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February 28, 2009 by Sarah Wood
No More Vampires Hunting Women - Women Are Now Hunting Vampires!
Each year we see new trends appear that people can't get enough of . One year it was "Pink is the new black!" , another year "less is more". The last couple of years it has been "Fanged and Fantastic!" Why the attraction to Vampires all the sudden? These other worldly beings just so
happen to know what makes a woman tick.
Surveying the latest on air content of vampires, there is one common thread throughout them all. These vampires love intently and are fiercely protective. They all have obscene amounts of money accruing from years of investments and inventions. How could a woman not fall in love with a man who loved her with more passion than she had ever experienced? What woman would turn away protection that was at her finger tips through just one thought?
Bill Compton was my introduction into the world of vampires.
Read on
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Women and Their Love for Vampires
Video dedication to Loving True Blood in Dallas !
Thanks so much to Sparkley Edward for dedicating one of her wonderful videos to Loving True Blood in Dallas blog..
Wow and this is an amazing one...
Now, please someone make me a Bill /Sookie video so I don't get accused of playing favors....Thanks again Yumi!
Things I've learned while watching True Blood (8)
I learned that Miss Jeanette gives mumbo jumbo a bad name.
I learned that Hoyt Fortenberry can stand up to his mother even if what he says doesn't make much sense.
I learned that naked Sam looks pretty good from the back.
Nesting vampires have plastic on their sofas.
Vampires can be pretty handy in renovating old houses
I learned that Bon Temps is the only place on earth where you can drive around in a 1976 AMC Gremlin and still not be embarrassed to show your face in public.
I learned that shapeshifters don't have a newsletter.
Jesus Christ, Shepherd of Judea V : Wicca and Wiccans
*Jesus Christ, Shepherd of Judea Part I : Sookie and faith
*Jesus Christ, Shepherd of Judea Part II: The Bible
*Jesus Christ, Shepherd of Judea Part III: Prayer
*Jesus Christ, Shepherd of Judea Part IV: Eric and Religion
We have a number of references in the books to Wicca and Wiccans.
Dead to the World, Bk4
"Oh, gosh, no, not me. I'm a Catholic. But I have some friends who are Wiccan. Some of them are witches."
"Oh, really?" I didn't think I'd ever heard the word Wiccan before, though maybe I'd read it in a mystery or romance novel. "I'm sorry, I don't know what that means," I said, my voice humble.
"Holly can explain it better than I can," Tara said.
"Holly. The Holly who works with me?"
"Sure. Or you could go to Danielle, though she's not going to be as willing to talk. Holly and Danielle are in the same coven."
I was so shocked by now I might as well get even more stunned. "Coven," I repeated.
"You know, a group of pagans who worship together."
"I thought a coven had to be witches?"
Our little town of Bon Temps had stretched its gates open wide enough to tolerate vampires, and gay people didn't have a very hard time of it anymore (kind of depending on how they expressed their sexual preference). However, I thought the gates might snap shut for Wiccans.
"You're a witch?" I said, embarrassed at using such a dramatic word.
"I'm more of a Wiccan."
"Would you mind explaining the difference?" I met her eyes briefly, and then decided to focus on the dried flowers in the basket on top of the television. Holly thought I could read her mind only if I was looking into her eyes. (Like physical touching, eye contact does make the reading easier, but it certainly isn't necessary.) "I guess not." Her voice was slow, as if she were thinking as she spoke.
"You're not one to spread gossip."
"Whatever you tell me, I won't share with anyone." I met her eyes again, briefly.
"Okay," she said. "Well, if you're a witch, of course, you practice magic rituals."
She was using "you" in the general sense, I thought, because saying "I"
would mean too bold a confession.
"You draw from a power that most people never tap into. Being a witch isn't being wicked, or at least it isn't supposed to be. If you're a Wiccan, you follow a religion, a pagan religion. We follow the ways of the Mother, and we have our own calendar of holy days. You can be both a Wiccan and a witch; or more one, or more the other. It's very individualized. I practice a little witchcraft, but I'm more interested in the Wiccan life. We believe that your actions are okay if you don't hurt anyone else."
Oddly, my first feeling was one of embarrassment, when I heard Holly tell me that she was a non-Christian. I'd never met anyone who didn't at least pretend to be a Christian or who didn't give lip service to the basic Christian precepts. I was pretty sure there was a synagogue in Shreveport, but I'd never even met a Jew, to the best of my knowledge. I was certainly on a learning curve.
Definitely Dead Bk 6
"And I'll need real witches," Amelia said. "Quality workers, not some hedgerow Wiccan." Amelia went off on Wiccans for a good long while. She despised Wiccans (unfairly) as tree-hugging wannabes-that came out of Amelia's thoughts clearly enough. I regretted Amelia's prejudice, as I'd met some impressive Wiccans.
