"Um... Vampires? Ehhh..."

If you'd have asked me a few years ago whether or not I'd have read the Twilight series, I'd have said no.

But there is, in this story, an unlikely suspect:

Mom. 

To be fair, it's probably not all her fault.  You see, in late spring of 2009, she was at a friend's house, and their girls were watching...  Twilight.  Mom started watching it, and she thought, "Erika might like this."  Later that summer, she had been bugging me to pick up the DVD.  But I held off, thinking, "Uh, vampires?  Ehhh."

Needless to say, I finally picked it up.  Hmmm... this is different.  This is pretty good.

And, I was reasonably hooked.  The film was, I found out, a love story.  The unlikely heroine, Bella, meets up with this old-fashioned, teenage guy, Edward.  Who I guess, really is... old-fashioned-- a little over one-hundred years-old vampire.  To top it all off, his selective diet doesn't consist of humans.  He and his family hunt animals-- they call themselves "vegetarians."  (Speaking of his family, his "sister", Alice, is absolutely one of my favorite characters.)  That was one of the things that I liked about the story

It's a good love story.  Like I said, Edward is an old-fashioned, morals-romantic-courting type of guy.  I won't bore you with the details, but I've read the other books, seen the films, and I'm really looking forward to the last two films, where Bella and Edward marry and have a baby. 

And, this, coming from a "vegetarian" Twilight fan.

About Me

Hello.  This is my second major attempt with blogging, the first being Myspace (what's that?) a few years ago.  And anyway, I thought I would get started again.  I was inspired by a family member. (Thanks.)

So... my name is Erika, I'm a child of the 80s, and an original California girl/transplant to southeast Texas.  I miss the cool weather, but we seem to get it here every now and then.

I love to read, watch movies, and read.  I like to cook and look for recipes.  I'm also working on my memoir.  No, seriously, I am.  I love country music, and contemporary Christian (mostly in the 1990-00s).

Well, I guess that's all for now. :)