Amy Mah's Blog, page 43

Look just because I shower naked with a girl it does not mean I want to wear her panties!

As a girl you do know when you are being watched naked …

Its true you can sense eyes on you and you get the feeling that your bra size is being calculated

Thinking back to earlier this year remember I said I would tell you more of my trip home for Chinese New Year, so here it is.

As with the strange toilets that came as a culture shock so did other things………hell I am only a different colour on the outside I am Weston educated ……………… true I also have strange some very odd Non-Weston habits but those I blame on my Aunts that brought me up …………………..        

After the problems with wet toilets and trying to keep a dress dry I opted for that standard Chinese girl uniform which is a Tee with or without bra and a pair of shorts ……lucky my cousins are all the same size as I am, but then so is everyone ………so odd not having to get a chair to look someone in the eyes, so they lent me all the things I needed to blend in, the reason why a Tee can be worn with or without a bra is due to the thickness of material …..er how can I put this…………. The nipples don't show ………like the bras, the cups are of a thick material, nipples should not be seen!   

(ho god for a change I could buy undies that fitted without feeling like a child playing dress up in their Moms clothes) 

 As was so pointed out (nipples pointed out ! get it ?.......... sorry)   to me only white women and prostitutes let guys see their nipples ………………. As to why ……well ask a white woman how should I know, perhaps proud of the size or something.

The shorts were normal as shorts go and not like the ones I saw in a Siam market…4 inches deep !!!!!!  like that is 8 cm …………I know the local girls are small but even they would have to shave before wearing something like that !

But must remember do not get close to Malay as they see your legs and will want to rape you ………

……… its TRUE !!! I read it in the newspaper a malay man arrested for rapeing a Chinese girl told the court that he thought she was a prostitute because of what she was wearing which was a Tee and shorts …………..er he did go to prison due to the fact she was only 14 ………….. but if she was 24 he may have got away with it

The races do not mix my name, religion (lack of) and colour make me a second class citizen, but that is better than being Indian as they are 3rd class citizens ……………. As to white people they are just foreign so no class as such …………….. as to being black ! no one and I mean not even Indians would live next to black people ……very few blacks about and as we all know those are drug dealers and pimps just in the country to kidnap girls for the sex trade…..

Isn't life funny in the West there are laws to stop racism where as in the East we have laws to enforce it!  I cold tell you more but I will save it for a future blog.

Now I burn in sunlight ……….no not burst into flames ………. Not all vampires do that I just can not take strong sunlight. …………….. Which oddly is not a problem in SE Asia …..er………….. as no one goes out in the sun! its true again only white people go in the sun, Asians always walk and park in the shade ………….. we even have stick on or pull down blinds on the car windows ………… no not for the driver!......... stupid question ………baseball cap and sunglasses for the driver ………don't forget we do not go for suntans ………….. the paler the skin the nicer you look ……….so my deathly pale completion was liked by all the family

And even my washing habits fitted in ……due to one of my crazy Aunts …….I have the habit of showering and change undies at least 3 times a day …….. Something which was pointed out as an oddity at Uni is normal here, all my distant relatives spend so much time in the shower it normally takes 4 hours to get ready to go out to eat …………



…… Yes again as my Aunt pointed out to me:    



 "you don't want to smell like a white person now do you" ?

It is not true that all white people smell that is just stereotyping ………. Well yes a lot do smell but you can get used to it ………… and not all is body odour, well don't forget just as Indians smell of curry,



Whites smell of Sour milk ………….. er ………you did not know?   ……sorry …………. Its alright not to me…………well I am used to it……., I mostly just notice the BO …….. but lots of my race do not take dairy products ………. So when someone takes lots of milk and cheese and butter etc…. well it must seep out of the pores …………. Look I am not a doctor if you don't bath in the stuff you tell me why you smell of it then.?

Now the hotels were fantastic but when moving around the cousins you have to live like they do



…………. Ok ok ok Its just that I am not used to sleeping with other girls or taking my clothes off in front of others ………….. well I am not ………… I blog about all kinds of sexy stuff but it is all talk ………..

Ok if I was Japanese I would be used to being naked sharing hot tubs and hot springs with other girls ………….. but as I am not, so being naked in front of others is not normal for me……….. 

Again with the hotel you have lovely power shower, but as a race that has had showers for 3000 years this part of SE Asia is a little kinda pre 1,000 BC plumbing

To take a shower you enter a room with a drain in the centre, with a plastic cover over it ………………



The top of the wall does not join the ceiling and that is where a neon tube is located………….and the wild life lives, the door has a small plastic bolt which must be only for decoration as it bends and pops open when the door is pushed from the other side………… this means if I am too long a cousin will join me making it look like a start of a porno movie    

eck ….I thought I got past girlies showering together when I left high school …

Walls floor and ceiling are bare apart from the eyes watching me ……..yes as I remove my things and try and hang them on nipple shaped plugs in the wall ……

..I am being watched ……………… as I look around I see the peeping toms sticking tongues out with excitement ………….. Small lizards are walking up the wall …………. And they can run across a ceiling faster than you could ever hope to catch one ... Geako I think they are called.

Now my family hate them but I find them cute …………. They eat insects and that is mega cute to me………………… the problem is the toilet habits after they have eaten the insects ………

Two bottles with plungers containing two liquids



.1 is pink and for the hair and



1 is green and for the body and they both smell like cheap washing up liquid.

Now as for the shower Huh ! fitted to a wall with a dripping tap to fill it is a er……….. don't know what to call, (urn?) it well it is plastic, blue and must hold 50 gallons of water ………….. floating on the top is a pale blue plastic bucket.

