This comes out August 7th! I can not wait as my mom will be here visiting..We can see it together. My mother loved Julia Child, had her cookbooks and I remember watching Julia when I was small. She made me smile; I loved her!
The movie looks interesting and Meryl Streep is playing Julia Child....Yay!
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Sunday was pretty domestic for us, which is good, since Andy and I haven't gotten much bonding/chilling time together. I did 4 loads of laundry, both Andy and mine. Andy made vegetarian and meat pasta, and I made cookies which we brought over to the Temple Crew as our part in the temple volunteering. (The temple, is a huge structure created at Burning Man, Austin has the honor of being the first city outside of CA to build it. Oh, and yeah it gets burned at the end.)
So, when I made the cookies, they came out really crispy and thin.
Andy looked at it: "Are you sure you put everything in it? You got the proporations right?"
me, defensively: "Of course! You don't think it's delicious?"
Andy: "It is very delicious!! Just that it seems something is missing."
me: "Must be because you got all the ingredients at Wheatsville. Who knows what organic does to baking recipes! Or maybe the baking soda was flat"
Anyways,after I triple-checked, it turns out that I had put in 2 cups of butter, instead of one. For some reason I read the words "2 sticks" and thought they meant 2 complete sticks of butter.
So, the cookies though, were really delicious. They were thin and crispy. And when I took them to the temple crew, I watched one guy sheepishly eat 13 of them. So I am keeping the 2 cups of butter recipe and calling them: "butter chip cookies."
Afterwards, Andy worked on designing an invitation for a shower I'm throwing, and then I curled up next to him and drew. I felt inspired by the house the temple crew is based at, and it was full of awesome artwork. So I felt the need to create. Here is Rice Bowl #1 ;-)
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They're red. They're sweet. They're tart. They smell like heaven and taste twice as good. You know you're in a good place in your life when you are able to gorge yourself on a whole punnet of strawberries. Just sitting there and munching on the fleshy fruit, your body is glorying in the fact that there's so much of it. I think something deep and primal glories in the bounty of a handful of good fruit. My blood sings when I fill myself with strawberries. There's nothing better, no treat better for me. Mum used to buy me punnets of strawberries when I was a wee year old bubbah. She raised me on them, they've always been my favourite fruit of all. Even the sour ones taste good to me, especially dipped in chocolate.
I always feel an afterglow after eating them too. Like I've had the orgasm of my life. Rare is the treat or dessert that you can eat copious amounts of, safe in the knowledge that it won't be an unhealthy thing to do. No worry, no guilt. (Not that I generally feel guilty about healthy food in the first place).
I have one more punnet. Tomorrow, they're gonna be dipped in chocolate. :D
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So my Mum and Dad had come back from holiday, right? Sitting on my side of the bathroom sideboard was a little tub of Body Shop Vitamin E cream. I know I'd run out. I opened it and sniffed it- it smelt similar. It was white though. I thought maybe they made it white overseas.
I bring it out, running it between my fingers and rubbing a little in my jaw. My sister Helen comes over, notices what I'm stuffing with and starts rubbing it into her skin too. I walk up to Mum with the jar and say, "Mum, it's all right if I use a bit of this, right?"
"Yeah," she says, "go right ahead." She watches me and Helen rub it into our skin and starts cracking up. "I'm sure Dad won't mind either. It's his brylcreem."
The motherfucker had put some brylcreem into the moisturiser jar for the trip!! Cause it was much smaller than the brylcreem jar! Helen and I cracked up (after I smacked Mum playfully), but fuck me if my skin didn't feel great. I don't know what the hell they put in that stuff, but it softens your skin like nothing else!
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Just a little mood piece I started on a long time ago and finally got around to finishing. I'll try to post a downloadable version soonish.
Music by Cousteau Twins Video clips are property of Universal Studios.
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me: "... and so that really wasn't the emotional space I'm looking for when I go there---"
Andy: *humming*
me: "---are you humming??"
Andy: "Baby, I'm totally listening to you!"
me: "What did I just say?"
