Helloo!! I’ve been basically living up the ~last few days of vacation~ helppp – how’ve you been? Has your school started yet? I hope not *sends time machine* And if you count Bree as a Narnian horse, yes, they do; I don’t think it was ever cleared up whether other Narnian horses roll, though…

V2 C 13: Deep as in I was thinking of him as a good guy, but underneath he’s actually not nice at all – there’s more in him than meets the eye :/

V3 C 2: Haha probably because he was nice all along, he just didn’t choose to show it until now… I suppose they’re basically more interested in finding out about him and considering him as a part of their lives because they think Elizabeth likes him, though it does seem that they’re partly getting prejudiced in his favor. Maybe they’re also more likely to think well of him because they trust Elizabeth’s skill at reading people?

C 3: Yum yum

C 4: Yikes, I was completely wrong about Mr. Wickham :0 It turns out he’s the stereotypical bad guy instead of the stereotypical good guy (which might make him less stereotypical?) When I first read this chapter my reaction was “Well really, Darcy, what Elizabeth needs is for you to declare that you’re going to go and hElP”, and even though he did do that in the end, it would still have been nice for him to say so… I see why he didn’t, but still, I mean, come on, slight lack of dashing hero vibes??

C 5: Lydia’s personality is way worse than I’d thought.

C 6: Seriously Mr. Collins, is that really the letter to write? Throughout the whole book I’ve been struggling between irritation and amusement concerning him, which is a rather awkward state of things O_o

C 7: Whew

C 10: Very nice, Darcy, very nice *pats him approvingly on the head*

C 11: Mrs. Bennet is really too much :/

C 13: Finally!! Hurray!!! Fate (as in, Jane Austen being marginally fond of happy endings) has spoken:)

C 14: Go Elizabeth!! It’s so satisfying to have someone telling Lady Catherine what she needs to hear >:)

C 16: So Elizabeth did reform Darcy, by refusing him :0 It kind of surprises me how little triumph Jane Austen lends to this scene; it seems so matter-of-fact and like just another part of the story instead of the climax.

c 17: I love Mr. Bennet’s observation at the end of this chapter: “I admire all my three sons-in-law highly. Wickham, perhaps, is my favourite; but I think I shall like your husband quite as well as Jane’s.” XD

C 18-19: It’s nice to have a lot of happy wrapping-up-of-loose-ends after the proposal :DI think, all in all, I liked Volum III best; there’s actual action and suspense in it, and everything starts coming together. So the “Pride” in the title is Darcy, and the “Prejudice” is Elizabeth – it’s a clever way of titling it.

A couple of days ago I watched the 2005 movie, which is very good, though I feel like it’s even lighter and frillier than the novel. There’s one scene where Mr. Bingley is trying to practice proposing to Jane with Darcy, which is so nice:) P&P in itself is a fun read, and it was lovely writing my thoughts on it here! I suppose now we can go back to actual discussion of normal things, though :PWhat’s the favorite thing you’ve done this summer?

Darn, one of my comments didn’t go through… maybe this will make it appear?

Hi Amethyst! How are you doing?

Yep, school has begun, and I’m taking very hard classes so I really need to manage my time wisely and start writing and thinking and organizing thoughts 2-4 times faster than I usually do, which is overall a really good thing and something I need to learn sooner rather than later (so I have the time to write everything I yearn to write:D)

the P&P movie has been on my list of things to watch for a while:) Haven’t got to it yet, though. Yeah I agree! I really liked reading and discussing with you:D

My favorite thing I did this summer was write nonsense literature:D or maybe it’s just nonsensical fantasy…Idk. Whatever it is, it’s the improvised style of writing that comes most naturally to me besides poetry with ABCB rhyme schemes (I always gravitate to ABCB, unless I’m writing freeverse. I don’t know why). What was your favorite thing of this summer?

Hellooo! :DI’m doing fine – I’m going to miss summer, partly because of vacation and partly because summer is just so niceee in multiple ways, but oh well. Yeah, I should also really get more practice with being organized… I’m glad you’re able to get it :)I’m so glad that you like your classes, too! I’m looking forward to some of mine – I’m going to be taking some design-related ones which look really interesting, and I’m going to be reading more Shakespeare (yay!!) and some other ~great classics~. What’s your favorite class so far?

It’s sure to be literature! I usually do free verse, but when I try to rhyme it almost never comes out neatly… it’s amazing that you can do it. I don’t think I could pick one favorite thing from this summer, but I managed to write a lot, which was wonderful, and spend some time with my family. We went to a park some way away from where we live, where we’ve gone every summer since I was about three years old, and it was so beautiful – it’s large and partly wooded, and there’s a very special quality to it. Or maybe it’s because I have so many happy memories attached to it:)

Don’t worry about answering soon – I just feel like this should be higher on TM :))

Hi Amethyst:)

How are you doing? Are you enjoying your design-related and classics classes (yay alliteration)? My favorite class this year is either dance (it makes me so happy) or a class that’s (basically) free time to write poetry (which-also-makes-me-happy-I-love-poetry-I-don’t-know-how-I’m-going-to-remember-how-to-write-prose-fiction-when-the-time-comes) 😀 I’m writing about two-three poems a week now and playing with meter and rhyme scheme and ambiguity and imagery:) also I conjectured there weren’t many poetry magazines to submit poems to, but I did some research yesterday and from the looks of it there are actually a LOT. so that’s cool

That park sounds just wonderful:D What do you do there?

