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rose_griffes) wrote2021-01-14 07:47 pm
rose_griffes) wrote2021-01-14 07:47 pm
Hark, tis an update!
Attempting a quick update: my country is on fire.
Not literally. Yet.
I'm going to ignore that and focus on recent media consumption. Still watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season seven, and cackled aloud multiple times during the episode set in the 1980s. The multiple 80s media references were hilarious and spot-on, including the robots with human voices, exaggerated blood splatter accompanying an offscreen death, disembodied digital heads on tv, and Russians with short-cropped blond hair. Oh, and Mack's "tie on the headband" montage! Hee!
Roommate H and I are watching Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings adaptation. It's been a looooong time since I've watched them. H hasn't seen them, so I'm enjoying her newby reactions. The most common one is simply confusion at the many, many names. The Nazgul are the Dark Riders are the Ring Wraiths are the Nine, just for example. She does like them so far, even if she finds them a bit intense at times. Her media choices don't usually include battle scenes, for instance.
Even I'm finding things a bit much at times. I'll need to brace myself for The Return of the King, given that it has moooore battle scenes than the other two movies.
No book update now; I'm re-reading a favorite fanfic instead. Because my country is on not-literal fire and I can't focus.
Not media: I tried this grain-free, dairy-free brownie recipe and liked it. I had my usual reaction to this type of recipe: at first I have to process how it's different from the standard end result, so I don't really know how I feel about the altered product until a few bites later.
Anyway, all of this to say: reasonably tasty and acceptable in texture, but would be even better with some pecans and marshmallows.
Not literally. Yet.
I'm going to ignore that and focus on recent media consumption. Still watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season seven, and cackled aloud multiple times during the episode set in the 1980s. The multiple 80s media references were hilarious and spot-on, including the robots with human voices, exaggerated blood splatter accompanying an offscreen death, disembodied digital heads on tv, and Russians with short-cropped blond hair. Oh, and Mack's "tie on the headband" montage! Hee!
Roommate H and I are watching Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings adaptation. It's been a looooong time since I've watched them. H hasn't seen them, so I'm enjoying her newby reactions. The most common one is simply confusion at the many, many names. The Nazgul are the Dark Riders are the Ring Wraiths are the Nine, just for example. She does like them so far, even if she finds them a bit intense at times. Her media choices don't usually include battle scenes, for instance.
Even I'm finding things a bit much at times. I'll need to brace myself for The Return of the King, given that it has moooore battle scenes than the other two movies.
No book update now; I'm re-reading a favorite fanfic instead. Because my country is on not-literal fire and I can't focus.
Not media: I tried this grain-free, dairy-free brownie recipe and liked it. I had my usual reaction to this type of recipe: at first I have to process how it's different from the standard end result, so I don't really know how I feel about the altered product until a few bites later.
Anyway, all of this to say: reasonably tasty and acceptable in texture, but would be even better with some pecans and marshmallows.