Distractions

It's too funny.

For years I refused to get caught up in the hype that surrounded many of the books, movies, and TV shows which became popular during my years in radio. Frankly, most of them were geared toward teens and I just flat-out could not relate (not that I ever really made the effort).

One of the projects Mark and I both avoided was the Twilight series. The first of the "tween" books came out in October, 2005 and quickly became a phenomenon. However, no one expected us - at the ages of 30 and 38 - to read the books. Shortly after this, Mark and his wife even became addicted to High School Musical but still seemed to ignore the whole teen-emo-vampire extravaganza.

Even when the Twilight movie came out and we interviewed Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen) and I ADORED her, I still didn't cave: these books and movies were for for screaming teenagers! I DO NOT like vampires. It's beneath me! AND, Robert Pattinson is NOT that attractive!!! (She says, *sniffing* with her nose in the air)

But the seed had been planted. I was getting curious. I was seeing more and more older women reading the books and I started toying with the idea. Perhaps after my long list of Tudor reading, I would consider it.

Life became complicated with being unemployed for more than a year, fighting with my sister and lack of a love life. I wasn't even getting the same escape from my Tudor books anymore. I needed something new, so I took the plunge. I'd watched the Twilight movie on Showtime and didn't hate it. I ordered the novel the next day.

Within a few chapters, I knew I had to order the other three books so that there was no wait-time between. That was it, I was hooked. It proved to be the distraction I needed.

Oh the irony - now I would LOVE to have the radio show to use it as a cover for my new addiction!!! (Not to mention the movie premieres and interviews with the stars!) Ugh... I'm pathetic.