I didn't fall off the bandwagon. I dove headfirst.

I saw New Moon tonight.
With my sister.
That means this is going to be a looooong post.
You were warned.

First, let's discuss my idiot sister. She goes to school in Lubbock, and is a senior. She has made many a trip to and fro the magical place, yet tonight, on her way home for Thanksgiving break, she got lost and ended up in Ft. Worth. Seriously.

We went to see New Moon. I have many an opinion about this movie, and to be honest, I was writing this post as the movie was dragging along. But first, we'll talk about my sister.

During the movie, Bella is bleeding, and I said "that doesn't even look like real blood." She replied with "It's not. It's corn syrup and food dye." Really? Really? You mean, they didn't use real blood in the movies? Thank goodness I was with you or I'd never have figured THAT one out. (That stuff oozing from your keyboard is the sarcasm with which those last few sentences were drenched.)

Then, after the movie, we discussed the Team Edward vs. Team Jacob debate, because when you're talking with my sister, you cover all of the pressing world issues. Mostly she talked and I nodded and "uh-huh"-ed in all the right places. (Don't worry. I will very shortly tell you which team I support). Then, she continued to talk about how she was on Edward's team because she thinks he's so sexy. At that point, we were walking to my car and I was wondering how difficult it would be to drive having just driven the car keys into my ear drums to prevent hearing my little sister discuss how sexy anyone is.

Finally, and this is the best, we're leaving the theater, and she says "you knew what was going to happen because you read the books. Yeah, I just read a synopsis of each of the movie because I'm not really a book-y person, especially when there's a movie about it." I didn't bring up the fact that I bought her all four books for Christmas last year because it's what she asked for. I just wasn't going to go there.

Now, let's talk about the movie. This time last year I had just finished the final book of the series and had been at the midnight showing of the first movie and might have been a smidge in love with Edward. New Moon, the second book in the series, was my least favorite, and I almost didn't finish it because it was SO WHINY. Dear Bella, get over yourself and quit whining about one boy while stringing along another. K?

So I wasn't going into this movie with the same gusto as last year. While I didn't go to the midnight showing, I was afraid I would miss the screaming fans that swooned every time Jacob took off his shirt, but I was wrong. They showed up in this movie too. The first time he came on screen two girls in the back row screamed and scared the beejesus out of me. It only went downhill from there.

As for which team I am on: Edward or Jacob? The answer is neither. I am on Team Taylor-Lautner-with-his-shirt-off. That's which team I am cheering for.

Let's talk about the series as a whole now. I used to be in love with Twilight and devoured the books for the romance involved. Now, having watched this movie, I'm over it. This is the most melancholy bunch of whiny, woe-is-me junk. I still love my experience with the books, and am glad I read them and can intelligently discuss them, but that's not how I want my own romance to play out.

I want fun. I don't want to get bogged down in the angst of it all. I want to laugh at life and laugh at myself. I think a smidge of this may have to do with The Boy, because when we're goofing around, there's just excessive laughing and fun. I guess when I first got caught up in the twilight mania, I hadn't had a fun interaction with a single boy in God only knows when, and now that I've gotten a taste of it, I remember that it can be a possibility.

Funny how perspectives can change in a year.
Except my sister. I still think she's an idiot.