Yes, this blog is currently dead

Perhaps someday, it will rise again. Until then - thank you, and goobye, readers!

Merina xxx

So sorry everyone

Hello to all the kind and loyal peeps out there who are still reading this blog.
I know that I've neglected (understatement of the century) this blog lately...well, for the last month...and I just wanted to say I'm so so sorry to everyone who kept checking it but always found no new updates. Reasons for this are:

1. TwiNews has been INFURIATINGLY slow. It's an awkwardly kind of in-between-y time for fans now - what with the movie only a few months out, no eclipse news etc.
2. I've been busy. Yup, it's a pathetic excuse, but true : (
3. I'm enjoying my fanfiction writing more everyday. I have about fifty million ideas and stories running round in my head, and when I finally get onto the computer, I just want to write them all down (cheesy, but again, true)!

So...yeah. I'm so sorry for neglecting this blog so much - but no matter how sorry I am, I can't promise that I will be able to update as regularly as once-upon-a-time from now on. News is soooooo slow.
If anyone wants some twlight-related entertainment, go visit My Rather Random Life blog (see "followers" on left side of screen, click on Orlaigh's picture, her blog is awesome) and enter the weekly caption contest!
I will try and update when news starts coming quicker again - and try and get a new poll up each week - but as I said, I can't guarantie anything. Nor can I spell. Sob.
Thanks for reading this very lame apology - again, so so sorry for not updating,
Merina xxx

Easter Eggs/Facts

COMPLETELY forgot to post this when it first came out - sorry everyone! Anyway; here's a list of some Easter Eggs/cool facts from the New Moon movie from the director:
On Bella's copy of Romeo & Juliet, a picture from Volterra covered the book.
The camera drop during Paul and Jacob's in-transformation tussle was intentional to recreate the look of an actual animal knocking over the camera.
In front of Emily's house, there was a drum actually given to the production crew by a member of the Quileute Nation.
The opening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon with the moon phasing backwards was also intentional to reflect accuracy in phasing.
Aro says "Fore ... ne il vostro l'uno o altro" to Bella in the Volturi lair, meaning "Perhaps ... nor yours either" (regarding whether he understands Edward's soul).
There were three new placements of wolves in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. There was one in Twilight in Bella's room, and the three are in Carlisle's bowl, on Jacob's tee-shirt when he talks to Bella in the parking lot, and on the dream-catcher.
The song being played in the Italy elevator scene is Die Fledermaus by Strauss. This translates to "The Bat."
Bella carries a golden compass on her backpack into the meadow . . . baggage?
To make Edward move quickly before the birthday kiss at Bella's house, a double was used as Edward in the driver's seat, but Robert Pattinson waited alongside the camera.
"Kwop kilawtley" is what Jacob said to Bella in the kitchen.
Was absolutely furious with myself when I found out Aro's Italian lines are COMPLETELY different from the translations I'd tried to do XP. Guess Italian isn't my thing. Haha XD
Still trying to find out what "Kwop kilawtley" means - rumours are going around that it means "Stay with me forever", which would be kind of sweet - but this has not yet been confirmed.
Merina xxx

Deleted scene pictures!

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the long update - news has been verrrry slow lately, hope you all had a great Christmas!

Check out these pictures of the deleted scenes we can expect to get on the New Moon DVD - Victoria driving in her (snack-laden..?) car, and Alice and Edward (on their return from Italy?). Maybe this will be the scene where Charlie tells Edward to never set foot through his door again. Haha!

Hoep you all have a good new year! Merina x

Happy Birthday Stephanie!

Happy (one day late) Birthday Stephanie Meyer!

Happy Birthday Jasper!

It's Jackson Rathbone's (Jasper) birthday! Ooohhhhh so gorgeous...Team Jalice forever...but I think I still prefer him with plugged-into-car-electrics blond curls. Hehe :D

Happy Birthday Jackson!

Some questions from Stephanie

As you probably all know, different Twilight fan websites have QandA sections for Twilight related questions for Stephanie Meyer. I wanted to post a few of my favourites off Twilexicon (I have millions of favourites, these are just a few!):

Q from twilight-fan Electra: Who was Embry’s dad?

A: That question was in there like 17 times. Now I know that a lot of people are mad when I say that I’m not going to say, because you know what? I’m not even sure that I know. I know that sounds crazy, but really there are secrets that my characters keep from even me. And I had that experience with Rosalie actually when I first started working on Twilight. I had no idea she didn’t like Bella and her character was really flat and sort of half way through I figured out ‘Oh, she hates Bella!’ and then she was easier to write. So sometimes my characters don’t tell me everything. I have my suspicions.

Q: What happened to Billy Black that he can’t walk anymore?

A: He has diabetes, which caused nerve damage in his feet and legs. He hasn’t had to have anything amputated yet, but he’ll never walk again.

Q: Has Gianna been turned into a vampire and did she join the Volturi?
A: I’m sorry to say, but Gianna did not make the cut. Gianna’s not with us anymore, um, that’s one of the problems with working for the Volturi. It’s a hazardous job.

[laughter and cheering]

You guys are applauding for a woman’s death; you do realize this, right?

LOL!!! Stephanie has everything thought out so well - it's so fantastic. Wish I'd been at that event, I have sooo many questions...thoughts, anyone? I love comments...for more questions and a million more answers, go to Twilight Lexicon.com! Merina xxx