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I'm baked Lasagna, which while fairly easy, is also kind of tricky? It has a high carb count, but is also high in protein, dietary fiber, and lasts six days. And a great winter meal. Has about three minutes to go. Most of the time - is in the prep. The prep is tricky. You can do veggie lasagna, I just don't like it? I suppose I should figure it out at some point - it's most likely healthier for well everyone involved. I'm letting it sit for about fifteen minutes. It's a smaller lasgana, half the size of the one I made at Christmas. I'm thinking of hunting for an even smaller pan so I can make an even smaller one. The hardest thing about cooking for one person? All the recipes are for four to eight people, sometimes two to four. Same with anything I buy in the grocery store - it's getting better. I can now get one or two servings. Very fulling. Topped it off with a Cesare Salad.
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Finished watching the film Emile Perez. Thanks to colls for the rec! It was everything colls said it was and more. I adored it.
Made the mistake of rec'ing it to Wales.
Wales: I tried watching Emile Perez and had to stop. Too dark.
This is a person who bought the book Lovecraft Country, loves and I do mean loves Patricia Highsmith novels, read Highsmith's biography, and adores White Lotus, and horror. She also watches or listens to the news incessantly, specifically the political news. And likes football - a violent game, hardly bright and cheerful. Plus is into Punk Rock - which I wouldn't describe as cheery.
Dark? Ha. It's probably worth stating that Wales and I define dark differently? Also there's nothing more annoying than when I want to squee about a film I loved to a friend and they couldn't watch it, because it was too dark. Wales is polluting my happy place with her negative energy - and it's just by text.
It is a musical. Or rather a contemporary Spanish Opera? Mostly in Spanish, with a little English here and there. I forgot after a certain point that it was in Spanish. (I'm strongly considering learning Spanish.) I don't know if people who hate musicals will like it or not? People are weird about musicals? I've never understood the dislike for musicals. There's more going on than in a concert. You have a story. You have music. You have poetry. You have dance. What's not to like? Visuals plus music. Granted there are bad musicals out there - but seriously that is true of everything. And it's so subjective.
Anyhow - the film is about a Mexican Cartel boss who hires a reluctant down on her luck female lawyer (Zoe Saladane) to help him transition to a woman. It is also a queer love story (not between the lawyer and the former mob boss). I found it to be hauntingly beautiful in spots, and tragic in others. Also, oddly uplifting - in how hopeful it was? It really takes you inside the point of view of someone transitioning, and those around them. The principal points of view in the film are Emila Perez, Rita Moreno (the lawyer), and Perez's wife, Jessica (who is more supporting). All three women are complex and their stories will haunt me for a long time.
Here's a teaser:
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Decided to get off my lazy ass - and took a walk. Ended up at Lofty Pigeons Book Store on Church Avenue, and bought two books and a daily cat calendar for the office (although will wait until they replace the rugs next weekend to bring it in).
Bought "Small Things Like These by Clair Keegan" - in hardback, it's a novella that was adapted into a film recently. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and a NY Times top 100 Book of the 21st Century, apparently.
I got curious - because people stated in the reviews that it is a haunting novel that they keep re-reading and thinking about.
Also bough "Tale of Genji" - which I'd been meaning to get for a while now. Thought about James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small - but I might just grab that on the Kindle - where it is cheaper. Got a discount of $6, because I'm a member at the book store and buy a lot of things there.
It's a book store. I can't stop myself from buying things in book stores.
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Finished watching the film Emile Perez. Thanks to colls for the rec! It was everything colls said it was and more. I adored it.
Made the mistake of rec'ing it to Wales.
Wales: I tried watching Emile Perez and had to stop. Too dark.
This is a person who bought the book Lovecraft Country, loves and I do mean loves Patricia Highsmith novels, read Highsmith's biography, and adores White Lotus, and horror. She also watches or listens to the news incessantly, specifically the political news. And likes football - a violent game, hardly bright and cheerful. Plus is into Punk Rock - which I wouldn't describe as cheery.
Dark? Ha. It's probably worth stating that Wales and I define dark differently? Also there's nothing more annoying than when I want to squee about a film I loved to a friend and they couldn't watch it, because it was too dark. Wales is polluting my happy place with her negative energy - and it's just by text.
It is a musical. Or rather a contemporary Spanish Opera? Mostly in Spanish, with a little English here and there. I forgot after a certain point that it was in Spanish. (I'm strongly considering learning Spanish.) I don't know if people who hate musicals will like it or not? People are weird about musicals? I've never understood the dislike for musicals. There's more going on than in a concert. You have a story. You have music. You have poetry. You have dance. What's not to like? Visuals plus music. Granted there are bad musicals out there - but seriously that is true of everything. And it's so subjective.
Anyhow - the film is about a Mexican Cartel boss who hires a reluctant down on her luck female lawyer (Zoe Saladane) to help him transition to a woman. It is also a queer love story (not between the lawyer and the former mob boss). I found it to be hauntingly beautiful in spots, and tragic in others. Also, oddly uplifting - in how hopeful it was? It really takes you inside the point of view of someone transitioning, and those around them. The principal points of view in the film are Emila Perez, Rita Moreno (the lawyer), and Perez's wife, Jessica (who is more supporting). All three women are complex and their stories will haunt me for a long time.
Here's a teaser:
***
Decided to get off my lazy ass - and took a walk. Ended up at Lofty Pigeons Book Store on Church Avenue, and bought two books and a daily cat calendar for the office (although will wait until they replace the rugs next weekend to bring it in).
Bought "Small Things Like These by Clair Keegan" - in hardback, it's a novella that was adapted into a film recently. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and a NY Times top 100 Book of the 21st Century, apparently.
I got curious - because people stated in the reviews that it is a haunting novel that they keep re-reading and thinking about.
Also bough "Tale of Genji" - which I'd been meaning to get for a while now. Thought about James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small - but I might just grab that on the Kindle - where it is cheaper. Got a discount of $6, because I'm a member at the book store and buy a lot of things there.
It's a book store. I can't stop myself from buying things in book stores.