Episode 012 "Snarky"

Isabel: Hello and welcome to the PattyCast. I’m

Isabel: .

Janna: And I’m Janna.

Isabel: And it’s just us two today, and aren’t you guys lucky?

Janna: Woohoo!

Isabel: Joy is still on hiatus, and Tara as well, so--we should have everyone back really soon but we thought we’d make this somewhat special and not edit it--but yeah, we’ll see how that goes--

Janna: Especially with us two, it’s definitely gonna be Webmisses Gone Wild!

[Laughter]

Isabel: Woohoo! Alright, let’s hop into the news--which, let’s be honest--there hasn’t really been much lately--news; which we’ll probably--is basically why we’ll make this PattyCast a little more fan-centered, but yeah let’s do the news. It’s just general news. Rob is not confirmed for Comic-Con or Twi-Con. There’s obviously rumors and--there is gonna be a Twilight--not a Twilight panel, but a New Moon panel. There’s a Summit panel, so they’ll probably do New Moon, but he’s not listed as a specific guest, so.

Janna: No. He would be nuts, to be honest.

Isabel: Again?

Janna: Ha. Yeah. Exactly. Like yeah, to go again. Especially after all this stuff that’s happened. And this, people, is how crazy fans ruin it for everyone else.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Yeah, this is why he stays away now.

Janna: This is why he stays away from all public appearances.

Isabel: Well, RTL did an interview with him at Cannes, and he’s still surprised by the amount of people who are interested in him, and watching him, and how he can’t go out into the streets, and he tries not to think negatively about it, which shows kind of exactly how he is, but I still think it’s a pretty freaky position to be in, but you know, more on that later.

Janna: Could you imagine? Oh my God.

Isabel: No. No thanks.

[Laughter]

Janna: I’ll pass, thank you!

Isabel: Yeah. But there’s another interview that he did when he was in France, and it’s just standard stuff--stuff we’ve heard before. The thing I was glad about was his favorite football team was Arsenal, so--

Janna: Woohoo!

Isabel: Yay!

Janna: You have an Arsenal jersey.

Isabel: Yeah, I do. I got it--

Janna: You could see a picture of it on our newly revamped Staff page!

Isabel: Yes, there is--Joy wanted pictures of things that we like and that’s something that I really like. Anyway, Clive Handjob?

[Laughter]

Isabel: That’s the worst name ever. It’s not even like--it’s just funny cuz it’s stupid.

Janna: Yeah.

[Laughter]

Janna: Hello Mr. Handjob, how are you?

Isabel: It’s obviously not real. Who names their…who has the last name “Handjob”?

Janna: I bet you there’s somebody out there--probably not listening--but they’re like, “What’s wrong with that name? That’s my name!”

[Laughter]

Isabel: “That’s my name!”

[Laughter]

Isabel: Ah, that’s funny.

Janna: You know what cracks me up about that interview, too? Is the interviewer asks about secrets about the Twilight Two movie and he’s like, “Um….it’s a book, you can go read it.”

[Laughter]

Isabel: Yeah, it’s out already, so go ahead.

Janna: There’s a whole lot that’s not covered.

Isabel: Oh, God. Yeah. What’s next? Oh! The MTV Movie Awards. It was a sweep, wasn’t it?

Janna: It was.

Isabel: Do you wanna read off what they won?

Janna: Okay, Cam and Rob won for best fight. Kristen and Rob won for best kiss. Rob, of course, won for male breakthrough performance, and Kristen won for breakthrough female performance. And, naturally, the biggest not surprise of the year, Twilight best movie win.

Isabel: Best movie win. Well, I--I don’t know. It just seemed uncomfortable the whole night. He didn’t seem himself

Janna: Yeah.

Isabel: He seemed very---I dunno, just not him.

Janna: I agree. I don’t really know what it was.

Isabel: Yeah!

Janna: I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but it was just it was a very different Rob.

Isabel: Yeah, it was a very different Rob, and just the--I didn’t think any of the acceptance speeches were--I mean they’re funny, I suppose, but they seemed really--

Janna: --Just contrived.

Isabel: Awkward, yeah, contrived.

Janna: I think the whole--I’m not really a big fan of that show, that awards show, to begin with.

Isabel: No, it’s pretty corny.

Janna: Yeah, it’s really corny, they try so hard to be funny and cool, and it’s like--

Isabel:--Yeah, stop trying so hard. [Janna laughs]

Janna: Because you can see your try! Try is showing like bra straps!

[Laughter]

Isabel: [inaudible] Book of insults, I like that.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Alright, well I dunno of anything else to say about it. It was nice to see him on TV again, but I just-- it just didn’t feel like him, didn’t look like him.

Janna: Yeah.

Isabel: He seemed very polished, and--

Janna: I know! Like you said, bring back the scruff!

Isabel: Yeah, bring back the scruff!

Janna: We like scruff, scruff is nice.

Isabel: It’s natural. You can’t trust a guy that plucks his eyebrows--

[Laughter]

Janna: No, you can’t! Or that sculpts his hair. So yeah, great job at the movie awards for sweeping all the awards. Next time, run a hand through your hair.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Or something.

Janna: Or something.

Isabel: Next point of news, Forbes magazine names him number 7 Fastest Rising Star and he was tied with Anna Paquin, of True Blood. That’s not surprising, obviously.

Janna: Yeah, Duh Award goes to that one.

[Laughter]

Janna: They’re finally jumping on this one.

Isabel: Yeah, Woot woot!

Janna: He’s up there with Lady Gaga, though, which drives me nuts cuz I’m like, “She’s so weird!”

Isabel: Okay, my housemate will not stop playing Lady Gaga and really, I should just blame myself because I made the CD’s for him. So.

Janna: Oh, no!!!

Isabel: I know. So that’s a big like, “BAHH! What did I do that for?” Yeah.

[Laughter]

Isabel: I have nothing against her. It’s the beats that are nice beats, or whatever, everyone really likes them, but as my--one of my female friends likes to point out, if you listen to her music it’s kind of like a thump thump of like a beating heart in, like, the womb. So maybe that’s why the guys like it so much. It’s like, “Mommy!”

[Laughter]

Janna: You momma’s boy, you love it! I don’t have anything against her, I should say, either. I just I live in LA, the land of Repeating-Songs-Every-Ten-Minutes. So it’s like, “Please stop!”

Isabel: All right, moving on from Lady Gaga--

[Laughter]

Isabel: This always happens! “Rob Kisses for Charity,” I thought this article was hilarious. I just--I felt--I thought it was funny and then I felt bad for him because it kind of objectifies him but, I mean, he did it for charity, it’s great, and it’s--I just love the fact that they had to stop the bidding, first of all--

[Laughter]

Isabel: “Hold on now ladies, hold on!”

[Laughter]

Janna: “One million dollars!”

[Laughter]

Isabel: “And my baby! It’s just like, “Take everything!”

[Laughter]

Janna: “Yes! Take my first born child!”

Isabel: “You can have my husband, indentured servant, just take it all.”

[Laughter]

Janna: For a kiss on the cheek, for 25,000 dollars? Hm…I’m not going to say what I was going to say.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Oh, God. Oops. Next, well, he talked about a movie, called “Bel Ami,” that is unconfirmed as far as we know, but Rob told Variety that he was dong it, and we figured that’s good enough confirmation. But then again, things can change. Do you have anything to say about the story? There’s--I don’t know.

Janna: I don’t really know, to be honest.

Isabel: No, I don’t really know anything. And I know a lot of you guys really want to know about his new roles, but we--but every information we have has been on the website: we don’t have anything new about it.

Janna: Right.

Isabel: Yeah, I don’t even have--

Janna: He has so much going on that they’re probably not gonna be announcing a whole lot of other stuff. It’s probably just gonna be New Moon and Remember Me for the time being. I haven’t heard anything about this new one, this Bel Ami.

Isabel: No, I haven’t heard anything about it either.

Isabel: Well, next piece of news, another Duh Award goes to People magazine. They named Rob as one of People’s hottest bachelors. Well…yes. Good job.

Janna: Good job, woohoo!

Isabel: Slow clap.

Janna: Slow clap, I’m clapping for you.

Isabel: Yay, People. He’s also Vanity Fair’s “Most Handsome Man in the World,” by far. It was like a landslide.

