Katherine

I know whatcha mean. 😛 But hey, it is still mostly the same community, just in a different place. I didn’t move partly ’cause the forum’s supposed to be a little more serious/focused, and since I’m not actually a writer it prolly wouldn’t work that well. XD They’re more focused on focusing on writing.

Oh yikes, doesn’t that mean you’re the…[Read more]

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Yeah, I have YWW for that. I liked KP because it was lots of fun and the articles were really good. 😀

LOL! No! Far from it! XD I sit right next to the concertmaster in the smaller group and sometimes I sit there if she’s not there. But in the bigger one I’m in seconds so if I sit in the first chair of the seconds I’m just leading…[Read more]

Well that it certainly was and they certainly were. 😛

OHH okay. XD Well still. That’s not at all bad. XD Ha! Sounds like your orchestra is ever-fluctuating indeed. Must make things interesting…

Noice! Looks quite fun. I’m gaining a new appreciation for orchestral music in general and the people who make it work together. I mean… dis takes…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

😛 XD

Lol, yeah. It’s good though. We’re usually using string arrangements now and the brass and wind have to transpose if there isn’t something for them already (I don’t know if you would have figured this out by now, but some instruments aren’t tuned the same as violin, like with clarinet and trumpet their A is really Bb so if…[Read more]

XD

Well that works. XD Choosing favorites is really a terribly hard thing.

Oh, that makes a lot of sense! *cringe* I do have some scale/positions books, but not really technique books, and I admit I hardly ever practice just raw technique by itself. :/ I don’t even really know…how one would go about that? Or is it MEANT to be really boring……[Read more]

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Have you had any concerts yet (forgive me if you’ve already mentioned that XD)? Do you have a dress code for them? Our concerts for the big orchestra are usually all-black unless it’s more casual, like playing at a local showground or at a retirement home, then we have these coloured shirts (green for strings, yellow for winds,…[Read more]

It’s OK. XD No, not yet—first one’s November 8th. Just four more rehearsals. *endeavors not to shudder* Yes, the dress code is all black. Most of the time, I think. So I’ve been trying to find a good, classy black shirt and skirt, ’cause I don’t normally keep those on hand. XD At least not the shirt. Those concerts definitely sound colorful. ;D…[Read more]

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I know! I had to get so much black for these performances ‘cuz some are not as formal yet still need to be black and some are quiet formal so I actually went and made a dress (with a lot of help from a couple of sewing teachers but it was good). And now most of my nice stuff is black which I don’t particularly like wearing. *rolls…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Hey, you really wanna know my name? 😀

Here’s my introductory post. Page 5 (if the link doesn’t send you right there), Grace W. aka rebelutionary is a good friend of mine and here she accidentally dropped my real name.

– (@) October 14, 2018

Ahh! XD

All right, my post in on page 9 of the Start Here space, called Just Another Girl. Page 5 of that post. XD

We’re playing at the college; I think it’s just a free concert for anyone who wants to come/family members of orchestra peeps, etc. Lessee…we’re playing the third mvt. of St. Paul’s Suite; a few movements of Corelli’s “Christmas Concerto”; the first two and the last mvts. of the Capriol Suite by Peter Warlock; the first mvt. of Bach’s 3rd…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Sounds like quite the repertoire. I hope you do well and enjoy yourself!

Our performance this afternoon went quite well, though I don’t think I personally played my best. We played a song called Fiesta for Strings, Lady Madonna (the Beatles), It Don’t Mean a Thing, a Mozart piece called Overture and an ABBA medley.

Wow that was fast. XD

Thank you! 😀

Good, I’m glad! I mean, not that you didn’t personally play your best, but yeah. ;P Is there any way for you to tell if you won’t be playing so well one day, and apprehend it, esp. if you have important violining to do? Some days I have are really really good (those are the rare ones XD), some are just good,…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Lol, I thought the same thing. XD

That’s a good question… I know what you mean, some days I just feel like my fingers aren’t cooperating or the bow isn’t working well (I think it may need a re-hair anyway 😛 ), other days I feel like the best violinist in the house! (oh, wait… I’m the only violinist XD)

I know my fingers…[Read more]

XD Yeah. Hey, I’m just having my bow re-haired. I didn’t really know about that before, but it came up as an option instead of buying an expensive new bow (I wanna wait till I have enough money to buy a pretty nice bow, not just mediocre, before buying another bow at all). Haven’t gotten it back yet, but I’m hoping it’ll be a big improvement. I’m…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Yeah, I know what you mean, I didn’t know about it either. My friend who was learning violin lives on a farm and he has a horse and he was telling me he wants to re-hair his own bow with his own horses’ hair, and I was like, “I don’t think that’ll work quite like that.” XD

If you can help it. It’s not too bad, if you have straps,…[Read more]

Ha! XD If only…

Well, that’s true; I guess I don’t normally have it in the car unless I’ll be using it.

