Love affair with the Vampire....

So when did my love affair with vampires begin? No, I'm not one of those scary goth chicks all decked out in black....pale makeup, peircings, worshipping at the alter of Anne Rice and Stephenie Meyer!

Granted, I went through my punk stage where I listened non stop to Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead", had my anarchy jacket, my shaved hair, the day-glo.... Good Times...Good Times....

But my true love affair with the Vampire began before puberty. Yep that's right folks, I was a sucker for the Hammer films. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Pure vampire campiness filled with buxom women just swooning at the feet of the Count of Darkness! Next came t.v.'s "Dark Shadows" with Barnabus Collins, the most mysterious neighboring vamp ever! I was hooked to the melodrama, the lust, the camp!

I totally blame Frank Langella for bringing about the sexy to Dracula. Has anyone ever seen the movie version of the play he did on Broadway back in the late 70's, early 80's? The scene where he comes through Lucy's bedroom double french doors... The fire in fireplace is roaring, she is in nothing but a nightgown, he has hair worthy of the Pattinson.... The voice...oh Jesus the voice! "Now it is you my best beloved one....you shall cross land or sea to do my bidding...."

He walks over, sweeps her up, lays her on the bed, kisses her throat, her breasts all the while whispering "I need, I need your blood..." John Williams music soars in the background...I was 13. That was the first time I felt it...lust, desire... VAMPIRE!

Well, boy howdy...how quickly did I read Bram Stoker's "Dracula"? Very erotic if you know what you are looking for. Still read and re-read it to this day! Anne Rice..."Interview with the Vampire" and "The Vampire Lestat"...classic auto-erotic vamp reading for anyone who has ever gotten turned on by vampires!

Then this little book, a young adult book by a Mormon mom comes along. The longing, the need, the under current of sex and desire... WOW! Taps into what Bram Stoker did with Dracula. Stoker's book dealt with the disease du jour of the time, Anne Rice tried to exorcise her catholic guilt over her daughter's death to Leukemia, and Stephenie Meyer alluded to the dangers of pre-marital sex..... Vampires seem to live a long and healthy life.

Maybe they represent so many of the hidden taboos in our mind or the current situation of the economy that has us in it's death throes..... Vampires feed on blood. They need blood. They appeal to the most basic instincts in all of us.... lust, greed, sex, desire,....the list goes on.

All I can say is that in the latest incarnation of Vamps everywhere, Edward Cullen has my heart....

If Looks Could Kill: Rate Twilight's Rob Pattinson - Photo Gallery - E! Online

If Looks Could Kill: Rate <i>Twilight</i>'s Rob Pattinson - Photo Gallery - E! Online

A New Moon Rising

Well, the word came out that Chris Weitz is set to direct New Moon. I had to admit, I was concerned. Concerned until I read his wonderfully impassioned letter and the approval of Steph Meyer. Catherine Hardwick's work will live on through all of the Twilight series of movies...her visionary talent help bring about the love story of Edward and Bella, Forks, and the pure emotion of being 17 years old. I will hold Ms. Hardwick's work dearly in my heart. But in New Moon, Edward and Bella's relationship changes. It becomes darker. So is it such a bad idea to have a new director explore the new dynamic? "About a Boy" was a lovely film, and it's pure emotion came to vivid life on the screen. I think Chris Weitz is passionate about this, and let's face it, after "The Golden Compass", he has something to prove.

Let's hope he gets the performances from Rob, Kristen and company that we as the fans of the novels deserve to see!

Little Ashes Widget

Confession of a Rob Pattinson Fan

Dear Diary,

Today, I can't tell you how many times I snuck into the bathroom to check the internet on my phone just to see th latest on my favorite Rob Pattinson blog. I just HAD to see what was happening in the London premiere. Nor can I tell you how many times a day I check my e-mail just to touch base with others who are just as obsessed as I am and can only understand the emotion and the depth of that obsession.

Oh sure, I have had celebrity crushes before. But what is it that seems to make this one so intense. Rob himself says it stems from the character of Edward Cullen that he plays. I beg to differ. It stems from his utter disdain of "media training", his wicked spot on humor, his self-deprecation, his heavenly good looks, his laugh, his intellect. Why him? Why not any other actor I crushed on in the past.

Simple Answer. The internet.

In my day, there wasn't the 24/7 flow of information or pictures. We had to wait to for photos to surface. We had to wait for interviews. Maybe the internet is the cause of the hysteria. WE feed each other and we feed off of the internet.

But at what cost are we wanting this information that the private life of a celebrity is sacrificed? On one hand, I think when you become a celebrity, you have to understand to a certain degree that part of your life is public domain. Rob is truly handling the public part of his life with such grace and dignity. However, at what point will it become too much? How do we as fans decide when the paps have gone too far when we still want to look at the pictures, read the latest gossip? Why oh why do we feel the need to intrude on a famous persons life?