Where Gypsy Reigns and Strange Things Appear

Thank you, Sandy, for gathering all this information for us!Here’s the info for sending in those emails and postcards!
Postcards (Lifetime will only accept/read postcards) can be bought on-line at usps.com for the price of the postage. The link is: http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10152&storeId=10001&productId=20155&langId=-1

Lifetime’s address is:
LifeTime Television
309 W. 49th Street
New York, NY 10019

The email link for feedback is:
http://www.lifetimetv.com/feedback/form.php?area_id=1&section_id=1 and for the petition for more seasons… http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bloodtiesseason2/index.html

(NO icepick! – I’m only posting this once!)

Posted by: Sandy

Just saving some really amusing limericks and other poetry from the Bloodties Lifetime blog. I’ll add more poetry as it appears.
Please note that I’m only responsible for writing one of these. I’m just saving the rest for posterity. Comments in parentheses and italics are mine.

There once was a P.I. named Vicki.
Took on cases extremely icky.
Met Henry Fitzroy
And oh what joy
Things proceeded to get really sticky.
Posted by: Annalaise duChat

Despite limited visual ability,
Vicki checked on the clinic of fertility
But Henry’s assistance
Was moot in this instance
For his swimmers were lacking motility
Posted by: ms.gyspy | (That would be me. That second line is awkward, innit?)

There once was a lady named Gypsy
Who made beer and got a bit tipsy
Drinking games we did play
On the floor we did stay
Now I drink to get tipsy w/Gypsy**
Posted by: DIZEY1 (I’m blushing!)

Will Vickie choose Henry or Mike?
One of them must take a hike
Vamp and then human
She keeps going through them
Which one does she actually like?
By Kurapika404 (posted by Laurel)

There once was a cop named Mike
Whom Henry tried not to bite
Along came a monk
Mike lost a chunk
And Vicki’s staying out of sight!
Posted by: DIZEY1

I’ll first taste your blood my dear,
To do that I must bite here
I said “what the heck!”
And showed him my neck.
Cuddling after? Yes dear!
Posted by: Laurel

There once was a man called Fitzroy
Who was *VAMPED* when only a boy
He wandered through history
To many a mystery
Hell I wish I could just be his TOY
Posted by: DIZEY1
There once was a vampire named Henry
Who counted his lovers as many
Then he met Vicky
And things got sticky
Since there were not any
Could make him forget Vicky
Posted by: Claire (It’s not very limerick-y but I like it nonetheless)

Really enjoyed the things you’ve been rhyming
I thought I would try, but I’ve got really bad timing
This blog is the best,
of that I attest
The walls it does keep me from climbing.
Posted by: Tango

I know of Henry of Richmond
Who’s condo had no kitchen
The zombie he salted
The priestess he halted
And now Vicki’s no longer bitchin’
Posted by: DIZEY1 (I think DIZEY1 is the reigning Duchess of Rhyme, working up to Queen.)

We watched as Vicki, Henry did sniff
We watched as his body did go stiff
We watched him fight the perp
and from her arm did slurp
Oh Lord do we think our Blood Ties terif
I think it works… *shrugs* We’ll try again later.
Posted by: Anzia
There was a vamp named Fitzroy,
Man he looked good, this our boy,
For vicky we long a kiss, oh my,
Soon to be, we scream with joy!!!!
Posted by: susana (Not a limerick per se but rather good nonetheless…)

There once was a man named Henry,
Who sent all our hearts into a frenzy,
But Lifetime said NO,
you won’t see the show,
Until there’s snow.
Posted by: Margaret (Again, a poem, not a limerick. I hope Lifetime doesn’t really say NO, though!)

There once was an addict named Tango
Who liked her youtube vids in slowmo
At Kyle she did gaze,
her heart was ablaze
Keep those videos coming ~ I say, “Bravo”!
Posted by: Tango |

We thought that Norman was dead
Sucked into a vortex they said
He duped Henry & Vicki
The kissing got really icky
And Astaroth’s coming for her head
Posted by: DIZEY1

Said Henry to Vicki “I bite!
But I’ll try not to give you a fright.
Try not to struggle,
after we’ll snuggle,
if passion you’ll let me ignite.”

Said Vicki “I think that I might.”
But she opted to put up a fight.
Avoiding his kiss
she’s likely to miss
a preternatural delight!
Whooo I did it! I managed to use “preternatural delight” in a limerick. It wasn’t easy.
Posted by: Annalaise duChat (and congratulations on using preternatural delight. That can’t have been easy!)

