Confessions of a Twilidiot

Twilight Parody Videos - Part I - Stupid but Kinda Funny

Last Tuesday, the "Pirates Rules" round for Twilidiot's Tuesday Twilight Trivia on Twitter was to submit a link to a Twilight Saga parody video, with the challenge to find one that I had not seen before.  Here are the submissions:

Possible Twilight: Breaking Dawn Footage by G4TV via @CherylSab

Peter Facinielli dawns scrubs to delivers Bella's ... uh ... well, you'll see.

 

Video Games - E3 2012 - Comedy

The Jersey Shore Saga: Friggin' Twilight from The Jimmy Kimmel Show  via @Michelleichi

 

Twilight Trailer Spoof by Evil Iguana Productions via @sivic29

A bit lower budget and what Robward might be like with a little more Rob, a little less Ward.  BTW James, stay away from my Hershey bar! 

 

Harry Potter vs. Twilight: Dance Battle with Shay Carl via @JonasEclipse

Take180.com - vote for your favorites for a dance battle

LITERAL Twilight Eclipse Trailer Parody via @eemn83

From the same genius who brought us all Annoying Orange!

 

I Wish I Could Be Edward Cullen via @stokesii

Very cool autotuned rap song

 

Twilight Eclipse Trailer Parody from Jacks Films via @Ashley_Akers

I think this one gets the award for the being the worst of the "stupid but kinda funny" videos.

 

Part 2 will be Twilight Parody and Comedy videos that have high production value and are undisputably very funny.

What do you think of the above?  What would your suggestions be?

:-) Twilidiot

Twilight Trivia July 5, 2011 - Screams!

I feel like screaming today for a variety of reasons.  No Twilight Trivia on Twitter tonight, but here is a selection of screams from the three Twilight Saga films.  There are ten total screams in the sound clip.  Identify 1) the film; 2) the scene 3) the character that is screaming.  

The player with the most correct answers will win a set of two Edward/Jacob New Moon Hallmark cards and a package of Hallmark New Moon stickers.

Also, there is a "Pirates Rules" question.  Submit a link to you favorite Twilight parody or comedy video that mentions Twilight.  My favorite video, especially if it's one I have not seen before, will win a Breaking Dawn Entertainment Weekly with Edward and Bella on the cover.  If you have one already, it will make a nice gift!

You can play by submitting the form below or by emailing your answers to twilidiot@twilidiot.com.  The game closes at midnight mountain time on Tuesday (2 a.m. ET Wednesday).

Screamsjuly52011

Social Media Panel at Denver Public Library Links

If you attended today's Social Media Panel at the Denver Public Library on May 18, 2011, here is a rough blog with the links to the Websites, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channels of the panelists, as well as resources suggested by Jamie Genosis and Janine Gracie:

FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES

Food Bank of the Rockies Website

Food Bank of the Rockies on Facebook

Food Bank of the Rockies on Twitter (@foodbankrockies)

THE FELINE FIX, A PROGRAM OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN CAT ALLIANCE

The Feline Fix, a program of the Rocky Mountain Cat Alliance

The Feline Fix on Facebook

The Feline Fix on Twitter (@thefelinefix)

Nurse Nancy Presents: Condom Demonstration with a Live Cat

Angie from The Feline Fix: "Put your videos on YouTube and then bring them over to Facebook so that you get a nice photo frame [instead of a black box]."

SAME Cafe

SAME Cafe Website

SAME Cafe on Facebook

Jamie from The Foodbank of the Rockies: "Needs to be a conversation.  Not thanking someone for retweeting is considered rude on Twitter."

RESOURCES SUGGESTED BY JAMIE GENOSIS:

Tools for scheduling your tweets:

Tweet Deck

Hoot Suite

Google Alerts

Hubspot

American Marketing Association

Social Media Explorer

Marketing Sherpa

Pixability

Social Mention

Tweeler

 

EMAIL MARKETING:

Janine Gracie from Health Set: "Our email newsletter has saved us many dollars in direct mail marketing ... It keeps our donors in contact with us."

