Things I've been involved in the design concept of, recently (i.e. wouldn't-it-be-great-if...):

- Antigravity bra: a small device which sticks to the underside of the boob - no more red marks!
- "Space trays": again with the antigravity - baking trays that hover next to you when you have no work surfaces available.
- Vampires that bake: because no one is going to suspect a baker of being a vampire, right? And, if they're like Spike, they'll like a little something to crumble into the blood, give it a bit of texture (ew). No, really - it'd be awesome! Hollywood blockbuster material.

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People who have read Twilight: does any character, at any point, tell Bella to stop being so whiny and self-absorbed? Or do they all enable her personal pity party, like Edward seems to be doing so far? I'm nearly 100 pages in, and dear god do I need someone to tell her to shut the hell up. Oh noes, her parents divorced (without any apparent acrimony, when she was a baby)! Oh noes, she has to live with her father (who loves her a lot and has bought her a car)! Oh noes, she has to leave behind, uh, no friends that even merit a name! Oh noes, she misses her mother (although not enough to remember to email her until three days after she arrives)! Oh noes, she's the new girl in school, and only makes half a dozen friends straight away, including three boys who fancy her! Oh noes, it... rains a lot!

Cry moar, emo girl.

And her reaction to seeing snow for the first time ever?

Did Stephanie Meyer make Bella the world's wettest blanket on purpose, or am I actually supposed to like her? Enquiring minds want to know.

I'm reading it for my Book Group; it's not by personal choice. It's also suffering in comparison to Sunshine, by Robin McKinley, which I also just read, and which is infinitely better. I want to throw Bella to Robin McKinley's vampires, see how long she survives with them. Gah.