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I did the birthday calculator thing linked on silkandstalking 's LJ, and the most interesting part of it is this:
Your birth tree is
Chestnut Tree, the Honesty
Of unusual beauty, does not want to impress, well-developed sense of justice, vivacious, interested, a born diplomat, but irritable and sensitive in company, often due to a lack of self-confidence, acts ( Read more... ) -
What I've learned about men
This evening's shift at BME provided another lesson about men:
If, while drunk, two of your buddies are talked into wrestling in jello, you will NEVER let them live it down.
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movie review
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Quick Info
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakum, January Jones, Melissa Leo
Year of Release: 2006
Country: USA
Language: English & Spanish
Awards: Best Actor (Cannes), Best Screenplay (Cannes), Grand Prix (Flanders)
Genre: Western, Drama
MPAA Rating: R
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romance novel heroes
I have been wondering - why is it in time-travel romances, the heroine is always from the future, the hero always from the past? Katrina offered up that it's likely because that way the reader can identify with the heroine more, but I'm not convinced that's the answer.
Know what I think? I think it's the same reason that the man is always a lord ( Read more... ) -
movie review
Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding)
Quick Info
Director: Carlos Saura
Starring: Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Juan Antonio Jiménez, Pilar Cárdenas, Carmen Villena
Year of Release: 1981
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Awards: Best Film (CEC), Best Film (Premios ACE)
Genre: Dance, Tragic Romance
MPAA Rating: not rated
My Rating: **** (meaning?)
Synopsis :
A ( Read more... ) -
movie review
The Third Man
Quick Info
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard
Year of Release: 1949
Country: UK
Language: English
Awards: Best Cinematography (Oscar), Best British Film (BAFTA), Grand Prix (Cannes)
Genre: Film Noir
MPAA Rating: not rated
My Rating: ****+ (meaning?)
Synopsis :
Holly Martins, a destitute American ( Read more... ) -
Sunday
- 4 crescent rolls
- 4.5 tablespoons goat cheese
- 12 raw baby carrots
- 3 tablespoons hummus
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 large bowl of stew (beef, kale, carrots, potatoes, onions, beef broth, wine, tamari)
- 1 raw banana
- 1 bowl of Vanilla Almond Crunch cereal with 1 cup whole milk
- 8 oz. apple juice
- 32 oz. water -
Tuesday
- 1 box Annie's pasta with white cheddar sauce
- 1 peanut butter & jelly sandwich on Dakota bread
- 1 snack bag carrots with tablespoon ranch dressing
- 6 oz. yogurt
- 16 oz. 100% juice blackberry/blueberry/banana smoothie
- 16 oz. lemonade
- 32 oz. water -
Monday
- 4 slices cinnamon apple coffee cake
- 5 slices uncured bacon
- 16 oz. brocolli/carrots/corn/pasta combo + 1/2 lb. bay scallops in garlic sauce
- 3/4 bar Green & Black's organic dark chocolate
- 1 sandwich (raw peanut butter, organic strawberry jelly, Dakota bread)
- 32 oz. water
- 16 oz. tea
- 16 oz. whole milk, unhomoginized -
Wednesday
- 3 cinnamon rolls
- 4 sausages
- 1 sandwich (roast beef, cheese, mayo, Dakota bread)
- 1 sandwich (PBJ, Dakota bread)
- 1 raw plum
- 1 yogurt
- 20 oz. water
- 32 oz. 100% juice