Meanwhile, in Rivendell . . .

I may be wrong about this, but it seems to me that there's a bit of a stigma regarding the Anne of Green Gables movies roundabout the blogosphere.  And it's certainly one to which I contribute myself.  It's about the shunned Anne movie, the third one, Anne of Green Gables:  The Continuing Story . To be clear, this is my least-favorite of the Anne trifecta.  I'm pretty sure it's most people's least-favorite, and there's good reason for that.  As we all know, it stays about as close to the storyline of Montgomery's books as I do to meat.  So I freely confess that up until a couple weeks ago, I disliked AoGGTCS as heartily as anybody.   But , then I re-watched it.  And guys, let me tell you, we do not appreciate this movie enough.  I mean, it definitely has its weaknesses (ahem, understatement there), but it also has many strengths.  I'm going to try to elaborate on some of them, because after watching it again, I've realized t...

It seems like forever since I've done one of Heidi's awesome Inkling Explorations!  So here I am for the April edition :)  This month's prompt is: ~ a description of a lady in literature ~ After much thought, I've decided to go with a passage from one of my favorite-ever books ( Ivanhoe ), describing one of my favorite-ever heroines (Rebecca of York).  Here we go! Yet had the Jewess this advantage, that she was better prepared by habits of thought, and by natural strength of mind, to encounter the dangers to which she was exposed.  Of a strong and observing character, even from her earliest years, the pomp and wealth which her father displayed within his walls, or which she witnessed in the houses of other wealthy Hebrews, had not been able to blind her to the precarious circumstances under which they were enjoyed.  Like Damocles at his celebrated banquet, Rebecca perpetually beheld, amid that gorgeous display, the sword which was suspend...

(First of all, a HUGE thank-you to  Ashley  for telling me how to manipulate the video-gimmick's idiocy and get the correct videos to come up!  Thanks so much, girl!) GUYS.  As I mentioned in my previous post, Olivia has a new musical jam.  You know how I adore Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame ?  WELL.  Recently I discovered that the self-same Alan Menken and Stephen Swartz who collaborated on the music for the Disney movie (and for Pocahontas ) also created a stage musical version. It is on .  Guys, I can't stop singing the praises (heh) of this musical!  Okay, yes, I haven't actually seen it, nor have I actually listened to more than three of the new songs they added, BUT, still and yet, those three happen to be three of the most flippin' amazing things I've ever had the good fortune to hear. The first one I'm going to show you is called "Esmeralda" and is, apparently, the act one finale number.  People are comparing it to ...

I'm trying to put together a post fangirling about my latest musical obsession  love, but the video-gimimick is refusing to pull up the right videos, even though I can easily get them if I'm just searching for them on YouTube itself.  Needless to say, this is quite frustrating (because you guys need to know the splendor and glory that are "Esmeralda" and "Someday" and "Made of Stone"), but, no matter.  I'll keep trying :) In the meantime, I saw this tag in  Natalie's post , in which she linked to  Hamlette's post , in which she linked to somebody else's post, and on and on the linking goes ;)  Anywho, I took an immediate fancy to this tag, and decided to fill it out!  (Obviously.) Apparently, the original rules say to only use books you've read within the last year…some of these I've read within the past year, and some of them I'm not exactly sure.  And some of them I haven't actually read yet, but am going to so...