Constant Contact email marketing newsletter

 

NON-PROFIT DONATION SITES:

Black Tie Colorado

mGive - Fundraising through SMS and Text- donations are charged to users cell phone bill

To receive a mobile business card from Amy Kwon at mGive, text "akwon" to "50555"

Amy: "Cell phones are within reach 19 hours a day."

mGive on Twitter (@mgive)

mGive on Facebook

Colorado Preservation, Inc. is one of mGive's client.

 

ADDITIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES:

"50 Social Media Tips for Non-Profits" on Penn Olsen.com.

"Tweet for Good: Tweet to be Retweeted" by Gretchen Vaughn on the SM Cubed Consulting Blog

"Tweet for Good part 2: Engage the Crowd" by Gretchen Vaughn on the SM Cubed Consulting Blog

 

Tuesday Twilight Trivia 5/17/11 - New Moon Book and Film - The Winners!

Congratulations to @tracish for being the only entrant to answer all 10 questions correctly and winner of the Amazon $10 gift card.  I would suggest downloading any of The Twilight Saga soundtracks or scores you might not have already.

@MonicaMO9 contributed my favorite answer to the "Pirate Rules" question and wins the Hallmark Twilight Edward B-Day Card:  "Another Birthday?  Never mind -- you don't look a day over 17."  (Click on the links for photos on Flickr).

This week we played Twilidiot's Tuesday Twilight Trivia on Twitter on the blog via a submission form.  Since there was no immediate feedback via Twitter, here are the answers with the correct questions at the bottom in case you haven't seen the questions and would like a chance to challenge yourself.

1.  Complete this line, with ending punctuation, of Jacob’s line from the New Moon film: “It’s totally stupid and reckless. ___ ___ __ _____ _”  
2. In the wolfpack cliff diving scene, Sam (Chaske Spencer) is wearing longer shorts than everyone else? Why is this? 
3.  In the film, in the lunchroom, Angela says she may have seen a bear. What does Mike say she might have seen?  
4. What is Aro’s place of origin as a human? 
5. What crime does Alice commit in New Moon? 
6.  Finish this line of Aro’s: “I love _ ____ ______. ____ ___ __ ____.”  
7. In the New Moon book only, what presents does Bella receive for her 18th birthday?
8. In the New Moon film when Bella hikes to the meadow, Bella has an item hanging from her backpack that is special to Chris Weitz. What is that item?  
9. What does being Jacob’s Valentine entail? 
10. What is generally agreed as the month and day of St. Marcus Day?
11.  PIRATES: What are the advantages of being in love with a Quileute werewolf?

ANSWERS;

1. When do we start?
2. Stuntman had injured himself and had to wear a brace. 
3. An alien.
4. Greece.
5. Grand Theft Auto.
6. Aro: "I love a happy ending.  They are so rare."
7. Scrapbook (Rene), camera (Charlie), car stereo (Emmett, Rosalie & Jasper), plane tickets (Carlisle & Esme), CD with Bella's Lullaby (Edward/Alice).  There was also a comment that Edward lets Bella drive.
8. The Golden Compass
9. “The usual – slave for life, that kind of thing.” 
10. March 19 (not to be confused with the actual St. Mark's day)
11. PIRATE RULES - My favorite comments in answer to "What are the advantages of being in love with werewolf" were from @monicamo9:

• 1) The Body of course 
• 2) You have a great heater to snuggle up to cold winter nights 
• 3) He's gonna be loyal to you no matter what
• 4) Need to do Laundry? GOOD NEWS! They have a built in washboard abs 
• 5) Being in love with one is like being in a secret club

I also very much enjoyed excerpts of comments from @tracish: "Emily's blueberry muffins."

@MaverickTX likes the wolf telepathy around birthdays and Christmas: "You would only have to mention to a fellow pack anything you wanted and your wolf would know."  

@netra21 and @sicivic29 like the ability to put the wolf in the dog house -- literally.  

But the general consensus is the Quileute wolfpack are sweet, loyal, romantic, warm and cuddly -- as humans.

Am I the only one who wants to snuggle with a giant, red wolf?  There's only so cuddly you can get with a pomeranian.  Maybe something more like this:

This tired pirate was very grateful for the big blue cuddle from Kitty.  He even makes kissey noises!

This is just another reason my family calls me the ...

