"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no
humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted
by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her
smiles, for you are wasting your time with me."
-Mr. Darcy.
"Occupied in observing Mr. Bingley's attentions to her sister, Elizabeth
was far from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some
interest in the eyes of his friend. Mr. Darcy had at first scarcely
allowed her to be pretty; he had looked at her without admiration at the
ball; and when they next met, he looked at her only to criticise. But
no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she
hardly had a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was
rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark
eyes. To this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying. Though
he had detected with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect
symmetry in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be
light and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting that her manners were
not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy
playfulness. Of this she was perfectly unaware; to her he was only the
man who made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had not thought her
handsome enough to dance with."
-Pride and Prejudice
-Jane Austen
Monday, April 29, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
The Journey of My Lifetime.
So you know how people always say, "it will be the journey of a
lifetime"? Well I just want to share with you several Journey's of MY
lifetime. There are quite a few doors open to a female nowadays, but I
really don't want to live my life working in a store or at an office, I
also don't just want to go thru the motions as a human being, I want
Life to matter, not just to me but to my future husband, my family, and
anyone who will ever know me, I want a life on fire. I've come to
realize that it's not just me who wants this but everyone. They might
have different opinions of what life should be, but they all want it.
And you know what? Everyone tries to find it wherever they think it
should be, whether in friends, work, stuff, they all think they're on
their way only to be disappointed yet again. Why? Why is it So hard to
be satisfied with where we're at now? There's this little word that I
really like it's named 'Contentment'. Ever heard of him? of course you
haven't, he isn't very well known this century, or at least, he's all but
drowned out by all the voices out there screaming that your deprived,
have no hope, and that you have controlling parents who've never learned
how to parent. Lies all of them. Well actually yes you might be
deprived (for your own good), there may not be hope of change, and your
parents probably don't know all there is to know about kids, but listen
that's the very nature of my friend Contentment. He's so awesome he
teaches you how to be happy even in the most annoying situations
imaginable. It makes me think of Paul, he was stuck in prison but guess
what his close friend (contentment's Great-Grandfather) Contentment was
informed by God that Paul would need him there, so contentment upped and
went to visit Paul, and Paul was so happy to have him there he began to
rejoice to God for sending him. So I've found out the only way to last
in my Huge Journey, to live a life on Fire, is to trust God's judgment
in sending contentment to be by my side, and to yes look forward, but
most importantly figure out what I can do in the Now times of my life.
What can you do in the everyday moments called Now? What difference can
you make in the World?
-E.J.E.
-E.J.E.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Hello....
Hello to everyone who continued reading this even after the title. I congratulate you on coming this far, but I must inform you, you will find this blog quite dull and boring. I will mostly write boring things like which period drama characters I like and which I think are horrific (not to mention ugly) Although there aren't that many main characters that I find stupid or dull, excluding those (like Mr. Collins) that are portrayed that way on purpose. Anyway this is more for practicing my writing skills, but if you find you enjoy it (doubtful) thank you! I could do with more people like you.
Now If I chose a character for myself It Might be Fanny Price (Newer, better actor version), or Elizabeth Bennet (whom I would Prefer). If I had to chose a character to Marry it would probably be Mr. Hamely, Mr. Knightly, Or (of course) Mr. Darcy. Although I am convinced I would probably end up with Mr. Knightly (not bad eh). The sad thing is I admire them all for different things I see in them, Like Mr. Darcy has a lot of emotion, He just hides it. And Mr. Knightly is such a good friend of Emma's before they get together, and Mr. Hamely might have been stupid when it came to Molly (No she was not crying because he was leaving), but he was very smart and he liked all sorts of different things rather than one thing. I'm not saying I would or wouldn't marry them for those things, but they definitely are attributes. As of yet I am still hopeless because I would never find the fanciful person that fully completes me, After all that's what everyone wants right? Completion and self-worth? But honestly is that really what we want? Or do we want someone to be a true friend that will never give up on us and stay for-ever. Because you can find a whole lot of people who will flatter you and give you "self-worth" but that doesn't mean they're the "one". I definitely have people I deeply admire for different reasons but sadly that doesn't change the fact that I am a hopeless romantic.
I also must warn you that I am very opinionated on several things, A) My faith in Jesus (He is my God and it's in him that I find my completion) B) Fictional characters are ALWAYS better! C) I may not have hope now but wait til someday.
Anyway be prepared to be scared since I'm planning on being very straightforward about how someone (guys in general) should act. And now Viola, here's my blog:
Now If I chose a character for myself It Might be Fanny Price (Newer, better actor version), or Elizabeth Bennet (whom I would Prefer). If I had to chose a character to Marry it would probably be Mr. Hamely, Mr. Knightly, Or (of course) Mr. Darcy. Although I am convinced I would probably end up with Mr. Knightly (not bad eh). The sad thing is I admire them all for different things I see in them, Like Mr. Darcy has a lot of emotion, He just hides it. And Mr. Knightly is such a good friend of Emma's before they get together, and Mr. Hamely might have been stupid when it came to Molly (No she was not crying because he was leaving), but he was very smart and he liked all sorts of different things rather than one thing. I'm not saying I would or wouldn't marry them for those things, but they definitely are attributes. As of yet I am still hopeless because I would never find the fanciful person that fully completes me, After all that's what everyone wants right? Completion and self-worth? But honestly is that really what we want? Or do we want someone to be a true friend that will never give up on us and stay for-ever. Because you can find a whole lot of people who will flatter you and give you "self-worth" but that doesn't mean they're the "one". I definitely have people I deeply admire for different reasons but sadly that doesn't change the fact that I am a hopeless romantic.
I also must warn you that I am very opinionated on several things, A) My faith in Jesus (He is my God and it's in him that I find my completion) B) Fictional characters are ALWAYS better! C) I may not have hope now but wait til someday.
Anyway be prepared to be scared since I'm planning on being very straightforward about how someone (guys in general) should act. And now Viola, here's my blog:
A Hopeless Romantic (me)!
-E.J.E.
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