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~Amy
Sat, Mar 15, 1997 (15:51)
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Topic 175 of 227 [austen]: Sign in newcomers, if you like (Was, Introduce yourself, Austen person)
Response 153 of 156: Genette Irlbeck (Genette) * Thu, Mar 13, 1997 (21:25) * 9 lines
Greetings!
I just discovered this site a couple of weeks ago. I first read Pride and Prejudice when I was 11. Am now 29. I'd say I understand it a lot better now!:) I fell in love with PP2 on first broadcast and have rewatched my recording of it about 100 times (at least that is what my husband thinks). I have really been enjoying the Writers Guild and am even trying my hand at a first fanfic myself. (Hopefully will develop courage to post by time I finish.)
I too have always considered myself somewhat "fannish." In addition to PP2 I enjoy Star Trek: The Next Generation, Lois and Clark (The New Adventures of Superman), Gone With The Wind, Broadway Musicals, Last of the Mohicans, Val Kilmer, and much science fiction.
In real life I am in Marketing for a company that does outreach products for churches. I work a lot. My husband is an engineer. (He also works a lot.) We have 2 wonderful cats. We also enjoy gardening and cooking the fruits of our labors. Hope that's not too much.
It's nice to meet you all!
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Topic 175 of 227 [austen]: Sign in newcomers, if you like (Was, Introduce yourself, Austen person)
Response 154 of 156: kathleen (elder) * Thu, Mar 13, 1997 (21:40) * 6 lines
Hi Genette.
Another writer -- super! I look forward to reading your offerings. ;-)
You sound very busy; I am glad you have time for P&P2 (and for Austen conference). Welcome aboard.
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Topic 175 of 227 [austen]: Sign in newcomers, if you like (Was, Introduce yourself, Austen person)
Response 155 of 156: Susan (Susan) * Thu, Mar 13, 1997 (22:15) * 7 lines
am even trying my hand at a first fanfic myself. (Hopefully will develop courage to post by time I finish.)
Genette, will be looking forward to it!
Last of the Mohicans, Val Kilmer
*SIGH* %-)
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Topic 175 of 227 [austen]: Sign in newcomers, if you like (Was, Introduce yourself, Austen person)
Response 156 of 156: Cheryl Sneed (Cheryl) * Thu, Mar 13, 1997 (23:36) * 1 lines
Welcome officially Genette, we have exchanged drool confessions, it's nice to learn more about you--besides your good taste, that is! ;-)
40 new of
~JohanneD
Sun, Mar 16, 1997 (14:13)
#1
Big welcome Genette, looking forward to sharing similar likings
~Anat
Mon, Mar 17, 1997 (01:54)
#2
Thank you Amy; I couldn't stay the other day b/c it was getting too late, there is a 7 hr difference between eastern time and Israel, so 5 pm your time would be midnigth here.
Now I'm writing from my work address, I hope its not confusing. I discovered
FOF's about two weeks ago, and from there found a link here, although I can't repete the performance. I am also registering there, and I hope the queen finds me worthy. Robin explained to me the difference between a listserve and a chat, but I guess there is some overlap in participants, since I found some of the names in both the chat and the creative writing at FOFs.
I read P&P, Jane Ayre, Wuthering heights and other classics of the English and other literature as a young girl. But I read them in Hebrew and I suspect in an abbriged version.In later years I concentrated on contemporary literature, both in English and in Hebrew, but didnt have much time to read. Watching P&P2 on TV reawakened my interest in the classics, and I decided to read them in English. I regigtered at the British Council library in Tel Aviv, and since last summer have been reading with a vengeanc
, like I used to when young. I read all Austen novel, some George Elliot, the Brontes, Thackerey, Fielding and Dickens. My mother, who studied English at the university and is a retired English teacher, also helps me get the books, And there is an English professor at the Open University, where I work, who also wrote a course on JA,and she advises me and guides my reading.
The british counsel also has video tapes, not of all the versions, so I can watch tv and movie adaptations of the books I read. It is curious that I was waiting to get the Dalton JE as I found that topic on the chat. That's why I was so anxious to participate before making a proper introduction.
As for personal details, I'm 47, married with a son (10) and a daughter (5). My husband accepts my addiction with humor, He liked S&S and P&P2, but was bored with Emma (the movie). A&E Emma didnt arrive here yet,
I work as a course editor at the OU of Israel.
I think I've said too much already for a start.
~elder
Mon, Mar 17, 1997 (05:15)
#3
Anat -- it is very nice to meet you. I'm glad you found us, and I trust you will find this a good home away from home. Does the English professor have a favorite Jane Austen novel, or does she like each of the novels in a different way.
