From True Blood to Twilight; My Vampire Weekend
I’m standing in a windy tunnel
Shouting through the roar
And I’d like to give the information
You’re asking forBut blood makes noise
It’s a ringing in my ear
And I can’t really hear you
In the thickening of fear
[Blood Makes Noise, Suzanne Vega]
Ok, so I am a passenger on the current vampire bandwagon. My journey is inadvertent and coincidental.
After listening to a group of very passionate women at Comic-Con earlier this summer imploring me to read Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight (imagine Beatles/Backstreet Boys level fanaticism during their heyday…but for a book), I finally gave in and bought it. The aim is to finish it by Sunday.
The expectations for the film adaptation appear to be astronomical, and I’m sure that the dedicated masses will both dissect it to pieces and contribute to its monster success at the box office.
And even though I’ve been anxiously awaiting the debut of Alan Ball’s True Blood on HBO, my TiVO is apparently not a fan of bloodsuckers; it has failed to record the premiere episode every single time thus far. Crossing fingers for a successful effort tonight…stay tuned for a review this weekend.