Thursday Is So Much Happier

[jennythereader]

Body: Everything from yesterday is still here, but with the addition of a splitting headache.

Reading: The Scarlet Letter I'm a couple chapters in and so far like it a tiny bit better than the last time I read it.

Hearing: A Documentary series on all sorts of subjects from the BBC.

Etsy find: Peacock Pin or Fascinator Would this not look wonderful with the top & skirt I bought at Wicked? Which way do you think it would work better?

Project Follow-up: I only did one of my errands.

Tonight's Project: Just dinner with friends.

Randomness: I had an object lesson yesterday in why it's important to clear the snow off the top of your car as well as the windows. I was driving to work, and as I went down a slight hill the snow slid off the roof of my car onto my windshield. There was enough of it that in blocked my wipers from working and blocked or blurred most of my view. I managed to pull into a parking lot and clean it off, but it was a scary few minutes.

Comments

[purpura.livejournal.com]

I think that would look fabulous with what you bought at WF! It would look good on a mini top hat or on head band (though the latter really says "Western" to me)

But the colors are faboo!

[nounsandverbs]

Ouch! Good thing you managed to pull off the road.

The Scarlet Letter -- light reading, huh? Definitely the kind of book you have to bite off in small pieces.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

So if I were to buy it as a pin I could make it work either way...

I really shouldn't. It's more than I should spend.

[purpura.livejournal.com]

If you were to get it, I'd say yes, get it as a pin. It becomes more versatile that way. On the other hand, if you wait and it's gone later, something else may pop up as well.

It all works.

In other news, I think I am going to simply day trip Lunacon. Tanya Huff is one of my favorite authors so I don't want to miss her. It won't be AS much fun if your there, but I'll manage. ;)

[purpura.livejournal.com]

I liked Scarlett Letter well enough, but could never wrap my head around the basic premise that what she did was "adultery." She was unwed and his wife was dead. That's pre-marital, not adultery!!!

Still, different times. Talk about incestuous beds around Hamlet to show that difference there...

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm not sure why I didn't post about it yesterday.

The Scarlet Letter was free for my Kindle, and I figured I should give it another chance. I mean, it has to be a classic for a reason.

[nounsandverbs]

I remember enjoying it when I read it, but it's definitely dense. Then again, it was written in the 19th century, when writers would never use 4 words if 40 would do.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

She was married. Her husband had sent her ahead to Boston while he stayed in England and then been delayed by a couple of years.

[purpura.livejournal.com]

But didn't they all think he was dead? Why am I remembering it this way?

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

I absolutely hated it when I had to read it back in high school, but I'm not minding it as much this time around. This edition included Hawthorne's original introduction, which I really enjoyed. I think I'm going to try to get my hands on some of his other works and see if I like them better.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

They suspected he was dead, but weren't sure enough to consider her a widow yet.

[seawasp]

The other reason to clear it off the top of your car is that depending on the specific condition, temperature, etc, the thickness of the snow, and so on, it is quite possible for large chunks of it to be lofted from your car while driving and go SPLAT on the windshield of another vehicle, blinding THEM.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. I was just so cold, and was already late... I know, no excuse.