True Blood – Season 5 – #WaitingSucks

My favorite show on TV is True Blood. It is a long time in-between new seasons because it is an HBO series. This also means, it only has around 13 episodes each season, which again is just not enough for fans of the series. I love it though so really, no complaints here.

I’ve watched the teaser trailers and have seen the previews on HBO before Game of Thrones (another big favorite of mine). Season 5 of True Blood starts on June 10, 2012 and from the looks of it, it won’t be much like the book series at all. It looks like there are a ton of new characters and the storyline has gone so far off track it is really like a whole different story. I’m definitely “Team Eric” though (Alexander Skarsgard is so drop dead gorgeous!), so I really hope that he and Sookie Stackhouse at least end up together in this version of the series.

I’ll definitely start trying to most more again about both True Blood and Game of Thrones. After my last post about doing that, there was the water explosion in the house which we still haven’t gotten all fixed yet. It is definitely making things harder to do, including blogging. Anyways, until then – I leave you with this little preview of the next season. Enjoy!

Preview: Don't Cry It's Back

True Blood: Season 4 – Waiting Sucks - Eric

My favorite show on TV is True Blood and Season 4 looks like it is going to be my favorite one yet.


My favorite book in the Sookie Stackhouse series (what the show is based on) is “Dead to the World.” This is the one where Sookie finds Eric walking or running along the road in his underwear. Well, if you have taken a peak at the True Blood Season 4 promo on HBO, you will see sneak-peaks of this. Unfortunately, Alexander Skarsgard in his underwear is not what you will see. He is still shirtless though, and well I really can’t complain about that!

Check it out….



I can’t wait until this season premieres! Which if you were wondering, starts on June 26 at 9PM EST on HBO. If I didn’t get HBO, I would seriously order it for just the months True Blood is on… it is worth it!

Anyone else out there as excited as me about this? Who is your favorite character on the show? As you know, mine is Eric Northman!


Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended. HBO did not pay me to write this (I wish), I’m just a seriously eager fan.

True Blood: Season 2 – Episode 1 “Nothing But The Blood”

I’ve been looking forward to True Blood: Season 2 for awhile now. Needless to say I was counting down the hours until it was aired last night – until the power went out. We had a big thunderstorm here and the power was out for 5 or 6 hours. I was freaking – what if it didn’t get back on in time for True Blood?!? I need my True Blood as much as Eric and Bill need it to stay alive (well that and real blood). Luckily, it came back on with about an hour to spare. Whew!

Season 2 picks up right where Season 1 left off – the mystery black person with painted red toenails dead in the back of Andy Bellafleur’s car with Sookie and Tara screaming. From reading the books, I figured it was Lafayette. However, it wasn’t. It was the fake hoodoo priestess that gave Tara and her mom a fake exorcism in Season 1.

HBO has been straying from the book series since Season 1 and I really don’t mind at all. I think they make it more interesting. It also of course adds to more character storylines besides just Sookie and Bill.

Bill now has to take care of Jessica – the new vampire he made because of the one he killed last season to protect Sookie. Jessica is 17 and a brand new vampire – so think teenager gone bad. She seems annoyed by having to stay with Bill compared to with Eric and at Fangtasia – I would be too. Give me Eric any day over Bill!

This of course makes Sookie mad because Bill never told her about Jessica – or about him killing her uncle who molested her. Opps! She of course forgives him about both instances and they have sex and he bites her. Ah, just like old times!



Eric was in the episode for the last minute or two. Disappointing for me because I am a huge Eric fan. But at least he was in the episode. He and his vampires were actually the ones holding Lafayette and other humans hostage who have done “crimes against vampires.”



Sam remembers MaryAnn from when he was a teenager and just found out about his shapeshifting abilities. He stole from MaryAnn and had sex with her and left. Now, she wants something from him – but not money.

Tara is still staying with MaryAnn Forester (who is a maenad in the book series). However, why is she taking such concern with Tara? And who is that black guy she is getting involved with now who is also at MaryAnn’s mansion? I’m suspicious.

Jason was visited with someone from The Fellowship of the Sun (the anti-vampire church) while he was accused of the murders last season. This season, he will be getting more involved with that church. Bad Jason! You need to be spanked – and not in a way you’d like!

Here is a new trailer I found for more of what will come on True Blood Season 2…

Random Update

What has been going on with me lately? Well, I’ve been busy and yet not. I know that cancels each statement there out, but it is true. It seems I’m either really busy lately or just in a “blah” funk.

