The Weather in Forks, WA

We here in Southeast Ohio are smack dab in the middle of an abysmal winter wonderland. As I checked the upcoming weather conditions for our area yet again, I wondered what the weather was doing in good old Forks, Washington.

I know I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was a little, just for a second. Then I laughed. Forks really does sound like my idea of Heaven. 100% chance of rain?! Who gets that lucky? Love it.

If Bella, Edward and Jacob were real, I don't know what they'd be doing right now. But whatever it is, I bet it would be indoors.

SOME Pictures are >1000...

Hello my little Twilight lovelies. I know I've been a gal of few words these past weeks and for that I sincerely apologize. But you know how it goes. Sometimes you get busy, sometimes there isn't anything much you want to say and sometimes pictures just say it better than words.

In that vein, let me just add. . .
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First Official Eclipse Poster

Direct from The World of Twilight - Official Site. I'm so excited. This poster is the harbinger of delicious love-triangle-y things to come. I know I'll just about faint during the mountain tent scene and then for the big, wet, you-know-what between Jacob and Bella that comes after it! Seriously folks, I hope that director David Slade really draws out that scene. I mean, it can last an hour all by its self. That would be totally okay to me. Because I'm going to be in - straight up, no holds barred - ecstasy! I just hope I'll be able to control myself enough to keep from melting out of the theater seat and writhing around on the floor!

I can't wait to see how Slade handles the banter that goes on between Edward and Jacob in the tent. The audience will most certainly have to have access to Jacob's thoughts to make it enjoyable and understandable. Otherwise it'll just seem like Edward is grumpily talking to himself.

Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!!

Big ones!

Hey, I found some super gigantic New Moon stills. So close up you can almost feel them!! Enjoy :)

mmmm, Jacob... Rescue me, baby!

Some Edward for Peggy ;)

Holy heck, that's nice :)

So close up, you can see the fret lines!

Sad Edward needs some comforting. There there, Mr. Hotty ;)

Our favorite meadow!

Get away from him, you brute!

Jacob in my favorite T-Shirt. So hot!

Jasper getting all wild. Rawr!

Edward and Me, We've Got History! (Sort of)

Hey fellow Twilighters! I've got some pictures I wanted to share with you from my past. I've been meaning to post them for a while. These aren't the exact ones I wanted to show you but I'm still trying to locate the rest.

These are pictures of my first boyfriend, Scott C. and ever since I first saw Edward (Rob) I've thought he reminds me a little of Scott. No wonder I went gaga over Edward, he's totally my type!! For as long as I can remember, the epitome of a beautiful man has been: tall, dark hair, pale skin, blue eyes. That's my 'MO' so to speak.

I think I know the moment in time when 'tall, light and handsome' became my type. I was in Art class, my sophomore year in high school. I was somewhat of an artsy loner. I sat at the back of the room at the end of a table. One day, Mr. Gill (our esteemed art teacher) introduced a new student to the class - Rich M. Then Mr. Gill perused the room. His eyes lighted on me. He led Rich back to my corner and said he should set by me. (Thank you, Mr. Gill!) I think I fell in love at first sight. Seriously. Rich was sort of a loner type, more of a fringe social group type, I guess. He was a skateboarder (s8er, anyone?) and he was almost a little unstable, just enough to make him immensely interesting to my 15 year old self. PLUS, believe me when I say, he was heartbreakingly beautiful. Folks, he could've played Edward, honest. He was 6' 3", paler than me, with dark brown/almost black hair and he had the most piercing of light blue eyes. He dressed differently than the farmer kids I was used to. Turns out, he was very kind and funny and bright.

Alas, we were only meant to be friends. But, I think he did set the bar for all other men in my mind. And, I think that's why Scott caught my eye. Scott was all those things too. He was a really sweet and very smart guy and I only have fond memories of him.

So you see, I believe I was destined to love Edward!

Me and Scott, prom night

Wasn't he cute? And very gentlemanly.

A little hair gel and a change of clothes and I think he could've given Rob a run for his money. ...Maybe!

Now I Remember...

...why I LOVE Rob!

Uber hot video here or visit hisambereyes.blogspot.com to view!!

I had a minute today to wax philosophical...