What you do is fill the bucket and pour it over you and that is called showering I call it frigging COLD !!!!!!

You stand in the room over a drain and rub washing up liquid all over the body and hair then pour buckets of water over yourself,    



it was at this stage I nearly screamed as a finger prods me in the butt as a cousin is now standing naked behind …………….. yes the plastic bolt was only for show ……she takes the bucket off me and insists on pouring it for me

Look you get the picture, you as you cover your chest with your arms and shiver someone pours a bucket of cold water over your head………………

If those lizards had a camera I would now be staring in some online porn magazine with a discreet title such as :

Hot and Horny Asian Chicks playing in the shower

Now at this point where all my male readers are getting the idea of two girls genteelly rubbing soap over each others naked bodies with some sensual music playing in the back ground …………………. Forget it !

That's it nothing more, .........I just to grab my towel as a loud voice fills the room:

"AMY !! ask May if you can borrow some panties as I have just put all of the things you left in the case in the wash, and tell her to hurry up as Uncle wants to shower next"  

Look just because I shower naked with a girl it does not mean I want to wear her panties!

And just why are they searching though my case to find washing, it is not that I would have packed dirty clothes.

At what point in my life will I even feel grown up?.

Geckos are lizards belonging to the family Gekkonidae, found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from 1.6 cm to 60 cm.Geckos are unique among lizards in their vocalizations, making chirping sounds in social interactions with other geckos. Gekkonidae is the largest family of lizards, with over 2000 different species worldwide and many others likely yet to be discovered. The name stems from the Indonesian-Javanese word Tokek, inspired by the sound these animals make.

All geckos, excluding the Eublepharinae subfamily, have no eyelids and instead have a transparent membrane which they lick to clean. Many species will, in defense, expel a foul-smelling material and feces onto their aggressors. There are also many species that will drop their tails in defense, a process called autotomy. Many species are well known for their specialized toe pads that enable them to climb smooth and vertical surfaces, and even cross indoor ceilings with ease (one hypothesis explains the ability in terms of the van der Waals force). These antics are well-known to people who live in warm regions of the world, where several species of geckos make their home inside human habitations. These species (for example the House Gecko) become part of the indoor menagerie and are often welcome guests, as they feed on insects, including mosquitoes.

The largest species, the Kawekaweau, is only known from a single, stuffed specimen found in the basement of a museum in Marseille, France, and one documented sighting in the wild in 1870. This gecko was 60 cm (24 in) long and it was endemic to New Zealand, where it lived in native forests. It was probably wiped out along with much of the native fauna of these islands in the late 19th century, when new invasive species such as rats and stoats were introduced to the country during European colonization. The smallest gecko, the Jaragua Sphaero, is a mere 1.6 cm long and was discovered in 2001 on a small island off the coast of the Dominican Republic.[2]

Common traitsGeckos come in various patterns and colors such as purple, pink, blue, and black, and are among the most colorful lizards in the world.

Some are subtly patterned and somewhat rubbery looking, while others are brightly colored. Some species can change color to blend in with their environment or with particular temperatures. Some species are parthenogenic, which means the female is capable of reproducing without copulating with a male. This improves the gecko's ability to spread to new islands. However, in a situation where a single female gecko populates an entire island, the island will suffer from a lack of genetic variation within the geckos that inhabit it. The gecko's mating call sounds like a shortened bird chirping which attracts males, when they are around. This allows a female to reproduce with more genetic variation, by using sexual reproduction instead of asexual.

[edit] Adhesion AbilityClose-up of the underside of a gecko's foot as it walks on vertical glassThe toes of the gecko have a special adaptation that allows them to adhere to most surfaces without the use of liquids or surface tension. The spatula tipped setae on gecko footpads allow attractive forces called van der Waals interactions to arise between the adhesive setae and the surface. One study suggested that capillary adhesion might play a role[3], but that hypothesis has been rejected by more recent studies[4] [5] [6].

These van der Waals interactions involve no fluids; in theory, a boot made of synthetic setae would adhere as easily to the surface of the International Space Station as it would to a living room wall, although adhesion varies with humidity[5] [6]. The setae on the feet of geckos are also self cleaning and will usually remove any clogging dirt within a few steps.[7][8] Teflon, which has very low van der Waals forces,[9] is more difficult for geckos to adhere to than many other surfaces.

Geckos' toes seem to be "double jointed", but this is a misnomer. Their toes actually bend in the opposite direction from our fingers and toes. This allows them to overcome the van der Waals force by peeling their toes off surfaces from the tips inward. In essence, this peeling action alters the angle of incidence between millions of individual setae and the surface, reducing the Van der Waals force. Geckos' toes operate well below their full attractive capabilities for most of the time. This is because there is a great margin for error depending upon the roughness of the surface, and therefore the number of setae in contact with that surface.

Uroplatus fimbriatus clinging to glass.Use of small van der Waals attraction force requires very large surface areas: every square millimeter of a gecko's footpad contains about 14,000 hair-like setae. Each seta has a diameter of 5 micrometers. Human hair varies from 18 to 180 micrometers, so a human hair could hold between 3 and 36 setae. Each seta is in turn tipped with between 100 and 1,000 spatulae.[7] Each spatula is 0.2 micrometer long[7] (one five-millionth of a meter), or just below the wavelength of visible light.[10]

If a typical mature 70 g (2.5 oz) gecko had every one of its setae in contact with a surface, it would be capable of holding aloft a weight of 133 kg (290 lb):[11] each spatula can exert an adhesive force of 10 nanonewtons (0.0010 mgf)[12]. Each seta can resist 10 milligrams-force (100 µN), which is equivalent to 10 atmospheres of pull.[7] This means a gecko can support about eight times its weight hanging from just one toe on smooth glass.[7]



 No Home Should Be Without One

I have seen you naked !

