That's me, I admire my mum so much for her cooking skills. I need to learn so I won't be completely at a loss later on.
Serious ranting ahead--yes, dash it, being in love with the character constitutes a bias, but this is libelous and we all suffer of the infatuation:
By all means, rant away. I certainly did.
What a fatheaded intro. How can someone even claim to like the Jeeves books if they don’t like Bertie? I mean, gorblimey, he’s the main character; the books are all about him. Sure, Jeeves is a great character, also, but he is a secondary one. I feel a need to scream out an emphatic “god dammit!” to strike it home, but I won’t. Since when do intros bash the characters in the pieces they're written for?
Yes, exactly! I don't see how anyone could like the books, but not Bertie. I mean, he's *always* in the scene, since he narrates the whole dashed thing. If you didn't like him, how on earth could you read it?
And he’s not stupid. My god, if he has a vice it's that he’s too kindhearted for his own good seeing how he knows that half the time he’s getting trapped into fatheaded schemes--it’s always to rally round his moronic friends. He’s a bit of a pushover also, but never stupid.
Precisely stated. He knows all those schemes his friends try to involve him in are bad ideas, but he gives in anyway. And honestly, his own schemes aren't always bad - half the time they only fail because of some blunder on a friend's part, or due to some unfortunate coincidence. He's just caring and loyal and...nice guys finish last, you know?
Tuppy Sir. Roderick's son, eh? Whatever, every word discredits this Aldridge.
I know, I snorted out loud at that.
You know what was interesting and made me smile because even Plum, I guess, couldn't keep track of everything all the time: In one of the books--I think The Cat-Nappers--Bertie mentioned not having any siblings. What-ho! What about the sister with three daughters? ;p
Lol. Oops. Oh well, I don't blame him for losing track after so many stories. I kind of liked the idea of him being an only child, though.
See, you're making me gush--love "Clustering Round Young Bingo" also as we learn the origins of "What the Well-Dressed Man is Wearing." It's so cute when Bertie refers to that in the novels, calling himself an author and whatnot. (Want to squeal, but won't.)
Hey, gushing is good :) I love that Bertie calls himself an author. Of course, he *is* writing all these stories/memoirs/whatever you call them, so I suppose he's entitled to the title :)
Glad the music arrived safely. If you have any questions about "Nagasaki," I'll be more than happy to try answering them, but I think you'll be fine. :) It’s not as nice as the arrangement Hugh had, but we take what we can, right?
Okeydoke. I just need practice with the bass clef, then I'll be all right. Yeah, Hugh had some great arrangements to work with; makes me wonder if they didn't arrange them specifically for the show.
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Date: 2003-07-23 08:16 pm (UTC)Serious ranting ahead--yes, dash it, being in love with the character constitutes a bias, but this is libelous and we all suffer of the infatuation:
By all means, rant away. I certainly did.
What a fatheaded intro. How can someone even claim to like the Jeeves books if they don’t like Bertie? I mean, gorblimey, he’s the main character; the books are all about him. Sure, Jeeves is a great character, also, but he is a secondary one. I feel a need to scream out an emphatic “god dammit!” to strike it home, but I won’t. Since when do intros bash the characters in the pieces they're written for?
Yes, exactly! I don't see how anyone could like the books, but not Bertie. I mean, he's *always* in the scene, since he narrates the whole dashed thing. If you didn't like him, how on earth could you read it?
And he’s not stupid. My god, if he has a vice it's that he’s too kindhearted for his own good seeing how he knows that half the time he’s getting trapped into fatheaded schemes--it’s always to rally round his moronic friends. He’s a bit of a pushover also, but never stupid.
Precisely stated. He knows all those schemes his friends try to involve him in are bad ideas, but he gives in anyway. And honestly, his own schemes aren't always bad - half the time they only fail because of some blunder on a friend's part, or due to some unfortunate coincidence. He's just caring and loyal and...nice guys finish last, you know?
Tuppy Sir. Roderick's son, eh? Whatever, every word discredits this Aldridge.
I know, I snorted out loud at that.
You know what was interesting and made me smile because even Plum, I guess, couldn't keep track of everything all the time: In one of the books--I think The Cat-Nappers--Bertie mentioned not having any siblings. What-ho! What about the sister with three daughters? ;p
Lol. Oops. Oh well, I don't blame him for losing track after so many stories. I kind of liked the idea of him being an only child, though.
See, you're making me gush--love "Clustering Round Young Bingo" also as we learn the origins of "What the Well-Dressed Man is Wearing." It's so cute when Bertie refers to that in the novels, calling himself an author and whatnot. (Want to squeal, but won't.)
Hey, gushing is good :) I love that Bertie calls himself an author. Of course, he *is* writing all these stories/memoirs/whatever you call them, so I suppose he's entitled to the title :)
Glad the music arrived safely. If you have any questions about "Nagasaki," I'll be more than happy to try answering them, but I think you'll be fine. :) It’s not as nice as the arrangement Hugh had, but we take what we can, right?
Okeydoke. I just need practice with the bass clef, then I'll be all right. Yeah, Hugh had some great arrangements to work with; makes me wonder if they didn't arrange them specifically for the show.