Henry had a little take-out
Vicki had a little freak out
Demon Tats a burning
Astaroth is yearning
Watch while they knock Norman’s light out
Posted by: Maddie Mo

Henry, he wanted some passion,
Which Vicki, she wanted to ration;
They both leaned in tight,
But Vicki veered right,
So Henry must just keep on askin’.
Posted by: ndayeni
There once was a vampire named Henry,
Who lived life with gusto and energy;
He met an ex-cop,
Who had issues–a lot–
Now to love her is the fate of poor Henry.
Posted by: Ndayeni

There once was a BloodTies fan Sandy
Who loved all the BloodTies eye candy
With fang in her throat
This limerick she wrote
With the help from her BloodTies blog fam’ly.
*bows to blog-kin* – it’s all your fault!
Posted by: Sandy

TO ALL MY BLOOD TIES BUDS
THE SILENCE HIT W/A THUD
WE SCRAMBLED AND WROTE
TO EACH OTHER A NOTE
NOW I’M READY FOR ABUCKET O’ SUDS
POSTED BY: DIZEY1
Danielle |

The Lifetime blog is saying goodbye
But the Blood Ties fans never say die
To Gypsy’s we did move
We had something to prove
Waiting five months and still asking why

Norman from Hell got his ticket out
Most people still thought he was a lout
The three items he found
While slinking around
But in the end he went back to pout

Several people we have tried to turn
But some of them can’t seem to learn
They won’t listen to us
So then we want to cuss
It appears that they don’t give a durn

Hey I am pretty damn proud of them (As they say, I don’t know much about art but I know what I like and I like these! Thanks, Danielle!)
DIZEY1 Says
There once was a girl named Beth
Who lived her life obsessed
She impatiently waited
For Henry she stated
Now this summer will be her test

Strange as this may seem, I’m not a big fan of vampire novels. Really, I’m not. I am a fan of novels where either the supernatural or future tech intersect with murder mysteries. I am dealing with the unfortunate fact that romance often intersects as well. But on the topic of just plain novels about vampires, I’m not a fan. I’ve tried. I’ve really tried. And vampire movies are fine. (Especially the ones with Keanu Reaves and Winona Rider but I digress…)  I didn’t much care for Interview With a Vampire, although I did take advantage of the concept of the Talamasca and run with it for a Halloween costume one year. (Business suit, briefcase, mystical looking ID card and for some reason a large box of chocolates because I figure even a vampire ought to be attracted to gourmet chocolate.) I tried reading Laurel K. Hamilton’s stuff but … you know, I’m the last person to object to pornography in general, but her stuff just makes me shudder. It was good for the first few novels but then she got all humpy and I lost interest.

So my enthusiasm for the tv series “Blood Ties” can only be explained by a combination of (a) remnant of my time as a Buffy fan, (b) my love for Tanya Huff’s writing, (c) my admiration for a helluva job done by a helluva casting director, (c) and everyone else connected to the show did a helluva job, too, and (d) I have to confess a small crush on Tanya herself. (I didn’t realize that was going on until this afternoon when the friend who first introduced me to the Vicki Nelson books pointed it out. {BLUSH!!!}

On the LifetimeTV’s “Bloodblog,” which Tanya sorta kinda runs (at least she directs it at the outset of each week but I think we bloggers just run amuck unsupervised and we have way too much fun doing it) people are recommending vampire novels to one another. I’m not able to contribute to that discussion but I am able to offer a place here for people to make their suggestions easier to access. So, go ahead, post a comment recommending your favorite vampire novel or series of novels. This way people won’t have to hunt through that whole bunch of wild and crazy posts to find your suggestion.

And, who knows? I might even decide to read your recommendation and discover that I actually LIKE your taste in vampire novels.

By which I am of course referring to that last two hour interval before “Blood Ties” begins.

So here are some suggestions for other things to do to pass the time:

1. Read up on British history so you can debate the finer points of the historical Henry Fitzroy’s place in it.

2. Learn to sew historical costumes so you can dress like your favorite era that Henry would have lived through.

3. Make your own red wine.

4. Learn to stir a martini.

5. Learn to paint portraits in the Tudor style.

6. Read up on Canadian cuisine. (The next person who offers me something they think is poutine had best have a damned good idea what that word actually means because I’ve had some blessedly poor poutine in my life!)

7. Collect photographs of the Toronto skyline.

8. Watch “Iron Chef America.” Oh, wait, that’s just me.

9. Hunt all over the Internet for a picture of one of the stars that no one has seen so far.

And the last suggestion I have is

10. Read the books. Again if necessary. The Smoke books if you haven’t read them yet (that would be me…)

Yes, I’m insane, and I’m far from the most obsessed fan there is. Frankly, I spent the day climbing the side of a waterfall and it kicked my ass! Then I came home and am about to watch “Iron Chef America.” But, as said, that’s just me.

