I know Lucy won't understand this, but this is mainly for me so I can get all my thoughts out.
Breaking Dawn Predictions:
#1:
After the wedding, Edward and Bella get it on. Meyer won't put in much detail because then the book would be shelved as an adult romance novel instead of a young adult romance novel. Which sucks because I want detail of just how stunningly sexy Edward is naked.
#2:
While Edward and Bella are on their honeymoon, the rest of the Cullens move away from Forks so they don't break the treaty.
#3:
Edward bites Bella before Jacob can stop it from happening. [Insert epic battle between Edward and Jacob] Bella stops them before they kill each other and Jacob runs away again because Bella's a bloodsucker. While running, he imprints on someone.
#4:
Once a vampire, Bella struggles to remain herself instead of a blood-sucking fiend. Edward helps her.
#5:
Enter the Volturi. [Insert general epic-ness that answers the question of why the Volturi's skin is so papery]
#6:
The entire book will be epic and will end happily forever after with Edward and Bella, and Jacob and some other girl. :D
I'm hoping the werewolves and vampires go at it at some point. Edward breaks the treaty, but if the Cullens move away...plus, Seth is friends with Edward and Jacob's in love with Bella...so...I dunno. Something will happen. An impasse. Hopefully.
That's all for today! I'll wait until August 4th to say if my predictions come true. :)
<3 Karaline
PS - I'm done for this month! *wipes sweat off brow*
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Blog Post 2: Parties at Midnight
There's one more after this, so hold onto your horses. Karaline is FAR from being done.
Tomorrow night is the Breaking Dawn release party. It seems strange to me that this time last year, I was still hyped up about Deathly Hallows. It's also strange that just over one month ago, I picked up Twilight and New Moon in an act of rebellion and boredom and ended up falling in love. One month.
For Harry Potter, it took me four books and six years to fall in love. Maybe because Jo Rowling doesn't write sexy vampires into her books (I think the only vampire we ever meet in Harry Potter is the one at Slughorn's party, actually). I don't know. But it does bug me when people say Stephenie Meyer is the new JK Rowling. They're complete opposites. Rowling created an entire universe centered around this poor, unfortunate boy who has to defeat another poor, unfortunate boy who's had a lot more time to train. Meyer took a familiar setting, placed familiar people in it, and added a bit of mythology and romance.
Both of them are amazing. I love them both for giving me so many hours of entertainment and so many characters to fall in love with.
But that's about all they have in common. Good stories, good characters, good personalities, and a lot of money.
So, really. The next JK Rowling? Give me a break. There's only one JK Rowling and there will never be another.
Likewise, there's only one Stephenie Meyer and she's good enough on her own to be thought of independently from Rowling.
Back to what I was saying: Midnight Release.
Reesa just informed me today that Barnes and Noble is doing the Prom theme again. On one hand, I'm excited because I missed the Eclipse Prom. On the other hand, I'm bummed because I just finished this really amazing softball shirt that has quotes and 'Team Edward' and everything on it.
But I've made a compromise. I'm going to wear a dress UNDER my shirt. And my walking boot. Because I AM Bella. Reesa and I discussed this already.
OR, I could wear a skirt with my shirt and just have on Converse. Reesa's just wearing jeans and her shirt. But if everyone shows up wearing fancy shmancy stuff, I don't wanna feel left out.
This leads us to our next topic: How long should I wait in B&N?
Last year, I showed up around 7 and was #156 in line. And I missed everything but the costume contest (I wasn't dressed up as anyone, so that was an automatic 'no'). But still, I only waited 5 1/2 hours to get my book.
This year, we're thinking of showing up at 9:30 in the morning to get our places in line, and then coming back around 5 PM so we don't miss the discussions. Because I'm SO pumped for an Edward vs. Jacob debate. You don't even know.
Edward wins in the end. Stephenie even said so. Bella and Edward get married. Jacob doesn't stop the wedding.
But that brings me to...my next blog. :P
Tomorrow night is the Breaking Dawn release party. It seems strange to me that this time last year, I was still hyped up about Deathly Hallows. It's also strange that just over one month ago, I picked up Twilight and New Moon in an act of rebellion and boredom and ended up falling in love. One month.
For Harry Potter, it took me four books and six years to fall in love. Maybe because Jo Rowling doesn't write sexy vampires into her books (I think the only vampire we ever meet in Harry Potter is the one at Slughorn's party, actually). I don't know. But it does bug me when people say Stephenie Meyer is the new JK Rowling. They're complete opposites. Rowling created an entire universe centered around this poor, unfortunate boy who has to defeat another poor, unfortunate boy who's had a lot more time to train. Meyer took a familiar setting, placed familiar people in it, and added a bit of mythology and romance.
Both of them are amazing. I love them both for giving me so many hours of entertainment and so many characters to fall in love with.
