Addicted to Twitter

From Salon Magazine

How I learned that I was powerless over micro-blogging and my life had become unmanageable

By Laurel Snyder

Aug. 15, 2009 | Last Thursday morning, I sat down at my computer with my cup of sludgy coffee, just like any other day. I checked my e-mail and glanced at the New York Times Web site. But when I opened up Twitter, expecting the usual hodgepodge of scattered thoughts and hectic questions, I found there was nothing there. Nothing at all.

It was the day of the Great Twitter Outage. But I didn't know that yet. I only knew that something was terribly wrong.

Actually, it was funny, in a kind of pathetic, soul-crushing way: I stared at the blank screen, hitting refresh over and over. Waiting for everyone to come back. For my online life to resume. Finally, I accepted the truth. Twitter, my favorite unreliable news source and constant companion, was gone.

Meet the Dallas Vampires-The vampires from Texas Area 6

Here are some great behind the scenes photos featureing the Dallas vamps



Here they are in various scenes from Episode 8

Talk Blood Ep. 9 ' I Will Rise Up ' live right after True Blood tonight

Live TONIGHT: Come and 'Talk Blood' after True Blood airs tonight. Let's talk 9 'I will Rise Up '

It's Sunday again! We've got a whole night of fun planned starting with the True Blood Season 2, 9 'I will Rise Up '

We are joined tonight by our guest reviewers Brian & Andy from Blood Talk / Camp Blood and our friend Lindsay who will give us the Buzz Report from the True Blood IMDb site !

And to make sure you keep the party going, be sure to join @TrueBloodDallas of Loving True Blood in Dallas and @SookieBonTemps because we're going to Talk Blood on True Blood live on Blog Talk Radio. Here's how tonight is going to flow:

• 8:00pm CDT / 9:00pm EDT: Watch True Blood with @SookieBonTemps who'll be tweeting live from basement at FotS
• 9:oopm CDT / 10:00pm EDT: Tweet @SookieBonTemps and tell her what you thought of the show.
• 9:15pm CDT / 10:15pm EDT: Talk Blood after True Blood chatroom on Blog Talk Radio opens. Join us here.
• 9:30pm CDT / 10:30pm EDT: Talk Blood goes live! Join in the fun here or call in at 646.929.0825 and tell us what you thought of tonight's episode!

We hope you'll call in. And if you can't, tweet @SookieBonTemps who'll be reading and reacting to tweets LIVE!

** Tonight we will be joined by guest reviewer, Meredith Woerner from io9.com and the lovely MSBuffy who will give us the BuzzReport from the True Blood HBO wiki !

Email 'Dallas' truebloodindallas@gmail or @TrueBloodDallas or @SookieBonTemps about the show or at talkblood@gmail.com

We also keep everything here : http://talkblood.blogspot.com/



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Anna's brother talks about new film “Open House“

Both Anna and Stephen Moyer will be in this film.
Anna Paquin .. Jennie

Stephen Moyer.. Josh

Tricia Helfer... Lila

Brian Geraghty... David

Rachel Blanchard... Alice

Jessica Collins... Lauren

Larry Sullivan... Oscar

Gabriel Olds... Carl

IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1448762/

Filmnut - Producer Andrew Paquin

Watch This Episode on www.theStream.tv

From Anna Paquin News more here

With their marriage already on the line, a wealthy couple holds an Open House to try and sell their home. Their marriage is soon put to the ultimate test only days after their Open House as they discover one of their house guests from their Open House is still lurking about in the safety and security of their home. And to make matters even more tense and uncomfortable – there is also torture and voyerism which makes things all the more stressful for this wealthy couple. Will they be able to survive this unexpected turn of events that occur during their Open House and can this unexpected turn of events bring them closer and save their marriage? Well, you’ll just have to watch to find out when it comes out in theatres in 2010!

Free Stuff: Strange Brew Sookie short storyanthology give-away

from Graemes Fantasy

Here's a book that I have been meaning to read for a few weeks now but got tied up with other stuff instead. Once 'Toll the Hounds' is done...

Thanks to St. Martin's Press I have three copies of 'Strange Brew' to give away to people from the US and Canada (US and Canadian entries only I'm afraid...) If you're a fan of authors like Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs and Jim Butcher then this collection of short stories is the one for you!

http://www.graemesfantasybookreview.com/

Email Me!

Drop me a line at graeme NOSPAM @graemesfantasybookreview.com, remove the 'NOSPAM' bit though!

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Big Poppa by Mindless Self Indulgence.

Big Poppa by Mindless Self Indulgence.

