At least you could be glad when Mercutio gets killed fairly early on.
Gabriel: Are you trying to destroy this family? Simon: I didn't realize it would be so easy.
'Safe'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Jan 28, 2007 5:43:12 pm PST #6562 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Pix - Jan 28, 2007 5:52:08 pm PST #6563 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
MINE TOO! I believe msbelle has looked quizzically at me when I've gone on and on about it.
Jesse, my sistah! (Not in making msbelle look quizzically at me, though she may have, but definitely in the Atalanta love. I can still hear the recording of her breath panting as she ran.)
sarameg - Jan 28, 2007 6:11:48 pm PST #6564 of 10001
And God, St. John is just as sanctimonious as ever, isn't he?
Yeah-up. I hated that section of the book. Wanted to slap him silly.
And the only thing I can really complain about this version is Rochester not seeing his son's eyes. Or Jane's jewelry. There was a really fantastic flashback that just...ummm. It was sexy. Maybe not in the text, but um. Tracing the neckline of Jane's dress. And her face. But mostly the dress part. And um. I'd buy the DVD?
Mom did mostly volunteer stuff while dad was post-doc-ing. Stuff like LWV, women's prison education, nursing, handicap-kid fostering (more like going into group homes for kids who'd been abandoned: Sunshine house in MA.) There was shock that she was doing anything.
And while it seems so strange and novel now, it really does horrify me. I'm glad she had the opportunity to do those things, she really enjoyed them. But that it was considered daring despite it having no paycheck? Is freaky.
I can't imagine it.
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2007 6:14:52 pm PST #6565 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So far in the Men's final I can say with authority that Federer has prettier hair. No verdict on the rest yet.
Dana - Jan 28, 2007 6:15:03 pm PST #6566 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There was a really fantastic flashback that just...ummm. It was sexy.
God, yes. That was a great bit.
Hil R. - Jan 28, 2007 6:15:14 pm PST #6567 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
And um. I'd buy the DVD?
Uh huh.
billytea - Jan 28, 2007 6:16:36 pm PST #6568 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
So far in the Men's final I can say with authority that Federer has prettier hair. No verdict on the rest yet.
They're only just showing it there? Or did you record it to watch at a sane hour?
bon bon - Jan 28, 2007 6:16:56 pm PST #6569 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Brenda, you've traveled a lot, right? Something in there should work.
sarameg - Jan 28, 2007 6:19:31 pm PST #6570 of 10001
God, yes. That was a great bit.
Holy hell yeah. Thank god I'm not the only one just wibbling over that. I can't emphasize that enough. I think I squeaked. Despite seeing it in preview earlier.
I've seen two other versions of JE, and I think I like this one best. But it's been a while since I've seen the others. This Jane I thought awfully pretty, but unconventionally so, and I was able to give her pass on that.
Amy - Jan 28, 2007 6:25:19 pm PST #6571 of 10001
Because books.
God, yes. That was a great bit.
Oh my, yes. And Toby Stephens has a dedicated new fan here.
My only quibble is the ending. That was a bit ... impossibly fairy tale for me, especially since the book ends in a perfectly lovely way as it is. I got they were tying it in to her childhood, but although I think the book did emphasize Jane's sadness at her lack of a family, it wasn't the whole point to me. So that bugged.