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SQUEE! Dear Reader... It's Jane Eyre!

that's right everyone! Jane Eyre comes out today! and as a MAJOR Janiac, I'm thrilled. I've read the book eleventy hundred times and seen many different productions of it. I also read the super awesome Jane Slayre 

this was an AWESOME version with all the passion of the original with some kick ass paranormal slaying action. LOVED it!
I plan on going to see this newest version. I hope Michael Fassbender lives up to my high expectations of how Mr. Rochester should be portrayed. I keep picturing him in Inglourious Basterds and that might work against me. I love two productions of the film. they run neck and neck in their awesomeness. the first is the version with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. he was awesome and she was soo beautiful.and Mr Brocklehurst was creepy. he was played by contract bad guy player Henry Daniell. Agnes Morehead (Endora on Bewitched) play Aunt Reed. but Orson Welles' plaintive "Jane" when she is wandering the moors just clenches it for me. man, more people need to wander the moors.

but my all time fave(an I've even mentioned it before) is the A and E version with the uber sexy Ciaran Hinds. basically it's a yum fest. he is a perfect Mr Rochester. and the super cool Samantha Morton is Jane. it's an all around win.

so take advantage of another incarnation of this timeless story of Jane and Mr. Rochester. I know I will and I'll  be rereading Jane Eyre. and I'm gonna find my damn copy of JE with Ciaran Hinds.

bad guys and their labels...not always visible

it would be awesome if bad guy characters had labels like this so you would know them but they don't. in my latest manuscript, I have a character who has a label of being evil. he is a historical figure that earned the label himself,thank you but I've discovered that sometimes evil is attractive and not always cut and dry. and this is creepy for me. in my novel, he is a bad guy but mainly he is an opportunist, just like he was in life. when you fictionalize a real person, you can add to their personality. I didn't take away any of this person's personality or deeds because why would I? his character was already developed. I just spun it a bit differently because I had to make him a vampire. the interesting thing about doing the research for this character is that there is very little known of his personal life. there are many books about him with contemporary reports of him but the only true info about him is from his wife and she seemed to be in denial about how and who he was. funny how everyone except her saw him as how the world sees him now. she says he wasn't a monster and his life's work says something different. interesting. when BLOOD OF NEW BEGINNINGS is released, you all will have to let me know how you feel about how I characterized this person. the sad thing is most people now don't know who he is. he died very young in real life but his legacy lived on.

Dark Shadows News Page: Coming Soon...

Dark Shadows News Page: Coming Soon...: "Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins. This isn't an official design, just an imagined poster image I created based on the new Dark Shadows movie..."

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I guess it's better than biting on a stick

I'm sick with an epic sore throat so I've resorted to drinking lemon juice, honey and whisky. not just any whisky, I had to have to good stuff like the kind my MC Eamon drinks. well, not that good but still. anyway, it is butt awful. and my throat doesn't feel any better. I'm convinced that it is an acquired taste, one that I will never acquire. however, dudes may feel free to continue to drink expensive single malt scotch whisky because that's what dudes drink.
I do see how people used to use it for anesthesia though. I imagine that if you drank enough slugs of this you wouldn't feel much. it would have to be better than biting a stick. hopefully my sore throat will let up and drinking this heinous concoction will not be in vain. I'd hate to think nothing good came from this torture.

VampChix: Dark Shadows cast

VampChix: Dark Shadows cast: " The initial cast for DARK SHADOWS has been posted: Barnabas Collins - Johnny Depp Julia Hoffman - Helena Bonham Carter ..."

I'm fearless that way

looks like I have two kneecaps doesn't it? well I don't but I busted my ass today at the skating rink. it was all good and I was rocking to Alejandro until I stopped watching where I was going. anyway, what was really funny was I had just texted my friend Suzannah where I was and what I was doing. she texted back and told me she was too afraid of falling to skate. foolishly, I said I wasn't afraid of that. then like Icarus flying too close to the sun, I fell and busted my knee. then the kid who patrols the floor had to help me up because I couldn't put weight on my knee. so I slinked off the floor and put my cons back on and watched Maddy skate the rest of the time. I think it's funny how I never am afraid of real danger. sure, I'm afraid of the next pandemic turning out to be the zombie apocalypse or the world coming to an end in 2012 or even aliens landing. but falling and seriously injuring myself? nope. at 41, you'd think I would be but I think I still think I'm 21. I know I think my body is still 21. it doesn't look that way hahahaha but I expect it to behave that way. I think I should bounce back after surgery or injury like I'm from Krypton. I'll probably be skiing when I'm sixt and parachuting when I'm 80.oh well. skating is fun and I'll be back to it asap. but maybe this time I'll wear knee pads under my jeans.

Help the Kiwis!!!

 

Y'all, I can't believe I'm behind on this. I mentioned it on Facebook but didn't get to it on here. my beloved dream land New Zealand as you know was rocked by an earthquake earlier this week and many were killed and displaced. you can make donations to the New Zealand Red Cross at the link I posted below. 

New Zealand Red Cross

New Zealand is so awesome. I have a friend from their and her family lives in Christchurch. thankfully her family was safe but many aren't so lucky. so if you can help, even if it's just passing this link along, that would be great!!! I'll close this post with an honest to God quote from uber Kiwi and Bacchus, Sam Neill. it doesn't relate to the earthquake or Two Paddocks but it made me do a major spit take!

 Why did the chicken cross the road?
Most chickens crossing roads I assume to be after my autograph. I never say no to a chook.-- Sam Neill

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there've always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm

because I know everyone has scads of free time, you should read if you already haven't Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. I absolutely love the movie with Kate Beckinsale but I hear the book is much better.surprise,right? anyway, the reason I'm pointing out this oldie but goodie (it was pubbed in 1932) is because of her characterization. she invents some of the most memorable and theatrical characters...and I LOVE that. I love characters who are straight out of a B movie and this book is chock full of them.

this little clip is just proof of the types you'll see in the movie so you know Gibbons' characters in the book are rich. another thing about this is it feeds my anglophile inner self. hell, it's an outer self because I freely admit I love the Brits and all things British. so GO NOW AND ORDER THIS BOOK or check it out of the library. but read this gem. end of little of lady like rant about old books.

Happy Birthday Alan Rickman!!

Happy Birthday AR! you are made of awesome and sexy and epic! I adore your acting and you will always melt my butter. everytime I watch the video for In Demand by Texas I imagine you and Charlene as Eamon and Amelie! any way, I hope number 65 was awesome and I hope you have many more!

have some sam

have some Sam. my posts have been Sam free for a while now so I'll share a few from the vault. my personal fave is Sam as Charles Bromley in Daybreakers or as a Sampire. he is HOT as a vampire. just his voice and presence. mmmm. sam.

the wrong characters are talking

yes I say BOOOO! as in I'm booing. I'm doing that because I don't think I'm going to get much work done on FUNdraiser because my vampires are talking to me and have already hashed out their plot complete with new characters. damn. I wish the characters in FUNdraiser would tell my vampires to STFU. they've been waiting so patiently to be written. I guess being from the south, they are super polite and are willing to step aside for others.

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