Oh btw I watched a BBC show for Pride and Prejudice with Rora and my mom a while ago (eventually I’ll watch the movie too lol)! I don’t watch TV very often at all so it really disrupted my tight schoolwork schedule, but I think it was worth it. Very odd though–in my opinion the camera focused too much on Mr. Darcy doing and saying basically nothing of interest. I guess it just wasn’t something I thought about in the book. Oh, also Mr. Collins was very awkward and kept talking about Lady Catherine’s windows or fireplace or smth, and Lydia was somehow less irritating than on paper. Oh, and Mrs. Bennet had a very shrill voice and particular way of emphasizing her words which suited her very well.

And…now I have to return to my homework (pages and pages to dig through to find rhetorical strategies. I have to use verbs to express them, rather than just naming the rhetorical device. I can’t go on cruise control for that sigh):/ But before I do, just want to say–if I leave I’ll give notice months in advance if I get the chance which I most likely will. *tears up* I don’t like to think about leaving.

Hello :DD

I’m doing pretty well, and yes, I’m enjoying my classes – so far this year’s school has been interesting, which is lovely :DI finished the first part of my design class, which lived up to expectations (hurray); it was very practical and precise rather than vague and theoretical, thank goodness. And for my classics, I just finished reading Jane Eyre at last!!, so I can finally discuss it too. It was way darker and more dramatic than I thought it would be – I was expecting something more along the lines of Jane Austen and typical romance novels of that era – and I feel like it could have been much better, but the writing in itself was definitely superb. Ooh dance, that’s so nice!!! And poetry sounds wonderful too :DOddly enough, I sometimes feel like I’ve forgotten how to write poetry (though I never actually have to date, thank goodness); I should probably write more… Yes, there are tons of magazines that accept work! There’s a site called Newpages that has an amazing list of tons of magazines and contests, with a section for young writers, and it’s useful as a launching place from which one can do one’s own investigations.

It is :DWe usually do a sort of day trip thing there, so we eat a meal there and hike around. It has easily walkable (?) paths, so one can just wander around and enjoy the scenery (:

Huh… Maybe it was just to emphasize that he was indeed there, since he isn’t terribly talkative (in the book at least):P It sounds good, though! Maybe I should give it a try. I love the thought of Mr. Collins talking about Lady C’s windows XD

Yikes, good luck with homework – things do get more intense the older one gets, sadly :/ And oh dear I hate to think of you leaving too– you’re so amazing and I love having the chance to talk with you and be your friend, and the CB wouldn’t be the same at all without you :(( At least we do hopefully have at least a few months left? And hopefully many more… I hope things will sort themselves out and you’ll be happy with your decision either way, though <3

Aaand this has already been several days in the writing so I’d better just post it… I hope you keep enjoying your schoolwork and that it doesn’t get tOo heavy! Oh, and happy Halloween in advance – are you doing anything for it this year? I, alas, think I’m not really, aside from dispensing candy to others (and having a bit myself, I expect, purely in the ~spirit of the season~ because I might as well take advantage :P)

Hi Amethyst, Happy Halloween!!

I dressed up today and went trick-or-treating w/ friends (key words: with friends. otherwise I’d feel very odd towering over all the little kids walking around):D it was fun

and then I told myself I’d do an hour of schoolwork tonight but I got sadly distracted organizing candy (choosing half to give away haha), and then took too long reading a source I need for an essay, so I barely got anything else done:/ it’s a good thing there’s the weekend for that

Helloo, and happy Halloween to you too!

Ooh nice! What did you dress up as (if you want to share – if not, it’s totally fine)? A couple of groups of kids claimed candy from me, and I’ve been starting to finish up the remains, which is nice :))

Distractions are terrible :/ But I agree, hooray for weekends! Hope you manage to advance on schoolwork <3

Merry Christmas, Amethyst!

How are you doing? Are you feeling better? *hugs* I read your posts on RT/T, and I’m sad to hear that you feel lonely and depressed and uncertain about the future:(

For Thanksgiving I did schoolwork, albeit not enough of it (one of my classmates used albeit a few weeks ago and so I’m enthralled with albeit and it may become one of my favorite words now) and talked to most of my family members and surprised myself by singing impromptu karaoke and dancing. What are you doing for Christmas/winter break/the holidays in general? My family is hosting a Christmas family gathering and gift exchange, and I hope to be writing poetry and researching stuff.

I like sweet candy best:) Oh yes, it’s very annoying that chocolate is always milk chocolate, when actually the (ahem) best chocolate is dark chocolate. On a side note, my family discovered raw unfiltered honey the other day at a Grocery Outlet and it’s incredibly delicious so now I’m considering writing a poem about it and combining that with a verse from a Psalm talking about God’s laws and words being sweeter than honey. Also. Stars. The other day I saw the night sky without light pollution for the first time in ages and so that’s another thing I think I’ll write a poem about.