I have never made a cheesecake before. I've made cheesecake-like things, but never the real deal. So after baking it for an hour, I was shocked to see that it had puffed up like a balloon. I might have gasped so suddenly that H. thought something was very, very wrong.
Luckily, the cake reverted to its presentable form after an hour or so in the fridge. There were a couple of cracks, but I doubt anyone will refuse a piece of cheesecake just because it's got a dent in it. The graham cracker crust was super easy to make, but next time I'll add less sugar. I don't want the crust to be sweeter than the thing it's sitting under.
Ah, that glorious first slice. So pristine, so elegant.
Oh hey there's Josh. He better not try to steal my cheesecake.
Yesterday, I watched the movie adaptation of Jane Eyre. Quick side note: I always thought it was pronounced "ire" instead of "air". But back to the story. I had tried to read the book a year ago, but gave up after I couldn't get a real sense of where in the world the book was going. I figured the movie would give me a bigger picture view of what the book was going for.
Watch out, I'm about to spoil the movie and the book.
So lemme get this straight. Jane is sent to an orphanage/school where, after ten or so years, she learns to be a governess. She gets a job teaching a little girl up in this castle-like house on a hill. The "Master" there is sad because he believes his life is miserable. Jane (18-20 years old) falls in love with him (at least 45-50 years old), and they hobble off to the church to get married. Some lawyer waltzes in and says the wedding's off, because this old dude is already married. Turns out he's married to an absolute raving lunatic of a woman whom he keeps locked up in his house. Jane says "That is way not cool, dude", and leaves because it's the right thing to do. Raving lunatic woman sets the house on fire, then kills herself. Jane lives with some random people she met for what seems like a year, then decides she really does love the old man. Jane travels back to the castle on the hill, and makes babies with the old guy.
Okay, that last part is implied, but come on! Really? She really wants to live with that old fart? He's not even a little attractive! Not physically, not emotionally, not intellectually. Not at all, people. And Jane's like, "Oh deary me, I'm just so plain and boring I might as well fall in love with my father." Ew ew ew ew ew.
Overall, I am sincerely disappointed. I'm done with Emily Bronte and her silly books. I'm sticking with Jane Austen.
And now, if you'll excuse me, I have an elliptical to build.
I dreamed about your cheesecake! You were offering me a piece, but in a dream, you never actually get to eat it. I hope it was as delicious as it looks. M.
ReplyDeleteThe hilarity to me here is that I despise Jane Austen (unless it has the awesome addition of zombies) and loved Jane Eyre. Oh, and by the by, it's by Charlotte Bronte, not that other Bronte sister.
ReplyDeleteI read Jane Eyre for the first time in 9th or 10th grade, I think. I read it again several more times before I studied it in one of my freshman college literature classes. My dirty-old-man professor gave their relationship a S&M interpretation. I, erm, don't exactly follow that interpretation other than for the lulz, but yes. What creeped me out more than her relationship with Mr. Rochester was the relationship with St. John. I dunno. He creeped me out AND he was her cousin. I GUESS there wasn't supposed to be any funny business coming from him, but I totally got the vibe that he wanted to get with her. And ew.
Oops! I must've been thinking about one and writing about the other. Your professor sounds kinda sketch, but the relationship still creeps me out even without the S&M bit. And yes! Her friend that turns out to be her cousin that gradually develops marital feelings for her? Mosdefcreeps. And his sister seemed all for it, too (at least in the movie).
ReplyDeleteI recently watched Sense and Sensibility (the BBC miniseries version), and I didn't like it as much as Pride and Prejudice. That storyline seems more compelling and real than the S&S one. There were so many turnabouts in the miniseries that it just felt like one plot device after another.