dissonance

Cedric as vampire!

So yesterday I heard like the most awesome thing ever:

The Twilight saga is going to the movies!

Don't get me wrong.  These books are absolutely trashy, ridiculous, petty, inane, cliche-ridden, superficial bit of a fluff and OMG I LURVES THEM.

I've always had soft spot for vampire-werewolf-conspiracy-drama-teen romance novels. I've read countless of them and I don't recall even so much as the titles of them, which is why I still love them.  They are such insignificant crap that I undergo a kind of amnesia and their utter unmemorable-ness is exactly why I keep wanting more. 

It's an indulgence that just lives in the moment when you are caught up in the crisis of "oh woe is me, I loves my pale faced purple eyed chiseled jawline sweetie but he wants to kill me more than sleep with me and his werewolf enemies will probably kill my family but oh he's so dreaaammy".   They don't stay with you.  The motifs and grand revelations do not haunt me in days to come so that just thinking about the book is enough, because there is nothing to think about. They are addictive, immediately satisfying, and if you're not careful that's all you'll ever want. Kinda like heroin.

I bought 2 of the 3 books during my last trip to California and read one on the way there and one on the way back. 2 out of 3 because only the first two were out on paperback and I wasn't going to spend $25 on garbage.

I'm insane but I'm not stupid.

It speaks to me

My mom is a fob

More penguins the better, I say.

I owe y'all some pictures.

First up, Chris' birthday which was "fancy dress" (which is British for costume party).  The clue is: Video /Computer Games:

And then last week we had our Halloween house warming party:

One note about the Halloween party, apparently I lasted til about 10:00. That's what happens when you try and channel Amy Winehouse but her alcohol tolerance doesn't transfer over.  The penguin did much further and even went out to the local bar where the barman told him that unfortunately, since the night before penguins have been banned.  To which my winged hero  responded, "Yes penguinS. That means you're allowed one right?"

And exhale...

I stayed up until 6AM glued to my computer and tv and it was worth every minute.

It's just the beginning, but it's time.