The movie uses this image as well.
Despite my terror of vampires as a kid, the Twilight series has officially ruined me and my fear of vampires. You think I’m kidding? I used to imagine them on the London Underground when I was there — I was 21 years old. I had such vivid dreams of vampires as a kid, I used to see them crawl in the window of our basement all the time.
Like people with a fear of snakes or heights, my fear of vampires was no joke. A picture of a vampire could give me nightmares for a week, and one time I caught part of “Interview with a Vampire” at an auto repair place — not only did I have to leave, I had to sit in the car and get over the panic attack (no, I do not like Interview with a Vampire, and yes, a lot of people have told me how not scary it is. To them.).
I picked up Twilight because I kept seeing it in stores and that apple just bothered me for some reason, so I finally picked it up and started reading.
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as Bella and Edward
Of course I got totally immersed in the story, had to buy all four books and then inflicted them on my friends. The movie came out this weekend, and can I say that Robert Pattinson made Edward not just sexy but ZOMG sexy — not because of his looks, but because of his attitude. Hard to explain, but it’s worth a second look (and a third, and a fourth…)
Anyway, now, what with Stephenie Meyer’s oh-so-sparkly vampires, I find that I’m somehow attracted to this whole vampire thing. I’m becoming acclimated to the idea. Thus it was I picked up the first novel in the House of Night series, entitled Marked. The library has a new system, much like Amazon, that recommends books according to your check-out history. This is very cool, but I found that, after ordering Marked, I wasn’t willing to wait 3 weeks for the other books, so I bought the next three in the series. 
Wow, I look young!
However, I did enjoy the series, and I was relieved when the author(s) finally brought in some shades of gray to alter her black and white view of the world, particularly the world of religion. But really this post is just an excuse to put this picture up — the website for the House of Night Series has a very fun app that let’s you “mark” yourself as a vampire with a forehead tattoo. I used an old picture of Ben and I — isn’t he cute — and we both have vampyre (yes, with a y) tattoos now. I’ve gotten over my fear, world, so you’d better watch out!
