BLAH.

Goal we're talking about: #4 Read a Jane Austen book

I've been putting this one off. Fact: I LOVE to read, and I LOVE books. Like, to the point that I can't part with them even after I'm done reading them and will likely never read them again. I HORDE books. But I am a contemporary reader. I cannot, off the top of my head, think of a single book that I like that was written before the 20th century, except for Candide.

I tried to get Jen to complete this goal for me, which I think is a pretty reasonable request to make of a friend. Jen said no. Like a MEANIE.

So, I went out to Barnes and Noble and bought the pretty version of Pride and Prejudice, thinking it might make me more excited about reading the book. It cost a bit more (okay, twice as much), but it is a very nice blue. And it has one of those ribbons that you can use as a book mark built right in. Totally worth the extra expenditure. But then I got it home and turned it sideways and thought Good lord, this looks a crapload thicker than the cheaper version. Wouldn't that be just my luck, to- for once in my life- actually get more when I pay more, only in the once situation where I don't WANT more. So I paged through to see if this version maybe had some illustrations. Or, maybe it was hollowed out, and had a secret treasure map in it. No such luck. It's just words.

I should have said "See a Jane Austen movie" instead. I have a thing for Colin Firth, whom I choose to believe is just as nice as the characters he plays in movies. It would have been great.