Are You Ready for Your Twilight DVD Viewing Party?
Twilight comes out on DVD on March 21 and special themed viewing parties are all the rage! To help your Twilight party, make sure you follow these comprehensive tips.
Have you got your invitation?
Dancing with the Stars Reviewed (Thanks to Twitter)
The 8th season of Dancing with the Stars is here! I don’t normally review the early rounds of DWTS since everyone’s just feeling their way, but NEENZ put a shout out on Twitter so I had to oblige. 😉
Lil’ Kim started watching Dancing with the Stars while in prison. She calls herself a “black Barbie,” dedicates her first dance to “all my girls in the Federal Detention Center,” and cha chas to Janet Jackson’s Nasty. What else can you say? Oh yeah, partner Derek Hough puts Lil’ Kim in the running.
Belinda Carlisle still looks great, and Jonathan Roberts is a classic partner, if not a mango. Enjoy the former Go-Go now before she’s gone gone.
Lawrence Taylor has the NFL pedigree and follows the success of former DWTS footballers. I’m not sold and neither were the judges.
Fresh out of rehab, Steve-O brought some interesting choreography to his waltz with Lacey Schwimmer. Despite his background, he did not make a jackass of himself.
Cheryl Burke is back and has a male hottie in partner Gilles Marini. And Full Frontal can dance!
Chuck Wicks, believe in your girlfriend and partner Julianne Hough. Now it’s okay if Julianne kisses her partner for six seconds without starting rumors.
Replacement Holly Madison is dancing with Michael Phelps?! Oh wait, that’s new pro Dmitry Chaplin. The Playboy Playmate looks good, but this is a dance contest.
Ty Murray is one lucky guy. Yes, he’s an accomplished cowboy and is married to Jewel, but Ty is really lucky that Steve Wozniak is also “dancing” this season.
At 17-years old, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson is the youngest competitor ever and proof that Amazons really do exist. Check out her stature. She can take you out! But she did prove that she is a front runner.
Going back to Steve Wozniak… I really don’t want to but I must. Steve is a genius, not just on the dance floor. I won’t belabor the pain since it’s already been done here and here. Geeks unite!!
David Alan Grier is bizarre. This bit might work on the comedy scene but not in a ballroom dance competition. I think former Fly Girl and now DWTS judge, Carrie Ann Inaba, is going to dish out some In Living Color payback!
Denise Richards is a head case. She’s going to meltdown during the season. Crying might help get the male votes, but the women are gonna hate even more.
My performance of the night goes to really new newcomer, Melissa Rycroft. I don’t watch The Bachelor, but she got screwed over from what I understand. Melissa stepped in for injured Nancy O’Dell and with less than two days to practice, she did great! Tony Dovolani, you pulled it off!
No one will be eliminated this week giving everyone a chance to get in it to win it.
Yogurt Coming to the Windward Side
The Windward side is slowly catching up to the yogurt craze brought on by the townies of Yogurtland, Menchies, and Orange Tree. There’s an Orange Tree coming up in Kaneohe by Times and the fire station. And somewhere in Kailua is Yogurt Mama.
You think all these stores will last, or will they go the way of Penguins in Hawaii?
Win Free Starbucks Stuff (from BevReview)
Sadly, this is not a Pulpconnection promotion, but no matter! Bevreview.com is giving away canned Starbucks Doubleshot drinks (including the new Cinnamon Dulce) and a USB-powered beverage chiller. No lie! Head on over to Bevreview.com to enter. One catch though, you have to be on Twitter and follow @bevreview in order to win.
As a referral to this contest, don’t forget to give @geewhy some lovin’.
Random Twilight News
Just some news about the Twilight movie saga.
Drew Barrymore wants to direct Eclipse, the third installment of the Twilight saga. Dakota Fanning will portray Jane, the diminutive Volturi bodyguard, in New Moon which comes out November this year.
Observation: Twitter > RSS
Now that I’ve been using Twitter for some time, I’ve noticed a change in the way I learn about new things on the web. I’m a believer and proponent of RSS feeds for some time, calling this technology a “game changer.”
But now, I find myself using my RSS reader less and less. I still do check my feeds for any updates, but it’s second behind Twitter. I’m more apt to follow links published by Twitter users even though the actual URL is obscured by a URL shortener like tinyurl. Why is that?
Maybe it’s because I share similar interests with those that I follow on Twitter so any links they provide are more to my liking? Also, I think Twitter users serve as a kindof filter for noise on the Net so that anything that they promote is more worthwhile than an RSS feed of a blog post with only a catchy title.
I’m not saying that I’ll abadon my RSS feeds anytime soon, but Twitter has supplanted RSS as my first source of interesting information.
Nike’s Twilight
Who knows, maybe the upcoming release of Twilight the movie on DVD had something to do with this, but Nike has released its own version of Twilight in the US.
I wonder if one of the Cullens would wear this?
Limited Edition Air Jordan Basketball
Don’t know the history of this limited edition Air Jordan basketball, but it’s sure not meant for the court.
Only 2323 of these made!
Hypebeast has some details.
Pulp from the Twitterverse
Some pulpy highlights from the Twitterverse.
- Macross Robotech remixed with Top Gun!
- Interesting R-rated scarves.
- What went down between Chris Brown and Rihanna. And she wants to continue seeing him?
Twitter and Watchmen in the Media
In the media circuit, there’s been a lot of coverage of two topics, Twitter and Watchmen. Here are just a few of them:
From Time Magazine:
From Entertainment Weekly:
Watchmen Graphic Novel at Amazon
Amazon is selling the Watchmen graphic novel for $11 if you need to see what the hype is about.
Dancing with the Ducks
Lame ducks, that is. Less than a week before Dancing with the Stars starts its 8th season, two stars have already dropped out. Singer Jewel has broken tibias in both her legs. She’s been replaced by Holly Madison.
Nancy O’Dell is also done with torn cartilage in her knee. No replacement has been named for Nancy yet. Wonder if the show will change its rules for the first elimination to give the newcomers a chance to catch up with some extra practice time? Have pity Len Goodman!