FRANKENSTEIN'S CREATION

 Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou?”  Isaiah 45:9

I recently attended a library discussion regarding Mary Shelley's novel and Carl Laemmle Jr.'s movie.

The novel depicts Frankenstein entirely abandoning The Creation.

One participant comment: "The monster didn't ask for life."

My reply: "None of us did! Please raise your hand if you asked to be placed on this earth?!"

No raised hands of course!

"That's what I thought! Well, I myself never asked to be here!"

At least in the movie Colin Clive's character did spend SOME TIME with that of Boris Karloff!

Mary Shelley - Wikipedia

Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in 1797. Her mother died a few weeks after the birth and her father William Godwin was left to raise both Shelley and Shelley's mother's elder daughter Frances "Fanny" Imlay.

Before Shelley attained modern school age her father married one Mary Jane Clairmont, born Mary Jane Devial.... Mary Jane Godwin - Wikipedia

Clairmont herself had two children from previous relationships: Claire Clairmont - Wikipedia and one Charles Clairmont. The respective fathers were:

Sir John Lethbridge, 1st Baronet - Wikipedia and Charles Abram Marc Gaulis, "a merchant and member of a prominent Swiss family, whom [Mary Jane Clairmont] met in Cádiz."

The new Mr. and Ms. Godwin produced one child together, son William Godwin the Younger - Wikipedia.

The household now consisted of five children, none of whom were full siblings.

Pretty alternative for an 1803 British household...certainly light years away from my own 1965-1980 childhood experiences!

And people actually wonder how a female in her late teenage years could compose such a work?

At present I will decline to mention the "adult adventures" of stepsisters Mary Shelley and Claire Clairmont.

Mary Shelley (film) - Wikipedia

Another day perhaps!

But back to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein! Senior year of high school I composed a "novel appreciation" aka book report regarding the tome. I don't recall my eventual grade, but I vividly remember my amazement upon discovering that Victor Frankenstein constructed The Creature at University of Ingolstadt - Wikipedia; the birthplace and childhood domicile of my mother!

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I don't recall mentioning that fact to any of my classmates; it would have become more fodder for those goddamn bullies....😠

From ages eight to seventeen each time I left my residence the outside climate of hostility and disrespect necessitated that I be exceedingly careful regarding my thoughts and actions.

But that is also another day's post....🤔

The novel bore marked similarity to Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights!"

Both novels are "frame stories" Frame story - Wikipedia.

They begin with one's character's narrative and then commence with another's character's very long missive: In "Frankenstein" Naval Captain Robert Walton begins the story, later relinquished to Victor Frankenstein; "Wuthering Heights" begins first person via Heathcliff's new tenant "Mr. Lockwood" (first name never revealed), then is surrendered to domestic servant Ellen "Nelly" Dean.

Eventually all results in the 1931 Carl Laemmel Jr motion picture directed by James Whale and featuring Boris Karloff:

Frankenstein (1931 film) - Wikipedia

Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou?”  Isaiah 45:9

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Watch out for Artificial Intelligence!

It's October...My Month

 I will be sixteen reversed on Saturday....1 - 6. 6 - 1.

My actual sixteenth birthday was also on a Saturday.

Due to loneliness, that afternoon I cried alone at the kitchen table then walked to my local high school to briefly observe the football game and the "mean girls" interacting with boyfriends,

Thirty-five years later times are different and I AM DIFFERENT!

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I know that one is responsible for one's own life and that one makes one's life and one's happiness.

Viva le difference:

SIXTEEN VS. SIXTY-ONE!

1981 VS. 2026!

I AM STRONG!

I AM HERE!

I AM MYSELF!

Early September

 Astrological fall begins on September 1.

Years ago, I read a news article to the effect that September first rather than January first is the actual start of the "new year."

What changes December to January??? Essentially nothing! The same school year exists, winter weather, etc.

Whereas from August to September there is the new school year (a little earlier start than prior ages but students are still settling in), recently introduced automobile models, football season (a huge occurrence in the United States!), and what used to be a major significance: the new network television season (lately of reduced significance).

Early September 2026. Labor Day weekend is September 4-7. This is the latest possible on the current calendar. For the third consecutive day there will be a heat advisory. I refuse to utilize air conditioning this late is the year!

In between weeks. Is early September "summer" or "late/end of summer?" It certainly isn't fall! 🤔What about middle September? The weather can still be quite hot! Meteorological fall occurs September 21 or September 22. For me fall begins September 25. By then the leaves may have begun turning colors.....

Happy Sixty-First Birthday to Carlos Irwin Estevez also known as Charlie Sheen?

Is he still HIV positive?

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PLURIBUS!

I love it!

Currently rewatching and trying to note details!

I am also trying to appreciate my age, my experience, and my skills...

I just wish I possessed more of them....skills that is.....

I'll Write About This One Later.....

 The Girl Most Likely To... - Wikipedia

Another Blast From 1979.....

 Up in Seth's Room by Norma Fox Mazer | Goodreads

Not sure from whence I discovered this gem; one of my friend had a copy!

Again, no mention of birth control.....🤔

1979's "Sooner Or Later"

 A few days ago, I noticed an addition to my YouTube "recommended" feed.

"Sooner Or Later."

Hmm...could this be the late 1970s made-for-TV movie featuring Denise Miller and Rex Smith?

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Yes, it was!

I did not view it upon release, but I recall that the action depicted a thirteen-year-old girl who "fell hard" for an older teenage boy and subsequently lied about her age in order to date him.

"Jessie is thirteen. And in love for the first time!"

So stated the TV blurb.                

I was familiar with Miller due to her work on "Barney Miller" and "Fish"; however, I had never heard of Smith.

Apparently, the movie launched him into instant teen idol status!

So....upon first chance I viewed the movie and very similar to the novelization I reviewed briefly at a 1979 drug store the action began with an eighth-grade sex education class; or at least viewing a humorous film strip depicting bees pollinating flowers!

My good friend Evie had observed the production, and she had told me the girl confessed the truth while in a "compromising situation" at a drive-in movie theater!

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The male leading character was seventeen; however, Smith looked rather old for the part. But the fact that he was of fully adult age before becoming a teen idol probably was extremely beneficial.

True to form his teen idol status only lasted a few years but as a talented performer he continued working in fact he received good reviews as Frederick in "Pirates of Penzance."

Like the leading female character, I was also thirteen years old. But I was not at all attractive.

In fact, I was rather pathetic....of course I am pathetic now at age sixty but in a totally different way.

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Here is the link:

Sooner or Later (1979)

I was somewhat surprised at the ending; he forgives her for her deception and says he "loves" her!

But what about her parents??? Will they approve of the age difference??? And will she continue to attend his band rehearsals in the company of older kids and beer???

In once scene the male lead purchases beer at a local store; throughout most of the seventies the state of New York drinking age was eighteen.

Apparently, he possessed a fake ID!

Ah to be young again.....NOT!!!

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There is something else.

My legal name is not "Louise."

I have wished since age twelve it was "Jessica" shortened to either "Jessie' or "Jess."

I don't like my real first name.