KSIBTU Revamped & Other Summer Happenings

Hello everybody! I’m going to be very up front with you. This post won’t tell you why KSIBTU. This post is strictly to chitchat and tell you what’s in store for the next couple of weeks. 

Allow me to start by saying that the overwhelming majority of you did very well with the site being shut down. I only got a couple of emails and a couple of tweets. That means all of you have very good reading comprehension. Fantastic. Not only are you the funniest fans in all of FandomLand, but I can also say with great conviction the smartest.

So….this blog looks a bit different, no?

Holy.Shitballs.

You are the first to see the brandy new look of KSIBTU. We live in a vain world, and everyone needs a nip or tuck every once in a while, no? It was time to change. KStew hasn’t had Twilight hair in a while, and now she has OTR hair. I love OTR hair so we must embrace it. The navigation bar is now located at the top of the page. I love it there. Archives will be up sometime within the near future.


This renovation took longer than initially planned because our initial look was not cellphone friendly. That doesn't work for me. This must look the same (relatively) on a cellphone as it does a computer and it didn't. Plus none of the text was visible via cellphone, so that was an issue. But via computer? It was beautiful. Initially the blog looked like this:

RIP

Unfortunately it had too many issues so it was trimmed down to the gem it is now.

That being said, we look pretty now, right!? [those are my childhood insecurities rearing their ugly head as I chant *tell me we’re pretty, tell me we’re pretty * Affirmation is everything]

I rocked (and continue to rock) the SHIT out of this game. NO black rings here.

We think we are beautiful and we owe that entirely to our puppet master, and resident blog beautification genius, Buff. She is a gift from the heavens above who has been photoshopping my crazy ideas for pictures and providing beautiful backgrounds for us since inception. When she is not helping me out, she is a wonderful photographer and has the most beautiful babies.

I take Buff with me wherever I go. Like here, at Mt. Hood

This new layout is Buff’s third baby. She worked so hard on this, and the first layout didn't even work. In the 11th hour she conjured up this new masterpiece. She deserves all the accolades in the world for this gorgeousness. Because of that, I wrote her a poem. [Reminder: I went to school for science.  I suck at writing. Especially poetry. Thank you for your understanding.]

For Buff-

You sent me an email one fateful day,

Now you are here at KSIBTU to stay.

You said, “oh hey your stuff is pretty bad. Can I help you with it?”

You saved all my readers from looking at my shit.

To say I appreciate you would be the understatement of the century,

But that’s okay because you agreed to marry me!

I suppose this is going to be an issue with your husband and P,

But who cares? I’ll run down the aisle screaming “weeee!”

In conclusion I need to say,

Thank you for the [free] work you do for this silly blog every single day.

You are my most favorite person of all,

I’ll see you for our wedding this fall.

Love,

Cynically Convivial

#CyniBuff4eva

Seriously though, thank you so much Buff. Words could never express my gratitude.

Now for the meat and potatoes of this. Summer is upon us. Kristen is filming in Canada. Canada is freaking beautiful. That being said, her sightings could be few and far in between. That would mean that there is no fodder for KSIBTU if we don’t have KStew… right?

WRONG.

KStew is ALWAYS better than you, even when you don't see her every day! For those of you that reside in the US, the first way to curb this drought is to go and buy The Runaways RIGHT FREAKING NOW!!!!!! It's now on sale. I am going to snatch that thing up tonight, and I cannot wait!

Second of all, sometimes we need to get back to our roots, and that’s what we will be doing for the remainder of the summer. 

Huh?

no, no! Not THOSE roots!

Allow me to explain. KStew is better than you because she is a brilliant actress. This summer may be a little slow so we here at KSIBTU will fill our void with movies! Kristen movies!

Here’s how it’s going to work.  Each Friday I will pick a Kristen movie that I’m going to watch over the weekend. Then each Monday we will discuss it (enter Movie Mondays)! We’ve only gotten to talk about New Moon, The Runaways, and Eclipse. That’s not good enough for me. Some of Kristen’s finest performances have yet to be discussed between us.

After reading all of your hilarious opinions on Eclipse, I knew we had to do this. Plus, this is a good way to ignore the inevitable influx of shitty gossip. We love Kristen. We love her acting. Let’s love her movies together. It’s all about love here at KSIBTU. And believe it or not, there are movies I haven’t seen of hers like In the Land of Women and The Messengers. (I believe those are the only two.)

In addition to that, I said I would have presents. I don’t tell fibs, so we will. Do you guys remember JHiggs? I received this in the mail back in March:

so fucking talented

Well, Jamie has offered to do you guys a big one. You see she’s been busy again with pieces like this:

UNF

And this:

K: are you CRAZY!? JAMIE THESE ARE SOOO GOOOD.

Me: I saw her first.

And I realized that maybe you guys would want that too! 

Here’s how this is going to work. Every Friday, after I pick the movie of the weekend, I will then ask a question (that most likely pertains to nothing), and if you leave a comment you’re in the drawing. A drawing for what? Well that’s the best part. In the event that you win, you will get to pick what picture Jamie paints for you. 

NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL SERVICE!

In the event that KStew does emerge (beyond a fan picture from a bowling alley), I will obvs blog as usual, but this is just a little something fun to do on the side—to get us through these times. (Like it’s the Great Depression or something)

So, welcome to our new look, and our new summer schedule. This Friday (July 23) I will pick a movie, but giveaways will not start the until following Friday (July 30). Next Monday (July 26) we will discuss whatever movie I chose this Friday, although I haven’t chosen YET... so many options....

So here’s a recap of what I just said:

Fridays: Movie will be chosen, and then I’ll ask a question such as “if you knew the world was ending tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d do?” All you do is answer to win a chance to get your own KSIBTU painting.

Mondays: Winner will be announced and movie will be discussed until the upcoming Friday.

Have you guys ever read some of the comments during movie reviews? I’ve never laughed so hard in my life. Please continue to bring your funny.  Please continue to stop by.

If you do those things, I promise to continue to love you forever.

just 'case she's so pretty.

#LetsDoThis!

Leave your favorite KStew movies (that we haven't talked about) in the comments section below so I can see what you guys would want to discuss! See you guys Friday!!