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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I hate Twilight. A lot. I read the first two books via unabridged audio on a road-trip one year ago with my then-wife. I'm not saying Twilight killed my marriage. I am saying that I was married. Then I read half the Twilight series. Now I'm no longer married. I trust you to come to your own conclusions based on the available evidence.</p>
<p>And while I feel that the craptastic collection of bound words underservedly referred to as "writing" within the Twilight series is nothing less than a cultural assault, my recovery from Twilight exposure was significantly aided by reading <a href="http://stoney321.livejournal.com/317176.html">this incredible critique of the series by a former Mormon</a>. Armed with the knowledge that I was not alone and seeking to help others similarly endowed with taste process this phenomenon, I watched New Moon during opening weekend in New York City, and I live-tweeted my experience, but in this case, I called it live hate-tweeting.</p>
<p>The response was incredibly positive, and I've reassembled the Twitter stream and added a few versions and some other enhancements like screenshots from the movie itself. Below you will find a YouTube version of the tweets and a Flickr slideshow version. If the response is significant enough, I may add other versions and even more content, so stay tuned. And spread the word.</p>
<p>Together, united, we can fight this scourge. God bless you all.</p>
<h3>Flickr slideshow.</h3>
<p>You can <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/baratunde/sets/72157622738744259/"><strong>go straight to the album on flickr</strong></a>. The slideshow below will autoplay. See something you really like? Click on it, and you'll go to a standalone page which has a link to the original post on twitter where you can retweet it. Bam!</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong>YouTube video.</strong></h3>
<p>I've set the slides to auto-forward and added <a href="http://eng.musicshake.com/Listen/Song/SongContent/?GENRE_NUM=5&amp;INTERVAL=7&amp;ORDERBY=NEW&amp;CONTEST_NUM=36850">an audio track</a>. Spread it. Embed it. Here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLdeB39aEJU"><strong>the direct link</strong></a>.</p>
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