Andy: "... uh... you... uh... were... upset?...."
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Interesting article on why parents are supposedly unhappier then non-parents. Theorizes that in modern society we artificially prolong childhood, which goes against evolution.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/200808/why-parenthood-makes-us-unhappy
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I'm awake early so I can go to ballet class, which will be my 4th day in a row I go to class. 5 more weeks till dance camp!
Yesterday was also the 3rd day in a row that I noticed Uchi cat hadn't touched his food. It started after I dropped some left over bone from Parkside on his bowl. And he didn't like it. ("I'm not a dog, Mom!"). And I also noticed dead ants on his water bowl for a while now, I think because the water bowl was near the front door and the ants are thirsty because of the heat. So I moved it further, took out the bone. And washed his bowls, and he still wouldn't eat. So yesterday I got quite worried. I called the vet, but they said: "Try to feed him his favorite treat, something delicious". I had already tried putting a kibble in his mouth and he chewed 3 but stopped. And then I noticed bits of styrofoam peanuts on the blue chair and I wondered if he ate some.
Anyways, so off to Bark N Purr I went, the overpriced, gourmet but good for your cat pet store. And got him several different lines of wet cat food to try, and also a new line of dry food ("Surf and Turf: grain free, fruits, veggies, duck, chicken, etc"). So I opened the Ahi Tuna one ("Wild caught!") and he ate it. He still isn't eating as much as the portions say he should, but at least he is eating. He's one picky cat. I had to microwave the leftover refridgerated cat food this morning. I really don't want to switch to an all wet cat food diet, since it's quite pricey and takes more prep.
Yesterday night I went to Great Hall to play some board games. It's awesome to see improvisors there, and people that I hang with outside there, and I love hearing the chorus of my name as I'm greeted and it almost feels like I'm go to a bar where everyone knows my name ;-P We played the new Dominion expansion, and Giants. And we teased a friend for bring his first date that he met online to a gaming night.
After my bout of geekiness, I joined Andy at a Wine and Cheese party and hobnobbed for a bit (must get delicious baked brie recipe) before I went home and fell fast asleep.
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Daughter L. took these pics when we went grocery shopping. Click for larger versions.
( The farmer's market, more ... )
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| User: |  rowan_d |
| Date: | 2009-07-10 15:11 |
| Subject: | The First Xena "Five" |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: |  thoughtful | | Music: | "Keep Yourself Warm" by Frightened Rabbit |
I stayed up late last night being a writer again. So there.
These "Fives" will not appear in the order they were requested, I'm afraid the muse decides which ones will get written when. (She also writes little bits on several at once, disorganized botherment that she is.)
This is the one she decided would first come to fruition.
lab_brat asked for: Five times Xena didn't sleep with Gabrielle (any definition of "sleep" that you like)
Hope this meets the requirements. Most of them turned into actual fics, I think.:D
( It had been so long....so long... )
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| User: | oblomskaya |
| Date: | 2009-07-10 20:26 |
| Subject: | хм. |
| Security: | Public |
Я:
- Вот, такая проблема: у студентов [я русский преподаю] итоговая контрольная во вторник, а последнее занятие - в четверг, т.е. уже после. Что придумать для четверга, чтоб не сачканули? Упражнения-чтения-пересказы и тп. им уже надоели, надо что-то пооригинальней. Думала, учить с ними по ролям наизусть "У меня зазвонил телефон...", но как-то это несолидно, да?
Ребенок:
- Не, это детский сад. Знаешь, людям нравится это, как его, страноведение. Т.е. надо вам пить водку, лучше из самовара, и под музыку вон ту: Moskau, Moskau, Liebe schmeckt wie Kaviar!..
Представила себе самовар с Чингисханом и решила поспрашивать вокруг, может, есть у кого идеи поскромнее?
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"...знаете рок-оперу "Юнона и Авось" про любовь товарища графа Николая Резанова к дочери администратора военного городка Сан-Франциско в начале XIX века?... согласно учебнику по истории Калифорнии - California: An Interpretive History by James J Rawls and Walton Bean, все было не так. В частности, оказывается, что товарищ Кончита после смерти несостоявшегося супруга... не давала никакого обета молчания, а вообще проводила свою жизнь довольно жизнерадостно.
