19th Century novels...creative writing...anime...Japanese Fashion Dolls (volks, obitsu, takara jenny,), regular fashion dolls (tonner and effanbee),Japanese language and culture.
I'd like to meet:
Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.
Your Inner Child Is Sad
You're a very sensitive soul.
You haven't grown that thick skin that most adults have.
Easily hurt, you tend to retreat to your comfort zone.
You don't let many people in - unless you've trusted them for a long time.
How Is Your Inner Child?
Music:
Just about anything 80's, 90's and early 2000's. Don't think much of "rap" or "R'n'B" (just my personal opinion)
Movies:
Lost in Translation. A very apt story of the ironies that occur in life.(An alternative definition for irony: unexpected ways that life manages to shit on you).
The Goonies and Back to the Future: because there are 1001 catch phrases for just the right occasion. Such as: 'Hey, yooou guuuyssss!' and my personal favorite 'Hey you! Get your damn hands off her!', but there's also 'Get your meat hooks off me!' *sigh* 'Good times, noodle salad!'
Television:
The 4400, The Deadzone, Supernatural, Star Trek: The Next (de)Generation, King of the Hill (That Bobby Hill!), The Simpsons, Family Guy, Niptuck (for some very strange reason), and Ugly Betty (Best show to come along in a long time. When will Henry and Betty finally get it together?!) etc.
Books:
Top Favorite Books:
Frankenstein, Dracula, The Woman in White, Madame Bovary (oh so true to life.) and Rebecca (I can really identify with the newest Mrs. De Winter.) I've read lots of other books, but I would be here all day if I were going to name them all.
Currently reading 'Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The Portrait of Dorian Grey is on the to-do list. Check back later.
Finished the Monk ages ago Mathew Lewis's The Monk. Must say it's a typical example of 18th century literature. Reminds me alot of 'The Rover' for some reason. :) That monk Ambrosio. *sigh* Easily seduced by a beautiful face it seems.
Most recent read being Rebecca and 'Ivanov' by Anton Chekhov. Both are Excellent reads. I have found that 'Ivanov' is one of your better pieces of Russian lit.
Having previously read Fathers and Sons I'm assuming that wasn't a typical or good example of good literature. It could have been the translation as it was bland and dry. A bit like stale bread. No flavor. Perhaps it was Turgenev's attempt at taking an ironic stance to nilhilism as the story seemed to lack a point. Or it had a point and I totally missed it!
In comparison, 'Ivanov' was miles better than F&S.
Finished Ocean Sea back at christmas.
Since then I've read quite a few things. Orlando by Virginia Wolff, Katherine Mansfield short stories, Sunset Song, etc, etc. Still on Kiss of the Spider Woman though...All I can say is that it will probably end bad for the two men.
Heroes:
"Here's the rule for bargains. 'Do other men, for they would do you.' That's the true business precept."
- Dombey and Son'I'm not the sort of woman men marry.' - The second Mrs. de Winter, Rebecca
'The more a man loves, the more he suffers. The sum of possible grief for each soul is in proportion to its degree of perfection.' - Henri-Frederic Amiel
