Various stuffs

[erastes]

1. Another sane response to the whole Brownworth Bilge from Sarah Frantz on Teach Me Tonight. Hurrah for sanity.

2 .  It’s not like me to ever buy something just because it’s been on the tv in an advert, but I DID buy a box of Optivita cereal because it “actively lowers cholesterol.”  However, now I’ve done a lot more research it seems that porridge/bran flakes/all-bran/shredded wheat all do as well. AND THEY DON’T COST TWO FIFTY A BLOODY BOX.  And they aren’t stuffed with sugar either. Bloody rip off.

3. Watched “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” last night, and I loved it. A very interesting story of empowerment and all kinds of level of wrong. I wish I’d read the book first now – I’ll have to read it now, and then the sequel. If you can’t watch violence, especially sexual violence to women, then avoid, although she SOOOO gets her revenge in a wonderful way. I love a film that sticks in the mind for hours and hours afterwards.I also watched “Fame” which was so dire I am brain bleaching. Sooo far from the original vision it’s not funny.

4. Am playing Thief: Dark Shadows. It’s immense fun but unless you play it IN THE DARK its very difficult to work out what’s going on.

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Comments

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Re 1: Hurrah for sanity. There seemed to be lots of sanity in the comments too, which was refreshing.

An amusing thought for a Sunday: I have new boy clothes for the Ely Meet (why did no one tell me about Chinos before?), but I do wonder if I should make a point of wearing girl clothes when talking about female POV het, and jeans with an appropriately-sloganed T-shirt when talking about f/f. Or is making people's brains explode something to be discouraged?

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

The Super Active Cholesterol-Fighting Ingredient in any cereal is nearly always oats, or bran, or both. Almost any high-fiber food does that--you could eat carrots and get antioxidant and fiber. Or cabbage--which, if cut up thin and steamed Hard And Fast, is very sweet and not at all stinky (the longer it cooks, the more sulfur is released.)

I might read 'dragon tattoo,' but probably won't watch it; I had a stronger tolerance for violence as a kid, before working with people who'd suffered from it.

Other: man the bilge pumps!

[jean-roberta.livejournal.com]

Sarah Frantz has sensible things to say. Interesting that Victoria Brownworth's rant is so scattered that various commentators are STILL trying to figure out what annoys her the most. (I thought it was the "cultural appropriation" thing, but Frantz & most of the folks who responded to her piece seem to think it's HEA romance as a "low-brow" genre.)

[erastes.livejournal.com]

HOPEFULLY the whole broo ha ha will die down for another couple of weeks....