Twilight Midnight

I can't believe that I did this!

Yes folks, I am now certifiable nuts! Who in their right mind would go with a bunch of adolescent, estrogen based life forms of the human variety to see the midnight show of Twilight. For those who are not blessed with the knowledge of the Twilight phenomena, it is a series of books by a woman, Stephanie Myers, that follows the developing romance between teenager (Bella) and vampire (Edward). Ms. Myers throws out 99.9% of the cliches of vampires and developed some other twists to enhance the teenage romance. Edward is most girls' dream of the perfect boyfriend . . . you have to read the books to get the full flavor but I digress.

We went to the 12:01 show which was sold out days in advance. Mind you we were at the theater 2 hours a head of time. In the line was a variety of young ladies, a few guys and various adult chaperones (or at least that was the excuse to go see the movie). Some folks even brought the book with them to read in line. I was lucky my eldest (son to say the least) had plopped himself in line early so his sister and her friends could get choice seats. Thankfully I was not forced to sit in the first row to count Edward's nose hairs (have had this experience in other movies and my neck totally dislikes the experience).

So here we are, my friend and I plus 6 girls and two brothers. We adults sat in front of the young ladies while the boys made bookends to the "girl row". Tomorrow I will write about their reaction to the previews and the movie itself. Trust me - the American teenage boy is going to have to step it up a notch after this movie . . .