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Wow, I have received my first condomania comment, though I’m not quite sure if the comment sent by “Noodle” (who are you?) is quite what I expected. That said, Noodle comments that he/she never knows what to expect from me, but always enjoys my community blog.
Additionally, Noodle compares me to Miss Havisham, the distraught character from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Expecting the worst, I researched Havisham on Wikipedia. The image above is a depiction of the lady who, when jilted on her wedding day, continued to live on (in her wedding dress), residing in a crumbling mansion with her rotting wedding cake. Her fiancé must have been quite a guy! Allegedly the jilted was no great catch, except for oodles of money. Ah yes, money kills love.
Anyway, Havisham was out for revenge and I guess, if Wikipedia is correct, was a real hater of men. Noodle has it wrong in that department. I love men, but truthfully, I was never jilted on my wedding day. No, I wasn’t that lucky. My groom came to claim me, but I broke those ties two decades later. I was married in a black suit (an omen for sure) and there was no cake to chew on, nor was there a castle in which to roam.
Coincidentally, a character in Havisham’s saga, was a child she opted to adopt and raise as her own. That child was named Estella…my paternal grandmother’s name. Pure coincidence, but curious and curiouser don’t you agree?
In light of Noodle’s comment, I set to thinking about said commentator. Is Noodle a Chinese cook, or perhaps a mature intellectual given to reading the classics, which Great Expectations certainly is. I opted for the latter, for surely few young persons have any idea about who Dickens was. It could be though, that Noodle is just noodling around. Are you noodling, Noodle? I think you must be a female. Sorry if you aren’t.
All of this research reminded me of a perfectly tedious movie based on Great Expectations and more specifically on the twisted character known as Miss Havisham. Ann Bancroft played the role of Havisham. It was a drag and I still don’t quite understand the point of it all. To be fair, Bancroft was superior as the woman who seduced Dustin Hoffman in another flick, ah, what was the name of that flick Noodle?
Whatever. I’m thrilled to have finally received a comment, be it only one. Blog Land is a lonely terrain, but it’s perfect for a writer like me who likes to wander alone across the dismal moors of life. By the way Noodle, my favorite American writer is Joyce Carol Oates, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dickens is one of her favorite writers just so you know.
I’ve noticed your name in comments on Facebook. Heh, heh. Pip Pip and Cheerio….