I have seen you naked !

Yes well before we get onto that I have only ever had two bad reviews on my book and this is the worst one, so just to prove as an author I do not hide bad reviews from you.  I will of course make comments on the review as I am hard to shut up even at the best of times.

The book was fair. It was a little too free with the talk of sex, which isn't something I was really expecting from it. Like, sex being okay on the first date. I might be a prude, or my morals are just different.. but that was pretty off-putting for me. 

Now this must be from someone who has never read my blogs …..and believe me compared to my blog the book is veryyyyyyyyyy mild on the subject of sex, and no it is not just me saying it take a look at this video clip review on the book.



What it says about dating is that unlike human girls are a different species and like normal creatures we can only get pregnant when on heat which happens about once every 10 to 20 years.

Where as with humans rabbits come and take lessons from what they get up to!

So sex is not so important an issue with us apart from the turned undead vampires …………ex humans …….. heck these are the ones you see in vampire movies and jump on the first guy they see after getting turned ………… personally I think a bit sluttish but as long as I don't have to step over them doing it, then who am I to complain.  



A few lines were repeated occasionally, such as the mention of cats being higher rank than her.

Yes at the start under my status and also I expect under C for cat, plus a drawing of my Tarquin looking soooooooo cute in a jumper my aunt knitted him. No fur so he gets cold poor thing.  

I noticed at least one editorial error. 

Yes at least one and someone else said they found two, which with my spelling is almost a miracle of perfection

It was an all right book, that being the case.. I have read better written fanfiction.

Ok can't say anything on this as I am not even sure what fanfiction is

It's probably something that would get by with sex-crazed teenagers, but I prefer something with a little more substance is all.

Ho yes ! sex crazed teenagers is just who it is aimed at !so I got that bit correct.

As to a little more substance ? from a book with a title of "A Girls Guide to being a Vampire"  ho well all I can say is please read my book it is funny giving the reader lots of the odd rules a vampire as to follow and has some sexual innuendo as it talks about the same stuff teens talk of.  

Now today I have found some funny little video clips talking about guys dicks, and no I do not want any more pics of them.   A Woman's Perspective on Penis Pics

A Woman's Perspective on Penis Size, Part 2

Some folk on Facebook are a little weird one left me a comment that he has seen me naked, er………. Even my cartoonist has at most only seen me in a two piece swimming costume, ho and she did a lovely one of me on a beach which I have had framed.

"I Have Seen You Naked"  Yes this comment was posted by a wanker …………. And he even sent me proof of being a wanker!  Yes you guessed I had yet another pic of a dick sent to me.

What is it with guys and taking photos of their dicks and then posting them to girls they don't even know …………… perhaps its a new technological age flasher movement. 

It really is a mistake to think sending me a dick pic is a way to pull a girl, not again I thought, just another guy trying to impress me ……er…….. it has a subtext on size! Like if that is 14cm I think he needs to buy a new ruler, either that or he must have hands the size of a gorilla ! 

Like it does not do anything for me apart from prove to me that he is a wanker …………. Heck he just sent me a photo to prove it !………………. so wanker is that it? That is your idea of romance? Send me a dick pic with your hands on it yep you're a wanker all right.

Look at the film clips, what she says in the film is so true, to impress a girl send her chocolates or at least a copy of your bank balance, in any case all dicks in my company should be looking like a bald headed guy wearing a roll top jumper, if not then the owner must be gay.

To finish off look at what I have found under dicks in Islam ……….Youtube has a lot to answer for ………….

Just how can this be real ……..just listen to what is being said and then tell me if some religious books really don't need to updated.

Wife must comply to husband's sexual desires

Paranormal Romance Guild book review on Vampire books

Just had a book review by the Paranormal Romance Guild, not the best of reviews but then as a kinda negative review it is not that bad.

Everyone and I mean everyone sees something different when reading a book, remember when at school you had to analyze a book plot and well my ideas were never the same as the teachers ……………….. or other students ……..er……. or the authors …………… but then I always scored well on creative thinking.



I found the same problem at University and remember attending a weird save the world uni group, I was the only one that supported killing off sections of the populations so that we could feed the rest ……… er…. So? Well it would work ………….. I did not say it would be popular but nor is taxation.



Well here is the book review and yes I know as an author you should not comment on someone's review but heck I wrote the darn thing so if anyone should have a say it me!



As I said as a negative review it not too bad anyway I have added a few helpful comments so read on:



Amy Mah is a teen vampire, and she has compiled an A to Z journal of what the rules are for teenage vampires. If I were a teenaged vampire, I'm sure this journal would be extremely helpful. Since I'm not – not so much. My impression is this is what a spoiled rich kid would sound like if she were a vampire.



Er Vampire …top of the food chain, and an Alpha female at that, so a far superior creature compared to turnlings and Famula, etc so reading it as a human a spoiled rich kid sums it up well, and yes being a human reviewer can be a problem, but try not to worry too much not everyone can be at the top of the food chain. 



With topics starting with Abomination (a swear word used to insult another vampire), Age, Alpha (top Vamps, best families – they rule the place) and ending with X-abilities (flying, having a tail and just racial memories), Yawn (fastest way to extend your fangs) and Zombies (Zombies, Werewolves and Vampires do not hang out together) – they have nothing in common.



