My inner crazy fan-girl

Alright, so this is the New Moon Extended Trailer.
I cannot accurately express how excited I am about this movie. Screaming and jumping up and down are sometimes involved. There is a piece of flair on Facebook that sums up how I feel about my behavior. "I used to make fun of crazy fan-girls. Then I read Twilight. Now I understand." For those who have no idea why i'm acting this way, I'd just like to say that it really has nothing to do with vampires or werewolves. I could care less about the supernatural aspects of this book - it's just part of the world and I appreciate that. It actually was the reason I put off reading the book for so long. I worked in a Barnes & Noble for 3 years so I had plenty of chances to pick Twilight up but when I asked someone what it was about the said it's basically about a girl who falls in love with a vampire. That was enough for me to say no, thank you. So the reason I finally picked it up was because 4 people, that I didn't actually know, randomly told me I had to read this book. And I've been hooked ever since. It's an incredible love story that is able to truly demonstrate unconditional love. How many examples of that do we have in our world today? Everyone is always out for themselves, putting themselves first. It's refreshing to find a love like this outside of church - that was one of the few places I really saw it. Okay, I've talked enough. I'm sure I will be discussing more of this in the future - probably on a deeper level than you're used to if you follow any of the thousands of Twilight sites/blogs. (For those who think I'm exaggerating - you have no idea the following these books inspire) Make sure to watch this fullscreen - it's worth it.

The Sweetest, Saddest Thing I've Ever Read

I'm a reader. But I rarely read just to read. It's truly a tragedy on some level but unfortunately that tragedy is something I have yet to discover a happy ending to. I did however find quite a bit of time over the 4 day weekend Labor Day graciously provided us with. Understandably, some people may not enjoy the idea of what I did on Saturday but to others it may be the little piece of heaven I found it to be. I read an entire book cover to cover. It was wonderful. And to make the day perfect, raindrops tapped against the glass of my window as if God was agreeing with me that the day should be spent in bed. Days like those inspire me to try and spend more of my time with my nose in a book. By doing so, today, I came across the sweetest, saddest thing I've ever read. And I desperately wanted to share it. It's from The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. The pages are something the main character is writing himself and it nearly brought me to tears. There is actually a sentence later in the book that describes how I feel about this passage and why I read in the first place.


"I don't know what to say about it, except that it moved me in a way one hopes to be moved each time he begins a book. What I mean is, in some way I'd find almost impossible to describe, it changed me."


So here is that passage that I decided is the sweetest, saddest thing I've ever read. Enjoy.

So there it is. I'd ruin it if I talked about it.