Let's Talk Eclipse, Finally!

Ladies, how is it possible that I didn't gush on and on about how awesome Eclipse was?

But let's not dwell.

How awesome was Eclipse?

Well.... pretty damn awesome.

First off, anybody who thinks they are too cool for Twilight should just get over themselves right now. By clicking that red X in the upper right corner.

So, as far as I know, nobody particularly comes to the movie for the excellent acting. Surprisingly, I thought this film, out of the three so far, delivered SO much better than the previous three. I honestly just felt like the cast put so much effort into this film!

I felt like the storyline stayed pretty true to the script, although I haven't read the books since November so I can't be positive.

You know what I liked most about this movie though? Honestly?

It was just so hawt! For me, I felt like the tension humming through every scene was just crazy.

My BFF, sitting next to me, kept whispering, "We know how it's going to end. It's going to be FINE." And then something would happen and we'd be squee-ing and clutching the arm rests and generally acting a fool.

(In our defense, the women next to us were HAMMERED and smelled like pot and were annoying us... so we were just adjusting to our environment. By acting like fools.)

S0, by now, please tell me you've all seen Eclipse.

Do you think it's the best one so far??

I do!

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On an unrelated note, I'm talking about Goody Spin Pins over on Chic Critique. Easiest hair bun ever!

Happy Monday!!

I Conquered the Beast

Remember my ant invasion?

What I may or may not have remembered to post is that there were ants crawling on my dresser. Under my dishwasher. In my back porch. Out my front door.

And on and on and on.

And friends, have I got a product for you!
Terro Liquid Ant Killer.

It's been maybe 4 days (probably less but omg it feels like forever) and the ants are gone. There are maybe like half a dozen left in my house, and they are doing a drunken walk of shame from eating poison.

And the best part? This ant killer stuff is very safe. Made out of borax. Easy peasy.

But the best part is that I'm ant free just a couple of days later. Bliss!

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In unrelated news, this Monday through Friday I am test-driving my new job for a few days... which means I have no long commute!

No more sitting behind this bad boy being pissed off!

Thankfully, I can use all my extra free time to get excited about seeing Eclipse at midnight TOMORROW. Zomg so soon!

Time to break out my awesome homemade t-shirts!

Who's excited for Eclipse??

Scene: Saturday Morning

Target. 8:04 AM. (Obviously, I was 4 minutes late. But no worries. There were plenty of copies available.)

(And for those of you who are going to tell me that Wal-Mart had it at midnight and blah blah blah... obviously you missed the words "3 Disc Deluxe Edition." Not available at Wal-Mart.)

Just so y'all know...the Twilight love is not dead.

That is all.

Ok, Fine

Ok, FINE. I concede that there are excellent movies beyond It's a Wonderful Life. I loved a ton of the movies you guys suggested - and I would totally watch them if I had any spare minutes around here - but they are not must haves. It's a Wonderful Life is a must-see. That's all I'm saying.

Last night my BFFs and I had our "Girls Night" Christmas Dinner. Trying to come up with a theme of some sort, we decided to twist the "Ugly Christmas Sweater" party into the "Ugly Dress" dinner. And, because we had a really bad impulse purchase at TJ Maxx about 2 years ago.... we came up with these little numbers:
Yeah, that's really all I have to say about that. We were each to put our own unique twist on them to make them our own, which you can see we all did fantastically. Although I would like to comment on the fact that mine is the shortest by about 4 inches - and I'm the tallest person by about 1 inch. How'd that happen?!

I guess you get what you pay for at TJ Maxx. Especially when silver lame fabric is involved. Yeowzers.

But my BFF hosted our litte dinner party - she's amazing, as usual. Even though she left for a cruise at 6 AM today, she had the whole house decorated and beautiful... how gorgeous is this tablescape?
Yeah, my BFF is pretty amazing... that's all I'm saying.

Much champagne and wine was consumed, which made my group gift all the more entertaining:
Yep, I bought us Twilight Scene It. And then we proceeded to decide that figuring out the board game component was too confusing so we just played the DVD part of the game. Screaming out the answers. Hilarious... and also a wee bit depressing. We are lame, but it's ok - we all liked it.

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How's this for an abrupt change of topic? If you follow me on Twitter you know I got Forever21 order and am trying to decide if I like the items I ordered.
My informal twitter poll said that #2 and #4 were winners and the other 2 should go bye-bye. I really wanted to love the other two... but the tank top is too big and frankly too long - so it's out. And I love the white sweater dress but I guess it's a bit sheer. Oh well.

