Kristen Stewart hurtled by Vampire romance "Twilight"...

Kristen Stewart hurtled by Vampire romance "Twilight" to the kind of fame that can turn a life into a roller coaster ride, so it seems appropriate that Stewart' new movie revolves around an amusement park.

This week, Stewart's Film, "Adventureland," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is one of a string of quirky movies Stewart, has starred-in since her 1st film at age 11.

But none of those movies ever brought Kristen Stewart the sort of attention Kristen has received the last two months since "Twilight" struck gold at box offices with more than $324 million worldwide since its November debut.

In twilight movie, Stewart portrayed Bella Swan, a love-struck teen adored by millions of young girls after they began devouring the series of books on which the movie is based.

"Adventureland" is a coming-of-age movie about a recent college graduate named James, played by "The Squid and the Whale" star Jesse Eisenberg, who takes a summer job at an amusement park.

There, he falls in love with a tortured but sincere young carnival worker named Em Lewin (Stewart) and finds that true love is an adventure in and of itself...

oh what a night

The other weekend my girlfriend called and asked if I wanted to come over and watch the Canucks game with her and her boyfriend. I, having nothing better to do decided that would be fun. The Canucks lost and we decided to hit up a pub or restaurant.

We arrived at Moxies and got sat, where her boyfriend told the waitress he didn't want a menu. Then he left the table for a few minutes. While he was gone we decided we wanted to get some appies so we ordered, thinking he didn't want anything since he rejected his menu. Well when he got back to the table he freaked out that we had ordered without him. We apologized and then the couple continued to fight.

It was not fun. I was sitting there awkwardly trying to make the peace but it didn't work. Her boyfriend walked out and left. She was obviously upset, so she had a few tequila shots and we decided to go to the bar to drink and dance our problems away.

The whole time we had been there a couple was in the booth across from us acting all lovey-dovey. Once my friend's boyfriend left the girl came to our table and asked if they could buy us a drink. Well of course we obliged! And had some shooters too! Then we all left and our new friends drove us to Sharks Club... Where they bought us even more drinks!

It was like being on vacation, how you make friends with random couples... but we were in good ol' Lang-town!

Once the night ended they even drove us home. It was great!

Dedication

I watched the movie Dedication the other day because it was on TV and I had nothing else to do. I had never heard of it which leads me to believe it was probably a straight-to-DVD release, which gives you an idea of how good it was. It was at parts boring, weird and predictable and it also had the worst score ever. The background music was of a screechy girl making annoying sounds throughout almost the entire movie. So why am I blogging about it you ask? I guess I was in a strange mood while I watched it and it made me think.

First off: Is Billy Crudup good looking? I spent the whole movie trying to decide. The jury is still out. Mandy Moore is his co-star. She's pretty hot. For a big girl.

So then there were these two quotes that I actually really liked:

1. "Life is nothing but the occasional burst of laughter rising above the interminable wail of grief."

2. "Life is nothing but the echo of joy disappearing into the great chasm of misery."

Couldn't have said it better myself angry writer guy!

And this is the other thing that I got thinking about. Grand Gestures. You know... there's a couple and then they fight and break up and then the guy has to do something really impressive to win the girl back in time for the closing credits. In the case of this movie it was the dude searching through an entire beach for a special rock to give the girl (hmm isn't that the same plot as one of those penguin movies?) Anyways he gave it to her before she married another guy and then they lived happily ever after. Grand Gestures always get the ladies.

I want a Grand Gesture. I want a guy to go out of his way to do something nice for me. I want a guy to fly across the continent to surprise me. I want a guy to track down something I really like for me. In high school a boyfriend at the time and I were driving through the Matsqui prarie to the movies when he made me pull over and slow dance with him. I will never forget that. At this point I'm impressed when a guy calls me to tell me that he's going to be late. If he remembers something important and calls to wish me good luck that's super bonus points. I know it's a lot to ask... but I'd like a guy to love me enough to do something crazy.

Disclaimer: I have to like the guy... otherwise doing these things would be creepy. I know... I don't make things easy for you fellas.

Name Frames

It all started with this:


A few years ago as I was sitting in physics class (college, not high school... it wasn't THAT long ago) and obviously I was bored. It was physics. To entertain us one of the guys started to make all our names out of pretzels which for some reason fascinated me, so I kept mine and framed it.

Fast forward hmmm 5 years (ok maybe it WAS a long time ago) and my friend Cerina commented that she liked it. So it gave me an idea for Christmas. This is what I made her:

Then it got me thinking that I needed to make this for everyone, and really personalize it. For Cerina I would have ideally made it out of Twix, but I don't think that's really summer-friendly. Next came Teddy's. If he is known for anything it's being an asking-for-gum-whore. Take a look:

After Ted's I made Jaelene's. Jaelene LOVES Sephora. A Sephora store is like a mothership pulling in its baby Jae. So this is what I made her:

Lastly, I made Dawna-the-Starbucks-lover's. To make this one I had to face the rage of an angry Starbucks manager because their stir sticks are apparently not for "arts and crafts." Hmm I heard today that 'bucks is doing a huge downsizing. Good luck biotch! Anyhoo here's hers:

Next I'm thinking of making one for my girlfriend's birthday. I don't think I can stop 'til everyone has one, I just love 'em!