New Business – My Mom and I have been working hard to get products ready to go up on our website and start selling. We’ve gotten quite a few compliments about them, so we are very positive about the business. Once we have a few more types made (probably a few weeks) I’m going to have a giveaway on here and release the website to all of you. Exciting!

Gardening – I’ve been tending to my little plants growing from seeds. Some are doing much better than others. It still makes me sad to see that the snapdragons and the poppies and a few other planters drowned in the massive amount of rain we had here for a few days. However, my Sweet Williams that I planted last year from seeds are quite amazing.






Paranormal Investigating – I’ve been busy with our group’s website the past few days. I’m working with the leader to make it awesome. I typed up three pages worth of suggestions and ideas, most of which he liked (I think). I’m just glad I didn’t offend him. I really just want to help make it the best it can be and get us out there. Once it is all updated, I’m going to (finally) post about the amazing group I am in. Also – exciting!

Saturday we have a big meeting and then we’re investigating two locations about an hour away from there. I’ve never been to either place, so I’m excited. Hopefully we can capture some good evidence (and then I can put that on the website too).

Dead and Gone – I just got the 9th Sookie Stackhouse book titled “Dead and Gone.” It is in hardcover, which is the first one of the series I have in hardcover. It makes me a little annoyed because with my lovely OCD I just know I’m going to have to buy the other ones in hardcover too one day. I’m about 1/3 through the book, and I love it. I’ll review it on here when I finish (which will probably be soon). Why do I love it so far? Eric! Yes, he is in this one much more than Bill is so far (who-oo!). Gotta love the hot Viking Eric. Mmmm.

Robert Pattinson Shirtless – Yeah, I know. Enough Rob and Twilight and vampires already?!? Sorry, I love all of the above and I just have to post these pics from the New Moon set. Yum! Hey, at least I didn’t post a whole blog post about it like I was going to do… hehe.




Blogging – I just want to say thank you to all my readers and followers for sticking with me. I know some topics I blog about some of you don’t like, but most do (I hope). Also, thanks for sharing with me which topics you do like best in my Blogoversary post. I will try to keep up with the Flashback Fridays and post more about paranormal stuff now that I know you guys like it so much. ::hugs!::

True Blood - Good Fan Video

While I was bored and still very awake (it is midnight) I found myself browsing the HBO: True Blood website. Another cool thing I found on there is they have a wiki and forum area too. I might join it. Anyways, while reading some threads I came across this fan-made video. It is really quite good and features Nelly Furtado's Maneater song (which I also love).



I've also been planning on getting my hair cut. It is really long right now - too long. It is like over 2 ft long. If it was strong and all I think I'd probably keep it this length, but it isn't. It gets all split-ended and then I pick at it (annoying habit). So, I'm thinking about getting my hair cut like Anna Paquin's shown here. These were the best pics I could find. What do you guys think?

Sookie Stackhouse aka Southern Vampire Mysteries

As I posted recently, I would give a recap of my thoughts on this vampire series so far. Here is my experience with it, I hope you enjoy!

* Warning: Contains spoilers!


Dead Until Dark, the first book in the series was really quite good. I liked it anyways. The main character Sookie Stackhouse is great but also kind of annoys me. She is a telepathic barmaid who is quite nice, though every human thinks she is a bit crazy. Also, much of the book seemed like I was reading another version of Twilight with more sex and Southern slang. I think this book was written first though. Maybe Stephanie Meyer read it and that is how she dreamt up Twilight. Regardless though, it is a good book. I really liked Vampire Bill. Plus, having vampires “out of the coffin” and legal was a fun twist to vampire stories. I read this book in a night.

I started reading the second book, Living Dead in Dallas after a paranormal investigation. So, I only got in about an hour or so of reading. I finished the rest of it the following day. It was good but not really as good as the first. The most memorable thing that happens in this is the escape from being held captive at the Fellowship of the Sun headquarters there.

After this book, I decided to read the back covers of the rest of the books that came in the set. I regretted doing so. Why? Well, I found out Bill cheats on Sookie! Also, somehow she might end up with Eric (Bill’s boss and the sheriff of Area 5 in Louisiana)? Then her brother becomes a shape-shifter? Then she ends up with a shape-shifter? What is going on? Why can’t my vampire reading be satiated with her just ending up with Bill and her turning into a vampire and then they live happily ever after? Oh, right for that I guess I can just re-read Breaking Dawn (again).

