So now that you know all about the books, let’s move on to the movies!! Yes, the books are now movies. If you didn’t already know that you must be living under a rock somewhere, because the phenomenon is huge!! The first movie, Twilight, was released in November 2008. That’s when I first jumped the Twilight train. When I saw the hottest guy ever (Edward…lol), I knew I had to see this movie. I read the book first, and then saw the movie. I loved it!! Not the best movie to a lot of people, but I was so absorbed into the books, it was great! It was a very low budget movie, so the effects were not as great, but I still loved it! When the DVD was released I was there at midnight, second in line (yes I already know I’m a dork, and don’t care). Here is a preview for the Twilight movie:
The second movie, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, was even better. It had a bigger budget and was even better then the first. It was released in November 2009, and I had my tickets to the midnight show 8 weeks in advance. (Yes me=dork, but I’m not alone!!) The movie was friggin awesome! The costumes and makeup was way better as well as the coloring. If this doesn’t make sense, watch both of the movies and you will know what I’m talking about. The DVD for New Moon will be released on March 20, 2010. I will be at another DVD party waiting with my friends, just like last year, hoping to get free Twilight Saga stuff just like I did last year!! Woohoo!! Who doesn’t like free stuff, right? Here is a preview for New Moon:
The third movie, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, will be released on June 30, 2010. I will be in New York City for this one with my BFF’s and fellow TwlightMOMS!! I can’t wait! It’s gonna be awesome!!
The fourth book has yet to be filmed, but it was announced a few weeks ago that it will be two movies and filming begins in September 2010.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is a charity committed to finding a cure for childhood cancer. TwilightMOMS is one of the many organizations that have helped raise money for this foundation. Two of my friends and I went to an event in Myrtle Beach last November to help raise money for this cause. There were many items donated for this one of six events that were going on during the same weekend, all by TwilightMOMS. The total amount raised from those six events was $20,000. Among the many items donated, my friends and I came home with a buttload of stuff. Included in the buttload of stuff was a 19” flat screen TV, 2 framed movie posters from Twilight, a necklace and a hat inspired by the Twilight movie, a Twilight picture drawn by another TwilightMOM, who was featured in a magazine, and the magazine, and a life-size cardboard cutout of the main character Edward. The last one is in my office at my house as we speak (or well, as you read). A similar event in New York had the pleasure of auctioning off dinner with two cast members from the movies. Lucky!!! My friends and I are going to a similar event in June in NYC! *smiles* Hopefully we will have the pleasure of seeing cast members. For more on Alex’s Lemonade Stand visit http://www.alexslemonade.org/
TwilightMOMS
Ok, so I may be totally crazy with this whole series, but I don’t act like a 14 year old fan girl all the time. Well, maybe I do, *shrugs shoulders* but there are some good things about the Twilight Saga. TwilightMOMS.com is an amazing site with it’s 36,000 plus members. Lisa Hansen created an amazing site for others to go to and talk about Twilight where we wouldn’t have to deal with teeny boppers. It’s great because you don’t feel insane with over 36,000 other women who are there for the same reason you are. Us totally crazy fans get on there and talk about all things Twilight, among many others, and no one else on there thinks we are crazy. It’s a great place to go and I have met some of the greatest people on there, including some of my best friends. We don’t just sit around and talk about Twilight all the time, according to what my family thinks. We talk about everything including other books, movies, music, our families, and about things going on in our lives. There are many different people on there from many different countries, professions, and ages. TwilightMOMS also does a lot of charity work as well. They have raised lots of money for various charities. One charity they have focused on is Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. To become a member of TwilightMOMS go here: http://www.twilightmoms.com/
How they have affected me...