All Together Dead , Bk 7
But after I'd introduced the two and they'd had some conversations, Amelia had told me glumly that she and Holly were very different sorts of witches. Amelia herself was (she considered) a true witch, while Holly was a Wiccan. Amelia had a thinly veiled contempt for the Wiccan faith. Once or twice, Amelia had met with Holly's coven, partly to keep her hand in.and partly because Amelia yearned for the company of other practitioners.
Bon Temps : Who lives here ?
Home is where the heart is...who lives these places ?
and here -Email me with your guess Email: True Blood in Dallas
True Blood Season 2 Ep 3 'Scratch My Back ' on IMDb
True Blood Season 2 on IMDb
So far this is what they have on this True Blood Season Two: Episode Three "Scratch My Back "
I was tickled pink to read in a recent interview with Alan Ball that they are on purpose planting misinformation about True Blood Season 2.
I think that is terrific and it will keep us all on our toes and NONE of us will ever for sure know until we are seeing that episode with our own eyes ...
This is what I have on Episode three who knows if any of it is correct or maybe just part of it is correct! Either way it sure is fun.
"True Blood" Scratch My Back (2009)
Directed by Scott Winant
(Scott also directed these episodes of True Blood in Season OneI Don't Wanna Know (2008) and The First Taste (2008) )
Written by Raelle Tucker
(Raelle was also the writer of these episodes of True Blood in Season One - You'll Be the Death of Me (2008) TV episode and Cold Ground (2008) TV episode )
Writing credits Alan Ball (creator)
Charlaine Harris (novels)
Episode Cast (in credits order)
Stephen Moyer ... Bill Compton
Sam Trammell ... Sam Merlotte
Ryan Kwanten ... Jason Stackhouse
Rutina Wesley ... Tara Thornton
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Court Dickert ... Mall Shopper
Ashley Jones ... Daphne
Anna Paquin ... Sookie Stackhouse
Episode Crew
Produced by Alan Ball .... executive producer
Special Effects by Michael Gaspar .... special effects supervisor
Stunts
Jessica Harbeck .... stunt creature: Minaed
Heidi Pascoe .... stunt double: Anna Paquin
Ann Scott .... stunt double
Camera and Electrical Department
Simon Jayes .... camera operator: "a" camera
Simon Jayes .... steadicam operator
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lorie Shew .... costumer
Transportation Department
Rich Bennetti .... transportation captain
Paul Tumber .... transportation
Other crew
Marc Garcia .... key medic
Series Cast
Brendan Patrick Connor ... Man with Beer
Ken Kobus ... Man at Bar
David Lewis ... Teenage Boy
Jessica Stroup ... Sorority Girl
Series Crew
Writing credits(in alphabetical order)
Alan Ball creator
Production Management
Bill Johnson .... production manager (2007)
Visual Effects by
Kristen Branan .... head of production: Zoic Studios (2007)
Steven Meyer .... compositing supervisor (2007-2009)
Casting Department
Anne Massey .... casting: New Orleans (2007)
Music Department
Alyson Vidoli .... music coordinator (2007)
Transportation Department
Beverly Reeves .... driver (2007) (uncredited)
True Blood Goes to the Movies: Uprising starring Stephen Moyer
Uprising
3hrs 30min
Genre: War
Release: 2001
Director:Jon Avnet
Starring:
Leelee Sobieski Tosia Altman
Hank Azaria Mordechai Anielewicz
David Schwimmer Yitzhak Zuckerman
Jon Voight General Stroop
Donald Sutherland Adam Czneriakow
Cary Elwes Fritz Hippler
Stephen Moyer Kazik, Simha 'Kazik' Rotem
Sadie Frost Zivia
Radha Mitchell Mira
Synopsis
Uprising is based on the true story of the Jewish Fighting Organization, a courageous band of youthful Polish guerrillas and freedom fighters who refused to knuckle under to the Nazis during World War II. Led by schoolteacher Mordechai Anielewicz (Hank Azaria), the organization comes into being as the Warsaw Jewish ghetto is being systemically decimated and shipped off to the Treblinka death camp by the German occupational forces. From April 19 to May 16, 1943, Anielewicz' followers staged a valiant uprising, which -- though ultimately unsuccessful in stopping the Nazi "final solution" juggernaut -- inflicted an enormous amount of damage upon the enemy and enabled hundreds of Polish Jews to escape the gas ovens and crematoriums. Much of the story is based upon the eyewitness testimony of surviving freedom fighter Simha "Kazik" Rotem, portrayed in the film by Stephen Moyer. Director Jon Avnet brilliantly combines newly filmed scenes with digitally refashioned archival footage of the actual uprising. Filmed in Bratisla, Slovakia, and boasting an all-star cast, Uprising was shown in two-hour installments on November 4 and 5, 2001, over the NBC network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Sookie Stackhouse books and stories being published this year !