Ms. Mah leads the reader through all the important facts a girl vampire needs to know to be successful living the vamp life. Per Ms. Mah, whose full vampire name is: Lady Amelia, Mistress of the Night Mare and Alpha Female from the Family of the Pink Bat, she was raised in the human world and not discovered and adopted by the Pink Bat family until she was a teen. Hence the journal, so that she could remember all the rules.



True, so true, you would not believe the trouble you can get into by biting one of the human security team that protects the nest in daylight hours, it is like having a chocolate placed on your tongue and told to ignore it, like that's going to happen.  



The topic is definitely cute but I found it difficult to become involved in all the rules and regs, since there was no background other than the above for Ms. Mah.



Weeeeeeeee I love the idea of being a cute vampire, O just the topic not me .er……sorry ….ok read on



I've read many books that provide background on characters and the whys and why not's of their actions, but I've always had an interest and an imagined investment in that character. If I had read a story about how Amy was raised by humans who thought she was anemic or had a blood disorder, the journal would have been more interesting, because I would want to know more about Amy because I liked her character. As it is, there are a lot of snippets of information on her life and pictures of relatives, friends and fashions but I'm not able to connect the dots into any kind of plot.



You have got your wish, this book is on all the funny rules and regulations hehehehe this book has no plot as it is a guide book, hence the title: A Girls guide to being a vampire ……but my next work fills in all the background as it is a full novel and not a guide like this one, the Novel is called "The Night Eternal" and will give you the reason why this book is so needed when dealing with other vampires. ………………. Er… and why good fitting underwear is needed.

The film clip is from Blood:The Last Vampire - Saya Fight Scene ……………. As I have always said vampires are not nice, and fights like this shows why a a nice vampire girl needs good cumfy undies ……you try doing this sort of thing in a THONG!







The topics are all great/funny but I'm not sure of the age group this is intended to reach. I definitely think any reader should be at least 16 and over. There are sexual references, comments about being in heat (that's how they get pregnant) killing humans for their identity and human pets (converted humans who become sexual slaves and later become maids – Famula, after their vamp master gets tired of them). Depending on the reader, some of this could be offensive.



Age? Well everyone tells me it is young adult reading but then that covers readers up into the early 20s check my review page http://www.fangsrule.com/review.htm you will see what 13 year old girls write and say about it, it is so much to do with the culture background of the reader, sex is only hinted, not all adults notice the innuendo but teenagers do……….. so far no one has complained about the section on arranged marriages in vamp society and the dominance of the male in the family….being born in SE Asia my cultural views also come into play and yes where I was born it is very normal to have maids.



There were a few typos but nothing bothersome. The font (a handwriting font) was difficult to work through, but I do understand that this is for a younger reader and it would not bother them. The illustrations are very well done and provide some imagery for the topics.



Ho God yes, I found only one typo myself after it was printed but knowing my writing I am sure a few could be hiding.  



This would definitely be enjoyable for some readers; it simply did not capture my interest.



Never mind you can't like everything you read, and my book is not the normal run of the mill type of book to read ……………………  And you still have my novel to look forward to ……………….



Reviewed by Charleen Bailey

Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild

True Blood by Danielle & Christy Vampire Awareness Month VAM10

True Blood by Danielle & Christy Vampire  Awareness Month VAM10









Now this is another TV Series that I love, from the music that is so cool to Eric the blond and very sexy Viking Vampire.











We absolutely LOVE  True Blood. We love it enough to pay an extra 10 bucks a month for the HBO channels ONLY during True Blood season :) We were completely thrown off at first with all the differences between the books and the show, but we have not only come to adjust to them, but also look forward to them. We get excited about what is going to happen next, and we hate having to wait an entire week to see what is going on with our favorite characters, which is almost all of them by the way!-          Danielle & Christy http://middleoftheroadreviews.blogspot.com/-         







Q1-So they say that the Sookie in the show is a lot different from the Sookie in the book, personality wise. What do you guys think?

D- well… I don't know about that, I mean in the books she is so kick ass, I practically devoured each and every one I got. She is a bit guarded and kind of keeps to herself r a lot of the time due to the fact that she is 'small town' and people think she is a little crazy. But she only seems that way in the beginning of the series.  Also in the first season of True Blood she comes off as kind of naive, but as the seasons progress she totally out grows that and will tell someone off in a heartbeat!!

C-I have to agree mostly. Sookie is very different in the first season than I perceived her to be in the first book. I also think that she grows with the series and has grown out of some of the "naïve" although I think that she could still be a little tougher toward some people. It seems to me that she is still soft when it comes to certain other characters while with others she has toughened up.



Q2- Do you think they should stick to the script and have Sookie and Eric eventually hook up, or do you think the flirting coming from Alicide is going to go any further??

D- well, since I am a Team Vampire type of girl, I really want them to stick to the script and have Sookie and Eric hooking up. Hell I want them to cast me and I will gladly hook up with Eric :) teeheeC-I always wanted Sookie to be with Alcide when I was reading the books, and it kind of  disappointed me when she just blew him off. He is such a good guy and Eric is just…well…an egotistical ass J



Q3- Do you think they are ever going to introduce Bubba into the show? Do you feel they should?

D- No, I don't think they are going to. If they were it would have already happened. I mean he is a pretty loved character from the books and should be on screen by now. I wish they had brought him to life, but no I don't feel they should bring him in now.C-Um…DUH…I really want them to introduce Bubba! He was so much fun in the books! I was honestly looking forward to meeting him on screen J but I have to agree with Danielle, I think that if they were going to introduce him they would have already.



Q4-As of the last episode of True Blood, we discovered that Tara is bisexual. Did either of you see that coming?

