I can't believe I'm going to say this out loud

It's time for me to come out of the closet people...I, Nicole, love the Twilight series.  There, I said it, are you happy?!  What adult in their right mind reads teen novels about vampires?! (I now look at the ground, tail between my legs)  I wouldn't call myself hardcore, or Twitarded, but I like the movies for their mild entertainment value, am totally in love with the soundtracks, have read 2 (and 1/3) of the books and I'm pumped for the 4th movie to come out....oh the humanity!

This humiliating display started a couple years ago when I was staying at the Rindt B&B one weekend.  I think I might've been drinking, or at least that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it, and Ally "forced" me to watch the first two movies. Well who wouldn't fall in love with Taylor Lautner's abs?!?!  Let me go get my dirty laundry, Taylor! She caught me at a week moment and I fell, hook line and sinker.  The teen angst killed me; just go have sex already!!  (Another thing that kills me: The awful dialogue.  I guess one can't expect much from a teen series written by a mom/housewife)  Eclipse was viewed at Amanda's house during a girls night and....well....Jacob hardly wears a shirt in that movie so it won me over again!  I'm such a sucker for a tall, tan, fit guy with fantastic teeth and brooding eyes (who's only 19, has long hair for the first 1 1/2 movies, and phases into a werewolf)

For many years I was doing SO well resisting the peer pressure to read the books. My friends said things like "They are soooo good" and "You won't be able to put them down".  It was all over when I moved in with LL this summer.  She has read the books, seen the movies, read a couple other pieces from Stephanie Meyer regarding the series, follows the blogs, reread the books, reread chapters in the books, downloaded the soundtracks and even knows all about the main actors. (Twitarded much?)  Of course she owns the books and found out I had seen the movies (and enjoyed them....*shudder*) so I bought in to the mania.

Well, I could've put Twilight down (but didn't) and I could've thrown New Moon out a window (Stephanie Meyer is only an okay writer and I found myself literally dying in the first 1/3 of the book).  I completely ignored Eclipse and skipped right to Breaking Dawn; I recently finished it and that one actually had some entertainment value, in my opinion.  The most embarrassing part is, now I can't stop thinking about them!  Remember when Friends ended?  Well, this isn't nearly as significant but you get my point.

Here's how bad its gotten now: LL and I partied a little too hard last Friday and spent all day Saturday doing a Twilight movie marathon using a projector and our living room wall.  So now the two of us are all geared up to see the 4th movie in November and we'll probably have a movie marathon again.  What is wrong with me?!  Robert Pattinson (with his chiseled jaw, musical talent and sexy hair) looks like he's constipated all the time and Kristen Stewart has an obsessive blinking problem.  I think Taylor Lautner steals the show for me. Go Team Jacob!

So now the cat is out of the bag and I don't have to hide anymore.  It feels like a weight has been lifted!  Let's just keep this dirty little secret between you and me, okay?

PS-I also had some trouble embracing the Harry Potter thing but, thanks to LL, I've watched all the movies now (including the last one) and thoroughly enjoyed them!  J.K. Rowling is clearly a MUCH better writer than Stephanie Meyer.  Gotta love those Brits!  I still won't touch the books.  There's too many of them and I have commitment issues.

PSS- Is it November yet?!?!