a Bloggity version of NerdGirlTalking
Even though I already own New Moon, looks like I’m going to have to buy another copy just so I can look at the cover everyday. Whilst looking at it, I will use my fingers to cover up Bella (who looks like she is trying to cry on her own shoulder) and the terrifying Edward Cullen “I’m Stalking You” Moon.
Or I guess I could just print off the picture and hang it on my wall.
Are those zombies in the background???
Jen
I thought now would be a nice and timely opportunity to post this next entry considering all of the hullabaloo surrounding the coming “Breaking Dawn” release:
Jacob Black from the Twilight series
Now I know that 95% of Twilight fans are firmly planted on the Team Edward side of the forest. I know that most fans even go far enough to compliment their love for Edward with an absolute loathing of Jacob. I know this because many of my friends and even my sister adhere to that way of thinking. I completely understand why everyone goes gaga over Edward, but I guess I just don’t get the hatred of Jacob. I am not trying to convince anyone to switch teams, because I would fail before I even started, I just want to explain some of the reasons why I would choose to date Jacob over Edward.
1. I would feel so much more comfortable around Jacob. I get really intimidated around good looking guys and Edward’s picture should be in the dictionary next to good looking. Bella always goes on and on about how she feels so uncomfortable around him and all of his perfection. Jacob is not perfect and that is what makes him awesome. He might not be human, but he makes mistakes just like I do and I know he could laugh right along with me when I get food all over myself or wake up with a huge pimple. If any of that stuff happened around Edward, I would just be mortified.
2. If I am going to snuggle up to something, I would rather it be warm and furry than cold and granite-like. Enough said.
3. Jacob would be fun to hang around with. Now I am not saying that Edward doesn’t do fun stuff, but Jacob is just as fun. We could go on lots of adventures together and he could help me conquer my fear of water, heights, and motorcycles. He could also fix my car when it breaks down.
4. I would feel much safer among the werewolves than the vampires. Apparently hanging out with vampires is not a very safe thing to do. Bella has already had so many vampires try to kill her or plan to kill her that if I were her, I would run right back to the werewolves. They seem to keep to themselves more and not get involved in all this international intrigue stuff. And as for the whole, “what if he gets all mad and rips half your face off?” Well, I would say you aren’t risking much more than if you were dating a vampire.
5. He isn’t controlling and I wouldn’t have to change for him. Two very big problems I have with the Twilight series are Edward’s control issues and the fact that Bella will eventually have to change who she is just to be with him. These are not good things in any relationship, no matter what reasons and excuses lay behind them. In Eclipse Edward tries to control who Bella sees and where she goes. Even though it is for “her own safety” it still really rubs me the wrong way every time I think about it. If my real boyfriend did that, I would kick him to the curb so fast…
6. Not much competition. Eventually, when literary characters come to life and join us in the real world, I will not have to fight the huge screaming mob of 10-70 year old women fighting to be with Edward, I will casually join the queue next to Jacob and only have to worry about sharing him with a few other people.
Now I am not saying that Bella and Jacob should end up together (I would actually never say that because I think Bella is incredibly annoying and whiny and Edward and Jacob both deserve better) because we all know she is destined to be with Edward. I just wanted to promote Team Jacob one last time before I settle down with “Breaking Dawn.”
I’ll leave you with a picture of my Jacob, Steven Straight:
Jen
I don’t like this new format the blog is in – it just took me about 5 minutes to figure out how to be able to write in this little box thingy. Anyhow, just two things I was thinking about this weekend…nothing big in particular.
First: Yesterday I was in Cedar Rapids to see my sister run in a track meet and to play disc golf (I am terrible) with HWSNBNITB and his 2 friends. After the track meet and disc golf, we had dinner at Sushi House (I had no fish, do not worry readers) and then went to HyVee so that everyone could pick up their choice of beverage (mine was hot chocolate – I even got a can of whipped cream, mmmmm….) before we went and watched a movie. When we were in the parking lot of HyVee I realized it smelled awesome outside. I originally thought it was HyVee, but then to my pleasant surprise, I realized that I was in CRapids on Crunchberry Day. I have been waiting for the day that I drive through CRapids and it did not smell like Cheerois (not as good a smell as you might think). Well, yesterday I fulfilled that dream. I encourage all of you, dear readers, to aspire to be in CRapids on a Crunchberry Day. You will thank me.
The second thing I was thinking about this weekend (OK, I’ve been about this for quite a while now, but I hadn’t made my decision until today), I am ready to declare myself officially on a team. For the longest time I have been toward between Team Jacob and Team Edward. I know Jen resides on Team Jacob and I fully respect her for that. But as of today I am officially and irreversably on Team Edward.
Why? I realized that if I was on Team Jacob, I would have to support the fact that Bella and Jacob would eventually get married, making Bella Swan legally Bella Black. RED FLAGS READERS!!!! RED FLAGS! Does this mean anything to you, because it should. I know that she would be Isabella Black, but no one would ever call her that. She’d be Bella Black and we all know it. I think I would have to hate her if that happened. Not because of anything she’d done (except ditch Edward) would I hate her, but I would have to because of the common name. I’m sorry, but I just cannot support a Bella Black in any series thanks to JKR. Stephenie Meyer – you had me fooled a little bit. You had me believing that Bella Black was actually a possibility, but when I finally made the connection I realized that it was never really a possibility, not when Bella Black is such an evil evil evil witch. I can already see the fanfic!! Isabella Black gets hit over the head, has amnesia, is told her name is Bellatrix and is adopted by the Black family of England. It’s just so wrong.
Well, that’s all for now. It’s 10:30 on a Saturday night and I am just too tired to stay up any later. I’m elderly.
<3, lindsayd.
