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Me x Five!!!! - Item #1

So one of my closest friends started her own creative twist on the "Tell-us-a-bunch-of-things-about-you" surveys by listing five "ME" attributes about herself. If you responded to her post, she would then respond with the five attributes that she most commonly associated with you, and your assignment was to then discuss those five attributes about yourself. I of course always find it fun and interesting to see what others think about you or associate with you, so I definitely responded.

Over the next several days I'm going to post the five requested topics/attributes that my friend made to me.

I would love to keep this string going, so PLEASE drop me a quick comment and I'll return your comment with the five things I would love to hear more about you!

It will be of no surprise to any of you that the first association listed from my friend was "TWILIGHT." Hey, I'm not ashamed, and I embrace my PASSION for my Edward and this fantastic guilty pleasure!

(I mean seriously...who doesn't want to love that all life long????)

I have written before, hundreds of times about Twilight and all things related to it, and I even believe I mentioned in one of my posts how many wonderful opportunities this little hobby of mine has brought to my life in the past year and a half! I have my kindred sistership to thank for pushing me to read the series. Hayley had already devoured the first three books, and it was still more than a year out before the forth and final book was to be released. She had been crazy obsessed with the first three books, and for someone who never was a reader prior to these books, it was just nuts that she had become the reading fiend that she was. Admittingly, I was adamantly against reading books having to do with Vampires. I had been tricked before by my dear sistership when it came to non-scary movies, and I figured she was pulling the same ol' trick with me again.

It is true that I am the BIGGEST scaredy cat on the planet. I sincerely cannot separate reality from fiction. It is all so real to me and all scary things will haunt me, literally, for years! Reference here my sick and twisted haunted life with Samara from "The Ring!" That evil little well-dwelling girl will NOT get out of my bedroom! So needless to say I was not about to expose myself to a 400 page book about Vampires. In my mind I was envisioning Ann Rice's vampires or the really scary ones that existed in that horrific film....Oh crap, can't remember the name of it now, but it is a really old flick and I watched as a very young child and it scared the dickens out of me. Anyway, Hayley persisted and persisted and swore on the lives of my children that I would not be scared and that I would absolutely be in love with this Vampire Love story.

Good Heavens was she right! And there are many of you in my Coven that I gave the same line too, and you to came around! So truly, once I started Twilight, there was no stopping, and luckily I only had a few months to wait for Breaking Dawn to be released. Plenty of time to reread each book twice, Eclipse I read three times actually, AND I listened to the audio narration of each novel twice! I am a huge fan of the Audio versions. They received mixed reviews, but I loved them! Loved the narrator, and I loved Breaking Dawn with the Jacob narrator coming into the picture.

Once Edward sunk his teeth into my mind, heart, and soul, there was no turning back! My passion, note I'm not saying Obsession because I think that word has a negative connotation, and there isn't anything negative about my PASSION for Edward, has brought so many enjoyable times to my life. And surprisingly, I have found that this love has awakened some personal attributes that I didn't know existed. My love of Vampire novels has grown immensely. Grant it, I'm still quite choosy, making sure I'm not getting myself into some Steven King time horror story, but I have found some incredibly awesome books. None of which come close to the Twilight Saga, but are great entertainment nonetheless!

This love of Twilight has brought out a crazy fashion sense in me that didn't exist before, and I am loving it! I have also found inspiration in the book covers in decorating my bedroom. Great fun!

All in all, I look forward to the future when I get to look back on all these years of this Twilight Saga and say that I was one of those who loved it, embraced it, lived it! Call me crazy...I don't care!

Breaking Dawn Review - SPOILER ALERT!!!!

Before I start in about "Breaking Dawn" let me put out there some pretty INCREDIBLE news!!!! Lexicon just released that due to the postponement of the release of "Harry Potter 6" to next summer, they are capitalizing and moving up the premiere of "Twilight" to November 21st!!!!! YES YES YES!!!!! I'm sad we have to wait even longer for H.P. but OME...we get two extra weeks and an holiday weekend to watch "Twilight" over and over! Celebrate good times..COME ON!!!!

Okay, so after far too many days and weeks, and nights of falling asleep, I finally finished "Breaking Dawn"!!!! I am anxious to discuss this with all of you who have finished also! Honestly, I am completely torn on this one. I'm afraid that all my building up to loving this book Sooooo much left me open to disappointment. Not to say that there weren't many things that I totally loved in the book, but I found myself not LOVING it more than LOVING it. So finishing it is quite bittersweet for me!

So here it is...my likes/dislikes list of "Breaking Dawn"...

