True Blood 6.4 "At Last"

SPOILERS  (if you don't keep up with YouTube...)

After a conversation with a co-worker on his choice to give up on True Blood this season, I have decided not to watch episode 6.4 and possibly the next five episodes. Last season I returned for the season finale since that's when plot mysteries are revealed. After watching four clips for the upcoming episode "At Last" I already have a pretty good idea of what this episode will entail. It's not looking good.

1. Ben apparently gives Jason some of his blood in order to help him heal from all of his head injuries. Jason then proceeds to have a dream, with the sultry sounds of Miguel playing in the background, of Ben shaving his face and vice versa. When he nicks Ben's face, Ben invites him to drink the blood. Jason abruptly wakes up clutching the sheets in confusion and anxiety à la Sam's homoerotic dream, after consuming Bill's blood, from the premiere of season 3.

2. Sookie taps into her inner floozy, for reasons I couldn't care less about; a departure from her usual put together, sweet appearance and character.

3. Eric appears to warm up to the boring, unappealing Willa in what appears to be a new "love" story for the brooding and hunky Viking vamp. Not feeling it...or her.

4. Andy's four fairy daughters have aged into half-dressed teenagers, a plot point I'm guessing writers  went with in an effort for viewers to not be disturbed by Bill and Jessica hurting/draining/killing little girls.

Additional predictions for the episode: 

The werewolves will be running around like D-bags ignoring Alcide.

Lafayette will probably only be in it for 3 minutes reiterating to Sam how he didn't need to get tangled up in Nicole's affairs.
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Dear True Blood writers, 

Look hookahs, y'all need to get ya act together and stop playing like Lafayette isn't one of the best things y'all got going for True Blood. 
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The end.


Will you be tuning in this Sunday? How do you feel about season 6 thus far?

Liebster Award!

The Liebster Award is a blogger to blogger recognition that supposedly started in the German blogging community several years ago.  In German, "liebster" means "dearest" or "beloved".  The purpose of the award is to recognize small blogs and encourage those bloggers to continue their work.  Currently, the main criteria is that the blog must have less than 200 followers, and in order to nominate a blog, you must have been nominated yourself.  If you have been nominated, all you have to do is accept the award, answer the survey questions from your nominator, and then pay it forward by nominating other small bloggers.  It is a fantastic way to introduce people to other upcoming blogs!  Plus, it helps to build a sense of camaraderie between bloggers!

With all that being said, here are the rules for the Liebster Award, my Q&A answers, and my nominations:

RULES:
1. Each nominee should answer the 11 questions by the tagger.
2. Choose 11 bloggers with under 200 followers to pass the award to and link them in your post.
3. Create 11 new questions for the chosen bloggers.
4. Go to their page and tell them about their nomination.
5. No tag backs!

Q&A:
1. If you could trade places with any celebrity, who would it be?

Ooooh, my girl Kerry Washington! She is gorgeous, on fire, smart, intelligent, and who wouldn’t want the opportunity to smooch with Patrick Wilson (Lakeview Terrace)? She also just got married in a secret wedding, transitioning from a seemingly secret relationship, proving that not all celebrities and thirsty for staying in the spotlight 24/7.

2. What character from a book, TV show, or movie do you identify with most?

Belle Jamison from Gena Showalter’s “Tales of An Extraordinary Girl” series. She’s a feisty twenty-something trying to find her place in the world. She has relationship troubles, but doesn’t let anybody walk all over her.

3. What is the one beauty product you can't live without?

Mascara. Without it I feel like an alien baby child.

4. What is the best concert you've ever attended?

Star Wars in Concert!! Pure awesomeness.

5. Who is your celebrity crush?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Idris Elba, Common, Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, Taylor Lautner, and Alexander Skarsgard. Sorry, I have a lot of eye candy crushes. J

6. Candles or air freshener?

Candles. They smell yummy and are nice mood setters.

7. If you drink coffee, what is your favorite drink to order?

Does White Chocolate Mocha count? Even if it doesn’t, I take those things to the head. J

8. What is your favorite candy?

M&Ms. Classic, chocolate yumminess. Plus, some of the best commercials ever made, although I’m worried Yellow may be out of a job…

9. What is your favorite piece of clothing?

My short-sleeved peasant top.

