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shadowkat1. I wonder sometimes if I'm incredibly odd for not going off and living with my boyfriend at the ripe old age of 19. I keep forgetting my niece is 19. My mother reminds me that my brother did this with his wife - they didn't get married until their 30s, and in a swimming pool.
My niece has found an apartment in Oregon to move into with her boyfriend, while they work as ski-lift operators at Mount Hood National Park. Apparentlythe Overlook Mount Hood Hotel doesn't have any room for them. Good news? They won't be eaten by ghosts. (I don't know if ghosts eat people...but I also don't know if there are actually any ghosts. I remain agnostic on the subject.)
She's 19. She graduated with a BA at 19. She drove across country by herself at 19. She got a job as a park ranger at 19. She is moving in with her boyfriend and getting an apartment together in Oregon at 19.
This may be more common than expected? Alix Harrow the author of the book that I'm currently reading - got her BA around 16, and MA by 20.
Why are people racing through their lives?
Feeling rather turtlish at the moment. (Assuming turtlish is a word, most likely not. We like to make up words in my family and pass them off as actual.)
2. I watched Elemental on Disney +, by Pixar - it's an animated Pixar film created by a Korean animator, and inspired by his parents immigration story to NYC setting up a bodega here. The story is about the Firish or Fire Elemental family, who leave the Fire Land to start life in Elemental City, which was created by Water and Air, with land showing up shortly thereafter. Fire has little place there - and after hunting a place to rent, finally stumble upon a broken down building that they rebuild to start their own Fire Restaurant and Shop. Somewhere along the line, they have a daughter - who they dream will inherit and run the shop - but she has a fiery temper and issues with customer service. The story is mainly about how immigrants help, and it takes all to make the world work. Similar in some respects to Zootopia.
I found it clever in the animation style, although I liked Zootopia a little better. There's a romance between two different elementals. And it feels - in some respects very old hat - in that I'd seen this before, but the animation was rather clever in places.
3. Spy X Family - still watching on Hulu, at meal times mainly and off and on. It's fun, here and there. Best when it focuses on Loid aka Twilight. The Anya and Yor shriek alot.
It's typical magna animation style - not quite as good as Hariukuma Misyagi, but a step above Seven Deadly Sins.
4. Discovery of Witches S3 - found it on MAX. Watching it before it disappears from MAX, which may be soon. So I need to hurry. There's seven episodes, now six left. I figure I can do it in one weekend. Tomorrow it's supposed to rain all day long.
Slow to start, but I rather liked the end of S3 Episode 1. Where Michael and Diana team up with two scientists to cure the blood rage, while Michael's brother and another vampire track down the killer - who is following Michael and Diana around, without them realizing it - and stole their painted cameos from the 14th century. (I think he's the little boy they adopted way back when, who became a man and was turned back in the 14th Century - because that's who they gave the cameos too.)
Also there's a nifty scene between Hugo's mate and Emily's spouse (Alex Kingston) regarding grief. Kingston is an underrated actress - she pulled me into her character on ER, and made me love Doctor River Song.
5. Briefly discussed Pride and Prejudice with mother. I told her that a German Academic Poster on DW (selenak) had pointed out how a plausible reading of Austen's P&P would more likely be that Elizabeth married Darcy for his money or estate. And mother agreed - that was Austen. Austen had a sly and biting sense of humor - and was making fun of the economic issues of the time. The Bennets had five daughters to unload, before Mr. Bennett died (he was in perfect health), because his heir was Mr. Collins. Women couldn't inherit. And they either made a good match - or became a live-in Governess or Lady's Companion. Mrs. Bennett would be cared for, but her daughters wouldn't by Collins. You didn't marry for love - you married for economic stability. And all of Austen's books are about economic instability and class, and how women had to marry with that in mind, as did men.
6. Whoa - mother just called to tell me that Mathew Perry (Chandler on Friends) just died at 54. She figured she should tell me - because I'd listened to his book on audible this year and had told her about it.
Mathew Perry died at 54 according to ABC news
That's terribly sad. He was apparently discovered in his hot tub.
The Emmy-nominated actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was the first to report the news. Both outlets cited unnamed sources confirming Perry's death.
His publicists and other representatives did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press seeking comment. Asked to confirm police response to what was listed as Perry’s home address, LAPD Officer Drake Madison told AP that officers had gone to that block "for a death investigation of a male in his 50s.”
Life is different for us all - I think - and hard for us all in different ways. But for the grace of god go I...has become a constant mantra in my mind.
7. My shingles seem to be bothering me this week, after not bothering me at all for two weeks. Just the one arm, and its more of a kind of stinging pin prick of pain from below the elbow to my fingertips. Also stings when the healing wound is pushed against anything.
There was this odd tapping above me - so I looked up and told the ceiling to please not do that - and it stopped. I thanked it.
8. Photos from Today's Walk...
Leaving with another picture of Broad Creek in South Carolina...
My niece has found an apartment in Oregon to move into with her boyfriend, while they work as ski-lift operators at Mount Hood National Park. Apparently
She's 19. She graduated with a BA at 19. She drove across country by herself at 19. She got a job as a park ranger at 19. She is moving in with her boyfriend and getting an apartment together in Oregon at 19.
This may be more common than expected? Alix Harrow the author of the book that I'm currently reading - got her BA around 16, and MA by 20.
Why are people racing through their lives?
Feeling rather turtlish at the moment. (Assuming turtlish is a word, most likely not. We like to make up words in my family and pass them off as actual.)
