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10am: Wife and I are speeding the mean streets of suburbia en route to the matinee showing of “Twilight,” the apparent heir apparent to the Harry Potter throne of nerdish literature obsession and fantasy-lite followers everywhere. Everything in me screams that this thing is going to suck. Being a vampire movie, the pun isn’t lost on my wife, who laughs every time I say that. We’re meeting her work buddies, who are all female and all fans of the books. I’m expecting their boyfriends and husbands to share the same lost look I’ll have, our gazes wandering to posters of the upcoming Punisher movie and politely smiling while they swoon at press photos of Twilight’s cast.

Maybe this little jaunt will give me clarity to recognize why this thing came out of nowhere to suck up the minds and hearts of Hot Topic consumers everywhere. Maybe this will just make me want to see the new Punisher movie. Maybe I should just eat my popcorn, endure, and use the experience as Cohabitation Credit toward one day of uninterrupted Xbox gaming. Anyways, we arrive, park, pay, and we’re strapped in for monster melodrama. On with the show!

This year, celebs came-a-flockin’ supporting the historic election. From Oprah to George Clooney to Jon Voight, the famous (and even not-so-famous) rallied to get the vote out. Whether they supported John McCain or (now President-Elect) Barack Obama, the point was: get out there and vote. Vote for a cause, vote for your leader, and vote for yourself.

Recently, Carrie Underwood spoke out stating she lost all respect for celebrities who endorsed specific candidates as it implied that American public “wasn’t smart enough to make their own decisions.” A bit extreme, considering anyone who be slightly famous ought to sit back, for it could imply Americans weren’t smart enough to make decisions on their own.

At the same time…maybe there are certain “celebrities” that should sit this one out.