Here you go,

at 01/18/10 12:21PM *

Ever read a tirade and wonder at the giver's ability to care so very much about something so very unimportant? Not in a while? aww, poor you!! All your friends just seem to have their priorities in order leaving you in a ridiculous-laugh-inducing-rant-derth lurch. Well, I will take pity, I cannot see you suffer any longer:

Jane Austen is a beloved author whose work's popularity transcends demographic hurdles as she enters her 3RD CENTURY of fame.

YET

There has not even been ONE respectfully decent movie version of Persuasion. There have been TWO VERY atrocious angering flops that don't even attempt to capture the complexity of each scene leaving Anne a one dimensional droopy character with a superficial and slight superiority to her family's utter ridiculousness.
And why....really, WHY must Anne wear always the same shabby dress and bonnet and wear her hair in the most inconceivably unbecoming way???? Is there ANYTHING written to suggest that the daughter, however old and unmarried, of a baronet would not have a maid to do her hair regardless of her 8 years of brokenhearted indisposition regarding hair style? Everyone around her seems to have a maid who knows about hair, so it can't be the lack of an environment nurturing the aesthetic. As best as I can tell, the costume designers do their level best to sheath her in gunnysack cloth and the vicarage's cast off couch upholstery as a symbol of her grief....however, we viewers are quiet clever enough to discover deeply harbored grief through other methods more subtle that require a modicum of skill on the part of the actress....like having a face.

It is ridiculous. Anne Elliot must be able to claim prettiness that simply lacks youthful bloom, not possible prettiness disguised in something the swineherd has used to rub down his inmates. I protest.

I'll join in: there has not been one decent adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune despite it being a masterpiece of science fiction. There has been one very atrocious attempt and one very subpar attempt.

Attempt number 3 is in production but is looking like it will be every bit as bad as its predecessors.

Update: Yup, you got the right book.

by crysnrob at 01/18/10 2:20PM
Oh, I love Persuasion! It is tied with Pride and Prejudice as my favorite Austen work. How I wish there were at least ONE respectfully decent movie version!

by rebekah at 01/18/10 5:25PM
Thank you! =] Both because I agree with you, and because I appreciate the laugh! lol

by summersilk at 01/19/10 12:43AM
I have no idea what you are talking about but it sounds very similar to the same gripe my wife makes about those books/movies. Thought you'd like to know you are not alone.

by shaneg at 01/19/10 7:11AM
Holly, oh holly. I know not what to say. So I'll just go watch a movie.

by snickers63 at 01/19/10 11:38AM
Oh goodness, I haven't run since the sciatica started after my 18-weeks-pregnant 5k. I am very very very much looking forward to starting again though! I am shooting for being able to complete the Med Center 10k next fall. :) It will be nice finding out what it's like to run not-pregnant. And as for pictures.. I have been diligent in avoiding cameras but if you really just miss my face, here I am Wiibowling at Christmastime. :)

by rebekah at 01/19/10 11:55AM
Sorry to everyone else for having to look at me. :)

by rebekah at 01/19/10 11:55AM
I respectfully disagree. The 1995 version has subtlety, wit and strong acting (if not great production values). Rebuttal?

by diminished_seventh at 01/20/10 11:11PM
i think that the main point we should take away from this post is that, apparently, having a face requires skill.

by humankumquat at 01/21/10 3:25PM
Holly darling, I just received Persuasion today in the mail after ordering it on Amazon. I liked the movie very much, but have not read the book, so I wil not contest your description of its inaccuracies. I miss you. :o)

by lucystheboss at 02/02/10 8:36PM
I'm glad you like the pj pants :o) We're getting more snow than usual here, but I guess it doesn't compare to what you're getting! I am getting lots more experience driving on snowy roads; work doesn't close for snow days, unfortunately. What are you up to? Have you watched the new Emma by BBC?

by lucystheboss at 02/12/10 2:20PM
Yeah, that hair was pretty bad.

by aprilstarr at 03/02/10 2:39PM
Ok. I must disagree to a certain extent. The most recent movie version of Persuasion was MUCH better than the previous... and I can say that after reading the book too. They did a better job on the whole of keeping with the spirit of the book. HOWEVER, the could have done a better job casting Anne. I mean, really?? I still don't like her that much. :sigh:

by heidiw at 03/05/10 5:30PM

This gives me tingles

at 01/11/10 11:44PM

Sigh no more, ladies, sigh nor more;
Men were deceivers ever;
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never;
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny;
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into. Hey nonny, nonny.

