Over the weekend, I finally witnessed the female equivalent to the Star Wars geekboy level of fandom.
At Target on Friday, I’m nearly mauled by a wild pack of teenage girls, each of them fully decked out in officially licensed Twilight apparel. One girl is wearing a shirt with Robert Pattinson’s pasty mug writ large; one of the others has a snapshot of the hunky shirtless wolfboy guy on her shirt. All of them are carrying copies of the Twilight books in their arms and after presumably ravaging the literature section, they were in transit, moving on to the CDs to scoop up any and all copies of the New Moon soundtrack. The pack was moving with the awkward / speedy gait that characterizes a female mass of junior high humanity on a group bathroom excursion. The rabble nearly bowled me over, all while I was innocently perusing the new Them Crooked Vultures album. As they plowed their way past me, in search of more Twilight product, I could only decipher a few remarks (“Oh my gosh, he’s sooo HOT!!!” and “Jamie is gonna be so mad she missed this!”) amid the cacophony of glee.
The herd rounded the aisle corner and found the soundtrack section (pity the poor guy that was looking for the Mamma Mia score) and just when I thought it was safe to go back to my Them Crooked Vultures disc, I look up and I see another pack sauntering toward me, with slightly less awkward energy but donning equal amounts of Twilight clothing (the “I heart Pattinson” shirt was a dead give-away). I might’ve been tempted to think this was merely one more drove of junior high girls if not for the exclamation from one of the young ladies at the soundtrack section: “MOM!!! We found the CD!!!” The Huntsville Soccer Mom Chapter of Twilight Devotees quickly scurried over to join their daughters in a festive jig and a celebratory “Whoo-hoo!” I promptly put down my Crooked Vultures CD and grabbed a Starbucks.
We’re all geeks.
already & not yet 
good post. though the real reason i’m replying is because i want you to know that the “automatically generated and possibly related post” at the bottom of your page is none other than the following:
– Where to Buy Twilight Merchandise
jason, you’re making it worse…
at least our “geek” movie was cool.
Good point, fellas. I’m simply perpetuating the beast apparently.
Too funny! You always make me laugh and this writing is great! I fear what might be next…
What…am I a clown? Do I amuse you?
Good Fellas. This marks a record for the number of times I’ve typed the word “fellas” in a single day.
Gadzooks. We want to believe the female gender is better than this. That was a sad but funny and telling excursion.
The expectations left by the first movie were not realized in New Moon. While we wanted to like it, there was not enough of anything there. 60 minutes of entertainment crammed into 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Here is our take with lots of pics and a little wit if you are interested:
Fortress,
Thanks for stopping by. I saw the first movie, but that was it. I don’t see what the fuss is all about. But I’m a guy, so….
I checked out your site. You have a lot of cool reviews. I’ll be checking out more of your stuff. Come back any time.
Hey, thanks for giving it a look-see.