Vampires are the new wizard

I remember when my freshman college roommate informed me that she loved vampires, Anne Rice and I seriously think the only reason she didn't have fangs in at all times was because its harder to eat that way.

Sure, I enjoyed Interview with a Vampire but now it seems like the entire world is hooked on Vampire Fever. I am of course talking about The Twilight Series, which is about a girl who is in love with a vampire and the vampire loves her too. Don't get me wrong, I am in the middle of the fourth book and loving it (although none of the following books maintains the magic of the first).

Vampires go in and out of fashion just like platform shoes or the color orange. First there was Anne Rice, then there was Bunnicula (a vampire rabbit that sucked the life out of veggies), then Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and then Buffy, the Vampire Slayer the series, then Angel and now Twilight and that new show on HBO True Blood.

Vampires are back and as long as they don't consume human blood but just flirt with its intoxicating aromas, the American public loves them all the same. I mean how else can we get the old soul personalities when men had manners but all the enjoyment of an vampire running at light speed with an ipod? Clubbing and letter writing? Sign me up for a Vampire.

Perhaps that's why articles are now saying girls are growing up with unrealistic expectations of romance. That guys are watching porn while girls are reading Twilight waiting for their one true love. We want all the modern marvels with all the manners and respect. What's so wrong with teaching girls to raise the bar a little higher?

Personally, romance may be dead but for a while I can believe its with the undead.

Attention People with Skillz!!

I wish I could audition but that would mean I am able to sing and dance. HA! I'm a self declared blogger for a reason.

Disney is hopping on the American Idol, So you think you can Dance train, with their very own High School Musical: Get In the Picture!

It premieres Sunday 8 pm. And Nick Lacey is the host!

I predict a mix of high school drama drama, boy bands, divas and singers getting a little too poppy with their voices. Oh I have already programed the tivo.

If I could choose to be a tween...

I would be Becca Moody from the Showtime show Californication played by Madeleine Martin. She is cool and into music but actually looks like she is eleven. Its the perfect combination of wisdom and innocents.



The other kid on the show, Mia, is played by Madeline Zima. I wonder if they get confused on set.

Life Size

Back in a little year I like to call "Holy Crap All our computers DIDN'T explode", there was a little movie called Life Size costarring Lindsay Lohan and Trya Banks. Why hasn't this movie made a huge comeback!!??!!

IMDB says "A widower's daughter accidentally brings her doll to life while trying to cast a spell to resurrect her mother." (Note: isn't a widower's daughter just a girl who lost a mother?)

This movie has Lindsay playing a Tom Boy girl who likes to play football and gets this Eva doll (soon to be Trya!) from, I am pretty sure, her daddy's newest girlfriend. Its filled with believe in yourself goodness. Lindsay wins, Trya reinvents herself so her doll doesn't go out of business. And million of other delightful scenes of oooeey goooey love and hope. Oh and it ends with a song:



Here is a great moment of realization between Trya and Lindsay:



Also, was it the costume designers choice to make Trya's boob so huge and out of proportion?

Camp Rock was Rockastic

This weekend, I settled down to watch Camp Rock, Disney's newest TV movie extravaganza featuring the cute Jonas Brother: Joe and newcomer Demi Lovato whose very toothy smile is so endearing and so unaware of what is coming for her.



The plot was pre-packaged and therefore delightful predictable: she can't go to Camp Rock until her mom signs up to be the cook, then she is the poor cook's daughter which she hides from the camp to hang out with the rich, spoiled, bitchy girls. Shane Gray is forced there by the music label to cool off his bad attitude (PG version of rehab, I guess). He falls for her, gets hurt by her and ultimately they find a balance in love and music. Yada Yada Yada

It has my favorite movie ending: a dance/music/sporting event, which means everything. Every member of the cast has a musical number and they are all delightful. The villain of the movie, Tess Taylor, who is played by Meaghan Jette Martin (Meaghan, did your mother have a stroke when writing down Megan on your birth certificate?) has the most musical numbers, which is strange since she isn't the one who can sing.

By the end of the movie, I realized why this genre is just so satisfying. The entire movie is about achieving your dreams and being yourself-- all coming from child actors who are so excited just to be there. How soon will their dreams be crushed into little pieces as they realize they are just being run through the Disney cookie cutter factory? I hope they survive. I happen to like them.

Freaky Friday

Today is Friday the 13th. Instead of staying away from ladders or fearing black cats, I tend to use this day to reflect on the movie Freaky Friday or I should actually say movies.

Here is a run down of Freaky Fridays:

In 1976, the movie featured a young Jodie Foster and a Barbara Harris switching places.

Here is the 30 second TV spot:



In 1995, it was remade as a TV movie with Gaby Hoffman and Shelley Long.

Then in 2003, it was Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Here is a video from the movie featuring Christina Vidal from Brink Fame:



Here is my ultimate Freaky Friday:

Jodie Foster goes back in time to when she was a child and switches places with Jamie Lee Curtis circa A Fish Called Wanda then they both switch places with Shelley Long who then switches places with Lindsay Lohan on her reality TV show.

I smell like Teen Spirit

I was surprised to find out that they still make the deodorant brand "Teen Spirit" forever immortalized in the Nirvana song. I was even more surprised to find out it was $2 cheaper than Secret.

So I bought some. And now my armpits smell like "Pop Star!" which, to me, equates to being sweaty with a lot of screaming fans after sleeping on a bus for three days. Fresh and Clean! Pop Star!