"К этому надо добавить, что у Ромео (Розанова)
дома оставалась жена с детьми. Но до них ли было в свете таких высоких чувств."
(из комментов к посту Радуловой про эээ Фаврона и Петронию, или как их, ну, не суть)
Как же я после стольких лет рада за Кончиту!
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I just saw an add telling us how good for us sugar is cause it gives us energy. (O_o) Advertising has gone past the bottom of the barrel. It's hitting the earth's layer of molten mag-mah.
In other news, I went shopping for the yummies for my party. I cannot, absolutely cannot, have a party without all the trimmings. Chips, nibbles, lollies, LOTS OF LOLLIES, dance lights, FOG MACHINE, bubble machine, BLACK LIGHT, mirror balls, glow sticks, decorations!
And my wig arrived! I shall look fucking awesome!! :D I just hope I can find some light pink stockings. :T
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So I'm going to Pennsic. And Andy is going to Canada for 3 weeks for improv workshops. And then I fly to Dance camp, then Andy and I have a week to get to know each other again, before we both go to Burning Man. It's going to be insane but awesome.
I'm actually getting super excited about Pennsic, and wishing that I'm going there for longer. But I think it's a good thing, wishing to be someplace for much longer.
Greg offered me a camping spot at Lurkr, which is a pretty awesome spot, right across the performance arts tent, and the dance tent. They also have Tuesday steak night, not that I will be there. But a pretty sweet looking meal plan.
Tonight I went to Arletta's ballet class, which.. I haven't been for a long time since she said I was rusty, then I was scared to go to her class, and I've been taking low level ballet class. But I went to her class and it was so much fun. Between her personality, good teaching, and our singing pianist, it was great. And yes, she still picked on me. After a combination, she called me out, and made me do a turn repeatedly until I got it right. Finally she told everyone else to try it as well so I would stop feeling embarassed. I was blushing. Gah. But whatever, it's good for me. And I know I needed to move up since the last elementary ballet class, I was thinking of mojitos while doing barre work, and wasn't really engaged until we started doing more complicated petit allegro. I'm getting the hang of saut de basques.
Then I went to a friends' place "The Almost Spider House" and saw Repo-man. That was.. interesting.
Caught up on SYTYCD.
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Hi Everyone!
I am twenty years old and thinking about starting ballet. I used to dance when I was little but my mom made me quit because I was doing a million other activities (and my mom hated the show moms). I would love to learn again because 1) I am overweight and dancing is the only form of exercise that I love and I know I exercise when I want to do better at dancing, 2) I love the look of a dancer's body, and 3) I am a musical theater freak and I know if I wanted to do a show again I would love to have some ballet moves under my belt. I am currently doing a ballet conditioning tape for exercising which is killing my thighs but making them strong and I have the NYC Ballet Exercise DVDs, but now I want an instructor and one who will help me based on my ability and to make sure that I am doing the exercise right.
I hope to see you all around the community!
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hello! i'm new and had a question for you all. i guess i'm what you all would call a re-beginner? i did ballet as a child (4 i think) and stopped somewhere near the age of 10 after declaring to my mother that i wanted to "try doing what those kids in the other studio" where doing (tap). sadly i kept twisting my ankles and after a while i was taken out. little did we know that was a precursor to my diagnosis of Fibromyalgia later down the road. i still have it, of course, but i miss the dancing. i blame HSM (#1) for me rediscovering my love of dancing.
a few days ago, i found out that "The Ballet Studio" in the artsy section of my town was not some boutique like i thought, but an actual studio. i'm slow, i know. in any case, i was eternally excited as i'd been asking for ballet shoes for any gift giving occasion to come my way. this fall however, i'm happy to say i will be starting the Intermediate-Advanced ballet class at my college! i'm so excited! there are even adult classes at the studio i found that i'm thinking about taking this summer.
