Monday, November 23, 2009

My Confession



Hello, my name is Kim, I am a 48 year old grandmother, and yes I am a Twihard. I'm not a camp out for 5 days to get tickets, "Team Edward" tee shirt wearing (Ahem, Jamie) kind of  Twihard, but it's true, I have been bitten by the vampire bug. When the Twilight craze began and Jamie was completely immersed in the book series I thought that the whole premise sounded simply absurd. A sparkly vampire??? Puhleeeeze!! Jamie tried her best to get me to go to the theater with her to see the movie when it came out, but I could not be swayed...."No, no, no", I affirmed over and over, "I have no desire to see that movie." Then one evening when there was nothing on television, and I was weak, I let her convince me to watch the Twilight DVD with her. I started reading the books that same weekend. And yes damn it! I LIKED THEM!!
I didn't care that Edward might be the bad guy, rather than the hero, I no longer cared that these were vampires without fangs, I didn't even care that Edward sparkled! I just got lost in the story. Stephanie Myers has somehow managed to reinvent the same old love story that has worked for so many generations. It's a fun indulgence, the books were an easy read, and the movies are a great two hour escape from the real world.

3 comments:

Jamie said...

LOL- I knew you would like it Mom! Like Breena says - "There is just so much hotness!"

Steve and Stacy said...

You have a compadre in Stacy. She's already informed me that at some point this weekend I'm getting a two-hour stint with the kids.

By the way, I just don't get the lead vampire guy in the movie. Sparkly or not, he kind of looks like he got beat across the face with a wooden stake a couple of times. Admittedly I'm not the best judge of "hotness", but in the words of the blog author, "Puhleeeeze!!"

--Steve ;-)

Kim said...

Steve,

Haha! Tell Stacy she's going to like the new one. Can def. tell that it's a different director. I have to agree with you, he does have a different look to him....but there is just something about Edward......sigh.

;)Kim

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