happy wednesday!

the work week is officially half over... i know, i work from home, i have no reason to complain... but, i'm looking forward to friday none the less.

so, more photos are beginning to emerge from vancouver.

turns out i was wrong, taylor lautner did indeed put in an appearance in van this week.. supposedly in and out.

here's a shot of taylor and nikki hanging out in downtown van


the photos were taken by a fan who just happened to be in the right place at the right time...

if you'd like to see more, visit -- taylor and nikki at twilight gossip

today seems to be taylor day... as robsten are MIA... (and, possibly, together? )

anyway, so, yep, more taylor (even though i still can't bring myself to really give a damn about him...)

there's a taylor feature in the august 09 issue of 'interview'

this is a decent shot of him, i think...



if you care to see more of the puppy, visit taylor lautner daily

apparently there was fight training today for some of the cullen family members including peter, elizabeth and ashley. here are some photos of them en route:

tracy -- look at the concrete elizabeth and ashley are walking on... i think this confirms what you said to me earlier about the locale. but, again, you know better than i.




i've officially decided that peter is the only male in the twilight series that i find even remotely appealing, aside from you know who...

oh, whilst i remember, i wanted to come right out and apologize for the fact that i've begun using the odious terms kstew and robsten

i really do not approve of these mushed together terms... but, now that i can't simply upload photos to flickr quickly and cut and paste labels on everything, time must be conserved however possible!

oh, so, another day another bad movie seen.

THE WATCHMEN

***/*****



i'd actually like to give this 2 stars... but, i try to be generous with movies that i should never have watched to begin with.

see, melissa doesn't like movies where people are dressed up in action hero costumes. it's just not my thing...

and, then, i start paying only partial attention to the movie... which makes me enjoy it even less.

so, for me, this is really 2 stars but i give it the benefit of the doubt and add another one on!

basically it's about a bunch of superheros who are no longer allowed to practice their craft despite the fact that the world is in a really shitty way...

when one of their friends (also a former superhero) is killed, they reunite to try to figure out what the fuck is going on.

and... yeah, whatever. who cares.

another reason why this movie upsets me terribly is that it's yet another entry into the "really fucking awful movies that patrick wilson did instead of appearing in a broadway musical" file

patrick is an amazing singer and one of my all time fave broadway performers... and he hasn't done a musical in forever. (the craptastic phantom of the opera movie does NOT count).

anyway, i'm ranting, enough... just indulge me on one more little thing --

i know pretty much everyone reading is aware that i have a flickr with doll pix... but, i wanted to
share this one anyway since this was one of my all time most desired dolls... that i finally got after months and months of lusting!

if you're not a doll person, it's hard to believe, but this doll often sells for something like $3000. i wound up getting mine for $700. she was in used condition and i had to fix her up... but, it's still the deal of the century!



okay, i think that's it for today.

tomorrow is going to suck. i have to get up early to have a phone appointment with a customer... the appointment will probably take all of 20 minutes... so, it's incredibly annoying to have to get up specifically for it. (again, i know, i should have some real problems!)

and, after that, i get to experience the joy of a visit to the sadistic gyno... (nothin special, just 6 mo checkup)... tmi, i know.

anyway, so, yep, may thursday fly by quickly for me... and for you. (unless your thursday will be better than mine... in which case i hope you get to savor it!)

m

ps. in case you missed it on twitter, today i saw a license plate which read VAJYNAH. oy vey.

lots of stuff going on today...

well, my tuesday was a failure -- i can't say that i accomplished very much!

i never actually went to the pool... i did drive by on my way home from the doctors. so many freaking kids. i think it would have been more annoying than relaxing. oh well. i came home and napped instead. i defy you to match my laziness.

tonight, i wasted more of my life by attempting to organize the backup drive... super exciting... right? i gave up after several hours. it's going to take a long ass time... but, i'll get there.

other interesting news of the day... after something like 40 years of production in NYC, all my children is moving to the west coast starting in january.

now, i haven't been a viewer since the mid-90s... so, this doesn't actually affect me much at all... but, lots of my friends, and their friends, are affected. will certainly be interesting to see how that pans out... i can't see a lot of the old-timers, like susan lucci, excited about a move out to LA.

then again, maybe that was the plan... get rid of a whole bunch of the older cast members who make big bucks? who knows.

anyway, many developments on the light of twi today.

first off, rob has arrived back in LA .. where he will stay for a few days before going to vancouver next week.

i am entirely okay with his departure from ny. it was fun while it lasted... but, exhausting!

here are some arrival pix from LAX this evening








now, i love the boy dearly but he really needs a permanent home which contains a washer and a dryer.

i'm okay with him being a little bit dirty... but the pants look filthy. and, the odd blue splotch in the crotch area has sparked no small amount of debate. what do you think it looks like ?

also... is this really all the stuff he had in NY with him for 2 months? i couldn't get buy with this much stuff for 1 week let alone 7... !

kstew was also spotted out and about in LA today... she was on her way to a medical clearance prior to 'eclipse'... apparently she was also fitted for her new bella wig today...

i'm surprised she hasn't done something about her hair already... obviously it's got to grow back on its own and obviously she'll be wigged for eclipse... but, if i were her, i'd still dye it back to a normal color... who knows, maybe she's as lazy as i am and needed a nap... she's certainly done more to earn it than i have!


also today -- tons of images from the upcoming new moon calendars have emerged.

these are from the "regular" version of the calendar












there is also apparently a vertical version of the 2010 calendar (this is all in addition to the already released 'twilight' 2010 calendar... summit sure knows how to make a buck!)

these are the images from the vertical calendar... some nice new ones in here...












and, what would the day be if i didn't watch a few bad movies... and, today, they really were BAD...


