The View from My Fishbowl: March 2009

3.29.2009

Party like a vampire!

Ready to party!

Pocket Edward found comfort in a
bowl of just popped popcorn!

P.E. is ready for his close up!

Oh! Twizzlers!

Yes, it's true....my sister and I threw a 'Twilight' viewing party last night. It was a small party...just us and few other Twilight OBSESSED women. Oh, and Pocket Edward was there too. The menu was vegetarian lasagna, garlic bread, mozzarella "bites", red velvet cupcakes. And of course, popcorn and movie candy. Oh...and lots of booze!

3.27.2009

Olivia's take on Twilight

Olivia drew Bella under a rainbow in a field..

And then Edward, in a field...and he is sparkling!

And finally, she wanted to tape them together!

This is how these pictures happened. Olivia wanted to draw a rainbow and then she said "I'm going to make this a Twilight rainbow because you love Twilight." She asked the names of the girl and the boy in the movie and then she said "what color should they be?" I told her Edward would sparkle in the sun and that Bella had brown hair. The pictures you see are her versions of a sparkly Edward (colored with a silver crayon, because it was sparkly) and his Bella.

3.21.2009

Finally!

All right...I will freely admit that since last fall I have had a (huge?) obsession with all things Twilight. I've read the book series a few times, seen the movie 4 times at the theater, have both soundtracks on my iPod, visit several Twilight-themed blogs and Web sites daily, and am a proud owner of the "Pocket Edward".

And so...today was THE day. March 21...the release date of the Twilight DVD. Never in my life have I: (1) been so excited about a DVD, (2) arrived at a store BEFORE it opened in order to get a copy of said DVD, and (3) wanted to lock myself away in a quiet room so I could watch all 3 discs tonight. Alone.

That being said...these are just a few of the crazy things I've done in the past 24 hours that are related to Twilight:

1. Went with my sister to buy decorations for our Twilight viewing party -- decorations include: plastic red apples, a "red carpet" for our guest to walk, a director's clapboard, movie themed decorations, and red and black M&Ms.

2. Attended the local Border's Twilight Midnight release party...if only for about 20 minutes. We came, we saw, we were surrounded by too many crazy girls and so we left. I will state for the record however, that we were NOT the oldest people in the crowd. Yes, there were many teens in attendance, but also a good number of 30-somethings...all grabbing lots of Twilight related things to purchase. I was thisclose to buying a very cool Twilight tote bag...but couldn't bring myself to pay $25 for it.

3. And this morning, at 7:45 a.m., I arrived at my local Target store and sat in the car w/ my sister and her friend Shannon until 7:58 a.m. when all the other women who were waiting in their cars started descending on the front doors of Target. About 20 crazy Twilighters stood outside the doors (annoyed Target employee: "If you stand in front of the doors they will NOT open. Back up!") and when the doors were opened we quickly made our way to the DVD/Blue-ray display (Target employee: "It's at Aisle 15"). [I would like to add that I did NOT run...I walked calmly and left the running to the tweens....].

So there you have it...the crazy things I will do for my Twilight obsession. And now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go download the movie to my iPod.

Oh. My. Edward.

3.18.2009

A Twilight kind of day

Oh yes, it's true.
I have the new issue of GQ.
Cover: Rob Pattinson. Oh, holy hell.
Thanks to my loving husband for humoring
me and my (r)obsession.
And, my sister bought those "Twilight"
Sweethearts. I don't think I can bring
myself to open the boxes.