Rain and a Little Persuasion

Ah, once again yesterday it was gray and wet here in L.A. and all my friends were updating their Facebook status updates with hatred for the weather and exclamations of being "over" it. I, on the other hand, had gotten my heater fixed (thank god! It makes all the difference!) had finished running errands and decided it was the perfect time for some Jane Austen, and more to the point: Persuasion.

I watched the 2007 version for the first time last year and loved it. Admittedly, I feel they really messed up the end, with the letter and Sally Hawkins (who plays Anne Elliot) running around town chasing after Captain Wentworth like a mad woman. Then I thought about it and decided if Wentworth looked as Rupert Penry-Jones does, I guess I'd be running all about town chasing after him as well, so it almost doesn't bother me anymore.

 

I made myself a cup of hot chocolate, curled up with a blanket on the couch and while the rain continued coming down outside, I transported myself to Regency England for a short while indoors. Don't you just love Austen?