I awoke with a stabbing pain in my gut. My mouth was dry and my very being parched. How long had I been out? Where was I?

I slowly looked around me and ran my tongue over my scabbed lower lip. Had I bitten it? Was it simply chapped? I felt a sudden chill. I was in the middle of a thick wood. A full moon shone overhead. It was just like a horror movie. And I was the star.

I looked down at my body to find that it was suddenly foreign to me, as if I was looking at someone else. My stockings were ripped clear from my hip to my knee. I was missing a shoe. There was a huge gash in my black lace corset that left my right breast subject to the bitter cold. I was laying in a pool of thick, warm blood. Did I have my period? Was I attacked?

I tried to think back to where I was before this. I had been working a double shift at the bar. It was Fetish Night. Celia had called in sick. Damn her. Always taking advantage of me. The bar was packed, the music loud.

I wiggled my toes and made sure that I could walk. I slowly got up, holding onto a tree for support. I had to find my way out. I scanned my periphery quickly. And then I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I felt someone watching…

There are several indications in the movie “Twilight,” of environmental consciousness on the parts of Stephanie Meyer and Catherine Hadwicke.

Although Bella says the forest gives her the creeps in the book, in the film “Twilight,” the forest is pictured as lush and beautiful, and it has nearly a magical quality. It acts as hunting grounds for vampires and a playground for Bella and Edward.

Also, in “Twilight” the movie, Bella, Edward and their classmates go on a special fieldtrip for Biology class. I believe they go to some kind of greenhouse, where they learn about composting and reusing natural resources. The environmental consciousness is most obvious when the Biology teacher actually says, “Green is good,” in order to coax the students onto the school bus.

Another feature of “Twilight” the movie that points to environmental consciousness on the parts of the author and the director is the fact that vampires and werewolves are natural predators to one another. Although blood-sucking immortals don’t seem like the most natural phenomenon, the balance that is created by their canine counterparts is indicative of a much larger natural balance (and adds a great plot-point to the movie as well).

The back story behind the Quileute legends also adds an element to environmental balance and harmony between humans and animals. When thinking about all of these elements combined, “Twilight” seems like an incredibly environmental movie!

After reading the first book of the Twilight series in two days, I was thrilled to discover that Amazon.com had Stephanie Meyer’s riveting series available for Kindle, the new electronic device for downloading and reading books. Although I am unlikely to purchase a Kindle, I do have an iPhone, and I’d just read an article in The New York Times, explaining that Amazon.com was making the Kindle software available for the iPhone, for free!

So there I was, stuck at work, having just completed Twilight, and ravenous for more. I glanced at the clock, and was dismayed to realize that I had four hours left of work, with little or nothing to do to keep busy. Although some of my girlfriends had raved about the Twilight series, I was skeptical about whether or not I’d be enticed into Edward and Bella’s love affair. Teenage Vampires? Didn’t exactly seem like my cup of tea. I am a student and critic of Romantic literature, and vampires are certainly a theme common to that trope, but I’ve always sort of laughed at them. Even so, I found myself going to Amazon.com to download the next book of the latest vampire series!

It only took about a minute to download New Moon, and within seconds, I’d figured out how to navigate around Kindle, and was flipping through the virtual pages as fast as Edward Cullen would, with his vampire stealth and quickness! I continued to read until bedtime, and realized how convenient the Kindle’s illuminated screen was for reading in the dark. Needless to say, before I knew it, it was morning. I had finished the book, but I hadn’t slept at all. Was I acquiring a vampire’s sleeping habits?

The only problem I have with the Kindle for iPhone is that while you can dog-ear a page, there is no way to write notes in the margins, and of course, I do miss the smell of a new book. However, it is good for the environment, because no trees are harmed, and it is oh-so-convenient. I highly recommend it for the avid reader and closet vampire!

After reading Stephanie Meyer’s collection in its entirety, I felt the need to create a site where fans of both the Twilight series and the films could share information, different art forms, gossip and various other musings.

After years of studying literature, and only reading that which was assigned to me in college,Twilight was the first novel that I’ve read for fun in what seems like an eternity “Obsession” isn’t a strong enough word! I read the first novel of the series in two days, and avidly devoured the remainder in just a few more days.

I saw the film right away and was so sad when the two hours, in which I saw my favorite characters come to life, finished. I simply can’t wait to see the rest!