2. I watched Elemental on Disney +, by Pixar - it's an animated Pixar film created by a Korean animator, and inspired by his parents immigration story to NYC setting up a bodega here. The story is about the Firish or Fire Elemental family, who leave the Fire Land to start life in Elemental City, which was created by Water and Air, with land showing up shortly thereafter. Fire has little place there - and after hunting a place to rent, finally stumble upon a broken down building that they rebuild to start their own Fire Restaurant and Shop. Somewhere along the line, they have a daughter - who they dream will inherit and run the shop - but she has a fiery temper and issues with customer service. The story is mainly about how immigrants help, and it takes all to make the world work. Similar in some respects to Zootopia.
I found it clever in the animation style, although I liked Zootopia a little better. There's a romance between two different elementals. And it feels - in some respects very old hat - in that I'd seen this before, but the animation was rather clever in places.
3. Spy X Family - still watching on Hulu, at meal times mainly and off and on. It's fun, here and there. Best when it focuses on Loid aka Twilight. The Anya and Yor shriek alot.
It's typical magna animation style - not quite as good as Hariukuma Misyagi, but a step above Seven Deadly Sins.
4. Discovery of Witches S3 - found it on MAX. Watching it before it disappears from MAX, which may be soon. So I need to hurry. There's seven episodes, now six left. I figure I can do it in one weekend. Tomorrow it's supposed to rain all day long.
Slow to start, but I rather liked the end of S3 Episode 1. Where Michael and Diana team up with two scientists to cure the blood rage, while Michael's brother and another vampire track down the killer - who is following Michael and Diana around, without them realizing it - and stole their painted cameos from the 14th century. (I think he's the little boy they adopted way back when, who became a man and was turned back in the 14th Century - because that's who they gave the cameos too.)
Also there's a nifty scene between Hugo's mate and Emily's spouse (Alex Kingston) regarding grief. Kingston is an underrated actress - she pulled me into her character on ER, and made me love Doctor River Song.
5. Briefly discussed Pride and Prejudice with mother. I told her that a German Academic Poster on DW (selenak) had pointed out how a plausible reading of Austen's P&P would more likely be that Elizabeth married Darcy for his money or estate. And mother agreed - that was Austen. Austen had a sly and biting sense of humor - and was making fun of the economic issues of the time. The Bennets had five daughters to unload, before Mr. Bennett died (he was in perfect health), because his heir was Mr. Collins. Women couldn't inherit. And they either made a good match - or became a live-in Governess or Lady's Companion. Mrs. Bennett would be cared for, but her daughters wouldn't by Collins. You didn't marry for love - you married for economic stability. And all of Austen's books are about economic instability and class, and how women had to marry with that in mind, as did men.
6. Whoa - mother just called to tell me that Mathew Perry (Chandler on Friends) just died at 54. She figured she should tell me - because I'd listened to his book on audible this year and had told her about it.
Mathew Perry died at 54 according to ABC news
That's terribly sad. He was apparently discovered in his hot tub.
The Emmy-nominated actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was the first to report the news. Both outlets cited unnamed sources confirming Perry's death.
His publicists and other representatives did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press seeking comment. Asked to confirm police response to what was listed as Perry’s home address, LAPD Officer Drake Madison told AP that officers had gone to that block "for a death investigation of a male in his 50s.”
Life is different for us all - I think - and hard for us all in different ways. But for the grace of god go I...has become a constant mantra in my mind.
7. My shingles seem to be bothering me this week, after not bothering me at all for two weeks. Just the one arm, and its more of a kind of stinging pin prick of pain from below the elbow to my fingertips. Also stings when the healing wound is pushed against anything.
There was this odd tapping above me - so I looked up and told the ceiling to please not do that - and it stopped. I thanked it.
8. Photos from Today's Walk...
Leaving with another picture of Broad Creek in South Carolina...
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Date: 2023-10-29 09:04 pm (UTC)Sad about Matthew Perry.
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Date: 2023-10-29 11:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2023-10-30 05:19 pm (UTC)I don't agree with that Pride and Prejudice interpretation. Jane Austen herself never got married (and of course died fairly early for life at 41, which was long past being considered a "spinster" for that era) and from what I remember reading about her, it seemed that she had firm views on marriage and love, despite not being from a well off family either and it would've made practical sense for her to do so. Her books definitely provided commentary on the times, but it also isn't surprising that all her heroines were slightly unconventional and married for love. My theory was that she based Elizabeth off herself a little and purposely contrasted her with Charlotte, who did marry Collins because he could provide her stability and she didn't want to be a burden to her own family.
I know Perry had health issues but I was still shocked at his death. I did learn that you're not supposed to stay in the jacuzzi for more than fifteen minutes at a stretch if you have heart issues, which is something I never thought of and I wonder if that contributed because apparently a TMZ source said that the ambulance was initially called for a cardiac issue.
Hopefully the shingles is gone for good this time!
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Date: 2023-10-30 10:58 pm (UTC)Then again, it is hard to know with Austen - since Lizzie was enamored of Mr. Wickham, who was low on funds, but not with Mr. Collins who was due to inherit her family's estate.
And you are correct - Lizzie is contrasted with various people who are marrying for either title or money or status. And is actually accused of doing it by Lady Catherine and Miss Bengley. (I think that was her name - she was the one trailing after Darcy in the book).
Austen may have had a biting wit, but she was also a bit of a romantic.
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Didn't know that about hot tubs. But makes sense. I can't sit in them longer than 10-15 minutes. And Perry had run into prior scares - in the past. He also had a heart condition. The addiction had done a real number on his body - the man had almost died numerous times. It's amazing he made it to 54, actually.
The shingles appears to be fading - thanks.