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ellen_fremedon!coffee and inkLet the whole world crumble, so long as I can read another page. And then another after that. And then a hundred more. --Michael Dirda, Readings |
Friday 20 November 2009 4:24 pm
This post is dedicated to tags: tv: vampire diaries
shewhohashope. ( Equally co-dependent brothers, fewer dead women )
Friday 13 November 2009 12:10 am
( So I read spoilers and drank two glasses of wine before watching the episode )tags: tv: supernatural
Yesterday there were purple cauliflower and purple broccoli at the farmers' market. (The broccoli is darker. The cauliflower is really lavender.) I still have orange cauliflower from last week, though, so I only bought bread and apples.
Tuesday 3 November 2009 8:37 pm
These are two of the easiest recipes I know which still involve enough chopping and application of heat to qualify as recipes.( Roasted Garlic Soup )
( Sort-of Hashbrowns )
- Red leaf lettuce
- Yellow cherry tomatoes
- Purple potatoes
(I love these. They look like they've been stained with ink. I cook them with orange and yellow vegetables and feel festive.) - Orange, white, and Japanese sweet potatoes
- A branch of brussel sprouts
- Peasant bread, brownies, and cider donuts
- Orange and white cauliflower
- Parsley, rosemary, and thyme (no sage)
- Kabocha and delicata
- Honey and pumpkin butter
- Leeks
- Carrots and parsnips
- Garlic
Then I staggered into Barnes & Noble, straight past the signs that say "NO OUTSIDE FOOD IN STORE" and up to the cafe where I deposited my bags, bought some coffee, and did some actual work before taking advantage of the free wireless.
Wednesday 28 October 2009 4:11 pm
- {Via handyhunter} Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story.
- Also see handyhunter's discussion of Justina Chen Headley's Girl Overboard (with spoilers):
Also, I read Justina Chen Headley's Girl Overboard, and simultaneously want everyone in the world to read it right now and to keep it to myself because I feel protective of it. I've also realized that I have to make myself read stories about Chinese people or I just won't. It's like I've gotten so used to the idea of being invisible or in the background that putting our stories front and center is...IDK, hard to read. Part of it is fear of getting us wrong or exoticising us, but I think part of it is also expecting stories to be about white people that when it isn't, it's kind of weird and worrying. I mean, it shouldn't be easier to watch Firefly than it is to read Cindy Pon's Silver Phoenix or Secret Identities, and yet... Guess which ones I haven't finished? I have these books because I like supporting these efforts. I just haven't read them...yet?
- thingswithwings discusses The Making of the Yuletide Vid, with particular notice of race, representation, media, and fandom and my favorite crack fandom, Angel Sanctuary.
- Joan Slonczewski on biology in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy
- {via delux_vivens @
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deadbrowalking} SAG Stats: Diversity Lags (aka, Still Sucks to Be a Woman, Non-White, or Disabled in Hollywood) - zahrawithaz has an ongoing series of posts on race and gender in Merlin ('ware fail in the comments):
- How Not to Handle a Woman: The Problem(s) with Morgana
- What It Means to Me to Have a Black Guinevere
- The White Mists of Avalon: Thoughts on Morgana's Race
- How Not to Handle a Woman: The Problem(s) with Morgana
Saturday 24 October 2009 12:05 am
( Read more... )In other news, the latest episode of Fringe has the stupidest depiction of addiction ever in the entire universe and I include Buffy Season Six and Supernatural Season Four and that one Sweet Valley High novel where Regina tried coke for the first time ever and died of a heart attack because DRUGS ARE BAD FOR YOU, 'MMKAY? but otherwise was significantly less insulting and painful than Dollhouse. It has a reserved female lead and "science" even more cracktastic than Heroes. I think I like it, except for that addiction thing. Fortunately the addiction thing was part of a one-off plot and should not reappear in the arc.
( I described this to a friend on IM so I will share the misery with those of you smart enough to have stopped watching this atrocity. Also contains spoilers for Fringe, but only one episode and the thing it's spoiling is TOO STUPID FOR WORDS, so you shouldn't care. )
Guys, I have just mainlined 35 episodes in 5 days and I must inform you that Chuck is MADE OF AWESOME.