chestnutcurls | in which Brenda tells you what to read/watch

After watching two hours of Beauty and the Beast special features last night, and seeing all the work and heart that went into making the film, I'm convinced that it's one of the best movies ever. :) I like it more and more as I get older. There's something so touching and beautiful about it. Also, I've always identified strongly with Belle. Not that I think I'm a Beauty or anything, but her insatiable love of books, her conversations with animals, the fact that she's just a little bit "off"... :) The first time I saw the movie, in the theater when I was 11 years old, my mother turned to me after the "Belle" song and said, "Brenda, this is you." So maybe that's part of why I love the movie so much. :)

I had a nice lunch with

aardwolf and

yakko7178 today. I shared my dismay that anyone can see my computer (and thus, witness my constant websurfing) if they're standing at our department printer. The guys had good advice:
Lawson: You need to take black cloth and make a big hood for your monitor.
Jeremy: And if anyone asks about it, just tell them you're voting.

I read Tuck Everlasting for the first time last weekend, because I want to see the movie. It was wonderful. I don't know how I missed it as a child, since I had read practically everything in the school library by the time I was ten. I probably wouldn't have appreciated it as much, though. The story is neat, but the real beauty is in the words. When I was done, I wanted to go find that beautiful wood and live there. :)

I also tried to read The Man in the High Castle, which is set in an alternate future, in which Germany and Japan won WWII. Unfortunately, I got bored with it after just a few chapters. The characters annoyed me, and the whole story seemed to revolve around the I Ching, which I know very little about (and, obviously, consider to be a bunch of baloney anyway). I know this is supposedly a sci-fi masterpiece, but I guess I'm not enlightened enough or something. Give me Fahrenheit 451 any day. Even though it always creeps me out. :)

Anyone read anything good lately?