So now I'm off to get stuff ready for the post office so I can get that done before heading out to the mall for the day. Somebody please remind me next year that working retail for the holidays is always a bad idea. I had forgotten.

Hope everyone is having a fabulous Eve of Christmas Eve!

NewMoonNewMoonNewMoon

Ladies and... more ladies (seriously, any boy reading this blog should have his head checked), I have finally gotten my butt in gear for an official New Moon Review.

The reason it's taken me this long to put my thoughts down is because I really didn't know how to organize my thoughts.... so I think I am just going to state my "Yay's" and "Nay's". (I realize that I probably shouldn't have apostrophes in Yay and Nay but they look weird otherwise, so let's go with it, shall we?)

Me with the BFFs

I'll start with the negatives so we can end on a positive note.

The Nay's

• The one-liners. If you haven't read New Moon the book, it's a slow read. In fact, when I convinced one of my BFFs to read the series, she tried to quit during New Moon. It's a slow and painful read. That being said, I think this new (male) director was trying to turn what is basically a teenage romance into some male-centric slapstick flick. I did not wait in line for 1.5 hours to watch The Hangover, or some such boy movie. Thankyouverymuch.
• Jasper's hair. Or maybe it was just Jasper in general. Either way, his hair was weirdly poufed and his expressions were much more genuine-looking in Twilight. He's downright freakish-looking in this movie.

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• Not enough time with the Volturi. I think that they did a great job with the Italy stuff... I enjoyed every single second. But I would have liked a bit more description and explanation of who the different characters were. Also, in the book is described the Volturi as ancient and fragile looking, which I didn't really see in the short scenes they were in. More Volturi, please!

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• Edward, I missed you. In short, there wasn't enough romance between Edward and Bella - but that's how it appears in the books so I guess I can't complain. I'll just start my countdown to Eclipse.
• The bright, sunny tone. To me, this movie seemed particularly bright. After the weirdly-dark cinematography on Twilight, I was almost squinting into the brightness of New Moon (that, and the fact that it was past my bedtime...). New Moon the book was particularly dark and bleak, especially in the beginning, so the brightness of the movie was a bit... odd. Mostly, it was just a big difference from Twilight... but I guess that's what happens when you put in a new director (or was it a producer? whatever).
  

I think that's about all the negatives I saw... obviously I liked the movie.

The Yay's

• Taylor Lautner. I've said it once and I'll say it again - his acting was phenominal. I was blown away by the depth of his character and just his excellent acting. He seemed like an actor who had been in dozens and dozens of films. His emotion was absolutely perfect. And the romance between he and Bella? WOW. I didn't think I'd ever be interested in that plotline, but in the end I was begining to wish the movie had taken it a bit further. I was hooked by his romance and if I hadn't googled him and found out he was born in freakin 1992 then I'd be all over that.

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• The Vampire Makeup. All of the Cullens looked MUCH more natural in this movie - much less chalky and weird. I still think a couple of them could be improved (Carlisle!), but overall they were much more natural looking.
• Taylor Lautner's Abs. God bless his fitness coach. He is de-licious. And jailbait.

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• The Acting. Kristen Stewart acted SO much better in this movie - she actually brought a lot of interest to Bella, in my opinion. Go Kristen! I've already covered Taylor, but he brought.it. Definitely an award winning performance on his part.
• Bella and Edward reuniting in Italy. When he said "Heaven?" - I thought I was going to burst into tears. It was seriously the perfect moment. Loved it.
• The special effects and the digital effects were much better in New Moon than in Twilight. They were just more professional and you could tell New Moon had a bigger budget. Excellent.
• Kristen Stewart was SO PRETTY. I was not a huge fan of her Twilight performance so I was expecting to be disappointed by her in New Moon, but she definitely improved. The first scene she was on camera I was trying to figure out how they had changed her to make her so pretty... whatever they did, it worked!
  

Overall, I'm a huge fan of the books so of course I liked the movie. It's fun to see something that I enjoyed reading come to life on the big screen.

That being said, New Moon was the worst of the books, so I'm hoping that the movies continue to improve from here.

I'll give New Moon, the movie, a grade of: B.

Not the best, but defintiely not the worst movie I've ever seen.

Now, there are 219 days until Eclipse... how am I going to pass the time until then?

(Oh yeah, by going and seeing New Moon over and over until it's out of theaters).

So what did you think of New Moon??

Wow Wow

Too exhausted for a full writeup about New Moon.

But Omg. Taylor Lautner, aka Jacob the Werewolf.

You are 17, and you are jailbait... but I kinda of want to lick you. Or bite you. Preferably on the arms or shoulders.

TMI? That is all.