The Truth...

Since Trav is out of town and took the laptop, all of our pictures of Thanksgiving are with him, so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to talk about the movie New Moon! Don't act like you don't want to indulge in this conversation. As the title of this blog says, I'm going to be honest about my feelings. I hate to be this person, but I started reading the Twilight books years before the hype. When I told people what kind of books I was reading, they would just look at me and feel sorry for my husband. But then all of a sudden the craze hit, and I didn't look so silly after all.

As the books started to get more and more popular, I hid my true feelings and would only express my deep love for Twilight to close friends and family members. I didn't want to be one of those "bandwagon freaks." I was an original freak. So to rebel against the "BWF's," I laid off my true excitement when the movies started coming out. Can I just admit though, that I was SO excited when the New Moon movie came out.

This was by far my favorite book of the series... lets be honest, Stephanie got a little carried away near the end of the series, and in my opinion "Breaking Dawn" should have been called "Break my eye sockets so I can't read this nonsense." Sorry, that's another post for another day, back to New Moon. Most opinions out there say that New Moon was their least favorite book because Edward wasn't in most of it and because it was slow. I think the reason I loved it so much is because Stephanie, although I don't think she is the best writer in the world, did a great job illustrating the pain of losing someone. If anyone has ever experienced losing someone through a death, a break up, or a move or something, I think they could identify with this book. At least I did for one point in my life, I know that is why this book made such an impression on me. It brought back those sad feelings and in one point of the movie, I'm a little embarrassed to admit, I got a little choked up. Wow, I can't believe I really admitted that, good thing my blog is private now. Now that I'm on a roll, I'll just say that New Moon (the book) was a really emotional and almost beautiful story. I loved the whole idea of having such a perfect love end not because they fell out of love, but because one person had to protect the other. I loved how Bella had to cope with the loss and the things she did to get back to a normal life and how Jacob was there to help her.

Reading the books, I was all about Edward. Jacob didn't make the cut. But when I saw the movie, I kept finding myself rooting for Jacob. Obviously Jacob is smokin' and has a hot bod and all of that, but Edward was so lame! I'll admit, when I found out who was playing Edward, I wasn't too excited. But he actually proved me wrong when I saw Twilight, and I was willing to accept him. In New Moon, I don't know if it was the pasty makeup or the weird contact lenses; he was nasty looking to me. OK and its not all about looks either, his personality was so blase'! I found myself wanting Bella and Jacob to get it on in her house, but stupid Edward had to call and ruin everything.

So now I'm at a loss. I don't feel loyal to Edward at all anymore, when at one point in my life he was the man... besides Travis of course... luv ya babe! In conclusion, I'm going back into my dormant Twilight lifestyle. I will act like its not that cool that Eclipse is coming out in June, I will secretly tivo all of the interviews on TV (especially the ones with Jacob), and I will act really annoyed when Breaking Dawn comes out, but that one probably won't be an act. It has felt really good to get this off my chest. For the two viewers besides my mom that actually read this blog, thanks for enduring this cliche post!