But that's about all they have in common. Good stories, good characters, good personalities, and a lot of money.
So, really. The next JK Rowling? Give me a break. There's only one JK Rowling and there will never be another.
Likewise, there's only one Stephenie Meyer and she's good enough on her own to be thought of independently from Rowling.
Back to what I was saying: Midnight Release.
Reesa just informed me today that Barnes and Noble is doing the Prom theme again. On one hand, I'm excited because I missed the Eclipse Prom. On the other hand, I'm bummed because I just finished this really amazing softball shirt that has quotes and 'Team Edward' and everything on it.
But I've made a compromise. I'm going to wear a dress UNDER my shirt. And my walking boot. Because I AM Bella. Reesa and I discussed this already.
OR, I could wear a skirt with my shirt and just have on Converse. Reesa's just wearing jeans and her shirt. But if everyone shows up wearing fancy shmancy stuff, I don't wanna feel left out.
This leads us to our next topic: How long should I wait in B&N?
Last year, I showed up around 7 and was #156 in line. And I missed everything but the costume contest (I wasn't dressed up as anyone, so that was an automatic 'no'). But still, I only waited 5 1/2 hours to get my book.
This year, we're thinking of showing up at 9:30 in the morning to get our places in line, and then coming back around 5 PM so we don't miss the discussions. Because I'm SO pumped for an Edward vs. Jacob debate. You don't even know.
Edward wins in the end. Stephenie even said so. Bella and Edward get married. Jacob doesn't stop the wedding.
But that brings me to...my next blog. :P
Blog Post 1: My Mom Got a Blog
Topic of today's post? Exactly what the title is.
Her first blog entry was a rant about what to think about before voting in November. This should be interesting. Mainly because throughout high school, I became more moderate conservative and she's ridiculously right wing. Like, hxc conservative. It's that whole thing where the youth of America are more liberal than our older counterparts. I guess it's true. High school made me see that I can't be close-minded towards other people's beliefs. I still hold true to my own, but it's not a bad thing to learn about others. It's healthy to question yourself and your beliefs every once in a while.
So, whereas I've had four years to really cement my political views, she's had thirty-something years. It would be hard to get her to change her ideals now. But mine can easily be changed. I'm still questioning myself.
Which is probably why I hate watching the news with my mom. She always comments and it seems so narrow-minded to me, that I just get irritated. I happen to love watching the Colbert Report with her because he makes fun of people like her, but she can still laugh at it.
Colbert brings politically diverse families together.
That's it for this entry. I'll have another one today. I have to keep up my pattern of 3-5-3-5-3-5. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check my archives.
<3 Karaline
Her first blog entry was a rant about what to think about before voting in November. This should be interesting. Mainly because throughout high school, I became more moderate conservative and she's ridiculously right wing. Like, hxc conservative. It's that whole thing where the youth of America are more liberal than our older counterparts. I guess it's true. High school made me see that I can't be close-minded towards other people's beliefs. I still hold true to my own, but it's not a bad thing to learn about others. It's healthy to question yourself and your beliefs every once in a while.
So, whereas I've had four years to really cement my political views, she's had thirty-something years. It would be hard to get her to change her ideals now. But mine can easily be changed. I'm still questioning myself.
Which is probably why I hate watching the news with my mom. She always comments and it seems so narrow-minded to me, that I just get irritated. I happen to love watching the Colbert Report with her because he makes fun of people like her, but she can still laugh at it.
Colbert brings politically diverse families together.
That's it for this entry. I'll have another one today. I have to keep up my pattern of 3-5-3-5-3-5. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check my archives.
<3 Karaline
Monday, July 28, 2008
Robert Pattinson = <3
So, thanks to Danielle Morebello, I got to see Robert Pattinson in the flesh (amazingly handsome flesh, I might add). I arrived at Comic-con at around 11:20 AM (REALLY late), registered as quickly as possible, and ran down to the line for Hall H. It was about two miles long, but then I saw Danielle and Stephanie Bond (and her adorable baby) and they let me cut in line. Five minutes later, I was anxiously looking for a seat. The most seats they had all together were 3...there were 6 of us. So Danielle and two other girls took those seats and the rest of us continued searching. I managed to find a seat in between a big group from Twatlight and two best friends who were huge Twilight fans. I made some friends, got some Goldfish, and made myself comfortable for a long wait.
At around 2 PM, the cast of Twilight finally came out on stage. Everyone lost it when Rob came out. Including me. I screamed like a little bitch. Not lying.
The moderator asked all the practical questions, and then he opened it up for Q&A. I RAN all the way to the line, only to find out that about thirty girls had already lined up beforehand and I had to go to the very back. I was pissed. Like, getting-caught-at-the-red-light-at-Mission-Gorge pissed. It was bad. And, of course, all the girls who got up to the mic were like, "Oooh, Rob, I love you!" and other stupid things like that. >:| It was ridiculous. Rob didn't even know what to do half the time he was up there. What do you say to 6500 screaming girls who all want to let you know they love you?
