Twific Meetup!

I haven't mentioned that next month I am going to attend the Twific Meetup in Las Vegas!!!

I am excited to be a moderator on Fic Diving at one of the workshops.

Fic Diving is how I started reading fanfiction. I would have never come across some really good stories if I didn't do it. I am a serious fic reader. Since August 2009, there hasn't really been a day gone by that I haven't read Twi-fic.  I don't know what that says about me....ummm.  Anyways...I'm thrilled to share what I love with others that love the same thing as me!

If you want to know more about the Twific Meet up check out their blog or follow on Twitter: @twificmeetup.

I'm looking forward to seeing some of my Twi Friends that I have already met and making new ones!

blinkie & logo courtesy of heatherdawn

Story Recs

It's been a long time since I have recommended stories to read and thought I would highlight a couple of really great stories.

The Agreement by Gemgirl65 (WIP)

Bannder and Blinky created by Ange de l'aube

Summary: A virgin. An escort. A contract signed. But falling in love wasn't part of the agreement...AH E&B

I saw this story recommended last weekend on Twitter and I think it was only 10 chapters in and it hooked me right away. I really feel if you are one to read WIP's then this is a must read!!!

Bella is 19 years old and still is a virgin. She has had opportunities to have sex but has had some issues going the next step. She decided to hire Edward and lose her virginity on her own terms.

Here's an except below:

It was his job to give women a night they'd never forget. He would give that to Isabella Swan in the very best way he knew how, and make sure she didn't regret it. But no matter what he did for her tonight, he knew he would never be able to match the gift she was about to give him. He only wished she would realize how precious it was.

He stared relentlessly until she finally looked up at him. His voice came out a little raspier than he intended.

"I'll be whoever you want me to be tonight," he said.

Those must have been the magic words, for he got his wish. Her eyes visibly softened as she regarded him.

Her voice was as raw as his when she replied. "I want you to be yourself."

They both wondered who that was.

I love Gemgirl65's writing style so much that I went on a Gemgirl65 marathon and I am reading her other stories: The Guitar, Amnesia, and current reading Massage Therapy. All of these stories are complete and very good. Check out her writing. I'm glad that I have found her!


How to Paint a House by Maggie's Gutter - WIP

Banner created by becksishere

Summary: Bella Swan is a naive fifteen year old, set to spend another kiss-less summer alone. Edward is new to town, and doesn't know a soul. Watch an unlikely friendship blossom over the simple task of painting a house. But for these two, nothing is simple.

Holy Swear Word! I love, love, love this story! It's a coming of age story that that takes you back to being a teenager. Don't let that stop you from reading because Lord knows that I never want to be a teenager again! Maggie's Gutter's writing is so magical, you feel the emotions of the characters. I have laughed out loud and cried while reading this story. Her Bella is one of my favorite Bella's that I have read.

Here's an excerpt below:

"This was fun," he smiled. "I didn't expect this when I woke up this morning. You're a pretty cool kid Bella," he shrugged, then turned and went for his door.

Kid?

I couldn't even breathe. That word hit me like a tidal wave…taking my air, filling my lungs with water…choking me…drowning me…

Crushing me…

Edward Cullen called me a kid.

Another excerpt:

Then a set of big hands wrapped around my face firmly, gripping it tightly. "Hey," Edward shouted again, getting my full attention. I blinked out my tears and looked to him with wide eyes, while his strong hands held my face. "I see you Bella," he whispered, his soft green eyes boring into me. "I mean it," he said. "You're not invisible. You're beautiful," he whispered in a gravelly voice, taking his thumbs and gently wiping away my tears.

Then Edward scooted closer to me, pulling my head to his lips, pressing them into my forehead, kissing it. "You're not invisible," he whispered, his lips lingering and damp on my forehead…just searing into it.

Oh my freaking holy swear word…

Loved this:

And my instincts were telling me to have a freaking orgasm. Like, it was time.

And then I did…

It started in my toes, and then rolled up my legs like a wave. Like a sneeze was building, but so much bigger than that. And as Edward's tongue flicked that spot, it's like my body couldn't contain it anymore, and it just had to erupt, to burst…to unfurl.

