Ah yes, Independence Day! No one really wants to be independent – Jane, Chelle, Jill, (even Paige) all want to have someone to depend on and, in turn, be depended on. The whole desperate scene somehow reminds me of Shakespeare’s Macbeth:“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.”
@wesbuceyBut they’re not as badly off as Mr Macbeth, nor as desperate. With reason: they’re neither traitors, murders, nor tyrants.And last week, it was gays, lesbians, and allies who schlepped the branches of Birnam Wood — all the way to Washington. Hooray!
It’s Talia, Jane’s college roomie, or somebody she had a crush on in college. It was a case of unrequited love, so Jane can get frosty with Talia. I don’t think Talia has any blame in it, honestly.
wesbucey almost 11 years ago
Ah yes, Independence Day! No one really wants to be independent – Jane, Chelle, Jill, (even Paige) all want to have someone to depend on and, in turn, be depended on. The whole desperate scene somehow reminds me of Shakespeare’s Macbeth:“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,To the last syllable of recorded time;And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.”
chassimmons almost 11 years ago
@wesbuceyBut they’re not as badly off as Mr Macbeth, nor as desperate. With reason: they’re neither traitors, murders, nor tyrants.And last week, it was gays, lesbians, and allies who schlepped the branches of Birnam Wood — all the way to Washington. Hooray!
profh0011 almost 11 years ago
Okay, I need to re-read the series again one of these days. I confes, I have no memory who this “cute” girl is! (And I don’t find Jill “cute” AT ALL.)
ForeverAllstar almost 11 years ago
Who is the pretty girl with Jane?
gileshead almost 11 years ago
It’s Talia, Jane’s college roomie, or somebody she had a crush on in college. It was a case of unrequited love, so Jane can get frosty with Talia. I don’t think Talia has any blame in it, honestly.