sitting in a middle of a grassland

It's wonderful to wake up @ 11am on a schoolday.

I haven't done anything useful today either. Read more of Les Misérables. Yup, I was right about abridged versions. sigh. There's alot of gaps. I didn't catch how Marius suddenly became active in the Revolution and how Eponine was actually in love with him, and how Javert suddenly came to be at the Revolution headquarters. It all was just too damn fast. Before I knew it the story was going to end already. That decides it. I have to get the unabridged, even if it means I have to learn french. *currently angry at the 300++page book sitting on the table*

Hated Javert's ugly arse. Goddamit he reminds me of Fix(Around the world in 80 days, anyone?) and he sure cracks up lame wiseass jokes. I suppose antagonists never had much intellect in those days. Too bent on putting Valjean behind bars, the workaholic.

Gavroche is cute in a weird way. An unscrupulous, defiant kid. I didn't get to see much of him either cause he just died trying to fill his basket with bullets from the dead soldiers that seperate the Revolution and the French army. He did say some funny stuff. And he sang a fair bit too, in the midst of war and fear. A little urchin XD

Somehow I'm intrigued by stories of the French Revolution. The poverty-stricken people, the angsty burgeois, the cheeky sprites that toy with death, and the reckless fools that fight for a losing cause. Its wonderful to see humans portrayed in words. The sufferings of the lower end of society give me some food for thought when I'm bored.