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[trillian_stars]

Last night I was fairly productive, in a perfectly mundane fashion. I finally managed to get off packages with dresses in them -- I lied and told the post office attendant that I had made them myself (I felt that gave me more legitimacy somehow. He was very impressed by my prowess with needle and thread.) And then, because Kyle and I couldn't

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[silveringridd]

you two don't seem to ever stop having fun. and you seem to be in love the way i always wished i'd be in love.

i bought a chart-toppers from the 20s cd because of valencia. i love it so much. alas, it is not the same on a cd. the victrola is the only way to go.

i am currently reading middlesex, and i love it so much. but with less than 100 pages to go, i am afraid to get to the ending. i hate when books i love end, but i also hate when books i love disappoint me at the end. so i start to get anxiety about the book ending. and sometimes, i just don't finish them because of it. i know. stupid.

[kylecassidy]

there's a company called archaphone that is releasing a "greatest hits" cd for every year, starting in 1919. i got the first one which has the cool song "wait till you get 'em up in the air, boys!" but after listening to the cd a couple of times i realized that 73% of the fun is cranking the Victrola and changing the needle. it just don't sound the same any other way.

we did have fun cleaning the house. and i had fun getting my posterior kicked at pinball.

[silveringridd]

yeah, the victrola really makes the music. valencia does not at all have the same feeling on the cd. though i still love the song, it's just not the same.

i imagine you two being able to have more fun doing the most mundane tasks than anyone on the planet. it's just the nature of you. it makes me happy. and it kind of makes me hopeful.

[trillian_stars]

There have been many books I've wished I hadn't finished; sometimes, I close the book on the last page and just sit there in mute emotion. "Atonement" was like that -- I found the ending to be shattering and wished I had just stopped when I was happy.

As for being in love, all I can say is "it's about time!!!!" ;)

[indigo_spice]

It's good to know someone likes Edith Wharton because I loathe her books. I find her characters to be putrid and annoying.

I am halfway through The House on the Strand and it's solid writing but I keep waiting for a wrench to get thrown into the cogs. I'm finding I don't care about the alternate history characters as much as I should. It's hard to come down after a high from reading Rebecca.

[kylecassidy]

i do love rebecca so much. i'm thinking about giving frenchman's creek a whirl.

[ladycelia]

"Frenchman's Creek" is great fun in an 'airplane book' kind of way. I love it, but it's not "Rebecca".

[trillian_stars]

Maybe give "My Cousin Rachel" a try -- that's my second favorite DuMaurier novel.

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[circle23]

the other night i turned off the TV and put on my old Specials 78 !

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[trillian_stars]

Hooray for turning off the TV! That's what we did last night and the evening seemed to open up before us!

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[firegrrl]

Totally! Brian & I gave away our tvs when I was pregnant, and haven't looked back. It was such a positive lifestyle change. We did it for Little Bear, but I had no idea how beneficial it would be to us and our relationship as well!

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[trillian_stars]

But how do you get your Star Trek fix? ;)

We don't have television access; we only use ours for watching dvds and vhs tapes... but there are times when I wish I could watch the latest episode of whatever happens to be hot on tv these days.

I do like those evenings when it's completely off and we read or talk instead!

[ladycelia]

Nothing sounds quite as warm and sweet as 78's played on a proper Victrola.

If you can, and want to move forward a bit in time, see if you can find any 78's of early rock and roll. I particularly recommend the 'ABC Boogie' which is the B side of 'Shake, Rattle, and Roll'.

[daphnep]

*LOL*

I have a confession to make here: a few weeks after I finished that book, I picked it up again and thought, "hmmm, I guess I never finished this one. What happened?" I thought somehow in the move, I'd forgotten to finish--so I read the last few chapters again. Went, "oh, I guess I did finish it, after all."

Than, reading "The Reef", I got about 30 pages from the end, and just couldn't finish it, either. I carried it around diligently for a few days, and finally admitted "I'm afraid of what she's going to do to the character I like. Edith is cruel, at the very ends of her books." I mean, hello--between The House of Mirth and Touchstone, I was terrified. I was like the lab rat who had been electrocuted twice, already.

I finished it, finally. It wasn't quite electrocution, this time, but neither was it a yummy reward for my optimism and faith.

I don't even know what to tell you. Ms. Wharton, well.

[trillian_stars]

Why I do believe I have been duped (by both you AND Ms. Wharton!) I shall think twice before trusting either of you again ;)

You could have saved me from my disappointment last night! My first thought was to drop by unexpectedly and have you entertain me, but I thought you might be in the middle of some "not to be interrupted" thing!

[daphnep]

Oh, you can interrupt me any old time you like....honestly. Even if it is to whap me about the shoulders with a disappointing novelette.

[kylecassidy]

i can rewrite the ending for you if you'd like.