So one day Twilight was one of the movies offered on In Demand. I was home sick and all I could think was, “Not this crap again,” so of course I ordered it. All I had been hearing for the past couple of months was twilight, twilight, twilight and I was so sure I would hate it. I mainly ordered it to prove to my obsessed-friends that I was above it all and so much better than them. Of course, the minute Rob came on screen I was in love. I watched the movie 8 times that day. That was just the start of my addiction. The next day, I bought all the books and devoured them. Three times.

I discovered fanfiction by accident. I did a google search for the tent scene in Eclipse. Why? I wondered what Edward was thinking during his and Jacob’s conversation. I stumbled on a story on fanfiction.net from EPOV during the scene. I wish I had favorited it or could even remember who wrote it. It was beautifully written and made me really fall in love with Edward. Then I discovered there were all kinds of brillant stories out there and I was hooked. Did I mention there were smutty, smutty stories and I’m just really a complete perv?

I wlll read almost any fanfiction. Having said that:

1. Edward and Bella belong together. I might (I said, might) be able to get onboard with a Jasper and Bella fic but Edward can’t even be in the story otherwise I’m totally uncomfortable. Even if you say it’s a Jasper and Bella fic and Edward’s in the story, I’m going to be constantly wondering when Edward and Bella will get together.

1/5/2010 Update: Ummm..yeah...so the amazing and talented sjAimee is writing a story called A Broken Triangle that is B/J and Edward is in the story but I'm totally team-Jasper here (I'm so sorry Edward) so go check it out and give her love: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5474705/1/A_Broken_Triangle

2. Breaking Dawn and Nessie: Breaking Dawn was all kinds of wrong. I felt after the honeymoon, Edward was missing from the book. Bella has amazing control? Please. Just please. And I don’t hate Nessie as Edward and Bella’s child. That being said, the whole imprinting issue is just wrong to me. I feel it was just a way to give Jacob a HEA and tie him to Bella forever. Beware obvious factoid here: Not everyone gets a HEA and sometimes you really have to choose between a great friend and your true love. You don’t get both.

Me?

1. I have zero tolerance for BS. With me, if I’m thinking it, I’ll be saying it. Sorry. Except I’m not.

2. If I had to choose between Mr. Wonderful (my boyfriend) and my iphone, it would be really tough. And I would really miss my boyfriend. He gives amazing foot rubs. (Right…foot rubs).

3. I love dark, possessive Edward, but if my boyfriend tried to pull half the stuff Edward does, he’d be out the door.

4. I often have a hard time walking and talking at the same time. Weird thing is, when I’m drunk I have no problems… with balance. I’m convinced this is a sign I should be drunk all the time.

5. I’ve been writing since I was 12. Mostly just original fiction. I have outlined a story that I’ve been working on, so maybe you’ll see it soon. I want to write most of the story before I attempt to post it. I don’t even try to delude myself that it’ll be half as good as some of the stories I’ve been obsessed with.

I recently joined twitter. http://twitter.com/arden8283 I’m pretty sure I only did it so I could stalk some of my favorite authors. Shhhhhhhh……….. I had to set my tweets to private because of spam...but if you request to follow me and you are an actual person I'll approve you!

WARNING: Big Fat Huge Warning: I really, really, really like Kristen Stewart. (I'm not kidding - I have a slight obsession). You might not want to follow me if you like to trash her 24/7 because I tend to get really, really bitchy about it. I feel we can all crush on whoever we want and I want to crush on her. I might ship Rob and Kris to the extreme too but that's for you to judge.

My RL Edward? He plays the guitar, tells horrible jokes (that I laugh at anyway), and is able to fake a British accent. He doesn’t understand my addiction AT ALL, but he feeds it none-the-less. He sat through the Twilight dvd all 8 times and only rolled his eyes 3 times! And went with me to NM and Eclipse multiple times. When the new Vanity Fair came out, he ran out and got me a copy. And he’s only once lost his cool and shouted, “I’m not Edward.” In his defense, we were having a serious discussion, when I just started to zone out and daydream….Oh, Edward. Wait…what? For the most part, he totally embraces it. After all, he’s the first person I look for after I read a smutty chapter. And he has NO complaints. None.