Things Not To Do After Getting One's Paycheck

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Go to the bookstore that also sells DVDs.

I bought the complete Hornblower DVDs. I'm actually watching all of them. In order. Remember that I am a Hornblower purist.

But! Remember, too, that I have actually admitted in conversation that given enough exposure, I knew I could eventually come to regard the films (or most of them) as stories in their own right and be able to enjoy them on their own merits instead of being horrified when they depart from the text.

So, I went ahead and bought the suckers. Because, even with the liberties that 'Mutiny' takes with the text, I already like it. Because, like my obsession with owning every version of Wuthering Heights ever made, I must have Hornblower in exactly the same way.

And, so.

I still watch (Still? This is only the second time I've seen most of the films), alternating between "aigh! That's not like the book!" and "Hm!".

What drives me up the gods-be-damned wall is the constant use of Hornblower's first name. GRRRRR. (No, that's not his first name, but you knew that already.)

I'm also watching the complete series of Firefly on DVD, and am enjoying it very much, without any screaming over "departures from the text". I just finished 3 episodes I'd actually already seen, and "Jaynestown" (which I've also seen) is next. I believe after that it's all terra incognita again.

In other news, I special-ordered the original "Mark of Zorro" novel at the bookstore, so I could read it to see if I actually want to pursue this gender twist on the tale Idea I've had. Not sure yet. Been walking around muttering to myself about it. (That's an encouraging sign, btw.) I've got it in ebook format, but it's so much harder to read that way, I simply had to go looking for a print version. Hence the trip to the bookstore.

And I bought Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men In A Boat.

See? Paycheck. Bookstore. Bad idea.

Comments

[melodylemming.livejournal.com]

Three Men in a Boat is absolutely wonderful. Enjoy it!