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1. Campus closed at noon today and is closed tomorrow because of the storm. I'm crossing my fingers that we don't lose power and looking forward to a long weekend.
2. Josh's endoscopy is scheduled for 6:30 Friday at a facility an hour away, and we really should be there a little before the appt. time. OMG, we will be getting up so early.
3. My Yuletide letter got linked to meme and received almost no attention except for one person who pointed out with dismay that one of my prompts for Haunting of Hill House is straight up Scooby Doo. I had not been thinking about that prompt in those terms, but it totally is Scooby Doo. Luke is haunting up the place because he is interested in inheriting after all. Dr. Montague *really* wants tenure and can only get it if his paranormal theories gain credence. Mrs. Montague will show her husband a ghost if she has to manufacture one herself, by gum. Yep. Totally Scooby Doo. I will own it. LOL
4. Uhura's Song and We Have Always Lived in the Castle have arrived. Whooooooooo! Man, I love Janet Kagan.
2. Josh's endoscopy is scheduled for 6:30 Friday at a facility an hour away, and we really should be there a little before the appt. time. OMG, we will be getting up so early.
3. My Yuletide letter got linked to meme and received almost no attention except for one person who pointed out with dismay that one of my prompts for Haunting of Hill House is straight up Scooby Doo. I had not been thinking about that prompt in those terms, but it totally is Scooby Doo. Luke is haunting up the place because he is interested in inheriting after all. Dr. Montague *really* wants tenure and can only get it if his paranormal theories gain credence. Mrs. Montague will show her husband a ghost if she has to manufacture one herself, by gum. Yep. Totally Scooby Doo. I will own it. LOL
4. Uhura's Song and We Have Always Lived in the Castle have arrived. Whooooooooo! Man, I love Janet Kagan.
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I love the idea of Mrs. Dudley and Mrs. Montague in cahoots with each other; there's that scene where Eleanor (and maybe Theo, too; not sure) overhears Mrs. Dudley and Mrs. Montague having a normal people conversation in which the words "no one will hear you scream" is not uttered even once LOL and I love the idea of them being old childhood friends or whatever.
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Yes! Jackson is all about the slithery liminal, that place where you look up and go Oh God what the hell is going on and do I even want to know. Gaslighting would fit right into that!
I love the idea of Mrs. Dudley and Mrs. Montague in cahoots with each other; there's that scene where Eleanor (and maybe Theo, too; not sure) overhears Mrs. Dudley and Mrs. Montague having a normal people conversation
Aren't they going on about how nice it is that Luke and Theo are such nice young people and so suited for each other? LOL. It's like suddenly we're in a different book altogether. Mrs Dudley is usually just passed off as a figure of fun, but who cooks is always important in Jackson, especially if they're good at it. And of course the D links her to the infamous Mrs Danvers in Rebecca.
-- Did you ever read Stephen King's writing about Hill House in Danse Macabre? That was wayy back before she got any serious academic attention at all. He was pretty good.
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That's what I thought! Especially since so much of Eleanor's problems seem to come from internalizing the nasty things her mom/sister had to say to about her.
They are indeed talking about Luke and Theo as a nice couple; it's a completely mundane conversation.
I did read Danse Macabre as part of my research for the paper I wrote; I think he's pretty insightful when he writes about horror and what makes it tick and why it appeals to us.
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I think Mrs Dudley actually says "young master of the house" or whatever! It's HILARIOUS.
Yeah, from what I heard, that was basically his syllabus while he was teaching his brand of EngLit, and it was pretty well done, altho he alienated some friends of mine forever by dumping on grad school and Ph.D.s in it. I was like "Just ignore that, the rest of it's really good!"
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