I know whatcha mean. XD

@emma-flournoy

It would have been really cool if he could have. XD

Yeah. I don’t just think, “I’ll take my violin shopping today.” XD

Yeah. Do you have any idea what Mozart Symphony no. 40 is?? If you don’t, YouTube it and I bet you you have heard it before. 😉 I didn’t know, but we’re playing it in orchestra so I listened to it and I…[Read more]

Yeah. 😛

XD

Ohh wait I think I actually do… Goes like ‘duh-da-duh duh-da-duh duh-da-duh-Daaa —- DA-da-da da-da-da da-da-duh-duh…’ etc. If you know the tune you’ll be able to read that properly. XD That’s Molto Allegro, which I think must be the famous movement. I used to listen to that all the time because I used to listen to Mozart all…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Yes, that’s it exactly! XDXD Yes, it is rather fun, but we haven’t been playing it up to speed yet. 😉 XD

Oh yay! XD Yeah, it’s so fast. Fun. 😀

@emma-flournoy Yeah, I think we’re playing it a little over half speed.

*nodnod* Cool.

@emma-flournoy

Another one we got that’s really cool is the second movement of Beethoven Symphony no. 7.

Ooh. I don’t know that one off the top of my head, but most Beethoven symphonies are pretty epic.

Our last rehearsal besides the dress rehearsal on the day of the concert was last night. The director said he’s feeling confident about the concert, but I’m still not quite clear on how it’s all going to be good on Thursday. I think maybe they just…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Look it up. 😀 And if you can, find it on the YouTube channel smalin. He makes animated score things and they’re so pretty!

Ooooh! Getting close then? You’d do great. Trust me, I know about not perfect. My first concert with the CSO (the big orchestra), we had this piece for How to Train Your Dragon (which sounds epic when played…[Read more]

I shall, eventually. 😀

Ooh. XD

Well, that’s an encouraging thought. *nod* I’ll try not to stress. XD

@emma-flournoy

Yeah, ooh. XD

*hugs* You can do it!

Question, is your sister doing NaNoWriMo?

XD It’s OK.

Yeah, definitely. Scary. 😛 I’ve only been in one recital before, and it was plenty nerve-wracking.

OOH, I’ll definitely watch that one. LOVE Canon in D. <3 <3 <3

@emma-flournoy

I’ve done a couple of exams and one time I couldn’t tell if I was purposefully doing vibrato or my hand was just shaking. XD Anyway, so far I’ve decided not to do any more exams because they’re not necessarily necessary and I don’t need that added bit of pressure/anxiety. XD

Yeah, it’s pretty nice. But you gotta feel sorry for the…[Read more]

Ha! XD Well, makes sense.

I know! The same thing over and over and over again….

Yeah. XD

Ha! You poor thing. :’D That’s funny though. That would totally happen to me in the same situation.

We have about two and a half weeks till our Christmas concert now, and we only started practicing our music for it about a week ago. *shudder* I really don’t know why they do this. 😐 That’s less than half the amount of time we had to…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

It wasn’t too bad. Though my hands were shaking after for a bit. XD

Aw. You shouldn’t have to be really tense to hold the violin (though sometimes you just are and don’t realise it XD). What songs are you playing for the Christmas one?

At this point that I know of, May. We’re not doing a Christmas thing this year (not a formal…[Read more]

XD

Yeah, I think a lot of my tensity I don’t notice soon as I should ’cause I’m too focused on other aspects. It’s sad. ;P Lessee. There’s “Around the World at Christmas Time”, “A Christmas Festival”, “Star of Wonder”, “March of the Toys”, “Joy to the World”, “The Huron Carol”, and “I Heard the Bells”. I think that’s it, at least for the main…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Yeah. There’s a lot to think about when playing an instrument. 😉

I don’t know any of those specifically (except for Joy to the World and I Heard the Bells), though if they’re medleys, I’d most likely know the songs in them. 😉

Yeah, I’m sure you’d know most of them. 😉

How goes NaNo?

@emma-flournoy

Carols are generally known universally. XD

It goes well! I reached 30,000 words last night and I’m consistently a day ahead of the recommended goals. I haven’t been stressed or feeling like I wasn’t going to make it and I’m confident I have plenty of story to reach the word count, and then some. 😀 It’s been an enjoyable…[Read more]

Yay! That’s awesome.

