February for Twilight fans

I know that if I put "Happy Birthday Taylor" I'll get a google hit because everyone will be googling him today (even if you Bing you're using Google). So... Happy 19th Birthday Taylor Lautner (watches blog counter go up).

Last year I made a little manip of him holding a lovely bow over his half naked chest, this year all you get is this t-shirt:

Drawing by uniqueLegend

I'm not a Tay tay follower. I'm more of Rob's plaything =)

In other news....

February means Valentine's Day. If you're lucky enough to find a significant other before you found Twilight, you're probably going to spend the weekend with them. Otherwise, if you're like me, you'll be sending naughty candy grams to your other Twi-singles. I'll be doing that and going wine tasting. There will be chocolate covered somethings involved I'm sure.

My bff is a major Wolf girl. Here are a few of my Valentine Card options:

I think I'll do something hand made...

You could always see a movie, most likely, about sex you're not having.





Advance to 1:35 and you'll hear The Bravery's "Ours" from the Eclipse soundtrack. Clearly they're expecting you to see this movie. You'd hate to disappoint right?

Fan fiction merchandise

I've been wanting something to show my devotion to Twilight Fan Fiction. Maybe a bumper sticker? License plate frame?

Nope (though they're not totally out of the question). I decided that I wanted to have a t-shirt. You really can make anything nowadays. I used the fandom friendly Cafe Press to make my own creations. I wanted to represent stories that I love and that others would recognize.

My very first story into the fan fiction universe was Wide Awake by Angstgoddess003. It remains my all time favorite fic. It has everything I love in a story and it always makes me cry and sigh. It has a lot of great quotes that would make great slogans for t-shirts "I missed the shit out of you" "Shining Fucking Curls" "Red Bella White Bella" etc. But I settled on the moment that Edward knew that Bella was more than just a girl who, with real flowers and cookies, allowed him to sleep.

"The switch was gone and my girl was beautiful." -Wide Awake

Own It!

I love that moment! When she gets back from Arizona after the trial. Gah! I love this story.

Now once you start designing t-shirts on your favorite stories, it's hard to stop. I have several already but I only made and bought one more. The other story I'm going to wear with pride is Snowqueens Icedragon's Master of the Universe. Fifty is a classic character. The incident he has in Echo Charlie makes me cringe every time. My heart can't help but beat itself out of my chest whenever I re-read the story. It's so so good (that's what she said). It also doesn't hurt that I'm going to be waring Rob all over my chest.

"Master of the Universe // 50 Shades // by Snowqueens Icedragon"

Own It!

It makes me want to walk in Downtown LA or at the next Kings game in Staples Center and try to make eye contact with everyone to see if they recognize the stories or their references. 

So I think for sure, the next bit of merchandise will be either a license plate frame or a window decal. Is "FORKS" too subtle? I do not want a "I drive like a Cullen" plate frame. That's lame. Maybe just "Addicted to Fan Fiction" or "Caution! Lemons ahead!" What do you think? :0)

What's going on next month?!

Ok so, here's what's been going on since the last time we "saw" each other. (Note: I'm random and all over the place with this post.)

The Vancouver Twilight convention took place May 14-16th. Twilight Lexicon did an interview with Catherine Hardwick, on the floor (her choice). I really couldn't care less about Catherine Hardwick. She bugs and she keeps adding her two cents to every Twilight related story whether we ask for her opinion or not.

Collectors edition of Eclipse and the trade paperback came out. Do you own the Collectors editions? I don't and I don't think I ever will. It's seems kind of silly. Is it really worth it? I was thinking of getting all the books in paperbacks, since I don't want to ruin my hardbacks, but I just got my eReader (insert huge smile here) so I'm re-thinking that bit.

Rob went on Ellen. He was adorable and sexy as all hell.

He's in Southern California now (I'm breathing the same air as him ^_^) shooting Water for Elephant. He even looks good covered in dirt and wearing his sexspenders.

