Brushing Off The Dust
Today I uncovered a folder that had English "A" papers in it that I had saved from high school (why save the others?) (An acquaintance pondered whether it was a really thin folder. Very funny).
Anyway, it was fun to read through the ancient tomes. One of my more fun assignments was to write a satire. I chose to mimic a Harlequin Romance. For those of you unfamiliar with these romance novelettes, they're a satire of themselves already really. Anyway, if you're so inclined, you can read it here.
posted by jay are at 12:50 AM
11 Comments:
Aaah - the passion, the romance and the rescue just in time - it had it all and in such a short space as well. It was even much in the direction of some of my love letters to the Spice - way back before we wed - except she could always find her keys and I wasn't quite six feet tall. :) ec
8:58 PM, September 23, 2006
very nice, jay are. :-)
on another note: it strikes me that women who read this stuff* a lot are doing themselves a disservice. i know they know it's not real, it's just for fun, etc -- but i believe that on some level it must influence one's expectations, it must color one's conception of love, romance, excitement, much like pornography skews men's concepts and standards of sex and beauty.
*i was going to say "crap", but you know i don't like to be judgmental... ;-)
11:17 PM, September 24, 2006
I definitely think it has colored many a woman's idea about what "real love" is and then they find that "real life" doesn't match up. I mean, hey---what guy could compete? No different than most movies and tv shows out there, too, now that I think of it.
12:24 AM, September 25, 2006
I agree with the skewing one's view of life thing. Maybe from now on, I'll only read gardening manuals and I'll end up with a lot more self-respect...
11:46 AM, September 25, 2006
I'm reading Webster's Dictionary from now on!
11:47 AM, September 25, 2006
I don't think it's colored my views at all. My life is exactly like this book. Is there something wrong with that?
8:09 PM, September 25, 2006
that's true, Lisa. There's always one annoying exception to the rule. :) (I'm not saying you're annoying! It's annoying that there'd be an exception!)
9:40 PM, September 25, 2006
Hehehehe, you write well :o)
10:57 PM, September 25, 2006
Just dropping by to say hi, and hope you are well.
Have a great week, take care, Meow
5:19 AM, September 26, 2006
Soooooooooo…are you gonna post some of those ‘A’ papers?
9:21 PM, September 27, 2006
Well, Nick, the only semi-interesting one was the satire I mentioned. There's a link in the post to it. The rest are just--you know--boring papers. English papers. The Crucible. Poems. You know the kind.
9:49 PM, September 27, 2006
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