You WILL Be A Fan, I Tell You!

Alright, I've got a date with my mom this weekend and she promised she would watch Twilight! Now, to all of those that I haven't turned yet... (Strongly working on Gemma, almost there...)

I decided to start reading New Moon over again... in the process I decided I would give you a taste of what you're missing out on here.

Be forewarned, if you read this - you will be hooked - you will go out and you WILL buy the entire Twilight Saga... you will WANT to start with New Moon to read what happens next after the scene I'm about to post, but you will start from the beginning by reading Twilight because you're a good little fan and don't wanna go out of order. ;)

Here's a short excerpt from New Moon, Chapter 1 - page 28:

I took the little package, rolling my eyes at Edward while I struck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape.

"Shoot," I muttered when the paper sliced my finger, I pulled it out to examine the damage. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut.

It all happened very quickly then.

"No!" Edward roared.

He threw himself at me, flinging me back across the table. It fell, as I did, scattering the cake and the presents, the flowers and the plates. I landed in the mess of the shattered crystal.

Jasper slammed into Edward, and the sound was like the crash of boulders in a rock slide.

There was another noise, a grisly snarling that seemed to be coming from deep in Jasper's chest. Jasper tried to shove past Edward, snapping his teeth just inches from Edward's face.

Emmett grabbed Jasper from behind in the next second, locking him into his massive steel grip, but Jasper struggled on, his wild, empty eyes focused only on me.

Beyond the shock, there was also pain. I'd tumbled down to the floor by the piano, with my arms thrown out instinctively to catch my fall, into the jagged shards of glass. Only now did I feel the searing, stinging pain that ran from my wrist to the crease inside my elbow.

Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm - into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.

I definitely hope that Stephenie Meyer isn't mad at me for posting that small excerpt. :S I'm just trying to turn the last four people in the world that aren't a Twilight fan. ;)

Annnnd, if I did manage to piss someone off who is high up on the Twilight chain, drop me a line below and the excerpt will be PROMPTLY removed, no hard feelings.

Let me know what you think... after the jump.

xoxox

PS - I have no hard feelings towards Jasper. If you read, you'll understand why. ;)

How Do I Feel This Good Sober?

For the record - I am sober while I write this...

1 week sober actually.

Do I intend on staying that way forever? Possibly.

Probably not... I can guarantee that it's not my time to give up 'drugs' and alcohol, however, there will be a day that I will need to. I've seen that elephant in the room for a long time. A big huge, 1200 pounds elephant with a bright pink tutu on. I chose to ignore it.

http://www.videojug.com/interview/dr-drews-addiction-advice-3

Dr. Drew has been someone I have looked up to for the longest time. He seems like a cool dude who is in on pop culture and know's his shit. I used to sneak up and watch Loveline late at night in middle school. Honestly, I wanted to know about the sex stuff, but in reality he's an addiction specialist.

Annnd, if you watch that video above, he states that addiction is 60% hereditary. Meanwhile, BOTH of my parents are alcoholics and have problems with addiction. What does that mean in simple words?

I'm fucked.

My mom has been sober since like 2003, I believe...? Around then... Now, I'm not inside her head or anything, but she seemed to have more problems with it at the beginning of it than now... I'm sure it's still an everyday struggle.

If you're addicted to something, and you take that away, you get addicted to something else... that's what an addictive personality does... Now if I knew what I was addicted to the most, I could give it up... or try... or not.

Depression setting in...

To think that all this was really brought on by Twilight... something so happy... err...

xoxox

Twilight DVD Release

Guess it's not a secret anymore...

Just wanted to send a short update and some photos your way since I've been so sick and I haven't gotten a chance to really update.

Jenn came home sick a while back and my immune system has never been that great, so now I'm even sicker than she was...

Friday night Jenn and I went to the Hot Topic Twilight DVD release party... if you can call it a party... we showed up at 930, and were pretty close to the front of the line... around 40/200.

We went in and got to shop around a little bit and we each bought a Cullen sweatband. :) I'm getting ahead of myself...


Here I am at home before going to the party with Edward... no I didn't go to the party WITH Edward... you get the picture...

