It's My Birthday. I Can Cry If I Want To

I love vampires as many of you know, so I watch True Blood, of course. They also had a panel at Comic-con that took place yesterday. Apparently Maryanne (the lady that took Tara in when her mother abandoned her) is going to finally show what she truly is...the minotaur thing that attacked Sookie a few weeks back. It was also stated by Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton) that the love triangle between Sookie, Bill and Eric will play out in the series just as it has in the books. I've never read any of those book, but I have heard that they are very adult versions of Twilight. If they are anything like the show, I just might have to give them a read. ;o) Another cool announcement was that there are plans to release an actual True Blood drink. The show's creator Alan Ball said that it will be "a very tasty blood orange soda" that has "all natural ingredients." It will also come in the same sort of bottle that is presented in on the show and can be pre-ordered at hbo.com. I think that sounds so cool, and who doesn't love orange soda? If you'd like to read the story from E! News---here ya go!






http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b135141_true_blood_comic-con_twilight_diss_fang.html?sid=twitterfeed_topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=twitterfeed&utm_campaign=twitterfeed_topstories






Thanks to my favorite website, newmoonmovie.org, a picture was released of Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) in disguise so that he could walk the floor at Comic-Con. For one, I love that he was a big enough nerd that he wanted to check out the excitement of the event. Second, did he really think this disguise would fool anyone? I might not have recognized him , but I wonder if any other Twilighters did? Could he be any cuter?













Also, on the Twilight front, I wanted to tell my readers about some pretty good fan fiction I have been reading lately. It is called Wide Awake. It is an unusual scenario that involves the idea of Bella being an orphan that goes to live in a girls home run by Esme and there is a boy's home next door run by Carlisle. None of them are vampires, but Edward is a "bad boy" and Bella is a depressed young girl. I must warn you though, there is quite a bit of bad language, and it is pretty steamy! I don't know much about the author, except that she is dedicated and is a decent writer. I am becoming more familiar with fan fiction and some of it is good, some is bad. If you'd like to read Wide Awake I will provide the link below.






http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1713572/AngstGoddess003

I also wanted to share a new picture from Alice in Wonderland of The Red Queen. I am so excited for this movie to come out. March 5, 2010 seems so far away...DUH! Probably because it IS! I hope more photos keep coming out slowly. All of the Burton/Depp fans will be ravenous by then. I think she looks a lot like Elizabeth I.

I am also on flickr, which is a photo sharing website that I adore. I have a photo that I posted there on March 25, 2009 from our Spring Break trip to Forks/La Push and the photo has passed the 1,000 views mark. Most of my photos have around 100 views or less, so for this one to reach this milestone is very special to me.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amloyd77/3382855977/

There isn't a whole lot more to say today, except that it's my birthday. I am 32 years old today. I'll tell you what is crazy: The day I came into the world, I was born at 11:54pm, so technically my birthday is only six minutes long. This has been a crummy birthday. I hate that as you get older, the less important your birthday is. I didn't get any actual gifts today. My mother and Zane each got me a card, which were so sweet. When I got home and checked the mail, though there were no other cards. I'd be lying if I said I haven't been sad today. Thankfully lots of my facebook friends have sent greetings and that cheered me up. Even though the party yesterday was mainly meant for Camryn, I had some wonderful friends and family who made me feel special, but I wish I had felt a little more of that today. It meant the world to me to get to have a good conversation with my friend Anna. She is one of the best listeners I know and it felt good to get some things off of my chest, so Anna, if you read this...I love you and thank you.

There were lots of pictures taken of the festivities. Particularly of me, my sister, Anna and our friend Stephanie on the tube together being dragged around Lake Keowee. I will attempt to get some of those, so that I can share them. They were pretty entertaining!

Today is also the estimated birthday of my precious pup, Lily. Zane and I got her from the Blount County Boston Terrier Rescue in October 2007. They estimated her birthday to be July 26. The vet estimated it to be on July 21, so of course I go with July 26. Taking her home that day was one of the best decisions I have ever made. She is 2 years old today!

