Monday's Musings

Reading: Pride and Prejudice:

"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance"

Listening to: The Strange Boys Be Brave 

Watching: Black Swan (If you haven't already, you must go see it) 

'Cardigan' and belt: Primark, Top: New Look and Skirt: Topshop

This is me post Uni and sans make-up; my skin has had a bit of a break out again so I'm trying to limit the amount of time my skin suffocates under make-up. This is quite an ordinary University outfit for me: nothing special I go for comfort over style, particularly in the Winter months. The 'cardigan' is actually a jumper that I got awhile back from Primark. However, its oversized style and bold horizonatal stripes was not working for me, what with my double F boobs and jelly belly. Thus, it had been resigned to the bottom of my wardrobe collecting dust but I hate waste so I just cut it up, and think it works as a cardigan. Regardless, it'll keep me warm.

So I wrote last week that I don't implement my New Years resolutions until the end of January as I find the depression of the month sets you up to fail. One of my resolutions, like countless other bloggers, is to read more often.  Although I am an ex- English Lit student I have shied away from the Brontes and Austen novels as I believed they were 19th century equivalents to our Sophie Kinsella and Jane Green. Instead, I often opted for grittier authors such as Steinbeck. This changed last year when I re- read Jane Eyre and I don't know if it was because it was for pleasure rather than an assignment or my age but I finally appreciated the beautifully composed prose and the leisurely pace of drama.


So in 2011 I have vowed to tackle more 'classics' that previously I had turned my nose up to. First on the list is Pride and Prejudice. I'm only 100 pages in and so far so good, and yet I can't say with a hundred per cent guarantee that I'm going to finish it. I normally read a book in two days but PP has been on my bed side table for over a week and I occasionally read a couple of pages and take it on the train with me. But more often than not it is chucked in favour of E4 on tele or Closer mag on the train.  Why you may ponder? Its nothing to do with the book itself but I guess I'm frustrated with the time it has taken to build up to character profiles and the apparent lack of drama leaves me in search of amusement.


I'm sure I read an article in Stylist magazine about how technology and modernism has created a society that can no longer hold an attention span or handle boredom and nothingness. I know I'm always on the go and never still. Even the 10 sec wait for a web page to load results in me adding a new tab and logging on to Facebook. And as a adult from a generation raised by MTV and Britney Spears I find that I no longer have the patience or desire to read a book that isn't going to give me fast results and instant gratification. And I can't decide if this progression is a good thing or not. My heart pulls to the latter and so I am going to quickly publish this, browse through my blogs, then update my facebook status to that I intend to run a bath and get to grips with the saucy Mr. Darcy!

What's your view on this?