Before watching Transformers yesterday, The New Moon movie trailer came out. I swear to you, every single female in that theater became aroused. It’s as if we were watching some kind of chip-n-dale show. My goodness! And I was one of them! I don’t know what it is about this Twilight Saga mag-ij, but it draws me in so bad. I’m obsessed! Funny thing is, my mother is drawn to it as well. It was so hard for me to try and explain why, until I found the perfect explanation of this obsession.

“So what is it about Twilight that drives us women to such craziness? Let me start off by sharing that I was a total doubter when Twilight first came out. My friend Zoe told me about it a long time ago and I said "Wait, it's about vampires? I don't read vampire books. Eww". "Trust me", she said, "you'll thank me later". Time passed and one day I saw a copy on sale at the checkout counter at TJ Maxx for $5-so I picked it up. The 50-something year old checkout lady looked at me with longing eyes and sighed "Oh my God, have you not read this yet??" Seriously? 48 hours later, cut to me driving frantically to Borders at 9 a.m. to buy the rest of the series and then rush back home. I read them in a month and I couldn't tell you anything my husband did or said in that time, I'm not sure I even took a break to shower. What had become of me? It's not like the writing is even good, but there is something about this story that just renders even the most mature woman a thumping-hearted, lovesick tween. And his name is Edward Cullen.

 So here's the deal with Edward, for those not in the know like my brother. He causes such a stir because his character is the perfect man. He's handsome, wealthy, romantic and devoted. The mysterious, brooding bad boy who writes lullabies on the piano for his girlfriend but also rips out the throats of bad guys in defense of her honor. He says things like "Your my own personal brand of heroin" and "I don't think I have the strength to stay away from you any longer" (cue knee buckling). He is the perfectly impossible combination of poet, athlete, intellectual and bad ass- the human(ish) equivalent of a unicorn. And having Rob Pattinson to use as an image of Edward, well, that's just icing on the cake according to yours truly. Now to give my brother credit, he made a good point of saying that if a normal guy ever said such lines to a girl, they'd be laughed at and/or slapped with a restraining order. Good point, and probably true. But this is make believe, so I'm gonna stick to my guns and swoon anyways. Every woman wants to feel coveted, craved, defended and protected and well, that's just what we get from reading about this fictitious character who was crafted to feed that desire (because let's face it, we don't always get that from our real life men.) So thank you, Stephanie Meyer.”

 So yes, thank you, Stephanie Meyer for Edward Cullen and Elements of Style for the wonderful post and making it clear to me!!! And to top it off Jacob is totally hot in The New Moon. What is it with these teenagers?!