OK, here’s where I talk about how the books have affected me. Other than make me a raging lunatic, 14 year old fan girl, *squeals* the Twilight saga has given me an out to my normally hectic life. They are great to curl up and read when I need to have my “escape” time. I guess any book may do that, but for me, these are it. I wish more people would give them a chance and read them. They may technically be classified as young adult books, but I think 75% (or more) of the fan base are adults. I continue to go back and reread these books. I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I have read them. This may seem crazy, but this is normal for me. Now, all of this was weird for me because I hated to read, absolutely HATED it!! These were the first books I actually read all the way through. And I read all of them in less than a week. *laughs* Strange yes!! Of course most of my family thinks I’m crazy, except for my 21 year old niece, who has now read the series 6 times!! Woohoo!! Add another Twihard to the fandom!! Also, this series has led me to meet the most amazing people. I am happy to call them my friends and I may not have met them without this series. These books have truly affected my life, it may not seem normal, but I’m happy with it!!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
What is this about anyway....
Ok so not everyone reading this will know what I’m talking about. So, if you haven’t read the books, here’s a run down of what you missed. Also, if you want to read them, but haven’t yet, I suggest not reading past this point!
***WARNING: SPOILER ALERT***
Twilight is a story of a seventeen year old, human girl named Bella Swan who moves
from Phoenix, AZ to Forks, WA. Bella is enrolled at school in Forks, and is attracting attention from many of her peers except from the one she wants it from most, Edward Cullen. At first, Edward is completely disgusted with her and she can’t figure out why. Edward leaves town for a bit and finally returns. When he returns, he is much friendlier. At school one day, Bella is almost ran over by a van and Edward saves her. She is determined to figure out his secret. Bella eventually tricks family friend Jacob Black into telling her his tribal legends, where she discovers Edward is a vampire that drinks animal blood instead of human blood. Bella confronts Edward about her newfound knowledge, and he admits to her that he only tried to stay away from her because her blood calls to him. Over time, Edward and Bella fall in love. Another vampire, from another coven, James, wants to kill Bella and she has to make her escape. She travels back to Phoenix with some of Edwards’s family. James pretends to have Bella’s mother and lures her to him. He bites Bella’s hand just before Edward and the other Cullens show up. Edward sucks the venom out of Bella’s hand so she does not become a vampire, and Bella is brought to a hospital. Upon their return to Forks, Bella and Edward go to prom and Bella tells Edward of her hopes in becoming a vampire. Edward denies her of her request.
New Moon is the second book in the Twilight Saga. It’s Bella’s 18th birthday, and Ed
wards’s family throws her a party. As she unwraps a gift, she receives a paper cut and Edward’s brother, Jasper, tries to kill her. Edward feels like he is always putting Bella in danger, and decides to leave Bella. Bella is left depressed, and grieving. Over the time Edward is gone, Bella has deepened her relationship with her best friend, Jacob Black, who is also in love with her. She has also found that dangerous activities, such as riding motorcycles, lets her “hear” Edward. Bella eventually finds out that Jacob and his tribe can transform into werewolves. Jacob and his wolf pack protect Bella from other vampires who are trying to kill her. Bella is still trying to “hear” Edward and decides to go cliff diving. Misunderstandings of Bella’s attempted suicide get back to Edward and he goes to Italy in hopes of being killed by the Volturi, the vampire “royal family”. Bella ends up going to Italy with Alice, Edward’s sister, to stop him from being killed. Edward comes back to Forks with Bella and vows to never leave her again. Bella wants to be a vampire, and polls a vote with Edward’s family. The majority agrees, and she will be transformed after graduation by Edward’s father, Carlisle, because Edward does not want her changed. Edward finally agrees to change her himself if she will meet his condition. To marry him first.