Welcome, and enjoy yourself!
~ayelet
Mon, Mar 17, 1997 (07:23)
#4
I knew you were Israelian! Now you're the third, except from you and me, the other israelian is Adi. There is Dana O, but we don't see her much.
~Anat
Tue, Mar 18, 1997 (02:06)
#5
Thanks for your welcome, Kathleen and ayelet. Nili Dingot is the name of the English professor. I'm not sure of her preferences, but I'll ask her.I think she likes each in a different way, as you put it. The course is written in Hebrew and the students read the translation, since its not a course in English literature but general literature, literary criticism and theory etc. The students like P&P best, and when she tried once to teach persuasion, they were bored.Emma is considered the best in terms of s
ructure, something like a detective story, with all the clues and misleading info. But shouldn't we discuss it in another topic? How does it work - should I reply only in active topics, for fear that I'll get no response in others?
~Amy
Tue, Mar 18, 1997 (02:18)
#6
Hi Anat.
Persuasion boring. Hmmm... were most of the students younger heroine age?
No, respond to the topics we've neglected if you like, as well as the active ones. Any new message will show up on our lists as a new response and alert us to look at it.
~joanna
Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (13:11)
#7
Leave it to me to go about everything backwards. I've posted a couple of
comments before introducing myself. I am almost intimidated by the
creditials of the group and the international-ness of it all. I am a
librarian at a small college in West Virginia who is most grateful to
have found an outlet for her newfound obsession with P&P2. I had
enjoyed Jane Austin in college as an English major, and am currently
rediscovering the joys of reading her work. Hello to you all!
~Amy
Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (13:29)
#8
Welcome Joanna. We got no credentials! Glad to have another addict. And another librarian.
~Cheryl
Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (14:36)
#9
Credentials? We don't need no stinkin' credentials! ;-p
~elder
Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (14:47)
#10
Hi Joanna, and welcome. Have you heard about the July 13 get together in DC? (We are discussing it on the Darcy in DC topic.) I live in Frostburg, MD -- how far away in WV are you?
~Genette
Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (22:11)
#11
Thank you all (especially Kathleen, Susan, Cheryl and Johanne) for the warm welcome. I look forward to getting to know all of you better! :)
~Belle
Thu, Mar 20, 1997 (00:47)
#12
I know I should have done this much earlier, but I guess I'll have to go along with one of the old cliches on this one: "better late than never." I can't tell you how thrilled I am to have found this outlet for my obsession with P&P2! I must admit that I am totally addicted to it! I also adore Colon Firth. Anyway, enough of the painfully obvious :-), I guess I should tell you a little bit about myself...
I am currently a Senior at Coronado High School in Coronado, California (Coronado is an island in San Diego Bay) and will be attending Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California next year. I know it's a wierd name, for every time I tell someone that I am going to Harvey Mudd College, they follow up with the same question "Harvey who?" Anyway, it's a very, very good school and there I'll be studying to be an engineer. But don't think that just because I'll be pursuing a career in the math and science
ield that I'll neglect my love of literature (obviously Jane Austen is my favorite author). I have always loved reading and this summer I intend to read the ever increasing stacks of books on my nightstand that are homeless due to my overcrowded bookshelves. Among those authors whose works I have read and enjoyed (other than Jane Austen) are Alexandre Dumas, the Bronte sisters, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, George Eliot, Kate Chopin, William Thackery, and Samuel Richardson.
I suppose that's enough about me for now, but I am so glad that I have found this refuge for my hopeless addiction - THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
~Ann2
Thu, Mar 20, 1997 (01:25)
#13
You are very welcome Laura! Your fave authors list rings a bell and about those overcrowded bookshelves, mine are just as 'bad' and being a librarian I have the everyday temptation of old and new books appearing in front of my eyes. And though I only bring home one out of ten that I would just love to read...I often have to return them unread.:-(
~Amy
Thu, Mar 20, 1997 (02:53)
#14
Welcome, and thanks for coming out, Laura. I know you've been around for months.
~elder
Thu, Mar 20, 1997 (05:34)
#15
Hi Laura -- welcome "home away from home." I didn't realize there was a high school on Coronado Island. (I've been to San Diego numerous times to visit family.) You are not alone in your combination of technical/literary loves -- I teach mathematics & actuarial science at a small university in Maryland but my passion for Jane Austen's books goes back to age 13.
Nice to meet you.
~churchh
Thu, Mar 20, 1997 (12:43)
#16
]this summer I intend to read the ever increasing stacks of books on my nightstand that are homeless due to my overcrowded bookshelves.
Hmmm... Wonder where I've heard about such a diffuculty before... Couldn't be from my own abundant personal experience, could it?? Naaahh...