One morning, a group of wild women on the LifetimeTV blog for “Blood Ties” started to compare their ages and they discovered a most peculiar thing. Many of them were over 30. Some were WAY over 30. And they all appreciated the cast’s … um … assets. [blush, stammer, blush, realize no one believes my stammers and blushes and give up on it] So one of their number, now known far and wide as prtfvr (a word we were later to learn referred to “parrot fever” and that leads to the tale of Baby Henry the cockatiel and I just told you that so I could get that phrase into this post) created a chart by which the wild women could figure out just how pervy they were. Herewith is prtvfr’s Pervs-ville chart:

• Under 33 = Not Perv
• Over 34 but not yet 40 = On the way to Pervs-ville
• 40 and over = Not only are you in Pervs-ville but you’re the mayor.

Pervs-ville has a lot of Mayors. I’m the Governor of the state of Pervs. We have a President but she’s really more of a figurehead.

We are wild and wonderful women, that’s all I have to say.

Please note that I have absolutely NO permission to use the above image and I’m hoping that using it as the link back to LifetimeTV’s website will buy me some sympathy from them.

Once upon a time, on a LifetimeTV blog far, far away, a group of fans met in cyberspace to revel in their love (dare I say lust?) for a new TV series based on Tanya Huff’s books in the “Blood” series. (Also known to some of us who never knew it as the “Blood” series as the Vicki–or sometimes Victory–Nelson books…)

And one day some of those fans had a mutual fit of the sillies and decided that the series deserved its own drinking game, even before the tenth episode aired on American television (and long before it aired in its own native Canada.) By the time this game had started to take shape, they were all still sober but the Hunger (for a beer or sometimes for a nice merlot) was surely rising.

Anyone who wants to add anything to this game can email me at ms.gyspy@gmail.com and include the words BT Drinking Game in the subject line. I promise to give all suggestions careful consideration but I retain the right to eliminate anything that violates laws, copyrights, or anyone’s the personal space. And I reserve the right to change the drink descriptions if I think you’re just trying to get a bunch of weird, wild women plastered.

And now, without further ado (or adon’t if you’re in a negative frame of mind) is

The Blood Ties TV Series Drinking Game

Every time Henry tries to put a lighthearted move on Vicki, slam one.
Every time Vicki takes off her glasses, take one sip.
Every time Mike flirts with Vicki, slam one.
Every time Coreen mentions Dr. Sagara. take a shot
Every time Mike turns green with envy you have to have 2 shots.
Every time Henry goes vamp with black eyes and teeth take a sip

When Vicki touches Henry take a shot
When Henry touches Vicki take a sip.
When Kate hits on Mike take a shot. Two if he responds favorably.
Every time Henry says “I think you forget who/what I am”. Slammeramma!
Every time Vicki digs her heels in, one swig
Every time Vicki wears a ponytail, take a sip.
Every time Vicki alludes to Mike’s “prowess” at ANYTHING to Henry, that’s a slam. Yeah boy-eeee!
Every time Henry gets pissed at Vicki and walks away, slam
Every time Henry risks his butt for Vicki or on her behalf for anyone, take a sip.
Every time Mike’s hair poufs out for ANY reason, slam that hammer down!
Every time they speed up Kyle’s motions to show Henry’s vamp-speed, take two sips.
Anytime Henry noshes on a woman because he’s pissed off at Vicki, not just because he’s hungry, slam one
Anytime Coreen makes a sexual comment one swig
Every time Henry mentions dear “old” dad take a shot

Anytime Mike insults Dave, slam
Anytime Dave insults Mike regarding still crushing on Vicki, two swigs
Anytime anyone makes a donut/cop joke slam 2.
Every time Henry and Vicki share a soulful kiss, slam 2.
Every time Mike/Henry have their verbal banter take a sip.
Every time Vicki flicks out the ASP, take a shot.
Every time Vicki talks about ordering Chinese, one swig.
Every time Vicki whines about her vision (not when she’s just making a comment but like when she says, “Just like I’m fated to go blind”) one shot.
Every time Vicki pooh pooh’s her and Henry’s chances because she’s going blind and he’s a vampire, slam.
Every time Henry uses Vicki as an arm slurpie, slam.
Every time Vicki’s former job as a cop is alluded to, one shot.
Every time Vicki or Mike mentions Chinese food, one shot.
Every time Vicki/Henry makes mention of the demon tats or to them possibly “bringing hell to earth” swig 2.
Every time Henry says “we’re done here” (which is like once an episode) take two sips.