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Don’t stop ’til you get enough

October 30, 2011 by Miranda Leave a Comment

Uh, people, we have a problem an obsession. Except it’s more like *I* have an obsession. Unless you’re obsessed too and then we should start a fan club support group.

And I feel all foolish and ridiculous for this obsession, mostly because it’s only been about 48 hours and I’m totally searching for my next hit.

Of this:

Suck on this, Edward Cullen.

Dan had his yearly inventory at work on Friday night and since the World Series has sucked the life (HA!) out of my regularly scheduled programming, I turned to Netflix to cure my alone-ness. And I found this little morsel of one-part vampire, one-part teen drama goodness.

When I say I’m obsessed, I mean exactly that.

My rational mind is going “STOP THE INSANITY!” and my irrational mind is going “Fire up another episode! Who cares if it’s midnight!?”

I’ve seen 10 episodes since Friday–mostly since Saturday–so you can guess which side of my mind is winning.

When I bite onto something like this, I really sink my teeth in. (HA HA!) Like that time in college when I ripped through seasons 1 through 3 of Buffy in about two weeks.

(Huh. More vampires. I’m sensing a trend here.)

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Dan called it One Twilight Hill and I punched him in the leg.

I was kind of deflecting because I’m borderline ashamed of my obsession with this show.

I can’t decide if I’m borderline ashamed because he makes fun of me for loving teen dramas and not because I’m nearly 30 and still watching teen dramas.

(I’ve had a revelation in the last 20 minutes. It’s totally because Dan makes fun of me. But HE is the one who started watching Real Housewives of Atlanta.)

It’s totally true, by the way. Teen dramas? I love them. Especially when there are vampires involved.

Know how I know this is crazy and I’m totally addicted? I cannot stop thinking about when I can watch my next episode, including but not limited to being really, really glad I have next Tuesday off thanks to a furlough day and Joshua will be at daycare because I have a dentist appointment at 9:30 that morning. While I’m waiting on the Novocaine to wear off, I can watch. And watch. And watch.

And watch I will.

Oh, Vampire Diaries, I just can’t quit you.

I’m beginning to think that I missed my calling in life and instead of being a teacher I should’ve found a way to make money watching television. Because if I could ever find a way to get paid for this? I’d be in career Heaven.

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  1. Jami says

    October 31, 2011 at 10:30 am

    Damon is about the yummiest thing I’ve ever seen. Even DH is hooked on VD (gosh – not an appealing nickname is it?) and it continues to be one of our favorite shows to watch.

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    • Miranda says

      October 31, 2011 at 9:46 pm

      My husband? Not hooked on the show at all. But I so am.

      And yes, Damon. Just, yes.

      Reply
  2. John says

    October 31, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    I’m tempted, but cautious.

    See, it was an issue before Cullen, but it’s getting worse now. Vampires don’t have a set of rules . . . authors seem to be making up rules as they go about. Heck, the one “set” rule that vampires can’t go out in daylight was violated by Bram Stoker, himself (Dracula was out in the daylight in several scenes in Dracula). I don’t recall sparkles.

    Until recently, most zombie movies have a consistent set of rules (tireless, single-minded hoard, can only be destroyed when their brain is destroyed, swapping of bodily fluids will kill you and you’ll reanimate as a zombie), as do werewolves (turn into wolves during the full-moon, especially bothered by silver bullets), but I don’t know if I can let another lexicon in (says the guy who is writing a novel that has beings suspiciously like vampires but they are not vampires . . . though they may be harpys).

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    • Miranda says

      October 31, 2011 at 9:47 pm

      AH! DO IT!

      And yes, authors do make up the rules as they go along. But these rules they make up are pretty awesome. Even the twinkling when the only Edward Cullen I knew was the one in my head and not the one on the big screen. (The one in my head? Was way better.)

      Zombies FREAK ME OUT.

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  3. Diana @Hormonal Imbalances says

    October 31, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    I’m almost done with Mad Men. Now I really want to watch this next but I’m afraid I’ll like it. Really. And I’m so “Omg teen vampire is the 2011 Dawson’s Creek” and yet…

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    • Miranda says

      October 31, 2011 at 9:48 pm

      DO IT. Just do it. Seriously. You’ll thank me when you get an eyeful of Stefan’s abs and see the evil twinkle in Damon’s eye. DO IT.

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  4. Erin says

    October 31, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    Oh i’m a total addict. my husband HATES it but i can’t get enough! I think he secretly likes it because he tends to watch it with me, while picking on me, but he still watches it.

    I love teen vampire drama!

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    • Miranda says

      October 31, 2011 at 9:49 pm

      Dan? Does not like it. And I’m okay with that. Because that means more for me!

      Reply
  5. Robin says

    November 12, 2011 at 9:52 am

    Vampire Diaries is my guilty pleasure! Love it. I watch it when my husband is not around, of course, because he just laughs at me. Unfortunately I’m all caught up now and I have to wait a whole week for a new episode! A week! Pure torture.

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    • Miranda says

      November 12, 2011 at 10:21 am

      No new episodes until JANUARY 5th! AAAAAHHHHH!HHH!H!!H!H. And, ::sadface::.

      Reply
  6. Ashley says

    November 29, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    Super late in reading this…Just recently following…..LOVE THIS SHOW! ๐Ÿ™‚ I sat and watched breaking dawn….and literally was like “Pshh whatever…..where’s Damon and Stefan when a girl needs them?”

    I also watched like….99.9$ of season 2 on my laptop in one day when my husband was away…..so good!

    Also….My friend who got me into it? She and I have decided that VD isn’t a good idea….VampD’s works so much better ๐Ÿ™‚

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  7. Heather says

    January 19, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    Just found your blog, and I absolutely LOVE VD. And my husband is a fan as well…although it might be more that he likes to watch TV and would enjoy it if I would sit with him…but since he is all about Doctor Who, well Vampire Diaries it is. Have you read the books? They are slightly different, but also amazing. And I watched the first two seasons.in like a week on netflix ๐Ÿ™‚ So you are not alone ๐Ÿ™‚

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