Also, the bookset doesn’t have all of the books. Yeah when I bought the set I thought they were all there but it is missing one that is out now and one that comes out in May. Now that I’ve started reading it, I’ll have to buy those too. Damn my OCD and getting sucked into this series!

Club Dead, the next book was actually pretty good. Club Dead is a vampire and supernatural beings bar (of course). She also ends up becoming close friends with a Were (as in werewolf). Bill is vampire-napped and being held prisoner in Mississippi and Sookie of course has to go to his rescue. Big drama with all of that, but it works out well. Why Sookie doesn’t just get over it and forgive Bill I don’t know. Also, Eric (Bill’s boss) really wants her bad too now. Such vampire drama! It is like a vampire soap opera. I love it! And Eric really doesn’t seem to be all that bad anymore.

Dead to the World, next book in the series Bill leaves for Peru (oh and Sookie and him are not dating, she never forgave him for cheating on her) Then Sookie finds Eric running along a country road (by her house) with just jeans on and no memory. She ends up taking care of him and hiding him out at her house (for a fee of course). She ends up really falling for this new sensitive and helpless Eric. They have quite a good time together, oh and the sex was really good too. Witches are also in this book that is attacking the other supernatural beings and they end up having a big fight and call it the Witch War. It was sad when Eric became his regular self again though. Her brother is found (he was missing) thanks to Sookie and now he might be a Were-panther. I hate how she ends these books.

Dead As A Doornail, the next book… Shape-shifters and Werewolves and panthers and whatever else are in danger in this one. Sam, Sookie’s boss (also a shape shifter) gets shot so Eric loans out his new bartender vampire (who is a pirate) to the bar Sookie works at. Eric still doesn’t remember what happened between him and Sookie, though he does suspect things. Finally he finds out and isn’t really all that awful about it at all. She really should give him (and Bill) more credit.

Definitely Dead, the next book Sookie is still alone. Though she ends up dating Quinn, a Were-Tiger. Yeah. I want to see her with Eric or even Bill! Ugh! So frustrating! This book was slow to amount to much of anything. I was like “come on already” for anything interesting at all. Bill turns out not to be such a nice guy or er vampire afterall and he didn’t end up in her life out of the blue or er black. Quinn is nice and Eric saves the day with some other vampire that works for the Queen of Louisiana. Yeah. Oh and her cousin left her her things when she died for the second time, she was a vampire and was also the queen’s lover. Mmmhmm. The soap opera continues!

All Together Dead the seventh book, and last book in my boxed set. Is about the big vampire summit for the southern vampires. It was actually my 2nd favorite book I read from the series so far (first being the first book). Sookie is dating Quinn, well sorta still. They don’t spend much time together. Eric is still after her and he really quite likes her but of course doesn’t know how to express himself. Then sometime while at the summit she has to exchange blood with him again (third time now) and now they are bound and more in tune with one another. Then the Fellowship of the Sun set off all these bombs in the hotel during the day to try to kill the vampires and the humans in the building they were staying in. Sookie and the other telepath Barry figure out it is happening right before it happens and manages to get most of the humans out and many of the vampires, but it is daytime! So, some die. Quinn even kills Andre (the bad vampire that is close to the Queen of Louisiana). Sookie saves Eric and Pam too, and she finds Bill in the rubble. Her main vampires just couldn’t die, ya know?

From Dead to Worse, the eighth book was quite boring in my opinion. Yes, I bought it (this series is addicting okay?). It focused way too much on recapping stuff that already happened. It also featured an immense amount of time explaining what Sookie does during daily tasks and mundane activities. Amelia, her friend now from New Orleans is staying with her. She is a witch. Sookie and Quinn end things because he can’t put her above his mom and sister. I completely agree with that move, especially since Eric is so hot for her, oh and Bill too. Speaking of Eric, his memories about their time together came flooding back to him when he was sitting on her bed. I just want to shake Sookie and have them end up together, but I guess that would make the books cut short and the author wants money. Oh, she meets her great-grandfather who is a fairy prince. There is also a takeover of the Louisiana area by the Las Vegas vampires. They end up okay though, pretty much.

Overall, I think the books are pretty good. It is worth the time to read and/or buy them. If you’re like me and skim over the parts we already know about you can have each book easily read in a few hours. They are all a fun read though. The world Charlaine Harris creates with this series is a great escape.