"I'm─" I started to cry out when it started, and Edward's hands held tightly to my thighs, not letting me get away, keeping his rhythm with his tongue as the wave kept coming…

And it did. It just kept coming. This warm wave trickled up my legs, and kind of exploded when it reached the top. Like releasing the tingles, and the burning, and the throbbing in this massive rolling spasm of amazing… peaking somewhere, and then slowly trailing off, leaving me numb and warm, like I had taken the pain pills that the dentist gave me for my wisdom teeth. Like I had taken all of the pain pills that the dentist gave me for my wisdom teeth.

I had an orgasm.

Holy Swear Word…

I hope you give this story a chance! I've enjoyed it very much!

Changes...

Well kids…I hate to admit this but my whole twi-obsession seems to be waning. It’s kinda scary to admit but it’s true. I think it is the same for some of you as well.

A few weeks back I decided to change my twitter name to @Chye_Lin which is another spelling for my name. I have also decided to change my blog name to Chye-Lin’s Contemplations. I will still keep the monkeygirl1969.blogspot.com url at this time since other blogs link to mine and changing it would break their link.

Twi_Lin was fun name but five years from now I do not think I will still want to be Twi_Lin. The only place I plan to keep will keep my Twi-Lin name is on fanfiction. http://www.fanfiction.net/~twilin.

I think I am more of a Rob & Kristen fan now than just a Twilight fan. I’m so excited for their career’s to move beyond Twilight and for them to be successful in what they do.

I don't know who created this collection but I love it!!! How can you not love Rob & Kristen?

I still love Twilight. I can’t believe how much my life has changed because of reading the saga but I have a hard time reading the books. I love the movies mostly because of Rob and Kristen. I think I will always love to read Twilight Fanfiction. There are so many amazing writers. I like the twist they put on the twilight characters. I even don’t mind when they just use the names to write their own stories. There would be no way I would find about their stories if they didn’t write it as fanfiction.

...but not everything.

I do think my blog will still be Twilight related since it is still a part of my life but I don’t want to limit it just to Twilight.

I am grateful for Twilight and through the fandom it brought so many wonderful people into my life!



Here are a few of my favorite Twitard Sisters and a handful of Brothers. :)

Seeing My British Boy Paylist Live

Last night I got to see two musicians from my British Boys Playlist...Sam Bradley and Marcus Foster!!!

I was excited to meet Marcus!

It was great seeing Sam again! I tried not to fan girl too much!

Yesterday, a friend asked if they're Twilight related and I told her well, kinda...they are really good friends of Robert Pattinson and both had songs on the Twilight soundtrack but they are great musicians in their own merit.

Just in case you don't know this...the songs that Rob sang on Twilight Soundtrack Let Me Sign and Never Think;  Marcus co-wrote the song Let Me Sign with Bobby Long.  Sam and Rob wrote Too Far Gone, and Rob performed the song on the Twilight soundtrack as Never Think.

This is the second time I have been to one of Sam's shows! I love his voice and he is such a genuine nice guy. He's very sweet and gracious.

It was my first time seeing Marcus.  He was very kind and it was great having a chance to meet him.

Enjoy the videos:

Just as You Are

My husband and I usually do not make a big deal out of Valentine’s Day because I feel we love each other every day and why do you need a “special holiday” to show one another you love them. We do have a tradition of getting each other a stuffed monkey for the holiday and usually that is it. This year I wanted to surprise him with something unexpected and I did!



Some of our monkeys

 About 2 weeks before Valentine’s I was saw on facebook that Crystal Ball Photography was having a special for boudoir pictures. I had always wanted to have them done but was a bit self-conscious because I am a big girl and I know that I do look better with clothes on than off. I decided what the hell and just do it!

I am so glad I did! Crystal was so great and she made me feel comfortable right away. I really felt empowered and beautiful. I have had issues with self-image for a while and this photo shoot wasn’t only a present for my husband but also for me. I did think about editing the photos to hide some wrinkles and blemishes on my body but then decided that I would be covering up myself. I have had lot of self-growth in the past couple of years and really loving the person that I am. It’s been a long road on this journey called life but it is fun to step out of our comfort zones and do something exciting!

