the new book and she thinks that the other books are just illustrating why things have to work out for Breaking Dawn. I certainly hope she is right. I have a world of anxiety that the last book will negate the other three.
Tonight is a BSG night. I am anxious to see what happens with Kara and Roslyn. I know it won't be good for Kara. I'm also anticipating the scrapes and shenanigans of Baltar. It should be a good episode.
Tomorrow D and I are leaving for SD. I plan to take tons of photos. Maybe well even accomplish it all without me having panic attacks.
D is still reading Eclipse. He's reading it very fast but still he's still reading it. I caught up to him in my rereading and I am now waiting to reread Eclipse. How many times will I reread them before Breaking Dawn comes out? I do have to say that you catch a whole lot on the reread that you don't catch on the initial.
I'm obsessed, I know.
I finished my Twilight books and I am so bereft. I got so involved in them it is jarring to have to read something else. I totally have a book crush on Edward Cullen. It is breaking my heart because D hasn't started them yet and Heather is only a third of the way through the third book. I want to talk about them and no one is at a place to talk with me about them. *sigh* I am forcing myself to read some of my new books. It's something and in another week or two I can spaz out and reread Twilight again.
But about Eclipse, at first when I finished it I just had a sick feeling about the next book. I really think Stephenie Meyer could screw the pooch with it. It will make me wish I hadn't read any of them. I think Eclipse had an entirely different feel, to me, that Twilight or New Moon. I do have to say though that it does seem to flow from Twilight to New Moon to Eclipse.
I must have loved it or I wouldn't be mourning it's end so much. I don't know how to rate my feelings on it though. I love everything to do with Edward. I still hate Jacob. Bella still pisses me off. So I guess in that nothing has changed since New Moon.
It will just be interesting now to see how long I can go without rereading them. It will have to wait until D has read them at least. I can see me rereading Twilight over and over. I'll have to parse out parts of New Moon. I won't care to read the majority of it again. I could barely stomach Jacob the first time. And Eclipse... I spent an hour this morning rereading my favorite parts and I am already thinking about certain parts again. I love the chapters Temper, New Born, Fire and Ice and Needs, especially.The boy just loves the girl so much. It's hard not to love the boy.
