Chanelling Eartha Kitt

I just learned Eartha Kitt died on Christmas Day.

Although there was a tinge of sadness as I have always loved her for being so darn fabulous, I somehow found myself smiling at how she aged so gracefully and lived her life to the fullest.  The woman, even at 81, remained to be alluring, glamorous and every inch the image of the total kitten as she was in her younger years.  I mean, who could ever forget that purr. 

I just saw her in a rerun of The Nanny of the Hallmark Channel, she must be in her late 60s there but still exuded the sexiness that any woman would envy.  She may not, what we call, conventionally beautiful, but by golly, she shines with X-factor that she could seduce anyone with that stare.  

Dazzling…Alluring…Sexy…

I wish I could channel my inner Eartha Kitt.  This may be quite impossible as I do not have that silky, sultry voice.  I don’t have that mesmerizing figure nor I could get away with that purr.  Maybe I could practice the smile, the confidence and the mischievous twinkle in her eye. I could work on it this coming new year. Lol.

Channeling her a little now by listening to some of her songs on my iPod. I shall miss her fabulousness and magic.  

Most especially that catty, seductive purr. 

Rest in peace, Eartha. 

Twilight-Obsessed

Due to the present Twilight mania, a 37-year old lawyer regresses back to a teenager. 

I’m just that, so sue me. 

I watched Twilight for a second time yesterday and at the risk of sounding juvenile, I have joined the scores of teenagers and fully grown women alike who have fallen irrevocably in love with that breathtakingly beautiful vampire.  The fact that he is played by the gorgeous Robert Pattinson fuels the fire of that addiction to blazing heights.  Yes, I found myself like a teenager again, swooning over a character. 

Darn, I thought I have outgrown this.  Apparently not.  

I finally found the time to finish the novel. And after reading it, I had this overwhelming need to see the movie again.  I told myself I was curious of the differences between the movie and the film, or I wanted to visually experience the story again. 

But honestly, really, I just NEEDED to see Edward. 

So I practically dragged my sister and my nephew to see the movie a second time. I had to endure the coldness of the theater as there were fewer viewers, considering that the movie is now on its fourth week here in Metro Manila.  But it was time well spent. My smile reaching practically to my ears and my heart overflowing with giddyness.  It’s a great, great chic flick, the kind that has you swooning to the heavens.  

Honestly, the book is indeed better than the movie because it is an extended and more detailed version of the  romance between Edward and Bella.  It shows the progression of their love affair that one learns to comprehend its depth and the many complications that goes with it.  And while Meyer’s prose is more targeted to the young adult audience (Sweet Dream-y, indeed), I found myself hooked on the plot and the exchange of heart-tugging dialogue.  Edward has a way with words that any woman does not stand a chance not to fall. 

“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…”

Sigh….

“If I could dream, it would be about you.”

Awwwww…

“You are my life now.”

Waaahh…..

“I love you more than anything in the world combined.”

I love you too…

Nyahahaha.  Too bad a man like that does not actually exist. A true romantic.  Edward is a true romantic. He has the overwhelming power to DAZZLE you and literally sweep you off your feet. 

He is the stuff romantic dreams are made off.  

Sigh.

I am vicariously in love with Edward and Bella, and their complicated love affair.  

So let the regression begin. 

I Heart Edward Cullen

I am in love with Edward Cullen.

Perhaps that may be an exaggeration, especially saying that out loud after watching Twilight.  But I was in complete agreement with my twin sister when she remarked: “Doesn’t that make you want an Edward of your own?”

Hell freakin’ yeah!

I mean, who wouldn’t want a guy with god-like chiseled looks, whose skin glows like diamonds under the brightness of the sun, who protects you with his life and loves you with a passion that is all-consuming it reaches the very fiber of your soul.

Notwithstanding the fact that he has this lustful desire to bite you and drink your blood.  lol.

So he’s a vampire.  Big deal. With that gorgeous face, dark eyes framed with golden flecks and that unnerving smile, he can bite me ANYTIME. 

Not to mention, he saves your life, twice.  Vows to protect you.  Treats you as if you are an intricate part of his immortal life and even watches you with fascination as you sleep.

I must say, Bella didn’t have a chance not faling irrevocably in love with him.  I would to.

Well, in my own fantasy world, I would not hesitate to fall just like Bella. She is lucky to find such a fiercefully powerful love with Edward.  The relationship itself is passionate, seductive and not to mention threading on the edges of danger.  Exciting is indeed putting it mildly. 

But in reality…if in the farfetched possibility that vampires actually exist, would I consider falling in love with one?

Err..hell no.  That would scare the living daylights out of me!

Good thing, Edward Cullen is just plain fiction, like my previous love affairs with Legolas, Mark Darcy and all those fictional characters that I fell in love over the years.

I’m reading Twilight now.  (Good thing my little sister is a fan of the books).  Honestly, the writing is too “Sweet Dreams” for my taste but never mind.  I can’t put it down. I am hooked on Edward Cullen and how irrevocably, poignantly beautiful he is.

Sighs….

HE IS PURE LOVE. ^___^

Credit: Photo from Entertainment Weekly