I love me some bloodsuckers!

So I watched Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. True Blood is currently filming, or something so there was basically this void in my life, a void that I needed to fill with some quality vampire related entertainment. Did I say quality? Scratch that I meant ANY vampire related entertainment.

Enter The Vampire Diaries, CW's latest teen centric drama this time with a bloodlust twist. Really it's pretty much the smartest thing the channel could do given the intense public interest? in vampires at the moment. So what's it about? It's marketed as a love triangle between one good vampire brother, his evil vampire brother and a human girl. In reality it's sort of a classic love triangle, One Tree Hill rip off, complete with requisite with side characters.

It's actually a lot better than expected. The show started off very badly with its only good moments supplied by the evil brother Damon, exquisitely portrayed by the stunning Ian Somerhalder. Somewhere along the line however the characters got less annoying, the plotline less high school and more vampirey. It got good. Right now they're on hiatus and I'm hyperventilating until the new episode comes out.

Check it out if you love anything to do with vampires and need a fix or if you like teen dramas because the actors on this show are hot-hot-hot. CW done good.

Update!!!

Hi everyone! I know it's been ages and ages and ages since I've written anything on this blog - and I promise that I won't let it die because I feel that one day I'm going to regret it if I do.

Anyway, I'm at the Coffee Bean right now and am attempting to be productive in this environment where I can't lie down on my bed and sleep.I actually really miss being here without one of the ISKL crowd. It's not the same! Although if any of you were here, we'd be talking about which teacher's the hottest teacher and school and making bets about which one of us would get hooked up first once we hit the workforce... You guys remember what I'm talking about! :) Basically we wouldn't get any work done.

I'm writing my short story and I have a great idea for it but basically I don't feel like doing it. As mentioned in my previous post, everytime I'm about to start writing something I pick up Breaking Dawn instead. Very smart I know.

Also thank you Priscilla for the DVD set of Sugar Rush, I've been watching an episode every night for the past week. It's totally helping me sleep - and it's also totally making me crave wanting to go the UK and stay there for a while and watch Channel 4 TV programs. Preetha? Got some room?!

Okay I just realized I stopped being interesting about two sentences into this post. Basically I want to say sorry I've been so out of touch - everyone hope you're doing well - also if anyone wants a pack of High School Musical bookmarks send me your address and I will get it to you!

Stephanie Meyer is ruining my life.

So basically after I watched Twilight like the obsessive teenager I am INSIDE, I went out and bought all the books (Actually it took me like 2 freakin' months to get all four because it turns out they kept getting sold out, go figure) that Stephanie Meyer had written in the series. Now because I have no time, I have been able to control the compulsion to read these damn things.

I read Twilight like two months ago, in like a day, and pretty much hated it in comparison to the movie. I think it's really poorly written and Bella in the book is way more irritating than Bella in the movie. I managed to hold off and read the next book, New Moon, like half a month later.

Then this weekend, I came back home with this plan to relax, do a lot of office work, write that damn short story that's due (final submission date on 31 March 2009...) and have an all round productive weekend. Instead I picked up Eclipse which I proceeded to read all of Saturday, finished it at 12:30 am Sunday, and then woke up 8 hours later and then started on Breaking Dawn, the final book.

I managed to wrench myself from the damn thing to go to my yoga class and now I think can probably hold off till next weekend. As you can see I have about 3/4 of the bookto go as evidenced by my fetching High School Musical bookmark (acquired from a storeroom clearout at work), peeking out from Breaking Dawn.

It's not like these books are THAT amazing. Well Book 2, 3 and 4 are hella more compelling than the first one BUT it's more than that it's like I can't stop. And I mean my love for Robert Pattinson greatly diminished once I realized that he errs a little too much on the side of crazy. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, click here for a transcript of his GQ interview.

So anyway, Stephanie Meyer is totally ruining my life. Those damn books. I don't know what the hell happens at the end of the last book but BTW if I had a choice I would totally go with the werewolf and not the vampire. Except he's WAAAAAAY too tall. Just sayin'.

Flavor of the Week: Cam Gigandet

So I know, this used to be the Flavor of the Month but then... I tried watching interviews of Robert Pattinson. He is really boring. And he's hotter with an American accent. In addition in this one interview he looked a little, well, unwashed and also his chin kept making me think about my Latin American lectures in uni about the Hapsburg jaw and how it was a sign of the royal family's inbreeding. Not that I think he's inbred or ugly, just maybe in certain lighting...

Maybe Preetha's right. Maybe he really is just a PWB (Plain White Boy). And what's the only thing better than a PWB? A DWB. A Dirty White Boy.

CAM GIGANDET

So here is Cam Gigandet, the quintessential I-had-an-abusive-childhood-and-now-must-beat you looking actor. As you can see he's pretty much super hot. He's not actually dirty literally, he's more like dirty, figuratively. And I (and other people I'm sure) have had him picked out as a hottie since he played the baddie, Volchok, on the O.C. and then in that subsequent gem of a movie, Never Back Down. He was also in Twilight but then he had long hair and was really pasty - so don't check that out for his good looks.

Unlike Rob Pattinson, he's charming in his interviews albeit a little wasted sometimes. Plus his body is sick. And Preetha I know you must be lamenting but I can't help it I'm a sucker for unsuitable asses. In any case, enjoy Cam this week and I'll be back soon with the next Flavor of the Week!

Flavor of the Week: Robert Pattinson

I know most of you are familiar with how intensely shallow I am and how infatuated I get with different fake people and things. Like footballers, actors/actresses, movies, songs, etc. etc, I don't discriminate... So in keeping with that I've decided to introduce a new "Flavor of the Week" regular blog post. My choices could be determined by if someone is really hot and famous at the moment, or if something really cool happened or if... I make up a reason in my head. This week it is the lovely:

ROBERT PATTINSON

This picture is taken from the movie "Twilight", he is not usually this white or angsty looking. But I like him this way best.

Now I know what you're going to say, "Dini... that's so OBVIOUS. He's like on every magazine!" And I agree, I definitely thought the exact same thing about him since he was such a blah Cedric Diggory. Then I watched Twilight and I decided that it didn't matter what anyone said. I am in LOVEEEEEEEEEE. Like in gut wrenching, 13 year old teenage madness on the verge of watching Twilight more than the 2 times I've already watched it - loveeeeeeeeee.

I know what you're going to say Preetha, that he's just so white. And he is, there's no denying it. I may be too old for this kinda nonsense but hey it's the way I've always been and I don't want to change! Also since I'm really flaky about this kind of stuff my love probably won't last, so check in next week for the Flavor of the Week!