Dumb and Cute

So, tonight confirmed for me a well known truth that I have tried ignore for years... girls acting dumb and cute will win points with men. It's a sad truth, but it worked in my favor this evening, acting like a complete ditz got me out of a ticket! A few girlfriends and I went to see the new Twilight move - Breaking Dawn 2. Before I continue on, let me just say that I read the Twilight series when it first came out and loved the books! I still stand by that. It is an entertaining series, but the movies with bad acting, shirtless werewolves, sparkly vampires and ridiculous, screaming teenage fans have made it kind of a joke and now it is just embarrassing to admit to liking it.

So anyway... we were driving to the movie when I suddenly saw red and blue lights spring up behind me. I was getting pulled over and had no idea why. I started to panic, tickets in California are expensive! I pulled over and the cop walked up to my car. He informed me that my tail light was broken and that white light was shining out the side and that it needed to be fixed ASAP. As he examined my licence and registration he asked where we were headed to. I told him we were going to see a movie. "What movie?" he asked. Oh how I wanted to say anything but the truth in this moment. "Um... Twilight." I mumbled in shame as the rest of my passengers were giggling in embarrassment.  "We're all over 30." Darla exclaimed from the back seat. The cop was clearly enjoying my discomfort. He prodded, "How many movies have they made so far?", "Have you seen all of them?" Then Darla chimed in once again, "and she's read all of the books!" Thanks a lot, Darla. My face was bright red at that point and we were all giggling like stupid girls. Just give me my ticket and let me leave already. But, he did not give me a ticket. No, after small talk about Twilight he suggested that I go to Walmart and buy some transparent red tape to put over my tail light so I don't get stopped again and let me go on my way. In fact, he was really nice and kind of flirty. He was charmed by our giggles and excitement to go watch sparkly vampires on the big screen. Part of me wanted to call out, "I know you think this is cute, but I am smart... really." Oh well, I suppose we made his night more entertaining even if it was at the expense of our dignity.

Speaking of Twilight, I will say that Breaking Dawn 2 was the best movie in the series. I thought it was great! I mean, let's be real, it is not going to get nominated for any Oscars or anything, it is still Twilight. But the acting was a hundred times better than the first couple of films and the cinematography was beautiful. Breaking Dawn is kind of twisted (Stephenie Meyer could have finished with Eclipse and I would have been happy) but the movie took the source material and did a great job with it. It could have seemed very creepy but didn't at all. Hats off to Bill Condon. The series is officially over and I can go back to being a normal sane adult that doesn't swoon over teenage vampires. (unless that is your thing, because apparently some guys like that)