Janna: So.

Isabel: That’s the power of the fandom, though, I think--more than anything, really. Maybe not. It’s maybe more so people voting a lot than a real global trend, though. Lots of people love him.

Janna: Gettin’ on and doin’ some clickin’?

[Laughter]

Isabel: Yes. Favorite past-time of some…people.

Janna: People.

Isabel: Some people will--Rob is also nominated for multiple categories in the Teen Choice Awards, so--people can still vote for that--so go to www.teenchoicawards.com and vote your little hearts out. Speaking of. You should talk about this next piece, cuz I thought that was funny. You brought it to my attention.

Janna: Oh, the Peter Facinelli?

Isabel: Yeah.

Janna: Peter Facinelli’s on Twitter, and it’s a really, really funny bet that he has going on with Rob DeFranco. He bet him that he could get to 500,000 followers, I think it was, like in a week’s--maybe a little over a week’s time. It ended today. The bet is that if Rob DeFranco wins, not Rob Pattinson, Rob DeFranco--

[Laughter]

--just to clear that one up. If he wins, he gets Peter’s set chair from Twilight, and if Peter wins, then Rob DeFranco has to parade down Hollywood Boulevard singing Beyonce’s “Single Ladies,” in a bikini, holding a sign that says, “Twitter me!”

[Laughter]

Isabel: Oh God. Twitter itself is a huge trend. It’s really funny.

Janna: A lot of people are--

Isabel: You know what? I just have to say, please, this is so funny to me, we did an interview with Marcus Foster--

Janna: Thank you!

Isabel: And Bobby Long, and we didn’t put this segment in, it’s like one of the cut things that we did, we cut it out and edited it out, but they expressed their utter horror at the thought of Twitter. And--

Janna: As we all know--

Isabel: As we all know, they now have Twitters. So, I thought that was kind of hilarious.

Janna: We had a chat about that--

[Laughter]

Janna: Follow Peter on Twitter and there’s no news if he won the bet yet, to be honest, but I am so looking forward to that video and some like, controversy or technical difficulties. I guess, every time he refreshes his Twitter it goes like--

Isabel: Crazy?

Janna: --40,000 to like, 450,000. So.

Isabel: Well, we twittered E! about it, and then we sent it for them to Re-Twitter it and they actually got back to me today and the guy said the guy who handles twitter is out for some vacation, or whatever, and he’s got the password, so no one can really change anything.

[Laughter]

Janna: That’s funny.

Isabel:Yeah.

Janna: Poor Peter. Cuz I bet if E! would’ve Tweeted, I bet he would win. I’m certain he probably won, though.

Isabel: Oh yeah, we totally put it on the front page, anyway. I bet a lot of people saw that.

Janna: Heck yes.

[Sighs]

Janna: So yeah Twitter, we’re also on Twitter. Twitter.com/pattinsononline.

Isabel: Yeah, well look at that. We do have a Twitter. What else? There’s another unconfirmed piece of news, Extra, whose, they reported that Rob’s going head-to-head with James Franco for a Jeff Buckley biopic. Again, we don’t have--can’t really, like, talk much about it. Just something that’s been heard through the grapevine.

Janna: I don’t know if it’s true. He’ll probably fight his ass off for it, cuz I know that he mentioned it in an interview, but I think this could possibly be a rumor started on a slow day by, like, his old interview because he actually did mention James Franco in that same blurb that said, “I would be going head-to-head with this guy.” So, I think it might just be somebody being bored.

Isabel: I do, too. It’s a lot of long, like re--what is it? Secondhand journalism, or whatever.

Janna: Yeah, exactly. There really is no news, people.

Isabel: Yeah, well that’s why we’re sort of talking a lot about nothing. New Moon, it’s been wrapped, there’s not really much to say. They had fun in Italy, there’s some gorgeous photos out there. Can’t really talk much about them cuz a lot of them are paparazzi, but there have been some fan photos that were taken of some scenes being filmed, right?

Janna: Yeah.

Isabel: And those looked really good. Let’s say I enjoyed seeing those, specifically.

[Lots of laughter]

Janna: I did, as well, those particular few.

[Laughter]

Janna: Very much so.

Isabel: Very much so, yeah.

Janna: Didn’t mind those at all!

Isabel: No.

Janna: It didn’t seem like they were filming for that long.

Isabel: No! It was like four days, or something like that. Six days. Cuz we had someone in Italy, a couple of girls who volunteered to get some stuff for us if they were able to do anything, but no fans were allowed even close to the filming, so sort of it was pretty crazy. So there’s, he’s--Rob’s done a Technikart interview discussing the Italy filming, and crazy fans, and I really appreciated one of the things that he said in the interview where he said, “There’s not a stipulation which forces me to smile to the paparazzi.” And I really appreciated him saying that cuz it kind of, like, hammers home the fact that he feels--I guess he feels his privacy is invaded, continually.

Janna: Yeah, exactly, and that’s one of the reasons why we have the paparazzi rule on our site because really it is those, it’s--I would probably have such a hard time that I would want to punch somebody in the face.

Isabel: Yeah, he’s just so cool about it. I mean, it seems like he was pretty frantic about it earlier on, but now it seems kinda like old hat.

Janna: Yeah, he’s got it down.

Isabel: Yeah, exactly.

Janna: As he’s carried by three bodyguards…

Isabel: It’s fine, big deal.

Janna: Happens all the time.

Isabel: Well, also New Moon trailer was released at the MTV Movie Awards, it’s so full of drama it was--Rob was really acting it out, really sad and tortured, and--but, I am actually gonna say that a little part of me was really happy at seeing this. I’m kind of looking forward to it now.

Janna: I know, isn’t it weird?

Isabel: It’s so weird. I think it’s because it hasn’t been shoved in my face, not as much as Twilight has, so I’m not so “Argh,” about it.

Janna: It has so much hype already that they’re not really like, pushing it out.

Isabel: No, and I said that in other Pattycasts cuz everyone’s like, “They have to do publicity,” and all of this stuff, and I was like, “They’re gonna do half the publicity,” because they already have the fan base.

Janna: They’ve already got it. They already got it down. You can tell to they have a bigger budget so this looked like it’s gonna be a more fun movie with the action and more interesting visually.

Isabel: Oh, can we talk about Taylor for a moment? Wow. He’s so grown up.

[Laughter]

Janna: He’s such a big boy.

Isabel: He’s such a big boy now!

Janna: Aw.

Isabel: But when he turns into the wolf it doesn’t look scary at all; it looks like a big, poofy dog.

Janna: It does! I was like, “What is that? Snuffalupagus?”

Isabel: No, that’s--Snuffalupagus is like a--

Janna: He’s a Snuffalupagus!

Isabel: No! That’s like an elephant-thing, isn’t it?

Janna: What is? I don’t know. It’s like a thing with a trunk.

Isabel: Yeah, it’s Big Bird’s imaginary friend.

Janna: But he--yeah, it was big and poofy.

Isabel: Big and poofy. Okay, fine. Whatever. Okay,

Janna:.

[Laughter]

Isabel: And that’s it. I just thought he looked really cute and grown up. And I was doubting that he could be big but I couldn’t--I didn’t in a million years think that they would replace him, so I’m glad to see that he’s kind of like fitting more into the idea of Jacob.

Janna: Yeah, I think he--well in the scene that he had when he jumped over the fence and started running, cuz he does his own stunts as much as he can cuz of all of his martial arts training.

Isabel: Yeah, I remember when you were showing me a YouTube video of him dancing around--

[Laughter]

Isabel: Hilarious.

Janna: You bet.

Isabel: What’s next? He did a Metro News Online interview, and, basically, he just says he’s booked up for jobs all year, and he picks jobs based on scripts, and all his parts are different. So, we’ll get to see a range of his acting this year, actually I’m really excited about that.

Janna: I know.

Isabel: Yeah. He--

Janna: Still haven’t seen him in any gangster movies, though.

Isabel: I’m pretty sure those will come, maybe. I’m hoping. Crossing fingers.

Janna: He was at the “Inglorious Basterds” premiere. I was like, “Yes.”

Isabel: Close enough.

Janna: Close enough. He’s next to Brad Pitt, that’ll work.

