tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post7108699638089550892..comments2024-03-22T17:51:15.887-04:00Comments on The Edge of the Precipice: S&S Read-Along: Ch. 37 & 38Hamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-52104607310283407722021-04-26T21:00:55.975-04:002021-04-26T21:00:55.975-04:00Livia, yeah, nicknames are really interesting! Es...Livia, yeah, nicknames are really interesting! Especially how some of them originated, like Daisy for Margaret (Marguerite is the French name for a daisy).<br /><br />I really have very little patience with stories where a 2-minute conversation would roll up the whole plot in a tidy bundle. It doesn't bug me here, because Elinor is keeping someone else's secret that has been forced on her, but when it's something dumb like "This kid you assume is mine is actually my niece" and it's being used to keep two people apart because the writers couldn't think of any other way to make that happen... it's lazy writing, and I hate it.<br /><br />Ahem. Why, yes, I do have strong feelings on that plot device.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-72086199952029205842021-04-26T20:57:53.534-04:002021-04-26T20:57:53.534-04:00Roxann, heh, yeah. Same.
And I agree. ::high fiv...Roxann, heh, yeah. Same.<br /><br />And I agree. ::high fives::Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-3931589433323630302021-04-26T20:57:21.340-04:002021-04-26T20:57:21.340-04:00Skye, I procrastinate too much myself. And then f...Skye, I procrastinate too much myself. And then feel super guilty about it. Sigh.<br /><br />And yes. God can and will fulfill you, but other people... will fail you at some point.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-73438618802139489882021-04-26T20:56:32.605-04:002021-04-26T20:56:32.605-04:00Andrea, not unusual, I don't think. I tend to...Andrea, not unusual, I don't think. I tend to procrastinate really dumb things that are only going to take a few minutes to do, but I just don't want to do it, so... I put it off.<br /><br />Such a good point on how stifling that can be, to have another person relying on you for their own happiness! I hadn't thought of it from that angle, but it's so true.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-91901814889483226842021-04-26T20:55:25.162-04:002021-04-26T20:55:25.162-04:00Becky, nope, I haven't, but I can see that suc...Becky, nope, I haven't, but I can see that such an approach might be useful? But I would probably never make it work in my life because I'm constantly interrupted during pretty much all tasks. So I'd be eating the frog one leg at a time, and ew.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-2145094504145753112021-04-26T20:54:24.012-04:002021-04-26T20:54:24.012-04:00Ivy Miranda, I am also totally all about getting b...Ivy Miranda, I am also totally all about getting bad stuff over fast.<br /><br />And yes, people can do things like die or move away or turn into jerks. Don't base all your happiness on them.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-64917670254356872612021-04-24T08:01:54.248-04:002021-04-24T08:01:54.248-04:00This exposure was SO satisfying at first. Lucy, th...This exposure was SO satisfying at first. Lucy, the John Dashwoods get some come-uppance. Of course Lucy ends up still being able to lord if over Elinor. But Elinor no longer has to bear the exclusive burden. And Marianne learns a thing or too.<br /><br />Its funny I think with modern nicknames we assume they are always to be shorter but older nicknames weren't necessarily so like Nancy for Anne, Jack for John, Polly for Mary. Also Polly isn't at even like Mary nor is Daisy like Margaret although I think Margaret may mean daisy (Elizabeth takes the cake for the number of nicknames but Margaret has quite a few too)? Anyway, I love names and name facts. I always liked this spelling of Elinor which I'd never seen before.<br />1. Are you like Elinor, and like to get unpleasant, yet needful, tasks over as fast as you can?<br /><br />Chores no, confessions yes. One of my least favorite plots authors/movie writers . . . Hallmark movies uses is the secret keeping that goes through a whole story that causes more complications than an honest explanation would.<br /><br />2. Do you agree that it's not possible/healthy for one's happiness to depend entirely upon one particular person?<br />Yes, although I think that there are fewer people that one may truly love that maybe Elinor acknowledges.Livia Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755623391278276925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-73058153977858500042021-04-22T07:01:50.673-04:002021-04-22T07:01:50.673-04:00I love the idea of doing the unpleasant tasks firs...I love the idea of doing the unpleasant tasks first to get them done. As to whether I actually DO it, it depends what they are - laundry yes, dishes no. Hah!<br /><br />2. No, it is not healthy for ALL of your happiness to depend on one other person. In fact, I think a strong argument can be made that your happiness should not depend ENTIRELY on other people (however many) at all. Certainly other people can make us happy, but if that is the only way we can be happy, we are bound for disappointment. Eventually, other people will let us down.Roxannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12113176101182411322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-36532677093136156222021-04-22T00:03:44.205-04:002021-04-22T00:03:44.205-04:00I wish I was like Elinor, but I tend to procrastin...I wish I was like Elinor, but I tend to procrastinate a lot. <br /><br />I completely agree with that, you can't put your happiness in other people's hands. God's hands for sure, but other people can't keep you happy. Skye Hofferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385765274513034927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-88409237553344676232021-04-21T20:58:22.437-04:002021-04-21T20:58:22.437-04:001. Gee, I wish I were more like Elinor where unple...1. Gee, I wish I were more like Elinor where unpleasant tasks are concerned... Unfortunately I'm the exact opposite, possibly to an almost pathological degree. I postpone everything unpleasant and that makes it only worse, of course. There's a nice scientific term for it – procrastination. 2. I completely agree that it's not healthy at all for one's happiness to depend on one human being alone. Boy, that must be extremely stifling for a person if his / her partner expects to be on cloud nine together on a daily basis...Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693293169583546116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-82445238795206878872021-04-21T17:02:51.087-04:002021-04-21T17:02:51.087-04:00Have you heard of the book called "Eat That F...Have you heard of the book called "Eat That Frog" (I think that's the name)? I only read the beginning of it, but the gist of it is that you do your least desired task of the day first, and he refers to that as Eating the Frog. I was hoping it would motivate me to be someone more like...well...Elinor, but it has not. Once in a while I look at my list and think "I should really eat that frog", but I usually don't. :(Becky Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827161143567910032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-22395579267872398122021-04-21T17:02:00.470-04:002021-04-21T17:02:00.470-04:001. Are you like Elinor, and like to get unpleasant...1. Are you like Elinor, and like to get unpleasant, yet needful, tasks over as fast as you can?<br /><br />- Yes. Get the worse out of the way instead of dwelling on it and making yourself miserable.<br /><br /><br />2. Do you agree that it's not possible/healthy for one's happiness to depend entirely upon one particular person?<br /><br />- Absolutely. People come and go in life and to base your happiness on a single person just sets you up for heartbreak.<br />Ivy Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742281977062799876noreply@blogger.com