D- absolutely NOT... OMG I was freaked.. I mean it is something that is kind of expected considering everything she has been thru, but I was like DAMN MAN, lol… It only adds to her character being so unbelievably unpredictable, and I LOVE IT.

C-I was completely dumbfounded! I never saw that one coming! I stood up and screamed at my TV "What the Heck? OMG I can't believe that!"

We hope that if you haven't watched True Blood or read the books you will consider starting NOW! A lot of people say that the series is just "soft core porn" and we totally see where they can get this idea but it is an amazing series. Ms. Charlaine Harris is a very talented author and we are so glad we were introduced to her books. Even more so that they made a TV series out of them J

the Anime Vampire Series review BOOD + Plus by Stavros VAM09

Hi today we have blood + I have seen a bit of it on Youtube but would like to see more and so I will buy the series when out as a complete series on dvd today Stavros tell you all about it.

 I have seen the anime film about Saya called Blood the last vampire and that was excellent and as for the feature film with real actors …………wow ………now that one is soooooooo coolllllllll one of the very best vampire films I have seen, but I digress …let the blood flow……………………   Blood+

Blood Plus follows the supernatural exploits of a seemingly ordinary school girl, who just so happens to be a vampire, that hunts down and destroys Chiropterans.  Chropterans are bat-like, werewolf creatures that feed on human blood, and Saya Otonashi is the only one who can kill them.  With merely faint allusions to the sensational 2000 anime movie, Blood - The Last Vampire, this half-hour anime television show isn't a continuation of that story, but rather a full re-imagining.  The name of the main character, Saya, remains the same and she hunts down these vicious metamorphosing killers, but there really is very little that would make anyone believe that she is a vampire…or that the show is a spin off from the noir horror classic.

To be fair to the show, I can not compare them.  It would be like discerning the likes and dislikes of apples and oranges.  Blood+ isn't bad.  It's rather awesome actually, but I want all die-hard fans of the anime movie to know up front and personal-like that the TV show is not like the movie…at all.

In this re-imaging Saya is an adopted teenager living with amnesia.  Her adopted brothers Kai and Riku, and the faithful, cello-totting chevalier, Haji, aid her on her quests to make the world a safer place for a powerful organization known as Red Shield.  Armed with her Katana, Saya must sacrifice her own blood onto the blade before it will kill the rancid beasts.  Like any good anime the fight scenes are incredible, graphic, and taught with tension as Saya journeys to rediscover who and what she is.





My only beef with the show is that Saya was born in1833 and during the Vietnam War she entered a hypnotic blood trance and killed not only Chiropterans, but humans alike, thus starting her amnesic spell, and since then hasn't aged.  Okay, I get the part where its cool to see a cutely drawn character in a school uniform kicking ass, but she's been a teenager for well over a hundred and sixty years.  Kinda smacks a little on the perverted Twilight side, if you ask me.  But if you can get past the logistics of her age and the fact that she's been in high school longer than Edward then you are going to get involved in a great show. 





Blood+ is rich with drama, emotional strain, and endearing characters.  It may not slip easily into the vampire genre, as Saya doesn't conform to the traditional trappings of being nocturnal, having fangs, or needing to drink blood on a regular basis, it does, however, posses its own mythology.  Though, the show is geared more toward a younger audience don't let that put you off.  Good anime is hard to find, and Blood+ delivers the goods.  Available on Netflix and Hulu, all four seasons of Blood+ are bound into two self-contained parts, ready for streaming or home delivery. 



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the Anime Vampire Series review BOOD+ by Stavros VAM09

Hi today we have blood + I have seen a bit of it on Youtube but would like to see more and so I will buy the series when out as a complete series on dvd today Stavros tell you all about it.

 I have seen the anime film about Saya called Blood the last vampire and that was excellent and as for the feature film with real actors …………wow ………now that one is soooooooo coolllllllll one of the very best vampire films I have seen, but I digress …let the blood flow……………………   Blood+

Blood Plus follows the supernatural exploits of a seemingly ordinary school girl, who just so happens to be a vampire, that hunts down and destroys Chiropterans.  Chropterans are bat-like, werewolf creatures that feed on human blood, and Saya Otonashi is the only one who can kill them.  With merely faint allusions to the sensational 2000 anime movie, Blood - The Last Vampire, this half-hour anime television show isn't a continuation of that story, but rather a full re-imagining.  The name of the main character, Saya, remains the same and she hunts down these vicious metamorphosing killers, but there really is very little that would make anyone believe that she is a vampire…or that the show is a spin off from the noir horror classic.

To be fair to the show, I can not compare them.  It would be like discerning the likes and dislikes of apples and oranges.  Blood+ isn't bad.  It's rather awesome actually, but I want all die-hard fans of the anime movie to know up front and personal-like that the TV show is not like the movie…at all.

In this re-imaging Saya is an adopted teenager living with amnesia.  Her adopted brothers Kai and Riku, and the faithful, cello-totting chevalier, Haji, aid her on her quests to make the world a safer place for a powerful organization known as Red Shield.  Armed with her Katana, Saya must sacrifice her own blood onto the blade before it will kill the rancid beasts.  Like any good anime the fight scenes are incredible, graphic, and taught with tension as Saya journeys to rediscover who and what she is.





My only beef with the show is that Saya was born in1833 and during the Vietnam War she entered a hypnotic blood trance and killed not only Chiropterans, but humans alike, thus starting her amnesic spell, and since then hasn't aged.  Okay, I get the part where its cool to see a cutely drawn character in a school uniform kicking ass, but she's been a teenager for well over a hundred and sixty years.  Kinda smacks a little on the perverted Twilight side, if you ask me.  But if you can get past the logistics of her age and the fact that she's been in high school longer than Edward then you are going to get involved in a great show. 