Welp, I’m not even sure, technically. If reading counts as a hobby, count that. :’D I’m not really naturally artsy so I don’t do much in that field, and though I can sew things fairly nicely I don’t particularly like sewing except for once a year or so. XD Which would make violin, piano and reading my main ‘hobbies’. And…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

I reckon they all count, and I don’t see why MBTI wouldn’t. 😉 Yeah, it’s nice to have the outlet of writing for all my thinking and wondering. 😀

Yikes. That’s okay. 🙂 Sorry to hear that, that’s not always fun, is it? Of course I’ll pray. _hugs_

Uh… Not specifically at this point, but thank you. 🙂

I consider music and…[Read more]

I bet. 😀

Not very fun at all, Precious. *gollum, gollum* XD
Thanks, that means a lot. 🙂

I know though, sometimes when I’ve been asked that question I’m like…uh… nothing? *wracks brains* Yeah… So it’s all right. XD

Cool!! So much neat stuff. Woodworking, that’s neat. Do you like specifically carving, building things, both? When you can…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

😀

That’s okay, precious. *gollum* XD

Yeah, same here. XD

With woodworking I’ve made a bowl (which was mostly round when I started, so it was a good starting project and I really enjoyed that). I’ve made two boxes (one a test, one my new jewellery box). And I’ve made a baton that I’m going to give to my conductor. 😀 I did start…[Read more]

XD

Ooh, cool stuff! I bet it’ll be fun giving your conductor the baton. 😀

Yup, definitely. And yeah, at least I’m no PA. ;P I mean, it sounds like a position I’d enjoy, but busy.

Wul cool still. I love fiddle music either way.
And wow. People like that are amazing.

@emma-flournoy

Yeah, it’s pretty fun. I check the emails and print music and bind scores for her and she and I send out the emails and organise repertoire and things like that.

Yeah, it’s really fun.

Yes, they are! We have a friend who doesn’t know how to read music very well, but he plays the piano amazingly.

Kewel.

Wow. 😀

@emma-flournoy

lol

Which movement of St. Pauls’ Suite did you say you’ve played? My orchestra has been playing the first movement (the Jig, I think it’s called), and that’s pretty challenging, but lots of fun (though my stand partner doesn’t like it XD).

We played the 3rd mvt. at our concert, but we’d been practicing the first for a bit before they decided not to do it this semester. I agree, it’s alotta fun. And really challenging. XD The worst part is the part with like 6 sharps (if you’re a second violinist. If you’re not you might not have that part.). Thankfully it’s not very long, but so…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

I am a second violinist. 😉 You mean the bit with all the semi quavers going up and up? In our score they’re all accidentals, but it would be six sharps if put as a key signature 😛 My teacher’s helped me with that and says play each group of three with the third, second and first finger so it’s always 3, 2, 1. It means a lot of…[Read more]

Okay, yes! That’s the part. I’m pretty sure they’re accidentals on our score too. OK, that sounds like a good solution. We had someone help us with that part too, and I don’t think they gave us quite the same fingering (it doesn’t involve much shifting at all; it’s mostly just all half a note down from where your fingers usually are in 1st…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Cool, I’m glad you’re getting input from more experienced people. Otherwise you can feel a bit lost as to what to do.

Today Elizabeth and I went and played an informal concert thing at a local library, with a cellist/jack-of-all-strings from the orchestra and several of his students. It was mostly Christmas carols, and pretty informal, but it was fun.

@emma-flournoy That sounds really fun. 😀

Orchestra is over for me now. 🙁 Tonight is the party the conductor is having at her house, but I’m not going to go, except to maybe drop in and give my stand partner a thank you present (she brings me home every week).

Aw, too bad. 🙁 But yay for nice stand partners!

Oh well then. XD

Aww, fun.

That’s sweet too. <3 And yay, getting to do it twice! XD

Are you excited for 2019? Weary? Ambivalent? Hopeful?

@emma-flournoy

XD

Yeah.

Actually, three times! 😀 One of them lives in a different timezone than the other two so hers was an hour after. XD

I think my 2019 is off to a good start in many ways, especially my writing. Last night I finished one of my stories, tonight I started the second draft of another, and I’ve written every day so far (haha,…[Read more]

Ha! Fun. XD

Good, I’m glad! That’s great. Meh, I’m probably more on the ambivalent side…. def. wouldn’t say excited. XD I’ve never been terribly excited for new years to come; prolly ’cause I’m sad the time’s going so quick. Which is probably not the best view to take. -_- There are a several things I have in mind for this year, but I’m not…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

I know what you mean about time passing quick. Sometimes that can be scary.

Oh, I love Casting Crowns! That video was so cool. 😀

Yikes, now THAT is scary. I’ve been a legal adult for almost two years (12 days left XD).

*nod*

😀

Yikessss that’s even scarier. You won’t even be a teenager anymore. XD

@emma-flournoy

I knuuuu! XD

How do you feel about becoming an adult? 😉

Mostly, I always thought I’d feel older than this by the time I got here. XD But I don’t. I’m the same Emma I was when I thought those things. Just with a ton more experience behind me. 😛

@emma-flournoy

I know what you mean. The only age I remember actually feeling different at was 15.

Heh. Where do de years go.