There are lots of TV spots for Eclipse now-a-days. I really don't watch TV but I see them (and download them) on-line. I'm really excited now. It's getting so close!

You can listen to some of the tracks off of the Eclipse soundtrack in various places if you know where to look. Jonathan Low by Vampire Weekend, Atlas by Farnfarlo, and an article about how the bands were chosen.

MUSE's single is available to download on iTunes but I just go to YouTube and listen to it there. I've been hearing it on the radio lately and I like it more and more the more often I hear it.

A bunch of Eclipse promotional posters have also come out to grace a bus stop near you. They're ok. Jane looks like Chloe Sevigny from Big Love (pictured). Robward looks amazing in blue. He should always wear blue or go naked (guess which one I prefer?)

If you didn't know, there will be an Eclipse Twilight Convention in Los Angeles June 11-13th. I swore to myself after going to the New Moon convention back in March, I wouldn't do another again. It was ok the first time but not something I'd do twice... that is until Rob entered the picture. I've flipped-flopped on whether or not I should go and I figured, this is a once in a life time opportunity, it's just money and I can't take it with me, and I'm young so I might as well enjoy myself.... at least that's what I was chanting as I was purchasing my weekend pass for the convention. Yet more time off from work that I'll need to take off. It's worth it though. I'm going to try and get some hidden camera footage (they don't like you taking video). *rubs hands in anticipation*

I just purchased my midnight showing tickets about an hour ago. Why so late? Well I was waiting for a particular theater to start selling their tickets. They have reserved seating so no waiting in line hours before, trying to get a good seat. It was well worth the anxiety (bit a finger nail off) and the price. About $13 per ticket. Not too shabby.

What makes me extra Twi-tarded is that I also bought tickets for a double feature of Twilight and New Moon right before the midnight showing. A chance for cafeteria Edward and shirtless Edward on the big screen? Sign me up! It start at 6:30pm. There are intermissions between each film but I'll be basically spending 8 hours inside the theater. If it gets too much I'm planning on sleeping through the James bit in Twilight and the Wolf Pack bit in New Moon. I'm Edward's girl, he had dibs on my attention.

Between the red carpet premiere and the movie release, I'm going to Seattle for a cousin's 15th birthday (yes, it's what you think; I was guilt tripped into going). But we'll be up there for four days and the party is only for one so I'm thinking that a side trip to Port Angeles and Forks is in order.  Time to make the pilgrimage to where it all began. I really want to do this, hopefully my family will understand when my sister and I bail on them to drive down there.

*smacks head* I almost forgot (because, really, is so forgettable). That Bree Tanner novella is coming out June 5th. You can read it for free on Stephenie's website or buy it anywhere books are sold. I'm going to read it first then buy somewhere... preferable with a coupon. It's one of those things that falls into the "gotta have" category.

I think that's about it. If I have an awesome encounter with Jackson Rathbone tomorrow when I go see 100 Monkeys I'll let you know, otherwise here's looking forward to a long Memorial Day weekend.

Note: The MTV Movie awards are on June 6th where an exclusive Eclipse clip will premiere. New Moon has 5 nominations. You can vote for NM here.

Eclipse merchandise

You can tell that Eclipse is coming out soon when there's news practically every day.

I'm so glad others have found the time to track this stuff down because I sure as hell don't. So, from the Twilight Examiner, here are a few Eclipse merchandise (ie swag you're going to buy for your imaginary niece) that I kinda want to buy for myself found interesting. A more comprehensive list in their article here.