Here are a couple of pictures that I will share…the rest are for my wonderful husband because he feels the same as Mark Darcy from Bridget Jones’s Diary , “No, I like you very much. Just as you are.” But change like to love. My husband loves me just as I am.

Oh…for my husband’s present I put the pictures in Microsoft Movie Maker and wrote all the reasons why I love him and set the movie to the music of Christina Perri’s A Thousand Years. I know it’s kind of sappy but he loved it and it brought tears to his eyes. *sigh*

Young Love

I had a vivid dream awhile back where I met Kristen Stewart. I had this dream back in February 2011 prior to my trip to Vancouver, BC to see 100 Monkeys. You can read about the trip here.


They look so happy!

 My dream:
I walked into a coffee shop in Vancouver and Kristen was sitting alone at a small round table. She had on a white hoodie with the hood up. Her back was to the door, so I didn't notice her when I walked in. I went to the counter and ordered a cup of tea. As I was walking out, I saw Kristen sitting there. We made eye contact and smiled at each other. I continued to walk out of the coffee shop but stopped and turned around and went back to her table. I told her that I was sorry to bother her but I was a huge fan of hers and Twilight. She did her little awkward shrug and thanked me. We started talking and she invited me to sit down with her. During the conversation I told her that as a fan I love the thought of her and Rob being together as a couple even though we don't know for sure. She looked at me, smiled, ran her fingers through her hair and nodded. She told me that yeah, they were together but she was worried about being so young and in a serious relationship. I told her that I can understand that because I met my husband when I was 16. We got together when I was 18, married at 19 and we had been married for 22 years. I remember telling her that young love can make it. They would make it if they make "Them" a priority. The dream gets patchy after that but I remember feeling like the conversation was like a mother/daughter conversation and once we finished talking we hugged good-bye.


She's thinking..."Yeah! He's mine!"

 When I woke up from this dream I was like WTF??? Why would I dream about Kristen and why was it so detailed?


He's thinking, "She's mine!"

 I am a fan of Robsten and I really do love the idea of them being together. I have pondered this question WHY do I care if they are together or not? I do not know them in real life...of course I would want them to be happy just like I would for anyone else but why them? I don't know why. It may be because they play the characters Bella and Edward and Bella and Edward's relationship represents true eternal love. I don't know. I just know I want them to be successful and happy!


Aww!

 I like that they haven't come out and said "Yes, we are together!" Their relationship is special and can just be theirs even in the crazy glass house they live in. I do love the hint's they give us. They have a dog together, wear each other's clothes, her boyfriend is "English", his girlfriend is back in "L.A.", London Apartment, holding hands...I could go on.


Holding hands!

 I absolutely love the way they look at each other! The first time I really felt like yes - they are together was back when they were on the Oprah Show. I remember watching the look on Rob's face when she was talking and I told my husband, "Look, he loves her." I believe they do love each other!


They love each other! 

 I often think that she is one lucky girl to get to kiss Rob and do whatever they do together (wink wink), but he is also a lucky guy! He is with a beautiful and talented young woman. I am happy for them! I really hope that their relationship can survive the craziness of Hollywood!

Last week I went on an epic journey…at least for me it was EPIC!

It was a journey of personal growth and fun. Last weekend I traveled on an airplane all by myself and flew down to Los Angeles. This was the first time that I had traveled by myself. I know for some of you this may not be a big deal but for me it was HUGE!!!! I do not like going anywhere by myself. I felt weird emotions. I was excited and scared at the same time! I did have a lot of incentive to go because I was going to the Twilight Convention to see Robert Pattinson in person!

Leaving on a Jet Plane...

My trip was planned at the last minute and the wonderful @TwiredJen said I could room with her, @17foreverlisa and @allthingsHHH on Saturday night. Friday night I stayed in a hotel by the airport that had a free shuttle and survived the night. The only misadventure was when I was getting out of bed at 4 am to go pee and wacked my head on a picture frame that jutted out 2 inches from the wall. I had a lump for days. Yes, I did a Bella!