Go Ask Alice About New Moon

OK...well, the Entertainment Tonight coverage of the brief New Moon panel was an epic failure. They officially suck, but that is my own personal opinion. However, there was a reporter, Daniel Fienberg, there from HitFix.com who blogged the entire, albeit short, press conference. Rob was wearing his trademark plaid shirt, but he looks good in anything. Taylor was wearing plaid, too. What's with these guys? Kristen was looking rough. Of course I am not her biggest fan. (Just Sayin'!) She has taken to tying a knot in her shirts. I don't get it. Anywayzzz. During the press conference Taylor expressed his love for Eclipse. No doubt it is because Taylor's role in Eclipse will probably involve more action and an even deeper connection to the character and what transpires between the trio. One reporter asked Rob what question he never wants to answer again ask, to which he responded, "What's it like kissing Taylor Lautner?" CUTE! Taylor said, "To growl... Actually, I'm asked that more by fans. They ask me to grown for them and I actually don't enjoy doing that,". Sounds like the guys were totally charming and Kristen was a wet blanket, as usual. She said people could ask her anything, but when a reporter asked about off screen chemistry with Rob, someone from Summit jumped up and silenced the guy. SHEESH! If you'd like to read Fienberg's tweets, here ya go!

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-fien-print/posts/comic-con-live-blogging-twilight-saga-new-moon-press-conference

If you'd like to see Rob and Taylor looking gorgeous and Kristen looking depressed check out this photo taken after the press conference. She is the center of a babe sandwich! What's she got to be so depressed about?! I'll trade places with her!

In case you might be curious, it appears there will be a new New Moon trailer released on August 14. I'm sure someone will snag it and post it on YouTube and you better believe I'll post it here. Here is the old one to tide you over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ9afRgToxE

One last bit of New Moon news. The official website is up and there are quite a few cool things to check out. I particularly love the way the camera spins around 360 degrees. Check it out!

http://www.twilightthemovie.com/

Also, as I mentioned yesterday the trailer for Tim Burton's, Alice in Wonderland was set to be released today, but guess what?! It was leaked yesterday! Some people are saying this film is gonna be crappy, but I am so freaking excited! It sounds as if Burton is doing the actual story and not the sweet little fairytale for which Disney is famed. However, it does seem that Disney has seen the error of their ways, or perhaps they have realized that Lewis Carrol deserves the realization of his actual vision. Whatever the reason, I think Tim Burton is genius and Johnny Depp can do no wrong in my eyes. I'd watch him sit on the toilet and read the phone book!

ENJOY!

http://cyanatrendland.com/2009/07/22/alice-in-wonderland-by-tim-burton-trailer/

On a personal note, things were good when I got home yesterday. Zane was the precious child I knew he could be. We watched television ate dinner and I gave him a bath. It was a pretty mundane evening in the Loyd household. However, he did bring up a subject that he must think about pretty regularly. He was sitting on the floor playing with Jasper and turned to look at me with his chin in his hands and said, "Why don't you marry somebody? Why don't you get a boyfriend and then get married and then I could be his little boy?". It broke my heart a little. I said I have been working on it and that I want that, too. I know it's tough for him and that he is only 5 and doesn't understand the situation between his father and me. His dad got married a few weeks ago and has a new baby and I think Zane wants the same happiness for me that he sees in his daddy. Also, I guess he just misses having a guy around on a regular basis, but I am going to be picky. ESPECIALLY, where Zane is concerned.

If you all have not heard there is a show opening this evening in the LAB Theatre at the Clarence Brown. The show is Rabbit Hole and stars Nancy Duckles, Tony Cedeno, Carol Mayo-Jenkins, Rebecca Haden, and Mark Jennings. It was directed by Mace Archer and there is a small voice cameo (as well as photos, I believe) by Zane Loyd. The show runs on the weekends from July 23-August 2 with shows in the evening at 7:30pm and Sunday Matinees at 2pm.

Just to let my 3 followers know (if you've made it this far) thank you so much for reading and following my blog. This is something I have wanted to do for so long and so far I am really enjoying it. If you have any suggestions for how I might improve it, please feel free to do so. I love each of you dearly! Plus, I am still figuring this thing out, so it will probably improve once the realizations are made.

*I also thought I'd add a little inspiration that suits how I am feeling about my new endeavor:

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength. ~Richard Evans

I am going out of town this weekend for a birthday celebration, so hopefully I will be bloggin' at you all from S.C.!