Plumbing drama and Austen surprises

[eve_prime]

Today was rather frazzling - as soon as I got up, D showed me a suspicious pool of water emerging from under the dishwasher. I wiped it up and called the plumber, who will come tomorrow. After I drove J and D downtown and we'd had lunch before they went to play Magic, I went briefly to the library, then came home and started cleaning up the cupboard under the kitchen sink, only to discover a big pool of water down there. I realized that I'd better turn off the power for the garbage disposal before I electrocuted myself, and I remembered to block the cupboard before Sorin (who likes to go under the sink) electrocuted himself, and then I attended a Zoom meeting for the youth orchestras. After that was Kim's Beethoven class (Op. 18 No. 5), and I mostly listened from a distance while I kept cleaning. I did turn off the power to the garbage disposal, then I discovered a considerable leak from the turn-off valve for the dishwasher, and once I'd turned that off, there was a considerable leak from the hot water turn-off valve, and once I'd turned that off too, there was a considerable link from the faucet, but I kept the cold water on anyway so that we can keep using the sink. Then when J and D returned home, I showed them the situation, and then I got to relax.

Meanwhile, my relaxation plan had been to watch a movie of Mansfield Park that I'd recorded on the DVR - a version I hadn't remembered hearing of before. I'm thinking that I may not have yet read the book when it came out, so I made a point not to watch it and then forgot it existed. It was nice to discover that the script made Fanny Price more interesting (she is far and away the least interesting Austen heroine) by making her a writer, with Jane Austen's wit, and also an abolitionist. Unfortunately the other way they made the movie more "interesting" was to use lots of swooping camera angles, both at a distance and close up, which makes me feel ill to watch, so I have to keep shutting my eyes or looking away, except for during simple conversations with Edward. I guess the idea is to show us that Fanny is out of place much of the time. Another interesting thing is that Mary Crawford seems unusually interested in Fanny's body - maybe she is LGBTQ? I rather like that change, though.

Comments

[heleninwales]

I hope you can get someone to fix the plumbing problem quickly. Plumbers are so difficult to get hold of, or at least they are over here.

[eve_prime]

They did come this afternoon and fixed it right up. :)

[heleninwales]

That's good. I'm sure you're glad it's been fixed so quickly. I found even our tiny leak very stressful.

[eve_prime]

Oh, I certainly am. I was picturing that maybe they might have to go down in the crawl space beneath the house, or even excavate - which I suppose is rather silly, but I haven't had a problem like this before.

[kaishin108]

I am so sorry about your plumbing issues, ugh.

I am wondering what version of Mansfield Park that is. It sounds different!

[eve_prime]

It has Jonny Lee Miller as Edward Edmund - he played Mr Knightly in one of the versions of Emma, too.

[kaishin108]

Oh the Elementary guy, I love him! I will have to look for that version. :)

[eve_prime]

Oh, I haven't watched that!

[kaishin108]

I think it's still on Hulu. He is Sherlock Holmes, it is a great take on the character. :)

[eve_prime]

I will make a note for the next time I have Hulu! Thanks. :)

[claidheamhmor]

Ooh, that sounds a bit messy! I hate leaks from appliances; you only find out when they start running.

[eve_prime]

Eventually I got all five towels washed, and now we are back to normal - well, better than before because both sides of the sink work great now.