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shadowkatAny fans of Cillian Murphy? I'm trying to figure out which movie of his to try next. He's done a lot of them. I've narrowed it done to "Red Lights", "Anna", "Sunshine", "Anthrodite", and "The Wind that Shakes the Barely."
Forgot to talk about "food bullies". I had a long chat with the lawyer, who is a sweetheart, at work. (The weird thing about my workplace - is I prefer the legal team of new nutty agency, but I preferred the management team of old nutty agency. Actually, wait a minute, I really can't say which management team I preferred - they both had their issues. I'm wondering if it is possible to be in management and not bully people? Either that, or I attract them like flies or they are more prevalent than I thought? ) At any rate, we are talking about food allergies. She's allergic to nightshades, and in her culture - people prepare food with a lot of night shades. (Night shades are vegetables that tend to grow at night - and various folks including myself are sensitive to them. Some more so than others. They include tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, potatoes...and cause inflammation.) In her culture - they use a lot of peppers and potatoes in food. And a spice, native to latin America - Annatto - and her friends and many family members, outside of her sister, can't figure out how to cook without it.
Then I read on Twitter about a woman who was whinging that a fashion designer came to her house for dinner, and brought their own food. Even though her husband, who is a chef, prepared an excellent meal - this individual who stated they were on a restricted diet for "health reasons" had to bring their own food. She was pissed off and felt the individual was rude. The idiot should have asked their guests if they had any food allergies or restrictions, and if they needed to bring their own food ahead of time. It's not hard. It takes two minutes to be mindful of others. Feeding others should be an act of love, not an act of vanity or pride.
My poor co-worker prepares and brings her own food all the time, as does my Aunt. I make my own lunches every day and never go out to eat for lunch any longer - it's akin to playing Russian Roulett. I struggled with my church and for a bit brought my own thing to various dinner parties - and potlucks. Did this with book clubs too.
But alas, as I told my co-worker, "People like to bully you with food."
There was a time that I had this conversation...pretty much daily:
Co-worker or boss: so have a cupcake, it won't kill you.
Me: Kind of will.
Co-worker or boss: Really? How? What happens?
Me: Do you really want to know?
Co-worker or boss (looks at me blankly).
ME: I'd get really sick.
Co-worker or boss: Oh. Then what can you eat?
ME: Anything without flour or barely in it.
Co-worker or boss: what's that?
ME: Meat, vegetables, fruit, yogurt...
Co-worker: can you eat potatoes?
ME: Yes. But I don't that often, and they don't tend to agree either.
Co-worker: what can you eat?
ME: Do you mean to tell me that you only eat bread? Potatoes? Pasta? And grains? Really?
Co-worker: Well, no...
I wonder about people sometimes.
***
Finished Lockwood and Company - which ended on a cliff-hanger of sorts.
It was well-done. Had the best world-building that I've seen to date. And by far the best execution of exposition - it was laid cleverly within the credits sequence, and spliced within the story, without weighing it down.
That's hard to do effectively.
Despite what Stephen King thinks - world-building is important to novels that take place in fantasy or science fiction universes. Otherwise the audience or reader gets lost.
We need to know where we are. And it helps if the rules are consistent.
I felt Lockwood and Co. succeeded here, where a lot of similar shows don't. Also, it was heavily grounded in YA or PG-14. It's not really an adult series, but I wouldn't say it's a kids show either exactly. It's too scary for anyone under 14, also the violence is PG-14.
**
Flirted with the Legend of Vox Machina again on Amazon. The art isn't bad. On the fence about it. I like a few of the characters though, the gunslinger, Percy, is different, and the twins. Everyone else is kind of a fantasy staple. But I've not seen a gunslinger in a fantasy series before, and the leader appears to be female.
Forgot to talk about "food bullies". I had a long chat with the lawyer, who is a sweetheart, at work. (The weird thing about my workplace - is I prefer the legal team of new nutty agency, but I preferred the management team of old nutty agency. Actually, wait a minute, I really can't say which management team I preferred - they both had their issues. I'm wondering if it is possible to be in management and not bully people? Either that, or I attract them like flies or they are more prevalent than I thought? ) At any rate, we are talking about food allergies. She's allergic to nightshades, and in her culture - people prepare food with a lot of night shades. (Night shades are vegetables that tend to grow at night - and various folks including myself are sensitive to them. Some more so than others. They include tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, potatoes...and cause inflammation.) In her culture - they use a lot of peppers and potatoes in food. And a spice, native to latin America - Annatto - and her friends and many family members, outside of her sister, can't figure out how to cook without it.
