2008-08-18 21:59:55 -0700, originally uploaded by katrinauch.

Somebody posted this photo on facebook of Dan and I with our friend Greg in the summer of our sophmore year of Ithaca College. Dan’s Hair is almost as long as mine, and mine is the original color.  We are in one of the audio studios that we spent so much of our four years in.  I have a feeling we were recording a project for  class— I know it’s not Edge of Darkness, because of the shirt I am wearing.  Goodness we were cute, all thoses years ago.

In an earlier post I mentioned Bryn turning me on to the Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series of books. The final one, Breaking Dawn came out during my hell work period, and since I knew I wouldn’t be able to put it down until I finished it and I didn’t want to wait ’til my work was done, I got the book on CD. I like listening to books while I work and have pretty much memorized the Harry Potter series as read by Jim Dale. Of course the book came out on Saturday August 2, the day that Fast Times, my husband’s 80’s band had a gig at the Black Oak Casino which is a 3-4 hour drive away. So I drove up to the casino listening to the book on the car stereo, hoping that Dan wasn’t listening, because she isn’t a good writer, and he is hyper-critical of everything. He listened to his own thing on the way up, but on the way back, he said he was going to sleep, but what he actually did was bitch about the book. And I don’t actually blame him, that much.

After finishing the book, it’s just not great. Meyer seems so intent on making everyone happy that the story suffered. At this point I am going to warn that the rest contains spoilers, so don’t read it if you plan to read the book and want to be surprised.

I am glad that she went through with the wedding and the wedding night, many readers would have been very upset if that hadn’t happened. The freaky half-vampire pregnancy I could have really done without. I will even say that her explanation for it made sense within the world she created. I am glad that Meyer did finally make Bella a vampire, and I did expect that she would have an easier time than most newborns, but please, some suffering would have been nice. No one dies, except a very sideline character that no one cares about, honestly. Everything is tied up, everyone is happy and Bella has more than she could ever dream of. Excuse me while I puke in the corner. I am not really behind the people screaming that Meyer is saying get married at 18 and have a baby and lief will be perfect, but I can see where they are coming from. I am just disappointed.

I will still see the movie, but I don’t hold out high hopes, and maybe that is better anyway.