What I liked:

• The Wedding! This was awesome! I loved that the entire theme was for Edward! Envisioning the entire event was fun also. I loved Alice! And my favorite part was of course Edward seeing Bella for the first time! I loved the gift from Charlie & Renee! And I loved Charlie seeing Bella! Charlie made me cry! Which brings me to my second favorite thing about the book...


• Charlie! I loved him throughout the entire book! I cried more with his parts of the book than even Edward! I found him very touching and I loved that he didn't have to be broken hearted about Bella "dying!" I also loved that Charlie got a happy ending! Poor guy deserved one!


• The Honeymoon! I loved every minute of it! I loved the long boat ride out to Esme's Island, and the vision of walking up to the cottage. It was truly written out of a dream-honeymoon come true. And I cracked up over Bella trying to decide which of the Intimate Lingerie that Alice had packed for her to wear for their first night. I nearly died with the vision of Edward waiting in the water for Bella! OME! I loved Edward's concern for her, but also fighting his own wants and needs! Whew! Too much ecstasy for me..NOT!


• Edward Saving Bella! I could just picture in my mind the fierceness and determination in Edward to save her! He was methodical and full of passion and he was not going to lose her. It was like the scene with James all over again! I loved it! I love him! (Are you sure Nat? Really? Love Edward? No one would ever guess!)


• Seth! I loved this little wolf! I loved his devotion to the Cullen's, especially Edward, and his complete loyalty to Jacob! He was a great part of this book!


• Carlisle! I loved that he had a bigger part in this book. I loved his touching conversation with Jacob on the stairs. I loved that Jacob loved him! I loved the deep interactions between him and Edward. And I loved him dismissing Aro at the end!


• The Cottage! I loved Edward's and Bella's home. I want so much for it to be a real place! I want to go there! And I want the closet and clothes that come with it.


• Bella's "Awakening" outfit! I loved that Alice had dressed her in a blue satin dress. LOL!


• Bella Sharing her mind with Edward! What a gift! He finally got to see inside her head! He finally got to see and feel truly how much she did love him, and that he was worthy of her love! Tear tear tear!


• Bantering between Jacob & Rosalie! Hilarious! I loved every interaction between these two...from her bringing him food in a bowl that she made herself with the work "Fido" etched on the side...to him chucking that very bowl at the back side of her head! Seriously! That was great!


• And as much as it dismays me to say this...I loved Jacob! At first I was completely put off that he had an entire section of the book dedicated to his POV. But actually, I ended up loving it. I loved the humor he brought to all the situations and I loved his story! I loved when he and Bella FINALLY stopped pining over one another! (I had had enough of that!)


• So obviously...I loved that finally IMPRINTED on someone! Good grief! I'll say more about the WHO later!


• Overall...I enjoyed Bella as a vampire! I loved her first trip in the woods with Edward and flying over the river and trees. I loved that she could control her hunger (which I expected all along of her). And of course, I loved her undying infatuation with Edward! (Not that would be difficult). I loved her awakening! It was exactly what I had hoped for! (YES, I have always wanted Bella to be turned! Sorry!)


• Esme feeding the wolves and offering them a Home! I seriously was crying hard at this! Go figure!


• Listening to "Breaking Dawn" on Audio vs. Reading it! I was NOT liking the book until I started over and listened to it instead. I am hoping now that I've heard it, that reading it again when I revamp the book will be a better experience!


• Favorite Edward Moments: Some I've already mentioned, Seeing Bella at the wedding as she came into view; Him stabbing his venom directly into Bella's heart and screaming at Jacob that she is NOT going to die!; Him standing naked in the ocean with the full moon shining on his sparkling white skin, waiting for Bella; Him getting dressed after their "first" time in the cottage; His broken heart after Alice left; The cars he bought for Bella; His anguish over Bella's pain; and Feathers!

What I didn't like:

• The Wedding! Yes, I know that I said I loved it...but I also felt very strongly that it was ruined by the appearance of Jacob. That realllly pissed me off. It took away from the perfect event happening. I immensely disliked the fact that it took Bella away from Edward and made her start pining over Jacob again. That whole interaction could have happened before the big day if you ask me. That way the day could have been all bliss!


• The lack of Edward! Once again, I felt like Edward was lost in the shadow of Jacob. Now, yes, I did say that I loved Jacob in this book, but come on...we have all fallen in love with this series, okay, well MOST of us have fallen in love with this series because of EDWARD. I felt like SM just trumped him way too much in this book. I wanted more...much much more!