• Nordstrom's "Eclipse" line of clothing. Preview some of this line all this week here as it culminates to the opening May 15th on their web site and in stores. I liked their New Moon themed clothing.. I didn't buy any but maybe they're on clearance. =D
• Hard back Eclipse Collectors Edition, May 25. I'll wait for the BD one to come and then maybe I'll buy the box set. I dunno... I already own all the hard and soft backs... do I really need another set?
• Eclipse Board Game, May 27. I have the New Moon Board Bored Game. I know the target fan base is 12-18 year old girls but still... maybe they can have sparkle peen game board pieces for a bit of fun?
• That little Bree Tanner book whose title is as long as my summary here, June 5. Free on-line at Stephenie's website but I'm hard core, I'll still buy the hard back book... with a coupon. 
• Eclipse Soundtrack, June 8. I made the mistake of over listening to the New Moon soundtrack before I saw the movie. It was kind of distracting when, during the movie, I would start singing along. I'm only going to listen to the MUSE song and not any of the others until I see it in the movie. I'll let you know if that works. =)
• Movie Companion and the Score, June 29. I wish the movie companion came out earlier so that I could take it to the Eclipse red carpet premiere and get it signed. Also, I predict that this score will not stop playing on my mp3 player nor my car stereo until Breaking Dawn comes out.
• Scene It? The Super Mega Ultra Delux Twilight Edition, released date TBD. It combines all three movies. All that's left is booze and chocolate and it's a party!

What are you looking forward to? Going to buy any of these?

In Soundtrack News:
The bands being featured on the Eclipse soundtrack are going to be announced on the Eclipse MySpace Music page starting tomorrow at 8am PST (go west coast!!). I will be at work with restricted internet access so I'll do a wrap up and the usually "what I think" tomorrow night.

Bella's Engagement Ring

So the Examiner has a nifty article taking on the much talked about engagement ring from the Eclipse trailer #2:

Today on Yahoo!'s main page we have this screen shot of their main page with the top story of "'Twilight' engagement ring for sale":

(click to enlarge)

We all know about prop reproductions, shoot we buy them. The engagement ring is another piece of merchandise to own. This site, infinite jewelry co, is selling three types of "Bella's engagement ring". There's the Fashion Ring for $35, Fine Ring for $480, and Genuine Ring for $1,980. The thing with this site is that Stephenie Meyer has a say in the ring's design. 

Personally, I think I like this one better:

emitations Inspired by Twilight Engagement Ring: Bella's Wedding Ring $35 - $44

I wonder what they're going to do with the "Bella's Cullen Crest Ring". What that for fun? Why did they even mass create such a horrible thing like that? Wouldn't "Bella's Moonstone Ring" be better?

Thoughts? Other rings for contention? Let me know =)

psst... check out this old article from The Twilight Guy. This dude proposed with Bella's ring. Read it here.

Fan Fictions, DVD, and Twi-dar

I love to read. A lot. That's probably an understatement but my vocabulary is failing me right now.


I've been reading fan fiction like crazy as evidence when you check out my fan fiction blog post. I'm updating it almost every other day with a new story that I've read. I was in a slump for new stories but then I got active in Facebook and there is a group called Twilight Fanfiction Recommendations. My dry spell is no more. Lots of good stuff there.

Also, I found an really easy program to download entire stories from fanfiction.net. I have a Mac so I use DownloadedStory that I got for free from cnet.com :-D There's a similar program that you can download for PCs too.

Summit has just official announced that the Special 2 Disc Edition of New Moon will be on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 22nd!

Pre-order the Target Exclusive 3 Disc DVD here.

AWWWESOME! I look forward to deleted scene, awesome commentary by Rob, Kristen and Chris, and lots of behind the scenes stuff. I love special features.


In the January 22, 2010 issue of Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King mentioned New Moon in his bit to explain the Movie Blurb. You know when they say "The best comedy of the year!" "Magnificent!" etc.


Well, he had this to say which caught my Twilight radar (Twi-dar)
"The most romantic movie of the year!" (New Moon) TRANSLATION: "No sex. No nudity. Many smoldering glances."

If you didn't know, tonight is the Critic's Choice Awards on VH1. I had it on my calendar so it's Twilight related somehow.

New Moon Movie Score

You can now pre-order The Twilight Saga: New Moon (The Score) on iTunes for $11.99 which has an expected release date of 11/20/09. (A day that is forever emblazoned into my heart)

If you go to the iTunes store, you can hear 30 seconds of each track. I'm not because that would be spoiling the music and what do I do with spoilers? Just say 'no'.