Sing no more ditties, sing no mo,
Or dumps so dull and heavy;
The fraud of men was ever so,
Since summer first was leavy.
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into. Hey, nonny, nonny.

??? Well, I let him go.... to B'ham. Not sure that it is getting ME anywhere. But I'll be blithe and bonny while I stay here.

by snickers63 at 01/12/10 12:27AM
^haha!

First reaction: I LIKE that!
Second reaction: I wish I had a Austen-style bonnet to wear today.

by laurar209 at 01/12/10 7:01AM
^haha! I wish I had a Austen-style dress!

Hmmm... just like you, heh? Enjoyed heart-to-heart talk at FCF.

by tweedledee at 01/12/10 7:35PM
um, thanks a lot. will i see you in gettysburg??

by benb at 01/13/10 9:17PM
bahaha, awesome

i think i'll write a male chauvinist poem. good idea, eh? eh?

by humankumquat at 01/15/10 1:12PM
Much Ado About Nothing?

by aprilstarr at 01/16/10 4:03PM
no way, dude! i wrote that post earlier.

that would definitely have been a pretty weak attempt at chauvinism.

by humankumquat at 01/17/10 12:08AM

SOMETIMES people actually do mean what they say

at 12/28/09 1:27AM

Sometimes, when people say they are happy, they are
Sometimes, when people say they are content, that isn't code for 'I want more'
Sometimes, when people say they aren't doing something, that is not a secret confession that they tried and failed
Sometimes, when people say the world is a wonderful place, they aren't putting on a brave face
Sometimes, when people say they love their live, you do them a disservice to doubt them
Sometimes, when people say the same thing every day for a really long time, they might be serious
Sometimes, when people use the English language to piece together a thought, its 'cause they actually mean it

Sometimes the world is a wonderful place and people love there life and have exciting goals and are also content to live by their own time schedule.

Sometimes people aren't just in denial

Sometimes its real.

Really

No REALLY

Believe me....R.E.A.L.L.Y.

If you can't believe the truth, what can you believe?

This was good to read. Thanks Holly

by chooselove at 12/28/09 1:31AM
Good thoughts! :) The snowball fight yesterday was loads of fun! :)

by missy_my at 12/28/09 11:33AM
I believe it!! :)

by aprilstarr at 12/28/09 10:58PM
I believe you and I agree! Good post.

by kristine at 12/29/09 9:28PM
I agree, also

by schmidtkins at 12/31/09 9:16AM
So... what are you really trying to say?

by timstarr at 12/31/09 1:14PM
Good to see you!! Wish we could have visited longer but with 50 others to visit with... Know it was a hard trip, but glad you came. We had a fun party last night with fun people. How about you??

by snickers63 at 01/01/10 6:06PM
Hope your new year's eve party was better than mine =) ... I was sick. Thanks for spending a day at FCF.

by tweedledee at 01/01/10 9:42PM
^^Along with Sarah, Austin, Ryan, Ashley..... Aren't you glad you left when you did????

Eating leftovers here too. Hate to waste food, but as a friend says, there's more than one way to 'waist' food....

by snickers63 at 01/02/10 1:10AM
hmm, holly...sounds like SOMEONE is in denial...

by humankumquat at 01/05/10 4:41PM
(just kidding)

by humankumquat at 01/05/10 4:43PM

Cell Phone Laws....

at 12/17/09 10:31AM

I now see why....

when one finds that one's car swerves from centerline to shoulder...
when the other occupants of one's car are queasy...
when one cannot maintain the speedlimit..
when one finds oneself startlingly oblivious to the activity of cars behind one's self...

cell phone laws begin to make sense

haha!!

by snoopy at 12/17/09 2:21PM
Do they have cell phone laws for buggies?

