a little thing called obsession

Conversations I have had (abbreviated):


Teacher: Every year I get scripts from the academy and I offer them to my students to look through, for proper format, etc etc.
Me: (rifling through scripts) Ooooh! Pride & Prejudice!! (nabs)
Friend D: Hey, I saw that already.
Me: DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING.
Friend D: It's good.
Me: It is? Of course it is. (babble on about having seen and read practically every permutation of P&P and Jane Austen in general). Big fan. Know it inside and out. Lovelovelove Jane Austen.
Me: (opening script) I don't think I want to read this before watching the movie.
Friend D: .... Ohgoodlord. *headdesk*

Me: Hey, mom. You know what we saw in class? The Sea Inside. You should totally see it.
Mom: Oh, yes. That was beautiful. You know what I saw that you would love? Something called Pride & Prejudice.
Me: OHMYGOD. YOU don't need to tell ME about P&P. I'm all over that like a hot potato. Totally huge fan, mom. Duh. Teacher gave me the script! EEEEEE!
Mom: It was beautif--
Me: DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW!
Mom: .... If'd known, I would have invited you to the premiere/screening.
Me: Oh, it's okay. I'm going with S.


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In other news, I went through my list of offered fandoms for Yuletide and crossed out all the ones that weren't highlighted gold in the Yuletide Fandom Master List -- and the total number is 35 fandoms. I only have one that made me nervous about my ability to do justice to the source. I think I'm officially nervous. :)

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In other other news, I have a job interview for a new position this Monday. Wish me luck!

a little thing called obsession

Conversations I have had (abbreviated):


Teacher: Every year I get scripts from the academy and I offer them to my students to look through, for proper format, etc etc.
Me: (rifling through scripts) Ooooh! Pride & Prejudice!! (nabs)
Friend D: Hey, I saw that already.
Me: DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING.
Friend D: It's good.
Me: It is? Of course it is. (babble on about having seen and read practically every permutation of P&P and Jane Austen in general). Big fan. Know it inside and out. Lovelovelove Jane Austen.
Me: (opening script) I don't think I want to read this before watching the movie.
Friend D: .... Ohgoodlord. *headdesk*

Me: Hey, mom. You know what we saw in class? The Sea Inside. You should totally see it.
Mom: Oh, yes. That was beautiful. You know what I saw that you would love? Something called Pride & Prejudice.
Me: OHMYGOD. YOU don't need to tell ME about P&P. I'm all over that like a hot potato. Totally huge fan, mom. Duh. Teacher gave me the script! EEEEEE!
Mom: It was beautif--
Me: DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW!
Mom: .... If'd known, I would have invited you to the premiere/screening.
Me: Oh, it's okay. I'm going with S.


~~~~~

In other news, I went through my list of offered fandoms for Yuletide and crossed out all the ones that weren't highlighted gold in the Yuletide Fandom Master List -- and the total number is 35 fandoms. I only have one that made me nervous about my ability to do justice to the source. I think I'm officially nervous. :)

~~~~~

In other other news, I have a job interview for a new position this Monday. Wish me luck!

Lost and my mother

( I love my twisted, mixed up show. )

Half way through last night's episode of Lost I turned to my mother and predicted the the two possible endings to the episode. Mom is always amazed when I turn out to be correct.

Mother, I say, it's obvious! It's all set up, don't you see?! But she doesn't see, and it's really easy to impress her, which is a lot of fun. She thinks I'm super smart, which, you know, I am smart, but not necessarily super smart. *g*

Either because she was not raised on television like I was, or she never went to school specifically to learn how to see patterns in literature and how to deconstruct narratives and recognize themes and parallels and plots the way many of us have, it's all a big mystery to her. It's very cute, sometimes. Other times, it's a little frustrating, because I end up having to explain tv shows and movies to her, particularly those that are a bit more twisty than others.

Harry Potter is an excellent example. JK Rowling loves parallels and themes and foreshadowing and all sorts of good stuff like that, character foils, etc etc. Neither are the HP books particularly obtuse or difficult to follow. Everything is pretty much all there, ripe for the picking. Mom? Doesn't see any of it. When I talk to her about it and explain it, she gets it, but not on her own.

I suppose this is common enough, and it's just that, on a day to day basis, I tend to hang around people who all, more or less, see the same way I do. And then there are the days when things fly totally over my head and I have to have everything spelled out, twice, before I can even pretend get it. heh. :-)

Lost and my mother

( I love my twisted, mixed up show. )

Half way through last night's episode of Lost I turned to my mother and predicted the the two possible endings to the episode. Mom is always amazed when I turn out to be correct.

Mother, I say, it's obvious! It's all set up, don't you see?! But she doesn't see, and it's really easy to impress her, which is a lot of fun. She thinks I'm super smart, which, you know, I am smart, but not necessarily super smart. *g*

Either because she was not raised on television like I was, or she never went to school specifically to learn how to see patterns in literature and how to deconstruct narratives and recognize themes and parallels and plots the way many of us have, it's all a big mystery to her. It's very cute, sometimes. Other times, it's a little frustrating, because I end up having to explain tv shows and movies to her, particularly those that are a bit more twisty than others.

Harry Potter is an excellent example. JK Rowling loves parallels and themes and foreshadowing and all sorts of good stuff like that, character foils, etc etc. Neither are the HP books particularly obtuse or difficult to follow. Everything is pretty much all there, ripe for the picking. Mom? Doesn't see any of it. When I talk to her about it and explain it, she gets it, but not on her own.

I suppose this is common enough, and it's just that, on a day to day basis, I tend to hang around people who all, more or less, see the same way I do. And then there are the days when things fly totally over my head and I have to have everything spelled out, twice, before I can even pretend get it. heh. :-)