His eyes creased up behind his glasses when he smiled, until they were nothing

[lilian_cho]

but gleams of vivid blue.

It was Dad's smile, and Alan used it to the same effect Dad always had.

Pictures found here @ more_is_more via why_me_why_not's LJ

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Comments

[blamebrampton]

I think that you have never eaten ox brain, and that you have been to New Zealand. And also that I am most probably horribly wrong!

[lilian_cho]

Lol, your third guess is right.

Ox soup = OM NOM NOM

I've never been to Australia and New Zealand, which needs to be remedied if only because I want to visit the filming site of LotR. Hobbit holes!

[vivitchi]

I'm English and I call it 'aubergine'. Huh. xD

...I'm not even going to try, bb, to guess this! They're all awesome things! I DON'T KNOW WHICH TO CHOOSE.

[lilian_cho]

Oh alright, AMERICAN English. =P

Never heard it called aubergine here. I think my problem is because I don't think the veg looks egg-like at all. Chinese eggplants are long and phallic lol.

[mordyn4]

THESE ARE HARD.

Lies: 8 and 9.

[lilian_cho]

I'M SORRY?

Maybe I should strike that and go: "Okay, okay, you can cheat." =P

8. I've never been to Australia and New Zealand, which needs to be remedied if only because I want to visit the filming site of LotR. Hobbit holes!

9. 'tis true. For a given definition of "first" =D

[benebu]

I'd say #2 and #10 are lies, but that's totally random guessing.

Little Women

[lilian_cho]

2. I hate Amy because she burned Jo's notebooks (all those stories! Gone forever D=) My 10 y.o. self thought Jo should hate her forever for that transgression. I was, "Phsaw, so she fell into a frozen lake and almost died. BUT SHE BURNED JO'S PRECIOUS STORIES."

If Louisa May Alcott were alive, I would e-mail her (respectfully) "But Jo and Laurie belong together forever and ever! Surely anyone can see that!"

Anyway...

Re: Little Women

[benebu]

Oh my. I didn't recognize it was Little Women you were talking about. (No coffee yet - brain functions are low). Plus the title is so different from the French ("Dr March's Four Daughters") that I only recently discovered that this much talked-about book was the same I loved so much as a child, and have yet to read again.

I remember enough of the story to agree with you on the Jo/Laurie thing, though.

Re: Little Women

[lilian_cho]

Why is it Dr March instead of Marmee March? We only see their dad in the very last chapter =O

I was so upset when I watched the movie (I haven't read Little Men at the time so didn't know that Laurie ended up with Amy and Jo ended up with Bhaer). But. It's true that Laurie's immature compared to Jo. They have different values and are better off as friends ^^;;

[lilian_cho]

7. USE GOOGLE, PEOPLE! I mean, I know that adults often lack the imagination and curiosity of a child, but this is getting ridiculous GRRR. The two rl friends I have that show an academic/bookish bent are men.

Ahem.

3. Pin-pon! You're right =D
My cousin was the one who stepped on a sea urchin, not me. And you don't pluck out the spines, you pulverize the spines by hitting it repeatedly. Ouch =S

8. I've never been to Australia and New Zealand, which needs to be remedied if only because I want to visit the filming site of LotR. Hobbit holes!

4. Ox soup = OM NOM NOM

Wanna take another guess which one is the second lie? ;-)

[lilian_cho]

I mean, sure they might end up at some disreputable/unreliable website, but at least they would've tried >_<

Haha you fail at cheating. 2 is truth, not lie.

He discovered that she's as self-centered as he is they share the same values. They have lots and lots of blond babies together. The end.