Exactly!! Cossette as a child is fine. But as an adult, I just can't make myself care about her. I wonder if that's what Victor Hugo was going for. I would argue that Jean Valjean is the character that the whole thing revolves around and that Cosette is more of a plot device(to redeem the sinner as it were) than an…

I'm more nervous about Amanda Seyfried as Cossette than Anne Hathaway as Fantine. Hathaway is a trained singer. Film is a much different medium than the stage. Adult Cossette is a character I never liked in the first place. It always seemed to me like she started out as a great 3 dimensional character as a child, and…

I can't stand Cossette as an adult. It always seemed to me like she atarted out as a great 3 dimensional character as a child, and then instead of growing like the other characters did throughout the show/book, she seemed to regress to a spoiled brat 2 dimensional stereotype of a character.

Try the abridged version. I agree that 100 pages on the history of the Paris sewer system was a bit much!

My almost 10 year old has a Facebook account. We let him get one when his beloved aunt moved to Florida and a close family friend moved to Virginia. I set up the account for him, made sure I was his first friend, and will not be giving him his password until he is closer to 13(It may be earlier than 13 since he…

It is so much harder with the extra weight. I'm the opposite. I used to be 120/size 7 dancer. Now, after 2 kids, at 212/size 16(with an Hcup to boot) I get a better workout in my 1 hour dance class than I used to get in my 2.5 hour dance class. The time I had to bring my 6 month old with me to a rehearsal for a flash…

I live in a small rural community, so there's not a lot of choices, but the dance studio I went to as a kid invited alumni back to learn a number to perform in their 40th anniversary recital(I had danced there from age 7-20). We all enjoyed ourselves so much that we started begging the owner for a regular adult class.…

My MIL is horrible. My husband hates her more than I do. It took her 4 years of dating and 9 years of marriage, and 2 grandkids, and my father dying, before she realized that I was not the one preventing her precious son from seeing her often enough, I was the one making her son see her at all. After my dad died, I…

If you have kids, a framed picture(s) of her grandkids is always a good choice. Otherwise go for a signature baked good, especially if it's time-consuming and/or expensive to make(ingredient wise). I make poticas(a slovenian baked good that involves a sweet yeast dough, 1 pound of walnuts, 1 cup of cream, 1 cup of…

Well, I believed in Santa longer than I believed in God. I don't really remember when I found out. Probably when I read Judy Blume's Fudge books in 3rd or 4th grade. I do remember when I told my parents though. I was in high school, and my mom kind of assumed I knew the truth by then, so she asked me if I wanted all…

Giftcards to a fun place for the recipient. Somewhere they can't use it for groceries etc. When my husband was unemployed, our favorite gifts were movie theater gift certificates, or gift certificates to our favorite restaurants, or to Gamestop(me), or ThinkGeek(him).

My dad was the yearbook editor at the Jr. High and almost all of the pictures of me as a child were candids too. It doesn't take too long for you to forget that the camera is even there if the photographer isn't constantly telling people to look at him and smile.

My dad took a ton of pictures of me and my cousins and friends as a kid, and I take a ton of pictures of my kids and their friends now. But we would both STOP taking pictures if people/kids started posing. We love(d) candids and hate(d) posed pictures(except for formal studio shots). It got to the point that my…

I try to post albums rather than a ton of individual photos. That way I can post all the pics of my kids and their friends that I want, and that some of my friends and family really want to see(I'm the unofficial photographer at most events), and the friends who don't care only see the one post that says I added 102…

I remember when Nick Jr became TeeNick at night with its endless showing of Degrassi. This is just aimed at an older demographic. I always thought Sprout was the better channel anyway, but maybe its just because I hate Dora.

With a 38H cup, and not making much money, I only have 2 bras that fit, and I can't afford to buy any more. I wash them once a week. 1 bra I wear only for work/regular wear. The other is reserved for exercise(dance class/running). Once I run or dance in a bra it is unfit for anything other than running or dancing…

I know this is just my story. I know that most "fat people" are not like me, but BMI pisses me off. BMI tells me I am obese, which, I am, but it also tells me I should weigh around 135 pounds. On 5'5"frame with a currently 38H bra(it's genetic, not due to weight gain, my cup size has been getting bigger as I lose…

Exactly! And mine have gone up(and stayed up) at least 2 sizes with each pregnancy. I am 4 cup sizes bigger than I was only 20 pounds heavier. I still have at least 40 more pounds to lose, and Nothing is coming off my chest. I'm a 38H as it is at 210 pounds(size 16). BMI ideal weight, please stop telling me to weigh…

Don't give up on running. I'm a natural 38 H. I run 2-3 miles 3-4 days a week. I had to spend $75 on a good sports bra, but worth every penny. Dance is harder due to the center of gravity being a little top heavy though.

Well, I would guess that only children and single sex sibling sets, do make up a large minority of families with children grade-school age and younger. More of son's friends are only children or have only 1 sibling than have more than 1 sibling, and he's 9. The problem isn't single-sex education in and of itself, the…