a few orders of business

i caved. yes, i'm in the middle of reading Twilight. after having a realization during a debate over the book that when people ask me if i have read it myself, i proudly, and a bit sheepishly, reply that no i have not. now, don't get me wrong. i wasn't staying away from this book simply because it was popular and everyone's reading it. that's ridiculous because i am a huge harry potter fan and i don't know a single person who hasn't read those books. but i just tend to run from the Teen section in the bookstore, which is this bundle of papers usually hang out. i've read my fair share of poor, teenage girl novels. trust me. a lot of money, time, and library card swipes wasted. but i guess i wanted to prove to myself that it really wasn't worth all the hype? mainly, i did it just to shut Will up. i started last night, and i'm a little over halfway through. which may seem like i read it avidly, but i read fast generally, especially with a read as easy as this one. and i haven't been sleeping this week, so i have an average 7 hours most people don't.
i find while reading that it's undoubtably a page-turner. but once i close the book, i don't have that much of a desire to pick it back up, depending on where i stopped. i mean, i'm not constantly thinking about it. i think the plot's fine so far. i mean, i already knew about that though. it is not written very well. in all honesty, it seems like a teenager themselves wrote it. but not in a good way. something about it still makes me turn my nose up. i don't know.
i will admit, though, i love Edward. no doubt he sounds so perfect. gosh, i won't even start. except he annoys me when he gets angry. but i fall in love with a lot of characters i read about. and as for Bella...well, i wish the book was not entirely from her perspective. i'd like to read it from Edwards (yes, i know that there are 12 chapters written from edward's POV starting from the day he sees her leaked onto the internet). this book is entertaining, but it's like a "beach read" or a "rainy day book" which could be good considering this rain never lets up here. but i have not so much desire to 1. finish the book and 2. read the other ones. i'm going to finish it though. and i'll probably read those leaked chapters from Edward's POV..but i don't know. i don't see the cause for all the uproar. i mean, it kind of angers me that this woman is making so much money from these books and movie spin offs. but whatever.
this is just my opinion. it matters not at all.

oh, and i'm downloading the movie right now. i watched a bit of it, but it messed up. what i saw, i was really unimpressed. i like how it looks, but i'm not sure if i like anything else. the girl that plays bella doesn't even seem like that good of an actress...but i have a lot more of the film to see.

but, if you've already read all the twilight books, and want one to read: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. i'm reading it, well was before i got Twilight. and man, Dave Eggers is my man. i'm in love with everything he writes. and wow. this is his first book. so, so impressive. he writes like my throught process. just flowing and no true grammitcal correctness. i mean, he'll repeat words like like like that. and he's just honest and funny and truth be told, heartbreaking. genius. love.

"As a kid I had the chicken pox
the german measles and the scarlet fever
and I don't ever want to go through that again

I had to tell my little broken heart
I had to tell it I'm immune to love
'cause I don't ever want to go through that again

You can't have it once you've had it
You can't have it once you've had it
You can't have it once you've had it, no"
mmm delightful song. Chicken Pox by I'm From Barcelona (baha they aren't even from SPAIN!)

ho humm./ not sleeping is a strange thing. to my complete shock, i find i have more energy during the day than usually. so bizarre. and i don't find it all that hard to stay awake. i mean, i'm not forcing myself so to say. i just don't like wasting time. although, i inevitably fall asleep in driver's Ed each day this week. but i think that's the class. it is just tiresome. i'm sure i'll fall ill by the end of the week or something. that usually happens when i can't sleep for a long time. i get sick and then sleep nonstop.