The Tale of Genji the Annoyingly Perfect...

[msfledermaus]

So far I've gotten about fifty pages into the Tale of Genji. What have I learned so far? Well, that Genji is apparently perfect. Really perfect. Definitely much more perfect than you or me. So perfect that he's kind of annoying. He also has Austin Powers-like powers with the ladies, even though he just kind of barges into their chambers after spying on them for a while. (Kinda cuts into the perfect thing, methinks, but I'm not the one writing on Japanese court life nearly a thousand years ago...) Anyway, so far it's amusing with the occasional "Ohh!" of outrage from Yours Truly. I may have to do my own synopsis as I go along, just for your entertainment. It's educational, after all, right? Right?...

This sort of thing combined with yummy sushi last night and a nice walk around my happy little island makes me ready to face the rest of the week. Or more ready than I was before, anyway...