1. I have an audition today, I'm sure I won't get it, but I'm finding them to be fun to go on, so eh. (I'm going to follow up every audition with "Do you need this to be more Spader?" And do my James Spader from "Pretty in Pink" impression. I don't know WHY I'm not getting these commercials... Ahaha. Ha. Hem.)
2. I got an email from the director of my second movie that said he mentioned my name to another director to star in a his new movie. UM, OKAY. YES, PLEASE.
3. My husband's been gone all weekend, swapping out the kids on an extended camp weekend, and has decided to keep that up until Wed. night. I love having my bed all to myself, it must be said.
4. Someone has apparently WRITTEN THEIR MASTER THESIS ON MORMONISM IN TWILIGHT. (pdf) So, please. All haters to the left, because I clearly knew what I was talking about, hahaha. [/vindication] I've only skimmed it, I've not read it. But believe me, I will be later.
5. A movie that I think every person who is into vampires/ can handle gore/ can handle a brutal look at adolescent behavior needs to see is Let The Right One In. It's Swedish, and it's absolutely phenomenal.
Okay, so this is a hard one to watch in some ways. The bullying the protag goes through is pretty raw and real. He's 12 and completely isolated. His father is an out of sight out of mind parent, his mother we never get a clear indication of, and the landscape is cold, barren and lifeless. It's slow to start, but I enjoyed looking at it, and the set up felt very natural. A girl moves in next door and there are brutal murders happening all around. [allows you to put 2 and 2 together]
I found the actors absolutely fantastic. Completely natural, and that's not easy for young actors. The bully was absolutely menacing and he's 12! So cherubic, and so plausible. His cronies are clearly afraid of retaliation, and their performances are outstanding as well. But the real light shines from the two kids. I don't know where they found the girl, but she is riveting. The constant hunger and need is almost breath taking. (Again, she's 12. Dude. Applause.)
There is one particular death scene that is quite brutal and made me cringe, and I'm not the cringing type. (Jess? There's gore. This one might not be for you, or have TFMN with you to give pillow over face warning.) The absolute desperation for connection to anything human is just so heartbreaking and wonderful. One of the final scenes had me absolutely riveted in my chair. I'll just say this: pool. When you see that, let me know what you think.)
In a nutshell, I think this may be THE best movie about vampires I may have ever seen. (Aside from my own, of course. Hahaha. [/self-pimp whore] It's certainly one of the best movies about adolescence I've ever seen. Swedish with subtitles. RUN to see it, if you can handle the horror aspect.
6. I made pumpkin spice cupcakes yesterday with cinnamon cream cheese frosting. I have found my Thanksgiving dessert! (I stole the idea from a Food TV show - I'll make fancy flower caramel cutouts to decorate the frosting on the actual turkey day.)
I love vacation weeks. *beams*
2. I got an email from the director of my second movie that said he mentioned my name to another director to star in a his new movie. UM, OKAY. YES, PLEASE.
3. My husband's been gone all weekend, swapping out the kids on an extended camp weekend, and has decided to keep that up until Wed. night. I love having my bed all to myself, it must be said.
4. Someone has apparently WRITTEN THEIR MASTER THESIS ON MORMONISM IN TWILIGHT. (pdf) So, please. All haters to the left, because I clearly knew what I was talking about, hahaha. [/vindication] I've only skimmed it, I've not read it. But believe me, I will be later.
5. A movie that I think every person who is into vampires/ can handle gore/ can handle a brutal look at adolescent behavior needs to see is Let The Right One In. It's Swedish, and it's absolutely phenomenal.
Okay, so this is a hard one to watch in some ways. The bullying the protag goes through is pretty raw and real. He's 12 and completely isolated. His father is an out of sight out of mind parent, his mother we never get a clear indication of, and the landscape is cold, barren and lifeless. It's slow to start, but I enjoyed looking at it, and the set up felt very natural. A girl moves in next door and there are brutal murders happening all around. [allows you to put 2 and 2 together]
I found the actors absolutely fantastic. Completely natural, and that's not easy for young actors. The bully was absolutely menacing and he's 12! So cherubic, and so plausible. His cronies are clearly afraid of retaliation, and their performances are outstanding as well. But the real light shines from the two kids. I don't know where they found the girl, but she is riveting. The constant hunger and need is almost breath taking. (Again, she's 12. Dude. Applause.)
There is one particular death scene that is quite brutal and made me cringe, and I'm not the cringing type. (Jess? There's gore. This one might not be for you, or have TFMN with you to give pillow over face warning.) The absolute desperation for connection to anything human is just so heartbreaking and wonderful. One of the final scenes had me absolutely riveted in my chair. I'll just say this: pool. When you see that, let me know what you think.)
In a nutshell, I think this may be THE best movie about vampires I may have ever seen. (Aside from my own, of course. Hahaha. [/self-pimp whore] It's certainly one of the best movies about adolescence I've ever seen. Swedish with subtitles. RUN to see it, if you can handle the horror aspect.
6. I made pumpkin spice cupcakes yesterday with cinnamon cream cheese frosting. I have found my Thanksgiving dessert! (I stole the idea from a Food TV show - I'll make fancy flower caramel cutouts to decorate the frosting on the actual turkey day.)
I love vacation weeks. *beams*
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Comments
RECIPE? HMMMMMMMMMMMM?
And, I think you already DID a Master's Thesis on Mormonism in Twilight. Shall we photoshop you a diploma? Ours will have sparkles!
I'll make the cupcakes from scratch on Wed. and post the recipe. :D
YES I WANT A DIPLOMA THAT SPARKLES PLS.
And good luck on the audition!
Thank you very much!
They said that someone is already working on an American version. What you wanna bet it will *suck* and/or totally miss the point?
*sigh*
And i second the recipe for these cupcakes. They sound *way* too yummy to miss.
I posted a comment up there with how I made them, but the official recipe I'll put up on Wednesday. These were my experiment cupcakes. :D
Fancy flower caramel cutouts? Do you make the caramel and use those itty bitty canape cutters?
Yes! I get the caramel to room temp, roll them out, and cut out leetle teensy flowers. Pretty! And yum, too.
And thank you!!
The decision to join either the Mormon Church or an eternity as a vampire is not to be taken lightly.
Apparently, if one uses that thesis as a litmus test of LDS literacy, I kin reed. The only think they mention I wasn't familiar with is the idea that one's blood gets totally cycled out when you convert.
Go audition! Break a leg. ;)
The director mentioning you is AWWWESOME! I hope something comes of it, but it seems like a fantastic sign by itself!
Mmmm, the cupcakes sounds faaaabulous. Cinnamon cream cheese frosting needs to exist in my world from now on.
The last of the cupcakes have been devoured and the unanimous suggestion was MOAR FROSTINGS. Num.
(Thank you!)
I cannot WAIT to read it!
I'm looking forward to the recipe! *mmmm*
*huggles*
Oooooh, they were so good, and now they're all gone. I'm going to make a few tweaks and I'll post it on Wednesday. NUM.
Just, Swedish horror movie. That feels like a weird phrase to type.
*steals pumpkin muffins om nom nom*
They were so grood!! It was the cinnamon cream cheese frosting that made them so good. Next time I need to triple the frosting! *prepares the fwoomp tube for you*
Re #4: It amuses me greatly that someone has already written about this. I downloaded it as I am deeply curious.
I had no idea what Let the Right One In was until yesterday when I saw the posters at E Street Cinema, but it looks really, really good. I'll have to check it out.
4. I'm about to crack it open and see what's what myself.
Oh, go see it ASAP. Remember, it has violence in it but it's also very sweet. I highly recommend it!