Thank youu! And ACTUALLY, I thought that’s what might have happened in that case. I knew you were one day ahead and I thought I’d calculated that, but I guess not. XD I’m not sure how mine got 9 days off though! XD

Oooh that sounds absolutely lovely too. 😀 And breakfast for dinner is great.

@emma-flournoy

Ah, my bad maths skills is what happened. XDXD

Yees, it’ll be fun. 😀 And we’re going to make pinwheels (bacon, onion, grated carrot and zucchini and cheese rolled in puff pastry, sliced up and baked) and Nutella brownies (so yummy) to eat, and possibly this three-ingredient chocolate cheese cake I found which is really nice, for…[Read more]

@perfectfifths

Ohh Ah see. xD

OH YUM. O.o Those all sound delish. Especially Nutella brownies. Tea party food is awesome!
(What are the three ingredients? Cream cheese, eggs, and melted chocolate bar or chips?)

Oh and also, we’re able to do orchestra this semester. 😀 We’re just doing the one main group this time though. First practice was last night.

@emma-flournoy

Yees XD The Nutella brownies are very easy: three eggs, beaten until frothy; one cup of Nutella, 1/3 cup of sugar, 1/3 cup of flour and 1/2 teaspoon of salt; bake in a loaf pan for about 40 (or however long it’ll take in your oven) and leave to cool completely before slicing. And yes, the cheese cake has eggs, cream cheese, and…[Read more]

@perfectfifths

Ahhh, so yum! Simple but amazing recipes are the best. 😀

Ooh, fun! But I see the dilemma. D’you think junior orchestra or the fiddle group would be more beneficial/growing?

@emma-flournoy

Yeah, especially when your mum looks at you while watching TV after dinner at like 8pm and says “Can we make Nutella brownies?” XD

Well, that’s a good question. XD I’ve been in the junior orchestra almost as long as I’ve been playing violin. And it has helped me in playing in a group setting and about reading music and such. And…[Read more]

@perfectfifths

Heheh. XD

Well that all makes sense. I’m glad you get to do the fiddle group! It almost sounds too fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants for me. XD I’m not great at improvising with anything, unless I’ve had time to plan it beforehand. XD Do they use sheet music though? That might be a little less scary.

Ha, it’s funny that yours is Mond…[Read more]

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It’s not too bad, I think it’s just that I’m joining after a while, and some of the regulars have already established their “routine” so to speak and know what they’re doing more. 😉 But yes, we have fiddle music books. I own two of them, but I also borrowed the conductor’s and been practising during the holidays, so hopefully I’ll…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy So sorry (again), I didn’t see this (again)! XD

I have my first gig with the Fiddlers on Saturday, and I’m sooooooo excited! We had a rehearsal on Monday, even though orchestra hasn’t started yet officially (that’ll be next Monday, so yay!). 😀

Yeah. Too bad for them. 😛

It was! My grandparents came over that afternoon and we…[Read more]

@perfectfifths
You’re fine. XD XD

Sweeeet! So that was yesterday for you, right? Was it funnn?

Quite. XD

Awesome! 😀

Hey, that’s neat! Would you feel odd, teaching someone much older than you? I don’t know if I would or not… I think it’d depend on the personality. 😛 It’s great that she’s already got the passion and musical-ness, ’cause I…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy XD

Yep. It was! But I was sooo tired for the rest of the evening. XD

😀

Not with her, I wouldn’t. She was literally jumping up and down with excitement when I gave her a taste of it, and when I told her yesterday I’d like to teach her, she was so excited. 😀 She asks good questions and has been very insightful just from that one…[Read more]

Yup. ;P

Right. XD

Yeah, definitely. *sniff* Yes, one needs some sort of penalty for stealing, no matter the reason for the crime. But FIVE YEARS BEHIND BARS is a TAD excessive. But it was his fault he kept escaping. 😛 I still feel sorry for him.

Weeeelll, it’s close. XD Marius is slightly even more of a dreamer than Max, so everything he does is a…[Read more]

@emma-flournoyLol, I realised I’d forgotten to tag again, but I’m glad you replied. XD

Yeah, stealing is wrong, but it is excessive. Perhaps a fine, or just a couple of weeks or months in prison. I dunno. Then again, all sin is equal sin, so does that mean all penalties should be equal? Dilemma. 😛

XD This should prove interesting.

Cool. At the…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy (failed tag XD)

Good. 😀 I think it gets darker, but it evidently wasn’t too dark.

Truth.
Heh. Well, you probably know by now, and it wouldn’t be a huge spoiler for me to confirm it anyway. XD M. M. is indeed Jean Valjean. All the things will come clear in their good time. *rubs hands gleefully* O yes Precious. And yes, he’s working quite hard to turn his life around.

