lisah - U R NOT A BAD SO!!! Anything in the form of an experience (tickets, dinner, game) he would be into?

Oh, I saw the cutest little Brit minishow on Netflix streaming last week, and it seems like it would be completely up some Buffistas alleys. (Not in a dirty way!)

It was called "Lost in Austen" and it starred Jemima Rooper; if anyone watched Hex, she played Thelma. I loved her character in that show, and she is just as charming in this. It was, IMHO, pretty charming and clever. Light and fun. I quite enjoyed it.

Here's her speaking of the miniseries to the Guardian:

I guess the best way to describe the programme is that it is about a modern-day, young woman living in London who is slightly obsessed with Pride and Prejudice. She loves the idea of the Georgian lifestyle - the etiquette and morals of it - and is very dissatisfied with her life. Her boyfriend is a bit crap, she's tired of the hustle and bustle of London life and people being rude on public transport - she is feeling a bit lost.

Then she thinks she is going mad because Elizabeth Bennet appears in her bathroom (I know it sounds strange, stay with me here) and she is shown through a door that leads her into this weird house that turns out to be the Bennets' home. She starts to meet all these people she has imagined vividly for years and realises she is in the beginning of the novel - and her presence is sending everything off kilter. Lizzie is not there to meet and fall in love with Darcy - Mr Bingley is paying Amanda a bit too much attention - so she is ruining the novel she loves most in the world. Does she go for Mr Darcy herself or is she keeping the way open for Lizzie? That's the big dilemma.

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I still don't know if insurance has approved the Monday hospital admission. Helloooo? I'm assuming I'm going in, but I do need to know before I actually incur any costs.

Lost in Austen is a lot of fun.

I am an accent sponge; if I spent more than a couple of hours around someone with an accent, I start to mimic it.

Me, too!! Especially if the other speaker is Irish, then I definitely slip into a brogue.

ION, last week I was watching a PBS show on flappers and the 20s culture, and now I really want to find/make a flapper-style coat and cloche hat for winter wear after I lose my weight--I love that look!

And I was surprised when I saw foxes in my neighborhood: [link]

YAY Corwood! Congratulations! May the selling luck spread to the rest of us.

MLB seems to be getting in on the AZ spanking [link]

Today was so very busy, and now I just want to go home and snuggle with the hubs. I am going to try to cut short HH with friend I haven't seen in weeks so that can do just that.

I'm also feeling sick over La. and the gulf states in general. And thinking about my cousin who just got his captain's license.

Excellent news, Corwood!

ooo, a fox appeared on my porch a few nights ago to dine at the cat-food buffet. It's quite a draw for the local mammals. Maybe I'll get lemurs next!

Thanks, y'all! I definitely prefer to live in the same state as the rest of my little family. The same house, even.