From Dead to Worse (paperback and audio), Ace Sookie Stackhouse #8 march 31,2009 pre-order HERE
Pre-order HERE
September
Must Love Hell Hounds (trade paperback), Berkley, anthology September 1, 2009 Pre -order HERE
A Touch of Dead: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel the Complete Stories
(Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) Ace (Hardcover)
This title will be released on October 6, 2009.
You can pre-order here Sookie Stackhouse 8 book set,
Club Dead (hardcover), Ace Sookie Stackhouse #3
Sookie Stackhouse's Salmon Croquettes
Remember Sookie buys the canned salmon at the Wal-mart when she takes Bob to clothes shop after he's been returned to human form by Octavia in Book 8. Here kittie, kittie, kittie !
1 (12 oz) can pink salmon
2 whole eggs
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons yellow corn meal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
You basically pour all of the ingredients into a large bowl and mix them. Add the flour last so you can control the consistency. Mold the dough-like mix into patties.
Coat a frying pan with a little cooking oil. Crisco works just fine. Preheat the oiled pan over medium heat. Slip the patties into the pan, fitting as many as you can but leaving room to turn them. Cook until medium brown on one side, then turn over and do the same to the other side.
*best in your cast iron skillet and you can use Lawry's Seasoned Salt
Sookie Stackhouse book's dedications, acknowledgments and prologues for Book Book 6, 'Definitely Dead'
Book 6 Definitely Dead
Obviously, this book was finished months before Hurricane Katrina struck the
My heart goes out to the people of the beautiful city of
Acknowledgments
My thanks to so many people: Jerrilyn Farmer's son's Latin teacher; Toni L.P. Kelner and Steve Kelner, friends and sounding boards; Ivan Van Laningham, who has both knowledge and opinions about many, many subjects; Dr. Stacy Clanton, about whom I can say the same; Alexandre Dumas, author of the fabulousThe Three Musketeers , which everyone ought to read; Anne Rice, for vampirizing New Orleans; and to the reader at Uncle Hugo's who guessed the plot of this book in advance … hats off to you all!
Prologue
Dear Readers,
If you've enjoyed Sookie's adventures, you might be interested in reading other works of mine. In 2005,
Harper was struck by lightning when she was fifteen years old, and since then she's been able to find dead people. Now in her twenties, Harper and her stepbrother, Tolliver, conduct their unique business on the road.
As the two travel from job to job, they encounter all kinds of clients along the way. Sometimes, the body Harper finds has met a foul death … and sometimes, the people who pay her think Harper knows more than she does about who committed the murder.
If you think you might like reading about Harper and Tolliver,Grave Surprise , the second book about their investigations, will be on the shelves in hardcover in November of 2006. The same month,Grave Sight will be released in paperback.
I hope you enjoy the change of pace.
Charlaine Harris
Vampire Slaying Kits now on Ebay
We have a troubling new development.
I don't know if FotS is behind this or not but there are Vampire killing kits on Ebay and some are fetching a pretty penny at that here !
A more reasonably priced kit van also be found here
Remember what Bill says about water and geometry... watch below.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Comics
Before you were a dedicated True Blood /Sookie fan were you a Buffy fan ? How about reading the Buffy comic books ?
Check out more great reviews and all that is Fangoria http://www.fangoriaonline.com/
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER- Issue #22
Dark Horse Comics http://www.darkhorse.com/
Written by Steven S. DeKnight Art by Georges Jeanty
Issue 22 features popular BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER television show alumni, Steven S. DeKnight on the writing duties, and he jumps into the mix with a bag of stuffed animals. Close to battling the fury of cute dog movies, DeKnight creates a villain out of a Happy Cat, adding fangs and a cape to the popular cute kitty fad, and most likely, a chance to buy it online in the near future to add to your Buffy collection. Aside from that, his story centers upon the two lesbian slayers that seem to have a thing for straight and strong chicas like The Buffster. Kennedy returns to "evaluate" Satsu on her slayer duties, but instead, reveals her mission is more along the lines of letting Buffy "stay straight" and some crap about cinnamon lip gloss. I'm not sensitive enough to understand that kind of stuff, but I do get the gist of what is said. Some people are the way they are, even if they do dip their toes into a sea of sugar and peppermint leaves, or walk the fire pit. People only change when they want to, and for Buffy, well, she's not a lesbo. She's a les-no.