now here's what's worrying me some. i'm short (5'3"), but was genetically lucky (at least to me) to have the short torso and long legs of the family. which i'm extremely proud of, as my sister tells me. but i'm also on the heavy side and b/c fibro robs the body of calcium deposits, weak ankled. i want eventually get to pointe in a year or so and more if needed, but how does one go from weak ankles and flat-footed, to pointe? the instructor i met at the studio said they'd get me there eventually but i wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not as i'm not interested in injuring myself. so should i go for the summer classes or just wait till fall?
thanks! and sorry if i rambled a bit. ^_^'
oops! forgot to mention that i'm freshly turned 20 as of this past May! :D
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I just started my period. TWO DAYS BEFORE MY FUCKING BIRTHDAY PARTY.
I can only hope I hit my Super-Lull where I feel like a million dollars and stop bleeding for a day before finishing off with a cramping, bloody climax.
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Remember the fabulous "Five Things" Meme that went around the SG-1 community a while back? (and I probably still have a couple prompts left I didn't finish, sorry, but I DID write a LOT of them and they got LONG! :D) I believe this meme is still going strong in its own LJ community, as well, it's just such a fun concept.
I think we should totally start this going around the Xena community!!!!!
(or re-start it if it went around before I arrived and I'm oblivious :))
So, I'll be the first victim!! (I'm so bogged down in so many HUGE projects right now, it would be nice to knock out a couple of smaller pieces in an organized format!)
For those new to the game, here's how it works. You reply with a prompt of 5 things you want to know about a Xena character or the Xenaverse. Things like "5 Times Joxer actually DID catch on to what was going on between his friends", or "Five things Ares wishes he never said", or "Five moments Xena was left breathless". Then I write them for you. The replies can be simple sentences or mini-fics. The muse dictates.:)
You can offer mulitple prompts to choose from, but I'm only going to make a hefty effort to complete one from each person until I've at least finished the first round. If I get inspired after that I may come back to the extras.:)
There's NO REQUIREMENT to post in your LJ just becuase you offer a prompt. I'd be thrilled if lots of other Xena writers picked this up, because it almost always produces some AWESOME reading material (can't promise that for my own writing, but...LOL), and I'm always hungry for brilliant Xena snippets. But please post prompts, one and all, no obligations.
Even if you're not really in the Xena fandom but know just enough to think of a prompt that strikes your fancy feel free to jump in.:)
For reference, my writing-comfort-zone requests: I write best if Xena herself is in the mix somewhere. I'll write almost any Xena het pairing. I only femslash Xena with Gabrielle (friendship, romantic friendship, or subtext are all fair game). I don't write m/m. I don't know enough Hercules canon for crossovers, but I can write Xena/Herc or Xena/Iolaus if it's not specific to a Herc ep. I'm BAD at fluff or humour, but you can try me if you can stomach my attempts.;)
Prompt me, please!!!!!!
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I missed my anti-migraine medication for a couple of days, and now I have a migraine. I don't have time for a migraine, I have a party to plan!!
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Давно хотела переосмыслить концовку "1984" и наконец-то дозрела. Получилось на английском.
1984 – An alternate ending.
(With many thanks to Ayn Rand)
As one might remember, after his crushing experience in the Room 101, Winston once met Julia in the Park. They acknowledged their mutual betrayal, and Julia confirmed to him what he also felt: "And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it was only a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn't really mean it. But it isn't true. At the time when it happens you do mean it. You think there is no other way of saving yourself and you are quite ready to save yourself this way. You want it to happen to other person. You don't give a damn what they suffer. All you care about is yourself." (1)
Winston quite agreed that this definitely changes one's feelings to one another as well. After that, there was not much to be said, so they sat in silence for a while, and than Julia asked casually, just to break it:
"So, what was it they used against you?"
Winston had some difficulties with telling her, but then he managed to whisper the horrible word.
"Rats? Are you afraid of them that much? Now, that's really funny."
"What's so funny about it?"
( Read more... )
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