• Alice! Or I should say what SM did to her in the book! I really disliked this. Once again I felt like one of the best characters was completely trumped by a character that we didn't know, and one that we didn't necessarily love with Renesme blocking her and silencing her, and Rosalie taking her role as "BFF" and protector of Bella. Didn't like that at all! And her "big scheme" at the end...nope, didn't like that either! I'm glad she came back, but it could have been done so much better!


• The lack of all the characters that we love! With the exception of Carlisle getting his fair share of time in the spotlight, everyone else just kind of disappeared throughout the book. Emmet for one! Not nearly enough of him! He was just a sidekick throughout the entire book. The wolf pack...all but disappeared at the end! Leah! We finally get to see her side of being a "Shape-shifter" and her finally being accepted and she just disappears. She deserved a better ending! Seth...my favorite wolf, where did he go? We'll never know!


• Rosalie and Jacob parenting! I mean if we're going to be forced to deal with the whole half-breed situation, then why not let us see Edward and Bella bond more with her. They always seemed to be an afterthought in the entire scenario. I am sure that SM was trying to fulfill Rosalie's need to be a mother, but it was just too weird for me. And why didn't Edward get more time with this kid??? He had existed for nearly 100 years thinking he would never be a father and now he is...and again, their connection, I THOUGHT, was underwhelming at best. The only believable tender moment was when Bella said good-bye to Renesme and Jacob understood what he had to do. The look on Edward's face and Reneseme's and Jacob's as they all knew what was coming was great and touching!


• The REAL Werewolves! O brother! Totally unnecessary! Shape-Shift this!!!!


• Oh Reneseme, Nessie, or whatever... This whole thing just didn't work for me. I tried! I really really tried. In fact, when I first realized that Bella was pregnant, and I thought of the opening Preface where she discusses having to be killed by something that she loved so much...I craved for an emotional demise of some sort. I had a first thought that it was going to represent a battle between her and Jacob, but then I realized it was between her and her child...but nothing came of that! The entire pregnancy was way too much like that awesome 80's mini-series "V"! Remember the alien twins! HA HA HA! Yeah, that's all I could envision in my head. So I never became emotionally tied to the baby. I bawled my eyes out when the little green alien baby died. But never shed one tear over NESSIE!


• The Volturi Battle! OMH! This was the most frustrating part of the whole book for me. I felt like we had gone through a lot to Live through the birth...to live through the imprinting on Reneseme...and so on and so on! But why did we not get to have a battle??? It was SO anti-climatic! Why all the build up of training Bella? Why the build up of hatred between the various Cullen's and the Volturi! Why didn't we get to see any of it come to fruition! I mean I loved the battle between Edward and Victoria in "Eclipse". We were not left hanging in that book...why do that to us in the FINAL episode of the series! I was sooo disappointed! It thought it was awful! It turned way to preachy instead of some kick-butt Vampire battle! I desperately wanted to see Edward take on Demitri, Bella take on Jane, and so on! And for the love...why didn't that annoying ARO die! I'm with the Romanians...completely disappointing!


• Jacob imprinting on Reneseme...Well I'm going to have to label this as my one "on-the-fence" topics. I am thrilled that he finally imprinted on someone and found his happiness. I'm just not so sure about it being Reneseme. I mean I loved how he protected her, and how she liked biting him...but I think that SM led us to believe that something was happening between him and Leah...and then NOTHING. So I'm torn on this whole thing.


• And finally, the ONE thing I disliked out of the entire book...Edward's whole Sharing Bella idea! Come on Eddie! I totally did not buy into that whole thing! I was so disappointed! Like I don't have enough Polygamy in my life! Snap out of it Edward!

So that's it...that's my list/review! Overall I enjoyed it, just for the love of the entire series! It definitely is not my favorite, "Twilight" and "Eclipse" will remain in that category forever. But I did like enough because in the end I got what I wanted, Bella with Edward, and Bella as a vampire. I just wish SM had taken us all there in a few different routes! Oh well, there is always FanFics!

Well Post away... I can't wait to hear/read what you all think as well! (I'll be disappointed if you don't!)

"It was an adrenaline rush...You can Google it!"

Wow Twilighters...in my brief return to my favorite world today, I realized how laxed I have become in my Twilight updates! Shame on me. Being in this world just makes me so happy!

