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shadowkat1. Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Try Something New
I had several of my photographs framed and sent to me, with magnets on the back.
2. Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Personal Win
And I helped a co-worker work on a short-story for a contest she'd entered.
3. International Customs Day
Have I ever been stopped at Customs when travelling?
Very long time ago, and don't have much memory of it. It was in the 1980s. And I think they were checking everyone? It's a vague memory. I'm not the sort of person who gets stopped, unless they are just randomly checking folks. I did recently get stopped on the way to the subway by the NYPD, but again they were randomly checking everyone.
My brother on the other hand - did get stopped quite a bit.
4. Friday Five, or rather Saturday Five...
*. Do you cook regularly or does someone else cook for you?
I live alone, and I have a lot of dietary restrictions. So? I cook for myself. I don't even go out to lunch at work. (If someone were to come along and offer to do all the cooking? I'd let them. I envy my brother - who kind of got that with sisinlaw. Basically I need a personal chef, who doesn't cost me anything.)
*. Which are you better at making: sweet or savory foods?
Savory - I can throw together main meals from whatever I find in the fridge/pantry, but I rarely bake from scratch. Baking requires precise measurements (and well, I can't eat grains - so even more precise than usual and a lot harder). It's easier to do savory with massive dietary restrictions.
*. If you had to work as a chef in a restaurant of your choice, which restaurant would best complement your current culinary skills?
God knows. Probably some gluten-free organic establishment?
*. What is a cooking tip that you know, but other people generally aren’t aware of?
You can bake anything in aluminum foil. It's cheap, it's easy, and cuts down on clean-up. Also you don't have to buy a dutch oven or clay pot. My mother taught it to me - and I discovered it on the Naked Chef. I bake chicken, salmon, other types of fish...and works like a charm.
*. Do you have a recipe you would like to share?
Rainbow Trout with lemon and bacon, baked in aluminum foil. Just a bit of sea salt.
For a while I was making quiches with store bought Gluten Free Crust, I'd mix together three-four eggs, a cup of half n half milk, salt, red pepper, garlic powder, parsley - set aside.
Pre-Bake the crust for ten minutes, under aluminum foil. Remove foil, five more minutes until light brown.
Line it with spinach, shredded cheddar or gruyere cheese. Also, anything else I wanted like bacon, proscuitto, mushrooms or onions.
Pour in the milk and egg mixture.
Bake for about 45-50 minutes at 375 or thereabouts.
Kind of got it memorized. You can also do it without the crust, a crustless quiche in a glass pan, which I've done and considered. And it's possible to do it as mini-muffins in cups or greased tin.
5. Television shows...
Watched two more episodes of The Crown
Got past Diana's death, finally. The Crown really reams the media and the British public (if there's a villain in this series - it's the British public and the media). It shows how toxic the relationship between the Crown, the British Public and the Media truly is, and how it is really to blame for Diana and Dodi's deaths. In the episode featuring her death - we watch as the paparazzi or media follow her from Monaco to Paris. How Dodi's father is so intent on getting in with the royal family and being part of it - that he throws his son into the mix of this, and alerts the media to their whereabouts, without truly comprehending the consequences.
People mob her in Monaco - to the point that they hide in jewelry store and retreat out the back. And in Paris, they tail her on motor bikes and cars flashing cameras in her face from the moment she leaves the airport to Dodi's flat, to the Ritz, to the Windsor Chalet, and basically everywhere they go. It's painful and infuriating to watch.
The point the series makes - and it makes this from the get go - is that the British public, the British media, and the Royal Family are in a highly toxic co-dependent relationship to their mutual detriment and they can't figure out how to get out of it, and don't really want to.
Reminds me of something the Sr. Minister of my church stated long ago, which continues to resonate - "You will worship something. Just be careful about what that something is." This is true, everyone worships something or is a fan of something. But, worshiping people either as individuals or as a group is a colossally bad idea. People are flawed and bound to disappoint. Also, it's toxic to everyone involved, no one wins in that situation. Don't do it. Look at what happened to Diana? It killed her. The royal family didn't kill Diana, her idiotic fans killed Diana. When they figure that out, and take accountability, the world will be a better place.
The Barbra Streisand Memoir kind of echoes this sentiment. Most of Streisand's problems stem from her fame - which she despises. She really didn't like being in the media, gossiped about, criticized. She details a 60 minutes interview with Mike Wallace in the 1990s that had her in tears.
He ripped into her - showed her an interview with her mother, who said that Barbra was incapable of getting close to anyone, than asked her how she felt about that - on camera in front of millions of viewers - when all Barbra was trying to do was promote her film, The Prince of Tides. That's an example of the toxic relationship between the media, the public and celebrities right there. Fannish devotion to humans is toxic and unhealthy to everyone.
James Marsters (who portrayed the vampire Spike), states that at the height of the cult series popularity, he had to hide from people. If he stood on a street corner for more than fifteen minutes, he'd be mobbed. Mobbed.
