If you haven't run across the hysterical Cleolinda in your webcrawling, now is the time to rectify that oversight. Cleo does many things, among them mind blowingly funny paradies of movies "in fifteen minutes." My favorites have been her Harry Potters, but today I caught her Twilight parody. Made of awesome, my friends. Made. Of. Awesome.
It seems a long time ago now that I first read Shiver -- the first book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy. But looking back I started it on the plane ride to BEA and finished it there in the conference center, fingers gripping the cover tightly, while sitting on the floor in one of the many autograph lines. And now it's May again and BEA is right around the corner and I emerge from my recent and nasty reading slump stupor to find a copy of Linger sitting in my mailbox like a glove thrown down in the dirt. "I will be the one to pull you out," it whispers to me slyly. "Just open me up and take a sip. I promise--one sip is all it will take." And I look at it with fear and longing written all over my face. "You promise?" I ask intently. "Because it's been a long walk in the cold and I'm not sure I can take another disappointment." "Just open me up," it says, confidence written all over its cover. And so I do. And everythin
I just reminded me that I haven't yet seen that movie. Perhaps I should see the original before I look at the parody. Why haven't I seen that movie yet?!
ReplyDeleteI just reminded me? YOU just reminded me...
ReplyDeleteLol. Sometimes I remind me of all manner of things. And you should definitely see the movie first and then go hit up the parody for full comedic effect. :)
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