Since I first saw previews for Twilight something has been nagging at me. I couldn't put my finger on it but I've figured it out. I totally love the look of Rob as Edward. I'm okay with that. And generally speaking, he's a fairly good Edward. And Kristen is um... okay looking as Bella (although this person more closely matches my idea of Bella) and we know I've had issues with Kristen's actual portrayal of how Bella would act/react/move/speak/blink (lol) BUT, my issue is that I never bought into the hype that the chemistry between Rob and Kristen onscreen was so great. I never saw it. I still don't. In my opinion, there isn't that much heat between them. And what's more, there doesn't seem to be any conviction behind what they say to each other. I don't believe them, I suppose is what I'm getting at. They said all the right words at the right times, seemed to understand the import of the words behind the dialog. And yet, there's more to just 'saying' them. I know they are only actors, and not Edward and Bella, but I know there are actors out there somewhere who could have made me yearn, ache and empathize with their plight to be together against all odds. I wanted so badly to feel it. I needed to know that Bella felt she would burst if Edward didn't lean in and kiss her. I wanted my heart beat to quicken when Edward's growing hunger forced him to expel Bella from him ...before he did something he'd regret. I never once got the right feelings while watching B&E interact onscreen. I couldn't tell that it was the end of the world for Bella being separated from Edward for even one day. I know I should have felt that way because that's exactly how I felt when I read the books. I yearned for his return right along with her. I hated the times Bella showed up at school and found that Edward and the rest of the Cullen's weren't there. It depressed me when she'd go home to her room and he wasn't there. When he leaned in for the first time, just to 'try one thing' I thought I'd go mad with want!

I'll admit, the Edward conjured up in our own minds based on the words crafted by Stephenie is a hard act to follow. Same with the addictive, incendiary love and lust between Edward and Bella. There is a perfection of angsty love on those pages that would be near impossible to duplicate. But still, I feel a little slighted that Rob and Kristen didn't come closer. I think there was so much worry about the technicality of getting it right, they over thought it. They being not just the actors, but all involved: director, writers, lighting guy, lol. I think everyone believed that the onscreen Edward and Bella had to embody what made us all fall in love with them in the first place, so much so that they focused on pursuing that perfection and lost what should have felt easy: the natural, undeniable, immediate attraction between the two.

I never once felt watching either movie that these are two people who want more than anything to be together, that they'd rather die than live without each other or that their attraction was so demanding that they had to be touching at all times, that Bella would risk her own death over and over to keep trying to be with him or that Edward would subject himself to constant, torturous pain just to be with her.

I know those are hard things to convey onscreen. But the heart wants what the heart wants. And I know it's not impossible because someone else did it. Taylor Lautner. He made me believe him. He was subtlety heartbroken over and over by Bella's unintentional rejections. His unrequited love was so... delicious. I bought him hook, line and sinker. As Jacob, he became the boy whose sunny disposition wouldn't let him be defeated. He wore his heart on his sleeve valiantly and was the eternal, beautiful best friend. I found him irresistible. Some of you may scoff and accuse me of reacting to his (stunningly) transformed body from that of a boy to a man and while I cannot deny that his physical presence was noteworthy, it's not what I'm proud of here. I'm proud of the fact that Taylor was willing to gruelingly work out to change himself completely. He's committed to being Jacob and it shows, and not just physically. In the last scene of New Moon, when Jacob whispers "Bella", I felt it. In that one word, I knew that he was putting himself out there and not caring who saw (Edward), pleading with her, but still knowing he had lost (the battle but not the war) and was subsequently broken.

My little gripes about things should by no means be considered as admission of any sort of dislike for any of the Twilight movies. I just pointed out something that needles at me. I applaud Rob and Kristen for taking on two of the most beloved characters of the last decade. And here's hoping that next time, they'll get a little closer to that sweet tortured love that haunts my fantasies.

New Moon: Viewing #3 Under My Belt, #4 Tomorrow

I went to see it again Wednesday… And so I’m all a tingle again. I went alone and I have to tell you, it was magical. I really was absorbed in the story. Usually I feed off the reaction of whoever is with me and while it is really super fun to share that experience with friends, there is something I cherish about hunkering down by myself and giving myself over to the inundation of sites and emotions on the screen. I’d had a bad day Wednesday and I felt I owed myself this treat. I forgot everything from the day and was pulled into the story completely. I almost teared up in parts. I was so drawn into the story and was even feeling Edward’s plight. My emotions were raw. Two hours of suspended bliss. Crazy!