Rob's response:
"Good."
XD
I love that man. I seriously wish I was friends with him so I could just hang out with him. He would fit into my group of friends so well. Actually, he's kind of me in male form. I don't need drugs or alcohol to act the way I do. Neither does he. Everyone from Twatlight thought he was high. I disagree. I think he was just scared shitless by rabid fangirls and didn't know how to explain himself. He's not the most articulate man in the world (even though Edward totally is). He's also rarely serious (which Edward definitely is), which makes people think (even more than usual) that he's stoned. Gahhh. I don't understand it. Why am I not famous? I could be Bella. I could be a really GOOD Bella (clumsy, liable to fall in love with vampires and werewolves, always attracting strange injuries...). AND I'm a brunette.
Yeah. I'm Bella.
Now where the flying fuck is my Edward?
Ahem. Anyways, back to Rob.
In short, he's made of awesome and I'm completely in love with him. Teresa better become famous someday and do a movie with him. And then introduce me. And then I can have his gorgeous, half-British children. (LOL--beat you to it, Cho!)
I got tons of video of his adorableness, but I can only put up pictures on here... :( You'll have to survive with that.
Love,
Mrs. Karaline Pattinson (? I think so.)
At around 2 PM, the cast of Twilight finally came out on stage. Everyone lost it when Rob came out. Including me. I screamed like a little bitch. Not lying.
The moderator asked all the practical questions, and then he opened it up for Q&A. I RAN all the way to the line, only to find out that about thirty girls had already lined up beforehand and I had to go to the very back. I was pissed. Like, getting-caught-at-the-red-light-at-Mission-Gorge pissed. It was bad. And, of course, all the girls who got up to the mic were like, "Oooh, Rob, I love you!" and other stupid things like that. >:| It was ridiculous. Rob didn't even know what to do half the time he was up there. What do you say to 6500 screaming girls who all want to let you know they love you?
Rob's response:
"Good."
XD
I love that man. I seriously wish I was friends with him so I could just hang out with him. He would fit into my group of friends so well. Actually, he's kind of me in male form. I don't need drugs or alcohol to act the way I do. Neither does he. Everyone from Twatlight thought he was high. I disagree. I think he was just scared shitless by rabid fangirls and didn't know how to explain himself. He's not the most articulate man in the world (even though Edward totally is). He's also rarely serious (which Edward definitely is), which makes people think (even more than usual) that he's stoned. Gahhh. I don't understand it. Why am I not famous? I could be Bella. I could be a really GOOD Bella (clumsy, liable to fall in love with vampires and werewolves, always attracting strange injuries...). AND I'm a brunette.
Yeah. I'm Bella.
Now where the flying fuck is my Edward?
Ahem. Anyways, back to Rob.
In short, he's made of awesome and I'm completely in love with him. Teresa better become famous someday and do a movie with him. And then introduce me. And then I can have his gorgeous, half-British children. (LOL--beat you to it, Cho!)
I got tons of video of his adorableness, but I can only put up pictures on here... :( You'll have to survive with that.
Love,
Mrs. Karaline Pattinson (? I think so.)
Saturday, July 5, 2008
New York and Reno
Do you know how much shit you can get away with in New York? I was in bars every night, the bartenders knew I was 18, and they still offered me alcohol.
Wow.
Aside from that, I had an amazing trip! We saw three shows on Broadway, ate at Sardi's and Balthazar, and got to go backstage for one of the shows. Most of the time, I was hanging out with the musicians from Jersey Boys (which is how we got backstage), but I did meet two very interesting people in a bar called 'Chealsea's Grill'. Michael Lanning and his wife Maureen. They were amazing. Michael is one of the singers in the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Maureen is an actress on Broadway and on TV. Maureen and I shared a lot of common interests, such as the amazingness of Avenue Q (which I coerced Markie into taking me to) and the love of Law & Order: SVU. She was actually called in to be a dead body on SVU, but she wasn't pale enough. LOL.
New York was fun, but I wish Lucy and Teresa had been with me. It would've been even MORE amazing if they'd been there. I would have done all the shopping stuff and all the fangirling stuff. :(
Someday. Maybe.
RENO!
My team won our division! The LOWEST division! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
XDXD
We played 4 days out of 5 and the first 3 days we were 1 and 2 consistently. On the last day, we won all three matches! 3 and 0!
If that made no sense, this is basically what I just said:
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday we played three matches each day. Out of those three matches, we only won one of them.
So, yeah, my high school volleyball career is officially over. I nearly cried when I said it out loud. These past five years have been so amazing. I've met some amazing people and made some very good friends.
