a single man in possession of a good fortune

[mayoraasei]

MUST be in want of a wife XD

Plucked up the resolve a few days ago and bought Pride & Prejudice (BBC version).

I wanted to wait a little because JB Hi-Fi had it bundled with the original book, and I already have a copy of the original book (although in a rather banal shade of pink). When I went again this week, they had the DVD by itself for $38........whereas the DVD+book was $33..........

There was a Chiaki moment. LOL.

(A very obtuse reference to that scene in Nodame where Chiaki stood and stared at a fish stand for many long minutes going..."Why........is two fish cheaper than one?" A few minutes later, with two fish in his bag and thinking about what to make for the parasite Nodame, he sees Nodame stuffing her face in Mine's dad's shop...)

I only had time to watch the first 40 minutes of it, but I must say I don't find the people as unremarkable as I did in year 12 Orz And now with their faces plastered on my screen I can actually appreciate their fine acting.

Mr Bingley is so cute XD

Speaking of Nodame, I saw the first movie. It probably would have worked if it weren't a movie, because then it didn't need to accommodate a whole bunch of things, especially the possibility of someone needing a 20 minute recap in a 1hr50min movie. The recaps were run to Beethoven's symphony 7 and they played the whole first movement for it, and that runs to at least 14 minutes.

The ecchi fake gaijin conductor (Chiaki's "master") is really annoying me...his dramatic "woe, disaster shalt fall!" annoys me, every time he appears on screen with his ominous ruminations it annoys me. It really interrupts the pace and the mood of what is meant to be a fun movie. I hope they don't spend too much time feeling sorry for him in the second movie =__= Even though the manga was fairly sympathetic to his cancer problem, it did so in the minimal frames instead of a whole 40 minutes (combined) of him sitting in archaic rooms/gardens/places by himself wearing the SAME furry cloak in every scene and surrounded by lots of antique furniture and candles.

Aye~ But I want the orchestra recordings, as usual =3=

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[kakeochi-umai.livejournal.com]

I cannot STAND the fake gaijin conductor. I once went with an older friend to a barbecue at his oyaji friend's place, and said friend thought it was hilarious to talk like that and say "Look! I'm speaking English!" Never mind that it was actually harder for me to understand than proper pronunciation. So ever since then, that kind of fake "gaijin" pronunciation has always inspired hate with the fire of a thousand suns.

I have a feeling I might have mentioned this before, but seriously, this REALLY, REALLY pisses me off.