#226 Re: Square Eyes » Twilight (contains spoilers for all books and the movies) » 28 Jun 09 :: 16:24

Almost all current vampire books I've read break the "normal" vampire myths.  In Twilight, they don't have fangs, they don't burn in the sun (they just sparkle!), and the Cullens don't feed off humans.  And another book series I'm reading about vampires, House of Night, aren't anything like Dracula.  They don't have fangs either and they don't even have venom, they don't need blood at all to live but they do enjoy it, going out in the sun doesn't kill them but it does hurt their eyes (yes, I know how ridiculous that sounds), and they don't get bitten and changed... they get touched by a tracker as a teenager, then they go to vampire finishing school until they change at adulthood or they die.

#227 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Randomness » 28 Jun 09 :: 16:09

I'm sorry to hear that TJ.  I hope your friends are ok.

#228 Re: Square Eyes » Twilight (contains spoilers for all books and the movies) » 28 Jun 09 :: 16:06

I would have gone into insanely long answers to your mom and brother's questions but not really answer them.  Me and Whinnie did it when we got Shawn to watch Donnie Darko for the first time, he ended up more confused than he was in the first place.

#230 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Jacko had a heart attack » 26 Jun 09 :: 22:45

She was an older lady, so there's that chance.  As soon as he got yelled at, he apologized and the whole front of the store had a laugh.

There's only three guys who work there, but all three of them were making jokes about him all day.  Especially around Amey, who's in mourning.

#231 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Jacko had a heart attack » 26 Jun 09 :: 21:55

I worked the morning shift today and a guy I work with, Tony, was at the registers with me and I told him yesterday about MJ, but he really had a customer going.

Customer: did you hear about Michael Jackson?
Tony (stupid look on his face): No.  What do you mean?
Customer: he died last night!
Tony:  ... ma'am, he's been dead for over a month.

I started cracking up and he kept going on her, and she believed him.  Then a supervisor came by and told him to stop abusing the customers.

#232 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Jacko had a heart attack » 25 Jun 09 :: 23:46

News just reported that he's apparently dead.

I hate the man but... RIP, MJ

#234 Re: Square Eyes » Twilight (contains spoilers for all books and the movies) » 25 Jun 09 :: 16:15

I actually discussed Jake and Edward with a woman I work with while we were closing last night.  We agreed, there was one thing that turned us off of Jake, he literally told Bella "love me, or I'm going to kill myself", he didn't give her a choice.  I'm sorry, but that is not an ultimatum.  That's a threat.  And that made me hate him.

#235 Re: Square Eyes » Films you have no interest in seeing. 2009 & above. » 24 Jun 09 :: 23:05

I think Labor Pains deserves a space too.  Everyone needs a little LiLo

#236 Re: Square Eyes » Twilight (contains spoilers for all books and the movies) » 24 Jun 09 :: 19:13

Well, Kate mentioned how unappealing a sulking guy (Edward) is, so I said my not-boyfriend is a sulking guy.  And then we kinda went off.

#239 Re: Square Eyes » Twilight (contains spoilers for all books and the movies) » 24 Jun 09 :: 15:36

Yeah, Deb knows all the gory details of me and Shawn.  And, yes, it's Shawn that should give you a hint about why it's so confusing.  It's one big confusing ball of dramatic mush.  Every single day.  And we're more than "just friends" but not really.   There's no easy way to describe it without going deep into it.  And that wouldn't be easy.

The books really aren't for everyone, but I agree that it does increase your enjoyment of the movie.  My cousin saw the movie with his girlfriend, hated it, then when she told him to read the books he borrowed Twilight off of me and it's taken him almost seven months to get halfway through.  And he reads extremely fast.

#240 Re: Square Eyes » Twilight (contains spoilers for all books and the movies) » 24 Jun 09 :: 04:39

For all intents and purposes, he's my boyfriend.  But there's some issues that mean we can't date, so he's not my boyfriend.  So he became my not-boyfriend.  We can't just say we aren't together, because that's too simple of an explanation.

#241 Re: Square Eyes » Twilight (contains spoilers for all books and the movies) » 24 Jun 09 :: 04:10

Well, my not-boyfriend is a sulking guy who thinks someone slamming the door is the end of the world.  He's not much fun, but there's just something about brooding boys...

#242 Re: Square Eyes » Twilight (contains spoilers for all books and the movies) » 24 Jun 09 :: 03:05

Well, yeah if Edward wasn't around.  Obviously.  But Jake never accepted her relationship with Edward, which always pissed me off.   If he cared about her, he wouldn't care who she was with as long as she was happy.  But he just wanted her to be with him, even if it made her miserable to be away from Edward.

And you won't get hated for it.  Unless you count what I just wrote hate.  Jacob fans outnumber Edward fans here.

#243 Re: Introduce Yourself » Our little questionnaire ::: Come on in and answer it » 24 Jun 09 :: 02:30

I don't think I've introduced myself lately yikes.  I'm Laura.

I'm not anti-social, I just tend to stay in my hole a lot.

#244 Re: Square Eyes » Twilight (contains spoilers for all books and the movies) » 24 Jun 09 :: 00:01

In the book she would.  There better not be anything going on between them in the movie :fedup:

#246 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Randomness » 23 Jun 09 :: 22:40

I like how the one puppy is just kinda sitting there perfectly calm like "Ok, I get it.  Now will you please let go of my nose?"

If huskies didn't get so damn big and shed like they do, I'd want one.  They're so beautiful.  You just gotta make sure you aren't getting a wolf accidentally wink

#248 Re: Square Eyes » Which 2009/2010 movies are you most looking forward to? » 23 Jun 09 :: 20:57

If it ends like the book did, it'll make you bawl out of complete shock, joy and heartbreak all at once.   And that's all I'm sayin' neutral

#249 Re: Square Eyes » Which 2009/2010 movies are you most looking forward to? » 23 Jun 09 :: 20:50

I read My Sister's Keeper.  Saddest freaking thing ever.

#250 Re: Square Eyes » The Unusuals » 23 Jun 09 :: 05:27

An amazingly vague message from The Unusuals Twitter

Second Squad, don't for one minute think you're getting rid of me that easily. Be on the lookout for a terrorist with a colostomy bag.

Most likely, it means the Twitter will still be active.  But who knows.

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