My grousing cubicle neighbor

My job doesn't suck - it's just boring as hell. And add to it that I am sat at my desk for damn near 9 hours, looking at my computer monitor, collating piles upon piles of paper and, occasionally, getting up and filing said piles of the collated papers in vinyl folders. It's really, really boring, although I am grateful to have the gig. However, I got some unexpected entertainment on Friday from my cubicle neighbor.

He's 20-something, rather nice-looking, and kinda quiet... well, he was quiet until the New Moon frenzy hit a fever pitch here. Actually, the fever pitch is everywhere and although there were some women at work who talked about seeing it, their enthusiasm was hardly typical Twihardian. Which makes me wonder why dude was so annoyed. While filing the vinyls, I heard him talking to my other cube neighbor, a 30-something dude, about how he had a bud who works at a movie theater and gets him in to see preview screenings of movies. Apparently, he refused to see a prescreening of New Moon and was apparently offended that said bud even suggested it. Then they lamented about The Dark Knight and I prompted returned to my desk and to my waiting headphones.

Then on Friday, despite wearing my headphones and being deep in concentration, I heard him proclaim 'I HATE TWILIGHT!!!!' Maybe he wasn't talking to himself; maybe he was on his cell, or the person he was talking to made a quiet and hasty exit down the windowed aisleway next to his cube, but IMO, I think he was all alone. And I ended up laughing my @$$ off. Because it was so random.

But I do get what he was saying. He's 20-something; he will probably have to see this movie. Whether it's with female members of his family during the Thanksgiving weekend, or whether he has a girlfriend who is dying to see, he will likely have to see it too. Or worse... he may be a playa and know his demographic and will have to see it many, many times... dude will have to see it.

Myself... I don't have to see it. Why? Because I'm not a Twihard. And even better, I'm not a Twihard mom, although I'm around their age. I get the vampire thing, to a degree - the danger, the tension of whether you're going to feel either a hot dude's breath or fangs on your neck. I understand that; however, that doesn't compel me to see New Moon. The reason why I refuse to give the Twilight franchise a chance is the triangle. I HATE LOVE TRIANGLES!!!! I hate them because usually, the person in the middle, is totally not worth all of the trouble. And he/she already knows who she wants but he, but mainly, she, is too much of a chicken$h*t to close the deal. Already, I feel sorry for Jacob because he is the neutered, eunich friend who has his cap set for a chick obsessed with Broody McBroodenstein. I'm sorry, but life is already full of romantic disappointments, especially for those who, for the most part, have their $h*t together; why the hell would I want to see some good dude get his heart stomped on? And seeing that $h*t get stretched out for 4 movies? Ah... hell naw!!!

My hope is that my cube neighbor will manage to navigate out of the New Moon waters; however, with New Moon making 72M on it's opening day, it looks like this flick will be in the theaters for a while and more sequels will be on the way. And my most ardent hope is that Twilight haters will stay out these movies and not ruin it for the fans. There's nothing worse than seeing a movie among a non-receptive audience - they chase the fun out of it.