Thanks, Lawliettte

Pretty photos from Kristin ( Pam) Bauer's wedding

Here are tons of really pretty wedding picture of Kristin ( Pam ) Bauer wedding HERE

True Blood goes to the movies: Anonymous Rex starring Sam Trammell

Over 30 other movies starring the cast of True Blood HERE

The dinosaurs didn't go completely extinct when the asteroids hit 65 million years ago. Today, every ten thousandth person in the country is a dinosaur, evolved to be human-sized, wearing sophisticated solid-light holographic disguises to maintain the facade, getting stoned off regular cooking herbs like basil, rosemary and tarragon, and living by their own shadow government's laws; any human who stumbles upon them is to be immediately executed. Two dino private investigators, velociraptor Vincent Rubio and triceratops Ernie Watson, are hired by one of Ernie's old girlfriends to find out why her younger brother committed suicide, and discover a dino cult called Voice Of Progress that wants dinokind to come out of the closet and reclaim the planet. Written by Jeff Cross


Cast
Sam Trammell ... Vincent Rubio

Daniel Baldwin ... Ernie Watson

Stephanie Lemelin .. Gabrielle Watson

Tamara Gorski ... Circe

Alan Van Sprang ... Raal


ANONYMOUS REX: Movie Trailer - Click here for this week’s top video clips

Vampire-Con 2009 is underway in Hollywood

La Times

This is clearly the year of the vampire. But what blood type are you?

Maybe you're one of those swooning fans of "Twilight," who can't get enough of hot guys with cold hands and dreams of (literally) undying devotion. Or perhaps you like your bloodsuckers to walk more on the wild side, like the fangbangers on "True Blood" who think of the world as one big blood orgy.

Perhaps you're more bookish and have a bedside copy of "The Strain," the new novel from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan that approaches bloodsucking as if it was a gothic procedural, a modern-day "CSI: Transylvania."

Or, best of all, maybe you're a devotee of "Let the Right One In," the magnificent Swedish film that makes "Twilight" feel almost as substantial as a Gap commercial.

You will find fans of each of those this weekend at the very-of-the-moment Vampire-Con, which is now underway in (where else?) Hollywood, where on nightclub Saturdays every fifth person looks like they sleep in a coffin. Among the fang-festivities:

The New Beverly Cinema is screening two vamp films tonight, 1971's "The Velvet Vampire" (star Celeste Yarnall will attend) and Tony Scott's 1983 classic "The Hunger."

The Music Box Theater at the Fonda on Sunday will host a daylight program (what's up with that?) with contests, panel discussions and the crowning of a new Vampirella model followed, at 8:30 p.m., by a monster mash called Vampirella's Ball. (One of the DJ's is Gary Calamar, music supervisor for "True Blood," a pal to the Hero Complex and a music master of the first order.) The party goes into the wee hours, and I suspect things by that point will be more in the "True Blood" excess mode than "The Strain" body-bag spirit, but, well, you never know. You can check out the weekend schedule or just go ahead and buy tickets right now ... after all, there's a sucker born every minute.

-- Geoff Boucher
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/08/vampirecon-2009-in-underway-in-hollywood-.html

True Blood Crossword: Season 2 Episode 1 " Nothing but the blood"

Thanks to the very wonderful Kristie, this will help you pass the time till Sunday night !

Nothing but the Blood Crossword

Stuff to buy: the super secret Sookie Stackhouse short story books starting with "Night's Edge'

Robots and vamps reviews 'Nights Edge' -buy this book today. If you are a fan of the sookie book you will love Dancers in the Dark !

Don't wait until October when 'A Touch of Dead' comes out ( sookie short stories) and remember some of the best short stories ARE NOT in that anthology!

Night’s Edge by Maggie Shayne, Charlaine Harris & Barbara Hambly
Dust Jacket Summary:
Dancers in the Dark by New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris
Dancer Layla Rue Le May’s childhood prepared her to handle just about anything, including her aloof partner, Sean McClendon, a three-hundred-year-old redheaded vampire. Even so, when she somehow acquires a stalker, Layla Rue is surprised to find that Sean is the only one she can trust….
http://robotsandvamps.com/?p=5570

You can buy all the secret Sookie Stackhouse short stories : ( pre-order; A Touch of Dead and Must Love Hellhounds)



Publication dates for books and stories

1. Dead Until Dark (2001)
2. Living Dead in Dallas (March 2002)
3. Club Dead (May 2003)
4. Dead to the World (May 2004)
- "Fairy Dust" in Powers of Detection (October 2004)
- Dancers in the Dark (novella) in Night's Edge (Harlequin Enterprises) (October 2004) (a Sookie-universe story without the character of Sookie Stackhouse)
- "One Word Answer" in Bite (2005)
5. Dead as a Doornail (May 2005)
6. Definitely Dead (May 2006)
- "Tacky" in My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding (2006) (a Sookie-universe story without the character of Sookie Stackhouse)
7. All Together Dead (May 2007)
- "Dracula Night" in Many Bloody Returns (September 2007)
8. From Dead to Worse (May 2008)
- "Gift Wrap" in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe (October 2008)
- "Lucky" in Unusual Suspects ( December 2008)
9. Dead and Gone (May 2009)
- "Bacon" in Strange Brew ( July 2009)
- "The Britlingens Go to Hell" in Must Love Hellhounds ( Sept 2009)
10. Dead in the Family ( May 2010)
11. Dead Reckoning ( May 2011) 


