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Generalities, Austen, and Cameras
Finally rounding out my Austen education by getting through Northanger Abbey. I have attempted this book many times, but it always failed to grab me. Last night I picked it up because I’m doing a Twitter book club with some Downton friends and 100 pages later, my eyes were drooping closed but I just wanted to keep reading. Why do I always forget that there is fascinating banter to be had in Austen novels? Banter, my ultimate weakness! With charming and 19th century dialogue! Ugh, so good.
Today is going to be an interesting test of willpower because I’m avoiding Twitter (and about to add Tumblr to my list). The tragedy in Connecticut is abhorrent and visceral and my heart goes out to everybody affected: children, teachers, parents, the community. I don’t think it’ll do me any good to listen to people tweet angrily into the ether, however, so just stepping away is the best option.
Also, I sold my Canon. I’ll miss the camera (the white balance button on the body instead of buried in the menu was handy, lemme tell you), but it’s been doing nothing but gathering dust because I have Nikon glass and no adapter. Speaking of things that are gathering dust, is anybody interested in purchasing an iPad 2 (wifi only, great condition, price about $300)? I realized that it’s been sitting in my laptop case for three weeks without power, and that is probably a sign that I could just use the $300 for my trip next fall.
Speaking of cameras, it’s roughly five months until my sister’s wedding. If I’m going to be a respectable wedding photographer, I should probably start learning to pose people or something. Perhaps I should take a class or attend a seminar. Sigh. Also I need to find an all-black outfit and a beret (that was their request: I could get out of being a bridesmaid, provided I wore all black, a beret, and took the pictures. Every time I think I’m about to do something crazy, I just have to remember that this is my family).
Today is going to be an interesting test of willpower because I’m avoiding Twitter (and about to add Tumblr to my list). The tragedy in Connecticut is abhorrent and visceral and my heart goes out to everybody affected: children, teachers, parents, the community. I don’t think it’ll do me any good to listen to people tweet angrily into the ether, however, so just stepping away is the best option.
Also, I sold my Canon. I’ll miss the camera (the white balance button on the body instead of buried in the menu was handy, lemme tell you), but it’s been doing nothing but gathering dust because I have Nikon glass and no adapter. Speaking of things that are gathering dust, is anybody interested in purchasing an iPad 2 (wifi only, great condition, price about $300)? I realized that it’s been sitting in my laptop case for three weeks without power, and that is probably a sign that I could just use the $300 for my trip next fall.
Speaking of cameras, it’s roughly five months until my sister’s wedding. If I’m going to be a respectable wedding photographer, I should probably start learning to pose people or something. Perhaps I should take a class or attend a seminar. Sigh. Also I need to find an all-black outfit and a beret (that was their request: I could get out of being a bridesmaid, provided I wore all black, a beret, and took the pictures. Every time I think I’m about to do something crazy, I just have to remember that this is my family).
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That's how I am with Emma. You stink, Emma. *nods*
NA is a little more "Austen Does YA." I like it, though it probably helped that I saw a film version before I read it.
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Also, it's funny you mention the film version because that's precisely the focus of this reread. We're picking books, reading them, and discussing adaptations in particular. We're all big Lizzie Bennet Diaries fans, which I think was what inspired this whole idea.
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That version is the only theatrical-length Austen adaptation that I feel realy reflects well on the book. (We will not speak of the most recent P&P theatrical, except... well, what Lizzie says *points*)
ETA: Okay you FORCED me to go back and rewatch NA and I had forgotten how delightfully wry and snarky Henry is and what a bitch Isabella is :)
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I'm at home, where there's a very good copy of S&S that I swear I'm going to watch this weekend. I must atone for my sins, I see. I wiil get through it because hey, Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson. Plus, I fear my friend
Oh, man, the Joe Wright P&P made me want to breathe fire in the theater! What the HELL was that hot mess?? WHYYYYYYYY WOULD LADY CATHERINE EVER, EVER, EVER VISIT THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?!?! AREKLJA LIDJSA ARRRRRRRRGH.
FLAMES. FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE.
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Yup. Of course, by the end it's hard not to feel a LITTLE sorry for her.
I must atone for my sins, I see. I wiil get through it because hey, Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson.
Exactly!
Oh, man, the Joe Wright P&P made me want to breathe fire in the theater!
I didn't see it in the theater but I did make the mistake of watching it on DVD and omg so, so bad. I've really tried to repress most of my memories, but I can never really enjoy another Kiera Knightly movie.
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But I digress.
Yeah, best friend and I went to go see it because we're both huge fans of the 1995 BBC series. Friend thought it was only okay, but we were completely puzzled by Wright's desire to make it into a smoldering, sexy music video of sorts. No. Austen is about the dialogue, the propriety, things like that. aaargh. I choose to stick to Love Actually and Pirates of the Caribbean if I want to watch a Keira Knightly film.
I'm STILL mad at Atonement.
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CLUE! I LOVED that movie!
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Good luck.
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Never mind the schools, how about the home?
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