Blood+ is rich with drama, emotional strain, and endearing characters.  It may not slip easily into the vampire genre, as Saya doesn't conform to the traditional trappings of being nocturnal, having fangs, or needing to drink blood on a regular basis, it does, however, posses its own mythology.  Though, the show is geared more toward a younger audience don't let that put you off.  Good anime is hard to find, and Blood+ delivers the goods.  Available on Netflix and Hulu, all four seasons of Blood+ are bound into two self-contained parts, ready for streaming or home delivery. 



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The Vampire Diaries: Turning the Pages by Monique Snyman VAM08

Wowwwwwwwwwww I so love this …………… Stefan Salvatore is a mega drip but Damon Salvatore his older brother is hot did I say hot ? I should have said HOT !!!!!!!! hoooooo to meet him on a dark night ………sigh………………

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When L.J. Smith released her series of young adult novels called, The Vampire Diaries, I'm sure she never expected it to become one of television's hottest shows almost two decades later.  It did though, and although the show is only based on the novels, the main plot is still true to the original storyline and the characters are still as intriguing as ever.  Featuring one of the hottest bad boy vampires to ever see the light of day, Damon Salvatore (played by the extremely handsome Ian Somerhalder), it seems that he has stolen the hearts of many especially with his witty one-liners, quick comebacks and all around cocky attitude.  In all regards it seems as though Damon Salvatore has taken on a life of his own in the show and is slowly pushing his younger brother Stefan Salvatore (played by Paul Wesley) out of the runs as the lead man… 

The Vampire Diaries is one of those shows that seems to be getting better with time and if you have the patience, you will not be disappointed.  The love triangle that is at play creates for an interesting conflict between the characters and also makes for an intriguing inner conflict that will keep you at the edge of your seat throughout.  It's also one of those shows that obscure the lines to actual mythological stories and fictional stories, which always makes for a creative journey into the unknown.  But that's not why everyone is watching the show.  Why everyone is watching The Vampire Diaries is because of the sexy vampires that always seem to charm their viewers into wanting more.  It's not Twilight, these vampires actually kill their prey and although there's sometimes a bit of guilt in the air, it's not really that big of an issue… at least not for Damon Salvatore.  For his little brother, it's a whole different story though.  Stefan (Paul Wesley) has a bit of issues that makes him slightly more like a Twilight vamp, the broody tormented soul that falls in love with a human and whatnot is unfortunately present, but thankfully Damon (Ian Somerhalder) always make fun of him and that's what makes The Vampire Diaries awesome. [image error]

The differences between the show and the books are subtle, yet present.  Elena Gilbert (played by Nina Dobrev in the show) was not a lanky, sexy brunette in the books, whereas Caroline Forbes (Candice Accola) was not a blonde haired, fair skinned girl either.  It seemed as though executives decided to switch the characters up, but the biggest change there was, was changing the story for Caroline Forbes in the whole.  Bonnie Bennett (Katerina Graham) on the other hand also got a bit of a change in regards to her witchery ancestry.  L.J. Smith made her a descendant of Druids, the executives decided to make her a descendant of the Salem Witches instead.  The subtle changes in the television show certainly did not make it worse than the books as some may say; instead it made the books and the show as two stand-alone entities that share the same name and idea.  The two entertainment genres came together like soul mates, completing one another to create a story that makes it superior to most others which are in the same leagues.  It also grows with its audience and its audience is growing fast…

What could a person expect after the first season's finale, which was jaw dropping?  Where Elena suddenly decides to kiss the other brother and then basically tries to kill her own uncle?  That part was talked about for a while and certainly created enough anticipation for the show to be brought back for a second season, which was just as exciting and made for a fun filled, suspenseful watch.  Everyone wanted more…  Even L.J. Smith was being pushed to release more books for The Vampire Diaries, which she obviously did and there's still coming more.  But what did you think would happen with a novel that threw together the elements of hidden secrets for the humans, wary witches, werewolves with tempers, a borderline alcoholic vampire with a crush on his brother's girlfriend, inner conflict, a doppelganger that wants to kill her own lookalike and so much more?  The Vampire Diaries may get classified by some people as too Twilight, due to some similarities, but people have to remember that The Vampire Diaries was written long before Twilight even came into existence and that although there's a love triangle, werewolves and conflict that it's nothing like Twilight.  It's a fun vampire series that teenagers and adults can watch together, with romance, action and horror blended together in an intricate, yet intelligent way that will leave you wanting more.

The Vampire Diaries: Turning the Pages by Monique Snyman VAM08



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Angel the series Review number 7 Vampire Awareness Month VAM07

Angel the series Review number 7 Vampire Awareness Month VAM07Ribbons of color band across the sky's canvas painting a harmonic chorus that only Mother Nature could divine. Yet not all that walk the earth get to witness such glory. When night falls the organizational chart of predator and prey is reorganized.

The night lit only by the rays of fullest moon; frames shadows that conceal unimaginable foes. The undead walk the earth at night in search of control and sustenance in the form of blood.  People are no longer the highest threat unless they are aiding the evil that threatens to overcome Los Angeles in this dark broody series. [image error]    In the midst of the horror hidden beneath the noses of the unsuspecting is a single vampire seeking to make a change. Cursed with a soul by gypsies as a punishment for killing one of them, Angel travels a course seeking atonement from the sordid ways of his past. The demons that he battles are not only the ones he encounters but also from the depths of his being; for having a soul is in direct conflict with the true nature of his being. He is Angel – the vampire with a soul.