Sookie short stories can be found in these anthologies

Sookie appears

Fairy Dust : Powers of Detection (contains short story, “Fairy Dust”) Ace 2004, ISBN 0-441-01197-7

One Word Answer : Bite (contains short story "One Word Answer") Jove 2005, ISBN 0-515-13970-X

Lucky: Unusual Suspects (contains short story, “Lucky”) Ace, December 2008, ISBN-10: 0441016375;

Dracula Night: Many Bloody Returns (contains short story, “Dracula Night”) Ace 2007, ISBN-10: 0441015220

Gift Wrap: Wolfsbane and Mistletoe (contains short story, “Gift Wrap”) Ace, October 7, 2008, ISBN-10: 0441016332;

Other Sookieverse stories ( no Sookie)

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (contains short story "Tacky") St. Martin's Griffin 2006, ISBN 0312343604

Night's Edge (contains the novella "Dancers in the Dark") Harlequin, Oct. 2004, ISBN 0373770103

Strange Brew ( contains the short story "Bacon") St Martin’s Griffin 7th July 2009 0312383363

Must Love Hellhounds ( contains the novella " The Britlingens Go to Hell ") Berkley Trade September 1, 2009 0425229599

everything i have on the shorts stories here

True Blood behind the scenes: Eric and Godric after the explosion

Alex and Allan posing in their post explosion makeup and clothes

Blood Copy : AM I EVIL?

August 14th, 2009

Contrary to what some will tell you, becoming a vampire does not entail losing your conscience. Sometimes I wish it did.

In many ways I consider myself fortunate. I was turned only after the invention of Tru Blood. I have never needed to find a living blood source. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been tempted, that I haven’t been drawn to the sight of an open wound, a pulsing jugular. I want to tell myself it’s not that I wish harm on anyone. For centuries, vampires were forced to take human blood in order to sustain themselves. It’s in our nature. It’s a simple fact of life. We are predators, designed with an instinct to seek our prey.

But then there’s that other feeling. When I imagine feeding not just as a means of satiating hunger, but to satisfy another craving. The knowledge of dominance. To hold another life in my hands, and in one instant, control their destiny. Sadly, I believe this too, is part of being a vampire. With such great power can only come the desire to use it, to objectify others who are not capable of what we are.

I hate myself at times like this. I hate knowing that vampires can feel this level of detachment. In my human days I would be tempted to call it evil. But now it occupies a greyer area. It’s enough to make one wonder if humans and vampires can ever truly coexist. There are times I’ve doubted it.

But then I remember the other side of the equation. I may feel these things, but I have never acted on them. There are many humans who can’t say the same. I don’t need to look hard to find acts of unspeakable cruelty committed by humans upon one another. To find humans who can be just as evil and predatory. Oddly, I find this comforting. Both humans and vampires have such a ways to go before reaching a truly civilized existence. Both of us have to confront our darker nature to truly coexist.

Who knows, we may even be able to help each other along the way.

http://bloodcopy.com/

True Blood Fan Art : True Blood by S-von-P

Many of these artists sell their work and or sell prints of their items, click on the link below to see their other works and how to contact them ...


TRUE BLOOD by *S-von-P on deviantART

Robert Downey Jr. Is In Talks To Be The Next Vampire Lestat

From Slashfilm

After Neil Jordan’s intense and vivid Interview With the Vampire and Michael Rymer’s deathly dull Queen of the Damned, and in step with the current Twilight-fuelled vampmania, it looks that Universal is looking to reboot the cinematic incarnation of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles. The first book in the series was Interview, and I’d imagine a purist-pleasing reboot would start there, though I don’t really expect that to be the case here. Even though Interview and Queen were Warner Bros. films, they’re still fresh in the memory and frequent enough on cable that they’re also far from being forgotten.

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'True Blood' Star Sam Trammell 'On the Record'

"On the Record," August 14, 2009.

SHANNON BREAM, FOX NEWS GUEST HOST: It is not every day when a famous actor goes "On the Record." It's even more rare when he's a shape shifter. If you don't know what I mean, Greta, just sat down with Sam Trammell from HBO's hit show "True Blood." Here he is in action.



Sam shifts into something small and something big this season - we've see the small with the owl shift ..so what's next ?

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True Blood Music Video of the Day: True Blood (spoofy) Mix-Vid part 2

Thanks, TruBldFan