@emma-flournoy
Yep. I was pretty sure, and then the very beginning of a chapter confirmed it, and I felt silly for doubting. I should know by now that if you believe a character to be that ex-convict/innocent prisoner in disguise, then they are. 😉 XD

Exactly right. XD

Righto, he does have real crime of his own again. They are justified in wanting him back behind bars; what they don’t understand is that he’s truly changed, and whether or not that gives any cause for leniency of any sort. Mercy vs. Justice. *smirk* But it’s still a tough question.
Wellll…yeah, but that wouldn’t be EXACTLY fair either, because…[Read more]

Aha, so, Jean Valjean just revealed himself to the courtroom (like I knew and hoped he would), and the man mistaken as him is freed. So far, Jean hasn’t been arrested again. I felt rather sorry for the Pere (the falsely accused man), because he really had no idea what was going on.

I reckon he’d be intelligent in certain areas, but overall…[Read more]

(Which is why I can make all my comments without tagging you at all and you still get notified. Cuz it’s on your activity. ;P)

(I get it. I’ll try and remember 😉 )

I love Jean Valjean all the more, except for the fact that he escaped again and caused Sister Simplice to lie (but then again, she chose to – I don’t know!) but he ran away, and Fantine didn’t get to see Cosette, and now Cosette’s either stuck with those horrible people, or turned out unto the streets. I…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy (I’m just going to do it every time to be sure XD)

🙁

Yes, they’re interesting, and they’re certainly making Napoleon seem more like a person to me than a faceless thing that did stuff and got defeated at Waterloo. And if I were reading a book about Napoleon’s life, or about the battles he fought, they would be great. As it is, we…[Read more]

*snickers* Good plan.

POOR COSETTE, RIGHT?! Isn’t she the cutest lil’ thing?

XD The world is a cruel place.

@emma-flournoy
XD I’ve learned to be wary of supposed deaths, and when they don’t find the body, well!

Yes, she is pretty cute. But she was like a scared little animal, especially when the stranger went out and brought back the doll for her. Like, “Whoa!” I know I’d be wary. XD But I’m glad she’s now with Jean, even if she doesn’t realise it.

Usually. XD

Yup, that! XD

I know! Poor thing. Yes, totally. Isn’t he the sweetest?

Right. XD

@emma-flournoy Not yet, I don’t think. We just met the guy whose life Jean saved from under the wagon.

*nods*

Lol, not yet. XD It was the chapter about how Javert missed capturing Jean Valjean.

Too bad for Javert. XD

EXACTLY!

*hushed whisper* Because it makes you holier, y’know.
Aahh. I’ve always felt sorry for people who think convents or monasteries or monastic life in general are the best way to a life of service 100% devoted to God. It’s kinda sad. Of course, not all are as drastic as THAT one, but still.

@emma-flournoy

For some people, it probably is, because they wouldn’t have any distractions. But it doesn’t have to be so extreme. XD

True. But yeah. 😛

YES IT DOES! I just rarely use it. XD

What time is it for you?

@PerfectFifths ’bout 8:15 a.m. You?

Now it’s 9:17pm. So you’re 12 hours behind me. Are you on daylight savings?

Oh, that’s cool! Nice and exact. How kind of it. Yes, we’re on daylight savings. Does Australia do that too?
So it’s still Wednesday for you now, but actually…no, it’s 36 minutes past midnight now and you’re probably in bed. I’d imagine. XD So it’s already 36 minutes into your Thursday. Neat-o.

@emma-flournoy

I think in some places, but we voted it out from here several years ago. So you’ll be 13 hours behind then the time goes back.

Yep, now it’s Thursday, 9:45 am.

Just had several chapters about urchins of Paris, then about Paris itself, then about a specific urchin, and I know exactly who he is already, poor lad.

Have not yet been reacquainted with Jean and Cosette, and it’s been 8 or 9 years.

So the story hasn’t really begun yet? Wow, and so much has happened already. XD

But I guess it’s like Count of Monte Cristo. I mean, I thought the story was going to be about Edmund Dantes’ life, then he went to jail and lost a lot of his life in there, and then suddenly it was also about the children of the people who sent him there. XD

Yeah.

Yeah, I get that, but old books have a lot more to them, I think, in terms of backstory and all that. It saves writing a prequel. 😉

I don’t know if he’s any degree of overdramatic. I hardly know the boy. XD

@emma-flournoy Okay, so Marius has just been learning about his father, and is now estranged from his grandfather and aunt, and just left home.

I like Marius, so far. He kind of reminds me a bit of Albert and Maximilian.

That was pretty OTT. XD I mean, his change of his political views was realistic (he was learning about a whole other side he’d never been told about before) if a little rushed. We only just met him, so we might not have cared about all that just yet. 😉 But opening the window was a bit OTT. XD But yeah, I think I’m going to like Marius.

