Damn you, Stephen King!

Terrible news. I've finished the Dark Tower series, earlier this Monday. "What's life going to be like after the Dark Tower?" asks Peter from work. "I don't know Peter, I honestly... don't know." God, you just feel for Roland. Damn, I want to talk about this thing, but I don't want to give too much away, just in case anyone out there's wanting to, or is actually reading the series at the moment. Like Vay. "God, don't tell me... don't look at me!" he says. Ugh, he's still got 3 books to go, and it's just torturous waiting for him to finish it so I can talk about the whole damn thing.

That secret book came in too, and it's a nice little summary of the series. It gives a lot of insight into the characters, a bit like a reference manual. It's a good thing I waited till I had finished the series, because it contains a fair few spoilers. I might even lend it to Vay, if he's interested. But I doubt it. If anything, I think I'm a bigger fan of the DT than he is. Ironic, as he was the first to start reading it. Never mind that, I finished it first, damn it. That's right, nice girls finish first.

In the weekend before, when I knew I was going to finish it soon, I bought myself the new Stephen King compilation of short stories, "Just After Sunset" to console myself with. BORING. Maybe it's the writing style, or the stories themselves, but frankly, it just wasn't the same as reading the Dark Tower. GOD. Now he's practically ruined reading for me. The short stories have been disappointing so far, maybe they'll get better, I don't know. And frankly, I don't want to know.

Kirk: You're letting me go!?

Cracker Co. Foreman: Kirk. Crackers are a family food - happy families. Maybe single people eat crackers, we don't know. Frankly, we don't want to know. It's a market we can do without!

Kirk: So that's it? After twenty years, "So long, good luck?"

Cracker Co. Foreman: I don't recall saying, "Good luck."

After which I went and bought the new Ripleys Believe It Not book. I know, I've sunk to new lows, but it's sure as hell more entertaining than "Just After Sunset". Hmm, I suppose this was a bit like how I felt about the Gunslinger at first though, so I SUPPOSE I could at least finish the book, although I'm half way through, and even skipped a story just because it was so boring, to the point of irritation. Or maybe I'm just suffering from a bit of withdrawal. I might even go so far as to say that it's better than the Twilight series. Last year I would have bitchslapped anyone who even criticised that series, but meh, after reading the Dark Tower, I've realised the Twilight series isn't that great after all. Yeah, Edward was a bit of alright, but I didn't feel anything for him in the same way I do for Roland. There there hun. It's ok. It's called character appreciation.

And now look. It's taken about half a year and over 4000 pages later, but I've finally finished. Now what am I going to do with myself?