Apparently in the original theatre production of Les Liaisons dangereuses, Alan Rickman was Valmont. Swoon. Holy cow. My brain is exploding trying to conceive of that much talent and sex appeal packed into one literary incarnation. Oh wow. The - the layeriness! of awesome! it overwhelms!

...wow.

IN any case, I hope that when we watch the Frears version of the film this semester, it won't be the dubbed version again. I want to know what John Malkovich's voice actually sounds like! XD;



...Valmont. Alan Rickman. siiiiiiiiigh.

First orgo exam tomorrow. wheeee!

Just for fun, I'm posting the passage that I translated for this week. it's from Aurélia, the semi-autobiographical work of Gérard de Nerval, an insane 19th-century poet with whom I am pretty much in love, and who was purportedly known for walking a lobster on the end of a pale-blue ribbon.

( lobster! )

Also, just about the perfectest article ever about all the problems of book love.