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Nov. 9th, 2006 04:02 pmWasn't I a productive little gadelle today! Laundry done (still drying), bedroom tidied, sewing room mostly tidied (and save for a few things that have to be put in a proper box, there's no "I'll sort this later but for now it's out of sight" action going on in the closet), did the dishes and best of all, vacuumed all of the second floor and a good part of the first.
God, I'm starting to bore myself with all this talk of household chores. Is my life really that pathetic?
No, actually. At the moment I'm reading Un long dimanche de fiançailles. I saw the film a couple of weeks ago (English title is A Very Long Engagement, I believe) and though I enjoyed it, I found a few details were easy to miss -- I blame the sound mixing, which made it a mite hard to hear some of the dialogue, at times -- and since the main character is trying to solve a mystery by interviewing all sorts of different witnesses, many of whom are making assumptions about people's identities and who was where, who was wearing what, etc., it was a bit tricky. The book, which came before the movie, is much more detailed, obviously, so it's easier to follow. What's continually suprising me is how many details were changed for the movie. I understand that making the main character an orphan and an only child in the movie gets rid of several characters who in no way (so far as I've read) advance the plot, but why have another character lose only a couple of fingers instead of his whole hand, as in the book? In the movie, the red mitten he wears on his wounded hand is an important plot point, so is there something completely different in the book, or nothing at all? I'm about 2/3 of the way through so I'm sure it will all be made clear. So far, there are many, many such details that were changed for the movie. Omitted I would understand, but why bother changing them when it entails changing other elements as well? Mysterious are the ways of the screenwriter, indeed. For instance, the main character is wheelchair-bound, in the book; in the movie, she can walk (stiffly, with a leg brace) but uses the weelchair quite a bit. The only reason I can think of is for that tense little scene in the military records room.
What I'm listening to now is one of the albums of my childhood, listened to time after time during car trips. No matter what you may think of country music, I urge you to give "Trio", an album sung by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt in achingly gorgeous harmony, a try. I do want to buy the CD; in the meantime, I've managed to download mp3s of all the songs except one and strangely enough, it's the only one whose tune I can't recall. It's funny to hear it now, as an adult. The last time I actually listened to the whole thing, I was probably about ten years old and though I knew the lyrics, I understand some of them differently now.
My resolution to sew a bit each day was forgotten yesterday and has yet to be acted upon today, but I figure I should cut myself some slack because my stash looks so neat and pretty.
We should have our furniture fixed to the walls pretty soon. Earthquake safety is important! It would be embarrassing to be crushed by a toppled bookcase and plastic bins of sewing notions.
It's strange, the sun is already quite low in the sky but it feels like spring, it's so nice out this week.
ETA: I found the missing song! Now I've got them all.
God, I'm starting to bore myself with all this talk of household chores. Is my life really that pathetic?
No, actually. At the moment I'm reading Un long dimanche de fiançailles. I saw the film a couple of weeks ago (English title is A Very Long Engagement, I believe) and though I enjoyed it, I found a few details were easy to miss -- I blame the sound mixing, which made it a mite hard to hear some of the dialogue, at times -- and since the main character is trying to solve a mystery by interviewing all sorts of different witnesses, many of whom are making assumptions about people's identities and who was where, who was wearing what, etc., it was a bit tricky. The book, which came before the movie, is much more detailed, obviously, so it's easier to follow. What's continually suprising me is how many details were changed for the movie. I understand that making the main character an orphan and an only child in the movie gets rid of several characters who in no way (so far as I've read) advance the plot, but why have another character lose only a couple of fingers instead of his whole hand, as in the book? In the movie, the red mitten he wears on his wounded hand is an important plot point, so is there something completely different in the book, or nothing at all? I'm about 2/3 of the way through so I'm sure it will all be made clear. So far, there are many, many such details that were changed for the movie. Omitted I would understand, but why bother changing them when it entails changing other elements as well? Mysterious are the ways of the screenwriter, indeed. For instance, the main character is wheelchair-bound, in the book; in the movie, she can walk (stiffly, with a leg brace) but uses the weelchair quite a bit. The only reason I can think of is for that tense little scene in the military records room.
What I'm listening to now is one of the albums of my childhood, listened to time after time during car trips. No matter what you may think of country music, I urge you to give "Trio", an album sung by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt in achingly gorgeous harmony, a try. I do want to buy the CD; in the meantime, I've managed to download mp3s of all the songs except one and strangely enough, it's the only one whose tune I can't recall. It's funny to hear it now, as an adult. The last time I actually listened to the whole thing, I was probably about ten years old and though I knew the lyrics, I understand some of them differently now.
My resolution to sew a bit each day was forgotten yesterday and has yet to be acted upon today, but I figure I should cut myself some slack because my stash looks so neat and pretty.
We should have our furniture fixed to the walls pretty soon. Earthquake safety is important! It would be embarrassing to be crushed by a toppled bookcase and plastic bins of sewing notions.
It's strange, the sun is already quite low in the sky but it feels like spring, it's so nice out this week.
ETA: I found the missing song! Now I've got them all.
