Excerpts from a Twilight viewing.
Oct. 17th, 2010 09:21 amMom: So, these vampires can't go out in sunlight because they sparkle?
Me: Yep.
Mom: They fucking sparkle?!
Me: Yep.
Mom: [blank stare]
Me: Yep.
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Mom: So how long before she starts begging him to change her into a vampire?
Me: Any minute now, but he won't do it because he doesn't want to ruin her life.
Mom: So, he'd rather he wasn't changed? He'd rather be dead than be a monster?
Me: I don't think he spends a lot of time thinking things through to their logical conclusions.
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Mom: So if vampires all have special powers, what's the blond girl's power?
Me: ...
Mom: What? She can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch?
Me: Yeah, pretty much.
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Mom: Why does that guy want to kill Bella.
Me: Uh, so we can have a plot?
Mom: ...
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Me: Yep.
Mom: They fucking sparkle?!
Me: Yep.
Mom: [blank stare]
Me: Yep.
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Mom: So how long before she starts begging him to change her into a vampire?
Me: Any minute now, but he won't do it because he doesn't want to ruin her life.
Mom: So, he'd rather he wasn't changed? He'd rather be dead than be a monster?
Me: I don't think he spends a lot of time thinking things through to their logical conclusions.
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Mom: So if vampires all have special powers, what's the blond girl's power?
Me: ...
Mom: What? She can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch?
Me: Yeah, pretty much.
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Mom: Why does that guy want to kill Bella.
Me: Uh, so we can have a plot?
Mom: ...
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