Ok, I often don't recall my dreams from the night before, and when I do they're rarely clear in my mind. This one stuck out. c.c

I was working on a production of "Twilight: The Musical" (which, ohgod, already appears to exist on teh intarwebs x_x) with tichan and lanna_kitty. It wasn't anything like the books, but somehow I knew that's what we were doing. Except that parts of my costume kept disappearing, and then (because I was playing a vampire and ALL vampires must of course wear tight, low cut things in black that lace up) right before the last scene in rehersal, we discovered someone had cut the laces on my corset! The horror! So lanna_kitty heroically jumped in with my lines at the cue while tichan and I frantically searched for new corset lacing. And then I woke up, somewhat miffed that I had missed the big final number.

...I didn't say it made sense, just that I remembered it. c.c;

XDDD This is just too funny.

http://blip.tv/file/2261825/

Ok, it's not quite as bad as Shinga makes it out to be... XDDD but I will admit I have a penchant for yummy vampires. I just finished book three, and yes, I'm going to read through book four. The characters are pretty accurate for teenagers (as in the 110 yr old vamp is still acting like a 17 yr old boy), and the story has held my interest so far. The author was fairly obviously NOT a complete social outcast in high school, because Bella most certainly has a circle of friends who could be considered the "in" crowd. The character is (self-admittedly) a bit thick, but she is certainly determined to work things through. I've only yelled at the books out loud a couple times. My only real sticking points:

Bella is almost terminally clumsy. Like, lands herself in the emergency room with only the power of her own two feet, clumsy. I've never known anyone that badly uncoordinated. It's emphasized to the point that it gets weird.

Sparkle Vampires. Sheesh. I mean, I get that it's a plot point that keeps them from just wandering around in daylight, but really? Did they have to throw off rainbows when exposed to direct sunlight? It's like my pretty vampire pony with glitter action!

The stone/statue fetish. The author's descriptions of the vampires gets creepy after awhile. All physical references to them are about their stone-like flesh, and how it's icy cold all the time. Have you ever tried to cuddle, much less make out with a winter-chilled statue? Uhm. Not so terribly appealing. To underscore this, when Bella has a semi-romantic encounter with the werewolf love interest, she underscores how wrong his "warm, soft lips" feel on hers, compared with Edward's "icy marble lips". Ahh ha. Weird.

But other than those bits, I'm still interested in seeing how the story continues, so it's on to the next book!