Okay, I know, it's silly

So I just watched the "Twilight" movie, for the second time. And I hate to say it, but it's ridiculously addicting. But I still have to justify myself to you, the one person who may read this. I am not one to jump on bandwagons. In fact, I tend to shun bandwagons for as long as possible. "Trendy" things tend to have the opposite affect on me, I run the other direction. Back when everyone kept saying that Brad Pitt was soooo hot, I disagreed. Only in the last few years have I finally decided he's not bad to look at (always been a Matt Damon girl myself). When Harry Potter came out, I didn't read a single book or watch a single movie until just before the 6th book was released. Of course, then I started reading the books and couldn't put them down. So when this whole Twilight thing started building, I looked the other way. I did not want to get involved in this craze that was the topic of ever pre-teen girl conversation in the US. So I ignored it. Not as long as usual though, my curiosity got the better of me. I started reading the books. And, I realized that I am just as much of a sucker as every.....other.....girl....on.....the....planet. I do have to say, thank God for my willpower to hold off as long as I did, because I started reading after all four books were published and the first movie was in theaters. I can't imagine how miserable it was for all those who had to, gasp, wait between books. Now, I admit, the books are cheesy with a capital C. They play off every ridiculous emotion that we silly girls have. And it is completely unrealistic. We are already dissatisfied with the men in our life thanks to Jane Austin, Disney, and every romantic movie ever made, but Twilight takes it to a new, even more unhealthy, level. In the movie Edward refers to Bella as a drug, he says, "You're my own personal kind of heroin". Well, this movie is like a type of heroin. You know it's bad for you, but you like it anyway, and once you start, you just want more.