I’ve just…[Read more]

Yup. 😀

Heh. I know the feeling. XD But yes, they are. All of them to some degree, some of them more than others. (*muffled screeching* ENJOLRASSSS) I love them all. Mostly. XD But they’re really an interesting group of young characters, and they do have much importance to play. What Hugo should have done was instead of giving us those info dumps…[Read more]

Yup, L’aigle (aka Bossuet, as I think it calls him more later) is like that. Really sweet as a general rule.

Yeah. XD

Yo, how cometh violin? Mine’s actually going really well. Has something to do with having surrendered it to the Lord recently, undoubtedly… so God gets the credit. We’ll see if I can quit trying to do it on my own. XD
Also,…[Read more]

Aha, I thought Bossuet was L’aigle. I recently came across him speaking, and I was thinking “He sounds like how Emma described L’aigle” and I remembered L’aigle wasn’t his real name, so I figured it was him. 😉
Courfeyrac seems really down-to-earth, but fun.

Things are happenin’. Marius just got Javert’s help in catching Jondrette, but I think…[Read more]

@emma-flournoy

Yup. 😉 He’s great.

Ooooh. Such complexity, yes. XD I love those scenes.

Oh, yay for sickness. :/ Hope you get better soon. Yeah, that makes a lotta sense. I have problems with things out of my control. XD Well, maybe life’ll settle down sometime soon! I’m sure your violin misses you. 😉
Errrr…I’m not really sure. I’m fixing to finish the…[Read more]

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So, I was actually almost starting to wonder is M. LeBlanc wasn’t Jean Valjean after all! :O But his behaviour as soon as Javert entered the scene made me see the error of my ways. What was I thinking?? XD

Thanks. Life is more settled, it’s just sickness now. Yes, my poor widdle violin (which, fun fact, I named Orlando XD) is all…[Read more]

Ha! But of course, what were you thinking?! XD I love it. Javert’s arrival can always make such things crystal clear.

Well I just got sick too (yeah, overnight 😛 ), so we can be a team now. XD Aww…de poor widdle fing. *sniff* Orlando! 😀 That’s hilarious. A violin we have I used to play on I named Fili once, but my current one isn’t named.…[Read more]

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I blame my cold-brain. 😉 Yes, it does. XD You know who’s running from the law (Jean) and who’s just confused (Marius). XD

Oops, I must have sent it over the internet – must be a virus 😛 XD Yay, sick buddies. XD lol, yes, Orlando (not that I refer to it as that all the time 😉 ). But I called it that because it was made by…[Read more]

XD

XD again.
Ooh, cool.

Nice.

;P

WHOOEEE! Now the plot’s really thickening. And by now you’re probably REALLY in the thick of things.

Btw, isn’t it so neat that Gavroche is Thenardier’s son? I mean…he’s the total foil to his parents (and sisters sometimes) in regards to being poor and all that goes with it. He’s just so happy anyway, while all his dad can think of is…[Read more]

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Yeah! The revolution has really begun and it’s crazy. I haven’t encountered our friends yet, since Marius returned from seeing his grandfather, so I don’t know what’s going on for them yet.

Yeah, Gavroche is the total opposite – he is really happy! I think it’s because while they were well-off, his parents didn’t love him anyway,…[Read more]

*eternal sobbing*

Heheh. XD And mebbe some of it’s also that he’s learned to see the good in life no matter his situation, because he’s a decent chap. ;P

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Yep.

Wow, things are really heating up; Cosette is gone (at least, it looks like it), Marius has joined the bunch at the Corinth barricade, Eponine tried to make him die, but just died herself (poor thing; I don’t think badly of her even though she wanted my favourite character killed). Pere Mabeuf died, and Marius, expecting…[Read more]

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Uh oh. Jean Valjean found Cosette’s note in her blotter book, and he intercepted the one from Marius that Gavroche was delivering, and I dunno what he’s going to do!!!! D:

*shrieks* SO MUCH STUFF!!! Agh. You’ve probably already gotten over the climax at this point. Some pretty awesome stuff in there, eh?
Sorry my replies have been a little longer in coming; life’s insanely busy right now. 😛

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If I haven’t yet, I’m really close. It feels very climax-y. 😛

I read three more chapters than I intended to last night (I’ve taken to reading them in 3’s XD). The reason being, at the very end of the third, GAVROCHE WAS KILLED! And I couldn’t just finish there! D: :'( I tell you, I almost wanted to cry (and that’s hard to make me…[Read more]

I KNOWWWWW IT WAS SO SAD. But wasn’t it all beautiful at the same time, and esp. Enjolras’? With GRANTAIRE?! *shrieks*

YES. Jean Valjean and Javert…that whole scene was just…yes. I love Valjean so much. And the respect Javert didn’t even realize he had just gained for the man after that… *flails*

Yes. Jean Valjean is an utterly selfless,…[Read more]

(And Gavroche, too. :”( )

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Yes! D’:

Yes, they’re the perfect foils!

