My Whirlwind Life

[jennyweatherup]

First, I should mention that Chrissie is playing the part of Angellica Bianca in a production of Aphra Behn's Restoration-era play The Rover, and that the play will be performed at the John Raitt theater on Hollywood Boulevard this May (with performances on the 5th, 6th, 12th, and 13th, and matinees on the 7th and 14th

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[tomalot]

have you not read A Tale of Two Cities? it's one of my favorites. the execution scene was just... oh, heart-wrenching for me! it's perfectly poetic.

[jennyweatherup]

Nope; my high school assigned Great Expectations instead, and, at the time, I didn't care for Dickens' writing, so I wouldn't have read it on my own. I figure that I should give Dickens another chance by now. :)

[tomalot]

i really like the man, actually. whenever one of my friends reads the Spark Notes for Tale of Two Cities, i kidnap one of their pets.

[jennyweatherup]

Spark Notes in general are pretty horrid.

I figured that I should give his writing another chance; assigned reading in high school isn't always the best environment to develop an appreciation for a writer, especially a non-contemporary "longform" writer like Dickens. So far, I think I am enjoying it more, and, in particular, I can better appreciate how he opens scenes and characterizes people and places.