Vampires

I have a slight addiction and life has kinda been put on hold at our house. You see, I'm 26 years old and I'm addicted to vampires. It started two years ago when I was 6 months pregnant with Little Miss B. Two of my best friends kept raving and raving about Twilight. I really couldn't understand the whole concept and quite frankly, thought it was lame until I opened the book and couldn't put it down. I ended up finishing Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn in less than five days. I was obsessed. The quirkiness of Bella and the mysterious, romantic old age of Edward kept me enthralled and their relationship with all that sexual tension just put it over the top for me. I was seriously obsessed. So obsessed that I read all four books, four times.

And when Twilight the movie came out right within days of our one year wedding anniversary, it was one of our last date nights before Little Miss B was born. I wasn't the hugest fan of the Twilight movie but it sufficed and did the job. And I won't lie, there were many times throughout the movie when Edward's pale face looked down on me and I swooned. What can I say, I was almost 9 months pregnant and Edward was making me swoon, I make no excuses. And when New Moon came out a year later, within days of our two year anniversary, we were SO there. I was totally hooked. There was obvious chemistry there between Edward and Bella and add in the hunky man candy rest of the cast of vampires and werewolves and I was hooked.

So last week when I saw Twilight playing on Showtime, I couldn't help but DVR it and get a quick Twilight fix. Only this time, it just wasn't the same. Despite a few of my favorite scenes of the book/movie, I wasn't as into it. So I decided it was time to read Stephanie Meyer's book again and picked up my battered copy of Twilight once again. And I still felt myself slightly jilted. I still loved the book and storylines but I found myself slightly annoyed with Bella's obsession with all supernatural and her lack of independence. Granted, she's supposed to be 18 and I can remember being in that place when I was 18, but really? She's placing her entire life within Edward's hands and doesn't experience anything outside of him and their bubble. She pretty much ignores any human other than her parents and when he leaves her in New Moon, she acts like there is no life for a few months and immediately jumps into the arms of Jacob. I was disappointed and my fill for vampires was not fulfilled.

So when I went over to our bookshelf to figure out what M and I would watch next (we're DVD junkies), my eyes were drawn to HBO's True Blood based on Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series. Hmmmmm. Could this do the trick? So I popped it in. And the opening scene had me wide-eyed as the show opened with 1) a minor sex scene and 2) vampires. M looked over at me wide eyed and asked, "What are we watching?!" I was hooked and we finished Season 1 in less than 4 days. YIKES! But what can I say? I love me some Vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer) Mmmm, mmmmm, mmmm!

And today Book 1 of Charlaine Harris' series arrived along with True Blood Season 2, compliments of Amazon. I am in heaven. This show did not disappoint and I'm sure the books will be just as cooky and intense as well. I am in heaven!