eyeball_princess wrote:
IN JAPAN I'LL HAVE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO KRISPY KREME!!!!!
YAY XD Don't think about the side-effects
Aren't Krispy Kreme donuts so juicy and delicious? It's like they're dripping with... deliciousness!
I can't think of a name for my tumblr blog!
HELP XD I can't think of anything witty or catchy or pun-y...
Eep.
Meanwhile, I'm completely scandalized by this "Before Leonard" book. Perhaps I wasn't expecting Virginia to be such a player, I don't know if that's the word, or so flirtatious, but I relate to her and her playfulness with everyone. She was ahead of her time, totally. She could also be so silly, getting her friends jealous of all her romances and adventures, and everyone wanted to know what she was up to. I can relate to how she was "intrigued by the power she had over her admirers," it's a strange thing and a burden. I'm glad she didn't take advantage of anyone though. (My friend texted me, "I am sure Virginia never thought her every move and boyfriend would be analyzed," I know!) It's so interesting to see what other men thought of her and her sister, it's as if everyone wanted them!
However, Suitor #2 was a complete shock to me. Suitor #1 wasn't bad, the only thing strange were the rumors about his uh, tastes, but he seemed like an interesting gentleman overall. But Suitor #2 WAS HER SISTER'S HUSBAND OH MY GOD. It never turned into an affair, but there was much flirting on both sides, and I was so scandalized I put the book down! I know much of this is interpretation, but Virginia wrote how it was the one thing she regretted in life (other than not having children). After the flirting was over, Suitor #2 got jealous every time a man was interested in Virginia, he belittled them to her, and even told one to leave, and he even was upset when she married Leonard. I'm scandalized! XD
Suitor #3 wasn't a complete "suitor," but a good friend and his story was touching. Saxon was an enigmatic man who didn't speak much, had a ton of knowledge and potential but no ambition, and was just odd. He fell in love with a woman who was being courted by another man. Virginia helped him along, "She encouraged him to be tenacious in love-- better to have loved and lost than to have spent all one's days in an office and on tube trains, she advised him." (I AGREE) It seemed like the girl was going to marry Saxon but randomly said she was marrying the other man and could keep Saxon as a lover. He was depressed and didn't accept her offer, but still loved her forever and even looked after her children as his own.
He wrote THIS to her and I died:
But in case what I have written seems cold and unmindful of all you have given me I want to say that I thank you and that I always shall thank you for having taught me what love means and having given me the greatest happiness that I have ever known. There is no shadow of reproach in my thoughts of you and even if I never see you again you will always remain for me the most perfect human being that I have ever met or can hope to meet.
He died an old man with Alzheimer's and partially disabled, with his love by his side, outliving Virginia by decades. I wonder what that must be like, remembering friends who died long ago, what it must be like to remember conversations with them. That was the touching part for me, how his life changed over the years, how he spent his time alone, and how his friends grew older and fewer.