TwilightGuys Report: He Discovered Twilight On Facebook
September 16th, 2008 at 12:05 am by Kaleb Nation
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HE DISCOVERED TWILIGHT ON FACEBOOK
I'm a 20 year old guy, i live in Venezuela (that's a country in the north of south america for the ones who have never heard of it) and i had never heard of Twilight until one night when I was going through the "bumper stickers" application of my Facebook account. I realized there were a bunch of stickers that talked about this "Edward Cullen" dude... they were everywhere you looked! They read things like "I have a hard time dealing with the fact that Edward Cullen is not a real person", "New moon confessions: I skipped all the chapters without Edward in them" and so on...
Curiosity took over me and i decided to google this Edward. Was he a singer? Maybe an actor? And why on earth was he so important? The search eventually led me to Stephenie Meyer and her apparently famous-in-other-countries books. Having grown up a Harry Potter freak, this sounded like something had finally come that could fill the hole the series left. And NEVER in my search did I read anything about it being a book for girls.
So I got the book and started reading it and, just as anyone else, it just took a couple of chapters to get me hooked!
Somewhere around chapter 13 i thought "This is getting kind of girly but if it is a major bestseller then its gotta be worth it" and i was right, it WAS worth it! I finished Twilight, then MADE MY GIRLFRIEND READ IT and then started reading New Moon immediately.
It was a matter of time for us to find out there was a movie coming and so we thought "These books are SO good and now there's a movie coming out at the end of the year. This is gonna be a huge phenomenon and we might be some of the first ones to have read it here in Venezuela, why isn't anyone else reading them yet?"
Over the next few days we started recommending it to everyone we knew, male or female, and we found out some of them were already reading them. So yeah... some guys, just like me, thought it was a little too girly in some parts but we all agreed that was meant to happen with any book narrated from a girls point of view.
I'm a twenty year old male, I read the book first and THEN recommended it to MY GIRLFRIEND, and now all my friends (GUYS AND GIRLS) are reading it and enjoying it!"
Submitted by ID.
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ADDED: as of 12:01 AM September 16, I am 20 years old! Thanks everyone who has been reading my blogs and watching my videos. I’ll have something special for today up soon xD
Posted in TwilightGuys Report
Tags: Facebook, guys, Twilight
September 16th, 2008 at 12:14 am
first comment? yay! haha that’s awesome
September 16th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Kaleb: Happy Birthday!!! You are no longer a teenager!
September 16th, 2008 at 12:30 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!
You now qualify to be one of us!
From the ladies of Twilight20Somethings.
September 16th, 2008 at 12:44 am
I have a friend from Venezuela who’d never heard of Stephenie’s amazingness, either. I talked him into reading Twilight and he loved it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 1:08 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!! cool i am exactly 10 days older than you.lol
September 16th, 2008 at 1:44 am
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September 16th, 2008 at 2:10 am
Have a very happy birthday Kaleb!!! And thank you for running such an interesting Twilight fansite… you’re the best!
September 16th, 2008 at 2:39 am
Happy Birthday Kaleb!!!! Cool story.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:41 am
Happy Birthday (:
Haha trendsetter.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:20 am
Buon Compleanno, Kaleb!
September 16th, 2008 at 5:38 am
Haaaapppppyyyyy Birthday!!!!! =P
September 16th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Happy Birthday Kaleb!
September 16th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Happy birthday Kaleb
September 16th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!! Yours is today, Mine is tomorrow, Bellas was Saturday, Reneesmes was September 10th. Virgos ROCK!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Happy 20th Birthday!
September 16th, 2008 at 8:17 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!
September 16th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Happy Birthday Kaleb
September 16th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Wow. Awesome story.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 8:37 am
HAHA Thats a Great Story. Its good to know that some guys are reading this first!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!
September 16th, 2008 at 8:50 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KaleB!
September 16th, 2008 at 9:07 am
What makes me laugh is that this is totally the same way I discovered Twilight! Except with flair, and not with bumper stickers. The TwiCurls owe their very existance to a Facebook Application.
September 16th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Happy birthday!
