Vampire Obsession

Twilight, Vampire Diaries, New Moon, True Blood, Vampire Knight (for those of you who watch anime), and now The Vampire's Assistant. These are movies and tv shows revolving around vampires and their roles in modern day life, and either have been released within the past year or are coming out within a year. Some are tailored to suit the flavors of teenage girls, and others are suited to a more mature audience. As much as I love watching show that aren't just about a normal teenager's life, I can honestly say this is too much. With the success of the Twilight movie, it seems as if Hollywood is milking the idea of "vampires who fall in love with normal girls," and it's extremely tiring hearing of a new vampire whatever coming out. There are other mythological creatures with the same history as vampires, but I hardly ever hear of them. Not only that, but it seems a certain author can't get her stories straight. "Sparkling" vampires? No. I'm all for creating new creatures by mixing elements of other creatures, but vampires don't sparkle. Fairies sparkle.

This blog post is definitely targeted toward my hatred of Twilight more than anything because of the insane amount of attention it garners when the books are so crudely written.

Now onto the good. The Vampire's Assistant is a movie I actually might want to watch because it's not a boy meets girl, they fall in love, their relationship can't work out since one's a vampire, blah blah blah movie. It's about a boy who gets pulled into a world full of side-show freaks, and two warring factions of vampires. Finally, a movie coming out that doesn't revolve around "love."

9/9/09?

The number nine is said to be both a lucky and unlucky number. In Chinese the number sounds much like "longlasting" and in Japanese it sounds like "suffering." I see and read about classmates and anyone with internet access acting as if this day will bring something significant. My own mother tells me that this day, September 9, 2009, will only happen once and to not let worries trouble me today. My question is why? Why is there so much emphasis on days like that when they're no different than any other? Just because a number sounds "lucky" doesn't mean it is. Do they expect a fairy to float down and grant them a wish or is it just something to believe in? An idea that no one can disprove or take away from them; one last string of hope to cling on to in these times when almost anything can (and will) go wrong. Maybe it's just the pessimism in me trying to bring down any chance of optimism. Maybe it's the Agnostic side of me that wants cold, hard facts before letting myself believe. I'm guessing it has to do with faith. There are those who choose religion and believe that a deity is watching over them. I'm just not one of those people. I applaud those who choose to believe, I really do, but I can't allow myself to be like that. I can't believe that this is the way those deities left this world in the state it's in. Our world is engulfed in crime, violence, greed, suffering... but we did all that. Humans. As a result of our desire-- scratch that-- voracity for power we have ultimately destroyed ourselves. Again, that's the pessimism inching its way back into my mind.