Fascinated With the Dark Side

Okay, I'll confess I've read the entire series. For those of you not living on planet earth they are the teenage vampire chronicles by Stephanie Meyer. Starting with Twilight and ending in Breaking Dawn. Seems everyone was doing it, you know? So, with no one to stop me and a girlfriend who purchased them and started reading them, I quickly picked them up as she finished them and read away.

The funny thing is as a kid I was terrified of vampires. I mean, sheets up around my neck no matter how hot it got in our little house in the summer time. I was certain if I slept with my neck exposed I'd be bitten. Nothing romantic about it back then.

I would go to my neighbors house and sneak in episodes of Dark Shadows. An actual soap opera that ran and was based on a vampire family. Of course I wasn't supposed to watch it. I would have nightmares every time I did, but I just couldn't help myself. I loved and hated it at the same time. Thrilling and terrifying.

So, what makes us so curious about the undead? In the case of Edward Cullen the answer is obvious-he's beautiful. He is described like an man of old, with talents and skills and knowledge of the ages. He's got impeccable manners, other than the fact he probably gets a bit messy when he dines. He can play piano. He can write music. He drives fast, and does it well. That is so sexy. Like Lestat and Louis before him there is just something otherworldly appealing about the lot of them. Be it the clothes, or the attitude there is just something there you can't help but wonder about. But unlike Bella, I don't think eternal life is for me. Edward or no Edward, I just can't imagine a life without a nice long afternoon nap once in while. Oh, say just to be able to dream of the darker side of life.