Well i guess Jane Austen and vintage radio comedy does not go well together, just like heavy metal and knitting, but whatever. No one is so unlucky to have to put up whit me, so i can be as queer as i wish :)
So, four full watch later, short - sleepwise - with 2 hours, i'm on page 232 now (still p&p, now paper and ink format) , and of course i know myself enough so i bought two more books as well for next week. Now that i'm almost at the end, and also having been read Persuasion in english, and Sense and Sensibilty both in english and hungarian, i think i really like Jane Austen and she would be my favourite writer ever - - if she would be covering history and/or fantasy as well and wouldn't concentrete on girly topics, though for this i complain only when i'm not reading; when i'm reading, i'm perfectly contented with the books :) I'm insatiable i know, an old fault of mine. My other would-be fav is Neil Gaiman who has fantasy but i miss the female thinking and delicacy - obviosly as he is a male... And i love 'Mrs Murray' too, but more her books then her writing (if this makes sense).
Now, i'm not a high-strung literature critic, i'm just looking for a soulmate writer :D I used to write myself for my own entertainment but since i live in england and consequently use english in a big part of the day, my writing skills are all but gone. A few days ago i did not use a word in a text message to my cousin - in hungarian - because i wasn't sure of the spelling. This had never happened me before. Ever. Not even in primary school, i was always very good in spelling (as i always read a lot once i learned it...) It was painful. My english is getting better, but i feel the price, and in a very unexpected way, as everyone is always talking about homesickness and stuff, but i never heard anybody mention the loss of the mother tongue. Ok not loss, but the decreased quality. So to make up for this, i'm on a constant lookout for someone who writes like i would if i could :)
I'm an oddball, anyways so shouldn't be surprised :)
I LOVE Jane Austen....she's such a fabulous writer. Her books are timeless! And how is it that Heavy Metal and knitting don't mix? I think it depends on your project - I like a wide variety of music - whatever suits my mood that day is what I listen too! (I guess I'm a bit odd too!)
ReplyDeleteI think the avarage of people who knit and the avarage of people liking heavy metal are two groups with not much common membership - at least as an exception, i'm always reminded by member of one that how odd they find is it for me member the other group too.
ReplyDeleteAnd i have a cousin, she dresses even more like a rocker, who also knits, and it is funny to see someone in say mettalica t-shirt knitting pink stuff for her goddaughter :) But oddities make life just even more interesting :)
We must be odd to sit with a hobby of looping strings while we could be going shopping and gossiping around in a the mall like a fashionable girl/woman would do... ;) and of course only listening to the latest and hottest hits in the radio :D
It's so good to have kindred spirits around :)