Isabel: That’ll work. The sexy will rub off on him. And how, yeah, he still might be on the New Moon soundtrack. He’s not discounting it, but as of now he isn’t on it. ET has extended secret cuts of New Moon. I don’t know. I don’t know how--it’s just--is it just me, or do they--do their extended cuts consist mostly of stuff we’ve seen before?

[Laughter]

Janna: Yeah, it’s not just you. I started and I was like, “Yeah I don’t think so I think I’ve seen this.” I don’t know if it’s because we have so much contact that maybe we’re spoiled and we’ve seen everything?

Isabel: We’ve seen everything and we’re jaded.

Janna: We’ve seen it all. And I was like, “Wow, where’s the secret?”

Isabel: Yeah, I didn’t see anything spectacular in that. I don’t think you’re missing anything if you haven’t seen it.

Janna: I also like how Rob said , “It’s not like there’s really a whole lot of secrets.”

Isabel: It’s happened already.

Janna: Pretty much been written--literally.

Isabel: You wanna talk bout Remember Me? We only have one little thing about it.

Janna: Yeah, we only have a small little bit. Summit announced the co-stars for Remember Me. I am gonna butcher her name: Emilie Deravine from Lost, Pierce Brosnan, and Chris Cooper are going to be starring with Rob in this film. There isn’t much out about it.

Isabel: Yeah, no one knows much about it, so it’s just--

Janna: We--

Isabel: --It’s supposed to be a romance, right?

Janna: Yeah.

Isabel: And we know some of his co-stars.

Janna: Yeah, it’s like a romance between two people, and it dissects what happens in a relationship when two people go through tragic times. I don’ t know. Something happens that his girlfriend in the movie is Emilie, I think I read that her mother is killed in front of her, and he loses his brother, and then they move on. So, it’s like a dark romance, I guess. I’m not really sure.

Isabel: Well, what I do know, and we’ll talk more about this later, is some fans in new York are crazy.

Janna: Oh my God.

Isabel: I mean, I grew up in Fairfield County, so I knew that New York is crazy to begin with--in a good way. But there’s some--a lot--of crazy in a bad way going on. We’ll talk about that later, but it doesn’t look good.

Janna: No, it doesn’t look good.

[Laughter]

Isabel: I’m pretty sure it doesn’t feel good, either.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Anyway, Little Ashes, there’s really no new news. There’s been an interview with Pantellea--I really can’t pronounce her last name. Seminal? SemaynuL?

[Pause]

[Laughter]

Isabel: Make sure that’s not in!

[Laughter]

Isabel: I really butchered that one.

Janna: I Just looked at it I’m like, “Whoa!”

[Laughter]

Isabel: I’m glad you gave it a good college try, there.

Janna: Speaking of college--

[Laughter]

Isabel: Yeah, maybe you should go back?

[Laughter]

Janna: Perhaps I need to return to university.

Isabel: Perchance, you must.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Wait, where did you go?

Janna: Oh,, I was trying not to make my dirty joke.

Isabel: Oh, God. Anyway, you can see it on the front page, if you can’t see it--find that interview in the front page--just search for Little Ashes and you should be able to find it pretty easily.

Janna: It’s just the same stuff. It’s not really--

Isabel: Yeah, standard, nothing new.

Isabel: How to Be, officially available in the UK via network releasing, Amazon, new ??? iTunes. So, still no dice for US, over here, but it’s a great movie, so if you--

Janna: Go watch it.

Isabel: Yeah ,go watch it or buy a--actually most new DVD players are multiregional to begin with. So buy yourself like a new $40 DVD player. You’ll be able to watch it.

Janna: Nice.

[Laughter]

Janna: And then find somebody in the UK that can send it to you.

Isabel: Yeah, exactly. Find a friend. Make the connection. J You could probably find one through our website.

Isabel: Yes.

Janna: Maybe.

Isabel: Maybe, who knows. So, that’s it for the news, again, nothing too new, nothing too spectacular, so we’re gonna jump straight into our Soap Box section.

Janna: Dun dun dun!

Isabel: Dun dun dun! Well it--we’re actually gonna go really calm and really smoothly through this one, because really we’ve already talked about this before quite passionately. We talked about giving Rob some space, some privacy and we talked about it during the Twilight craze, and how crazy things have gone, and we didn’t really think that we’d have to talk about it again, but it seems like things have the craziest pick up in the city--

Janna: Yeah, the crazy is on the rise.

Isabel: And so we’ve been getting--well, we get a lot of e-mails from fans, and we thought that since you’ve already heard us say what we need to say,

Janna: and I are gonna read a couple of fans emails to us concerning what they fee like saying about the situation, or about the topic in general, and so maybe it’ll help people to hear more about what fellow fans have to say about this cuz there’s a lot of good things being written out there. Do you wanna start with the first one?

Janna: Absolutely, we have an e-mail from Jemma, and she says: “I write in regards to a topic that has been discussed, yet still exists. I was looking through a magazine and inside was a picture of Robert and a girl whom he is supposed to be dating, [

Janna:: I‘m not gonna name her name]. I am not writing to ask whether this is true or not. I write to purely say, does it matter if he has a girlfriend or not? Just because he's suddenly become very famous in the past year, does it eradicate his right to live a normal life? Should it matter if he's dating? Is it even any of our business? I don't think it is. We shouldn't like him any less if he is dating someone. For after all we are meant to be fans, not crazy obsessed stalkers who think that we're going to marry Rob someday. I apologise if this seems harsh to anyone, but I think it's a vital point that many "fans" seem to overlook.

Isabel: Really good point.

Janna: Yeah, definitely.

Isabel: Yeah, next one’s from Rachel, she said, “I was recently on youtube looking up interviews with Rob when in one interview it was mentioned a drunk woman had tried to kiss him [

Isabel: : So this is old stuff, but it’s a good point that she makes] after some nylon party he was attending. I found this TMZ video of what looks like sleezy paparazzi asking Rob questions as he makes his way across the street to his car with attendents. I could see Rob was trying to be polite and answered some of the man's questions while his attendents were trying to get him in the car, but a woman on the street grabs Rob in attempt to kiss him and then pulls away laughing. I was dumbfounded by this video and it not only made me feel embarrassed for him that such fans and paparazzi could be so disrespectful, but to have it posted for all the world to see. It seems so rude that there were such videos of Rob shown being disrespected through youtube. My question is if Rob, or administrators, can have any control over what videos get placed in public on sites such as youtube. Also, what do you guys think on the subject? Shouldn't he get some control over the disgusting videos placed on youtube. (And might i mention, there were very private videos of him on the street or out with friends that i figured were very inappropriate to be shown on the web, and i refused to watch any more as i am not a supporter of it.)”

Isabel: So. Let’s get to answering some of her questions.

Janna: Right.

Isabel: The only people that can do anything is Rob’s management directly. And I feel like they do try and stem some things, but it seems like they how they cope with it is, “No comment,” more than anything.

Janna: Right, and it’s so hard to police the content that’s around the internet because viral marketing is wicked. Like, you can’t really--I mean if you went on YouTube and you looked up and just put in Robert Pattinson, the amount of videos that come up are insane. And for his management to kind of police what the content of those videos are is relatively ridiculous for them to try to do. I think that the only thing they probably concentrate on is copyrighted material because everything else, there’s really nothing they can do.

Isabel: Yeah, that’s what I feel, as well. I feel like they really can’t do much about it because they would expend so much time and energy dealing with it. Right now “no comment” seems to be working, but they probably should think of another way of handling this. And I think you’re right: copyright trademark is the way to go. Do you wanna do the next one?

Janna: Absolutely. Next one is from Ashley and she says: “I love how you always send the message to fans that rob deserves his privacy and that paps shots invade this. I think that its sad how rob can't go outside without been mobbed but at the same time if i saw him in the street i feel like i would want to go over and say hi. i would just like to know what you think the line is??? is it ok to go over to him in a restaurant or is it only ok at an offical publisity event? I definatly think its obviously wrong to sleep outside his house or go to his hotel room but is it also wrong to go over to him in the street or is this simply showing that you are a fan? i no that people will never leave him alone but i think its great how u make people think twice about their actions with not only rob but all celebs.”

Isabel: I think if none of this craziness had happened, to answer her questions, I think that maybe you’d be okay to go up to him and be like, “I really appreciate the work that you do, I’m a really big fan,” but I think that it’s better to leave him alone.

