I think I like a good romance, and Little Women is not really satisfying in that sense
Laurie and Amy totally worked for me, though, although I've been told that's a heretic's opinion.
I should read the others again. I barely remember them.
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Mar 01, 2013 7:41:44 am PST #13220 of 30001
Because books.
Steph L. - Mar 01, 2013 7:59:02 am PST #13221 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Laurie and Amy totally worked for me, though,
Me too!
although I've been told that's a heretic's opinion.
Huh.
le nubian - Mar 01, 2013 7:59:32 am PST #13222 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
The facts:
1. 100+ faculty (and administrators) are invited to a retreat.
2. The retreat is out of town within driving distance (say about 90 min away)
3. A couple of people inquired about carpooling and gas costing sharing to the organizers of the event.
What do you think the organizers of the event chose to do?
If you guessed: "send an email to all attendees letting them know people want to carpool and urging people to reply to all to facilitate communication" you would be CORRECT.
Is this really the best strategy to coordinate carpool stuff?
Note: thank goodness for gmail and the "mute conversation" function. I would like to carpool, but I am so irritated that I don't even want to engage.
Jessica - Mar 01, 2013 8:00:40 am PST #13223 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fossil no longer carries replacement watchbands for the style of watch I have (not surprising since I've had this watch almost ten years).
This means I have an excuse to buy a Pebble, right?
Amy - Mar 01, 2013 8:03:23 am PST #13224 of 30001
Because books.
Huh.
I quoted the scene where he proposes to her in the rowboat on the lake as one of my favorite romantic scenes ever, for a YA blog doing a Valentine's Day feature. Everyone was appalled! I was surprised, to say the least, but apparently there's a huge contingent out there that thinks Jo should have accepted Laurie. Which is so very wrong, in my opinion.
erikaj - Mar 01, 2013 8:05:01 am PST #13225 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Well, I always *wanted* Laurie and Jo, but rereading it on my kindle I wasn't disappointed by Laurie/Amy anymore. I would agree it would help if Bhaer had more of a personality.
msbelle - Mar 01, 2013 8:05:21 am PST #13226 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
omg, never encourage reply to all. NEVER.
erikaj - Mar 01, 2013 8:07:31 am PST #13227 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I think, at age twelve, it was very hard to imagine Amy not being a Bratty Sister Who Gets Everything anymore in a way it isn't when you're 39.
Ginger - Mar 01, 2013 8:13:12 am PST #13228 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have read Alcott obsessively. My favorites are Little Women, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom and An Old-Fashioned Girl. I thought Laurie was all wrong for Jo, but the Jo-Laurie shippers are legion.
Amy - Mar 01, 2013 8:15:16 am PST #13229 of 30001
Because books.
I thought Laurie was all wrong for Jo
Yes!
I love when Amy sits on Laurie's lap and says his nose is a comfort to her.
And I thought Professor Bhaer was charming in that awkward, scholarly, foreign way. I think once Jo loved him, I loved him.