Twilight takes over my life

The phenomena of what is Twilight has hit me. I will admit, it was the push from Merrilee that got me to read the books. She was constantly gushing over Edward, and I just had to find out what it was all about. As she shares my fanaticism for Harry Potter, I decided to trust her judgment. I had a gift card leftover from Christmas to Barnes & Noble, so I decided to use it to buy all 3 books online. I received the books on a Friday and started late that night on the first one. The next day, I was off to my sister's house, and it took all my self-control not to be constantly reading while I was there. If anything could keep me from my book, it would be my nieces and nephews. I love them and I can't help but choose them over anything else!! But by that night I had finished my book (actually, it was 2AM Sunday morning..). I was hooked! I couldn't wait to start on the 2nd book, New Moon. I even read it through the Super Bowl! By the time the next Friday rolled around, I had finished all 3 books; Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse -- a total of 1690 pages. I hated that I had to work or eat. I put off running my errands and going to the gym. These mandatory activities kept me from reading! On the nights that I couldn't just come home immediately after work and read until I got sleepy, I was super anxious and could hardly stand waiting until I could open up my book again.








Usually I am not a sappy romantic type of girl. I wasn't that girl growing up who dreamed about her wedding or being a mother... I didn't constantly have a boyfriend. So all that cheesy sappy stuff was not really in my genre. I am more of a sarcastic, jokey-jokey type of person. But for some reason, I just ate all that sappy romanticism up! I am in love with Edward Cullen. Yes, I am aware that these books are geared toward young adults. But I am with the majority of those 13-year-old girls that just can't get enough! It is a bit of an escape from the real-world, and it is very welcome. The character that is Edward Cullen is really the perfect guy. Let me tell you why:

• He loves Bella despite all her faults. In fact, he even loves her faults because that is who she is.




• He is interested in who she is as a person. What she likes/dislikes, her passions, etc. He actually takes the time to ask her questions and is sincerely interested in her answers




• He protects her against harm, both physically and emotionally




• He is always open to talk, and listens to Bella's side of things




• Even if he disagrees with Bella, he sees her side and he discusses things rationally




• He looks out for HER best interests, before his own.




• The way he treats her constantly shines of love and respect.
• He never shies away from complimenting her




• My favorite -- they have the best sense of humor! I love the sarcasm and the little "jabs" at eachother. Always playful, never to hurt or insult.

So, in short, I am in love with a fictional character. And he happens to be a vampire. Forget real life. I am super happy in my fantasy land of gorgeous perfect vampires. I'm thinking of becoming a vampire myself. ;)

(And I will be visiting Forks, WA on my next trip home)

(Also, please scroll down to the bottom of the page to see a sweet picture of my future family! Kudos to Chan!)

SAD: Single Awareness Day AKA Valentine's Day

So, I've never been a fan of Valentine's Day. Even those years when I did have a boyfriend on V-Day, I've always thought it was a stupid day. Each year probably since I was in 7th grade or so, I have worn all black. Not because I'm depressed or because I want to be depressing, but because I feel like there is so much red and pink floofiness all around, that I feel the need to balance it out somehow. Roses, balloons, heart boxes with chocolates, stuffed animals -- it's like a fake love tornado. I think it's ridiculous for all the pressure on the guys and all the expectation of the girls. We have all been programmed to think that Valentine's Day is something huge. So all the men get nervous about what they're going to do, and if it will be up to par, etc. And the women have these outrageous expecations, and end up getting disappointed no matter what their guy does for them.

Just seems like a whole lot of wasted energy. And what single person needs a national reminder that they are indeed single? Nobody I know. Although there is one good thing about Valentine's Day: it's a great excuse to get all your girl friends together, go out to dinner and a fun teeny-bopper movie! So despite the word that the acronymn for Single Awareness Day creates, there's no reason to feel depressed just because you're single on Valentine's Day. I say celebrate your freedom! :D

The switch to become public

So I know several people who have blogs, and most of those people know that I have a private blog; an online journal, if you will (and if you won't, then you can just leave now). A few people have asked if they could read some of it -- I assume just because they were curious of what I was REALLY thinking. So after several months, I've decided to scrub my "journal" (take out any really embarrassing posts) and make it public.

So now you have it! You are looking at the bare bones of my online journal. There aren't a lot of posts; as it turns out, there were some exceptionally embarrassing posts that I had to delete. Hopefully I can be better about updating this bare bones on a regular basis so that it has more "meat and potatoes" in the near future. I'm a firm believer in junk in the trunk, the more curves - the more to hold, skinny girls suck, etc. ;)

Now I just have to catch up on some important topics -- Trip to Italy, my sudden job-loss, and of course my obsession with Twilight! Stay tuned.....