Janna: Probably.

Isabel: It’s sad that a few fans have spoiled it for a lot of people, but--

Janna: Right, exactly. But I mean, if you think about it, if that happened to you on the street, and you got mobbed constantly everywhere that you went, and there was a possibility that your safety was in jeopardy, you really wouldn’t want to speak to every person that came up to you. And, you know, it’s not that he doesn’t appreciate his fans, or wanna talk to random people, but it’s just scary.

Isabel: Yeah.

Janna: And I also think, I’m a very firm believer, and this is just my personal opinion, nobody has to support it, but I think going over to him in a restaurant when someone is eating dinner has to be one of the rudest things you could ever do.

Isabel: I think so, too. I think…yeah. I agree with you.. Like again, our opinion, but I really agree with that.

Janna: Right. When somebody’s at dinner maybe the person that he’s with if you don’t recognize him, maybe he’s catching up with one of his friends he hasn’t seen in years, and you’re taking up that time. That’s--it’s a personal time for him and his personal life. Just leave him alone.

Isabel: Yeah, alright next e-mail’s from Stephanie. “I would for you to talk about the paparazzi and Kristen in the soapbox. I pay no attention to gossip columns, however it seems that some of my friends and coworkers continue to talk about what pictures they saw of Rob in New York, or the possible romance with Kristen. So many people listen to your patty cast, so I thought you could reiterate giving people their privacy. Honestly who cares who he dates? He's not a piece of meat. He already feels like a goldfish, with everyone staring at him. I just can't stand hearing all about his personal life and not about his career. It's just frustrating, I'm an American and I'm all about free rights, but the paparazzi is incredibly annoying, and should be restricted i think. Sorry, I'm getting all fired up now, I just wish people would give him his privacy and we have more important things to talk about than his love life, or his damn hair.”

Isabel: Amen. Amen, sister.

Janna: Amen sister. I love the quote about the goldfish, too.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Yeah. It’s so true. Stephanie also wrote the next one but you should probably read it. It concerns events of this week, so I think it’s really relevant.

Janna: Stephanie continues that: “Seriously?! I just have to vent to someone about this, and I know you girls feel the same as I do. My friend sent me a video of Rob in NY. I don't watch paparazzi vids, but this I made an execption, because it was about him being mobbed by girls. He was completely surrounded by fangirls and he looked so empty just shuffling along the sidewalk. I couldn't even watch the entire 30 secs I was so horrified.I feel so bad for him. He can't even work! Its absolutely disgusting. If he was filming in Dallas, I would make a point to NOT go anywhere near where he was shooting. It's not like I would be able to speak to him anyway. If people are true fan they would respect him and not try to wrap their arms around him and be ripped off his body by his bodyguards. This why he's terrified of being stabbed with and AIDS needle! It's horrific, if I was in his position, I don't think I could act anymore really, I was waiting for him to curl into a ball and start crying in the street. Its make me feel so bad for him. I just wish people would respect him and leave him be.”

Isabel: Yeah. That’s pretty much says it all.

Janna: Yeah, exactly.

Isabel: That’s what happened. I also made an exception and I couldn’t watch the whole thing, I was so horrified.

Janna: I started watching it and just like--I felt like because he is sensitive to begin with, that I was like, mortified for him, like--

Isabel:--For him, yeah.

Janna: I couldn’t watch it. Yech

Isabel: How’s your beer doing?

[Laughter]

Janna: How do you know!? I just like made a disgusted noise and then it went out my nose.

Isabel: Oh gross. Yeah, so Stephanie, awesome letters keep sending ‘em to us. We totally agree with you, 100 percent and hope people listen. Next one is from Laura, it’s our last one: “I just wanted to state something that is concerning me. I'm a great fan of Rob, as many (thousands, you could say) other girls/fans are. But seeing all this nonsense occuring around him and his fellow actors/actresses is bothering me. So I've come here to vent, if you don't mind... Seeing him on multiple magazine covers with ridiculous headlines and preposterous details about his life has gotten me highly upset. Yes, the whole Twilight thing was fantastic, but it's been a year and it's time for people to stop this. I know it's how Hollywood works and that once you make fame, you'll be followed every day down to every step you take. I just feel so much sympathy for Rob and the others, like Kristen, who have to suffer through this. I was on Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. and I saw the blog message of Rob trying to cope with everything that has been going on. '"You could tell it was all starting to get him, espeically the hecklers. He's been as friendly as possible to everyone..."'-Celebrity Gossip/Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. He is such a wonderful person and it really tears me apart realizing that he could snap or break at any given second. At least, I would. I couldn't take all that...I would just break down. Sorry for this venting message, but you were the source that could clearly understand this problem, because I know you've seen it was well. I hope that he gets through everything this coming year and what is to come. He has a lot to handle, but I know he'll be okay. We just have to give him strong support and hope for the best.” And I really wanted to end on this e-mail because she brings up a very good point at the end, and we can say that real fans support the actor they don’t make his life hell. So all those people who are giving him a really hard time when they see him shouldn’t count themselves as his real ffans because they’re making his life a lot more miserable”

Janna: Exactly. This is why we have the boundaries that we have in place that we don’t report rumors on his love life, we don’t do paparazzi pictures, because, people, it’s his life. He’s entitled. And that’s sad.

Isabel: Yeah, that is pretty sad. Well, a lot of you had questions, speaking of--well, I just don’t think there’s more to say on the Soap Box, this should wrap it up. I just don’t have much more to say, and I just want you guys to think about what your fellow fans have said, and think about what we’ve said about this before, and just use your common sense regarding someone else who has the same rights as you do, and just--I don’t know, check your intention and what it is that you’re doing.

Janna: Exactly. And if you do encounter him out, like the fan earlier had said, “What do you think the line is?” it really is about common sense. If you think that you are invading his privacy, there’s a good chance that you are. If you feel uncomfortable about it, then there’s probably a reason.

Isabel: Yeah.

Janna: So give him space. He’s a person.

Isabel: Yeah, be respectful. And moving on to something hopefully more--happier, better.

Janna: Yes! On to Webmisses Gone Wild.

Isabel: Well, there’s a question, a fan question that I really liked from Shelby and I’m gonna use it as my Tom-Sturridge-Reference-of-the-Day, because Joy’s not here, or Tara, but

Janna: can verify that I had--even before Rob was cast as Edward, I had already thought that Tom was like, the best Edward I could ever think of as being Edward. Tom Sturridge. So she asks, “What do you think it would be like or different if Tom was cast as Edward and everybody just thought Rob was his 'best mate”

Isabel: And I think that’d be--

Janna: Oh, that’s a good question.

Isabel: That’s a really good question. I don’t think much would change, really. It would just be a different person. Like, roles reversed. Because Tom’s slowly going through getting more fame, whereas Rob just escalated and they seem quite similar people, and they get along very well; they’ve been friends for a really long time, so, I think I would find it surreal and hilarious if he was actually Edward cuz--

Janna: That’d be awesome.

Isabel: Well I thought it was the funniest thing that I thought it was a joke when Tara messaged me that day and I was like, “No way!” I always thought it was gonna be Tom but apparently not. What do you think?

Janna: Apparently not. I think you’re right, it would probably be the same just with a different person, I think Rob would probably still be on the soundtrack though--

Isabel: Yeah. I think so, too.

Janna: Considering that all of Rob’s friends are on the soundtrack.

[Laughter]

Janna: Well their songs are anyway.

Isabel: Yeah, maybe all of them will be on it this time, except for Tom. I don’t think Tom’s a musician. Alright, let’s move into the fan questions. Do you want to read the first one?

Janna: Katelyn. Katelyn wants to know: “Are you guys Team Edward or Team Jacob? Or perhaps Switzerland??? I'm Team Edward all the way!!!!”

Isabel: I wonder.

[Laughter]

Isabel: I’m team Edward but I’m not--the thing is I’m not--

Janna: --I’m not on a team?

Isabel: I’m not on a team, maybe I am Switzerland. Because I feel like--I like ‘em both as characters, and to be quite honest, I’m not attached to either of them, so they’re--

Janna: We’re not attached to Twilight like most people are, so--

Isabel: Yeah, maybe we’ll ask Joy that next time.

[Laughter]

Isabel: But I think everybody already knows her answer.