Anyhow, posted below is the upcoming Entertainment Weekly magazine cover and it features our favorite Vampire and Vampire-To-Be. HOWEVER...it is an AWFUL, AWFUL picture. So, NO Brittany, you can't use this as an example of why you still don't like Robert Pattenson as Edward. Truly folks, it looks to me like a really bad Photoshop make-over gone VERY WRONG. Edward is nowhere near that weird looking in any of the scenes, or in real life...HELLO...I saw him myself! And Bella looks like some 1920's goddess...which we know she is NOT in the movie. But whatever...the fact is that the magazine is going to highlight the release of "Breaking Dawn" and talk more about our movie!

So to make up for the horrid picture, here's an update video/interview talking about WHY the movie HAS to go away from some of the book...and Hello!!! Edward is y-u-m-m-y! He just sent me into an Adrenaline Rush (watch it and you'll know what I'm talking about with that phrase!)

Enjoy my fellow Twilighters! And Godbless Stephenie Meyers! Woo hoo!

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My Trip to the set of Twilight - Part II "Vampire Siting"

Alrighty "Twilighters", I cannot even begin to tell you what an amazing HIGH I am on right now! Last night was one of the coolest nights I have had in a very very long time. As I stated in my previous Blog Tiff and I spotted the beginnings of some action taking place on the set of Twilight. So yesterday afternoon after we concluded a very long work day, we packed the kids in the car and headed back down to 1st Street, St. Helens! We picked up food along the way, and as we turned the corner I nearly choked on my grilled chicken wrap from McDonald's as we saw the entire Twilight movie set all geared up and ready to start shooting! I started screaming like a girl! Oh wait, I am a girl! Whatever! We proceeded down to the Marina and that is where we then saw all of the actor's trailers, wardrobe trailers, food tents, etc. Thus, more screaming ensued! Next came the texting and phone calls to my sisterships at home! He he he!

Tiff and I parked the car, loaded up the kids and headed down to where they were all set up. It appeared as if they were preparing for the Port Angeles Restaurant scene. We were sneaking down the sidewalk, trying to keep the kids very quiet when suddenly someone screamed "ROLLING!" I thought I was going to freak out! It was sooo exciting! We stood there for a good 15 minutes when Tiff decided to take the kids down towards the Marina while I tried to get more pics. She no more walks away and the director clears the set and I am standing in the middle of all the extras and everyone heading towards the Marina for their Dinner break. One of Edward's doubles walked right passed me and as I was gawking at him and a large white van pulls up next to me with you know who in it....EDWARD & BELLA! I nearly tripped over myself! So I took off for the Marina and that's where the fun really began!

We stood on the Pier right above the wardrobe trailer and watched as everyone gathered around the food tent and ate their dinner. After mingling with a few other Twilight Moms for about 30 minutes, they finally finished their dinner. Bella was the first to come out! She walked right over to us and started choosing her outfit for the next scenes. Normally they say that she doesn't like to be seen by fans, etc., but as you can, see, she wasn't hiding from us! Woo Hoo! We haven't been able to figure out who the funky-haired chic is that is with her!

As we were watching Bella, that is when my heart skipped a million beats! Edward came out of the tent! We were all freaking out! We started just snapping our cameras as quickly as we could. We truly were a bunch of fan freaks! But oh well! I didn't fly to Oregon to NOT see him!

We took pictures for about another 30 minutes and after that the kids had had all that they could have and they also had frost bite! It was only 45 Degrees and we were by the water! And the most tragic part is that my camera battery died!

After we came home and put the kids to bed, that is when I prepared myself to venture out on my own. Tiff went to bed and I headed back to the land of Vampires! And what an exciting world it was! What was once a typical old home style town of St.Helens, was now the glorious, lit-up backdrop of Port Angeles and the romantic Restaurant scene that we all know and love. I was delirious with happiness! The restaurant was now uncovered and completely lit up with tiny white lights and beautiful red flowers. All the homes that lined both sides of the street had lights in the yards lighting them up in many different angles. Trees throughout were lit up. It was beautiful. There were dozens of people buzzing around on platforms and cranes just moving about getting so many different things ready for the scene. I could not believe how much work went into getting the set ready for what ended up being a two-minute section of the movie!

Once filming actually started I watched as the scene played itself out over and over...which was completely fine by me! It would start with Jessica and Angela walking out of the restaurant only to bump into Edward and Bella....conversations would ensue, and then Edward would lead Bella inside! Be still my heart! I watched them do this for nearly an hour. They fixed her hair, fixed his make-up and on and on! It was magical! I loved every moment of it!

So we will be going back there today. I don't know what they will be doing tonight. Actually, don't really care. I just want to see Edward one last time! I hope you enjoy this update and I hope you enjoy the pics! (And for all the pics I didn't post...please go to the Cole Family Album!)