Random thoughts on a Friday....

Did you actually think this was my author pic? I wish! No it's my

CRUSH OF THE WEEK: STEPHENIE MEYER

Hey, I never said my crushes were strictly male. Admit it, you've got a little girl crush on her too, don't you? I just finished New Moon, the sequel to Twilight, and it was amazing. I was almost afraid to read it because I adored Twilight so much that if the sequel didn't live up I didn't want to tarnish the original. There wasn't as much Cullen action as I would have liked, but that just gives me something to look forward to in books three, Eclipse, and book four, Midnight Sun. I think it is the fourth book which is written from Edward's POV. I can't wait for that one.

Now I realize that Stephenie doesn't need my bloglicity as she got like a gazillion dollars for her advance, already has a movie option from MTV, and people worship her. Did you know they have I love Edward Cullen parties? I'm so miffed I never got an invite!

She is my crush because her writing is positively addictive to me. Now I've enjoyed books and even loved some, but the way I feel about her writing is just different. Does this make me simple because I'm not pining over the classics? If so, whatev.

I really like Bella's voice, but I am absolutely enthralled with Edward. I long for the passages about him. Why do you think this is? I've analyzed it and I hope you'll agree, if not, skip down to the author pic. I think that for all the descriptions, dialogues, and motivations that an author gives us about a character we still tend to cast someone from our real life in their place. How many times have you pictured a specific actress as the main character? Same idea. Do you agree? I'm hoping yes, or else I'm sadly picturing an ex as Edward because something is very wrong with me. Wait, Edward is a vampire and my ex sucked the life out of me for quite some time. I've made the connection so my projection is totally justified. I love it when that works out.



Well, here it is. It isn't the picture I had imagined, you know, the one we all dream about, the one where we look so fabulous that every ex that fondles your cover gasps and realizes it was the biggest mistake of their life to break up, cheat on you, call you by another girl's name, or any of the other fine things that the Y chromosome do to torture us. But, on the other hand, it isn't my school picture from seventh grade when I had a really bad perm and was briefly nicknamed Dee Synder either. So here it is. If you are wondering why I kept it small, it's because I look better smaller, but mostly because I haven't mastered image compression yet.
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I hate to break it to you all, but tis the season of pilots. That heartbreaking time of year when you become emotionally attached to a new program only to be the last person alive to find out they cancelled the show. Last year was especially hard for me. I lost Inconceivable, Sons & Daughters, and Reunion. I spent the summer hardening myself. No way was I falling for the tricks of the Big Three again(abc, nbc, cbs, hello people). Then I watched The Class. The cast blends together perfectly. It is hilarious, sweet, and just good TV. I will, again, be devastated if this one doesn't make it. It stars Jason Ritter, who looks exactly like his dad who I loved, so I even if I didn't love it, which I do, I'd still want it to work for him. Please help me save this one people! :) Happy weekend.

Steph

ps- There is serious $$ on the line if anyone knows who killed Samantha on Reunion last year.
pps- check out my cover at www.myspace.com/stephhale