And George Clooney states, Fame is the Cancer of Success - he talked about how every time Brad Pitt visited the beach with him, Brad got mobbed. Bryan Cranston talked about how Robert Deniro hides in his apartment in Manhattan and keeps working, because it's the only time he can really go out and about, without fear of being mobbed, he's on set.
I like NYC because most New Yorkers ignore celebrities. We barely notice them. I never do. And if I did, I wouldn't go up to them. That's how you can tell a true New Yorker - the tendency to ignore celebrities.
Part of the controversy over the final season of the Crown, is a lot of folks wanted the Royal Family to be the bad guys. Or Prince Charles. Mainly because Diana fans don't want to be held accountable for her death. And this series - holds them accountable. It really blasts the media and her fandom. Charles is actually painted in a sympathetic light. (However, I do agree that Dominic West may be too charismatic and attractive for Charles. He doesn't look anything like him. Pryce also is odd casting for Phillip.
Everyone else works. Debricki looks like Diana and is perfect in the role.
West does a good job of playing Charles, but I don't think he fits the role well - because he's too charming and attractive? But I do believe he broke down when she died. I mean to say he didn't? How do you know? The British tabloids? Please.
**
My Adventures with Superman on MAX, WB animation. This is fun, and the animation is classic Warner Brothers, and rather decent. I like it better than the animation for Invincible (Prime - which reminds me a bit too much of King of the Hill, and Bojack Horsemen for its own good), or The X-men 1997 (Disney +) which ahem, is worse and too cartoonish.
Some nice twists on the Superman story. Also, having his adoptive father still alive works for me. (I like the Superman trope - but not for the reasons you may think? I like it because it's about an alien who is struggling to be a hero in a world that would dissect him and kill him, if it ever discovered he was an alien. It's the ultimate outsider trying to help and save others story trope.)
Lois is a bit annoying here, as is Jimmy. But they always are a bit annoying, so there's that.
At least both are POC, as is the Editor of the Daily Planet. So Clark stands out more.
What If? S2: Episode 1
Excellent Animation. If they could just use this for everything regarding superheroes on Disney + that isn't live action, life would be good.
Also Karen Gillian does a great job with the vocals.
This first episode focuses on Nebula, and it's "what if Nebula joined Nova Corps"? Unlike S1, this episode ends on a bright note.
I enjoyed it.
I had several of my photographs framed and sent to me, with magnets on the back.
2. Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Personal Win
And I helped a co-worker work on a short-story for a contest she'd entered.
3. International Customs Day
Have I ever been stopped at Customs when travelling?
Very long time ago, and don't have much memory of it. It was in the 1980s. And I think they were checking everyone? It's a vague memory. I'm not the sort of person who gets stopped, unless they are just randomly checking folks. I did recently get stopped on the way to the subway by the NYPD, but again they were randomly checking everyone.
My brother on the other hand - did get stopped quite a bit.
4. Friday Five, or rather Saturday Five...
*. Do you cook regularly or does someone else cook for you?
I live alone, and I have a lot of dietary restrictions. So? I cook for myself. I don't even go out to lunch at work. (If someone were to come along and offer to do all the cooking? I'd let them. I envy my brother - who kind of got that with sisinlaw. Basically I need a personal chef, who doesn't cost me anything.)
*. Which are you better at making: sweet or savory foods?
Savory - I can throw together main meals from whatever I find in the fridge/pantry, but I rarely bake from scratch. Baking requires precise measurements (and well, I can't eat grains - so even more precise than usual and a lot harder). It's easier to do savory with massive dietary restrictions.
*. If you had to work as a chef in a restaurant of your choice, which restaurant would best complement your current culinary skills?
God knows. Probably some gluten-free organic establishment?
*. What is a cooking tip that you know, but other people generally aren’t aware of?
You can bake anything in aluminum foil. It's cheap, it's easy, and cuts down on clean-up. Also you don't have to buy a dutch oven or clay pot. My mother taught it to me - and I discovered it on the Naked Chef. I bake chicken, salmon, other types of fish...and works like a charm.
*. Do you have a recipe you would like to share?
Rainbow Trout with lemon and bacon, baked in aluminum foil. Just a bit of sea salt.
For a while I was making quiches with store bought Gluten Free Crust, I'd mix together three-four eggs, a cup of half n half milk, salt, red pepper, garlic powder, parsley - set aside.
Pre-Bake the crust for ten minutes, under aluminum foil. Remove foil, five more minutes until light brown.
Line it with spinach, shredded cheddar or gruyere cheese. Also, anything else I wanted like bacon, proscuitto, mushrooms or onions.
Pour in the milk and egg mixture.
Bake for about 45-50 minutes at 375 or thereabouts.
Kind of got it memorized. You can also do it without the crust, a crustless quiche in a glass pan, which I've done and considered. And it's possible to do it as mini-muffins in cups or greased tin.
