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I have a confession to make. I’m in love with Edward Cullen.

There, I said it. I’m a 30 year old woman who’s in love with a fictional 17 year old vampire. Ok, that makes it sound creepy.

I’m a book geek through and through. I have a thing for literary heart throbs. They do much more for me than movie stars. Give me Edward Cullen, Heathcliff or even Romeo over Brad Pitt (who I actually don’t find attractive at all) or, dare I say it, Johnny Depp any-day. In fact, I was going to put a picture of Robert Pattinson at the top of this post but then I realise that he is nothing compared to the Edward I imagine in my head. I scoffed when I heard that he would be portraying the flawlessly beautiful Edward in the movie of Twilight but, even I have to admit, watching the film, watching him as Edward, I began to see the attraction.

So, this is my new excuse for doing nothing in terms of crafting and baking (or studying, cooking, cleaning) for the past few days. I’ve read the books, I’ve seen the movies, but on Wednesday night I picked up my copy of Twilight and it began again. Last night I finished Eclipse (yes, I did go to work and to the gym and look after the children, but I also managed to read all three books in three days). I’m waiting for my copy of Breaking Dawn to be returned to me, but the break will probably do me good.

I thought I should come up with something to make up for my lack of crafting and baking just now. I could wax lyrical about my growing obsession with the gym, but I wont. I could also go on for hours about work and uni but again, I’ll try to refrain from boring you. So, this is blatantly stolen from Meridian Ariel.

What is your favorite work of horror fiction? One of my favourite authors is Poppy Z Brite and her early work tends to be considered horror fiction. Both Lost Souls and Exquisite Corpse are utterly spellbinding and well worth a read. If I’m honest, I spent my teenage years reading nothing but horror fiction - it went with the goth/mosher image. Stephen King’s IT holds a special place in my heart because it was the first King book I ever read (Carrie was the only book I ever read in German). I should stop now because I could write a book about my love of horror fiction.

What is your favorite work of science fiction/fantasy? That would have to be Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere. If you haven’t read this then buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy.

Who is your favourite monster? Vampires. If I had to choose one Vampire in particular, it would be Christian from Lost Souls.

Favourite Horror movie? Oh, that’s a really hard one. If I was only allowed to watch one genre of movie until I died, it would be horror. The Nightmare on Elm Street (parts 1 and 3) would be up there, as would Dawn of the Dead. I’m also a fan of late 80’s, early 90’s horror like 976 Evil, House and Hellraiser.

What horror movie gives you the most chills? I have a thing about zombie films. They absolutely terrify me and I know it’s completely irrational. Romero’s initial trilogy were the best.

What character from any horror film would you most like to play? Mina Harker from Dracula.

Freddy or Jason? Freddy

What is your favorite Halloween treat? I love the mix of horrifically sugary candy.

Ghosts or goblins? Ghosts.

Friendly-faced jack o’lantern or scary one? Scary.

What is your scariest encounter with the paranormal? I’ve honestly never had one.

Do you believe in ghosts? I’m undecided. I did my MPhil thesis on supernatural references in early modern Scottish poetry; specifically those which involved instances of shape-shifting and took place on the blurred boundaries between life and death. I examined some ghost stories and argued that they were social constructs used to excuse dodgy behaviour or account for things which, now, have rationale explanations.

Would you rather be a zombie, alien, or psycho? A Psycho.

Favorite Halloween costume? I once dressed up as She-Ra. My mum made the outfit and I looked ace. In fact, I need to find that photo and scan it so that you can all see the wonder that was my costume.

Best thing about Halloween? Seeing the kids get all excited about dressing up.

Person in your family who most likes Halloween (not counting yourself)? Devin. He keeps going on and on about dressing up.

Are you superstitious? Nope.

If you have read this consider yourself tagged leave me a comment and I will trundle over to read your meme answers and hopefully remember a few more crappy horror movies to gleefully add to my list!

The wonderful and lovely Emma made a visit to the motherland recently (for those of you that don’t already know, this is me coming out of the closest: I was born and raised in Northern Ireland) and returned bearing gifts. She brought me not one, but two loaves of Veda. To say I was over the moon at receiving such delights would be an understatement. I stashed one in the freezer for a rainy day, and that rainy day has come.

The Scot in me declared that there is no finer way to eat Veda than as part of a piece and cheese and jam (or as my dad calls it, a miner’s piece).  Some cheese (today I used applewood smoked because it’s all we had in) and a touch of black currant jam (I’d prefer some of my mum’s home made raspberry though) along with the Veda make for a real taste of my childhood. There are few things I really miss about Northern Ireland, which isn’t surprising as I left when I was 8 or 9, but Veda and Tayto Cheese and Onion crisps really do make me yearn for the motherland.

Vonnie challenged crafty bloggers to take part in a day in the life photo blog for Friday 25th September. So, here we go:

As you can see there was very little crafting going on. There’s also a big gap between picking my husband up from work and getting the kids into bed. Handily, I’d left my camera in the car and couldn’t be bothered to go out and get it.

**Edit** Muppet that I am, I set the pictures on Flickr to Friends and Family only. They’ve now been changed to public so, if you wish, you can click through to see the bigger ones.

I’ve done nothing in the way of baking and crafting this week because I’ve been away on an intensive training course (I look really busy in the photo, don’t I?). Hopefully I’ll manage to do a wee bit of baking with the kids this weekend. So, just so that you know I’m still here, I’ve pinched this from the lovely Emma at paddymade.wordpress.com.

“Let’s Play”

Let’s Play rules: IT’S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS! COPY, ERASE MY ANSWERS, ENTER YOURS, POST IT ON YOUR BLOG, FACEBOOK, ETC. USE THE 1ST LETTER OF YOUR LAST NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES, NAMES, AND THINGS. NOTHING MADE UP! TRY TO USE DIFFERENT ANSWERS IF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU HAD THE SAME 1ST INITIAL.

Have Fun!!

1. What is your last name? McRoberts
2. A 4 Letter Word? Mule
3. A Boy’s Name? Marcus
4. A Girl’s name? Megan
5. An Occupation? Mechanic
6. A Color? Magenta
7. Something you wear? Moccasins
8. A Beverage? Midori
9. A Food? Moussaka
10. Something found in the bathroom? Mess
11. A place? Milngavie
12. A Reason for being late? Missed the bus
13. Things you shout? Mum!

Tag. You’re it.