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No Smoking, More Knitting
I've been smoke free for 31 days and I'm absolutely gagging for a cigarette. Before I gave up completely, I'd cut down to only a few fags very late at night, but now I'm craving ALL DAY. This is not a good sign.
I started my Open University course this weekend and we've kicked off with a study of the Realist Novel. Pride and Prejudice. Great Expectations. Fathers and Sons. And Frankenstein as an example of the Anti-realist novel. I'm dreading having to critique and discuss Fathers and Sons because my honest opinion is that it's a pile of shit. I don't think I'll get a very good mark if I put that in an essay :OD
On the bright side, here is my latest creation. Everyone, meet ...
Piccalo!
He's outgoing, fun, definitely a showbiz kinda guy (I'm thinking the stage), and when I give him to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
big_balls she will probably rename him Colin.
I started my Open University course this weekend and we've kicked off with a study of the Realist Novel. Pride and Prejudice. Great Expectations. Fathers and Sons. And Frankenstein as an example of the Anti-realist novel. I'm dreading having to critique and discuss Fathers and Sons because my honest opinion is that it's a pile of shit. I don't think I'll get a very good mark if I put that in an essay :OD
On the bright side, here is my latest creation. Everyone, meet ...
Piccalo!
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He's outgoing, fun, definitely a showbiz kinda guy (I'm thinking the stage), and when I give him to
big_balls she will probably rename him Colin.
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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgid? I'm sorry, I'm just not a huge fan of the Great Russian Novel. And saying that you think a novel is a pile of shit is a valid critique, so long as you can say *why*.
In conclusion, I think I need to go rewatch Young Frankenstein. Fronk-En-Steen!
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LOL! Quite. At the moment I only know I hate it because it's boring and bleak and colourless and completely uninteresting. It's too real. I would have a better time watching pain peel from age and damp conditions. I guess I'll learn how to say that in a more academically pleasing way. Hee! :OD
In conclusion, I think I need to go rewatch Young Frankenstein. Fronk-En-Steen!
Oooh, will it count as research if I watch it, too?
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Is it Turgenev's Fathers and Sons? It's a long time since I read it, but I thought it was one of those Russian novels where criticism of the regime was disguised as tale of domestic life.
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Is it Turgenev's Fathers and Sons? It's a long time since I read it, but I thought it was one of those Russian novels where criticism of the regime was disguised as tale of domestic life.
Yep, that's the one. Too well disguised, if you ask me. It sent me to sleep!
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I love Piccalo!
Gabrielle
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~huggles~
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Congrats, sweetie! 31 days is haaaard and you've done it!
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Congratulations!!! As a smoker of over 40 years I have tried so many times to stop but I don't have the willpower and my admiration for anyone who can do this knows no bounds :)
You knitting is adorable :)
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I never really got the point of realism in fiction; isn't escapism what it's for? Although Pride and Prejudice is an all time favourite. Good luck with that.
And he's brilliant. I liked the red one, but I can see the shape of Piccalo better in this photo.
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Congrats on making it this far with your quitting. :)
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When I quit years ago, I got gum. Not nicotine gum, but things like trident and bubblicious. One of my old school friends took psych classes and said I have a mild oral fixation, but that could be because I stole her carrot sticks.
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