i have a jane austen action figure. you know why? cause she's awesome. a brilliant authoress who managed 200 years ago to create the intellectual woman's romance novel. nothing is as satisfying as when the smart, well-accomplished, and witty heroines of jane's world end up deliriously happy.
i believe in asking myself "what would jane do?" when in doubt.
unfortunately, the nuances of jane's humor and social commentary are lost on my chowderhead husband, whose brain is too full of batting averages and quotes from step brothers to absorb anything else.
however, i am certain if pride and prejudice was set in chicago and starred john cusack as mr. darcy and jeremy piven as mr. bingley, he'd be all about it.
on the other hand, one of my most favorite things brian has ever said went down like this: i am driving brian and his friend mike through the drive-thru at white castle. they have been drinking. i have not. the girl wearing the headset and working late-night at white castle is looking at me with pity. brian is telling mike that my girlfriends and i are going to have a jane austen movie night. mike replies, "jane austen? isn't she married to one of the grumpy old men?" brian says, disdainfully, "dude, jane austen wrote books in the 1800s. god."
yes, he can be taught!
before he says anything, i quote jane when i say, "one half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other". this so applies to us.
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