Kristen Stewart "I'm so glad they didn't have to find somebody else; we already had him (Taylor Lautner )"

Kristen Stewart tells MTV News "I'm so glad they didn't have to find somebody else; we already had him!" "I didn't understand all the deliberation on [whether to bring him back]. But now that it's set, we can all rest."

Taylor Lautner, 16, was worried he wouldn't be rehired because his character, Jacob Black, is totally different in New Moon: Taylor Lautner's a foot taller and is supposed to look 25. So Lautner's packed on about 26 pounds of muscle.

Stewart says. "He's really buff!" "He definitely is. It took him a lot of time." "really excited" to shoot New Moon later this year.

"It's such a machine now. All of a sudden, this movie has become [something bigger]," she says. "With all the expectations — usually, you make a movie and think, 'If it touches people, great; if it doesn't, then you move on to the next one, and no one's personally affected by it.' [But] everyone's really sensitive with any changes right now.

"Everyone needs to be on the same page to make the same movie [as the original Twilight was]," she goes on. "Or else it will be a very disoriented project."

Kristen Stewart has faith in new director Chris Weitz. "Chris is — on top of him being a really sweet guy — he is entirely devoted," Stewart says. "And he's very clearly not doing the movie just because it's the next big thing. He really likes it a lot."

Kristen Stewart rides roller coaster of fame

Kristen Stewart to the kind of fame that can turn a life into a roller coaster ride, so it seems appropriate that her new movie revolves around an amusement park.

"Adventureland," which premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival, is one of a string of quirky movies Stewart, She has starred-in since Stewart' 1st film at age 11.

But none of those movies ever brought Kristen Stewart the sort of attention she has received the last two months since "Twilight" struck gold at box offices with more than $324 million (232 million pounds) worldwide since its November debut.

In the movie, Kristen portrayed Bella Swan, a love-struck teen adored by millions of young girls after they began devouring the series of books on which the movie is based.

Kristen Stewart is a child of Hollywood - the daughter of a stage manager and a script supervisor - and Stewart' LA upbringing provided a close up view of fame that has helped her handle the 3-ring media circus of Hollywood celebrity.

Stewart told Reuters at Sundance. "I grew up on a set," "I don't take it as seriously, and then at the same time I take it more seriously than anyone. It's like a balance."

"Adventureland" is a coming-of-age movie about a recent college graduate named James, played by "The Squid and the Whale" star Jesse Eisenberg, who takes a summer job at an amusement park. There, he falls in love with a tortured but sincere young carnival worker named Em Lewin (Stewart) and finds that true love is an adventure in and of itself.

Miramax Films will release the movie in March, following its premiere at Sundance -- the No. one United State gathering for independent film. At the festival, a quirky and offbeat love story like "Adventureland" can gain the kind of media attention it needs to lure audiences to box offices.

"Adventureland" director Greg Mottola, who made 2007 hit comedy "Superbad," said he has counselled Stewart about handling fame and fortune because the microscopic scrutiny by the media can be overwhelming for a teenager. "I think there are some people who have some innate movie star gene that lets them just walk into that, like a George Clooney," he said. "But it didn't happen to him when he was that young. So I feel for her, that's a really hard thing."

Kristen Stewart may be young, but She already is something of a veteran and appears to handle the media glare well and she wants to stay active in Hollywood. Already Stewart has 16 movies on her filmography including "Panic Room," "The Cake Eaters," "Into the Wild" and "What Just Happened." Her first role was 2001's "The Safety of Objects," about suburban families whose lives intertwine.

With upcoming roles as rocker Joan Jett in a biopic and again playing Bella in "New Moon," the next instalment in the "Twilight" franchise, Stewart said she has no immediate plans to attend college."Not now, maybe if I can grow up a little bit," she said. "But not yet, I can't. It's just I've had a lot of demands put on me for quite a long time."

New Years '09

I've decided someting. New Years is the most over-rated holiday ever. Know why? 'Cause you plan for it too much. Every time I plan on getting wasted I either a) have a few drinks and then don't really feel like drinking anymore, or b) end up so wasted I puke and want to sleep. Neither are very fun.

Plus there's the paying like 50 bucks to get into a club that usually costs $10 or I don't ususally pay to get into anyways. Then there's the incessant waiting for a cab and running around downtown Vancouver freezing my ass off in a lil dress, waving my arms and screaming "Over here!"

I usually hit up a pub for New Years... I like the free champagne at midnight and the noisemakers and the stupid, sparky hats. This year I went to a fancy party at a hotel, barely heard the countdown cus the DJ didn't even bother announcing it, and you needed a drink ticket to get a measly ounce of champagne. There were also way too many old people there (well by old I mean like 35 but it's a party!) The old people would have been acceptable had they not been making out on the stairs, in line, at the coatcheck and everywhere else I turned.

Next year I need to go to a house party. Maybe I'll have one if I can drag my friends' asses out to Langley. What do you guys think? We can raid my parent's liquor cabinet, just like the old days!