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Fifty Shades of Grey in the Media

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MTV interviewed Stephanie Meyer and she doesn’t seem to mind the success of Fifty Shades of Grey even though it started as Twilight fan fiction.  He hasn’t read it though.

From CBS News we have some cute anecdotal stories about getting caught reading Fifty Shades of Grey, this might make some of you who have gotten caught feel a little better.

MTV has a new interview with Kristen Stewart, with a follow up on her reading of Fifty Shades.  She still hasn’t re the books and at this time is not expressing interest in doing the movie.  I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief!

Crissy

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Charlie Tango Earrings!

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Etsy has some Charlie Tango earrings, to match your Christian Grey necklace of course!  You know you’ll want to bling out for the midnight premier of the movie.  I should probably get these for the helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon I’m going to do on vacation.

Item Description:
Pewter Charlie Tango charms dangle from lead-free hypo-allergetic silver earrings. Helicopters are 3/4″ long. Blades spin.

PIece was inspired by the novels – no official affiliation to the author is to be inferred. Characters and novels are copyrighted by EL James.

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146963, Just A Code To The Escala garage? UPDATED

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146963 is the code for the Escala garage in Fifty Shades of Grey.  I got curious if this number meant anything. I might be on to something.

It’s the image number for Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, part of the Garden of Earthy Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. It was created in the 16th Century and is housed at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain.


The painting has 4 pieces, an exterior element visible when the 2 panels on the outside are closed and then the 3 panels of the painting.  The exterior is painted in “monochromatic shades of grey“and represents the creation of earth, specifically the 3rd day, before humans were created.

There are several interpretations of the painting – it’s a warning of the perils of life’s temptations, 20th Centurty historians are torn if it’s a moral warning or a panorama of paradise lost.  The American writer Peter Beagle describes it as an “erotic derangement that turns us all into voyers, a place filled with the intoxicating air of perfect liberty.” No matter which interpretation you believe, they all seem to be in line with the idea that the whole painting is a warning against the temptation of lust.

The image numbered 146963, Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, is part of the left most panel of this work, The Garden of Eden section.  The tree behind Adam is the tree of knowledge.

The left panel has been called Joining of Adam and Eve – the moment God presents Eve to Adam.  Gods holds Eve’s hand with his own left hand while Adam is to his right, God signals approval for the match with his right hand.

The painting goes on to show the progression of sin (middle panel), while the panel does not show acts of sex, it is meant to represent the sins of lust.  The painting ends with the right most panel, representing Hell. A place that burns and people are tortured.

By the time Christian and Anastasia meet in Escala they are in the early stages of falling in love.  Though they would probably only admit to their lust at that time, otherwise it might have been high ideals.  But she is quick to eat from the tree of knowledge and moves right on into the middle panel of the painting.

The right panel reminds me a bit of what Escala might have been to Christian before Anastasia.  A place where Christian “burns” with desire and commits many sins. Could this be Hell to Christian, the place where he contemplates growing up in a perfect family when he doesn’t believe he’s perfect himself.  It’s a place that Anastasia refers to as an art gallery, not a home, a place where he isolates himself from the rest of the world.

This could totally be a coincidence and EL James just chosen the first 6 numbers that came to her head and they happen to coincide with this painting.  But with quotes like “Like Eve, you’re so quick to eat from the tree of knowledge,” in the book, I’m left wondering.

Crissy

UPDATE:
I have heard back from EL James:

Thank you EL James!

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Fifty Shades of Grey in the Media

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Thank you wetpaint for letting us all know that in June production starts on a Fifty Shades of Grey porn parody.  I’ll have to watch that, for research purposes of course…

Thank you Crushable for bringing us some of the best of the Master Of the Universe pictures and videos. I thought this might be of interest for those who wonder where this all started.  Funny, when I watch the videos I don’t think of Robert Pattinson as Christian.  I’m happy to say I’m able to separate the two, I hope you guys can too.

I’ve read a couple articles about the next “Fifty Shades of Grey” novel – Bared to You by Sylvia Day, it’s currently #20 on the New York Times Best Sellers Ebook Fiction List.  I have not had a chance to read it, so no comment yet.

Crissy

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Fifty Shades of Grey Back in Brevard County, Florida

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USA Today reports that Fifty Shades of Grey will be coming back to the Brevard County Library!  I wasn’t sure this would happen, and this does seem to have come from a higher authority then the banning came from.  Sounds like your calls worked!  I like when the process works to fix its own errors.

