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Madame Bovary

so... I began reading Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert... and that's like... a year ago or something like that. and I must honestly say that I've never in my whole life been as bored by a book as I was when I tried to read Madame Bovary.

I know alot people will be shocked when they read this but this is simply how I felt when I read that book; bored out of my mind.

like... I just had to stop reading it at some point. I didn't make it further than page 83, and that is sad, I know.

when I got that book I was really eager to read it because to me the story seemed promising and the fact that it is a classic and has many fans didn't let me question it's quality. but it was when I opened it and began reading that I couldn't understand anymore where all the fuss about this book came from.

the story is about a girl named Emma who has to marry a doctor and moves from the country to the city. at the beginning she imagines herself a life full of glamour and romance in the big city but soon she discovers that she's unhappy with her life and gets more and more depressed. then it goes on to her cheating on her husband and getting more and more lonely and depressed... and I didn't make it any further so I can't say anything more about the story.

I know, not very "Rory" of me, but I am not a person who'll finish every single book just for the sake of it. if it doesn't really catch my full attention at once I get bored with books and just never finish them... that's exactly what happened here. and part of me wants to try again, and maybe at some point I will, and maybe I'll even reconsider my opinion on it... but not for now, I guess.

Blueberry Shortcake

Sookie: Well I’ve gotta make strawberry shortcake for two hundred people, so I think I’m gonna need strawberries.

Jackson: Use the blueberries.

Sookie: To make what?

Jackson: Blueberry shortcake.

Sookie: There’s no such thing.

Jackson: Hey, the world was flat until somebody took a boat trip

remember that scene from GG? well I did, and then I found a recipe for a blueberry shortcake... and well, here it is ;)

Ingredients for Shortcake

2 cups fresh blueberries

3/4 cup sugar

Additional blueberries

6 scoops vanilla ice cream

Whipped cream

Set out 6 serving plates. Combine 2 cups blueberries and sugar in a blender and blend until thick puree forms. Slice 6 biscuits in half horizontally. On each of the six plates, pour 3 Tablespoons of blueberry puree. On top of each, place bottom half of biscuit. Place additional blueberries, scoop of ice cream and whipped cream on top of the biscuit. Top with other half of biscuit and garnish with more puree, blueberries and whipped cream in an attractive manner.

Serves: 6

I didn't try it out myself yet though, but I think I will soon ;)

and, of course, you could try the mashed banana on toast that Emily made for Lorelai when she hurt her back making the dress for Rory's dance in the first season ^_^

the Shining

(on a side note... isn't it weird that those girls aren't related in reality?)

So, I already watched the Shining although only once and my memory tends to not be very reliable... but still, I'll try to write a review about it.

now, most people know what's the story, but I'll explain anyway.

and just don't read the part in italic if you don't want to get any spoilers.

every year during winter the Overlook hotel gets closed and this time Jack Torrance gets hired to take care of the building during the hard winter. he brings his family with him and when they get snowed in they are basically cut off from the outer world and there's no way to leave the hotel.

Jack's son Danny senses something supernatural right from the beginning because he seems to somehow have a gift and is able to see ghosts as we later discover. his special gift is only called the shining without any further explanation why he has it or what exactly it is. so, the boy tells his parents that the hotel seems to be somehow bad or sinistert and in the 70ies a guy who was hired as a caretaker killed his whole family and finally himself when they were snowed in like the Torrance's are now.

later we also discover that an indian graveyard is beneath the hotel.

during the movie Jack becomes weirder and weirder, suddenly he's haunted by nightmares and has hallucinations or rather see's ghosts, it is not really clear wheter those things really happen or not, but to me it seems like those are real ghosts and not just in his head.

anyway, as the story goes on Jack goes totally mental and wants to kill both his wife Wendy and son Danny, but they manage to escape and when Danny runs away into the garden labyrinth Jack follows him only to get lost inside it and in the end he freezes to death.

Now, I really liked the movie overall. I think Jack Nicholson was at his best and nobody can ever forget the "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" part.

I think what was best about the movie was the fact that it was very slow paced and didn't have alot of cheap effects but rather a few well placed extremely creepy stuff like the sinister twins that try to lure Danny into playing with them, the blood coming from the elevator and the best moment (imo)... well, all I say is; redrum.

honestly, I think there is not much to say about it. Stanley Kubrick is known to be a perfectionist, and you see that in his movies. you can just feel how those poor actors where driven near insanity (at least Shelley Duvall) because they had to redo every scene until they had a nervous breakdown (yeah she really did) and it shows that he was very thorough with the details. everything is placed right, everything happens exactly when it should happen and nothing seems out of place.

all in all I think this is a milestone in the history of horror movies, and I think most people will agree.

oh, and here's a goody I found on youtube. (sadly I dunno if this was actually made or is just a demo version!)

try if you would win or not ;)

first post

so, hi to everybody who for some mysterious reason really ended up on here and hopefully reads the whole post!

I am a really big fan of the series “Gilmore Girls”! basically, I’d move to Stars Hollow in a heartbeat if only it were real! and I love everything somehow involved with the show… now, this blog is the last big step to really fully delve into the beautiful life of Lorelai & Rory, at least for me (I’m already a coffee addict and talk fast ;))

now, some people made it a goal for themselves to finish all the books on Rory’s booklist or even all the movies the Gilmore Girls watched from season 1 to 7… but I just thought… well… why not both of those tasks?

as I am a movie nerd already and love a good read, I basically think now that this is my calling and I am prepared to do this! ;)

let’s just hope I’ll still have some free time despite this… and that I’ll manage to fulfill my duty!

now… why I am making a blog out of this is simply… I dunno, I like the idea and I want to write some reviews and just try the whole blogging thingy, because I never actually had one before!

all I can do now is hope that someone actually reads any of my posts ;)

luv <3