Oh yes indeed. The time has come the walrus said to speak of many things . . .
    I just finished watching two (2) movies–one good
and one ok. The first was Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason. According to
my memory this movie was rented once before but not completely viewed.
And my sisters had just happened to rent it while I was working the
other night. So. It was good. Especially in light of my newfound Pride
& Prejudice knowledge (also, Colin Firth plays Mark Darcy in
Bridget Jones AND in the BBC mini-series of P&P) [!!!] Right. And
the next movie was Little Black Book. Stupid and especially depressing
for people like me. She doesn’t even end up with the guy…or any guy
for that matter. I guess that’s supposed to be the point….? Well it’s
not any point that I want to be reaching.

But the highlight of my day (other than church, of course) was seeing a
play with my mother at Oglethorpe with the Georgia Shakespeare
Festival. It was Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard and it was AMAZING.
I had never heard of this play before but my mother invited me to see
it with her (although I did get a choice as to whether I wanted to see
this one OR one of two others and I *providentially* chose this one)
and it definitely paid off. The play itself was so relevant to my
current experiences with letting go of (or simply not holding so
tightly to) the past/childhood memories and facing a bright new future.
Each character represented a different outlook on the future and
dealing with the past, but without being too allegorical or aggressive
in tone or expression. I have a newfound appreciation for Russian
literature (can’t wait to talk to Somerville about this) along with a
deeper look into the similarities of Southern and Russian literature.
Which means I’m already formulating research paper ideas…. But the
thesis of this post is that Chekhov wrote an enthralling play called
The Cherry Orchard and if you get the chance to read it or see it on
stage, I would definitely encourage you to. Or perhaps I could get the
Hillsdale theater dept. to pull it off….that would be cool.
    Although I’ve unfortunately had a bit too much
caffeine this evening, it appears that bedtime is drawing nigh
considering I have to get up at 7:00. So goodnight.

P.S. Felix the Cat is pretty cool I think.