10. Have you ever been on television or in the newspaper?  If so, why?

Both for dance! The newspaper article was a short feature on a piece I choreographed in memory of my rabbit, Quizzy; my college dance company had a group performance on an education channel, along with one of my solos. I heart dance.

11. If there is one thing you could do over in your life, good or bad, what would it be?
Wooo, child! All my relationships in my 20s! Hehe. Honestly, I would have held my last bunny, Quizzy, more in the end. I was too young to realize that he knew it was his time to pass on. I still thought he had a lot more time.

NOMINATIONS:

  1.    Amy from Amy’s Creative Corner

  2.    Jenny from A Spooky Soiree

  3.    Joel from Forgotten Flix

  4.    Krystal from Krustallos

  5.    Peggy from Suiteminute

  6.    Maldivian Book Reviewer

  7.    Missie from The Unread Reader

  8.    Cristina and Alexiis from Love DesignCompany

  9.    Ashley from Pearloyster

  10. Crystal from Write With Your Spine

  11.  Jane from Getting to True Love

(Special shout out to Megan from Little Miss Average for my award! I had lots of fun answering her great questions! No tag backs, so be sure to go check out her fabulous blog!)

Q&A FOR NOMINEES:

  1.    If you could have any 3 people fighting with you in a zombie apocalypse, who would they be?

  2.    Do you speak or know any other languages?

  3.    Have you ever been a part of a flash mob? If not, would you like to be?

  4.    Favorite color clothing to wear?

  5.    If you could star in your own sitcom, what would it be called?

  6.    What’s your favorite dinosaur?

  7.    Would you rather be a dragon or a unicorn?

  8.    If you could trade places with someone for a day, who would it be?

  9.    Have you ever traveled outside of the U.S.? If so, where? If not, where would you go?

  10.  Are you a night owl or a morning person?

  11.  What is one food you could never live without?

Congratulations to all the nominees!  You all deserve it and I can't wait to see what else is to come from each and every one of you!  I'm excited to read all of your answers to your Q&A and see who you all nominate!

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Tragic Loss for Pierce Brosnan

The thing about actors/actresses that I feel a lot of people forget is that when the director says cut and the cameras go down, they are human beings and there are some things they can’t avoid in life. Today I read some tragic news about Pierce Brosnan, of James Bond fame. Brosnan’s daughter Charlotte, 41, passed away Friday from ovarian cancer. I remember hearing about Brosnan’s first wife, Cassandra Harris, passing away about two decades ago from ovarian cancer. Today I learned that her mother passed away from the horrible disease as well. It is heartbreaking news and my heart goes out to Brosnan and Charlotte’s husband and children. Considering the generational history of ovarian cancer in the Harris women, I hope there is a way to prevent any chance of Charlotte’s daughter Isabella getting the disease.

 

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Franz Kafka Metamorphosis Google Doodle

Today's Google Doodle is a tribute to Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis. I read this novella in my Studies in Fiction college course and wrote a few papers and analyses on it. Today would have been the 130th birthday of the literary and existentialist master.The dark piece details the life of a salesman who mysteriously turns into a giant bug while living in his family's home. The Doodle portrays a cockroach coming home from work, a lighter take then the chills I got reading a plot that was surely creepy, but ingeniously written.

Confessions of a Blogger: Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Addiction

“Hi everyone. My name is Kimster and I’m addicted to Love and Hip Hop Atlanta”

“Hi, Kimster.”

You see, it all started when my friends were making Master Splinter rat faces and talking in a language I had never heard before, now deemed the language of Joseline. I had to know what was going on, so the DVR marathon began and I have been hooked on the ratchetness ever since. I stare in awe episode after episode looking at the show as a cautionary tale for women more so than anything else. I realize that it’s scripted and the cast is told to take the drama into overdrive for ratings, but…I…can’t…turn…away.

