HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILLIKE!!

When I gave Jill a copy of Twilight she really did not want to read the book, had no intention of liking it, and didn't care for it much the first time through. But because her life-long friend loved it she kept an open mind. And as thrilled as I am that she gave in and loved it, she would be the first to admit she has had a very happy year, due in a little part to the Cullens and associates.

And then the girl that came to Twilight dragging her feet has set a precedence by reading all of the books WITH her husband. Yes her own, better-than-Edward, Paul, has thoroughly enjoyed the joint-reading experience. I even get a little jealous that he has taken my place as her "Twilight Buddy, although he didn't go to Forks. (maybe that will be their anniversary trip? hee, hee.)

I think she also holds the record for hosting Twilight get-togethers. Yay.
Is that real friendship or what?

Of people I admire in the world, Jill is at the top of the list. This may not be the place to elaborate on why and how. Just trust me. She is amazing and I am blessed to have her as my friend.

Not much new . . .

So much of the updates on other websites are not worth any one's time.
Here 's a few items that are.

Didn't want anyone to miss these Forks articles (thanks others for posting them in the comments.) The CNN article is here. MSNBC article is here. And a Yahoo news article is here.
Kind of a cute article about the popularity of Twilight with older than teeny-boppers, is here.

For actors - I thought these quotes were fairly quotable.

From Peter Facinelli:Your next movie "Twilight" has a lot of devout fans - did that make you nervous?Peter: When we first started filming, absolutely. But I think they'll all be really happy with the finished result. I saw some of it the other day and it's so beautiful. I love the look of the film and Catherine [Hardwicke, the director] has the most amazing vision. She's made a very artistic film and combined it with a very commercial piece.

From the eloquent Rob on the occasion of Harry Potter 10th anniversary: Robert Pattinson (Cedric in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," Edward in "Twilight"): "Does it make me a traitor? 'Harry Potter' was what made me become an actor. I credit 'Harry Potter' with everything else that's come since for me. I didn't know what I was doing before that. I hadn't read the books before doing the movie, so at first I read it just as an acting exercise. But I really enjoyed it! But I think Edward would kick Cedric's ass, to be honest."

And if you are really, really desperate, there is a quirky, trendy article about Robert here, with an unusual picture that fan girls are drooling over. And all things considered, he looks better here than in most places. Which reminds me, I can't find the source now, but Entertainment Weekly is supposed to give Robert another cover, since the original was so bizarre looking.

SM on Ellen! and other Updates for the Week

Just a reminder for anyone who is interested, that Stephenie Meyer will be on the Ellen Show on Wednesday (Sept. 17th) at 4:00 on channel 4. Will we finally, after 2 1/2 weeks of nothing, hear something about Midnight Sun? I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I will put some things that Ellen said about the interview in the comments of this post. 9/16 - MTV Tuesday has Robert explaining why his lullaby wont be used in the movie. Here. Robert has really grown on me. Not that I think he is anything like Edward, for Heaven's Sake! But I like him. He seems like a genuinely nice guy. Too bad about his song.

And here is a very painful explanation of the "Spider Monkey" controversy. I thought some of you girls would get a kick out of this: (bear in mind the teenage fan-base thought Spider Monkey is drool worthy. Gag-worthy was my reaction, but oh-well, no-one asked me to write or cast the movie. Darn it.)

MTV: Are there any lines of dialogue that make you particularly proud?
Rosenberg: Well, I can tell you this: "Spider monkey," I believe, comes from Rob Pattinson. I didn't actually write "spider monkey."
MTV: Really? Because the fans already love that line in the clips we've seen when Edward tells Bella, "You better hold on tight, spider monkey!"
Rosenberg: That was an improv.
MTV: So is that one of the things where a screenwriter sees the movie and says, "Sweet improv!" Or do you go, "He ruined my script! 'Spider monkey' is not accurate!"
Rosenberg: [Laughs.] Well, what I should say is, "I came up with spider monkey on my own. I wrote that."
MTV: Someday that could be the new "This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" — or something like that.
Rosenberg: Exactly.

Twilight Moments

Midnight Sun has given me back a little bit of the old "Twilight Obsession" where thoughts and moments throughout my day center around a universe that includes vampires. Ahhh it feels good to be back to my best self. Ha ha. So here are a few of my best recent TW moment.

1. On the same day both RWV and I noticed a silver Volvo FOR SALE, on 700 East between 10600 and 11000. It is perfect. She called me about it and I had meant to point it out to her the next time it entered my mind. By sight now, we can both identify that it is the s60. We haven't been able to tell if it has the "R" or not. If it does well you know what that mean right? We HAVE to buy it. It is only 10,000 so if 5 of us chip in that's only $2000 each. We could drive it every 5th week. Think how happy those weeks would be, and the week before our turn, and several days after. Oooh we'd have to find an air-freshener that smells like "honey, lilac and sunshine."

2. Also like my former heavy Twilight using days, I am dreaming again about Twilight, or having Twilight themed dreams. The dream I am about to tell you is very embarrassing.

Before MS came out, I was slowly trying to get through Breaking Dawn again. I survived the Jacob book without as much skimming as the first time. Then I got to one of my favorite 2 moments in the entire book, Bella' change. Thank heaven for the glorious description of her new vampire self, because the birth just prior still makes me a little queasy. But minds do funny things. I thought my mind would be focusing on the part I liked, the vampire change. My subconscious, however. drummed up a Twilight dream last night that had ME giving birth, gratefully in a very naively undetailed version (but quite a big surprise, since my children are adopted) and then that baby is A GIRL (even bigger surprise!) and she is smiling at me, right after deliver in a bedroom somewhere. Well lets just say it was easy for my conscious mind to connect the dots for the inspiration on that one. Good Heavens! that book is really getting to me in all the wrong ways. Top that dream girls.

the tiniest bit of Therapy

Still no encouraging word from our dear author. But I remembered a fan-fiction that actually gets fairly close to the mark. No its not SM. No its not as good, but it is good and it at least gives us a good description of the meadow. Of course that is where is ends so be prepared for that as well.

I am VERY picky about fan-fiction that I will actually recommend. This is one of two. The Lion and the Lamb. It is written as Edwards perspective by the famous Alphie of the Lexicon founding fame. When she wrote it, a long, long time ago in Twilight time, SM even encouraged her and checked some of her facts. I read a little of the chapters that begin where the REAL Midnight Sun ends, and it was a little therapeutic. Take it or leave it. Just trying to do my part to comfort the broken hearted.

Okay and I am adding one more fanfiction here. This one makes me realize that really we need to read EVERYTHING from Edwards perspective. This one is also very well done, not pure, but very well done.