Curiouser and Curiouser

I am up at a ridiculous hour of the night...er...morning. I'm currently watching this very bizarre movie...I can't for the life of me figure out if I should continue to watch it or just go to bed*. The premise is fascinating to me, yet not the first of its kind. Modern world collides with classic novel. Of course, with any such endeavor, I am displeased with some of the artistic liberties they took. I'm looking forward to the end of the movie, so that I can determine whether or not I enjoy it.

Watching it is rather amusing, because it's one of my favorite stories (Pride and Prejudice, as it were); it's wonderful to see these familiar characters in a new interpretation. Of course, A&E will forever be the archetype by which any adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is judged. I despised the newest rendition in comparison.

It is quite enjoyable to watch the characters exist outside the bindings of their book. It somehow makes their original story that much more ingenious because when things aren't orchestrated the way they were intended, when the characters interact in any way other than that in which they were first written, they cannot encounter or overcome their trials in a way that makes you fall in love with them in all of their flawed perfection.

It also gives more depth to the more loathsome characters...and almost tempts you to like them.

But still, it makes me curious about life...and all its complexities. So many times, people look back on their lives, and see things that they encountered; they look back and wish they could change their circumstances, or not have experienced them at all. There are things to ponder, like fate, happenstance, serendipity, divine providence, destiny...all means to disentangle and decipher the logic behind what leads, pushes, or guides us to our destinations, what shaped our past, what caused our present, and what determines our future (and, consequently, who we are).

And, though I found the movie I watched tonight to be generally disappointing, and much much longer than necessary, it reminded me of how grateful I am for all the little hiccups of life. How the things I've experienced, whether good or bad, have led me to where I am now, and how unbelievably mind-blowing that is...and how amazingly blessed I am to find myself here.

I could go on...but I'm going to have to make myself by sheer force of will retire to bed. Otherwise, I won't get a fraction of what I have planned for tomorrow accomplished.

*I most definitely should have gone to bed.