Anna on the list of 99 most desirable women

Popular online site AskMen.com has just revealed a list of the 99 most desirable women in the world.

Victoria's secret supermodels scored highly, as did singers and big screen stars from both Bollywood and Hollywood.

New Zealand's own Anna Paquin even made the cut at number 71.

More than 10-million men and women casted their vote, and the most desirable woman in the world this year is actress Eva Mendez.

Video and complete list here:

http://www.3news.co.nz/News/HealthNews/99-most-desirable-women-revealed/tabid/420/articleID/88049/cat/58/Default.aspx

True Blood Season 2 Possible Title Song: Ep. 1 'Nothing but Blood '

OK ...so this is exciting ! We now know the titles of the first 3 episodes of True Blood for season 2.

Now the one thing we know about True Blood is that the episode names come from the a song used in and significant to that episode.

Episode 2.01 - Nothing but the Blood
Episode 2.02 - Keep this Party Going
Episode 2.03 - Changed to Scratches from Scratch My Back

All we know about Season 2 spoilers/casting calls etc can be found here

We know the amazing Gary Calamar puts great effort into musically curating True Blood !

Episode 2.01 - Nothing but the Blood


Nothing But the Blood is an old Baptist hymn that was written by Pastor Robert Lowry (1826-1899) in 1876.










Here is a version by Christian band, Jars of Clay






Or maybe you prefer the Stryper Version


Lyrics:

What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

For my pardon, this I see,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
For my cleansing this my plea,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

This is all my hope and peace,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
This is all my righteousness,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Nothing can for sin atone,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus;
Naught of good that I have done,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh! precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow;
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Nothing but the blood
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Blessings!!!

True Blood Season 2 Possible Title Song: Ep. 2 "Keep the Party Going"

We now know the titles of the first 3 episodes of True Blood for season 2.

Now the one thing we know about True Blood is that the episode names come from the a song used in and significant to that episode.

Episode 2.01 - Nothing but the Blood

Episode 2.02 - Keep this Party Going

Keep this Party Going was written by the B-52's a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States, in 1976. The band's name comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the airplane of the same name. During their early years, wigs of that style were often worn by the band's female singers Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson Keep this Party Goin is from the album Funplex.( Wikipedia)



Lyrics

Fast forward
Where's my remote
Wild-eyed in a crazed haze
Fast forward
Rock this boat
Party goin for days and days

Follow the bliss but remember this
It's all about the kiss
As I gaze at the skies and look into your eyes
I just can't resist

Crank it

Attain enlightenment
Gotta move it to the front
We've gotta be part of the universe
Take this party to the white house lawn
Things are down and dirty in Washington

Go to church on Sunday
Party on Monday
And every other day of the week
We're just a bunch of party geeks
(Let's keep this party goin' on)

Drag it slam it
(Let's keep this party going' on)
Wear me out
Elevator rising fast
Crank it spank it
(Let's keep this party going' on)
Wear me out
(Let's keep this party goin' on and on and on and on)
Let it out ready to blast

Fast forward
Grab the remote
Love the way you move that stuff
Fast forward
Slam that note
Either way slow or rough

If you feel uptight and you make it alright
It's part of this earthly delight
I can hear the sound from the underground
So let's get wild tonight

Crank it

Attain enlightenment
Gotta take it to the front
We've gotta be part of the universe
Take this party to the white house lawn
Things are down and dirty in Washington

Go to church on Sunday
Party on Monday
And every other day of the week
We're just a bunch of party geeks
(Let's keep this party goin' on)

Drag it slam it
(Let's keep this party going' on)
Wear me out
Elevator rising fast
Crank it spank it
(Let's keep this party going' on)
Wear me out
(Let's keep this party goin' on and on and on and on)
Let it out ready to blast

Attain enlightenment
Gotta take it to the front
We've gotta be part of the universe
Keep this party going all night long
Things are getting dirty down in Washington

Attain enlightenment
Gotta take it to the front
We've gotta be part of the universe
Keep this party going all night long
Things are getting dirty down in Washington

True Blood Season 2 Possible Title Song: Ep.3 "Scratch My Back"

Title of episode has been changed to Scratches from Scratch my back.

