Chernaudi wrote: If I had it my way, I have to admit, I'd take Bella all for myself if she came to me and welcome her with open arms while Edward and Jacob fight over her, but that's my greedy desire
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Good for you
Chernaudi. We probably need a
Kristen's Halfway House thread for you....to be "equal opportunity" and all.
I totally agree with what you said about the amped up love triangle aspect of the saga being built up and overdone, when it should have been left on the cutting room floor with other parts of Eclipse (thanks
a lot, David Slade
) I hope your older brother is able to help you reactivate Microsoft Word so you can get back to your fanfic writing. It must be convenient to have a computer expert in the family.
Susie's Personal Assistant~ Thanks for keeping us in the loop on
Susie's whereabouts. We look forward to seeing her on the Lex tomorrow.
Susie~ Thanks for wishing my son a Happy B'day--he's excited as he gets to prolong the celebration over a week's time....he'll party with family Friday and have the kids' sleepover Saturday; I'll bring cupcakes for his team when he has a baseball game on his actual birthday (the 27th); and I'll have lunch with him at school and share goodies with his class next Thursday. My daughter and I are running the mile, not the 5-K in a couple of weeks. I can slowly jog a 5-K, but my knees don't seem to be agreeing with me too much just now to enjoy the extra mileage. You mentioned the Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy with which my coworker's son has been diagnosed....unfortunately the prognosis is pretty grim.
There is no known cure at this time, only treatment of the symptoms and physical therapy and occupational therapy to strengthen muscles and help with bracing, splinting, assistive devices and/or wheelchairs etc., down the road. I believe most kids are non-ambulatory by their teen years, and many rarely live longer than their 20's or 30's. This sweet boy's parents are very loving, have a strong faith, and a great support system of family and friends, and try to take things one day at a time....and I guess that's all you can hope for, at this point.
Rachel~ I agree with you wholeheartedly about the unflattering look of most of this BD promotional material. I think we all agree that Rob and Kris are gorgeous enough on their own, and certainly not in need of the overdone photoshopping routinely used for many of these posters and materials.
I seem to remember the tenth birthday being a pretty big deal too when I was a child. My son doesn't seem to care too much about the specific year; he's most excited about the fact that he's having friends spending the night and bringing their favorite Star Wars "guns and blasters". Boys will be boys...I guess. I hope "Sparky" is not making his/her Momma too uncomfortable or fatigued at this point.
Amy~ I loved your synopsis of the ridiculous BD promotional poster--it does look kind of like Edward "stole" Bella away from Jacob and the wolves. What are those marketing and PR folks at Summit smoking?
Good for you for getting in shape! You'll be a hot momma when HH Con rolls around (not that you aren't already, of course!)
Caryn~ What a great early birthday gift you received from your close friend--he certainly does know you very well. Thanks for posting the travesty of a ginormous BD movie poster that will probably be planted in every theater come November. I guess it will be like that huge (but cool) Harry Potter poster/display that was nearly twenty feet long I saw in our theater this summer. It featured an epic look of the decimated castle, the trio, and even other cast members, I think. Everyone was taking pictures next to it, and I would love to have smuggled it out of the theater, although you would have needed an 18-wheeler to get it home. But stupid Summit.....of course they displayed Jacob prominently front and center, and again made Taylor appear as tall as Rob.
Good luck as you start weight-bearing on your foot, and I hope it's not too painful.
Brenda~ I'm glad to hear your girls are enjoying soccer (well....two out of three, anyway
). I can imagine that kids would probably enjoy acting with Rob very much. He can be so goofy and adorkable and act their age level--they'd probably warm right up to him. Good luck getting through your busy weekend, and enjoy visiting your brother's family.
Marielle~ Good luck working with your new physiotherapist. Many people do have some sort of muscle imbalance with certain muscle groups in their body.... where certain types of muscles will be almost overused and "tight", and the reciprocal (or opposite) muscles will be weaker and "stretched out", for lack of a better term. Hopefully he can help you determine which muscles need more flexibility and which need more strengthening and get you on a good exercsise program. I've never taken yoga, but it's supposed to be very good for the core muscles, as well as overall strength and flexibility. I've also heard it's a great workout and really kicks your booty, and is much harder than it looks.
Missp~ I'm glad you're finally feeling a bit better and hope you're officially on the mend. It seems like Cook's Pest Control Tim took the news fairly well about keeping things on the friends level for the forseeable future. It's nice to have a guy you enjoy spending time with and are comfortable just hanging out together, and hopefully that will be enough for him. Let us know what you think of the movie Abduction. I hope for Taylor's sake that the movie is well received and a success. I got caught up watching the first Jason Bourne movie again Sunday night, with Matt Damon. It reminded me just how well Taylor could fill that niche of young action star, in those suspenseful-thriller type movies. It's funny....of
all the movies in which Rob, Kristen, or Taylor have been cast (the entire Twilight saga, Rob's indie movies, WFE, Remember Me, Bel Ami, Kristen's indie movies, The Runaways, Welcome to the Rileys), I'd probably have more luck convincing my hubs to watch Abduction, than
any of the other movies mentioned, except for possibly The Runaways.
Christina~ Thanks for keeping us apprised of your parents' Twilight adventures. I usually alternate between reading "real" books and fanfiction myself, but I'm having trouble getting into any books just now. My brother is a voracious reader and enjoys recommending (and often giving) his favorite books as random gifts to family members. He can be somewhat of a book snob, however, and will
never in a million years read
Twilight, but he has read several of the Harry Potter books. He is somewhat aware of my Twilight and Harry Potter obsessions, and enjoys poking fun at me for said obsessions. While kidding with me about something or other to do with Twilight on the phone last night, he randomly said...."Did you know there are people out there who actually
make up stories about Harry Potter, Twilight, and other movie and fictional characters, and there are whole websites devoted to this?" in a voice of complete consternation and dismay. And of course, not wanting to give him any more ammunition to add to the teasing, I casually replied, "Yeah....I'd heard that somewhere."
If only he knew.....
Trying to get my mini-post in before you get yours in. GAH!! You beat me.
. Still, I know that it's part of the novels, but it can be overused and overhyped.
The little irony of that is that it took my nigh on 2 hours to complete my post because I kept getting interrupted and also had to do a small bit of research on something. Sorry to hear about your Crackberry. I know your pain. Yes, I agree with your interpretation. It does look like that, doesn’t it? Grrrr… interfering mongrel. Good for you on the walking. Wish I could do that right now! 