:-) Twilidiot

Rob's hands, Bella's heartbeat, Bree's screams and Breaking Dawn seismograph

What does the sound of Rob Pattinson playing heartbreakingly sweet guitar look like?  In Sony AudioForge, just like this:

"Never Think" audio clip: 

Neverthink_intro

This is contrast to this mash-up of Jodelle Ferland's blood-curdling screams during The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (hit the play button at your own risk!):

Bree_screams

When the Rob Pattinson "Never Think" graphic was used during Twilidiot's Tuesday Twilight Trivia on Twitter, players were asked to comment first in a clever way and then to as it what might be.  One of my favorites was by @JonasEclipse:

Bella's heartbeat when she thought Edward was almost giving in during Eclipse.

I've always thought Bella had an undiagnosed heart condition the way it skips beats and splutters, but in reality it's probably just a sinus arrhythmia which is common in young people when their breathing rapidly changes.  That would like this:

Image from the Six Second ECG Cardiac Rhythm Simulator.

 My favorite response to the Rob Pattinson sound graph was by @carter0421:

This is what a seismic record of the world will look like on November 18, 2011 when all Twilight fans are watching the Breaking Dawn Isle Esme scenes.

That sounds in line with The Lehigh Earth Observatory's description:

The seismograph records ground movements caused by earthquakes, explosions, or other Earth-shaking phenomena. 

Original seismograph image is of a 2.4 magnitude earthquake recorded in Upper Manhattan in New York City 1/17/01.

 This was fun.  Hope you liked it.  Please feel free to comment below.

Twilight Saga Movies Music Mash-up: Challenge and Answers

Every Tuesday is Twilidiot's Twilight Trivia on Twitter!  Usually, questions are tweeted and correct replies are given points in the order received.  There's a grand prize for the highest cumulative points from 7-9p MT and PIRATE RULES founds for crazy instant wins.

For May 3, I did something a little different.  Players listened to a mash-up of The Twilight Saga film scores and soundtracks and tried to identify them.  Here's the video in case you would like to test your knowledge.  Answers are below.

Pretty pictures in the video are from my trip to Portland including Twilight filming locations Oxbow Park, The Viewpoint Inn and vistas of the Columbia River Gorge.

 

READY FOR THE ANSWERS?

1. Eclipse, final scene in the meadow and into the credits, Metric, "Eclipse (All Yours)"

2.  Eclipse, cafeteria scene where Jessica is writing her speech, Bombay Bicycle Club, "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep"

3.  Eclipse, Edward and Bella on her bed: "You'll always be my Bella," Band of Horses, "Life on Earth"

4.  Twilight, inside The Bloated Toad restaurant in Port Angeles, Rob Pattinson, "Never Think"

5.  New Moon, pre break-up scene, Bon Iver & St. Vincent, "Roslyn"

6.  New Moon, English class, Alexandre Desplat (composer), "Romeo and Juliet"

7.  Eclipse, Jasper's flashback, Howard Shore (composer), "Jasper"

8.  Twilight, Bella confronts Edward, Carter Burwell (composer), "I Know What You Are"

9.  Twilight, Edward's grand entrance into the cafeteria, Carter Burwell (composer), vocals by Lizzie Pattinson, "Who are They?"

10.  Twilight, Edward stops the van, Collective Soul, "Tremble for my Beloved"

11.  Eclipse, end of opening scene into title of Riley on the dock, Howard Shore (composer), "Riley"

How did you do?  Please comment below and invite your friends to give it a try.

Tuesday Twilight Trivia 5/3/11 - Movie Music Mash-up! [WINNERS]

Twilidiot's Tuesday Twilight Trivia this week is a little different. You have until 11:00p.m. MT (1:00 a.m. ET) to submit your answers.  

To play:

1. Listen to the YouTube video below with  music clips from the three The Twlight Saga films.  

2.  Identify them and fill in the form with your answers.  

3.  Click submit and you're entered to win a drawing for the grand prize of a The Twilight Saga: SceneIt? Deluxe DVD Game with clips and images from all three movies.  

Also included is a PIRATES RULES question.  My favorite comment wins a "I don't have the strength to stay way from you" Hallmark Twilight Edward and Bella birthday card.   It's my favorite one.  I have plenty, though.

