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Drive-by comment!

I've been on craigslist a lot more than usual, but since I was introduced to the site a few years ago, I head there any time I'm thinking about buying something that costs more than $100 or so. Lately, I've been searching the car & trucks section, since I've been thinking about picking up a used car.

Not quite 15 times a day though.

Well, I've recently been on a Jane Austen kick for the past couple of weeks, so I last week I picked up a bunch of movies made from her books:

* Pride and Prejudice - Done by the BBC, a faithful and unabridged(!) adaptation of the book. If you like period pieces that aren't butchered to fit into a 2-hour movie, this is for you. Performances, costumes and such are all excellent. Bit pricier, though, since it's a 2 DVD set, or something like 6 VHS tapes. It runs for 4+ hours.

* Emma - One of Gwyneth Paltrow's earlier films, I haven't gotten to this one, yet.

* Persuasion - Relatively unknown, because it was released the same year as Sense and Sensibility as well as Pride and Prejudice. I watched this last night, but was half-asleep, so I can't commet until I view it again... some advice, don't start watching new movies at 4am and expect to get anything out of it.

* Sense and Sensibility - Well, you've seen this one.

Jane Austen movies are fun, because of the language. I mean, it's 'english', but there's a cadence and useage by the English upper crust that make it nearly as alien as greek or chinese.