Archive for July, 2009

I have finished the “Twilight Saga”, as depressing as it is that it is now over I am so glad that I can get back to living my own life again! That book brings out the obsessive compulsive inside so many of us – and I’m OCD enough thank you very much!

Anyway… after finishing the books and feeling the mourning period engulf me, I’ve read enough books to understand his feeling now, it got me thinking about why books like these have such a massive effect on us!

I mean, to be honest ‘The Twilight Series’ is no different to any other fairytale. It just comes across as an adult, ‘more – real’ version. I think the ‘mourning’ phase is only normal, considering the fact that we know it is not real! We know that it is unrealistic to expect that kind of devotion and protection from a man (a mere mortal!), we know that we cannot expect our own Edward Cullen’s or Jacob Black’s! That realization is depressing because we love the way these men make her feel – make US feel- in these books! They are no different to any other ‘Knights in Shining Armour’. They just feel different – they feel real! (I know I sound like a complete nutcase, but anyone who has read these books properly will understand what I mean!)

I feel sorry for all our boyfriends or husbands (or men all the single girls are still too meet). They haven’t got a chance with these kind of expectations, the expectations created by fairy tales, particularly ‘real’ fairy tales!

Although there is ANOTHER way to think of it(a much better and more optimistic way!) – maybe having higher expectations can bring us closer to what we really want, what we need! I mean after each boyfriend or break-up, our expectations change, and most of the time we meet someone new who has qualities that we had no idea we needed until the previous guy didn’t have them!

I don’t know (these could just be the rantings of a completely insane, obsessive compulsive person), all I do know is that after reading these books life seemed bland, but in a few days time I’ll get over it and realize just how lucky I actually am, because the truth is that I have found my own special mixture of Edward Cullen and Jacob Black – my very own Mr. Perfect!

I have been sucked in to the “Twilight Saga”! I really thought that I wouldn’t and then I went and watched the movie, although everyone told me to read the book first, I decided I didn’t want to become a recluse for another book series!!

So much for that, I borrowed the books from my cousin this weekend and I am about 2 chapters away from the end of the second book (I wish I had chosen to read the first one even though I have watched the movie!). It’s such a great story – I can’t think straight because my head is still in the book, which is obviously not so great for working hours! All I can think about is getting home to read and what’s going to happen next!!!

Thank God there are still two more books, the last one looks as though it will take me a while (Although I did read the last Harry Potter book in a weekend – being the ultimate recluse!) My cousin warned me – ” Once they are finished, Life won’t be the same!” I can tell already that she was spot on, but hey, I’ve been through it before and it has always been worth it

Sometimes I wish I had the same outlook on life as my dog!

Whenever she is told to do something she doesn’t want to – she does it anyway and is never angry at the person who made her do it – she holds no grudges what so ever!

She is curious about everything and is afraid of nothing (except the things which she terms as life threatening, such as Fire Works, and we can’t blame her for that!).

She isn’t picky, She will accept any form of love and affection.

She has endless amounts of energy and is never to busy to play and have some fun! (She’ll chase the ball and give it back, over and over – no questions asked!)

She is never grumpy or sad, unless she is sick, and she is always excited to see me (well anyone for that matter!). She wakes up every morning happy to see the world, excited by the same things every day and treating her life as if there was no routine to it at all! She greets the cats with a gentle nudge and wakes us up with a happy, playful look every morning!

I think there is a lot I can learn from her – Maybe I’ll come back as a dog in my next life so that I can teach some other humans a thing or too about enjoying life!