(Hartelijk gefeliciteerd met je 20e verjaardag !xD)
September 16th, 2008 at 9:24 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAT KALEB!!!!!
that was by far the best story ever! gotta love it!
September 16th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Happy Birthday Kaleb!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 10:03 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB YOUR THE BEST AND THE ONLY REAL TWILIGHT GUY !!!! AND WHAT A GREAT ARTICLE I’M HAPPY TO SEE GUYS GETTING INTO IT BUT I really don’t mind that’s it’s a girl thing because I feel like it’s something for us to experience but the more the merrier !!!
September 16th, 2008 at 10:20 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Happy Birthday
September 16th, 2008 at 11:31 am
OMG!!!
I WAS ONE OF THE VERY VERY VERY FEW GIRLS WHO BROUGHT TWILIGHT TO VENEZUELA!!! WHEN I CAME HOME TO CARACAS ALL I EVER TALKED ABOUT WAS THE BOOK, AND EDWARD THIS, EDWARD THAT!!!
so everyone was like “ok, i have to know what this book is about, cuz you’re driing us crazy”
long story short, my books got passed from girl to girl til i got tired of lending them to everyone and the whole thing just spread like crazy!!!
OMG!!!
I cant believe a GUY in venezuela read it! i only know one friend of mine from here who has read it and loved it!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 11:32 am
a guy friend, i mean.
btw, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Yay… HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!!
OMG(OME)… I don’t believe it! A GUY who MAKE HIS GIRLFRIEND READ TWILIGHT???
I like it… =)
September 16th, 2008 at 11:55 am
You’re almost legal – heh, one year to go! Happy birthday! XD
September 16th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Go Twilight Guys!
Happy Birthday Kaleb! Washingtonians send their love.
September 16th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Hey Kaleb! Happy birthday!!!
<3
September 16th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
happy birthday
i found twilight through the flair app on facebook… how funny.
September 16th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
pretty sweet! happy b-day kaleb!
September 16th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Happy Birthday Kaleb! May you enjoy many more!
September 16th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I was going to get on a lil after Midnight and wish you a happy birthday, however I fell asleep at 9:30 and got a much needed full nights sleep. I wish I had, sorry
But hey! It’s still your birthday, so Happy Birthday!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
happy birthday kaleb!wahoo1 ur 20! thats great. i hope u have a birthday and that u get a bunch of presents! remember u rock and so does ur bloggs! keep it up!
luv, vivs
September 16th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
oops. correction: i hope u have a GREAT birhtday, lol. i forgot to put that word in…silly me.
September 16th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!
woo!!
hope ur havin a gr8 day
:D
*hug*
September 16th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
happy birthday kaleb!! what’s it like in the realm of adulthood?
September 16th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Happy Birthday!
September 16th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
happy b-day
i was talking to my cuz who lives in colombia she has never read twilight and she told me that her school made her due a book reaport on twilight i kinda feaked “a little” lol
September 16th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
HAPPY BDAY KALEB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :]
HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT DAY!!!!
hahahahahaha. thats hilarious!!!!
bahahaa…
yeah one of my guy friends just started reading breaking dawn and he loves it.
[and he hates jacob]HAHA
love it. :]
September 16th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(and lol, this story was cute too!)
September 16th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
ahhahha its not every day you hear of the boy reading twilight then making his girlfriend read it. lol.
also HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!
September 16th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Happy Birthday, Kaleb! I’m sorry to say that I’m right behind you on leaving the wonderful teenaged years… Just a few more weeks! *cries*
September 16th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Happy Birthday!
September 16th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
That article is great!
Happy Birthday, Kaleb!
September 16th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Oh that’s great! Yeah, I’ve been recommending it to random people when it comes up (and it usually does). Lol
Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KALEB!
September 16th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
happy birthday to you!
happy birthday to you!
happy birthday dear Kaleb!
happy birthday to you!
I didn’t get you a present… I’d send you an e-card but you probably wouldn’t get through all your email to find it until next February, lol
LOL at the guy telling his girlfriend about Twilight! That’s AWESOME! Finally, a twilight guy recommending it to a girl for a change.
