one more thing...

I just read through my Twilight post and some of it doesn't make sense (like, um, the first sentence haha) but I know you will all forgive me because I have never made such dumb mistakes before and I'm exhausted. Also, so tired that I'm too lazy to fix it.

Also, Pushing Daisies cancelled!!???!? It's really bothering me. That's amazing quality television. I think I might raid the ABC offices and give them a list of all the other crap shows they could cancel in order to let Daisies live. Just like Bella said (twice) last night, dying in the place of someone you love is a good way to go. Of course I think what she did was stupid, but how noble would it be for those other crap shows to sacrifice their budgets to the yummy goodness that is Pushing Daisies? Here's hoping something will happen to change the mind of those ABC execs.

Because you know, if they don't change their minds, I'll still be spending my Wednesday nights with Lee Pace (at this point I would like to add the first season of Pushing Daisies on dvd to my Christmas List as well as Wonderfalls, The Fall and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) and shunning ABC broadcasting.

K. That really is all.

Breaking Dawn. (Spoilers and such)

Don't read this if you haven't read the book. I'm tired of not voicing my opinion on the matter. I'll post a photo of some sort so you don't see the spoilers immediately.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okay. Breaking Dawn. I'm just going to start out by saying that I still really love Twilight. It was a good read, it was different, the style of writing was enticing and Meyer did a really good job of pulling you into the story. Obviously, millions of other women would agree with me there. In addition, New Moon was a pretty good story. I like Jacob Black - he's really the most relateable character if you think about it. He's not perfect like Edward and he's not stupid like Bella. Eclipse was just kind of there and so is Breaking Dawn.

I don't feel as strongly about Eclipse as some people do and I've already told some friends that Breaking Dawn merely serves the purpose (for me at least) of providing closure. Now I know what happens to everyone.

Point 1:

My biggest problem, which will seem very trivial, is Renesmee. Seriously. Renesmee. What is that?! That's not a name, it's a curse. Good thing she will never be a part of normal society because normal society would take a girl named Renesmee and mock her relentlessly until she had to be taken out of public school, moved across the country and changed her name so she could experience some sort of life. I actually heard a rumor about Bella having a daughter named Nessie. When I read she wanted to name the baby Renesmee, I was HOPING and PRAYING that they would stick to calling her Nessie because that was an improvement. I actually read that name as a pronoun the rest of the book and just pretended she didn't have a horrible name.

Also, I can just see little Renesmee's running around when my children are young. You know some fan girl is going to name her child that eventually and the above scenario of mocking and new identities is going to come true for some poor soul.

Renesmee. Ugh.

Point 2:

That brings me to my second point, which doesn't necessarily bother me too much, which may get me in trouble with some of you, the questionable subject matter. What bothered me the most in terms of this was really the time spent on it and the fact that it's all from Bella's POV. She was annoying before...throw some sexual confusion and tension AND hormones in there and the girl is just too much. She could stand to have some marriage counseling sessions concerning open communication. She could also just stop being so dumb all the time. Not only did we spend their entire honeymoon with them (with maybe two pages not talking about sex or the result of sex or Bella trying to convince Edward to have sex with her) we got to relive it all again throughout the last part of the book as well. I realize they are newly weds and teenagers, but come on. It's a book, with more important and pressing matters at hand...like a gang of all powerful, corrupt Vampire leaders who are out to murder your entire family...and she commits entire chapters to Edward and Bella's love life? psh.

I've remarked before that the readership of this book and the fact there's so much focus on the above don't bother me so much. Meyer wanted an age limit and warning - as I'm sure she certainly expected such a reaction. But I also know that people are going to make their own personal decisions...mothers read these books and they've read the first three and it was clearly leading to this point. I actually think the making out sessions in Eclipse were a little more explicit than anything in Breaking Dawn. At least most of the focus in BD was on the destruction of furniture and houses after the fact.

Point 3:

I really really liked Jacob's book. I know there's been talk about all the whincing and cringing and such, but that's just an example of Meyer's need for a thesaurus and possibly a better editor. But think about how annoying Bella is. By the time her honeymoon is over you are praying for relief from the crazy. Jacob provides that. He has a sense of humor, the chapter titles were funny, and he actually grows as a character. He embraces his calling, his pack, and his role as a leader. He also becomes a more compassionate and understanding character (specifically with Leah and Edward). He may not like the people who are around him, but he begins to take a step outside of himself and realize they are experiencing similar situations and that maybe they are just as angry and upset as he is. Like I said, he's the most realistic character in terms of arc and point of view, at least for me.

I'll say here that I've never liked Edward or Jacob better. I liked Edward with Bella and I liked Jacob in that little brother sort of way.

And, again, I think I'm in a different camp here, but it didn't bother me that he imprinted on Nessie. It's not like he tried to date her right there while she was a baby. That would be gross and illegal and Charlie would kill him. He just protected her like everyone else did. As long as Meyer doesn't right a book about Nessie and Jacob (which I fear is exactly what she left open) and their love triangle (because Meyer loves her triangles) then I'm happy imagining them growing as friends and family and being happy together down the road...when it's appropriate and not icky. Maybe that's just me. I just don't think Meyer wrote any of that to be indecent, it was just a way to permanently link the wolves and the vampires together and unite the two sides.

Point 4:

I liked the ending. Although some of the stuff that happened could have been addressed earlier in the book or left out completely, I liked the introduction of a few new vampires and I liked what happened with the Volturi. Of course there were so many twists and revelations that it felt like it lasted FOR. EV. ER. but that's okay. The semi-action was better than reading about how they were preparing for a fight.

So all in all, I didn't hate the book. I'm apathetic. I probably won't let my daughter read the books till high school, mostly because I don't like the idea of girls thinking it's okay to be like Bella (as a person, not the post graduation marriage and teenage pregnancy, because, honestly, she graduated and was married - she just did it very early). I don't like that she is weak minded and so dependent on what the people around her are doing or thinking or so quick to jump to conclusions and judgments or so easily swayed one way or the other or so stupid to jump into a situation that is obviously dangerous. But I digress. This is my summation. The book could have been at least 75 pages shorter and accomplished the same goal. Overall, I'm happy now to leave the characters where they are and if I were to re-read any of these books, it would stop at Twilight.

preliminary words concerning a certain vampire book

i haven't been posting because i can't really talk about what i want to talk about because i'm a big proponent of not spoiling books for other people.

but i have to say (in response to lili's post) that the only thing that made me feel better reading some parts of the book was knowing that Stephenie was actually on the side of putting an age limit and/or warning on this last installment because of the suggestive themes.

of course there is another reason i doubt her work, but that's something that will have to wait for a later review.

check it out.

Two entertainment-related tid bits.



FIRST, the new TWILIGHT trailer is better than the first. Edward seems a little less...campy? creepy? makeuped? Is that even a word?

I didn't say anything about that recent magazine cover because I pretty much hated it. they definitely screwed that whole thing up in the make-up department. i mean, yeah, Edward is pale, but he doesn't wear lipstick. Nothing about that photo says "pale" and everything about it says "cross-dresser."

Of course, that will only really bother me if he looks like that in the film, which I'm fairly certain he won't. Still. I won't be completely decided on how I feel about all of this stuff until I see the movie.

also - only two weeks left till Breaking Dawn. Hope it doesn't annoy me the way Eclipse did.



SECOND, Psych is back tonight!! If you don't watch it, you should start because it's always funny. ALWAYS.