by snickers63 at 12/17/09 4:19PM
The worst thing about cell phones while driving isn't even the people who talk (unless they are talking backing out of a parking space in a crowded parking lot!).. it's the crazies who actually think they can TEXT and drive at the same time! Where are people's brains?!?!

by rebekah at 12/17/09 5:47PM
I say, "Hang up and drive!" You can get the bumper sticker at cartalk.com.

by shaneg at 12/17/09 6:56PM
I'd rather have drive and talk tests...just make it part of your license requirements, you have to get certified to talk. :)

by riyankery at 12/17/09 7:54PM
Shouldn't be hard to pass, if they make it as simple as the driving test. ;-)

by snickers63 at 12/19/09 11:22PM
I think I can name a few people who wouldn't pass, and the world would be that much safer :)

by riyankery at 12/20/09 2:17PM
mmmmhmmmm.

by tweedledee at 12/27/09 1:10PM

Who were you at the age of 10?

at 12/10/09 7:53PM

10.15.1995

The Cushion Giving Soldiers

Three soldier's rode in their limousine to Florida in the middle of a snowball storm. The soldiers stoped at a stop sign and saw a cowboy buttering garbage, stapling it and then eating it. The soldier's said "don't you have any thing better to eat"? The soldiers gave him a pink polka doted cushion to eat, then the cowboy said "this is much better than buttered garbage stapeled together". The soldiers went on to Florida and left the cowboy eating the delicious pink polka doted felt cushion. When the soldiers got down to Florida the snowballs stoped falling. They met a confederate soldier and confederate soldier started shooting stapels and snowballs at the other soldiers at a sign. all The soldiers died of staples and snowballs and the limousine got baryed in snow.

The end.

If you're not sure what just happened to you...imagine what I feel like, having discovered that I produced this story....at the age of 10. So. Who were you?
In my own defense, I HATED writing (the act of putting one's writing utensil to paper and moving it) with a passion, so this story may have been my elaborate scheme at revenge against my teacher. Making stories up in my head was fine and all, but I hated how physically painful the act of writing was. Also- note the few things you can tell about this strange 10 year old who had just moved from Rhode Island to Virginia:

1. While snow (balls) fall, good things happen (mmmm! cushion instead of garbage!!)
2. Snow (balls) aren't in the south....thus
3. Bad things happen in the south....symbolized by..
4. A confederate soldier WOULD shoot "stapels" and weaponize something as loverly as snow
5. Also, killing is bad.
6. As you can see, the ravages of evil southern men were covered up by a blessed miracle of snow.

(To all my wonderful southern friends, SORRY!! I was really mad that I had to move south!!! I like you all now!!!)

Hahahahaha! Boy, your ten year old self was pretty hilarious...just...wow. And yeah, I wasn't sure what had happened to me there for a second. All those staples and snowballs kinda make things a little bit hazy.... :)

by heidiw at 12/10/09 8:10PM
Not sure I see much diff between the old you and the new you. Pretty funny writing with both!

by snickers63 at 12/10/09 11:39PM
I have a poem from about that age... I'll find it and post it!

by tweedledee at 12/11/09 1:26AM
I was listening to my 5th grade teacher read Laura Ingalls Wilder books and falling in love with words. Marching around the room singing "We're marching to Tipperary"(sp?) and struggling with being the next to the youngest in my class as the girls got giggly, the boys became weird, and I still wanted to run fast on the playground!

by mr_and_mrs_berry at 12/11/09 9:28AM
"pink polka doted" = I like. I think I'll forever use that phrase now in lieu of the ugly, harsh-sounding "dotted."

by laurar209 at 12/11/09 11:13AM
I once wrote a story about a boy who turned into an owl (more accurately, switched bodies with an owl), then tried to destroy the owls life by eating bad things and crashing into rocks before they switched back. It's a wonder I was never sent down for counselling. (circa third grade, btw... I was probably 9)

by timstarr at 12/12/09 3:58AM
That story explains SO MUCH about how you became you, Holly!

by laurenn84 at 12/13/09 6:13PM

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This gives me tingles

SOMETIMES people actually do mean what they say

Cell Phone Laws....

Who were you at the age of 10?

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