Currently single and loving it, I can’t help but look on in horror at these women and hope that I never appeared anywhere close to as desperate or broken to a man while in a relationship. True, if I was then who I am now in my relationships, I would have been an even bigger force to be reckoned with; however, I didn’t have the benefit (or horror) of seeing myself onscreen behaving like a buffoon during reunion specials to see that I needed to put on my big girl panties and move the heck on. That’s what these women are depicted as never being able to do: move on from men who treated (and continue to treat) them like garbage. The men are depicted as the lowest of the low. Take for instance last night between Tracie and Drew. Drew reminds me a lot of my ex in that he is immature, obtuse, and needs the validation of other women to make him feel relevant. Drew cheated on Tracie while she was pregnant with their son. As co-parents, Tracie clearly still had residual feelings for Drew and displayed pure fury when he was purposely parading women in front of her face. She stupidly decided to go into business with him (I imagine to bring them together and be able to keep an eye on him) only to have her money ($25,000 worth) stolen by his low down business partner without a signed contract. Fast forward a few episodes and Tracie is dating someone new. For all intents and purposes he could be a dog too, but he’s better looking than Drew and is treating Tracie well. Drew was instantly threatened and jealous and resorted to insulting Tracie’s new man and declared that he could scoop her up if he wanted to. Ouch. A part of me hated to see Tracie getting off on seeing Drew jealous because now I can’t tell if she actually likes the new guy or if he’s just a prop. (Wouldn’t that be quite the hypocritical play, Tracie?) She decides to sit down for lunch at a restaurant with the clown where he proceeds to tell her how he now wants her back and knows she wants it to. Upon her negation of that fact, he stands up at their table, grabs her face, forcefully throws her head back, and goes in for a kiss. She blocks it and laughs, and his embarrassed, cheap self runs off in a huff leaving her with the bill (don’t think I missed that).

That’s just one tale of a woman on the show who could do better but seemingly chooses not to. Don’t even get me started on the wife whose husband told her to get an abortion. I think you’re seeing my point…and the rachetness. These women are successful, attractive, and have a lot going for them, yet they willingly remain under the thumb or control of an asinine man in the form of contracts, bank accounts, businesses, and flatlined relationships. This show is like a train wreck you can’t look away from. However, it’s also a cautionary tale that when a man shows you who he is, believe him…and move on.

True Blood Season 6

So here are a few of my random musings as I’ve been watching True Blood season 6:

Who else was waiting to hear “Dude looks like a lady” in the elevator as Eric and Sookie were running away from Billith in episode 6.1?

 

There has yet to be any Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill references or quotes.

• For Ginger, having sex with Eric would probably end up like the scene from Drive Angry where Eric would be doing his taxes or something while utterly blowing Ginger’s mind.

•  Speaking of Drive Angry, True Blood episode titles are also real song titles. Episode 6.5 is titled “F**k the Pain Away” by Peaches from the Drive Angry soundtrack. That should be a VERY interesting episode!

• Sam is this close to rescuing Emma while donning only his birthday suit, and she just really doesn’t need any more mental scarring right now.

• Jessica’s new daddy is just as sanctimoniously creepy as her old daddy.

• Robert Patrick is not utilized nearly enough.  

 

• I think I the creepiest point of the show would be if they actually showed the hungry vampires scratching at people's windows and doors at night.

• I bet if Pam and Tara roll their eyes at Eric a few more times, they could start a fire.

• Did Ginger’s coffin have an overhead light or something? How was Willa able to see Eric had the bleeds? If the coffin is not sealed to keep light from coming in, doesn’t that defeat the purpose?

• Why, why, why couldn’t they have Jessica whisper, “told ya so” after Bill went up in flames, cockily standing out in the sun, faster than a jheri curl?

•  Lafayette and Tara haven’t called each other “bitch” in a while. I miss that…

• I’m thinking Jason has had about as many concussions as Rocky Balboa.

•  Alcide should probably just take his bone and go home because NO ONE is listening to a word he says. Not even with his shirt off.

•  After seeing Sam shift into a mythical, white bull at the end of season 2 in order to kill Maryann, I’m just waiting for him to shift into a dragon next and light everybody up. 

Photo courtesy: http://true-blood.net/2013/06/30/photos-more-from-true-blood-episode-6-03/