I'm random, thanks for asking.

Nearly a year and a half after listening to the audio book, and more than a year after buying the dvd, I'm finally watching Bleak House. Quite good, quite good. True to Dickens' style, there's a character so annoying I want to smack him.

Good thing I'm on break; I may end up watching the rest of it tomorrow all in one sitting.

I just saw this trailer for The Lovely Bones http://video.aol.com/aolvideo/AOL Movies/the-lovely-bones-trailer-no-1/32557030001 and I can't wait until December. I read the book 2 years ago after seeing on IMDb that Jackson had the movie rights. Upon reading the beginning, I feared one scene would be too realisticaly creepy, knowing what Peter was capable of putting on film. However, the trailer blew me away. The movie looks fantastic.

I admit to the world that I've watched the end of North and South about a dozen times since Wednesday, plus most of the second disc a second time.

Hmm, Thornton. Thornton smiling. *swoon*

We all have our obsessions, and mine appear to be period dramas.

And now, I need to shower and go join the Black Friday madness.

Ok, holbytla, jmp0114, laurasia_mystik and ewanspotter, it's my mission to get you to watch Sound of Music. I don't know how to achieve this, but at least you know how strongly I feel about it. I already have a verbal agreement with my friend Michelle to watch it the next time she and Reena come over for movie night. It took a little persuasion, which was funny because Michelle loves Mary Poppins, which I hate. Both are Julie Andrews musicals and yet I can't stand one, and she was afraid to watch the other. Anyway, I'll hopefully make the 2 of them into SoM fans soon.

So, today was another Michelle and Reena movie day. We watched Persuasion 1995, which I actually liked. Ciran Hinds wasn't bad, nor were any of the actors really. No one was annoying, which surprised me. The movie was a fine example of England's recycling of actors. I kept recognizing people who would turn out to not be in anything else I've seen. Michelle and Reena could pick people out they really had seen before. We also watched Sense and Sensibility 2008, which Michelle had not seen. Since Reena had just watched the really bad Jane Eyre (1996) this week, we had to show Michelle some of the gems that make it so shockinly bad. Her face was priceless. Before long I found myself watching through my fingers like the first time. It's just baaaaaaaaad. More actor recycling: William Elliot from Persuasion '95 is the same actor who played St. John in '96 Jane Eyre. Ciran Hinds was Rochester in another version of Jane Eyre that I'm too lazy to look up. Amanda Root was Anne in Persuasion '95 and I saw her on the credits for JE '96. Look it up on IMDB. We always have to check it during or after movies.

-We all love S&S '08 Edward Ferrars.
-I decided I'm going to start using the term "twelve month" instead of "year" and I got Michelle and Reena going as well. That and pronouncing "mama" the British way, with the stress on the second syllable. We kept working it into conversation the rest of the night.
-I can't remember the other phrase often used in Austen and Jane Eyre that I like. It's not obliged, amiable, on the contrary, to be sure...wait, maybe it is "to be sure." Must watch Emma again.

Sunday-Tuesday: over 100 degrees. HOT.
Wednesday: low 90s with a breeze.
Thursday: overcast and windy, then it rained.
Friday-Saturday morning: raining off and on all day, temps in the 50s-60s.
Saturday: around 70 degrees, breezy.

I went into work for the third Saturday in a row. Didn't get in till 8:30 this time, however. I really want to take a nap now.

Last night I saw Prince Caspian. I only read the book a month ago, if that, and I spent the movie trying to remember what was going to happen. At the very beginning, it says "Based on the novel by CS Lewis," which is very true in the sense that much was changed. Still, I liked it. I was quite surprised that Eddie Izzard does the voice of Reepicheep, and I'd have liked a little more Aslan. Overall I enjoyed the movie.

Take a nap, or make brownies. Hmmm...

Decide for yourself how obsessed/insane/[insert other adjecteive here] I am.
I own: all 6 Jane Austen novels
Pride and Prejudice 1995 and 2005
Sense and Sensibility 1995 and 2008 (yes, holbytla, I had to get the new one)
Emma 1996, with Gwyneth Paltrow
Mansfield Park 2007
Northanger Abbey 2007

Persuasion 2007 I'm kind of meh about, and I haven't read the book yet. My prediction is that I'll eventually read it.

Let's not forget my 3 versions of Jane Eyre, two of which are so bad that I would burn them if possible, and my multiple copies of Lord of the Rings, both books and movies.

Yes, I do own other books and movies. Just that the ones I really like, well, more is better.

Hmm, both the "nerdy" and "geeky" mood theme pics are of Mr. Collins. I cannot escape him!

Reena over to watch the 5-hour Pride and Prejudice + Starbucks and cute matching mugs + noshing on chips and salsa + constant running commentary on the movie + Pita Jungle for dinner between discs 1 and 2 + holy cow Pita Jungle food yum including the best cheesecake EVER + more commentary and laughter + newly created inside jokes + having to pee like every half hour (too much coffee!) + totally awesome iced tea + randomly deciding to watch another chick flick when we weren't even finished with the 5-hour movie + why is Colin Firth such a good Darcy anyway? + much squeeage + watching Emma afterward + loving Mr. Knightly = completely awesome day on Tuesday.

Yesterday morning I finished reading Atonement and tonight I rented the movie. Maybe it was because I knew what would happen, but I was kind of bored watching it. The book I really really liked, and would recommend to anyone. However, I apparently totally misread something in the book and saw what really happened in the movie, and now I'm sort of in shock. I gave the book to a friend so I can't go back and reread that one part unless I hit up Borders, which curiosity might just force.

Tomorrow or Friday, I have Across the Universe to watch.

An attempt to keep track of how many times I watch my favorite movies (since 12/19/07). Most I've never kept track of, but they are upwards of 20.

Moulin Rouge - 5
Jane Eyre:
part I - 7
Part II - 9
Jane Eyre (2011) - 10
(one entire viewing was basically for noise while working)
Pride and Prejudice (2005) - 21 (once for noise)
Pride and Prejudice (1995): 4.5 (total)
Lord of the Rings:
Fellowship of the Ring: 4
The Two Towers: 3
Return of the King: 3
(Second marathon viewing, all three EEs, June 2008)
Emma: 4 (plus the end many, many times)
Emma 2009: 5
Sense and Sensibility 1995 - 5
Sense and Sensibility (2008) - almost 13
Persuasion 2007: 12
Persuasion 1995: 5
Star Wars:
IV A New Hope
V Empire Strikes Back
VI Return of the Jedi
I The Phantom Menace
II Attack of the Clones
III Revenge of the Sith

VII The Force Awakens - 10

New addition!
North and South - 10 or more
(note: started 11/10, finished 11/26/08 and have been rewatching the ending about 14 times in the 3 days since. Most of disc 2 watched again. And again...)
(note #2: 4th viewing with Jayme from Kairos. Another shameless over-analyzer like me, yay!)