We both wore all our Twilight merch. I had on my Esme Cullen bracelet and my Team Edward bracelets, my Twilight shirt, Team Edward sweatshirt, a Twilight bag clip and a necklace that I forgot to put on until after the photo was taken.

We had gone to WalMart earlier in the day and I got the bag clip -- which I put on my belt loop -- and the necklace -- that I forgot to put on until after this pic... $5 each! Their shirts are $10 -- the one I'm wearing was $22!!

...Now, I hate Walmart with ever inch of my being... but if I'm going to get Twilight gear THIS cheap, I might be prone to going more often.


Me in the car, super happy to FINALLY get the DVD!!


Got my picture with Edward! :) There was a Hot Topic employee named Jacob who was manning the Robward stand, and he was trying to convince us that that was REALLY Robert Pattinson. XD He was funny... we got our pictures with him because he was really cute and his name was Jacob... I won't post em cuz I don't have his permission... but they're on my Facebook and MySpace if you're blessed enough to be on those. ;) He said he wanted to make a shirt that said "Team Me" (hehe, get it... Jacob...) But he said he didn't have enough time.


Here's the Taylor Lautner autograph that was sent out to every Hot Topic store. Winners announced Monday. I waaaaaaant... they're also giving away that Edward stand... I would really prefer the Taylor autograph, even though I run with Vampires...

I've really began to admire Taylor... I can't stand Jacob... stupid mutt is so annoying, it's sweet that Edward and Jacob, like, became friends... but I hate that dumb dog... and the parts in the book where Bella seemed *confused* on whether she should love Edward or Jacob? Well let's just say it's a good thing these are all fictional characters because I would have to kick Bella's ass... I'm getting off track here... I'm really looking forward to New Moon to see Taylor shine. He's such a sweetie. :)

So we bought our merch then had to go sit back outside and wait for midnight... along the way on the ground I found someone's ticket for their DVD... no one was around, so I pocketed it... Later on a mom and 2 teenagers came down the line and the mom was all, "you're gonna ask EVERY SINGLE PERSON in this line!" and I said, "did you guys loose your lil card?" They said yes and I pulled it out of my back pocket... "well I found this one..." I said and handed it to them and they all three thanked me a hundred times... I said it was no problem... a little while later the 'kids' came up to me and said "ma'am" (yes, they really said 'ma'am' --- I wish they didn't.) And they handed me 2 coupons for Joe's Crab Shack as a thank you... I said thanks for them and they made it seem like it was no big deal... but really it was a wonderful gesture. (Even though I hate seafood.) I hugged them both and they went back on their way... Jenn said I got good karma. :)

We didn't get in to get our DVD until 1245 because Hot Topic can only have 50 people in the store at one time.

I'm going to get the Target DVD on Thursday... meanwhile I've been so sick I haven't even made it through the Hot Topic DVD -- or had time to go up to FYE to get the DVD we preordered there.

Good times...

My back spasmed out a few days ago so I've been dealing with that AND being sick AND Twilight.

xoxox

Ya, Ya, Ya...

"If it makes you less sad, I will die by your hand,
Hope you find out what you want, already know what I am,
And if it makes you less sad, we'll start talking again,
You can tell me how vile, already know that I am,
I'll grow old, start acting my age,
Be a brand new day, in a life that you hate..."

Ughhhh, I didn't want to post today, but I had promised to post YESTERDAY, so I figured I owed ya one. ;)

There's a Twitter updater thingy over ----> there. Follow me!

Jenn's been sick the past couple days, so what happens? On the day I've been looking forward to for MONTHS, I wake up sick... I haven't got the nasal/congestion part yet... but my throat is dry and scratchy... got that dry cough. Fuck my life.

Today Jenn and I might go see Twilight at the dollar theater. Every time the preview for the DVD comes on the TV I stop breathing... tonight is the midnight release party @ Hot Topic!!! I can't freaking wait! XD

Also today I'm meeting a guy that I met online. His name is John and he's a lawyer... that's all you need to know right now. I'm excited... we've been talking for a few weeks. :)

Alright, so where did I leave off?

My parents came down and spent their "vacation" here in KC. Twas pretty cool and really awesome to see them 4 days in a row. They stayed at the Hotel Phillips downtown, which is really swanky. :) We went to dinner a couple times, did some touristy stuff, talked... of course I could never segway into what I needed to talk to them about, but whatever. I don't even feel it's that important anymore.

