Pictures!

Nothing much to say. Busy time in my life right now. KR & Andy are headed back to college, Papa is visiting and Dad is getting ready to begin classes at Waldwick & NJCU. I'm going to miss everyone when they head off and I'm at home but at least I'll have the dogs for company.

Anyways, PUPPY PICTURE TIME!


Dakota chewing on my shorts.


Dakota on my bed.



KR & Dakota sharing some love.

Mommy, may I chew this?

Why not?


Pretty Puppy.


Princess Sadie on her throne.

I'll post more later. Promise.

Did You Miss Me?

I know, I know. It's been for-ev-er! Life got hectic, insane, whatever you want to call it. But, I'm done with all my academic stuff and I'm just waiting for my diploma to arrive in the mail. Meanwhile, I'm applying for jobs like crazy and working on law school apps. Hopefully, I'll be employed very, very soon and living in D.C. Otherwise, I'll just wait until KR gets a job at the Fed and then I'll just mooch off of her.

So, newmoonmovie.org posted this really great comparison between the Twilight and New Moon's visual interpretations of the characters. And I thought I'd just throw my two cents in.



First, overall I think the quality of the photography is much better in New Moon than in the Twilight stills. And, with only a few exceptions, the make-up is better too. Plus, they really really got the eyes right for everyone in New Moon. It's an incredible improvement over what the cast had in Twilight.

Victoria: I love how they shot her with the wind blowing her hair back for New Moon. It definitely makes her look like she's on the hunt for revenge. Although, the book says she has bright orange hair. New Moon makes it look much redder than it was in Twilight where I thought that they got the color right. Her make-up is awesome though.

Esme: Twilight wins hands down. Bella describes Esme as looking like Snow White. Nothing about the New Moon picture says fairy-tale princess to me. The hair is wrong, the make-up is wrong, and I much prefer the frilly shirt Reaser is wearing in the Twilight shot to whatever she's wearing in the New Moon still.

Laurent: I'm kind of feeling that the look is equivalent between the two movies. I don't like the scarf around his neck in the Twilight shot though.

Bella: Twilight. She looks much more youthful. Maybe she's supposed to look wacko.

Edward: NEW-FREAKING-MOON. He just looks so much more like what I expected Edward to look like. Incredibly handsome, but distant and lost. I always felt that Edward should look forlorn throughout most of New Moon. He's either miserable about subjecting Bella to danger, or miserable that he left her alone.

Jacob: I think that both Jakes look good. He really is supposed to be two different people.

Alice: I like Alice's hair in Twilight better than New Moon. I'm not sure how I feel about the costume since I really can't see the New Moon one. I think they might be able to go a little more trendy in New Moon than they did in Twilight.

Rosalie: New Moon. The Wig is better, the make-up is better. She looks much closer to a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model than she did in Twilight.

Jasper: Oh Hale yeah! New Moon is worlds above and beyond Twilight. He just looked weird in Twilight, not really really scary. Now, I can definitely visualize him being a soldier in the Civil War and struggling not to attack humans.

Emmett: Not really sure. I think they're both pretty much the same.

Carlisle: New Moon. He just looks so much older in the New Moon still. I really can imagine him being 360 years old. Plus, I like the outfit better.