twilight buzz

i have never understood the buzz about twilight.  not once, not ever.

i dont consider myself a literary genius, but i think that stephenie meyer insults whatever is left of my english degree.

i read the first installment of the twilight series on fevered recommendation from a teacher of grade 8 students.  we were sitting around discussing whatever as this 30-something clutched her hard-bound 3rd installment of the twilight series and declared it the "best thing she's ever read in a long time", with spittle collecting on her lips.

i thought, 'huh, this IS a teacher...someone who talks to the grade 8 mentality daily....maybe she IS onto something'.

so whilst waiting for my travelling partner to finish her teacher-ish convention, i stalked over to the downtown mall complex in edmonton and bought the first and second book of the twilight series.

i have to admit that the first book was interesting.  i was hooked and read the book in a night.

the second book?  well...it was a lot of moaning and groaning and i was wondering WHERE IS THE SEX?  to me vampires = S-E-X.  there's no sex.  all it is, is a 200+page expose on teenage angst of the narcissistic generation.  the "why me?" and "please, feel sorry for me!  i'm a VICTIM" bullshit that seems to prevail in this culture.

i sped-read through it, only because i wanted it out of my life.

i have no desire to read the third or fourth books.  stephenie meyer is NOT a writer.

i dont care how the story ends; that's what the internet is for.  i can "google" that shit, instead of giving her $20.

i feel embarassed for the fans.  my sister in law bought the other two books, read them, devoured them, and bought the movie and insisted that i'd do the same.

i'm gonna prove her wrong. 
i'm no mom-jeans-wearing-freak.

THESE were vampires: