Masterpiece

Esther is my hero. I went to watch Masterpiece last Sunday and it was part 2 of Wuthering Heights. I watched it eagerly - but it quickly turned into disappointment because it is much better to see things in order. I went on my blog, and Esther had a link to watch it online. I was able to not only watch the first part, but to watch both in order.

I can't get it out of my mind. I read this book as my highschool project for my senior English class. I was supposed to read a novel and diagnose it the summer before school started, and give an oral report to the class on the plot of the novel.

I chose Wuthering Heights because I enjoy this genre of literature. I love reading about the English Moors, and I had seen many literary references to this particular story.

I was shocked when I first read the book. Full of sexual motives, sexual desire, sexual hate. I didn't know how I would survive an oral report to the class because it was so dark, deep, hateful beyond hate to the point of being where the fringes of humanity lies in tatters on the human psyche.

Luckily, the whole class was hung up over the naming scheme of the characters so I did not have to recount in much detail the horror that was Heathcliff and his transformation to a walking demon among men.

This presentation was very good. Very true to the book and to my mind's interpretation of the characters. I watched the little 'behind the scenes' to learn that they actually filmed this on the Moors. I thought that was so authentic - most movie presentations set in the English Moors are done in some kind of forest. I had never seen such a rugged windswept landscape. Now I truly understand the author's landscape - her mind, and the loneliness of the land that drove the motives of the story.

I have to admit - I liked the guy who played Heathcliff the best. His performance was crucial to the delivery of the project, and every scene he was so devoted to the role. And Cathy was not bad either - I finally understood that character when I saw her. I could finally understand the problems that nagged in my mind regarding how they truly felt about each other. The way I was reading the text suggested alot of passionate speech, and too contradictory - they seemed more like flip floppers than focused on their emotions.

Watching these two interact really showed a complicated relationship, but it was easier to understand hearing them speak to each other than to read it.

I'm trying to say that my life experiences have changed, and so has my point of view of this story. It makes me want to reread some more classics and try not to judge as harshly as I did when I was young - before I encountered my own life.

Laptop

I got a new laptop today! I'm blogging on it right now - it's an Acer mini laptop with a 9" screen. Silver. Very, very cute and has everything I wanted in a laptop. Windows XP, decent processor, and it even came with a webcam and microphone built in. It was very cheap at Sams club - $345. They only have them left online - I bought the display model.

I am so damn happy.

I am sending Mom's birthday present in the mail, and I also am sending the Eureka 7 anime for Rach to watch. Hope they like it!

I'm going to start a website to sell my jewlery online. That way it can be anonymous, and I can sell whatever I make. I have some pretty nice stuff, and I want the hobby to pay for itself, and who knows? If it gets popular enough, then I can have a small business on the side.

This laptop will be perfect to keep up with it. I think I'll have an easier time blogging now too. I've already had over 100 posts, and even though I did not keep it up every 2 weeks, it's been almost 2 years, and I'm still here! I think I can handle the site, and I even have an Xd card slot on the laptop - meaning that I can plug my memory card from my camera into the laptop and export pictures of the jewelry.

I Need to Blog

I had a very nice Christmas. I relaxed with Raffy in the morning, then we went to his grandma's house, had food and tamales and visited the family. It was nice to see everyone so happy and grown up, and I had a great time. Then we came home and I called my family and chatted.

We don't do presents anymore. We don't have money, and I would rather eat good food, and enjoy good times with my family than waste money on things that I don't need right now. We watched Eureka 7, it was a very good anime. Raffy looked at the cast when we saw the final episode, and they had people from so many other great anime series. I think it's my favorite now, or at least really high up there.

I'm trying to finish the Inuyasha series that I had to stop earlier on. I watched 2 disks, and I have about 5 to go. It's funny because Raffy watched the English version on Adult swim, and he was shocked that it was the same episodes so close to the end of the series. I wouldn't know - I hate the English bastardization of my first anime. They cut about 30 episodes, and changed things around. I love how they swear all the time. It makes me laugh!

New years was much the same. We visited Raffy's uncle - he has a home he rennovated. He has a girlfriend now and they both seem very happy. She's very nice and I am very happy for both of them - he is a very good person. As soon as we arrived he swept us into the kitchen and served us personally a huge meal! I already ate dinner, and I was trying to eat everything, but I could not. We laughed and talked, and we got home safely before 12:00 pm and rang in the new year with Moses! :)

Last week I went shopping at Macy's for a new skirt - but they dont' have any in stock right now. I tried on a dress - size 16, and it *almost* fit me. I am very happy about that - I could not squeeze into an 18 before my workout revolution last June. I'm going to keep it up and go back later (I have some gift cards to Macy's!).

But I wanted the skirt for my family picture with Moses. So Raffy and I went to Hancock fabrics, and they had a sale on everything. I made a skirt last week. It's beautiful! That's why I haven't blogged lately - very busy. :)

Happy New Year - I know times are rough, but let's work hard to make 2009 the BEST!