Eclipse is the third book in the Twilight Saga. There is a lot of unsolved murders in Se
attle, and Edward believes it is due to a newborn vampire who can not control it’s thirst. Bella desperately wants to see her friend, Jacob, and Edward is worried about her safety with the problem of the unsolved murders so close to home. She finally convinces Edward that a wolf pack can protect her, and she begins to see Jacob again. Edward proposes to Bella and she accepts. Bella actually realizes that the murders are an army of newborns coming to kill her and lets the Cullen’s know what she thinks. They agree. The wolf pack and the Cullen’s join together to fight the newborn clan, while Edward, Bella, and Jacob camp out in the forest waiting for the fight to be over with. Edward and Bella begin talking of their engagement and this upsets Jacob. He storms off to get himself killed in the fight and Bella stops him by kissing him and realizes she is in love with him too. The leader of the newborn army tracks Edward’s scent to their campsite, and Edward is forced to kill her. Bella goes to see Jacob and tells him that even though she loves him, she loves Edward more. Jacob leaves town in his wolf form to try and escape his pain and heart ache after receiving a wedding invitation from Edward.
Breaking Dawn is the fourth book in the Twilight Saga. It is broken down into three part
s. The first part talks of Bella and Edwards wedding, and honeymoon. A few weeks into their honeymoon, Bella realizes that she is pregnant, and they immediately return to Forks to have the baby aborted, but Bella will not Edward do that to their baby. The second part is told from Jacob’s point of view. It goes through Bella’s pregnancy, and up to the point where the baby is born. Edward then transforms Bella into a vampire by injecting his venom directly into her heart. The third part is back to Bella’s point of view. She awakes as a newly changed vampire and controls herself remarkably well. A vampire from the Cullen’s’ past, Irina, mistakes Edward and Bella’s daughter for an “immortal child”, a human child turned vampire, and goes to the Volturi. The Volturi are coming to Forks to destroy the Cullen’s and the baby, so the Cullen’s enlist the help of many vampire covens across the world to witness the child. The Volturi realize they have been misinformed and kill Irina. The Volturi are still unsure of the baby and if she poses a threat to the vampire’s existence. Alice and Jasper return from leaving prior to the meeting with the Volturi, with a 150-year-old hybrid vampire/human, just like the baby. The Volturi realize they pose no threat and leave with no one else harmed.
***WARNING: SPOILER ALERT***
Twilight is a story of a seventeen year old, human girl named Bella Swan who moves
from Phoenix, AZ to Forks, WA. Bella is enrolled at school in Forks, and is attracting attention from many of her peers except from the one she wants it from most, Edward Cullen. At first, Edward is completely disgusted with her and she can’t figure out why. Edward leaves town for a bit and finally returns. When he returns, he is much friendlier. At school one day, Bella is almost ran over by a van and Edward saves her. She is determined to figure out his secret. Bella eventually tricks family friend Jacob Black into telling her his tribal legends, where she discovers Edward is a vampire that drinks animal blood instead of human blood. Bella confronts Edward about her newfound knowledge, and he admits to her that he only tried to stay away from her because her blood calls to him. Over time, Edward and Bella fall in love. Another vampire, from another coven, James, wants to kill Bella and she has to make her escape. She travels back to Phoenix with some of Edwards’s family. James pretends to have Bella’s mother and lures her to him. He bites Bella’s hand just before Edward and the other Cullens show up. Edward sucks the venom out of Bella’s hand so she does not become a vampire, and Bella is brought to a hospital. Upon their return to Forks, Bella and Edward go to prom and Bella tells Edward of her hopes in becoming a vampire. Edward denies her of her request.New Moon is the second book in the Twilight Saga. It’s Bella’s 18th birthday, and Ed
