Conversation Over Heard at a Walmart Parking Lot

" For every night that you've been gone, I haven't slept alone " - spoken by a lady rather loudly on a cell phone, walking to Walmart from the parking lot.

Enjoy! Carrie

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald: An American Woman's Life

This poor girl! She married F. Scott Fitzgerald at an early age, spent the first years of her marriage drinking at partying. Her stories got published under her husbands name. She was a wonderful dancer, and could have danced in a number of dance troups in France, but was told she was no good by her husband. Her husband accused her of stealing his material, even thought she was who had lived in the south... Told she was schizophrenic, and subsequently given shock treatment that took away her memory and then she died, in an institution, from a fire at the age of 57. What a sad story for a very intelligent and creative lady who was born in the wrong time...

The book was well documented, although the writing was a little bland, and the author kept bringing in different opinions that were interesting, but weren't weaved into the story very well. I'm glad I read this, but it makes me feel very good that I live in the present day...

Carrie

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Movie Review

My initial impression of this movie was that it was absolutely horrible. Very little plot, but with lots of visuals, and the humor that fans of the book series by Douglas Adams would expect from a movie with this title. Now I stated in the first sentence that the movie was horrible, but on second and third thoughts, it runs exactly like the book, which I absolutely loved. The book is more rambling, with disjointed scenes somehow running together to form something that makes sense. The movie is exactly like this. So, when I get a chance to watch the movie again, I will have to watch it for what it is, instead of watching it like a blockbuster movie. Go 42!

Gaudy Nights - Dorothy Sayers

I finished up Gaudy Nights - by Dorthy Sayers. Its a mystery book written right before World War II. Its about a detective novelist who goes back to her Oxford College for a reunion. Its a little difficult to read, because its full of 1930's English terms, and references, that an American from the 21st century isn't that familiar with. It took me half the book to realize that a "scout" is actually a servant. Anyway, someone is sending nasty notes to the students and staff of the college, usually with references to women doing the job of a man, and being above their social station. Its up to Miss Vane (the heroine of the book )to figure it out. The notes escalate to destruction of a library, a suicide attempt, and actual attacks. Throughout the book, there's a very interesting conflict between what a woman is supposed to (eg. marry, have kids, and keep house) compared to what a woman can accomplish (write novels, be a professors, and use the intellect that was given to them). Unless you are looking for it, it seems very natural, and this conflict doesn't stand out. It is not a feminist book, and brings out interesting questions that would be pertinent to 1930. The same questions that this book asks, are still being asked today. Now, for those of you who want to know how it ends, read the book!