You can pre-order it on Amazon.com  being released 11/24/09 for $10.49.

I would go with the iTunes option. Including shipping and taxes, it's coming out to be the same amountand with iTunes, you get it earlier and instantly.

Track listing:

1. New Moon
2. Bella Dreams
3. Romeo & Juliet
4. Volturi Waltz
5. Blood Sample
6. Edward Leaves
7. Werewolves
8. I Need You
9. Break Up
10. Memories of Edward
11. Wolves v. Vampire
12. Victoria
13. Almost a Kiss
14. Adrenaline
15. Dreamcatcher
16. To Volterra
17. You are Alive
18. The Volturi
19. The Cullens
20. Marry Me, Bella
21. Full Moon

I want this!

At first I didn't know what was so special about it and then..... WOAH!

*drool*

Why haven't I thought of this before. It makes me want to sign up for a Capitol One credit card and personalize the card with a photo:

I've got mad cut and paste skills!

Woah, hello there 3D poster

Buy me.

More merchandise

First off, NECA, the creators of all the Twilight Saga merchandise has some serious quality assurance issues. Their Edward doll for New Moon is supposed to look like what they sell through their Amazon store here. Instead, what we in the US get is this garbage seen here.

Really? How did our NM Mini E doll get mass produced? It doesn't look anything like how it's supposed to. Someone should get fired and they should re-release the correct version (it'd be nice if they fixed his slightly crossed eyes too).

Now this combines my two loves: Twilight and Anime. Yen Press is creating a Twilight Manga (graphic novel). It looks so amazing! They're not out yet and don't have a release date. Yen Press tells you to go here for updates on when it will be published. So far not a peep. EW wrote about this in an earlier issue.

There are these bracelets which are available in the France but not here. Bummer. They're kind of cute and not too flashy.

I want this necklace or something similar. Totally cute. I saw it at Hot Topic but I'm sort of cringing at the $20 price tag. I've been looking on Etsy for something like it but no dice. I love how it says "Twilight" down the pendant. Cute!!

These buttons are pretty cool too but not sold by Hot Topic (yet I hope!). So far you can only get them in the UK or on line for a few pounds.

Merchandise

I love me some Twilight related merchandise. There are some things out there (or coming out soon) that I really need want.

The two guarantees are New Moon: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion and Twilight: New Moon Soundtrack. I've already per-ordered the first and the second I also pre-ordered but Amazon said it wouldn't arrive until the 22nd. Screw that. I cancelled that order and will get it on iTunes on the 20th.

Then there's the stuff in my wish list. In no particular order:


Cardinal Industries Twilight New Moon Game
This is the New Moon board game. They have a Twilight one too but I heard it wasn't that good. If the first one wasn't good then I have mixed feelings about this second one. It's available for pre-order right now so I'll wait until people have actually played and review it to think about buying it.

Scene It? Twilight Deluxe Edition
I really want this! This sounds like lots of fun to play with a bunch of Twilight friends. All I need now are some Twilight friends to play with me. =D

Twi-inspired notepad
This just looks cute and useful. Win win. :-)

The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide
This has been available for pre-order since forever. I have no idea when it's coming out but when it does, I wants it.

The Kindle or the Kindle DX
To read my Twilight books anytime I want without having to carry them around all the time. Plus, you can read PDF files. That means I can put my shit load of fan fics on there and read them away from my computer. Awesome!


I don't own any Twilight related t-shirts yet. I just haven't seen any that isn't cheesy. Plus, I want something that will only shout out my obsession to fellow Twilighters but the rest of the population won't have a clue. I like things like that (ie my Bella charm bracelet).

I'd really like a t-shirt on/about my favorite fan fictions, but it's one of those thing you have to make yourself.

NOTE: There really isn't a reason I put that picture on this post. He's just good to look at.