Levedy

Phi, Pi, Fo, Fum

Okay, I have to say it. This is really hard for me. People like me are not known for doing this, but I feel that I must. As my friends, I know that you will be understanding and supportive.

Here goes….

I was…wrong.

I finished The Life of Pi this weekend, and I must admit that I wrongly prejudged the book. I still stand by my assertion that the first 100 pages was superfluous, but now that I can see the book in it’s entirety, I don’t think that the book is to the canon of literature like a Hostess cupcake is to my hindquarters. If you can manage to trudge though the first hundred pages, the rest of the book is a good read. It provokes deep thoughts, a sense of mystery, and an “oh, I hadn’t thought about it that way” sort of reaction.

There I said it. Now onto a recap of this weekend’s drivel:

I was clicking through Ebay this weekend and found a woman selling my dress. Well, not my dress specifically, but her own dress from her own wedding that is the same style as mine, unaltered except for three bustling buttons that I needed to add anyway. She was asking half the price I paid for mine, so I bid on it and won. I’ll tell the folks at David’s Bridal to take my dress off hold, and I’ll probably buy the skirt off the just to make them happy. I also found some pretty jewelry on Ebay that will match the dress nicely. All in all, it was a productive and frugal experience.

No word yet on who the crazy flakes woman is. All of my credit cards are accounted for, and no oddball charges have appeared on my accounts, but just to be safe I think I’ll call Experian and ask if I should get a copy of my credit report.

I spent the weekend lazing around with Dimitri. It was fun in a slothful shut-in kind of way. Overslept for church: bad. Found new book to keep me occupied: good.

Speaking of books, here are a few words and terms that I learned from the books I have been reading lately: (Yes, I keep a list by my bed. Shut up.)

Pyrrhic Victory- A victory achieved at great or excessive cost; a ruinous victory. A Pyrrhic victory is so called after the Greek king Pyrrhus, who, after suffering heavy losses in defeating the Romans in 279 B.C., said to those sent to congratulate him, "Another such victory over the Romans and we are undone."

Occidental – (I had only heard it as the name of a college.) a member of one of the occidental peoples; especially : a person of European ancestry.

Flagrante Delicto (okay, I knew what this was, but I didn’t know the literal translation) Latin for flaming crime.

Dragoon – a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed mounted troops.

Ersatz- being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation (Whew. Thought I was using that incorrectly. It meant what I thought it meant.)

Fusillade - 1 a : a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession; 2 : a spirited outburst especially of criticism

Now back to my Sunday crossword.

Posted by Jen at July 26, 2004 1:03 PM