What I've gathered so far:
I figure I'm not supposed to trust Wickham. I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation why Darcy hates him. We've all seen this before: Hugh Grant/Colin Firth/Zelwegger; Pacey/Dawson/Joey; Vampire/Werewolf/Human.
It seems Collins will marry anything that moves, including his cousins. From Jane to Elizabeth to Charlotte. I guess if the benefactor says to get married, you're gonna do so. Gotta keep the funders happy. [Sidenote: reading about entails just took me back to property class in law school. I hated property.]
Charlotte Lucas was just dying to get married, too, apparently. I don't know many women that would be cool with their close friends marrying the guy who just proposed to her. I guess I just can't get inside the mind of a 19th Century English woman.
We don't like Caroline Bingley. (Is that her first name?) Maybe she'll end up with Wickham instead of Darcy. It seems like it's the goal of every character to get married by the end of this book. And if Elizabeth and Darcy are star-crossed lovers, then doesn't that leave Miss Bingley and Wickham? I say, since she figuratively stabbed Jane in the back, Jane should literally stabb Miss Bingley in the back. Pride and Prejudice and Justice!
January 28, 2011
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January 17, 2011
pride and prejudice, part I
C has wanted to watch the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice with me for a while. In preparation, I'm gonna read the actual book. In the meantime, I've decided I'm going to have an ongoing review of what I've read thus far.
The first thing that really frustrates me is that I don't know who's talking half the time. There are five Miss Bennets and a Mrs. Bennet, so I never know to which Bennet one is ever referring. It doesn't help that I don't know people's full names. So, when a character refers to someone else by her first name, sometimes I'm not so sure who it is. Also, for a few pages, I thought "Lizzy" and "Eliza" were two different people. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure that they are the same person right now.
To be fair, this isn't a Jane Austen thing. This happened when I was reading The Brothers Karamazov. With all the different Russian nicknames, I never knew who was who.
Second, I'm only ten chapters in, and I'm already annoyed by the women in this book. All they do is gossip and talk about which men they want to marry or which men they should marry or when they want to marry. If this goes on for another 300 pages, I might throw this book off a bridge.
Finally, Darcy is very Colin Firth-y. Or is Colin Firth very Darcy-y?
The first thing that really frustrates me is that I don't know who's talking half the time. There are five Miss Bennets and a Mrs. Bennet, so I never know to which Bennet one is ever referring. It doesn't help that I don't know people's full names. So, when a character refers to someone else by her first name, sometimes I'm not so sure who it is. Also, for a few pages, I thought "Lizzy" and "Eliza" were two different people. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure that they are the same person right now.
To be fair, this isn't a Jane Austen thing. This happened when I was reading The Brothers Karamazov. With all the different Russian nicknames, I never knew who was who.
Second, I'm only ten chapters in, and I'm already annoyed by the women in this book. All they do is gossip and talk about which men they want to marry or which men they should marry or when they want to marry. If this goes on for another 300 pages, I might throw this book off a bridge.
Finally, Darcy is very Colin Firth-y. Or is Colin Firth very Darcy-y?
January 11, 2011
wait until veteran's day
I told Chris that our phone carrier had a major announcement on 1/11/11 at 11am. She responded, "PEPPERO FOR EVERYONE!"
January 7, 2011
on the sixth day, C created…
For those of you don’t know, C is a knitter. She recently knitted a stuffed elephant. When she finished it, she actually said to this elephant, “I am your creator.” She then christened the elephant Wilbur.
We recently took Wilbur with us to the Bay Area over the Christmas weekend. Our SF mom loved him. She had a huge smile when she saw him. She would carry him around in her arms. She took lots pictures with him and lots more of him. Our favorite picture is the one where SF Mom placed Wilbur in the middle of some her outdoor plants. She loved Wilbur so much that she wanted to keep him. Unfortunately, Wilbur is a gift for a friend’s baby.
The whole time I was thinking, “How is SF Mom going to react when we bring an actual human baby for holiday visits?” I’m sure she will love a grandchild even more than Wilbur. Yet I wonder if she will place her grandkid in plants like those Anne Geddes pictures?
For the time being, I hope that C will eventually create another stuffed elephant for SF Mom. Anything that will deflect attention from producing an actual baby is fine by me.
We recently took Wilbur with us to the Bay Area over the Christmas weekend. Our SF mom loved him. She had a huge smile when she saw him. She would carry him around in her arms. She took lots pictures with him and lots more of him. Our favorite picture is the one where SF Mom placed Wilbur in the middle of some her outdoor plants. She loved Wilbur so much that she wanted to keep him. Unfortunately, Wilbur is a gift for a friend’s baby.
The whole time I was thinking, “How is SF Mom going to react when we bring an actual human baby for holiday visits?” I’m sure she will love a grandchild even more than Wilbur. Yet I wonder if she will place her grandkid in plants like those Anne Geddes pictures?
For the time being, I hope that C will eventually create another stuffed elephant for SF Mom. Anything that will deflect attention from producing an actual baby is fine by me.
January 6, 2011
new year's revolution
In reviewing some of the previous posts in this space, I found this: anyone out there?
Turns out, about a year ago, I posted nearly the same thing as I did earlier this morning. I feel like the guy who always resolves to lose weight every new year, only to fail every year. Well, I'll try harder this year.
Bonus coverage from 2007: messy danny. I didn't know that was still out there in cyberspace. It made me laugh. Hope it makes you laugh, too.
Turns out, about a year ago, I posted nearly the same thing as I did earlier this morning. I feel like the guy who always resolves to lose weight every new year, only to fail every year. Well, I'll try harder this year.
Bonus coverage from 2007: messy danny. I didn't know that was still out there in cyberspace. It made me laugh. Hope it makes you laugh, too.
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