My biggest complaint about the series is that the author spends too much time re-stating things the reader already knows. I found this to be very annoying. A once-over on things that happened before in books is normal, but to keep bringing it up throughout the book gets old. It is like having to listen to someone say something to you ten times before they move on to something else only to bring it back up again in a few minutes.

The characters are all quite colorful and creative. I especially like the vampire Bubba. It is actually Elvis, but something went wrong when he became a vampire and can’t stand it when people call him Elvis. Pretty funny. I wonder if that character will be on True Blood.

I also really like the Sookie and Eric relationship. Eric is just a fun character to begin with. He is a very old vampire, so also very powerful. He was a Viking! So he is blonde, blue eyes, great body, great at oh everything. But somewhere through the years he forgot how to express himself properly. It makes a fun combo with Sookie. I really hope they end up together.

The next book, Dead and Gone comes out May 5, 2009. I’ll read it too when it comes out. Click here to read the first chapter from the book. From the synopsis it looks like the Weres and shape-shifters will be coming out of the closet too. There will also maybe be a war going on. I hope she gets some action with Eric, they do share that intense blood bond now and he is being really quite good (for a vampire with a lot of power) too. Why do I not like Bill anymore? Well, he is quite a tool and he did more to hurt Sookie than just cheat on her. He’d really have to do something grand to win her back now.

The DVD set for True Blood comes out on May 19th. I’m going to buy that then as well. I’ve watched a few episodes when we still had HBO and I loved it and am hooked (especially now that I’ve read all the books that are out). I’m hoping we get HBO again in June when the 2nd season airs.

Sookie Stackhouse + Long Update

I finally used my Wal-Mart gift card my brother gave me for Christmas. I used it online and bought the Sookie Stackhouse bookset. It ended up being the same price (when figuring in shipping) as amazon.com so I figured why not? I needed to use the card before it expired or was lost anyways. Plus, I’ve wanted to read this series for awhile now

It arrived today. Very quick shipping! I just ordered it like 2 nights ago and didn’t pay any extra for such fast shipping. Very nice. Usually amazon.com’s free shipping takes at least a week (sometimes 3 weeks).

I’ll post more about these books as I read them or after I’m done with the series. Have any of you read them? Did you like it? Do you watch True Blood on HBO? I only saw one episode of True Blood, but I liked it. I have it waiting in my NetFlix que for whenever they have the DVD set.



As you noticed, I have been changing the layout around here. I posted about it a few entries ago. I’ve also edited the right sidebar some and added to it. I’m also thinking about making a top area with links to things. Any suggestions?

Today I have my paranormal stuff to do. Sounds funny saying it like that. I have a meeting to go to and then we’re going on a residential investigation. That means I more than likely can’t say much about it. Next weekend we’re reviewing the material from Sloss Furnace. Fun fun! I hope we caught something good.

The picture I posted of my closet and part of my room really made me want to cleanup my closets and room. So, I cleaned it up yesterday while listening to Lady GaGa, The All American Rejects, Britney Spears, Metro Station, Justin Timberlake and TI, Coldplay and The Pussycat Dolls. Yeah, I have an odd assortment of music there and I love it! Should I grab one of those cool lil iPod things and add music to my blog? I’ve been thinking about it…

Anyways, I moved out all of my Collector Barbies and put them on the top shelves of the guest bedroom’s closet. Here are their pictures since they are going into the dark for a long time now and they wanted to say “Hello.” Really, they did. See them waving at you?



While cleaning it out I also came across my most expensive shoes. They are 2 couture pairs from Nicole Miller. I love them but I’ve never worn them outside the house. I know, I really should. I’m just scared I’m gonna ruin them or something and you all know how much those cost!



To clean out my closet I figured I really needed to take out everything that was hanging up and try it on if I haven’t worn it for awhile. If it didn’t fit right, I’d put it up on the top shelf. This seemed to work pretty well but took a long time. I ended up with quite a few things that are up on the top shelf now, but it just gives me that much more motivation to workout and eat better. Seeing that I have Armani and Dior up there really irks me.

Now I present to you my newly cleaned up closet.



Whew. So, that was how I spent most of my day yesterday. I wonder how many calories I burned trying on all those clothes and cleaning. It was only one of the closets too. I still have the other one, but it isn’t that bad. That is where my more dressy clothes are and all my coats and jackets and more shoes. Actually, it is pretty bad too but it is hard to open the door too far because of my computer desk. I’ll put that closet off for a few more days.

How are all of your weekends going? Doing anything fun and exciting? Tell me about it!