Season 8 on BTVS comic book station has been full of surprises, especially with guest writers from the TV show taking on artist Georges Jeanty and his slayer style. So far, half the writers have stepped up and added more drama to the series like Brian K. Vaughn's Faith storyline or Whedon's own early issues dealing with abuse and depression. Others like Drew Goddard and DeKnight have added the humor that made the TV series loved by many. It's this mixture of drama and humor that has kept Buffy alive and well throughout the years, and yet, thriving even more in this comic book series.
At this point, Dark Horse and Joss Whedon appear to have thought this through as Buffy continues to entertain fans in new and familiar ways. The question is now... when do readers reach the end of Season 8 and move onto Season 9? As long as the series continues and ends on a good note, I won't matter much to me. Keep kickin slayer ass, Scooby Gang and watch out for those Vampy Cats. They'll get ya.
Review: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Nice review of 'Dead until Dark' from the Bizarre Library blog
Vampires exist in our world in Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse books. These books are from Sookie’s point of view and are about her experiences with the supernatural. She’s an attractive blond girl in her 20’s, who has the uncanny ability to read people’s thoughts. She works as a server in a bar called “Merlotte’s”, named after the owner and Sookie’s boss/friend Sam Merlotte. She lives in a simple town with simple people until “Vampire Bill” moves in. Sookie is ecstatic, and loves the fact the town has their first vampire, and not only that, she can’t read his thoughts. Being around him is a haven, but sadly there are people who are still not use to vampires, and people start dying.
This is what urban fantasy should be about. It’s a good mix of horror, action, mystery, and romance. I first read this book back when Vicki Nelson, Diane Tregarde, and early Anita Blake were the closest thing you could get to “kick-ass, urban fantasy-heroine” in a supernatural world. I wasn’t much for Anne Rice, but Harris made us see Louisiana in a different form and how it would be like if vampires did truly live in our world.
I would actually think this book were a mystery with supernatural tones to it, but the paranormal is so overpowering that the mystery does take a back seat in this book. Harris knows how to write the right amount of humor and doesn’t make Sookie an over-the-top powerful kick-ass chick. Sookie is a very down-to-earth relatable character. Harris gave Sookie such personality (she’s so naïve yet strong) that you can’t help but empathize with her.
Read on HereTrue Blood Video Artists and Emerging Technology Discussions on Loving True Blood in Dallas Blogtalk radio Show
Thanks so much to everyone for hanging in there with me last night, even with the lovely technical issues. It turned out to be an excellent show ..
Thanks so much to everyone who creates these great videos and provides us all with so much enjoyment.
The archived podcast is now up, here (blue box top right) or it's available now on iTunes.
These are the links that we discussed last night; the invited guests and the link so that you canwatch the CSPAN Emerging Technology discussion with CEOs of Twitter, Youtube, Facebook etc .
The Skarsgard Channel
She doesn’t create music videosbut she maintains one of the best Alex Skarsgard collection of videos on Youtube and she includes many great hard to find clips from his European movies, television appearances, and interviews.
She was especially helpful recently with the video I posted of the Swedish TV show, where Alex appears as a lounge singer in the band Boogey Knights and he was sings the song “Tusen oh en nat “. She was THE only place who had the lyrics in Swedish and the English translation.
Thanks again to Karin from Skarsgard channel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SkarsgardChannel
Sparkley Edward or Yumi
Thanks to Yumi. She is a student in Georgia and wants to study graphic arts.
Two of my favorite videos of here:
Redefine
Two Hearts
http://www.youtube.com/user/SparkleyEdward
Trubldfan or annie
Annie just does these videos as a hobby; she says some of them take hours and hours to create.
Two of my favorites here:
True Blood spooky mix
Love song requiem (over 6,000 viewings)
http://www.youtube.com/user/TruBldFan
Thellou or Lou
Lou lives in South Carolina and says making videos is definitely one of my
creative outlets.
Two of my favorites here:
Drift off to dream by Travis Tritt
Creep by Radiohead
http://www.youtube.com/user/thellou
Lost Eyesight or Michael
Two of my favorites here:
All night Dine
Shes just happens to date the Prince of Darkness
http://www.youtube.com/user/losteyesight
NocturnaRaven
Nocturn lives in Florida and also does this as a hobby.
Two of my favorites here:
Good Enough
Behind blue eyes
http://www.youtube.com/user/NocturnaRaven
also
http://www.dailymotion.com/Nocturnavendetta
Evan Williams, a co-founder of Twitter, talks about the company and its prospects. with CEOs of Facebook, YouTube and Adobe lead a panel on the future of new technologies from last month's World Economic Forum.
Watch here on Cspan
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