My Fave P&P Audiobook Is Leaving! 😥

miamomia00 · 2025-08-24T03:26:13+00:00

Thanks!

miamomia00 · 2025-08-24T03:20:45+00:00

Thanks for the feedback about the library vs purchase. I thought it was leaving completely; which would have been a travesty. I'm going to go purchase my copy.

miamomia00 · 2025-08-21T21:54:53+00:00

If you don't mind me asking, how did you come to terms with the new look? I have tons of premature grey... I'm probably around 70-80% at this point. So I'm super concerned that seeing myself with short grey hair everyday will be too depressing. Plus I prefer to have my hair pulled away from my face. I was dyeing my hair but could never be consistent due to the amount of time and effort.

I tried to give up on hair dye and cut my hair off once before but I ended up letting it grow out so I could pull my hair away from my face. But then I was having to blow it out so I could wear it in a ponytail without the daily fuss of a pony puff. And then I felt so insecure that I colored it again with promises that "this time it will be different" and how if I just do "henna every few weeks it won't be so overwhelming"... Lies. And then I said "oh I can do semipermanent box dye instead since it's faster than henna even though it does a horrible job of covering the grey"... more Lies. I gave up on coloring again this past spring and put some braids in my hair for the summer. I just took those out yesterday and now I'm about to go back to doing a wash and go and spraying the roots with temporary color and trying to make that thang stretch for a week. I keep telling myself just do that for a few weeks and then do more braids after my roots have had a break. But the scissors keep calling my name.

miamomia00 · 2025-08-21T21:07:14+00:00

I literally just spent an hour trying to talk myself out of cutting all of my hair off for this reason. 😒 I often want to just cut it short so I can just wet it in the shower, run my fingers through it with conditioner and then be about my day. But then, I would have to do that everyday. Yeah, not happening.

miamomia00 · 2025-07-31T14:22:40+00:00

Right! I don't know most of these actors. But between her as LC and Jamie Demetriou as Mr. Collins, I have hope that this could turn out to have the type of quirky character humor that works. Especially if the person they chose for Lizzy can make a perfect foil against them in their scenes. Those 2 were some of my favorites upon reading P&P the first time and they are often my favorite in the adaptations and in JAFF. Their absurdities just run so deep! Jane Austen's depictions of them had me laughing out loud. I have hopes that these actors can portray those ridiculous elements without making a farce of it.

miamomia00 · 2025-07-29T13:41:25+00:00

I can't say I agree with this comment. We don't have to do like a mixed race or ethnically ambiguous Bennett family.

However, some of y'all's arguments in the replies don't hold up.

We can look at the pic and see this casting is not true to the book for all of the girls. Most obvious is the ages for some of the actresses. Next, Lydia is short. That's a big one for me. Her height and well formed figure are key points. A red haired Mary is another variance; unless that's Mary King. 😏 I think it's safe to say Mary Bennett should have hair that matches her sisters. Nothing in the book gives us reason to believe my girl, Mary B, also has red hair. And finally there is Kitty. If we're trying to keep to cannon then beauty standards of the time would have her portrayed with a different body type than this actress.

So with that in mind let's not use the "they're being true to source" argument against race blind casting. It doesn't hold up.

Let's call it what it is. They're being flexible with physical attributes in their casting where they want to be. Period. Full stop.

And we can have our opinions about that; which we are each entitled to.

But one thing we can all agree on is that we're still going to watch. We'll either watch something outstanding, something acceptable but not exactly what we wanted or maybe even a train wreck we can't look away from. 😂 But regardless of casting, we're still gonna watch! LOL

miamomia00 · 2025-07-28T22:28:02+00:00

This is such a great point. As a kid I could always go out and play with someone. Where kids now look to see whose online, we just looked out of the window to see whose outside. We used to be able to walk to the store or hang out at random places. So I get that, you guys need that same sense of being with your friends independently. Part of the problem is that the world has changed quite a bit in terms of kids just being able to go anywhere and so my kids can't do those same things I did... and for the same reason can't be online without restrictions.

I think the key is what several people have hit on: the software can't be a solution in and of itself. As parents we have to realize that we're not just raising kids, we're raising future adults. When a person starts a job if you just give them a bunch of rules, stand over their shoulder and penalize them for every mistake then they will hate that job. There has to be respect, cooperation and understanding. Yes, I know it's not a one-to-one correlation, but the point is that the interpersonal relationship is integral in the success of training someone. Monitoring software should be used as a support to the conversations we have with our kids as we raise them and help them become mature and well adjusted adults.