Janna: Yeah, we’re pretty sure that if Joy was here, Team Edward would have a plus one. My whole town is Team Jacob, and it’s funny because you know how Twilight crazes take over towns? When Twilight first came out, because Taylor Lautner I guess is--I don’t know if his family still lives here, but he used to live here and went to school here--there were like, people in the mall on the day that Twilight came out with “Team Jacob” shirts, and posters, and it was just like “Okay, I have to go to work, could you move?”

[Laughter]

Janna: “I really appreciate your fan support. Get out of my way.” So, I dunno I’m Switzerland, I’ll pass.

Isabel: Yeah, I’ll pass. I mean, like I said, they’re not like my favorite books. I actually really love reading snark about them, secretly.

[Laughter]

Isabel: But it’s not that I hate them. I don’t dislike them, it’s just it’s not something that’s a huge deal to me. Like it’s just another book and I think it’s great that he’s playing Edward. Slash funny.

[Laughter]

Janna: I think it’s a little funny. I would never have thought that he would be cast as Edward, to be honest, but now that he’s in the role, he totally embodies it. It’s crazy how he gets into it.

Isabel: Yeah, it’s well, it works, you know? I just like, going back to our Tom-Sturridge-Reference-of-the-Day, I kind of want to have that alternate universe look, like with Tom doing it and Rob being just the friend.

[Laughter]

Janna: That’s what she said.

Isabel: That’s what she said.

[Laughter]

Isabel: You’re awful!

[Laughter]

Janna: Tom Stu, indeed.

Isabel: Indeedy. Okay, this next question’s from DJ, “What do you think of the extent of fan pressure on Rob, if he ever "slips" up do you think this will affect his image and possibly his career? because even though Rob has not opted to be a role model, people still idolise him that way which is a shame.”

Isabel: Um…no. I don’t think it’s gonna affect anything if he slips up and I don’t think it’s really a slip up. He’s probably just gonna do whatever he wants to do, just like he always does.

Janna: Right, exactly. He’s not really ever made it a big secret, either, that he’s not a role model and he lives his life however he wants to.

Isabel: Yeah. And the thing is though, the fans get upset about it. They get upset about the smoking or the supposed partying, cuz they see it. I see fans, especially on LiveJournal, they get like outraged about all this stuff but they’re still fans, and they’re still following him around, and they still wanna know new news about him, but--

Janna: That’s just weird. How can you call yourself a fan if you’re stalking him and you’re complaining about him?

[Laughter]

Janna: What’s the point?

Isabel: Yeah, exactly, what is the point? But people are strange.

Janna: People are strange, okay, next question is from Jemma, “On a lighter note, what job do you think would best suit Robert if he wasn't and actor, or musician?” I think he would make a great Sham-wow salesman.

[Laughter]

Janna: Magic Cloth!

Isabel: Just follow in the footsteps of his great friend, Sam Bradley. I don’t know, I think he’d be a good college student, maybe. Like, just an intellectual. I don’t know. He’s a pretty smart guy, I guess.

Janna: Yeah, he’s very smart, so I’m sure that he would do well as a writer.

Isabel: Yeah, I think a writer would be good. Maybe even a director. He likes directors.

Janna: What did--what did we talk about on the last Pattycast when we were--he said something about--OH! I said something about he would be a great political advisor.

[Laughter]

Janna: Charm the pants off of anyone.

Isabel: Except he doesn’t really want to. He’s like the reluctant charmer. He’s kinda like, “I’m dazzling you but I really don’t want to--”

[Laughter]

Janna: “--I’m trying so hard not to!”

Isabel: “--To turn if off! I can’t turn off the dazzle!”

Janna: It’s just horrible. Poor guy. If Edward in Twilight--this is--I don’t ever talk about Twilight, so come on guys, here it goes--

Isabel: Here it goes! I’m listening, I’m listening.

Janna: If Edward in Twilight had the personality of Rob in real life, that would be the funniest thing I think I have ever encountered in my life. “Why? Why do I sparkle? I don’t know why I sparkle! It’s bizarre!”

[Laughter]

Isabel: He’s so sarcastic, it’s awesome. Like, sometimes when he talks about Edward, I don’t think he means to be snarky and then he kind of is.

Janna: But, that’s sort of how I feel about Twilight. I don’t mean to be snarky it just--

Isabel: It just comes out that way.

[Laughter]

Isabel: That should be a t-shirt. Like, our Soapbox t-shirt. “I don’t mean to be snarky, it just comes off that way.”

Janna: You know what’s funny is that I come off that way about everything.

Isabel: Me, too.

Janna: I just have that snarky, like way of speech.

Isabel: Yeah.

Janna: Even when I’m trying to be serious. Even in meetings at work, people are like snickering, and I’m going, “Okay, seriously? I’m trying to be serious.”

Isabel: I’m not trying to be funny this time.

Janna: I wasn’t messing with you.

Isabel: Well that should be our Pinky & the Brain shirt.

Janna: Yeah, we don’t mean to be snarky, we just are.

Isabel: We just are. It just comes out that way. Awesome. Definitely need to put those shirts together. Yeah, we do. Who’s next? I think--oh Brie, Brie our resident awesome fan of awesomeness.

Janna: She is the ruler of the Soapbox.

Isabel:Yeah, she is the ruler of the Soapbox. And more people should join her. I bet you she’s lonely.

Janna: Poor Brie. You should support her. You love her graphics, so go help her.

Isabel: Yeah, she wants more friends to heckle us.

Janna: Yes.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Okay, so I’m gonna break up her questions in a couple of ones cuz she’s got a few. The first couple of ones have to do with Comic-Con, she says she’s, “Super excited to be attending Comic Con this year. However, I’m a Con virgin so could you guys give a mini guide for people attending for the first time?”

Isabel: I’m gonna stop here, and I’m gonna say get a lot of sleep beforehand. I would plan--I would go with a lot of people, you know, if you’re thinking about going anywhere near the Summit panel, you’re--if you want a seat anywhere up front, you’re gonna have to line up the night before. And, yeah. That’s about it. Bring friends.

Janna: Bring a stick.

Isabel: Bring a stick to beat off the other fan girls, yeah.

Janna: Bring a stick just in case you get trampled you can start sticking people.

[Laughter]

Janna: Stick to the dommme.

Isabel: Oh, God. She continues: “I’m just wonder little things like when it would be a good idea to start lining up for” Oh, I just answered that, “ the new moon panel and can we say “Hi” if we see you in line or anywhere else?”

Isabel: Yes, you can come say hi to us in theory, but Tara and I went last year with some of the other girls from the website and we --it was a lot of fun, I’m not gonna say it wasn’t a lot of fun, but a lot of it was a disorganized mess and it was just too much, too many people, too much craziness for what you actually got, like, I did get to meet him, and I did get to meet the cast that was there but I dunno, it just seemed--it seemed like a lot of hurry-up-and-wait for such a small amount of whatever it is you were waiting for.

Janna: Right, and now that the Twilight thing has gotten so big if you can imagine how many people are gonna be crazy there.

Isabel: Yeah, I would also bring mace, maybe.

[Laughter]

Janna: Perhaps a taser. I don’t know.

[Laughter]

Isabel:Well she says, “I’m only going to be there on the 23rd so I want to make sure I’m prepared and ready to deal with the nutter-butters” Good luck, Brie.

Janna: Good luck Brie!

Isabel: And we wanna hear about it when you get back.

Janna: Yes, take some pictures and make us a special graphic to describe your experience at Comic-Con.

Isabel: Well, you know, this is kind of embarrassing cuz I forgot about this next question. Her next questing has to deal with a YoutTube video, so y’all are just gonna have to sit back until I watch this video--

Janna: Oh, I didn’t watch this!

Isabel: And then I can--and then we can both answer the question. Oh, why are we so useless sometimes?

Janna: We made notes about everything.

Isabel: I know, I know.

Janna: Oh, no!

Isabel: What?

Janna: The video is no longer available due to copyright claim by Viacom, International.

[Laughter]

Janna: Viacom is doing their job.

Isabel: Yeah, see, look at that. Look at that, Rob’s management.

Janna: Wooo. Ding, Pow!