5. Television shows...
Watched two more episodes of The Crown
Got past Diana's death, finally. The Crown really reams the media and the British public (if there's a villain in this series - it's the British public and the media). It shows how toxic the relationship between the Crown, the British Public and the Media truly is, and how it is really to blame for Diana and Dodi's deaths. In the episode featuring her death - we watch as the paparazzi or media follow her from Monaco to Paris. How Dodi's father is so intent on getting in with the royal family and being part of it - that he throws his son into the mix of this, and alerts the media to their whereabouts, without truly comprehending the consequences.
People mob her in Monaco - to the point that they hide in jewelry store and retreat out the back. And in Paris, they tail her on motor bikes and cars flashing cameras in her face from the moment she leaves the airport to Dodi's flat, to the Ritz, to the Windsor Chalet, and basically everywhere they go. It's painful and infuriating to watch.
The point the series makes - and it makes this from the get go - is that the British public, the British media, and the Royal Family are in a highly toxic co-dependent relationship to their mutual detriment and they can't figure out how to get out of it, and don't really want to.
Reminds me of something the Sr. Minister of my church stated long ago, which continues to resonate - "You will worship something. Just be careful about what that something is." This is true, everyone worships something or is a fan of something. But, worshiping people either as individuals or as a group is a colossally bad idea. People are flawed and bound to disappoint. Also, it's toxic to everyone involved, no one wins in that situation. Don't do it. Look at what happened to Diana? It killed her. The royal family didn't kill Diana, her idiotic fans killed Diana. When they figure that out, and take accountability, the world will be a better place.
The Barbra Streisand Memoir kind of echoes this sentiment. Most of Streisand's problems stem from her fame - which she despises. She really didn't like being in the media, gossiped about, criticized. She details a 60 minutes interview with Mike Wallace in the 1990s that had her in tears.
He ripped into her - showed her an interview with her mother, who said that Barbra was incapable of getting close to anyone, than asked her how she felt about that - on camera in front of millions of viewers - when all Barbra was trying to do was promote her film, The Prince of Tides. That's an example of the toxic relationship between the media, the public and celebrities right there. Fannish devotion to humans is toxic and unhealthy to everyone.
James Marsters (who portrayed the vampire Spike), states that at the height of the cult series popularity, he had to hide from people. If he stood on a street corner for more than fifteen minutes, he'd be mobbed. Mobbed.
And George Clooney states, Fame is the Cancer of Success - he talked about how every time Brad Pitt visited the beach with him, Brad got mobbed. Bryan Cranston talked about how Robert Deniro hides in his apartment in Manhattan and keeps working, because it's the only time he can really go out and about, without fear of being mobbed, he's on set.
I like NYC because most New Yorkers ignore celebrities. We barely notice them. I never do. And if I did, I wouldn't go up to them. That's how you can tell a true New Yorker - the tendency to ignore celebrities.
Part of the controversy over the final season of the Crown, is a lot of folks wanted the Royal Family to be the bad guys. Or Prince Charles. Mainly because Diana fans don't want to be held accountable for her death. And this series - holds them accountable. It really blasts the media and her fandom. Charles is actually painted in a sympathetic light. (However, I do agree that Dominic West may be too charismatic and attractive for Charles. He doesn't look anything like him. Pryce also is odd casting for Phillip.
Everyone else works. Debricki looks like Diana and is perfect in the role.
West does a good job of playing Charles, but I don't think he fits the role well - because he's too charming and attractive? But I do believe he broke down when she died. I mean to say he didn't? How do you know? The British tabloids? Please.
**
My Adventures with Superman on MAX, WB animation. This is fun, and the animation is classic Warner Brothers, and rather decent. I like it better than the animation for Invincible (Prime - which reminds me a bit too much of King of the Hill, and Bojack Horsemen for its own good), or The X-men 1997 (Disney +) which ahem, is worse and too cartoonish.
Some nice twists on the Superman story. Also, having his adoptive father still alive works for me. (I like the Superman trope - but not for the reasons you may think? I like it because it's about an alien who is struggling to be a hero in a world that would dissect him and kill him, if it ever discovered he was an alien. It's the ultimate outsider trying to help and save others story trope.)
Lois is a bit annoying here, as is Jimmy. But they always are a bit annoying, so there's that.
At least both are POC, as is the Editor of the Daily Planet. So Clark stands out more.
What If? S2: Episode 1
Excellent Animation. If they could just use this for everything regarding superheroes on Disney + that isn't live action, life would be good.
Also Karen Gillian does a great job with the vocals.
This first episode focuses on Nebula, and it's "what if Nebula joined Nova Corps"? Unlike S1, this episode ends on a bright note.
I enjoyed it.
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Date: 2024-01-28 02:41 pm (UTC)The 5th and 6th Seasons cast doesn't quite work as well as previous seasons.