This year was the best, though. It started out a little rocky, but by the time we got back to San Diego, we were all hugging and laughing and making plans to get together during the last 6 weeks of summer.
I don't know if I mentioned it or not, but I'm writing a story based on my blog ramblings/real-life experiences. The fourth chapter happened to be open when I booted up my laptop in Reno's airport and Laura asked what it was. I told her it was a story I was writing and the next thing I knew, it was like pre-school all over again. Laura had my laptop in her lap and she was sitting on the floor with the team surrounding her and listening to her read. It was better than getting reviews on fictionpress. I could actually SEE their reactions and HEAR their laughter and 'aww's. It was amazing. Lindsay even said that her favorite part was the 'in my pants' part. MY favorite part happened just after that, but...you know. :P
I think that's all I have to say about NY and Reno. Both trips were amazing and fun and unforgettable.
Now onto college! Yayyyyy!
When I got home, I had a huge packet of info from Etown, including all my email and ECWeb log-in stuff. I finally got my roommate survey done AND my email account set up AND my facebook network page updated. Not to mention, I almost have my ID number memorized. Haha.
I had to email one of my professors and he sent me back a survey to complete. But I got distracted by facebook about an hour ago and now I'm writing this instead of the survey.
Whoops.
I'll finish it before I go to bed tonight. Haha.
So, I counted how many days there are until I move. Not counting today, I have 35 days left. Which means I REALLY need to start packing. lol. I procrastinate way too much. Teresa's already done with packing. Mostly.
Ugh.
That's it for today. I'm a little scattered 'cause I'm tired (still recovering from a week of volleyball). Sorry.
I'm off to pack/finish the survey/goof off on facebook/memorize my ID number! Love ya!
<3
Wow.
Aside from that, I had an amazing trip! We saw three shows on Broadway, ate at Sardi's and Balthazar, and got to go backstage for one of the shows. Most of the time, I was hanging out with the musicians from Jersey Boys (which is how we got backstage), but I did meet two very interesting people in a bar called 'Chealsea's Grill'. Michael Lanning and his wife Maureen. They were amazing. Michael is one of the singers in the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Maureen is an actress on Broadway and on TV. Maureen and I shared a lot of common interests, such as the amazingness of Avenue Q (which I coerced Markie into taking me to) and the love of Law & Order: SVU. She was actually called in to be a dead body on SVU, but she wasn't pale enough. LOL.
New York was fun, but I wish Lucy and Teresa had been with me. It would've been even MORE amazing if they'd been there. I would have done all the shopping stuff and all the fangirling stuff. :(
Someday. Maybe.
RENO!
My team won our division! The LOWEST division! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
XDXD
We played 4 days out of 5 and the first 3 days we were 1 and 2 consistently. On the last day, we won all three matches! 3 and 0!
If that made no sense, this is basically what I just said:
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday we played three matches each day. Out of those three matches, we only won one of them.
So, yeah, my high school volleyball career is officially over. I nearly cried when I said it out loud. These past five years have been so amazing. I've met some amazing people and made some very good friends.
This year was the best, though. It started out a little rocky, but by the time we got back to San Diego, we were all hugging and laughing and making plans to get together during the last 6 weeks of summer.
I don't know if I mentioned it or not, but I'm writing a story based on my blog ramblings/real-life experiences. The fourth chapter happened to be open when I booted up my laptop in Reno's airport and Laura asked what it was. I told her it was a story I was writing and the next thing I knew, it was like pre-school all over again. Laura had my laptop in her lap and she was sitting on the floor with the team surrounding her and listening to her read. It was better than getting reviews on fictionpress. I could actually SEE their reactions and HEAR their laughter and 'aww's. It was amazing. Lindsay even said that her favorite part was the 'in my pants' part. MY favorite part happened just after that, but...you know. :P
I think that's all I have to say about NY and Reno. Both trips were amazing and fun and unforgettable.
Now onto college! Yayyyyy!
When I got home, I had a huge packet of info from Etown, including all my email and ECWeb log-in stuff. I finally got my roommate survey done AND my email account set up AND my facebook network page updated. Not to mention, I almost have my ID number memorized. Haha.
I had to email one of my professors and he sent me back a survey to complete. But I got distracted by facebook about an hour ago and now I'm writing this instead of the survey.
Whoops.
I'll finish it before I go to bed tonight. Haha.
So, I counted how many days there are until I move. Not counting today, I have 35 days left. Which means I REALLY need to start packing. lol. I procrastinate way too much. Teresa's already done with packing. Mostly.
Ugh.
That's it for today. I'm a little scattered 'cause I'm tired (still recovering from a week of volleyball). Sorry.
I'm off to pack/finish the survey/goof off on facebook/memorize my ID number! Love ya!
<3
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