For the past 2 months my mom and I have been fascinated and obssessed with Jane Austen. She's read all the books, but I've only read Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. I'm working on Northanger Abbey right now. We've bought all the books that were alluded to in her books, and watched every single movie version of each book. (Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly is still my fav, but Persuasion is not too far from it). Because our muse lived 200 years ago, and obviously can no longer write novels, we've, sadly, resorted to reading fan fiction such as Mr. Darcy's diary, Mr. Knightly's diary, and Mr. Darcy's daughters (which aren't as bad as you might think). The classic love stories will never fail in inspiring me, not to mention their fashion sense was great (that empire waistline is genius). I've always loved messing around with hair, and the movies have totally inspired (I love ribbons). Some days when I'm bored at school I pick out people who resemble characters from the differen't novels (I personaly relate to Jane from Pride and Prejudice, the classic, shy, good girl). But tonight I watched a movie telling all the stories in one. The Jane Austen Book Club tells the story of 6 women who make a book club and their lives end up following that of the stories. I thought it was extremely well done and is probably the best movie I've seen in a long time. (FYI, if you don't know all the stories, you won't get the full impact, trust me). Not to mention it has Hugh Dancy in it, who has become my hollywood hottie ever since Heath Ledger died, may he rest in peace (it was akward being in love with a dead guy).
On a side note, was anyone else extremely disappointed with the project runway tonight? I was under the impression that it was going to be the finale, but it was only a review! man, that was a bummer...

2 comments:
Oh my, I am quite obsessed with Jane Austen. I was raised on the novels and movies. PBS is showing a different Jane Austen movie every Sunday night--I've wrangled all my friends into watching them with me!
Northanger Abbey is so interesting since it is not typical Austen style.
lol lol lol
pride and prejudice rocks!!!!
i totally agree mr. darcy is mega hot
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