We now know the titles of the first 3 episodes of True Blood for season 2.

The one thing we know about True Blood is that the episode names come from the a song used in and significant to that episode.

Episode 2.01 - Nothing but the Blood
Episode 2.02 - Keep this Party Going

Episode Three : Baby Scratch My Back

Sometimes called electric swamp blues written by James Moore, aka Slim Harpo. Crowley, Louisiana, October 1965 Excello Records.

James Moore AKA Slim Harpo Born: January 11, 1924 in the parish of West Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As a figure in the post-war rural blues, his music is often described as Louisiana swamp blues. As a teenager, his parents died, leaving him to raise one brother and three young sisters. In January of 1966, Slim Harpo returned to the charts with "Baby Scratch My Back" which hit No. 1 on the R&B chart on February 26, 1966, and remained No. 1 for two weeks. The song also peeked at Number 16 for 8 weeks in March on the Billboard Hot 100.



If you prefer a little Texas connection here is KM Williams and Washboard Jackson with a guitar / washboard version.



Lyrics:

Aww, I'm itchy,and I don't know where to scratch
Come here baby, scratch my back I know you can do it, so baby get to it

Aww,you're workin with it now
You got me feelin' so good
just look to the sun now baby
ummmmm...

This little girl sho' knows how'd scratch
Now, you're doin' the chicken scratch
Aww, its lookin' good baby
Just gettin' scratch That's what I'm talkin' bout

True Blood - Episode 2.03 - Scratch My Back - Casting Call

From Spoiler TV !

This episode begins filming on the 28th January.

[MISSY] Missy is a "recovering fangbanger" in her 20s, with roots growing out of her once Goth dye-job. Her neck is covered with vampire bite scars...1 speech, 1 scene (21)

[LINDSEY] 20s. Seen topless, she is a fun-loving drunken sorority girl who puts the moves on Eggs.sptv050769..1 speech & 1 line, 2 scenes (40)

http://spoilertv.blogspot.com/search/label/True%20Blood

Beegeek reviews Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

I love what Beegeek has to say on her blog...

I had never heard of the Southern Vampire Mysteries or the Sookie Stackhouse Novels, as they are known, before I watched the TV series True Blood. And honestly, I only watched the show because Dexter’s season ended. Anyway, after watching the show and actually enjoying it I was pleased to find out it was based on a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. And lo and behold on Christmas morning I received not one; but all seven novels in the series, starting with Dead Until Dark.

To say that I am not a fantasy or sci-fi fan is an understatement. The only thing coming close to either of those genres that I have ever had any interest in was the Harry Potter series. I don’t know why. I can’t explain it. It just doesn’t float my boat. So, needless to say, I was skeptical when it came to my newly acquired box set of vampire novels.

The series centers on Bon Temps, a small town in New Orleans and it’s inhabitants. Most notably it’s twenty-something ‘looney’ local Sookie Stackhouse. For most of her life Sookie has been something of a pariah in Bon Temps. Early on you learn that Sookie has what she calls a ‘disability’ and what everyone else regards as being something between bat shit crazy and mildly retarded. Her disability makes relationships with anyone; especially men virtually impossible. But then she meets her perfect man, Bill. All dark hair and dark eyes and fair skin. Ok, not really fair skin so much as a deathly pallor; because Bill is, in fact, dead. Bill is one of many freshly ‘out of the coffin’ vampires attempting to mainstream into everyday life throughout the world. And he has come back home to Bon Temps to live on the plantation that his family has owned for hundreds of years.