Do you think he hates Marius still? I mean, he’s helping plan his and Cosette’s wedding and everything. They haven’t really interacted, so I don’t really know Jean Valjean’s feelings towards Marius – I know Marius accepts him, like as Cosette’s chaperon, but I bet if he knew that he was…[Read more]

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I almost cried with Jean Valjean last night. :'( I feel so sad for him right now – he’s just lost his whole world! I feel like his thumb injury was just an excuse not to have to be the one that gives Cosette away and everything. 🙁 And now he doesn’t know what to do.

Is it not HEARTBREAKING? The poor man. Yeah, that with the thumb injury, totally. *weeps* You’re not done being sad, never fear. D”:

I dunno…it seemed pretty strong to me that he never really did get over hating Marius deep down for taking her, but he knew it was a bad thought and tried to get over it, and does all these good things for Mariu…[Read more]

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Yes! D:

I feel like he loves him because Marius loves Cosette. But that could also be why he hates him.

I wasn’t overly fond of Javert, but I did feel very sorry for him. 🙁

Jean has just told Marius pretty much everything. And Marius didn’t seem to know how to take it. He’d allowed Jean to come every evening, but he also made…[Read more]

Yeah, that works too. :'(

*broken sobbing* I know. Everything you said. It’s so very heart-rendingly frustrating. And you’re almost to the end… *distant wailing*

I know, I’m being slightly melodramatic. But I really did sob horribly for real over all this when I read it. It was blessedly cathartic. XD

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Oh… Jean Valjean is dying. :'( He can’t die! I only allowed myself three (short) chapters last night because it was very late (or very early, being after midnight). But I was dying to read more!

I wish I cried over books more. The most I get is a slight stinging in the eyes, or a bit of moisture. But sometimes I think, “I…[Read more]

*hugs you*

Well hey, that doesn’t mean you don’t feel them! I know that. I think I cry more than I should? anyway. 😛 Most of my family doesn’t cry that much at books. I have by no means a reputation as a crybaby otherwise, but books and movies just really get me. XD People just express it differently I guess. I know you’re feeling it just as…[Read more]

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*hugs back* True, I know that, but sometimes it’d be nice to express it in some way.

I do sometimes cry during movies (ever seen Marley and Me? Oh boy!) but I try and stop myself, because usually everyone is there watching. But in bed, while I’m reading, I’m alone, and I wouldn’t mind letting out some feels.

Oh! I am (for once)…[Read more]

Yeah. I know though, it’s embarrassing if everyone’s in the room with you. What’s best is if they’re wailing just as much. XD Heh, no, I haven’t seen that one. Sad? XD

I know! I was rooting for Thenardier in that moment, just thinking…whoa bro, you think you’re being awful, but this is all working out to be so good and aren’t you gonna be…[Read more]

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That’s why I said I wouldn’t mind, because I read in bed at night, so no one’s around.
Hey, I said I cried, didn’t I? Yes it was sad! XD If I tell you what kind of movie it is, you’ll guess why pretty much right away. XD

I didn’t like him still, I was impatient for him to finish telling his side so Marius could say, “No! He didn’t…[Read more]

Yup. XD

I know, exactly. And the LotR appendices are a treasure trove.

Oh…I seem to remember it saying that they gradually became happy again and stopped coming to see the grave, and it got all grown over and stuff.

Yep…the musical isn’t entirely accurate by a long road, but it seems more accurate than a lot of the movies made of the book.…[Read more]

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XD

Yes!

Maybe they did, but I don’t know if it was out of forgetfulness. *shrugs*

No, I wouldn’t expect it to be, but I’m interested to see what they did with it. XD

Yeah, but I’d rather wait until I’ve watched it. 😀 I don’t like listening to movie songs before seeing them in the context of the movie/musical (my friend kept…[Read more]

*shrugs with you* XD

Oh yeah, well that makes sense. 😉 I haven’t seen the movie of the musical, but I hope you like. Some people say it’s terrible, but others really like it, so I suppose it depends. 😛

Sort of, yes. XD Yep, that.

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XD

I’ll let you know when I do what I think. 😉 I think since I’m not expecting it to be very much like the book, I don’t think I’ll be really disappointed. Unlike, say, The Hobbit. 😛

XD Yeah, I figured.

*snort* Yeah, The Hobbit.
Well that’s good. 😉

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lol. See if I ever trust you to make movies out of my favourite book again. PJ! 😛 Although he’s the guy that’s supposed to direct the next Tintin movie, so maybe I should be really worried. XD

So… Les Mis took me about three months and fifteen days to read – not quite as long as TCOMC, which was more like four months. How long…[Read more]

Uh-oh. XD

Eight days short of three months, so not too different. Looong book. ;P

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Have you seen the Tintin movie? Steven Spielberg directed the first one and it was really good.

