A Plague Upon Our House

Well like a plague, the Twilight series has descended upon our house. Actually, in retrospect I believe it could have been a spell collectively woven by the Philpot sisters. While there are many things, which have brought two or three of the Philpot sisters together in solidarity, I cannot remember an event that has unified the entire Philpot coven as the Twilight series has. I kid you not…as I am writing this Flo is on the phone with one of you right now. How do I know this you ask? Because not more than 20 seconds into the conversation these words have breathlessly spilled out, “Are you finished yet?” I can gauge rather quickly that whoever it is has not finished because the next words are of vicarious excitement, “Where are you at?”
There is a quiet pride that has attached itself to the Philpot women, which seems to have come from this unified endeavor, but they are not alone. I notice it elsewhere as well. I can scarcely walk the halls at church without overhearing the whisperings of “Edward” or “Jacob”, and as I lean in closer to gauge the conversation they pitifully look upon me as though I were an outsider. Their icy stares speak volumes, “He hasn’t paid his dues yet.” Yes, it is true. Like so many of my friends and male family members (in-laws included), I seem to have an aversion to reading or watching something which someone else has deemed as a must read. I know…I suppose it is a measure of the natural man coming out in me.
Well I too have succumbed to the series. After feeling the cold shoulder of popular culture, I realized that the only cure for the situation was to take my medicine and read the series. I knew it would come to this. I experienced the same aversion to the Harry Potter series, yet after reading the first book I swallowed my pride, repented, and completed all seven novels in short fashion. So now it begins, and soon I hope to find acceptance in the Twilight circles and once again with the Philpot coven.

Jason Fallis

Blog, Blog, Blog. Blog, Blog

The Fallis family is now a blog. My friends from school will find this funny because I hate the word blog. I find it a horrible word mainly because I get sick hearing it. I only decided to to do this because my youngest sisters both have blogs and have talked me into getting one. I figure if it is good enough for Melanie and JoAnn it should be good enough for me. We will add more later.