Of course, upon Bill’s arrival, the shit hits the fan in sleepy little Bon Temps. A series of unexplained murders start taking place which gets everyone’s knickers in a twist. With the obvious blame falling to Bill and his undead brethren. Although after some investigation the finger is pointing at someone even closer to Sookie’s heart than Bill. And it is with that that she strikes out to clear the names of the people she loves while trying not to get killed herself.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I dug this book. It wasn’t the typical vampire novel. There isn’t a whole bunch of bodice ripping and damsels in distress, while the big bad vampires wreak havoc on the unsuspecting town, until the calvary of burly men with stakes ride up to save the day. Sure there is the obvious amount of supernatural fantastic material contained within it’s pages. It is a book about vampires for God’s sake. But it is also about a tough as nails southern chick willing to look a fool and buck the system to save the men that she loves. And almost more importantly it is about a minority stepping out on to the world’s stage and attempting to be accepted for what they are; not what people expect them to be. And here I thought I was just reading a book about blood suckers and red necks. Who knew the novel about vampires and a chick with a goofy name could also be a study of independence and tolerance?

Read more of her book review s here :

http://beegeek.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/6-dead-until-dark-by-charlaine-harris/

True Blood Episode Ten : 'I don't want to know ' recap from HBO site

Sookie wakes up to find Sam at the foot of her bed - naked - and immediately starts kicking him. Convinced he's the murder after all, she flees to the bathroom, where a moment later, the familiar dog trots in ... then morphs into Sam. After Sookie gets over her astonishment, Sam explains that he's a shapeshifter and can transform into any animal he sees. At first she listens, interested, but as the depth of his lie dawns on her, she becomes angry and sends him away.

Tara, with Sam's $800 in her pocket, meets Miss Jeanette in the woods to have her demon exorcised. After drinking a vial of "snake juice" and rubbing the woman's spit across her face, Tara sees herself appear nearby as a young girl, but with black pupil-less eyes. Miss Jeanette tells her the demon can take any form and gives her a knife to stab the creature, which disappears when the blade touches it, leaving the knife covered in blood. Tara, overcome, falls to the ground weeping out of shock and relief.

In Jason's basement, Amy hooks an IV up to Eddie, who tells her he knows that she plans to kill him. Amy prefers not to accept moral judgment from a vampire, but when she finds the stash of Tru Blood that Jason has been feeding him, she realizes her relationship is at stake. Going upstairs, she tells Jason that she thinks they should be nicer to Eddie, treat him like a pet. The vampire could get Stockholm syndrome and maybe come to love them ...

At Merlotte's, Sam stands on a ladder to hang lanterns for Arlene's engagement party. As she corrects his work, his mind drifts back to his childhood, to the first time that he shifted forms - into the family dog - right in front of his adoptive parents. Terrified, he runs off into the night on all fours.

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Episode Ten ( S1) HBO Recap

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You know you've watched too much True Blood when...

you participate in more than one True Blood message board

when your sister finally returns your call, you say "If I remembered what feelings were, mine would be hurt".

You have Frescas, for guests.

you hum the tune to "Bill's Entrance" all the time.

you look in the Shreveport yellow pages for "Fangtasia!"

you obsess about Bill's hair and Bill's tongue. Anything related to Bill, period.

Thoroughly won over by Sookie Stackhouse

Paige Turner writes ...

Several months ago, I wrote a blog entry about how silly I thought the HBO show "True Blood" was. It's been the highest-trafficked blog entry I've written in the two years I've been writing this blog. I was very surprised by the response.I can't say yet whether I have been won over by "True Blood" because I am waiting for it to come out on DVD, but I am completely addicted to Charlaine Harris's "Sookie Stackhouse" novels. After the rabid hate mail I received (just kidding), I decided to give

Ms. Harris and her barmaid telepath a chance in writing. Maybe the fault I found in the show was all to blame on the show's producers -- maybe the books were better (I hoped). I am glad to say that the books are good -- a little trashy, full of supernatural creatures, a lot of fun and great for a little mind candy -- and I am eagerly awaiting Harris's next book about Sookie's adventures "Dead and Gone.
Read on

http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/books/2009/01/thoroughly_won_over_by_sookie.html

True Blood fashion statement : Purple paisley tie

OK , here ya go another Sookie fashion question.