September 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
happy birthday Kaleb!!!!
i love your sites
and you just totally rock
i was twilighter39 last night on blogtv
so thanks for entertaining me/making me laugh a lot
you rock!!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Ha ha… Kaleb, you and I share the same birthday!
Happy birthday to us!
September 16th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Happy birthday! What an adorable story.
September 16th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR FAVORITE TWILIGHT GUY!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Happy Birthday Kaleb!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
I have both of those little icon thingys!! LOL
HAPPY B-DAY KALEB!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU!!!! HAPPy BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LoTS oF lOve!!!!!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Whoa… that’s unusual for sure!
Happy birthday, Kaleb! I hope it was stupendous. You made it out of the teens… you get to decide if that’s good or not (I haven’t decided myself yet. It feels kinda weird.).
September 16th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
HAPPY BITHDAY KALEB!!!!!!!!!! (ha, you have the same birth date as my dad)
That’s different, a GUY getting their GIRLFRIEND to read it. Finally
September 16th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
happy b-day!
love ya!
September 16th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Happy Birthday Kaleb!
September 16th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Oh, FINALLY, a guy who bothered reading it then giving it to his girlfriend instead of a blind gift or utter ignorance of what a Twilighter is!
Also, a very, very happy birthday to you, Kaleb!!! Good luck now being an adult without having a one in front of their names and not being archaic-ly old either!!! We all love ya, man!
September 16th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
K this is pretty off topic, but I just realized that WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS is the PERFECT NEW MOON SONG!!! It hit me like a big yellow school bus!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Χρόνια πολλά, Kaleb!
Are you going to celebrate? You should! Especially after worrying about IKE! Glad you made it!
September 16th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEB!!!! I remembered your birthday yesterday and I was so excited to say it! Anyway, guess what? You have the same birthday as my dad! =) by the looks of it, seems like most peoples birthdays are on the same day as yours, which makes it super special =)
Have a good 20th birthday Kaleb =)
September 16th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear Kaleb
the coolest guy who reads twilight and is writing his own awesome series,
Happy birthday to you
September 16th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
OMG! same here!!! the first time I heard about Twilight was in December I was on Bumper Stickers and I saw one that said “Edward Cullen.. raising the standards for boyfriends since 1901″ or something like that. and I was like.. “oooooh! maybe he’s hot.” so I Googled him and here I am!
September 16th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Happy Birthday, Kaleb! I hope you had a great day.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
I’m trying to get my friend from Nicaragua (its a country in central America) to read it…I know she’s gonna love it therefore spreading the Twilight goodness!!!!
we’re taking over!!!
Happy B-Day!!!!
September 17th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
This is actually exactly how I discovered Twilight. No one I knew in Colorado had ever even heard of them, but I saw all these icons about them on Facebook, and some pretty hilarious quotes (the ones that got me to finally read the books quoted the lines, “You might have noticed my boyfriend glitters. It’s just something he does in the sun. Don’t worry about it.” and, “‘Fall down again, Bella?’ ‘No Emmett, I punched a werewolf in the face.’”) The only thing I knew about the story before I started reading was that they were about vampires. I didn’t even know it was a series, I thought it was just the first book. I got a very different story than I was expecting, but it was still great!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Happy belated birthday Kaleb! Haha that was hilarious. So ironic how it was the boyfriend recommending it to the girlfriend when its almost always the other way around…
September 18th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
That’s great that he suggested it to his girlfriend. And Happy Birthday, Kaleb. I totally forgot about your birthday, sorry.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Haha that’s funny. As of 12:01 AM September 16, I was finally seventeen
Happy belated!
October 7th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
OME!!!! Happy Belated Birthday!! I am from Venezuela and not many people have heard of it but i have made my friends read it too!lol
October 12th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
LOL. Soo ironic. Love all of these stories, twiguys are vamptastic!
March 22nd, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Sorry dude, BUT THAT'S JUST SADDDD!!!!!
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Sorry dude, BUT THAT'S JUST SADDDD!!!!!