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Is it just me or does there seem to be an awful lot of vampire media around at the moment? From Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight saga to anime, manga, movies and other novels, it seems just about everything is sporting something vampire related. I am still undecided as to whether I’m enjoying this new craze or not. Certainly I am enjoying the new portrayal of vampires being beautiful and humane, but I’m getting a sense of de ja vu’ coming through in the storylines. I feel like I’ve been trawling through the vampire content trying to find a story that is truly original and addictive – not this dark, angsty crap that keeps invading an otherwise good story. Sure, vampire stories are supposed to be dark – they are creatures of the night afterall, but it seems these stories keep falling into the same old tale of forbidden love, dark obsession and love triangles. I want something different!

Here’s a rundown of my recent vampire run-ins:

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Thank goodness the Christmas chaos is over. From about 2pm December 25th (just after lunch with a tummy full from yummie baked pumpkin and potato – mmmm!) I’m content and ready to start enjoying the Christmas holidays. Anything before that is just rush, rush, rush, spend, spend, spend!

Christmas this year was a lot of fun. As I posted earlier, Eastonroyce and I went to Coffs Harbour for a two week holiday. I swear we took half the stuff we own over with us. Between us we took 4 computers – sad, I know – Nintendo Wii, most of the games we own and tonnes of packaged presents. On the way back it was pretty much the same, only the presents were all unwrapped and we were piled high with a tonne of extra games and DVDs we bought while shopping. Poor little Quin had to sit at my feet as there was no room anywhere else for the little guy. Good thing he slept most of the trip – the secret formula? Quin + Favourite Red Blanky = Sleepy Puppy! Read More…