FRAGEMENTS

**/*****

follows the survivors of a restaurant shooting... just pointless. and, in the end, the entire thing is about pee. seriously.



BABY ON BOARD

**/*****

hopefully her role in the hit 'the hangover' will help heather graham land some better scripts... i've always liked her but the poor thing has made one direct-to-video piece of crap after another in recent years...

only a couple of months ago i saw her in some straight to dvd movie about a british woman who wants a baby...

well, this time she plays an american woman who doesn't really want a baby.

anyway, the movie was just moronic. really lame sort of comedy... john corbett and jerry o'connel don't do much for me...

katie finneran, who is a talented bway veteran, has a lead role in this crap too...

and, someone please tell me wtf has happened to lara flynn boyle's lips... TERRIFYING. she must have had the fat sucked out of the rest of her body and shot into her lips. NOT a good look.



okay, i think that's it for today.

tomorrow -- an appointment in white plains. i shoudl probably get a few hours of sleep.

:-)

m


ps. since i just spent a great deal of space on nonsense, i should probably dedicate at least a line or two to the day's real news... kudos to the amazing president clinton for securing the release of the two journalists from north korea. the world needs a happy ending like this every now and again!

another long day draws to a close...

so, i got 3 hours of sleep last night before heading off to my family party this afternoon...

that was.... unpleasant. i don't do well on little sleep.

so, i didn't stay too long and then came home and slept from about 4 pm to 10 pm... very healthy.

i've now been up for less than 4 hours but i'm pretty sure i'm going to sleep again now. maybe get back on a normal schedule tomorrow.

oh, flickr and i are back on speaking terms. i wrote them late last night after deleting the twi photos and they've made me searchable once more. so, that's a good thing. i still curse them for their annoyingness... but, whatever. we have to move on!

okay, on to a few quick orders of business.

this is an edward shot from the new moon 2010 calendar which just shipped. i have no idea if i ordered this calendar or not. i'm thinking i did not. i'll have to get on that tomorrow.



the eyes kill me. they look so good. 4,307% better than in the first movie. i think we need to petition for 'twilight' to be re-made.

what else...

kellan, nikki & rachelle at comicon...




oh, and a couple of movie reviews.

THE HEARTBREAK KID

****/*****




I seem to remember this doing really badly in theaters and getting awful reviews. so, i wasn't expecting much...

maybe it's jut b/c i was exhausted and my expectations were low... but, i thought it was cute and amusing. probably more like 3.5 but still a fairly pleasant film.


LOVE LIZA


**/*****


i love phillip seymour hoffman... i have since 1997 when i first laid eyes on him in an off bway play called 'shopping & fucking'

i think he's one of the best actors we have today... and, his performance here is spectacular as usual.

that said, didn't like the movie at all.

lame and depressing story of a man whose life crumbles after his wife unexpectadly takes her own life...

he begins sniffing gasoline to dull the pain and... i start wishing the movie would be over.


cybermelli product endorsement:




in target the other night i realized that i was extremely thirsty while standing in front of a fridge full of this simply lemonade stuff...

i don't remember being aware of this product in the past but i decided to open the fridge and start drinking one right there in the aisle.

it turns out that it's fucking fabtastic. it's going to give my love for nestea a run for its money.

did a bit of research on it tonite and discovered that it's a coca cola product... (what isn't??? nestea is as well)

anyone know if they sell this in some sort of multipack or can in supermarkets? i'm going to have to check that out asap... also think it might taste awesome mixed with some sort of alcohol...

finally, this is a problem....


i happened to notice this sign in the window of the combo KFC/A&W we visited last night.

why the fuck would hot dogs contain milk... i mean... i just don't get it!

i guess they put this up so that lactose intolerant people are forewarned... but, honestly, i'd have preferred it if they kept this knowledge to themselves.

also, A&W sells something called "cheese curds"... i don't know what the word curd means... but, it's not an appealing term for a food. it's one letter away from turd.

okay, i think that's about all the ranting i have energy for today.

this week is.... not all that busy.

a few appointments, a few doctors appointments...

next week: boston for sales meeting.

:-)

hope you had a great weekend kids!

m

a few new twi pix...

This is a great outtake from entertainment weekly's comicon shoot...

i think he looks freaking amazing in this picture... i'm sort of thinking he's going to look even better in this movie than in 'twlight'... the shorter hair might actually work for me.

her's looks great too...

this is supposed to be a new moon pic... his hair looks kinda longish for it to be a new moon pic... but, who knows. it's a scan from a french magazine...

and, that's about it for the twi stuff today... the runaways had its wrap party tonight and remember me should be finishing up any moment... either today or early next week...

word is that the cullen family members (without rob and kristen) are due in vancouver this coming week for hair/makeup/photoshoots... all pre-production stuff

since rob and kristen are just getting done with their respective movies (both of which belong to the same studio that the twilight films come from) they are supposedly getting somewhere between 1-2 weeks off before they have to be in vancouver for pre-production.

will keep you posted!