GWTW, LotR and What's up with that

[Catherine Keegan]

GWTW is still one of the best books ever written.  I am completely 
biased.  I loved the way Scarlett went from spoiled southern belle to 
ruthless business woman.  She could see exactly what to do to make money 
and was still able to deceive herself about Ashley (phooey.  what a 
wus.)  I wished the movie didn't gloss over the first kid with Melanie's 
cousin (brother?).  Showing how terrified Scarlett was on her wedding night 
would have added some depth to the movie but it was already a very long 
movie as it was.

I still love the movie.  Haven't watched in a while so maybe that's 
something to do while the turkey roasts.

LotR - my husband loves the series.  By the time I read it, I had already 
read tons of derivative fiction which I liked a lot better.  The songs make 
me crazy so I skip over those.  My homework is to finish the first book 
before the movie but I just can't get into it.  It's sat, 2/3rds read, on 
the nightstand for months.  I've reread books 1 and 2 and listened to book 
3 of HP during that time span.  Tim just sighs and proceeds to tell me yet 
again how great the Tolkien books are.

"What's up with that" is a new add on in American slang.  It can be a 
question but it's generally just tossed in there - or at least it is in 
northern California.  When I was a teenager, it was "really" so now 
it's  "WUWT".

OK.  I have a question for those folks across the Atlantic - I watched 
"Bridget Jonses's Diary" and also "British Men Behaving Badly" and they 
both refer to "tarts and clerics" or something very similar.  What's up 
with that?  (ducks)  Is this like the US weirdness where the bathrooms were 
labeled "inboards" and "outboards" or "pointer and setters"?

Rachel, I don't suppose you're related to the Oregon Brays?  The spousal 
unit is a Bray.

Tabouli, while you pine for the movie, enjoy the fact that you're having 
sunny days and warm weather while winter is settling in on most of the rest 
of us.  I don't mind the rain but I really, really hate the short 
days.  BTW, let me know when you come out to visit your father.  Petaluma 
is only two hours away.

Time to get some work done.

Catherine in California


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