Books should become available next week.

Crissy

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A Comment on Comments

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We want to thank you for your wonderful comments on the blog.  You’re all so excited about whatever you are posting about – casting, the drinking game, the news, etc..  We love it! 

We understand that not everyone wants to give a name so we’re happy to have you post annonymously. 

However, we do appreciate people posting appropriately.  Every once in while someone posts something that we consider inapproriate, I thought we should give some guidelines of what we consider inappropriate.

First, SPAM is not permitted, luckily our filter seems to catch most of it.  If you see a product or a post/video somewhere else that is relevant to Fifty Shades of Grey, feel free to post it.  We’re not advertising Viagra here though. 

Second, and most important, be nice.  We are happy to have people disagree with us, it’s a conversation and we all have different opinions.  We wont take down a post simply because we disagree with it.  However, we will not tolerate name calling, bulling, or any general picking on - whether it is aimed at us, EL James or another poster.  If you can’t post your disagreement in a polite way then we will remove the post.

Finally, we like to keep the site “clean.”  We understand that the books have adult content, and it does come up from time to time.  But we’re trying to keep this from becoming an adult site.  So, keep the vulgarities to a minimum, and we don’t need the intimate details of your sex life.  I think this is one of those, we’ll know it when we see it kind of things.

Thank you again for all your comments and keep them coming.  We appreciate each and every one and really do read every comment that comes in, even if we don’t comment back. 

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Crissy and Mags!

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Fifty Shades of Grey in the Media

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So you’ve been thinking of staying at the Heathman? You might want to take advantage of one of their special packages for Fifty Shades of Grey fans!

The New York Post warns that singing a page of Fifty Shades of Grey may not be the best pick up line.  Hey, if it didn’t work for John Mayer it’s probably not going to work for some guy in a bar.

Goodreads has provided a nifty infographic on Fifty Shades of Grey.  The books are most popular in the New England region, but has the best ratings in the Southern and Plains states – what are you Southern Belles reading???

Crissy

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The Submissive Special

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Last week I decided to take a research trip to an Audi dealership, I needed to check out the Audi A3 for myself.  I own a Nissan Versa hatchback, a similar (but cheaper) car to the A3 and after doing some quick research I was intrigued by the car.

The A3 Submissive Special is a 2-door red hatchback.  The car has two major different versions, one is a turbo diesel that gets great gas millage, but does not come in AWD.  The regular gas model gets good gas millage, but does come in AWD.  Decisions, decisions.

I walked in a little timid, but played off that I was interested in buying one in a few months, the only model they had was in the showroom (white) so no test drive was possible.  The salesman was really nice, but English was not his first language and I didn’t understand everything he said.  But he did seem to be a fan of the car, but sadly it’s being either discontinued or turned into a sedan.

He did let me see the car, the trunk area is small, typical of this class of car.  But the rear seats do fold down.  I did get to sit in the car, and I was in love with it instantly.  Maybe I’ve been reading too much Fifty Shades, but it was was “womb like.”  It was cozy, the seat wrapped around you a bit.  The lighting inside the showroom was bright, but it was dim inside the car with it’s black leather interior, and and the leather and new car smell – heaven.  I’m surprised I didn’t walk out of the showroom with a receipt for an ordered A3.

The salesman was honest, he told me I should keep my current car for a few years before buying a new one.  He also told me I should take a look at the VW Golf as a less expensive alternative, but same basic car.  But if I was really interested in the car, I should budget $33,000 plus taxes.

No good plan goes unpunished though, Jill absconded with my brochure the next day and then in the afternoon found myself around the corner from an Audi dealer.  I decided to stop by and get myself a new brochure.  On the lot of this dealership they had a 2011 used A3 in silver.  My day was a little hectic so I wasn’t in the mood to pretend to be truly interested in the car or to push for a test drive, what was I thinking?  I was in love with this car after all.  I was surprised by the salesman here, he didn’t  push to sell me the used car, but did tell me to plan to wait 2 and a half months for an A3.  It seems it’s not an overly popular Audi and there are few sitting on lots so the best bet is to order an A3.

But don’t worry, there are other Audi dealers in the area.  Oh, and none had an R8 on site, or at least not in the showroom.

Crissy

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