Then I read on Twitter about a woman who was whinging that a fashion designer came to her house for dinner, and brought their own food. Even though her husband, who is a chef, prepared an excellent meal - this individual who stated they were on a restricted diet for "health reasons" had to bring their own food. She was pissed off and felt the individual was rude. The idiot should have asked their guests if they had any food allergies or restrictions, and if they needed to bring their own food ahead of time. It's not hard. It takes two minutes to be mindful of others. Feeding others should be an act of love, not an act of vanity or pride.
My poor co-worker prepares and brings her own food all the time, as does my Aunt. I make my own lunches every day and never go out to eat for lunch any longer - it's akin to playing Russian Roulett. I struggled with my church and for a bit brought my own thing to various dinner parties - and potlucks. Did this with book clubs too.
But alas, as I told my co-worker, "People like to bully you with food."
There was a time that I had this conversation...pretty much daily:
Co-worker or boss: so have a cupcake, it won't kill you.
Me: Kind of will.
Co-worker or boss: Really? How? What happens?
Me: Do you really want to know?
Co-worker or boss (looks at me blankly).
ME: I'd get really sick.
Co-worker or boss: Oh. Then what can you eat?
ME: Anything without flour or barely in it.
Co-worker or boss: what's that?
ME: Meat, vegetables, fruit, yogurt...
Co-worker: can you eat potatoes?
ME: Yes. But I don't that often, and they don't tend to agree either.
Co-worker: what can you eat?
ME: Do you mean to tell me that you only eat bread? Potatoes? Pasta? And grains? Really?
Co-worker: Well, no...
I wonder about people sometimes.
***
Finished Lockwood and Company - which ended on a cliff-hanger of sorts.
It was well-done. Had the best world-building that I've seen to date. And by far the best execution of exposition - it was laid cleverly within the credits sequence, and spliced within the story, without weighing it down.
That's hard to do effectively.
Despite what Stephen King thinks - world-building is important to novels that take place in fantasy or science fiction universes. Otherwise the audience or reader gets lost.
We need to know where we are. And it helps if the rules are consistent.
I felt Lockwood and Co. succeeded here, where a lot of similar shows don't. Also, it was heavily grounded in YA or PG-14. It's not really an adult series, but I wouldn't say it's a kids show either exactly. It's too scary for anyone under 14, also the violence is PG-14.
**
Flirted with the Legend of Vox Machina again on Amazon. The art isn't bad. On the fence about it. I like a few of the characters though, the gunslinger, Percy, is different, and the twins. Everyone else is kind of a fantasy staple. But I've not seen a gunslinger in a fantasy series before, and the leader appears to be female.
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Date: 2023-02-05 08:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2023-02-05 03:42 pm (UTC)Good to know about , I too appreciate consistency, makes it all easier to believe.
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Date: 2023-02-05 10:32 pm (UTC)But she was SO conscious of her "weird" eating habits and worried that people would get mad at her. I remember inviting her to dinner one time - I said I was making lasagna, garlic bread and salad. And she said, oh, I shouldn't come, you'll be upset, because I won't eat the lasagna. I asked if she would eat the garlic bread or salad? And she said, oh yes, she would eat that - as long as the salad had no dressing on it. Sure, no problem - I won't dress the salad, everyone can drizzle some on their own portion.
Mostly I said - I wanted her to come because I wanted her *there* - and I wanted there to be something she could eat - and if that wasn't lasagna, but only the sides - then that's easy - as long as she's happy with that - I'll just make sure there is LOTS of salad and bread, LOL
I do not understand the concept of policing other adults' food choices? Children, yes, if they are your responsibility - because children are just learning and experiencing food for the first time - and should, in my opinion, be exposed to lots of different things and encouraged to try everything. But once you're an adult - you've probably figured out what you like and don't like, and what you can and cannot eat? And who am I to *argue* with you over that? I can't possibly know better?
And LOL at the coworker wondering "but, what can you eat?" when faced with avoiding grains and potatoes.
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Date: 2023-02-06 03:29 pm (UTC)