[Laughter]

Isabel: This is from Brie, “What did you think of Jim Carrey’s acceptance speech and what he said about Rob at the MTV movie awards? (I was laughing so hard I was crying.)” Well, yeah it was a pretty--it was a pretty funny little segment but he didn’t really say much about Rob other than he’s a good looking kid from Twilight.

Janna: Jim Carrey, though, is funny. He could say “poo” and everyone would laugh.

Isabel: Well, after talking out of his butt, I don’t think he could--

INAUDIBLE JIM CARREY IMPRESSION

Isabel: My favorite.

Janna: Excuse me, do you have a mint?

Isabel: Or some….binaca?

[Laughter]

Isabel: Oh, gosh.

Janna: I think he was a butler in a past life.

Isabel: Who?

Janna: Jim Carrey.

Isabel: Yeah, maybe.

INAUDIBLE

Isabel: Booooo

Janna: Bring on the tomatoes!

Isabel: No! Alright, next question’s from Jennifer, you should read this one. I like it, we should talk a lot about this one. I have a list.

Janna: I don’t get it. What’s funny? Okay, I’ll read the question first. Jennifer says, “If rob was to date another celebrity, who would you hate it to be? and you guys can't say Paris Hilton since that's too easy.”

Isabel: Yeah.

Janna: That’s the first thing that came to my brain was--ew.

Isabel: Ew, Paris Hilton.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Yeah, that’s like the Gonorrhea Hotel.

Janna: Yes, that’s putting it mildly.

[Laughter]

Isabel: The clap.

Janna: Clap, clap, clappity clap. Everybody give Paris Hilton a round of applause.

Isabel: Aw, she’s just trying to be…more rich than she was born, already. But, anyway. Anyway, who would we hate it to be? You know what? I don’t--the funny thing is, I don’t care that much about who he dates.

Janna: Yeah, I tried to think--

Isabel: Just Paris Hilton. But that’s a cop-out, you say, Jennifer.

Janna: Exactly. That’s the first thing that came to mind, honestly. But, I think whoever he--I dunno. But if he were to date Paris Hilton, I don’t think I’d be supportive.

[Laughter]

Isabel: No, I dunno if I’d be supportive. But, the thing is, I wouldn’t do anything about it. I’d just be like, “Ah, good luck, buddy.” Oh! I don’t want him to date Jessica Simpson.

Janna: Oh, no, that would be a bad idea.

Isabel: Oh, I wouldn’t want him to date Jessica Simpson. Okay, let’s have a discussion: Jessica Simpson, pre-Newlyweds, I mean, during Newlyweds as opposed to post-Newlyweds, I think.

Janna: Well, I mean, she just seems so--

Isabel: Ditzy and stupid?

Janna: Ditzy and stupid. A lack of intelligence.

Isabel: But you know what though? She was cute, whereas now she’s kind of deformed because of all the plastic surgery she did.

Janna: I think that would be an odd couple.

[Laughter]

Janna: A really odd couple. Rob would be like, quoting Shakespeare, and stuff, and she’d try--

Isabel: She’d be like, “Who’s that? One of your friends?”

Janna: “Is that like Shake ‘n Bake?”

[Laughter]

Janna: Shake ‘n Bake-speare.

Isabel: Oh, God. Their wedding reception would be chicken fingers, macaroni and cheese, wings…that’s kinda tasty though, but not for--ribs.

[Laughter]

Janna: There wouldn’t be wings. There would be wangs.

Isabel: Waaaangs.

Janna: Waaaangs.

[Laughter]

Janna: And lots of wet-naps. Personalized with their names.

Isabel:Oh, God. That was in her favor. Rob and Jessica 4 Ever.

[Laughter]

Janna: Foreva.

Isabel: Foreva-eva. Okay, we’ve digressed, but I think we’re unanimous on the Jessica Simpson.

Janna: I’d say, yeah, I can’t think of anyone else.

Isabel: I can’t think of anyone else either.

Janna: I could say that--no, this’ll open a can of worms.

Isabel: Noooo, don’t do it.

Janna: I do not want him to date Jennifer Aniston.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Yeah, no.

Janna: Noooo.

Isabel: I like her, but---no. Isn’t she dating…what’s his face, anyway?

Janna: Bradley Cooper? I’m obsessed with Bradley Cooper.

Isabel: That’s who she’s dating. I thought she was dating John Meyer [Mayer]. Did that end, already?

Janna: I think they broke up.

Isabel: Wow, he’s making the rounds.

Janna: He is, he’s like a little--he’s laying his train track.

[Laughter]

Janna: Train tracks across the world. No, she went out on a date, supposedly. I get emailed the most ridiculous crap by people who think I care--

[Laughter]

Janna: --but my friends were aware that I now have an obsession with Bradley Cooper after seeing the movie The Hangover and watching him in a black-on-black Prada suit. He. Was. Beautiful! And so I got sent a paparazzi blah blah blah article this morning about how he went off to date Jennifer Aniston. It made me very sad.

Isabel: Yes, but I wouldn’t put too much stock in that. Who knows?

Janna: They were co-stars. I’m sure they’re just friends.

Isabel: Yeah, everyone’s just friends.

Janna: Either that or he has a really really smart publicist.

Isabel: Yes cuz that’ll generate some buzz. Anyway, last question of the fan questions is from Ellie. Her question is: “My question is: now that Rob has announced he's filming Remember Me followed by Eclipse, and then Unbound Captives will follow - do you think he's at risk of burning out?! He himself said he only has something like 4 days off during this time - that’s not long enough to relax!! He's also said there is no schedule for Breaking Dawn yet, which is good, but there will undoubtedly be pressure to get BD done fairly quickly as well, before they age too much... What do you think?”

Isabel: I think he’s gonna be run ragged off his feet for the next couple of years.

Janna: I think so, too.

Isabel: But that’s--that’s his choice and a trade-off, too, because it helps him build his--well I don’t know-- like his resume, I dunno.

[Laughter]

Isabel: It helps him build his like--

Janna: Well like, cement his place so that he has a good footing for the rest of--

Isabel: And it would suck if he just did Twilight and then just slacked off for the rest of the year, how much, I don’t think I would want that to be the only thing he was doing is Twilight.

Janna: And I don’t think that that’s the only thing that he would wanna do, either. You know what I mean?

Isabel: Yeah.

Janna: Just to be known as the guy from Twilight is probably not the best idea.

Isabel: Yeah, that’s probably like the least--that’s probably why he’s been keeping himself so busy too, is to have work so that people won’t say, “Oh, he’s just falling back on Twilight.”

Janna: Right, exactly. Honestly, too. His spare time isn’t even all that--even if he were to have spare time, I should re-say this. It wouldn’t be like spare time. He would be mobbed everywhere that he went until the craze kind of quieted down. So, it’s just like why not work and that way you’re on the set and you’re protected and you have something to do? Like--

Isabel: Exactly.

Janna: That’s what I would do. Might as well work your butt off until you get things set into place.

Isabel: Well, I’m glad we agree. That’s the end of our questions. Rob hasn’t said anything directly.

Janna: OOOh I have one though!

Isabel: Oh you have one, okay good, cuz I couldn’t even find anything. So, here’s our fave Rob quote for the week.

Janna: After the MTV Movie awards when he was asked about how he felt about winning “Best Fight” with Cam, who I cannot pronounce his last name, so I won’t even try--

Isabel: I just call him Cam Gigantic.

Janna: Cam Gigetty.

[Laughter]

Janna: Cam Quagmire, ok. When Rob was asked about how he felt about winning best fight, he said, “It made me feel really tough, really hard. I don’t think I’ve ever won a fight in my life, so it was cool.” That’s so Rob.

Isabel: Yeah. He’s never won a fight in his life. But, probably mostly true. 100 percent, most likely. Okay, now do the network news.

Janna: Okay, there’s a lot going on with the network. All the guys have had amazing articles out about them, and there’s so many that, honestly I can’t really cover--I can’t really cover or reiterate them here. We’re covering all of it on our network sites for Bobby, Sam, and Marcus, so if you haven’t seen those, check them out; they’re all linked on the main site. Sam Bradley, he was recently in Los Angeles. I saw two of his shows at the Hotel Café. He was an amazing performer, just like you said.

Isabel: Yeah, he’s great.

