TRUEBIE ALERT!!!

If you, like me, are counting down the days until the premiere of True Blood, Season 5 (June 10!!!), then you'll be mildly ecstatic to hear that HBO has released 20 -- count 'em, 20! -- brand new images. 

Oh my ASkars, it's enough to make a girl dizzy! And here's what we can learn from this sneak peek photo album ...

Okay, so you know the vampire shrine in your bedroom? You know, that table with all the candles and dead flowers where you set up your Fangtasia shot glasses and your bust of Eric Northman and your Twilight action figures and that Edward jigsaw puzzle that took you forever to make? (The whole shrine really came together when you added that string of lights shaped like little bottles of Tru Blood, I must say.)

Anyway, you'd better put aside $419.99 right now because on July 10, Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series (Deluxe Edition) goes on sale and get this ...

I'm dying. Seriously. I'm so totally dying. Alexander Skarsgard in Fifty Shades of Grey?!?!?!

DYING!

Of course I would watch ASkars play absolutely any role -- plumber, bank teller, stuttering monk with a patch over one eye, ANY ROLE -- but bad boy with a taste for bondage Christian Grey?!

Skarsgard is so perfect for the part I can't even stand it. Even HE knows it! That's why his adorable ears perked up when he heard about the as-yet-uncast lead:

"He's got a sex chamber? My character has that on True Blood. He's got his little dungeon ... I was born to the play that part."

YES. YES YOU WERE, ASKARS!!

Ian Somerhalder? Puh-leeze. Chris Pine? Not even. Ryan Gosling? I'm not mad atchu, baby ... but nope.

Skarsgard. For. The. Win.

Oh my god, I'm blind! I'M BLIND!!! This holy trinity of hotness glows so bright to gaze upon them is like staring at the sun! Chris Hemsworth, Channing Tatum, and Joe Manganiello together in one place -- practically in coordinating outfits!! My retinas are burning!

WOW. Surely some sort of cosmic alignment that only takes place once every century or so must be the reason behind this most fortunate and fiiiiiine of red carpet moments ... what? Aha. Apparently that celestial event was in fact this week's IWC Flagship Boutique New York City Grand Opening.

Sure, why not? I honestly don't care what it was that brought these three together, I'm just glad something did.

Though I must admit, looking at this glorious photo does make a girl's imagination run wild ...

Forget June Cleaver and Clair Huxtable.

What's entertaining about "good" mothers?

As a mom, I don't want to turn on the TV and see mothers who always feed their kids balanced meals and never lose their tempers or send somebody to school in a shirt with a ketchup stain on the front. I want to see moms I can relate to: Moms who love their kids and really, really try to be good moms but still screw up a lot of the time.

You know, actual human being-type moms.

That's why I love every single TV mom on this list. None of them are bad moms, but none of them are perfect moms. All of them, however, make me laugh -- and isn't having a mom who makes you laugh more important than having a mom who irons your underwear?

So, some of you Truebies are probably aware of my long-standing devotion to Alexander Skarsgard. And it's true -- I'm Team Eric all the way, no diggity, no doubt. That said, I must admit to having a bit of a soft spot for Terry Bellefleur. Sure, he's got a pretty extreme case of PTSD going on, but he's still just a big old loyal teddy bear (a damn hot teddy bear at that!).

Poor guy, he's already been through so much ... I reeeeaally don't want anything bad to happen to him! 

Which is why this clip from True Blood Season 5 has me freaking out ... !

Okay, Truebies: Ready to be tested on your knowledge of all things Alexander Skarsgard? Let's see how much you know about his dad, Stellan Skarsgard.

You probably already know that he's Swedish (I guess that's obvious). You might even know that he's an actor. But did you know that he's, like, a BIG DEAL actor?

Who's been in about eight kajillion movies and TV shows and even if you didn't know who Stellan Skarsgard was at the time, you've probably seen at least five of those movies and/or TV shows?

I'll tell you more about those in a minute -- but first, I want to talk about this red carpet pic from The Avengers premiere. Did you think that dad Stellan was there to support son Alexander? NOPE! The other way around!

Because ASkars is the best son ever. Of course.

Want to feel pretty? Want to live in a sexy city? Want to ogle Alexander Skarsgard? Of course you do. Amy talks about those stories and more on today's episode of The Daily Stir. Each Thursday the show will encourage you take some time to yourself ... so sit back, kick your feet up, and take three minutes out of your day to indulge in some me time. Bring it.