Angel forms Angel Investigations and walks his path of redemption as a private investigator helping people with their supernatural problems. As with any good investigator he is supported by a team of human and part human associates while battling the byproducts of law firm of Wolfram & Hart – an advocate of evil. [image error]


The short backdraft is that Angel was born Liam in Ireland and was a purely evil vampire. As he ate and ravaged his way through Europe he was known as the devil with the angel's face – after all he was a very attractive man and exceedingly so as a vampire. After receiving his soul Angel became a changed vampire even falling love with the vampire slayer Buffy. He would leave Buffy to continue his redemptive path in LA after realizing their love could never really be.Angel was a successful spin-off series that brought a darker more tenacious storyline to the screen.

Today's review is on Moonlight by Audrey A'Clagh. VAM06

Today's review is on Moonlight by Audrey A'Clagh. VAM06

Moonlight - No Such Thing As Vampires (Part 1)

Now this is a good one, thank you Audrey for your rerview.

I have always loved this series, and the number of times I shouted at the TV screen BITE HER !!!  she wants to be bitten !!!!  but it was the only thing I had to yell about as it was a cool series that should have gone on a lot longer than it did.

To prove my point I have been able to give you a small bite of what it was like with a little film clip







Moonlight

            Moonlight originally aired from Sept 28, 2007 to April 25, 2008 . It stars Alex O'Loughlin as our vampire Mick St. John who works as a private detective; the other main lead is Sophia Myles as Beth Turner, a mortal reporter for Buzzwire -- a tabloid type of news outlet. In the series opener Mick encounters Beth at a crime scene; we get flash backs to Beth as a little girl Mick rescued from a vampire woman, a woman he then killed by staking her and burning the house down. The first episode "No Such Things as Vampires" set everything up nicely; when I first saw it, a week seemed  too long for the next piece!



The first episode opens with Mick explaining his vampire state to an imaginary interviewer and saying he always wondered how he would explain his existence. He gives us the basics of vampire nature in  this mythology. He sleeps in a freezer, these vampires need cold to achieve rest. If he did eat, garlic wouldn't be a problem, holy water and crosses are also nothing to him. Sunlight is tolerable but the longer the exposure the sicker he gets (the episode "Fever" turns on this).  The way to kill a vampire is beheading or fire. Once Beth catches Mick feeding to heal, a released felon who knows what he is shoots him with silver bullets since silver is poisonous to vampires and attempts to burn him, he begins to explain more to her. A stake in the heart will apparently paralyze a vampire but not kill them, and old fashioned photography using silver emulsion couldn't capture the vampire's image but modern digital can. Vampires are created by being drained to the point of death then given the blood of the vampire with their blood in it.             [image error]





Okay, enough of the nuts and bolts.            

The show is mostly placed in the modern day  but flips back to the 1950s when Mick was turned.  There is a cool Noir-ish feel that is retro in the flashbacks and modern in the current timeline which keeps a stylish, consistent voice. Mick and Beth's feelings for each other are complicated by his being a vampire and her having a boyfriend she genuinely cares for. Mick has a best friend, Josef Kostan, who is +/-400 years old. They have differing views of how to live as vampires, (for example Mick drinks blood from a bag and Josef prefers his from the beautiful young female body) but this a friendly lifestyle debate, not your tortured "we are killers and should be stopped" angst. Mick has a conscience and a strong moral sense, but he is not a self-hating vampire. Josef is a little more amoral but his heart is good, which annoys him. They are great fun whenever they interact. Beth takes Mick's state with curiosity and a sense of humour. (She gets along with Josef too.)



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Mick does not hesitate to use his vampire abilities to get information, and when the bad guys are particularly nasty he enjoys going feral on them. He gets a chance to be human for a while but finding it too inconvenient -- he hastens the relapse to get his power back.



The show is full of fun, toss off lines too. Josef to Mick: "You're only 90, you don't know what it is like to be chased by angry villagers with torches." Josef, on drinking the blood Mick buys from a vampire in the hospital morgue: "What is this? Non-fat soy vegan blood?" Mick to Beth: "Perpetual coolness, the vampire's curse." Beth snooping in a female vamp's closet: "Immortals don't shop at the Shoe Barn."

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It is a short series, prematurely cancelled due to the writer's strike, only 16 episodes long, which is a real shame. It is a smart, beautiful show with subtlety and grace that moves along quickly and never gets dull. You love the characters, I didn't end up yelling at them for being repeatedly stupid or dense. In my mind Mick has changed Beth -- she is persistent and strong,  and they are now the Nick and Nora of the vampire world.

Things That Go Bump In The Night VAMPIRES by CK Webb VAM05

Today we have number 5 in the Vampire Awearness month special set of reviews, Lock the doors, get the holy water ready and read on …… hehehehehehhe

Vampires Everywhere! - "Immortal Love"

