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aphrodite_mine) wrote2022-04-23 05:48 pm
aphrodite_mine) wrote2022-04-23 05:48 pm
she's underwater again
Movies (9/15)
The Night House. Knew it starred Rebecca Hall early on but then forgot and suggested it for our movie night blind. What a nice surprise! She does grief SO well. The architecture of this, and empty-house-in-empty-woods horror generally worked well for me, and I wanted to like the narrative shifts more than I did. I suppose the movie I ultimately wanted would have been a very different film. The end is a bit bonkers, but didn't lose me. Just didn't really grab me either.
Podcasts Worth Sharing (5/10)
This Is Love, episode "Seeing and Being Seen" (linked) beautiful love story featuring one of my favorite romantic things - the desire to capture and recapture a lover in art. Had an RP where we touched on this briefly, but the root for me really is "Transatlantacism" the Skins fic by sivi from oh, 15 years ago. Do I still have my book-printed copy? Maybe I mailed it to a friend. Effy as a lovestricken photographer just works, and this trope is seared into my heart.
New Recipes (9/12)
Not a full recipe here, since the pasta was all store bought and frozen, but I've made things that required less work that counted, so I'm counting it! Garlic Butter Sauce for Tortellini. My first time making a sauce with corn starch! I think it mostly worked, even though I misread the directions and combined two steps. No one has died.
I don't know if I've mentioned it here, but I LOVE limited edition flavors. Mountain Dew and sodas are the worst offenders that I can't resist. Oreos are a 50-50 shot if I want to try, baking mixes and cereals don't tempt me. But SODA. The new Flamin' Hot Mountain Dew surprised me in the store today and reviews are SO mixed that I had to try. Do you care about soda reviews? Probably not! But: more straight lime cirtrus and apparently the level of heat fluctuates between cans because we have had two so far in otherwise identical conditions where one was MUCH more tingly. It is good.
The Night House. Knew it starred Rebecca Hall early on but then forgot and suggested it for our movie night blind. What a nice surprise! She does grief SO well. The architecture of this, and empty-house-in-empty-woods horror generally worked well for me, and I wanted to like the narrative shifts more than I did. I suppose the movie I ultimately wanted would have been a very different film. The end is a bit bonkers, but didn't lose me. Just didn't really grab me either.
Podcasts Worth Sharing (5/10)
This Is Love, episode "Seeing and Being Seen" (linked) beautiful love story featuring one of my favorite romantic things - the desire to capture and recapture a lover in art. Had an RP where we touched on this briefly, but the root for me really is "Transatlantacism" the Skins fic by sivi from oh, 15 years ago. Do I still have my book-printed copy? Maybe I mailed it to a friend. Effy as a lovestricken photographer just works, and this trope is seared into my heart.
New Recipes (9/12)
Not a full recipe here, since the pasta was all store bought and frozen, but I've made things that required less work that counted, so I'm counting it! Garlic Butter Sauce for Tortellini. My first time making a sauce with corn starch! I think it mostly worked, even though I misread the directions and combined two steps. No one has died.
I don't know if I've mentioned it here, but I LOVE limited edition flavors. Mountain Dew and sodas are the worst offenders that I can't resist. Oreos are a 50-50 shot if I want to try, baking mixes and cereals don't tempt me. But SODA. The new Flamin' Hot Mountain Dew surprised me in the store today and reviews are SO mixed that I had to try. Do you care about soda reviews? Probably not! But: more straight lime cirtrus and apparently the level of heat fluctuates between cans because we have had two so far in otherwise identical conditions where one was MUCH more tingly. It is good.
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I had not heard of the brand extension of Flamin' Hot into soda, but I'm equal parts intrigued and horrified. :D
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Flamin' Hot Dew is SO GOOD, but feels like maybe it is giving an ulcer in real time?
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My phoned totally autocorrected that to I am triggered. Ahahaha. Dies laughing.
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:D :D :D