Janna: So much energy, so much fun. He was also a bit serious, though. That was a side of him I haven’t seen before, so he’s definitely taking this seriously and trying to get his career launched, and he’s doing a great job. For those of you who haven’t had the chance to see him live yet, it’s good news for you, he’s added a lot of tour dates for July and August. He’s going to be out on the road supporting the band Thriving Ivory on some of their U.S. tour dates, and he’s also going to be bringing his Men, which

Isabel: met.

Isabel: Yes, they’re awesome. I don’t think like his performance is complete without the Men, they’re so awesome.

Janna: And I think that he fills--

Isabel: And that hunky drummer.

Janna: The hunky drummer. He’s really excited for his Men to come out, as well.

[Laughter]

Janna: For his fans….

Isabel: That’s what she said!

[Laughter]

Janna: He’s very excited for Sam Bradley and the Men to be performing, and he’s bringing them on a performance or two along the way, so you can find the full list of tour dates on his Myspace page, it’s www.myspace.com/sambradley and we’re also updating our network with his tour dates, and some other fun stuff, so you can check those out--

Isabel: Chickity-check them out cuz the thing is, Joy’s been on vacay slash hiatus, so all the technical doohickeys have been put on hold for a bit cuz she knows how to do that, being the technical director.

Janna: Technical director.

Isabel: Yes. Hence. Forsooth. And Alas. Let us charge forward.

Janna: Let us charge forward. So, Bobby Long. Still going strong, rhyming time.. He’s pretty much been all over the place doing shows from London all the way to Germany. He attended a Twilight event in Berlin that was rather huge--I think one of the largest stages he’s ever performed on--so that’s good preparation for Twi-Con.

Isabel: Yeah.

Janna: That’s gonna be quite a show. He’s written a lot more songs while home in London, from what I hear, he finally finished up his university work and got back to writing music, so that’s--

Isabel: Wute.

Janna: Wute.

Isabel: With an “e,” not two “o’s”.

Janna: Wute! He put a demo of his new song, “Cold, Cold Loving” up on Myspace, and will be adding another one today or tomorrow so go check that out.

Isabel: Chicktiy check that out.

Janna: Chickity check that out. Also, released some new songs on iTunes. Well, a song. “Being a Mockingbird” live from Arlene’s Grocery, and he will be releasing another one just before he heads to America.

Isabel: Back here, home.

Janna: Yes, he’s coming back here, as you all probably know, heading back here in July for a proper tour this time.

Isabel: [with accent] A proper tour, you say?

Janna: [also with accent] A proper tour! That’s the worst accent I’ve ever done.

Isabel: Me, too. I pulled that one outta my bum. Sorry for anyone that I offended.

Janna: Oh man, that was terrible.

Isabel: Sorry, sorry. I have to tell you.

[Laughter]

Isabel: It’s not big enough, so I can’t see what’s actually going on. But I’ve been looking at an icon and Conan O’Brien is straddling someone’s head and smacking it left and right.

Janna: Awesome. That, America, is what it feels like to go to a Bobby Long live show. Like Conan O’Brien is going to straddle your head and smack it around.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Oh, God. That’s a compliment!

Janna: That is a compliment. No, I say that only because Bobby always says the shows are really weird. In interviews, he always says, “It’s like a monkey, riding on the back of Michael Jackson, with a hat on.” Or something like that.

[Laughter]

Janna: Or like drops of rain on the bullfighter’s back. So yes go see Bobby Long back in America in July. It’ll be like Conan O’Brien straddling your head, slapping you.

Isabel: Just like that, exactly like that. So when you’re there at Bobby Long’s thing, you close your eyes and you’re like it is exactly like Conan O’Brien straddling my head and slapping it around!

Janna: Just like they said it would be!

Isabel: And more! Okay, go on.

[Laughter]

Janna: Going on. Okay anyways, he’s hitting like thirty shows. He’s all over the place. It’s called his Dangerous Summer tour. He’s coming back in the fall, he’s gonna be here forever. He may as well just move here. So, if you haven’t seen him live, what are you waiting for? Go check out his Myspace, and finally what we have all been waiting for so patiently and, for me, not so patiently. Marcus Foster has a new one!

Isabel: Side by side, washer dryer.

Janna: Woohooo. It is like the groundhog seeing its shadow.

[Laughter]

Isabel: Marcus Foster slash spring is coming! I also thought I got a present in the mail the other day, because I was talking to Sam Bradley’s publicist and she was like, “Oh, yeah, do you want to have anything with Marcus?” And I was like, “Why, do you know his agent?” And she was like, “No, I’m representing him, too.” So it was like a present in the mail. Like, “Yay Marcus Foster’s coming out of hiding!”

Janna: And gearing up for what I think I’m gonna call a mini-tour at this point, because he hasn’t--it’s not all put together yet. I think he has his visa details worked all out, but he was saying he was having a problem with that. He’s book down for shows in Dallas, New York, Austin. He’s about to release his Los Angeles show dates, which I will absolutely be going to. In addition, if him coming back into the music scene was not enough, he’s also releasing his EP on iTunes. Yay! Wooo!

Isabel: Woohoo! J: Available June 22. Go buy it and love it long time.

Isabel: And tell us about how you love it a long time.

Janna: Exactly. Send us e-mails. Admin.thenetwork@gmail.com. We wanna hear from you guys, too. Anyway, I can’t wait for this one. I’m excited that he’s coming out here. He’s been home working on his sculpture work. Oh my God, he had to cancel a show for this weekend because he nearly took his thumb off working on one of his sculpture pieces.

Isabel: Wow, Marcus. Watch out.

Janna: So, dearest Marcus, for the love of cheese, please take care of your hands because we have been waiting on the other side of the pond very, very patiently--

Isabel: Yeah, take care of your hands cuz that’s what you use to play the music.

Janna: Yes, exactly. So--

Isabel: Screw the sculptures!

Janna: Pay no attention to that big, chunky piece of metal over there. Just come play guitar for people like us.

Isabel: Exactly. And that is not a request, that is an order.

Janna: Exactly. Straight from us, land that means something.

Isabel: Yeah, right.

Janna: Yeah, I know. Last thing, and it’s actually the biggest announcement, is the show that I have christened, the Triple Threat, it’s an after-show party at Poor David’s Pub in Dallas, taking place on the first slash second, and I say this because there is a lot of confusion--

[Laughter]

Janna: Doors open at 11:30 p.m. at night on Saturday, August first, but the show runs from midnight to 4:00 a.m. the morning of August second, so it’s a--and this is patented, don’t anybody try to steal it! It is my single-venue-double-day-triple-threat show.

Isabel: And of course, Pattinson Online will bring you the latest, and the greatest, and the brightest, because

Janna: is going to be in Dallas experiencing things firsthand. We’ll have exclusive things for you, keep a look out! You know how we do here, on the Pattinson Online Network.

Janna: We’ve got a lot of stuff planned for Dallas, and--

Isabel: We do.

Janna: A little cast from his show is possible.

Isabel: Wute.

Janna: Anyway, so Bobby Long, Marcus Foster, and Sam Bradley, all three-- this is why it’s so epic--will be performing throughout the night at this one show, it’s gonna be the only time outside of the Twi-Con convention you’ll see all three artists on the same stage at the same venue. I, of course, the network director will be there live center-stage to bring you the action.

Isabel: Yes, come up to us, say hi! She’s not mean, she’s very nice. And--

Janna: I am very nice!

Isabel:--we like meeting friends, and we love meeting fans, so do that. And--

Janna: If I’m braving the Dallas weather that is terrifying to cover this, I want to hear from you guys. I will be the one that’s up front, center, wearing some frickin’ awesome shoes. Preferably with red soles cuz I love Christian Louboutin.

Isabel: Everyone’s dream.

Janna: Check it--

Isabel: Chickity check. Okay.

Janna: Okay, so yeah, there’s only 400 tickets available for this, and I guarantee you it’ll sell out quickly. They are available for pre-sale at frontgatetickets.com. Don’t get confused by the dates, cuz they now have it listed August 1st and 2nd, so there’s also a link on the Poor David’s website, poordavidspub.com and I will see you guys there, make sure to say “hi.”

Isabel: Awesome.

Janna: And maybe, even, I’ll call

Isabel: so--

[Laughter]

Isabel: Yeah, I’ll be standing by to receive phone calls. Stuck in Canada.

[Laughter]

Janna: Blame Canada!

