More signs of Death By Sparkle

[cupcake_goth]

io9 has an entry about the Sweethearts Twilight candy. (clicky-link!)

And yes, because my friends DO think that way, I already have two boxes of these. haate, I still haven't decided if I should thump you for getting them for me. On the one hand, bwah-ha-ha! Conversation hearts that say "Bite Me"? Comedy GOLD, folks. Comedy gold. On the other hand, ohgod, Twilight merchandise*.

Oh, and I have I mentioned I'm going on a road trip to Forks this weekend, because I apparently find it difficult to refuse domestinatrix anything? There will be updates from the road, oh yes. Maybe I should take along a box of sparklehearts as a themed snack option ...





*Okay, fine, I not only purchased a sample pack of the Aromaleigh Twilight sparkle powders, but I ended up buying a full-size jar of "Lustre" (the one with the lowest amount of sparkle). But my fondness for sparkly makeup is well-known, and pre-dates the whole sparkly vampire craze, dammit!

Comments

[cass404.livejournal.com]

I has a candy heart...

(Damn, I might need to own an actual one and not just an icon.)

[sirriamnis.livejournal.com]

You are going to be MOBBED.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

What, for my sparklehearts? Or because I am a person of gothy tendencies going to what is currently Fluffy Vampire Tourism Central?

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

For a minute there, I was worried that she meant mobbed by actual mobs - you know, with torches and pitchforks. Because that little town puts the FORKS in pitchforks. But maybe she means mobbed in a good way for your fantastic gothiness! I won't rest until we hear that you are safely back in Seattle.

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

We had a Forks denizen in one of the panels at NWC, and she assured us that none of the Fluffy Vampire Tourists are in any way gothy. (Yes, this was a topic of conversation, because I brought up my fascination with the fact that something that used to be goth by default--vampires--had become the realm of romance-besotted conservative suburban white women. I am sorry you couldn't be there to see the look on Alexia's face when I explained SMeyer's background to her.)

And while I have not seen the SparkleHearts in person, I did know they existed, and laughed quite heartily.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Alexia must have been suffering from protective memory loss, because I know I've told her about SMeyer's background, too.

I wish I had been around for the "why and how did the vampire genre change?" conversation. I love discussions like that.


(I still think we need to create an issue of Dracula Bop! magazine.)

[domestinatrix.livejournal.com]

Wait. What? Vampires aren't goth anymore? No.

More importantly, you told Alexia about the Mormon vampire smut writer with no video camera on hand? Thank G-d I can imagine exactly how that must have gone, and it's still pretty funny in my head.

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

I hadn't *intended* to tell her under such inopportune circumstances, but the conversation somehow veered around that way and she was looking very lost.

The weirdest thing is that it was the *second* time Mormonism came up in that panel.

[sirriamnis.livejournal.com]

YES.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

yay sparkles. well except sparkly vampires. not so yay for that

[domestinatrix.livejournal.com]

So, um, I might also have a box of sparkly romantic candy here on my desk at work where I work amongst the adults. jessicac brought it to me and I couldnt refuse.

For the record, I only want to go on the silly vampire road trip for the sake of my little cousin who's visiting from far away, has never seen beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and is young enough to get away with readign those books unashamedly.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Oh I know that we're taking the field trip for your little cousin. And it will be fun, in a wacky-hijinks sort of way. But I'm still bringing the sparklehearts.

[domestinatrix.livejournal.com]

Good good, as long as we all have that store straight, I won't worry... not like the time I went into a book store to buy one of the sparkly vampire books and was desperately hoping the cashier would think I was buying it for a niece or something. If only I hadn't been dressed like a complete romantigoth stereotype that day, I might have gotten away with it.

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

I, er, just (and I mean "just," as in within the last half hour) ordered a sample of Lustre myself.

C'mon, it sounds pretty.

Well, it does.

Best comment on io9 so far

[tolkiencub.livejournal.com]

"The candy tasted like despair, didn't it. "

[schwarze-krahe.livejournal.com]

jackets fut and looks great. Also the hearts( I was there when Spence got them) smell like perfume, and taste like....sparkly vampire butt.

[schwarze-krahe.livejournal.com]

fits not fut..that is not even a word.

[arielmeadow.livejournal.com]

forks is boring -- make sure you go to la push, and take the 3/4 mile walk down to Second Beach. GORGEOUS.

[theblackdeer.livejournal.com]

Ok, I didn't read Twillight *or* go see the movie. I'm not into vampires in any way, shape, or form. But I wear MAC Mineralize Skinfinishes for sparkly highlights on my face, and I have a cat named Bella. Methinks this is bad...

Interesting you are going to Forks

[maiaarts.livejournal.com]

and SM HASN'T - never did when she was writing anyway - which is why I threw the book across the room - I was screaming: I HAVE BEEN TO THAT BEACH AND THAT RAINFOREST and YOU HAVEN'T!!!!!

I mean, come on! One of the most gorgeous places on earth, and this person never goes there, just picks it out due to rainfall. Ummmmmm WTF??? I mean, really, Jilli - do me a favor - if you SEE a PUFFIN up there - take a photo please? I used to go to Forks every Thanksgiving when I was little, because my mom didn't want to cook dinner and it was cheap in winter. I have paintings of La Push.

Hmmm, maybe I could sell them for LOTS Of money - ah no thanks.....

Jilli? Don't you want to see your mini-me?

Re: Interesting you are going to Forks

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Take pictures of puffins, got it!

And YES, I want to see the mini Jilli doll! I'm just trying to squeeze time out of my schedule! (I miss you!)

[wbyonder.livejournal.com]

Sparkly candy?

WANT!

Forks? The last time I was there I was surprised I could buy gas with a credit card now. The time before, I couldn't.

[jessicac.livejournal.com]

I bought all three boxes for the roadtrip a few weeks ago. Elana has had one of them in her possession the last two weeks.

Now I need ingredients for our sparkly cupcakes.