Yeah. XD Very long.

No, I haven’t… It’s not the same thing as Rin-Tin-Tin, is it?

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No. It’s a comic strip by Belgian artist Georges Remis (who went by Herge) about a young reporter from the 30-40s and his adventures. They’re really good. And I think the Tintin movie, although done with motion-capture 3D, really captured the spirit of Tintin (I am a big fan, so you know my expectations would be high).

Hey, that sounds neat. I think I remember you mentioning the comic strip at some point in a previous conversation. Well, I hope the next movie exceeds expectations! And with ol’ PJ behind the wheel, I guess you’ve gotta keep your chin up extra high. *solemn nod*

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They’re very fun. Yeah, I hope so too. 😉 Recent articles are saying maybe in the next three years.

Sweeet.

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So, now that I’ve finished that, what’s the next big classic you recommend I read and discuss with you? 😀

Ha! XD

Yup. ;D

Oh yes, Friday’s sweet.
It’s great. 😉

Have you ever seen or read Little Dorrit?
We love the BBC mini-series (there are a lot of BBC mini-series we like XD), and though I haven’t read the book, Kate has and said it’s really good and close to the movie. I want to sometime. Good ol’ Dickens. It’s rather large though, larger than A…[Read more]

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I found The Gorilla Hunters free on Amazon and downloaded it! 😀 Also, I started The Scarlet Pimpernell on Sunday. I’m only two chapters in, but I’m enjoying it already. 😀

I haven’t read much (if any) Dickens, and I don’t know if we have that book – I’d have to have a look. If we do though, I might wait a bit before tackling…[Read more]

Whoo-hoo, double yay!

Heh, I totally understand. 😛 No need to exhaust oneself, no indeed.

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I’m currently reading the Peleg Chronicles – probably one of the preachiest trilogies I’ve ever read, and not the best writing, but enjoyable nonetheless. It’s quite silly.

Heh. ;D I’ve heard of that many times. It sounds fun. And preachy. ;P

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Very preachy. Definnitely a fantasy book for people who are already Christians, or those who are not but want it shoved down their throat. 😛 XD The realest character, I think, is Fergus Leatherhead. He’s not over-the-top about it, he has internal doubts at times, yet he still has faith. That’s why he’s my favourite character.

Yeah… XD
Neat. He sounds good. Is he the guy who’s sort of like a Noah figure, or am I thinking of something wrong?

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lol, no, Noah is the “Noah figure,” even though he doesn’t actually show up in the books. It’s set after the Flood and the dispersion at the Tower of Babel (although the setting feels very medieval, so it’s a bit annoying/confusing). The author didn’t put in any actual Bible figures, as he said he, “personally afraid of adding to…[Read more]

Ohhh got it. XD I think I knew that at one point. Probably got my memories mixed up.

Huh.

Oh no, not that! *headdesk* Ergh. I really don’t like continuity problems. Especially of that sort.

(One thing that’s not really realized sometimes is that dragons ARE dinosaurs… It doesn’t HAVE to be a completely made up thing, because such creatures did exist, at least to some degree. And hey, ravens like collecting shiny things; why not dinosaurs? 😛
And big and little people. Real stuff. I love that most of fantasy is still based off of…[Read more]

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lol

Yeah. He wants to be historically and biblically accurate, and I’m thinking, “I have no problems with that, just make it so.” XD

Yes, that is true, which is why he has them there. And the dragons he has really seem like actual, flying dragons. And the bible really says there were giants in the land (at least in Genesis before…[Read more]

Right. 😛

Cool. Yeah. And there were the sons of Anak and the Nephilim too, which I think were supposed to be giants (maybe they were the ones you meant before the Flood, I dunno; been awhile since I was reading in that region of the Bible. ;P).
Have you read any of the Cooper Kids adventure series? I did a looong time ago, and I don’t think I…[Read more]

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I dunno either. 😛 The important thing is that there were giants. 😉

No, I don’t believe I have. What makes it so creepy? The last story I read like that was Phantom of the Opera, and one night I couldn’t get to sleep until I had finished it. XD

Yes. 😉

Well, those books as a general rule are pretty creepy ’cause they have to do with real-ish things, but that shouldn’t be alive/happening anymore. Some Christian things, too; it’s a Christian series. But this one especially was creepy because it HAD Anak in it, and he was stalking them, at twilight, and surrounding factors and just the way…[Read more]

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XD

Ah, I see. That sounds like it could be really creepy. I’ll either keep it in mind not to read it, or not to read it at night. 😉

From what I’ve seen of the musical (which is about half) it’s nothing like it at all (of course). But I loved the book, despite its fear-factor, and the characters. Definitely worth staying up until 4am.

😉

Lovely. 😀

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lol, yes.