Ah, Stephenie, what tales she masterfully weaves! How dare she hijack my emotions so completely. Once again. Did she sell her soul to old Beelzebub or something? Such rich, three dimensional, irresistible characters! I’m in love again, for real. I dwell on those intriguing Quileute words softly uttered in the kitchen and imagine myself the recipient of such intoxicating ardor. It's quite an exquisite feeling, getting so utterly enthralled in something.. I hope you have all seen New Moon. It is sooo good!

By the way, I've Googled that Quileute phrase (that Jacob said to Bella in the kitchen right before the 'almost' kiss) to see what it means and I guess Taylor Lautner spent time in La Push doing movie research and he learned the phrase from a Quileute elder. He knows the meaning and it was his idea to add it to the scene. But he's not giving up the meaning of it. General consensus seems to be that it means "Stay with me, forever."

Just when I think I can't like Jacob any more than I already do. . .

Dang that Jacob… yummy. J

Wonder what that naughty boy said...

Saw this today, too. I thought it was hilarious. Rob looks like such a scoundrel!

Rob's Bum

I hate to sink this low, but I found a picture of Rob taken during the clock tower scene. From behind. lol

Someone, please get that boy a belt!!

New Moon Teaser Trailer

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New Moon: Edward Poster, Jacob Poster

Both posters are very cool. As with the case of those two handsome characters, I don't have a preference.

And here's one I'll give you for no particular reason. Except because Edward looks yummy and I've never seen this picture before. Of course I understand if you vamp starved Twi-Hards have!

And here's this one because, well, I've been lovin' (my) Jacob Black since I first laid eyes on him (well, his literary description) and I have dreamt of the sweet tension between him and Bella for a long time.

I don't think... I've ever anticipated... anything more...
Newest New Moon Trailer

New Moon Trailer #3

Here's another clip.

OMG, Edward, toward the end of the clip, taking off his shirt while walking into the light. Holy shnikeys! That right there is the stuff of legend and little girl fantasy.

Whew!

Twilight the Graphic Novels

Hey Twilighters, I haven't forgotten about you! I am still working on bringing you more installments of my serialized story "It was a dark and stormy night...". But I wanted to tell you about something I read in Entertainment weekly: Twilight the Graphic Novel! Yay!

Graphic novels are wildly entertaining and gaining popularity like a snowball downhill. No longer are graphic novels the exclusive domain of geeky comic book lovers. Graphic novels are like really thick comic books that entail an entire story instead of serialized chapters published weekly or monthly. Twilighters have been asking for years that Twilight be made into a graphic novel and finally those prayers are answered. Not only will it be penned by renowned artist Young Kin but it will be closely edited by Stephenie Meyer herself.

The article said that this graphic novel is "essentially Meyer's brain on paper." She is reviewing every page and every panel to make sure that the novel remains true to her vision. How cool is that?

I'd read it just for sheer voyeuristic curiosity. To actually see what Stephenie saw when writing would be grand. I'm curious how my imagination upon reading her words differ from what she saw when writing them. No publication date has been announced yet.

And Now, for you're Viewing Pleasure...

Hi All,

Found this poem written by that busy scribe 'Anonymous', :D

These words seem suitable to accompany the beautiful images of Rob, as his angelic visage could indeed inspire such eloquent and thoughtful prose.

How do I love Thee; Must I tell ye

Is it fair that the Ancients know

What we still search to find

A love that is truly rare and bright

Such as that mirror of the Sun’s light

The Moon while it travels about

Bound to another; nor pain nor delight

Without the Sun’s light it goes

As a ball of dust in the blackness cold

So is my need for Thy light.

Yet, the Sun shines on it as ever

Its rays pass on beyond our reach

For the Sun can not beholden long

Scorching are its Rays

The Moon yet shines with that perfect glow

Making all other light pale when it is full

The Rays that he reflects are more;

Wondrous to Behold

Many are those who pass beneath

The light of the Rays reflected so

For to linger long or short

The Rays are kind to all

Thus as the Rays are soft

So is my love for thee

And as the Moon is Ancient
So shall my Love Remain