~Ann
Thu, Mar 20, 1997 (14:01)
#17
Laura, what type of engineering?? I just got my masters in civil (structural) engineering last year. Both Henry and I also have physics undergrads, so you are certainly not alone here.
~terry
Thu, Mar 20, 1997 (20:10)
#18
This just in:
Please help us. We are collectors of an illustrator named Harrison Fisher and
we would love to have a place to talk about him and collecting in general.
We all live far apart, Alaska, South Carolina, New York, Cal. and many more.
The spring seemed like an ideal place to meet and talk. Can you help? I would
love to have this as a subject on your conference board.
I am unable to make my own web site so I was hoping that you would help.
I am having problems with my email so please let me know if you got this.
Thank you.
Emma Hudson
mailto://Eustacia@hotmail.com
Would someone like to volunteer as a "big sister" to help Emma get started?
~Belle
Thu, Mar 20, 1997 (22:20)
#19
Thanks Ann (both of you!), Kathlene, and Henry! I am really glad to be here! It's nice to know that others share my problems about an overcrowded library! In answer to your question, Ann, I will be studying for a general engineering degree. Basically, Harvey Mudd will teach me about all kinds of engineering so I can apply myself in whatever area I feel comfortable in (not to mention that I'll (hopefully) be able to apply my knowledge of different areas of engineering in whatever I do after college).
You know, Kathlene, I have been coming to Coronado since I was about five years old to visit my Grandparents, and until two years ago, when my Mom and I moved down here, I had no idea that there was a High School here either!
Thank you all for your warm welcome - it means a lot!!:-)
~LaDemoiselle
Fri, Mar 21, 1997 (19:07)
#20
(Like Joanna)
]Leave it to me to go about everything backwards. I've posted a couple of
comments before introducing myself.
I am the unemployed (looking for work) "Gen-X" artist living in D.C. I lived in Europe for four years to study art and now I've been in reverse culture shock for the last 2 years.
I actually began to read JA early last year (I've had the name nagging in my brain since high school-I decided to finally discover what the rage was all about). I became a enthralled with JA's books, esp. when I saw A&E's P&P last year.(And I was even more interested in watching it since I found out Colin Firth was in it--I had "discovered" Colin Firth many years ago when I first saw Lost Empires on PBS.
I am a great reader of literature in general, but at this moment I am a P&P addict...
~elder
Fri, Mar 21, 1997 (19:38)
#21
Welcome, LaDemoiselle. Sounds like you are in the right place to work on that addiction! I've enjoyed your postings, so it's nice to "meet" as it were. Will we see you on July 13 at the Willard Hotel?
~Inko
Fri, Mar 21, 1997 (20:59)
#22
Welcome LaDemoiselle. Whereabouts do you live in D.C. I'm in Bethesda, just 2 miles from the District line! Hope you'll join the crowd at the Willard Hotel for tea on July 13.
~kjones
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 (02:04)
#23
Hello all!
It's nice to see that there are other JA fans out there! I first read P&P when I was 10 and now that I am 28 - it's still my favorite! A&E's production was brilliant! I didn't think any one could do justice to the book but, alas, I was wrong!
I am an RN in Gettysburg, PA who is trying to find time to reread the JA collection. It's been Years. Has anyone read Juvenalia? I never knew it existed until recently (and believe ot or not, I have a BA in English Lit). Any ideas where I could find a copy?
I look foward to talking to you all soon in the Pemberly chat room and learning more about the Spring bulletin board. I am new to the internet, so I am counting on my fellow JA addicts to guide me through!
~Susan
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 (02:46)
#24
Most welcome, Kathleen! You will find everyone here to be friendly and willing to help you out in any way possible -- it's a great place to hang!
~kendall
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 (07:55)
#25
Kathleen - first check you local book stores. There are several new paper backs out with the unfinished novels, letters, and juvenilia. the stores can order them for you.
you can find them on the web at amazon books (www.amazon.com) or bookserve (www.bookserve.com). Or you can get to know Jane Austen books in chicago. e-mail at JABOOKS@aol.com
Amy - you really must get these people to advertise here!
~Amy
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 (08:41)
#26
I am thinking about some things, Katy. Probably not advertising.
~churchh
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 (13:24)
#27
Kathleen, a lot of the Juvenilia is on-line; see
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~churchh/juviscrp.html
and http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~churchh/janewrit.html#juvie
~EmilyinFlorida
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 (13:32)
#28
Hi! I'm new here and just wanted to say hey. I'm really glad I found
this place! I was beginning to think there were no other Jane Austen
freaks around!! Pride and Prejudice is my favorite movie of all times!
