and then I'll stop... for now.

I didn't like this trailer at first.  I don't think Robert Pattinson makes a good enough Edward.  But seeing as how that isn't going to change that he IS playing Edward, I've been trying to warm up to the idea.  Now that I've seen other clips that really do look promising, I can see (for the most part) it a little more in this trailer.  Keep in mind, Edward is WAY better looking (I was gonna say "in real life"... lol) in the books than he is in this trailer.  But for now, this will have to do.

Yes, I'm slightly obsessed still.  Come on, once you're sucked into the story, it's hard to come back out.  lol

So, I've been so frustrated with Robert Pattinson playing Edward but it's too late, not up to me, he's the guy they cast, he's going to be Edward.  So I've been trying to find pictures, film, anything that will convince me this will work; that he can pull Edward off.  I couldn't find ANYTHING that made me feel good about it.  Until this.  I can almost see it now.  There are still some shots that just don't do it for me, but I could finally start feeling it, finally feel some of the chemistry, and now... now I'm totally excited for the movie.  I hope I don't get let down!

*Alternative Title: 3 books, 3 days

Ryan surprised me when he came home on Friday.  He was sending me to Forks, Washington for the weekend.  I don't think he intended to, but he did. lol

He had been reading an article in Time magazine about an LDS mom who had a dream and woke up to write it down.  She kept writing.  Her book was published and started a series, The Twilight Series.  He was intrigued by the article and decided to get the first book.  Of course, as soon as he brought it home, I started reading first.  It was a series many of my friends have read and kept telling me that I should too.  They were so right!  I couldn't put it down.  For three days, I was a teenage girl named Bella totally and completely in love with a vampire.  *sigh* :)

...Oh yeah, where was I? lol... 

I think I was up reading until 3:30 that first night.  I read most of Saturday, finished the book, went to the bookstore and got the other two.  I was only up until midnight that night, I had early meetings for church in the morning.  But I stayed up til 2:30 that night and yesterday spent any spare moment I had finishing the third book.  I only have to wait 3 more months for the next one.

I don't think I'm in the minority when I say, I love Edward!  (I never thought I'd find a vampire so appealing! lol)  I am SO Team Edward, all the way!  They are making a movie and my biggest disappointment so far is the actor playing Edward.  I really liked him playing Cedric in HP, and I think he pulls off a vampire well, but not Edward.  He's simply not good looking enough to be Edward.  At least not the way they are doing his hair and make up in all the pictures I've seen.  :S

I loved the Twilight books.  Maybe not as much as Harry Potter and certainly not as much as LOTR, but I really, really liked them.  If you haven't read them yet - do!

To answer the question posted in a comment on my initial post about this "Funny Little Gnome", apparently, our friend has mysteriously disappeared. 

I have to say that I'm glad the people at the US Forestry Service have a fun sense of humor.  This is not the first time I've gotten a chuckle from them.  Previously, when the camera went out and the screen was all blue, they had posted for us not to be alarmed, Mt. St. Helens was not being attacked by Smurfs.  They've had silly comments about marks on the lens or mishaps with the camera from time to time and I find it entertaining. :)

Plus, the view of the mountain (when you can actually see her) is absolutely stunning, so it's always nice to check it out from time to time. :)  Incidentally, I am posting this at 2:15pm, my time, and you CAN see her right now.  This weekend should be a good viewing time too, we have nice weather coming our way. :)

Last night, Brooke was eliminated from American Idol.  I really liked her.  I felt that she hadn't been doing as well as she could have (though I really liked her second song last night) but I didn't think she was the one that should have gone.  Jason should have gone last night - without a doubt!  And although I do think Syesha is pretty good, I would rather have seen her go before Brooke too.  

I did vote for Brooke last night, several times.  So at least I know I tried.  I have never thought she would win it and I've never even thought she would be in the top two.  I thought it would be cool if she was - if she and Archuleta were there together.  But I never expected it.  I just didn't think she'd be voted off quite yet.  Bummer.

Here are some of my favorite songs that she's done:

And then I found this:

So there you go.  I think she was good and I think she was really sweet and fun.  I think she went a couple of weeks too early.  But in the end, I didn't really think she would have made it to the final two anyway.  I am sure she'll have a lot of success as a musician though, it's just a matter of time before we'll be seeing an album of her's out on the shelves. :)

My first dolphin kiss, that is.  And that's not counting the killer whale that kissed me when I was twelve.  She died a few years ago. 

No, I'm talking about Sharky the dolphin that I kissed at Discovery Cove in Orlando almost 4 years ago.  Apparently, she collided with another dolphin during an aerial stunt and died.  The other dolphin is being monitored but appears to be fine.  It's the first time they've had an accident like that.  Sad. :(

Here's me and Sharky during our special moment. 

I'm so excited to be able to make my movies again!  I'm so behind on getting last year's video's compiled for our parents and so I'm excited to FINALLY get that done.  That is this week's project. lol  But first, I made the montages that will go at the end of that dvd and you're invited to their worldwide debut. ;)

Good news: I'm up and running (in regards to my dvds).  I have installed a new program and though it's a good program, it doesn't have as many bells and whistles as my old one, and I miss some of them.  But at least I can make movies again and I can do MOST of what I liked to do before. :)

Since I'm back in business, I get to share with you the lip sync that I participated in tonight.  Our ward (church congregation) had a lip sync and each auxilliary was required to do one.  My presidency and I used "We Are The Dinosaurs", which is a children's song.  Of course, this song and the general idea of it was my secretary's idea but she ended up sick today! :(   But my counselors and I did just a little juggling and I don't think you would have known that we originally choreographed for four.

Without further ado...

They do judge the lip syncs and everyone got an award.  Our award was for "Most Creative".  And at the end, we ended up getting "Best In Show" too!  It was a lot of fun, and I'm glad it's over! lol