The bump wasn't really this big but it felt like it! OUCH!

Saturday morning I took the shuttle back to the airport to catch a shuttle to the Hyatt where the Twilight Convention was. I met up with @twiredjen and we got to check in early. Yay! I was glad I didn’t have to carry my backpack around all day!

@TwiredJen and her Mini Edward

Since I waited until the last minute to buy my ticket, my seat was Q70 – the second to last row on far right of the stage. It was kinda far, but hey I was there.

View from my seat

Of course the most exciting thing for me was to see Rob and Kristen! I really wanted to see their interaction together. I love them and the thought that they are so in love! I really really really want to belie3ve they are. I think they are. I love the way they look at each other and casually touch each other…anyways, I’m rambling.

First up was Tinsel and Alex.

I liked Melissa Rosenburg’s interview.  I missed most of Christian Camargo and Mia Maestro panel because I went to get something to eat.

Cullen Panel of Jackson, Ashley, Elizabeth, and Peter was awesome. I was having camera issues due to the fact that I was so far away and the camera wanted to focus on the faces on the large screen behind them instead of the people on stage so I kind of gave up on having great pictures. If you want to see some great pictures check out my friends @TwiloveSue and @TwiredJen blogs: Twibite.blogspot.com and sotwired.blogspot.com

Jackson and his amazing smile!

This picture amused me...Ashley's mouth is twisted one way and Peter's is the opposite.

Cullen's signing the Huge banner. I tried to get picture of Jackson's bum but the Hillywood gal was in the way.

Oh look here it is!

They squeezed Charlie Bewely in between the Cullens and the main event of the Twifecta with Bill Condon.

 Charle Bewley!

When Rob, Kristen, Taylor, and Bill came on stage, I really wanted to just enjoy it and be in the moment. I tried to snap a few pictures but sometimes when I take pictures I miss out on the whole experience so I gave up and just took it all in. Rob, even from the back of the room, was so handsome and his adorkable self. Kristen was beautiful as ever but you could tell she was a bit uncomfortable. There were some fans just yelling out random stuff and it was distracting and I think a bit annoying to them on stage. Actually I really couldn’t tell you what they said at the time because I was so excited to see them. I had to watch it again on after I got home. If you want to see the panel you can see it here at Robert Pattinson News Once it was over I was feeling all sorts of emotions. I really felt like I could cry and I was trying to understand why and I still don’t understand. If someone figures it out please let me know.


The BodyGuards!



Love pictures of Rob looking at Kristen!



Ooooo! A glimps of Rob belly!



Handsome Rob!



Laughing Rob!

What is is about his hands????



I'm glad he didn't sign Bella's Boob.



Good bye! Until next year!


The rest of the weekend was great I had dinner with @MandysMind, @TwiredJen, @17foreverLisa, @dangrdafne.

@TwiredJen, @dangrdafne, & me

We went back to the hotel and Jen and I had great girl talk and Lisa joined us for a bit. Michelle finally joined us and we talked awhile she is great.

Sunday I really wanted to go see Rob, Kristen and Taylor’s handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater but they were not on display yet. I had no car to get around. @allthingsHHH and I went to mall and had lunch at the food court. Then went back to the hotel and hung out in the lobby until the group of people she was with headed out for the day. I spent the time reading and people watching. I found @dangrdafne and her mom and visited with them until they left to get dinner. They got back a few minutes before my shuttle was picked me up to go to the airport around 5:45.

I was sad and happy to go home. A weekend is was too fast to visit with online friends with whom you have become real life friends. I think this statement by Jackson sums up the weekend:

“It always makes me really happy to see fan inspired artwork or fan fiction. To me the most beautiful aspect of being a part of this series is how much you all love it. And not just the movies, but with each other. You have an amazing community you’ve created around the entire world. That’s amazing. If it wasn’t for you, we wouldn’t be here!”