More Adventures In Writing & A Confession of Sorts

[anissaannalise]

Okay, so NaNo is done (YAY, won!) & Christmas shopping is finally done (whoo-frakkin-hoo!) and now I've gone back to writing my rather lengthy Jericho fanfic x_afterburn_x. It's going quite well actually & that surprises me since FF is not usually the kingdom in which I reign.

Anywho, I hope to sit down & write today. I'm restricting my Twitter time & doing my best to find some time to read.

And speaking of reading, no one laugh at me... I'm reading the Twilight series. Yeah, I know. I'm not obsessed or enthralled, so let me just say that & get it out of the way. Basically, I broke down & bought them all because family members had been harassing me and I simply couldn't avoid this thing any longer. That I've relented has at least had the benefit of silencing them so it's already a mitzvah! ;) I've no plan on seeing the movie (though I do adore Peter Facinelli) for a good many reasons, chief among them the knowledge that I won't be able to view with my eyes rolled back in my head, but whatev.

And also, I really find the looks of the leads... off-putting. Now granted, I'm a grownup, so I don't expect to be panting over anyone who'd play Edward on screen but Robert Pattinson just isn't what I consider to be aesthetically good looking enough for a vampire. And did I mention that I didn't even know who the hell he was for a start (no, I'm not up on my HP... adult w/o children here). To be fair, I'm still holding onto my ideal of Louis in Interview With The Vampire as my personal standard (Brad Pitt should be brunette more often, IMO) so it'd be really hard to convince me. But there have to be guys out there that are young enough and have that whole vampiric flawless & painful beauty thing down.

The pick for Bella, I suppose works for me on some level. She's supposed to be unremarkable, right? Score. And the rest of the cast looks okay to me. I guess at the end of the day, I'm just happier with my ideas of the characters from reading the books. It's happened before & I'm sure will happen again.

Besos! xoxo

Comments

[infinitlight.livejournal.com]

Welcome back from NaNo, and congratulations :).

I'm reading the Twilight books too (for my sins). I'm finding them a lot of fun, but I'm in the mood not to take anything too seriously.

I don't know if Bella is supposed to be unremarkable or if she just believes she's unremarkable. She has terrible whiny emo self-esteem. (And it makes me laugh, because I'm cruel like that.)

[anissaannalise.livejournal.com]

Infinite! :D Hey chica, long time no chat! :D

I'm so glad I'm not the only person doing the Twilight series thing but not rabid & obsessed. The adults who are all crazed kinda' scare me a little. :/

That's a good point you make about Bella, maybe she just thinks she's unremarkable. I know I'm finding her to be unremarkable & honestly, often damned annoying. I'm not so far removed from my hs & college days to have forgotten me & even then, I didn't like girls like her so well. I can handle emo but I've never been too tolerant of whiny. And Bella seems to have that shit in spades. Oy vey!

And I too laugh (when I'm not rolling my eyes in annoyance) because this stuff is friggin' hilarious. So mark me down for cruel too. ;)

[kaurseeker.livejournal.com]

Woohooo! on NaNo!! :D I also made it across the finish line albeit only after invoking the Zokutu clause and returning to an unexplored story thread from last year. This is apparently allowed if you've previously won NaNo, so technically not cheating ;) Christmas shopping though - eep! - I'm only half done with mine.

Ah yes, Twilight....I've very little intention of reading the books but I keep toying with the idea of watching the movie just to find out what the fuss is all about, although I have a horrible feeling I'll be laughing incredulous and going WTF??!! most of the way through ;). Not to mention making unfavourable comparisons to just about every other vampire movie/ series/ book I've ever seen or read ;). I was surprised to find out that Pattinson was the lead - like you it took me some time to click that he was Cedric - he doesn't strike me as being right for the role either. *sigh* perhaps I'm just too far from my teenage years to appreciate the casting ;).

[anissaannalise.livejournal.com]

Many congrats kauerseeker! Whoot! Whatever it takes within the rules is always good when it comes to NaNo! Now get to that Christmas shopping! :D

If you can stomach the movie, you are the master. :D And if you can suppress the "WTF?!" thing outloud, then you're a Jedi & should teach us the way. I'm a coward & sticking to the books.

And thank goodness, I'm not the only one that didn't get the Edward choice! :D I mean really, I don't even want to look at him when the commercials run. His look just really bothers me. Instead of vampire, I'm just getting a really strong urge to wrap him in a sweater, swaddle him in a blanket, give him a nice hot latte & put him in a corner. Somehow, I don't think that's supposed to be my reaction... repeatedly.

I want really, earth-shattering, make-me-stare good looks when it comes to my vampires. I'm sad Ian Somerhalder & Hayden Christensen are too old to play the part. I want that kind of good looking or better if someone can locate it. Anything less, is just annoying.

I'm so not dazzled, I'm friggin' repelled.

[kaurseeker.livejournal.com]

About the movie - I'm still building up to it and trying to find an hour or two of my life that I don't mind wasting if it's as bad as I've heard ;)

Oh Boone - good choice! He would never have occurred to me but then I can't think of anyone off the top of my head. I'd need an element of perfection for a vampire in this type of story, a flawlessness or eternal youthfulness...or something? and it's been a while since I've found those sort of looks on screen.

*laughing* Nope, I think swaddling him in a blanket was not at all the desired intention ;)