Twilight Fever for a TwiGran

For the first time in a loooong time (I think last time was in 1976 to see Rocky Horror Picture Show) I went to a midnight movie. It was quite an experience. I bought the ticket earlier in the day to the midnight showing and two for the next day with my friend Marianne who had never read the books but had seen the first movie, Twilight.

I had also accidentally bought a ticket online for Twilight showing at 9pm. I thought I was buying one for New Moon at the time, since I have seen Twilight 8 times or so and have the DVD, and didn't need to see it again. But I was so glad I had that ticket. It allowed me to go into the theatre and see Twilight again on the big screen and keep my seat for the showing of New Moon while others waited outside to get in.

I laughed as the girls screamed and giggled all through the movie. When Edward first appeared all the girls screamed. When Taylor took off his shirt to wipe blood from Bella's forehead they screamed again. It was constant and funny and a bit annoying. But I was so glad I went. After the movie so many fans coming out of all the theatres simultaneously from all the showings in that Cinema was impressive. And it was after 2am and we were all up to see this movie the second it opened. I loved it and will see it again today. It has already been clocked at 72million for the first day, Friday which includes the midnight showing at 12:01 on Friday, eclipsing the Dark Knight and the Harry Potter movies making it the biggest opening ever!

Yes, an obsessed fan, can't wait now for the third installment, Eclipse, which has already completed filming and I expect with the new year coming we will all begin the fever pitch of expectation with it as well. The trailers will begin, the fan sites will give us every detail of its being made. And we will all flock to the theatres again the second it opens in June of 2010.

I may have been the oldest person there but I didn't notice. And I didn't and don't care. We love us some Edward and everyone can relate to passion. Bring it on again! And again!

Tickets

I have tickets for tonight at midnight and tomorrow afternoon I will see it with my friend Marianne. I can't wait. Tonight it will be way past my bedtime and I will probably be the oldest person there but I don't care.

See new trailer.

5 Days to New Moon

It's almost here! I am actually planning to go to the midnight showing on Wednesday night. They are showing Twilight before it and I accidentally bought tickets to it too. I have already seen Twilight 8 times or so in the theatre (it was only $4 to see a movie in Kansas City) and I have the DVD so I don't NEED to see it again. But it fits. See Twilight on the big screen and then New Moon. Okay, I can live with my accident.

Eclipse is already finished filming and will be out next year in the summer I hear.

 So when will they start shooting Breaking Dawn? And how will it be rated? Anyone who has read Breaking Dawn, the 4th book in the series, knows there is some R rated material in it. And since the major fan base is teenage girls I wonder how they will film it and keep it PG 13.

I am moved in, comfy and farther away from my grandbabies :-(

But I got to be with them last night while Annie and Devon had date night.

I had problems with my laptop in that it was slogging along, almost unusable. So I got a computer guy from Edmonds to look at it and he put some spyware and malware finders on it and added 1 gig memory chip to it so it was faster, at least in his office. I found out my Belkin router is still a problem. The one I had problems with before and got replaced with a new one? Yeah, that one. So no more messing with that router. I called Comcast and they are giving me a router with instructions how to install and if I need further help I can call them. I had been reluctant to get theirs because I thought I would have to have a tech come out and install it and they were charging $149 to do that. So I am getting a new Comcast router and installing it myself. And they will support it. YAYYYY!!!

Meanwhile I am hooked directly into the Comcast modem and flying along. Oh, and they are going to upgrade my modem to a faster one. And I will get a home phone again. Verizon reception here is not good so I can reduce my minutes with them again if I have a home phone.
Progess is a lot of work!

Moving is not for the faint of heart

I am already exhausted and the main move hasn't started yet. Tomorrow three men and a truck will come help me with the bed and furniture and the boxes too heavy for me to lift. 
I did lift about 6 boxes today and bags of clothes the last three days. I put them on a cart here and took them to my car and then got the dolly thingie at the place I'm moving too and unloaded them onto that and rolled it up to my apt where I unloaded them again. I come home with an aching back and very tired but I feel very proud of myself for doing things I never thought I could still do.

I can't wait until I am laying in my bed tomorrow night thinking "It is done, I am finally home."

Until my name comes up on an apt on the eastside which is where I really want to go. I can request the eastside after I have lived in Shoreline apt for 6 months.  And then we get to do this all over again.