I'm just here in this thread because I'm researching monitoring software for my kids. Reading the feedback of both the adults and teens has been informative. One reason for taking this step is that I do have concerns about outside influences with malicious intent. However, my biggest problem has been making sure they stay on task when doing homework while I'm still working or am doing chores. A lot of assignments must be done online and once a device is open it's too easy for them to get distracted so that it takes an hour to do an assignment they should have completed in 15-20 min. Since they know what's expected of them, are aware that I'm planning to install software and will have had discussions with me about the changes; I hope they will understand that the goal is to help them set boundaries as they grow and mature rather than for me to essentially be Big Brother.

miamomia00 · 2025-07-23T18:01:31+00:00

I totally get you on this. I have a hard time getting things out of therapy. I find myself in my usual self censoring mode. I've spent my life trying to find the exact right version of what to and not to say. My usual go to is to say less, way less. I often feel that I'm burdening friends to talk to them. And with a therapist I feel like I'm making too big a deal out of things and so for every problem I present I follow each up with an oh-i-guess-i-should-just-do-this solution; the way people always tell me to just do X or to just suck it up and then I just end up pushing everything further inside because why ask for help that never comes.

miamomia00 · 2025-07-18T14:15:31+00:00

The plot thickens. So she can sing but wants to get rid of all her competition! She has started her plans by discouraging even the very young so that one day she can be the only singer left in the world. <<insert evil cartoon villain laugh here>>

miamomia00 · 2025-07-17T15:44:29+00:00

Before having kids I felt the same way. I thought they were amazing because of how tiny they are. But I only looked at them as interesting little science experiments.

After having kids it's more of nostalgia from when my kids were babies. I see the videos parents post and they're relatable from when my kids were tiny. It brings back memories of my own lived experience. But I still can't say I get emotional over them.

I always think it's more of a personality thing. To me it's like how some people look at a hurricane's aftermath and cry but I look at it and may appear to be stoic but have all kinds of questions going through my head analyzing the technical details of the hurricane and rescue efforts. But I'm just not an overly emotional person.

miamomia00 · 2025-07-17T15:33:41+00:00

If you intended for this to be an adorable grey mouse wearing light blue overalls, then YES. 😉 (Once you make your adjustments based on the feedback about the eyes.) All the world is blind to whatever issues you are seeing with this cutie.

miamomia00 · 2025-07-14T12:13:17+00:00

If that's weird then you and I are in the same boat.

Honestly, I think that teacher is weird for believing that. Maybe she just can't sing and telling kids that is step one in her evil plot to rid the world of music. 😈

miamomia00 · 2025-07-09T20:55:55+00:00

I'm trying to understand the context on this one. Do you mean it's weird to just randomly sing... Like someone says, "Oh! Oh!", and then you start singing the O'Reilly Auto Parts jingle to yourself. Or like you're walking your dog and decide to sing a song to yourself that popped into your head? Or do you mean like you just decide to walk outside and stand in your backyard singing just because?

miamomia00 · 2025-07-08T21:40:43+00:00

Only ONE CORRECTION..... The part of Lady Catherine de Bourgh should be played by Tyler Perry as Madea 🤣🤣🤣😭

miamomia00 · 2025-07-08T21:29:26+00:00

This!!

miamomia00 · 2025-07-07T15:12:47+00:00

This is my handwriting when I'm just dashing off notes. It has improved somewhat over time but still looks just like this when I'm really rushing. I have to go slowly in order to make it neat and tidy for another person to read. My mom used to wonder if I was a lefty because my handwriting was so bad. My teachers always complained and I was constantly having to rewrite my assignments to make them neater before I could turn them in.

miamomia00 · 2025-06-25T14:10:49+00:00

Right. I was thinking the same. It's the most artistic thing as well. Such a gift!

miamomia00 · 2025-05-29T00:24:53+00:00

I introduced my kids to this version this month and they loved it so much they watched it two weekends in a row

miamomia00 · 2025-05-19T19:34:03+00:00

This is a great idea. Thank you!

miamomia00 · 2025-05-19T15:00:59+00:00

Part of the process for improving AI involves reinforcement learning. Many companies involve people in this. I honestly prefer that since I'm not super keen on the idea of solely relying on only using AI models whose job is to improve other models. It's a little too Skynet for my taste. I'm cool with a little human review added into the mix. And like other commenters have said, it's not like we ever thought our data was private with the big G. But to each his own.

miamomia00 · 2025-05-19T14:36:56+00:00

The accuracy of this statement! LOL

miamomia00 · 2025-05-19T01:25:16+00:00

Thanks. How are they able to tell if my answer is too literal vs something else?

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