Monday, October 03, 2011

eclectic being

I be an odd one, methinks: my Amazon order arrived today, and it consisted of The Count of Monte Cristo (complete and unabridged, Penguin Classic edition), Tramp For the Lord (Corrie ten Boom), and two albums by the band RED (a rather loud, intense band). And I was so excited for all of it.

Now, my dress needs to be finished, so in all likelihood, I will be handstitching a Renaissance dress while listening to symphonic screamo. While drinking white tea. And wearing my Dr. Horrible tee-shirt.

And I like this scenario, very much.

I'm definitely not a proper young lady. What would Jane Austen think of me? I have yet to find a fictional character with such varied interests who somehow remained a convincingly sane person. Shall I judge myself insane according to fiction's lack, or count myself sane regardless? Rather than decide, I will sew. Tiny, evenly-spaced stitches, until the zipper is firmly in place. The dress WILL be done by Saturday, I declare.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

...reminds me of a recent conversation...
A: (to someone else) the Lady took care of it!
Self: Lady...?
A: Yes. You're a Lady. You don't think so?
Self: No - (with a bit of an odd smirk) I'm too strange to be a Lady.
A: Well, ...then you're a strange Lady. The strange Lady took care of it!

I think "proper" young ladies are highly unusual. (And highly overrated...)
~D.