wards’s family throws her a party. As she unwraps a gift, she receives a paper cut and Edward’s brother, Jasper, tries to kill her. Edward feels like he is always putting Bella in danger, and decides to leave Bella. Bella is left depressed, and grieving. Over the time Edward is gone, Bella has deepened her relationship with her best friend, Jacob Black, who is also in love with her. She has also found that dangerous activities, such as riding motorcycles, lets her “hear” Edward. Bella eventually finds out that Jacob and his tribe can transform into werewolves. Jacob and his wolf pack protect Bella from other vampires who are trying to kill her. Bella is still trying to “hear” Edward and decides to go cliff diving. Misunderstandings of Bella’s attempted suicide get back to Edward and he goes to Italy in hopes of being killed by the Volturi, the vampire “royal family”. Bella ends up going to Italy with Alice, Edward’s sister, to stop him from being killed. Edward comes back to Forks with Bella and vows to never leave her again. Bella wants to be a vampire, and polls a vote with Edward’s family. The majority agrees, and she will be transformed after graduation by Edward’s father, Carlisle, because Edward does not want her changed. Edward finally agrees to change her himself if she will meet his condition. To marry him first.Eclipse is the third book in the Twilight Saga. There is a lot of unsolved murders in Se
attle, and Edward believes it is due to a newborn vampire who can not control it’s thirst. Bella desperately wants to see her friend, Jacob, and Edward is worried about her safety with the problem of the unsolved murders so close to home. She finally convinces Edward that a wolf pack can protect her, and she begins to see Jacob again. Edward proposes to Bella and she accepts. Bella actually realizes that the murders are an army of newborns coming to kill her and lets the Cullen’s know what she thinks. They agree. The wolf pack and the Cullen’s join together to fight the newborn clan, while Edward, Bella, and Jacob camp out in the forest waiting for the fight to be over with. Edward and Bella begin talking of their engagement and this upsets Jacob. He storms off to get himself killed in the fight and Bella stops him by kissing him and realizes she is in love with him too. The leader of the newborn army tracks Edward’s scent to their campsite, and Edward is forced to kill her. Bella goes to see Jacob and tells him that even though she loves him, she loves Edward more. Jacob leaves town in his wolf form to try and escape his pain and heart ache after receiving a wedding invitation from Edward.Breaking Dawn is the fourth book in the Twilight Saga. It is broken down into three part
s. The first part talks of Bella and Edwards wedding, and honeymoon. A few weeks into their honeymoon, Bella realizes that she is pregnant, and they immediately return to Forks to have the baby aborted, but Bella will not Edward do that to their baby. The second part is told from Jacob’s point of view. It goes through Bella’s pregnancy, and up to the point where the baby is born. Edward then transforms Bella into a vampire by injecting his venom directly into her heart. The third part is back to Bella’s point of view. She awakes as a newly changed vampire and controls herself remarkably well. A vampire from the Cullen’s’ past, Irina, mistakes Edward and Bella’s daughter for an “immortal child”, a human child turned vampire, and goes to the Volturi. The Volturi are coming to Forks to destroy the Cullen’s and the baby, so the Cullen’s enlist the help of many vampire covens across the world to witness the child. The Volturi realize they have been misinformed and kill Irina. The Volturi are still unsure of the baby and if she poses a threat to the vampire’s existence. Alice and Jasper return from leaving prior to the meeting with the Volturi, with a 150-year-old hybrid vampire/human, just like the baby. The Volturi realize they pose no threat and leave with no one else harmed.My blog...
Yes, this is another Twilight blog. I know, there are like a million out there, but hey, what’s one more, right? Ok, so you may not get the obsession, but hey, lets face it, it’s out there. You may think it’s crazy that tons of people are into this book series, but they really are great books. You may not understand it, but lets not dance around the big elephant in the room. It’s there!! My family thinks I’m totally nuts. My mom, who is a strong practicing Catholic, thinks I’m going strait to hell because I like vampires *laughs* OK nevermind all the other stupid things I’ve done in my life, it’s the vampires that are sending me strait to hell. Ok mom, thanks! Anyway, you may call me crazy but I’m pretty sure anything you could say about me, I’ve heard before and I’m pretty sure I will hear it again. I just simply don’t care. Yeah, yeah, maybe I should but I don’t, not really. This is my out when my day is awful. This is what I like to do. Hey, I could be doing worse. Apparently not according to my mom *smirks* So this is my way to escape. Sometimes I turn into a 14 year old fan girl. That’s just me!! Anyway, hope you enjoy!
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