Listen to the music clips in the YouTube video and use the form below to enter your guesses:

The video and answers can now be found in the Movie Music Mash-up Challenge and Answers post.

Also, here is the picture on which to comment for the PIRATE RULES question.  Also, identify correctly what it is to be entered to win a May 6, 2011 Entertainment Weekly (your choice of Breaking Dawn covers).  Click on picture for a bigger image.

Want to know what this picture is and more about it?  See my post on Rob's hands, Bree's screams, Bella's heartbeat and the Breaking Dawn seismograph.

THE WINNERS!

@spritegirl24_7 @JonasEclipse and @OneWarmMomma all correctly identified all 11 clips.  I put the three names in a hat and drew out: @spritegirl24_7 to win the SceneIt? game.

My favorite comment to the Pirate Rules Round was by @carter0421 to win the Hallmark card.  See my post about the Breaking Dawn seismograph for her comments.

Other results:

@Sivic29: 3 correct

@stefaniepainter: 10 correct

@bmcgrew: 8 correct

@tsheadley: 2 correct

@sballluvr5: 3 correct

@ashley_akers: 5 correct

@married2myjacob: 5 correct

@mavericktx: 4 correct

@kitsushel: 5 correct

Join us next week as Twilidiot's Tuesday Twilight Trivia returns to Twitter with guest host @edward19.  The topic will be "Bella"!

:-) Twilidiot

Tuesday Twilight Trivia on Twitter 4/5/11 Topic is New Moon, SceneIt? is the Prize

Twilidiot's Tuesday Twilight Trivia on Twitter this week is everything The Twilight Saga: New Moon.  To play, follow @twilidiot from 7-9pm MT (9-11pm ET) and reply to questions to win prizes and have just horrible amounts of fun.  Once again, Pirates Rules Insant Win Rounds are included.  This contest is open to anyone worldwide!

This week's grand prize is a The Twilight Saga: SceneIt? Deluxe DVD Game with clips and images from all three movies.  "Pirate Rules Rounds" prizes will be New Moon Cullen Hallmark cards.  See below the card slide show for complete rules.

 

 

 

This week's topic is everything New Moon: books, films, music, outtakes, parodies and publicity.

How to play:

1. Follow @twilidiot on Twitter.
2. Questions will be tweeted over the two hour period (7-9 p.m. Mountain time, 9-11 p.m. Eastern time).
3. Be one of the first five correct replies to score points: 1st: 5 points, 2nd 4 points, 3rd 3 points, 4th 2 points and 5th 1 point.
4. The player with the most points at 9:00p.m. Mountain time (11:00 p.m. Eastern time) wins The Twilight Saga SceneIt? Deluxe Edition!
5. There will also be "Pirate Rules Rounds."  These are instant win questions with random rules and random prizes.

The winner e-mails his/her mailing address to twilidiot@twilidiot.com and the prizes will be mailed out via first class or international mail.

Even if you don't win, the game is fun to play!

PIRATE RULES ROUNDS:

The more tweople actively playing, the more we have Pirate Rules Rounds.  In these instant win rounds, it could be first correct reply, third correct reply or wittiest tweet.  Sometimes everyone gets to play; sometimes it's just those who have no points on the board.  I'm a pirate and I'm not telling.  Like Cap'ns Jack Sparrow and Sam Bellamy, I answer to no authority during these rounds.  But if ye not be liking your cap'n, then ye can vote 'er off (i.e. the dreaded and inconceivable "unfollow") so she be likely to split the loot fairly.

See the "What's up with Alice's outfit?" post for a summary of replies to one of last week's Pirate Rules Rounds.

Still reading?  You clearly have OCD (Obsessive Cullen Disorder) and shall be rewarded. Hint: You might want to check out at least the Vampires Suck trailer and The Twilight Saga: New Moon film credits. #justsaying

Trivia Pirates Round 3/29/11: What is up with Alice's outfit?

During Tuesday Twilight Trivia on Twitter, there are two ways to win glory and prizes: cumulative points over the two hours (7-9 p.m. MT) or in instant win Pirate Rules Round.