Who wore this and to what .....?

Yes, its and yes, it does match his eyes.....
~~~

Quinn came across the lawn and mounted the porch
with an understated speed. He didn't look as though he was hurrying, but suddenly he was there, and I was smiling at him, and he looked wonderful. He was wearing a dark gray suit, a dark purple shirt, and a tie that blended the two colors in a paisley pattern. He was wearing one earring, a simple gold hoop.

True Blood Music Video of the Day

Amazed by Lonestar

What's your game?

Wonderland writes : I'm watching True Blood at the moment, HBO's jaw-socking vampire series. Some of the best television I've seen in a long while. In episode 9 or so, there's a magic moment where Bill (a vampire) is playing golf (during the day). Pan out, and he's on the Wii. Next scene, vamp visitors ask him, "what's your game? I see you're playing Wii...".

If this is product placement, it's genius.

http://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2009/01/whats-your-game.html

I also posted about this in November and you can watch the video of this scene:

Ask Dallas : Here Dean, come boy !

Btanalo sent me an email with a great question about Dean, the dog. I love receiving email but I can't promise that I will always be able to find or know the answer to questions , but this time I was able to find out the answer for her ...

She wrote :
Dallas,

I'd sure like to know more about the dog who plays Dean/Sam. Have you seen anything written up about him/her?
bt


Well BT - I'd like you to meet the animal actor who actually plays Dean , his real name is Duffy and he is an English Shepard. Dean as we know is Sam's alter ego , or what he becomes when he shifts to a dog from his human form.

Dean ... I mean Duffy actually works at Boone's Animals for Hollywood.
http://www.boonesanimals.com/



I also believe that the lovely Tina, the cat may also be one of the British Blue cats that also work with Duffy at Boone's.


http://www.boonesanimals.com/pages/3170/British_Blues.htm

True Blood also states at the end of every show " The America Humane Association Monitored the animal action. No animals were harmed.

To find out more about the Film & TV Unit of the American Humane Society
visit here :
http://www.americanhumane.org/protecting-animals/programs/no-animals-were-harmed/

Established in 1940, American Humane’s Film & Television Unit is the leading authority on the safe use of animals in film. We are the only animal welfare organization in the world with on-set jurisdiction from the Screen Actors Guild to supervise the use of animals. We are also the only organization with the authority to issue our renowned “No Animals Were Harmed”® end-credit disclaimer.

Animals Trainer include :
•Boone Narr
•David Bruce Allsberry
•Shawn Weber
•Brian Turner
•Linda Rowe
•Brian Turi
•Scott Davis
•Tracy Kelly
•Richard Long
•Scott Rowe

Yes, Virginia, there really is a Bill Compton house Pt. I

Yes, Virginia, there really is a Bill Compton house.

No, it IS NOT just a facade on some studio back lot. It's a real home and a real Pre-Civil War historic treasure.

No, it's not exactly located in Bon Temps and it is not next to the Tall Pines (Bon Temp) cemetery , nor just up the road from Sookie's house but it is a real home and a real beauty.

Let me say RIGHT off, I am not divulging any secrets or letting anyone see anything that hasn't already been made very public, but I would caution anyone to never interfere with filming or trespass on private property that also serve as film locations. The TV /Motion Picture industry is a very important business and brings much needed jobs and revenues to the local economies, especially in an area like Louisiana and I would urge everyone to always remember that and always be respectful.

Bill's house is actual known as Roseneath Plantation and it is located in De Soto Parish, Louisiana. When we visited it, last month it was undergoing extensive renovation and the contractor told us it was being renovated for the family. Generations of the Means family have continually inhabited the home since it was built in the mid 19th century. It is a lovely, stately old home and has stood there in that beautiful, lush rolling farm land since 20 years before the Civil War.

I have always thought it's most interesting and unique architectural attribute are the jalousie between the front porch columns. ( those kind of shutters). It's architectural description from it's historic designation.

Roseneath is a large, two story, frame Greek Revival plantation home located in a rural setting near the tiny community of Gloster. It has received relatively few alterations since construction. The house was built for William Bundy Means of South Carolina and has been occupied continuously by the Means family. The date passed down through the generations is 1846.

