Work and Leisure - I Saw Twilight
I'm enjoying my new writing jobs, but my brain is exhausted. A lot of time goes into the research and the writing, but even more goes into the promotion of the posts. I have to go to different places and place links, visit other writers to either link to them in a post now or at some later date, have to make "connections", etc. I feel that my computer is now permanently connected to my lap.
One of the posts that got the most interest this week was about my experience with that new Loreal mascara with the tubes. I liked it and I've tried a lot of makeup that I felt was a waste of money, so I felt compelled to share it's magic with the readers. :D If you are interested, it's here http://www.thescentedlife.com/i-tried-loreals-new-mascara-with-the-tubes/ but like I said, I'm pro tubes.
I've decided to try dating again. I'm not officially broken-up with my boyfriend, but that's hard to do when he refuses to accept your phone calls, emails, or texts and he lives in the next state. I wish that he would magically change back into the man that I love and if at some point he regains his footing, well that would be wonderful, but I've spent the last 11 months feeling confused and rejected. He's spent it lost behind a big wall. When I am able to speak with him, I'll explain that I love him, but that I'm interested in something radically different from the heartache of the past year. Either he will yell at me and hang up (this has happened in the past) and I won't hear from him again, or he will yell at me, hang up and then talk to me after he's thought about what I've said (also happened before), or we can actually have a conversation where I am able to explain my point (what a wonderful surprise that would be!). At any rate, I do not want to spend another holiday season mopping around. My kids do not deserve that.
I went to see Twilight with my girlfriends last night. Jackie and I had previously read the book - Leah and Brionna had not. I sat in between the two non-readers. Their reactions were interesting.
I don't want to spoil anyone, so if you do not want any clues about the movie, please skip my post.
I liked it, but I was still a bit disappointed. I felt that too much was left out, making some of Edward's actions/reactions/expressions look just silly. Leah laughed through most of the movie - at the not supposed to be funny parts. At first this bothered me, because I went in there really rooting for the movie. I liked the casting of Bella and Edward, the scenes that were shown in online teasers, the music, the look of the movie, etc. Then, I thought whatever..... if they screwed some of it up, then they screwed some of it up. I could not take it personally (yes, I know I'm odd).
I feel that the things I did not like had to do with the directing. I like Catherine Hardiwicke - The Lords of Dogtown is one of my favorite movies. I felt that she Dogtowned this movie and it's not the same story at all. (Surfing?? Eric?? The girl from 13 and Dogtown as a blonde??) It had a California feel and as a native Californian, who has also lived in Washington, I know that they are very different states. The Cullens were just plain odd - except for Alice, I felt that she fit. Why did she direct Jasper to walk around looking half terrified/half constipated? So weird. His eyes looked like Johnny Depp's in Edward Scissorhands. It was very distracting.
The movie, by not explaining things like why Edward acted the way he did until way later, felt as if it was written for readers, but it was still changed a lot story-wise. Why change it so much? Just details that made me go, "well that's not in the book." I leaned over and said this once to Brionna and then I thought, I cannot do this to her all night, and I did not say it again, out loud. Apparently her mom, Jackie, did. Jackie said that we should have sat next to each other so that we could have shared our wtf looks. I think this feeling has happened in most of my loved books movies, with the exception of Harry Potter. I have never been disappointed by a Harry Potter movie.
The movie was best in the kiss scene (made me cry - I think I was thinking about my own situation), the fight scene, the crash scene (this was great!!), the dad was great - really fleshed out as a character and the most natural acting actor in the story, Bella's hair (seriously - it was gorgeous), Edward's anything (that boy is beautiful), the band of bad guys, Alice, Bella's friends, and the setting was so beautiful (green is my favorite color).
I did like the movie, but I think I went in with too many expectations. I think that a younger viewer (as I noticed while watching the movie, the young girls were giddy) would enjoy the movie more. I'm going to take the girls to see it - they will love Edward. I'm definitely buying the soundtrack - the music was great. I'll buy the movie when it comes out. I just wish I had been able to tell the story my way, which is selfish and silly, I know, but sometimes I am selfish and silly.
