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Austen AgainNobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied. Tuesday, November 14, 2000 I like looking back at these Orycon entries! I enjoyed the convention when I went on my own, but I have even more fun now that Jack is with me. We'll be going down to Portland again this weekend.
I'd been feeling like my period was coming soon. In a way, I was hoping it would, since I'd rather get these first few days out of the way now than go through them down at the convention. Sure enough, it started tonight. So I gave up on doing anything except soaking in a hot bath (good for backache), then lying on the couch and watching the rest of Pride and Prejudice, which I'd started the other week. I'd forgotten it's on three laser discs and lasts six hours! So I had three hours yet to see. My original intention had been to just watch a bit of it, then switch to Frasier. But it's just so good! So I didn't want to turn it off. Now I want to go pick up the book and reread it, though I've read it so many times before. Austen has so much depth! I like the emotional parts of the story, but there's dry humor, and some serious thought about the choices available to women back then.
One thing that's especially pleasing about the video adaptation is the music. The actress playing Elizabeth sings a Mozart aria (in a realistic manner for a young lady, non-professional, of that time), and Mozart is a favorite of mine. They did a good job of blending the "real" music being performed in the scene, with background music swelling up at the end of it, if you see what I mean. The music in all the dance scenes is also spot-on. I even like the outfits and headgear in the double wedding at the end (a nice notion, though not in the book). I wonder if the custom of wearing hats and bonnets whenever folks are outdoors will ever come back? It might be needed, if global warming and the hole in the ozone get worse!
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