You can read the entire document here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/10977924/16023001

Document pertaining to it's designations with the National Register for Historic places ( maps, photos, etc.)

roseneath

Here is an article about the home from the Times of Acadiana: Tracking vampires in North Louisiana

http://www.scribd.com/doc/10978540/books2LTBiDW


Our wonderful trip travelogue from December http://lovingtruebloodindallas.blogspot.com/2008/12/sleuthing-in-truebloodville-travelogue.html

Photos from our Louisiana trip :

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Yes, Virginia, there really is a Bill Compton house Pt. II

More photos .. from True Blood still from the series left and real photo on right











Miscellaneous..

Vampires and Evil: the Romantic Antihero Reborn

Sandra writes...

Vampires have historically been considered evil, and were blamed for many little understood situations in the cultures that spawned them. But fictionally they are currently not considered 100% bad. Since they’re the living dead – creatures to be feared rather than desired – they deserve a closer look.

Body image and wealth are worshipped in our society, and if you add a bit of trendy perversity to the mix you might get an instant hero, or the 20th century equivalent – the antihero. This character is often dark in nature, and they have their own set of morals. They kill and frighten fragile humans, but they are no longer the monsters or villains of yore. Dress evil in smart clothes over a beautiful body and it doesn’t seem so unappealing anymore. Antiheroes are the ultimate outcasts, and if they are self-loathing, that’s even better: the romantic, but evil, protagonist is born . . . or reborn. Who better to personify those attributes than the modern fictional vampire?

Vampires are seen as evil when they lure nubile beauties into blood ritual. Their sensual side is not new. Dracula dawdled over Mina for days, during which time she appeared besotted, deceptive, and furtively aware of puncture wounds to her throat, an entrance into her body that she has allowed. He could have dispatched her as he did Lucy, but instead he lingered until she was begging him for it. It being his blood and her final transformation into another one of his vampire brides (he’d left three of them back at the castle). We didn’t want her to change; we wanted Dracula to be vanquished. This is the fundamental difference: if that story were written in the 21st century we'd want Drac and Mina together in everlasting bliss.

Vampires from an older period fed rampantly on the innocent, but in many books released today, they don’t randomly attack people and kill them. They offer many of their chosen the choice of transformation, and a “blood bond” is created instead of a “blood curse.” These vampires are depicted as torn by the pull of opposite urges, wanting to honor the remnants of their human side but still irresistibly drawn to seek blood. Their fictional human counterparts (buddies, lovers, misguided Renfields) witness their moral struggle, almost as if they were watching a human struggle with a substance addiction. They stand by wanting to offer support, but usually make the process worse, their bodies a pulsating temptation. They are the enablers upon which the plot twists.

In fiction today we want the vampire to get the girl, or boy (Louis and Armand in the Rice Vampire Trilogy; Edward and Bella in Twilight; Bill and Sookie in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series).

Vampires have changed, but our notions of evil have changed as well. I’ll examine this aspect in my next installment.

http://www.bloodmother.com/2009/01/vampires-and-evil-romantic-antihero.html

http://www.bloodmother.com/

Bill Compton voted for Obama

We do know from Book 2 that Bill was a Democrat, so he would have probably voted for Obama and would have been celebrating our new presidential today..

bk2
Sookies says "I couldn't have been more surprised if Jason had told me Bill had been dating Hillary Clinton (though Bill was a Democrat)"

~~~~~

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our Nation -- not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That is the true genius of America, a faith -- a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles; that we can tuck in our children at night and know that they are fed and clothed and safe from harm; that we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door; that we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe; that we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will be counted -- at least most of the time.

Barack Obama Democratic National Convention speech 2004

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/convention2004/barackobama2004dnc.htm