Things That Go Bump In The NightVAMPIRES By: CK WebbPeople all around the world are intrigued by the things that send shivers up their spine. While we are young, the idea of the unknown causes many sleepless nights, but as adults we seem to gravitate towards the very things that we feared in our youth. As a small child, there weren't many things that I was afraid of. Children are often fearless in the face of dangers that would leave grown men trembling and soiling themselves. But, there were some things that absolutely tortured my young mind and those things I hid from the world. As nightfall would draw closer, my fears would begin their torturous assault on my psyche. What did I have to fear really? It was, after all, only darkness, but the dark is always capable of hiding many hideous things from human eyes. It was inevitably, those long hours of worry and anxiety, pulling the covers tight around my feet and head, that forever changed the way I viewed the world and the possibility of the things that could be in it. Each night I met the darkness with the same goal...make it through, unscathed, to the glorious coming of the dawn. As you can see, I succeeded, though many might argue that I am far from normal and perhaps they would be right. I have heard it said, by those closest to me, that the fears of my childhood were the very thing that shaped and molded me into the weaver of dark tales that I am today. For this I say, "Thank you creatures of the night and thank you impenetrable darkness." One of the most memorable obsessions I had were with Vampires. How they held my fascination like no other creature could. They were scary and unexplainable and they were real, I would have bet any number of weekly allowances on that! Then, a strange thing happened...I grew up. Suddenly the fear that had once been prominent was replaced by captivation and an unusual, sensual allure. I had reached that precipice where we cross over from fear into understanding and all those things from youth become silly. After all, vampires can't be real, can they? I will tell you what I know and you can decide that for yourself.Through the decades, vampires and their tales, have changed exponentially. One thing however, has remained a constant. For whatever reason, we are helplessly drawn to these creatures that go bump in the night. The beginnings of vampire tales in history are extremely difficult to trace. Many different cultures have often told stories of bloodsucking abominations that rise from the dead and prey on the living. So many in fact, that some people argue, vampire tales date back all the way to the very origins of mankind itself. Vampiric entities have been written of in dozens of cultures globally and called by many different names. The Greek referred to vampires as vrykolakus, while Romanians penned the more popular name, strigoi, for their bloodsuckers. It wasn't until the early 18th century, that the Oxford English Dictionary introduced the world to the word, vampire. The catalyst for this move was a plague of vampire superstition in Eastern Europe so strong, some corpses still bare the stakes that were plunged into their decaying remains. In these countries, where vampire legends had taken hold, the appearance of vampires ranged from bloated, flesh eating corpses to almost human, blood suckers. All these descriptions would soon change with the introduction of John Polidori's 1819 novella, The Vampyre. With his tale, Polidori was able to transfer fear into awe by giving the vampire a charismatic, sophisticated and beautiful appeal. The Vampyre, would also influence another writer who's novel would provide the standard by which all other vampire novels would be judged.Bram Stoker's Dracula is, to this very day, the major catalyst from which all vampire tales have sprung. What began as a single novel has spawned an entire, distinctive genre and what has followed are books, movies, video games and even television series who focus on this one thing...the vampire. There has never been another book like Dracula and I dare say, there never will be. Fortunately for us, many authors and directors have tried their hand at new tellings of this classic tale. In 1976, author Anne Rice introduced the world to the captivatingly cruel vampire, Lestat. Rice followed up her novel, Interview With the Vampire, with several sequels that came to be known as The Vampire Chronicles. Her books were well received initially, but gained a worldwide resurgence when, in 1994, the book was released as a major motion picture with an all star cast. Vampires would also find a place in the comedy/horror arena with the film Fright Night which hit movie theaters in 1985. Introducing a new take on this ages old tale, Fright Night brought in the second highest gross of any horror film that year, edged out only by A Nightmare On Elm Street 2. A novelization, video game and a comic book were all spawned from this masterpiece. To this very day, I still have a copy of the first issue, first printing, October 1988 edition. Yes, I'm a big vampire comic book geek!In 1992, Francis Ford Coppola brought his rendition of the vampire classic Bram Stoker's Dracula to the big screen. In this entrancing film, Gary Oldman gave the world a seductive portrayal of the sensuous beast that is, Dracula. Not only was the film highly acclaimed, grossing over two hundred and forty five million dollars word wide, but it also took home an Academy Award in three separate categories. In a world where vampires have seen their fair share of demeaning take offs including Count Chocolate breakfast cereal and Sesame Street characters, what I am about to write may be disturbing for some readers....One of my all time favorite re-tellings of the vampire tale came in the film, Dracula 2000. Although it received mostly negative reviews and did not fair so well at the box office, the writers, Joel Soisson and Patrick Lussier, wrote a storyline for Dracula's origin that was unlike any other. If you have not seen Dracula 2000, you should if for no other reason than to experience a brand new twist on this ages old tale.Dozens of writers have taken on this creature that goes bump in the night and many have made a household name for themselves in the process. Lara Adrian, Laurell K. Hamilton and Sherri Lynn Kenyon have all written unforgettable books that center around vampires. But, there is one author who's books became a world wide phenomenon and brought about a following that spanned every nation, gender and age. Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga included four young adult novels and found its way onto the big screen to hoards of screaming fans that could not get enough of her characters, Edward, Bella and Jacob. The films alone, have grossed over 1.7 billion dollars word wide. Yes...billion!When all is said and done, readers and movie goers alike, have always had an obsession with vampires. Even the darker side of these creatures cannot take away from the allure that they hold. Just when you think you have seen enough movies and read enough books with vampires as their central theme, another one comes along. For some strange reason, we just can't give up our vampires. They are strangely intoxicating and no matter how afraid you may be, we are drawn to these dark, ominous and sometimes sexy blood suckers. Are vampires real? Yes, they are alive and well and living in our books and our movies and they are there in the darkness, waiting to go 'bump' in the night.Here is the article that ran in Suspense Magazine. You can view the website for our debut, thriller series Cruelty To Innocents at http://theinnocents.weebly.com/ We also have a review blog, WebbWeaver at http://bit.ly/HWQKW and I have a personal blog, Twisted Webb at http://twistedwebb.blogspot.com/ Thanks a ton. Have a great rest of the day!!
Author CK Webb Co-Author of Cruelty To Innocents

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