The night before SPD, Jenn and I went to the most awesome bar I've ever been to! It's called the Flying Saucer and it's in the Power and Light District. They have soooo many beers. It was their "pint night" so I got a Boulevard Wheat for $2. Then I tried the "build your own flight" for $10 and I got to try 5 different beers. I wanted to try completely random beers, so I got Flying Monkey Stout, Boulevard Pale Ale (which I loved), Fuller's ESP (from LDN, which I loved), St. Louis Frambroie (which was actually from Belgium and made with fruit! Very tangy!) annnd, my 5th? Oktoberfest beer!!!! It was really good, my favorite from the bunch! I wanna go back there.

St. Patty's Day was cool, it was the first time that Jennifer or I had gone out since we had turned 21, and I think it might be the last. LOL I got too drunk. I'm definitely backing off drinking for a while. I'm thinking maybe ONE glass of wine. ONE beer. ONE martini... We'll just leave it at that. Control.

My parents and I went and did the Westport thing one day. Twas alright... we went to the World Market down there, which is always cool. My step mom bought us a whole bunch of goodies. I got Hello Kitty treats. They're little biscuits you dip in strawberry creme. I got a jar of Nutella. XD Hummus chips, chili flake chocolate, pomegranate chocolate and Chinese red pepper/garlic hot sauce...

We had just had lunch at the Jerusalem Cafe and they had this super hot sauce on the hummus and my step mom asked what it was and the waiter said it was Chinese red pepper and garlic. My dad and I liked it, but Jennifer wouldn't go near it and my step mom nearly died when she tried it! We found some at the market and bought it! I have no idea what I'm gonna put it on though. LOL

Just went back and read my blog and I haven't blogged about my mom's showing yet!!!!!

It went fabulous!!!! Other than a random day of having my period unexpectedly and LUCKILY bringing a change of clothes along... the day was pretty perfect.

Pam picked me up and we stopped off at Target where she bought some makeup for her and my mom. They got that Cover Girl Simply Ageless makeup that Ellen endorses, and it worked fabulously on them. :) Pam bought a couple eye shadows at my suggestion and she even threw in a really cool purple eye shadow for me! XD

We had a drink and a snack from Starbucks, and it turns out we both like the same thing there. My mom bought Chipotle for lunch and when she came home we started doing makeups. I helped Pam out with hers, since she's not a makeup pro. ;) She looked really classy at the end of it all.

It wasn't until we were almost ready that my mom HAPPENED to mention that my grandparents would be there... *rolls eyes*

That went alright, I guess... my grandma is retarded, but whatever. I hadn't seen them in 3 years... I wouldn't go as far to say it was "nice" to see them, but I suppose it was nice for them... and they aren't going to live forever, so I can play nice.

My mom made a joke about thinking she was going to need more Xanax than she actually took and I thought I wasn't going to need any... turns out we switched... I took more than she did. LOL Oh wells...

Everyone loved her art. I teared up a bit... I'm just so super proud of her. :) People were pretty amazed that the girl in the photo turned out to be me... so that was neat to get some attention there, even though it was her night.

She even sold a photograph!!!!! :) Pretty badass.

After the show we went to have thai food, which was INCREDIBLE. I can't wait to go back to that restaurant...

Alright, so now you're all caught up and I can stop ignoring you.

Comments = love.

Pic - click to enlarge:


Twilight cast, L-R Name (character)
Ashley Greene (Alice), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper), Nikki Reed (Rosalie), Kristen Stewart [& her stunna shades] (Bella), Robert Pattinson (Edward), Kellan Lutz (Emmett).

Twilight DVD parties tonight!!! Find one in your area and GO! At least go buy the DVD tomorrow!!!

Are you buying the Twilight DVD!?

xoxox

I'm Not Dead

...just busy...

Sorry for the delay in posts... I reckon I'll do a massive post Wednesday or Thursday to satiate your Jodie-blog needs. ;)

To make up for it, here is an icon for every day I've missed. Aren't you lucky?