In the Pirate Rules Rounds, there are new rules each time.  On March 29, it was:

• @twilidiot Reply to the next tweet. My favorite comment wins. Dazzle me with your wit!
• @twilidiot What is up with Alice's outfit in this scene? New Moon art class smock thing from near beginning.

Photo via newmoonmovie.org

The winning tweet:

@kitsu_shel

@twilidiot Well, once upon a time, a little sprite-like girl was in love with a color blind empath, who enjoyed 80's throw back fashion. He just didn't realize that leg-warmers were for your LEGs, not your arms. Alice loved him so damn much, that she didn't want to break his heart and not wear the gift. As for the smock, she foresaw that he was going to have an "accident" with Mr Berty after 5th period and she didn't want to get blood stains on anything cute.

Honorable mentions:

MonicaM09 Monica Medina

@twilidiot She was channeling picasso's blue period and a little bit of bag lady

MaverickTX Laura W

@twilidiot Arrrrgh tis blue as the sea and big as a sail to show her love of the pirates you seee

The rest of the hilarity: 

marysolsm Marysol Solano M

@twilidiot she looks like kindergarten teacher

missiscullen Malu Giordanelli

@twilidiot They make her wore the first thing they saw, poor girl she most be dying throught all those clothes...

marysolsm Marysol Solano M

@twilidiot Chris weist pick it up

marysolsm Marysol Solano M

@twilidiot maybe weist loved to wear it...

tracish Traci Headley

@twilidiot Ok, I'm looking for fun, trendy, goofy, and blue. Wait, I need more! I can't go without these glove things and a scarf!

twopeas1pod Nicole

@twilidiot rough weekend with the mountain lions... covering up the evidence since the dumbass hs kids don't notice her yellow eyes but would notice her scars

dgbrown81 dgbrown81

@twilidiot I wondered same thing. Alice is supposed to have fashion sense! That outfit is nothing I can picture Alice in.

Caitlin_t9house Caitlin teNyenhuis

@twilidiot http://twitpic.com/4etfpe - "Bella, you'll never believe what I did over the weekend! I flew to Italy and took some art classes!

RPattzScene RPattzScene

@twilidiot it looks like a janitors smock with her own twist.

michellichi michelle

@twilidiot i wonder if this outfit will make my skin a little bit warmer

CherylSab

@twilidiot The smock was because she was painting Jasper in body paint and didn't want to get any on her...the gloves are to cover the fact she has chaffed hands because glitter peens are rough, and Her neck is hidden cuz Jasper still likes to bite!!

Ashley_Akers Ashley Akers

@twilidiot Derp. Alice is unique. Her sense of style does not/should not be questioned. She wears what she wants:)

spritegirl24_7 Jayme Thomas

@twilidiot Ashley Greene thought she and Jackson Rathbone were going to do a messy, sculpting love scene ala-Ghost in art class.

KathylovesTwi Kathy Taylor

@twilidiot She was dressing up as Raggedy Ann, & couldn't find her red and white striped tights that morning. The box had Jaspers Andy in it

MiChiamoElle Lilian

@twilidiot- She was getting ready to give Jake a hand with fixing his bike. It was of course to make Bella happy, Vamps/Wolves interraction!

Married2MyJacob M2MJ

@twilidiot covering up the hickeys Jasper gave her in their wild sexing marathons!

twisurfergirl MGA

@twilidiot pregnant pirate frock?

LadyGagaDisco Jasmine Retama

@twilidiot I'm going to be buired in these clothes sooner or later...:)

ProfessingRob Michelle

@twilidiot Alice had a migraine that morning and had no idea that she grabbed her gardening smock inside of her designer dress

OneWarmMomma J W

@twilidiot She was the model for Home Ec last period...they were practicing their sewing/knitting skills.

laurnorder laurnorder

@twilidiot She robbed a bunch of kindergarteners of their clothes.

 

Fortunately, I have more elegant solution to keep track of future Pirate Rules Rounds with a new tool I found called Storify.  I used it in my "Noel 'Vlady' Fisher's Twitter Feed Full of Food" post.

Noel "Vlady" Fisher's Tweet Feed Full of Food

I have been trying out a new tool for reporting on social media called Storify. Be sure to hit "load more" at the end of the post to read the last part of the article.