Isabel: The Great White North, America’s Hat! Okay, we’re gonna start up with our wrap-up items. I just wanna say, before we even do any of the other site wrap-up items, we--the reason why we wanted to do more about the fans, we wanted to answer more questions, as well as use the fans in the Soap Box, is because we wanted to basically make this--this episode a little more fan-centered as a thank you to all of you who’ve been members, who’ve supported us throughout the past three years, even recently. We’re really thankful for all of our fans, and we figured that you guys would like to know some sort of statistics, and thanks to you guys, really thanks to all of you, we’ve got some crazy numbers to share with you. Our last podcast, lemme wait till the stats load, right now…our last podcast, which was episode 11, it was downloaded altogether downloaded 21,306 times. Which means we have over 21,000 listeners listening to us right now, and it’s mind-boggling to me it’s more than I can even express. We thought that 100--we thought 83, I remember the first time Joy told me about our stats, she was like, “83 people are listening!” we’re like, “Yay! 83 people! Woohoo!” and 21,000 listeners? Guys, thank you so much! That’s so crazy!

Janna: We love you guys.

Isabel: We really do love you guys. Our special PattyCast with Sam reached over 15,000 and episode ten was over 16,000, so I can’t express enough how much we love you guys, and appreciate you guys, and we do this because of you, so thanks for listening. And--

Janna: You guys are, yes, you’re our driving force. It is sometimes a bit overwhelming to work full time and work on the site, but the friendships we’ve made, and the fans, and the appreciation that we get means so much that you guys are the reason we’re talking right now.

Isabel: Yeah, and we love what we do. And we’re really glad that we have a forum in which to do it in. So, thanks again, everyone!

Janna: Thank you! Yay!

Isabel: Give yourself the clap!

Janna: Give yourself, not the clap, but A clap.

Isabel: Well, let’s finish up with our wrap-up items. Talk about memberships. We just wanna remind you guys that the Soap Box is still around; that’s our newest section. Brie, as we mentioned before, is the only member that’s actively participating in the Soap Box; that’s a place for us to share blogs with you guys. We have behind the scenes about the PattyCast, we have extended editions, we’ve got just Member’s Only contests, we have Members Only benefits, we’ve just got crazy things. Also going on in the Soap Box, lots of us make different graphics, just funny things about--it’s like our little club about behind the scenes on the PattyCast and just everything about everything is posted in there: show notes, and like little doodles on our notes, and just things like that.

Janna: And it doesn’t have to be--it could be anything, to be honest. It’s just our place to be silly and chat up with you guys, and it’s really fun to participate in, so you guys should come say hi!

Isabel: And we wanna give a shout-out to Brie, who’s been really, really big loyal supporter of us. So, Yay!

Janna: We love Brie, and it’s a chance for us to talk back to you, too. We answer you guys.

Isabel: Yeah, we do, we read it, and we wanna know what’s going on, and if you wanna interact us, we’re there, too. So, be sure to check out our membership packages there are different ones depending on what you want. And go take a look!

Janna: Looky, looky!

Isabel: Take a look. All of our proceeds go to running the website and we are just happy that we’re given a chance to give you guys things that you want. So, do you wanna talk about our membership sponsors, Jan?

Janna: What?

Isabel: Do you wanna talk about our membership sponsors?

Janna: Yes!

Isabel: A little something to say, and I’m gonna fire up something here to read to everybody.

Janna: Absolutely. As you guys, if you do not know, you should know, that we have an amazing sponsor. Pure Genius. Pure Genius Skincare and their products are amazing. I use them myself, and--

Isabel: I use them, too.

Janna: As do all of our Webmisses. They are tested on us and not animals.

[Laughter]

Janna: All-natural, and I can’t even tell you guys, this stuff is fabulous. I have really off-the-wall skin that changes, I dunno, every couple of weeks. Sometimes it’s dry, sometimes it’s not, and this is the only product that’s been able to handle my skin drama.

[Laughter]

Janna: So there’s really not much to say at this point, it makes your face feel amazing and it’s just a great product. I can’t even talk enough about it. Why don’t we go into--

Isabel: Yeah, their url is puregeniusskincare.com and just a reminder that members get $25 off their first order. They get a free travel-size tub of cream, and they also get 15% off any orders from here out after their first order. And so, a couple of our members have actually purchased from them and they’ve given us feedback, and one of our members who’s super happy about it, her name is Carmen, and she wrote us something about it for the PattyCast, so I thought I would read it to you guys.

Janna: Fabulous.

Isabel: So she says, “I recently purchased the Pure Genius skin care pack, and I’m so glad I did. I have sensitive skin and I find it so difficult to use many of the products on the market, even more expensive product lines. I’ve been using the Pure Genius products for about three weeks now and I can see a marked improvement in the look and feel of my skin. My skin actually feels different--better. The first time I used the products I knew I might be on to something. I used the regimen morning and night and each day my skin feels more hydrated and moisturized. I really appreciate that this is a natural product line, with a light, natural, clean scent. There are no added fragrances or dyes, which can irritate the skin. I believe Pure Genius is worth every penny. I would recommend it to anyone who may be considering purchasing the pack. As a matter of fact, I’ve been telling anyone who’ll listen about this amazing new skin care discovery. I can’t wait to see what else may be forthcoming in the future.”

Isabel: So, Carmen obviously loves it, and she’s awesome, awesome for writing that for us.

Janna: Thank you, Carmen!

Isabel: And I don’t think we can say anything else. Like, she totally just encapsulated everything about this product and why we’re sponsoring with them. The integrity of their product kind of marks like--kind of mirrors and reflects off the integrity we have on the website, so.

Janna: Exactly. You should know that we would not sponsor with, or we would not push any kind of products that we did not think were absolutely worth it, and we really think that you guys would enjoy it. That’s why we want you guys to go for it.

Isabel: Yeah, and that’s why we also negotiated these member benefits for you guys. So if you’re a member and you haven’t taken advantage of them yet, go ahead. And if you’re not a member what are you waiting for? Go for it!

Janna: I know! We are so much fun! You’ll love us!

Isabel: Yes. So that’s it for our wrap-up items.

Janna: do you have anything else you think we should talk about before we go?

Janna: How awesome our fans are.

Isabel: They are. We can’t thank you guys enough. So, goodbye from

Isabel: .

Janna: And goodbye from

Janna:.

Isabel: Bye!

Janna: Bye!

[Outro]

Outtakes:

Isabel: Look how handy that is! You can Google it. Yeah, you can Google anyone. Anything.

Janna: Google is the--

Isabel: Everywhere.

Janna: Jim Carrey stands up for pigs on MTV, what? There wouldn’t be Swine Flu if we treated pigs better. Okay, that’s not anything to do with Rob….

Isabel: Yeah, someone ghetto-filmed it off TV.

Janna: Nice.

[Laughter]

Janna: Ghetto-filmed. That’s janky.

Janna: Okay, seriously, thought. Speaking of this.

Isabel: Stop talking! I’m watching! Speaking of what? Okay go ahead.

Janna: Are you done?

Isabel: Yeah. I paused it.

Janna: Okay, I have a lot of crap--

[dogs bark in background]

--cuz I have so much going on.

[dog barking]

Isabel: Your Puggles, or whatever they’re called are--

Janna: They’re barking?

Isabel: Yeah.

Janna: This could be an outtake. Bark!

Isabel: Bark!

Janna: Bark!

Isabel: Bork. Bork. Bork Bork. It’s a Swedish dog.

Janna: Bork. Do a French dog!

Isabel: [Sounds like she’s dying] Le bark. I am too cool to bark. I will smoke zis cigarette. Oh God.

Janna: It’s like, Le bark. Le bark.

Isabel: That’s Robin Williams.

Janna: [with French-ish accent] I bark in your general direction.

Janna: So there’s been a lot of goings-on in the network. All three guys have had amazing breasts (press) , so--

Isabel: I heard you say amazing breasts!

[Laughter]

Isabel: All guys have had amazing breasts during their tour. They’ve experienced quite amazing breasts throughout.

[Laughter]

Janna: You cannot read--

[Laughter]

Isabel: You’re so--

Janna: Snicker.

Isabel: I think that’s it. Okay, we’re done, we’re done recording. I don’t know what to do. I’m gonna turn it off. It’s 81 minutes.

Janna: I think we did good.