Have a good St. Patty's Day and DONT DRINK AND DRIVE! I love you all, no deaths, please.

xoxox

EDIT/PS --

I just realized something. When I sent you that card, I was genuinely being honest, true and just plain nice... that's not what I realized... I realized you laughed at me. Wow...

And people say that I'm mean!

This Sort Of Turned Into Post... Sorry

"I know I sounded crazy on the phone,
Telling you to meet me here, come alone,
No, it cannot wait, til the morning,
Left him lying quiet in our bed,
All the thoughts I've tried to hide, he's read,
Now it's clear to me, what's ahead,
And I can't go home, til I make this known,
Goodbye my love, I'm leaving in the morning,
Goodbye my love, this is our last warning,
This is the end..."

Those lyrics are from Keri Noble. Her album was playing the other day when I was at Barnes and Noble and I adored it so much I actually went up to the people at the checkout and asked who she was... Incredible. I had never heard of her until then, but she's pretty popular.

(Weird actual thing... after I downloaded her album, I downloaded Kelly Clarkson's new album... so I listened to Kelly's album, then I go and type in "Keri Noble" in my iTunes so I can listen to hers and Kelly actually covered one of Keri's songs on her album. Haha, weird twist of coincidence and good timing. I love when things like that happen.)

My sleeping is all messed up again. Last night I think I went to bed pretty early, but Jodie standards -- was around midnight, I think. But then I woke up at 6, which is different from the usual 430a on the dot that's been going on for a while now... so I guess I was relieved in that...

Even though I'm sure there are loads of people who get just that much sleep every night, I'm usually the kind of girl who can't function without a good solid 8-10 hours of sleep a night... 8 is on the light side... lately I've been lucky if I could get somewhere between 4-6... and 6 is if I'm lucky...

I'm pretty stoked about my mom's showing tonight. :) I'll of course let you know how all that goes, I'm sure it'll be fantastic. The other night Jennifer and I were talking about photography and stuff and I said that I hoped one day I could have my own showing and she (just like everyone) says, "oh, I'm sure you will!! You're a great photographer..."

Yes, thank you... my mom is an EXTRAORDINARY photographer and this is her FIRST showing. She's been doing photographer in the teens amount of a years... She's had a piece in a showing before, not sure if it was more than once, but I remember the show Ambiance, she had a piece in it... Anyhow, for someone as extraordinary as my mom to just now be getting her own gallery show and then for people to be super confident that I'll have my own show someday... it's not the same people. Sure, I take good photographs. I'm definitely not great yet. I am my mothers daughter, and thank god for that... thank god there's a photography gene and I just happen to get it, (that was a joke, photography is just a talent/passion we both happen to possess.) but that doesn't mean that this will come easy...

People (yes more than one, don't freak if you were one of them who has said this to me...) keep saying to me, "well I hope this photography thing takes off" or something of the sorts, basically "I hope you get really successful with this" or "I hope you make a lot of money..." They KEEP saying that to me, and they aren't LISTENING to the things that I've said before...

I wouldn't mind doing weddings (my mom has sworn up, down and back again that she will NEVER do another wedding as long as she lives) portraits, headshots, etc to make some money... but I never started doing photography looking for a career. (My mom doesn't even want it as HER career... although I'm sure she would like to make more cash from it, she's more interested in massage therapy and healing as a career) I just wanted to take photos because I truly love doing it. I love taking photos and sharing them with everyone... so of all the things that I've wanted to start a career out of -- photography was the one thing that I actually started doing with no expectations...

I guess that's great of me... if by some random twist of fate I made some money doing this, then fantastical! I'm never one to turn away money... but this isn't about success for me. I just wanted to make that clear. This is just about the love of photography.

Tis the end... Lader Vader!

A Post In Itself.

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*click to enlarge, you really should*

When I saw the tiny snippet picture this morning I peed myself... to see that photo in all of it's gloriousness, well, I died... my lord is he attractive! :) I severely adore his lips... jaw line... everything... I love that he has green eyes... I've never crushed on a guy with green eyes. XD

See the other photos (and read the article if you want to) HERE.

My favorite photo is the one where he's smoking. Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah... Sexy... screw sexy, he's SEX.

XD

Don't spoil me on the article, I'm not reading it until I buy the magazine!!!!!!!!

I love you Robert... ooh yes, I do.

xoxox

JPattz