I'm hooked--I haven't watched it in 2 weeks and I think I'm starting
to get withdrawls. I just finished reading the sequel by Emma Tennant.
I wasn't too impressed with it--Are there are any good sequels out there?
Is Darcy's Story good? Well, hope to talk to someone soon! ~Emily
~Amy
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 (13:47)
#29
Hi Emily. Welcome. Check out the Darcy's Story and sequels topics. Some of the Darcy's Story stuff is already archived (join the AustenArchive conference to read the earlier remarks)
~EmilyinFlorida
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 (14:02)
#30
Thanks Amy! I'll be sure to check it out!
~EmilyinFlorida
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 (14:03)
#31
Thanks Amy! I'll be sure to check it out!
~Inko
Sun, Mar 23, 1997 (18:36)
#32
Welcome Kathleen and Emily.
Kathleen, if you are in Gettysburg, why not come down to D.C. on July 13 and join a crowd of us addicts for tea at the Willard Hotel - at 3 p.m. See the "Darcy in D.C." topic. The more the merrier!!
~kjones
Mon, Mar 24, 1997 (01:11)
#33
hey Guys - thanks for all the hints on finding juvenalia - can't wait to start exploring! I'm thinking about tea in DC - sounds promicing - I'll have too figure out if I'm working that weekend. Would anyone be opposed to me bringing some friends / relatives who are fellow JA fans?
~AnnieC
Mon, Mar 24, 1997 (11:20)
#34
Dear, Dear sisters, Pleeeeeze forgive my visiting you all without a proper introduction, how rude of me and you have all been so kind too!
My name is Anne, but everyone calls me Annie and it seems to avoid confusion with all of my "Ann and Anne" commrades. I live in Arkansas and love Jane Austen. I started reading her novels in high school and love the characters in her stories and enjoy reading them over and over. I am also an enormous fan of P&P2! I had seen Colin Firth in CoF but he gave me the creeps as Simon, but when I saw him as Darcy, WELL!! Let's just say he gave me a whole new "appreciation" for his "talents"! What a MAN!!!
I went back to college to finish my degree in Elementary Ed. and stay busy taking care of my two little boys as well. I am so glad to have found a place to share my (dare, I say it?) obsession (there, wasn't too hard) with someone else. Thank you again for all you kindness and hospitality.
~Amy
Mon, Mar 24, 1997 (12:18)
#35
Thanks for telling us about yourself, Annie. I have two boys too, not so little now, which both good and sad.
~JohanneD
Mon, Mar 24, 1997 (12:28)
#36
Kathleen, Emily, AnneC and all, warm welcome and please indulge in this passion, it's most enjoyable :)
~joanna
Mon, Mar 24, 1997 (15:41)
#37
It is great to see more new fans joining us. I was certain I was
the very last to discover this wonderful place. I am not far from
D.C., located in the southern-most part of W.Va., but family
obligations make it impossible to attend what is probably going
to be a glorious time! I'll certainly be there in spirit.
~EmilyS
Mon, Mar 24, 1997 (16:17)
#38
Inko, Johanne and Amy,
Thanks for the welcoming! I needed to find this place before I went
crazy with my addiction! I really like the discussions too--it fun
to pick the book and the movie apart! I'm working on a sequel right
now(who isnt?!)I hope to have it done aleast by I'm 20.(I'm 15 now)
I takes me a while to get the exact words on paper. Well, Bye!
~Darcyfan
Tue, Mar 25, 1997 (14:50)
#39
Welcome to all you newcomers...glad you found your way!
Emily and Annie....great to have more Southern Ladies on board! Look forward to talking more with you in the Pemberley
Genette....We will have to talk...I work at a church outside Atlanta....do you work for a major Christian publisher? Welcome in the group!
~Derek
Thu, May 22, 1997 (05:49)
#40
Many years ago I signed up for an aerobics class. When I turned up I was the only man there! I feel a bit like that now. Anyway, who is this interloper? I'm Derek Pollard. I have just left a large Corporation and set myself up as a Management Consultant. I had never read Austen until several people told me (in 1980) that I looked like a Mr Darcy on the TV. Naturally I wanted to know whether this was an insult or a compliment so I tuned into a repeat of the first episode of the Elizabeth Garvie/David Rinto
l version. I read the book immediately because I couldn't wait six weeks to know whether it all turned out well. From then on I was hooked and must have reread that book at least a dozen times ( I rarely reread any novels). Fifteen years later came P&P2. It was a magnificent production but not without its flaws (see my proposals for new topics). It is great to find a group of people who love JA as much as I do and I look forward to many interesting discussions in the future.