Which is which....

Is it just me or ..............

Do these three ladies look similar to you too?

How well you do you know your teen, silly, reality show stars?

One of these females is Erin Karplunk the lovely star of the adorable "Being Erica" on SOAPNet. I will admit that I don't watch the show regularly, but I find the concept intriguing. (and I will admit that I feel a kin to the bumbling 32 year old Erica regretting past actions in her life. But would I want to relive them like she does......

One of these ladies is Jillian Harris, a reality contestant on both "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette". I found her to be sweet and refreshing, and even referenced her in a post from last year when she very honestly told single dad Jason that she was looking for her "best friend". He of course said this wasn't enough for him- ugh, read my thoughts about that here, but went on to make a fool of himself and in fact referenced the importance of friendship later . (backtracking) Jillian was far more appealing when on "The Bachelor" as one of many contestants. Like many other times, Jillian became painfully annoying when the show was all about her. She ended up with Ed, who may or may not be a player. Haven't seen them recently in US weekly, good or bad. Maybe it's working out......

Lastly, one of these ladies is Shenae Grimes who stars as the ridiculously annoying Annie Wilson on the reboot "90210". Her character might be slightly better this season, but overall still annoying.

They all seem to sport very similar hair. Have bubbly personalities or acting styles.

And you may not know, that they are all Canadian.

Guesses?

(I tried labeling the pictures- but from left to right we will call them 1, 2, 3.)

Team Edward....or Team Jacob....or

So, I'm late to the Twilight bandwagon. I started to read Twilight about a year ago- well into the craze. I only read about a quarter of the first book; and I just wasn't feeling it. So I put it down, and there it remained for the last year.

As the movie promotion for New Moon ramped up in early November, I became interested in finishing the book. I picked it back up- and quickly realized that if I had just kept reading a little bit more the first time I would've been hooked. Because I'm hooked.

Now I'm not reading them all day and all night; there's no time for that in my life, especially in this jolly holiday season. I have however been clocking through them. I finished Eclipse yesterday and started Breaking Dawn last night. (Thanks Amy for the loaners!)

I don't want to give anything away but I'm sure that if you haven't read any of these books, that you've been inundated with information about them. Bella is the new girl in town who seems to catch the attention of every boy in Forks. (Gah, didn't we hate the new girl who got all the attention!) Multiple "regular" guys ask her to the first dance- sweet, geeky Mike Newton pines away for her. Bella seems to like guys with a little more "edge". A girl, the vampire love of her life, the werewolf love of her life, you know typical teen romance:)

I have a lot of the same issues that other people do with the books. Bella can be incredibly annoying and her depression in New Moon was painful. But I remember teen angst. As I read these books some of it came back vividly. I can see why to teenagers this is like their kool aid. I also find it ridiculous that Edward and Jacob are both so understanding of her love for the two of them. (Side note- when I saw the movie New Moon it was hysterical to see/hear the swooning teens in the movie theater. Also funny was the annoyance of the adult viewers who were totally bothered by the gasping and giggling. People, what movie did you think you were seeing that there wasn't going to be an extra live soundtrack from the audience?)

I do understand the divided affections of ladies young and old. Do you love the old fashioned, romantic, chiseled all but pale cool Edward? Or the reckless smoldering, dark Jacob? I've been debating it a bit with my good friend Melissa. She says she's all about Jake. (She loves the bad boys you see.) She accused me of being more for Edward? And I admitted, "Yes. I see it. Why he could be appealing.".

The more I thought about who I am, or was as a teen had I been hanging around Forks, Washington at sixteen years old I would not have been Team Edward or Team Jacob.

I would have been Team Mike Newton. I haven't seen that t-shirt in any store......I wonder why:)

What Blogger Verfication is trying to tell me...

File this under random-

I've been commenting on a few people's blogs this evening (as encouraged by my previous
post). Blogger likes to verify that you are indeed a real human being, and thus asks you to
put in some (usually) nonsense words.

tonights words:

dedici

gagante

disera

I read them all to myself with great gusto- and my one year of Italian accent!

Molto dedici! Buona disera......

Can you tell I'm ready for vacation!