One of the posts that got the most interest this week was about my experience with that new Loreal mascara with the tubes. I liked it and I've tried a lot of makeup that I felt was a waste of money, so I felt compelled to share it's magic with the readers. :D If you are interested, it's here http://www.thescentedlife.com/i-tried-loreals-new-mascara-with-the-tubes/ but like I said, I'm pro tubes.
I've decided to try dating again. I'm not officially broken-up with my boyfriend, but that's hard to do when he refuses to accept your phone calls, emails, or texts and he lives in the next state. I wish that he would magically change back into the man that I love and if at some point he regains his footing, well that would be wonderful, but I've spent the last 11 months feeling confused and rejected. He's spent it lost behind a big wall. When I am able to speak with him, I'll explain that I love him, but that I'm interested in something radically different from the heartache of the past year. Either he will yell at me and hang up (this has happened in the past) and I won't hear from him again, or he will yell at me, hang up and then talk to me after he's thought about what I've said (also happened before), or we can actually have a conversation where I am able to explain my point (what a wonderful surprise that would be!). At any rate, I do not want to spend another holiday season mopping around. My kids do not deserve that.
I went to see Twilight with my girlfriends last night. Jackie and I had previously read the book - Leah and Brionna had not. I sat in between the two non-readers. Their reactions were interesting.
I don't want to spoil anyone, so if you do not want any clues about the movie, please skip my post.
I liked it, but I was still a bit disappointed. I felt that too much was left out, making some of Edward's actions/reactions/expressions look just silly. Leah laughed through most of the movie - at the not supposed to be funny parts. At first this bothered me, because I went in there really rooting for the movie. I liked the casting of Bella and Edward, the scenes that were shown in online teasers, the music, the look of the movie, etc. Then, I thought whatever..... if they screwed some of it up, then they screwed some of it up. I could not take it personally (yes, I know I'm odd).
I feel that the things I did not like had to do with the directing. I like Catherine Hardiwicke - The Lords of Dogtown is one of my favorite movies. I felt that she Dogtowned this movie and it's not the same story at all. (Surfing?? Eric?? The girl from 13 and Dogtown as a blonde??) It had a California feel and as a native Californian, who has also lived in Washington, I know that they are very different states. The Cullens were just plain odd - except for Alice, I felt that she fit. Why did she direct Jasper to walk around looking half terrified/half constipated? So weird. His eyes looked like Johnny Depp's in Edward Scissorhands. It was very distracting.
The movie, by not explaining things like why Edward acted the way he did until way later, felt as if it was written for readers, but it was still changed a lot story-wise. Why change it so much? Just details that made me go, "well that's not in the book." I leaned over and said this once to Brionna and then I thought, I cannot do this to her all night, and I did not say it again, out loud. Apparently her mom, Jackie, did. Jackie said that we should have sat next to each other so that we could have shared our wtf looks. I think this feeling has happened in most of my loved books movies, with the exception of Harry Potter. I have never been disappointed by a Harry Potter movie.
The movie was best in the kiss scene (made me cry - I think I was thinking about my own situation), the fight scene, the crash scene (this was great!!), the dad was great - really fleshed out as a character and the most natural acting actor in the story, Bella's hair (seriously - it was gorgeous), Edward's anything (that boy is beautiful), the band of bad guys, Alice, Bella's friends, and the setting was so beautiful (green is my favorite color).
I did like the movie, but I think I went in with too many expectations. I think that a younger viewer (as I noticed while watching the movie, the young girls were giddy) would enjoy the movie more. I'm going to take the girls to see it - they will love Edward. I'm definitely buying the soundtrack - the music was great. I'll buy the movie when it comes out. I just wish I had been able to tell the story my way, which is selfish and silly, I know, but sometimes I am selfish and silly.