I had the opportunity to purchase tickets for my 13 year-old and me to attend “New Moon” about a month ago. Because I never read the books (I know, shoot me) and didn’t really get into the first movie (want to shoot me, again?) I let this opportunity pass.

Now, I realize the gravity of my error. By not getting tickets, I live in a constant state of New Moon discussion. My communication with my 13-year old consists of:  “Mom, did you see the ‘New Moon” trailer?” and “Mom, can I use your iphone to watch ‘New Moon’ interviews on YouTube? and “Mom, McKenna gets to go to ‘New Moon’ with her Mom. Why aren’t we going?” and “Ohhhh, I LOVE this song. It is Bella’s lullaby!” I wish we were going to see ‘New Moon!’ and the latest tonight, “Mom, I think it is really unfair we aren’t going to ‘New Moon. EVERYONE else I know is going.

FRICK!

Because of this drama, I have come up with the Top 5 Frickin Reasons to See New Moon:

1. By watching New Moon, you can learn how to interact appropriately with vampires.
2. New Moon will teach you how to evaluate if your dog (or the dog next door) is really a werewolf.
3. New Moon will help us relive our high school glory days, because it accurately portrays the high school experience.
4. New Moon will add spice to our love lives, because no matter what (less than awesome thing) our husbands or boyfriends do, they haven’t tried to suck our blood and kill us.
5. New Moon will open the communication channels with our children by reminding us to have the, “don’t do drugs, don’t drink, stay in school, and don’t date vampires” discussion with them.

So, what do I do now? Well, I guess I buy tickets to see ‘New Moon’ on Saturday the 21st.