20 minute meals and movie reviews
I ate all three of my meals today in twenty minutes or less.
Breakfast: a bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee, with the kitchen timer set so I wouldn't linger.
Lunch: Leftover chicken and potatoes, wolfed down in the 20 minutes between when I got it out of the microwave and when I had to be back up policing the halls.
Dinner: right now, blogging and eating simultaneously while in Derek's office. I just got here from work, and shortly I will be changing into my ballet clothes and walking down the hill to my class.
I guess it just makes me enjoy the meals where I can linger.
Movie reviews from Thanksgiving break:
1) Rent
If you already love the musical, see it. You will like it. If you don't (or if you're at all homophobic), don't bother. It won't convert people like Chicago did. Some good choices were made; the montages during One Song Glory and Without You were excellent. I also liked Rent (the song) and Tango: Maureen. Extra props to Idina Menzel, who was the original Maureen on Broadway and also the original Elphaba in Wicked.
2) Pride and Prejudice
Sorry guys, but nothing holds a candle to A&E's version. Colin Firth is the most excellent Mr. Darcy there ever was or probably will be. In fairness, though, I always have to give new versions a chance. Keira Knightley is just too dippy to be Elizabeth. In my opinion, Elizabeth needs a kind of gravitas that she just doesn't have. Wasn't much fond of the Darcy either. However, the Bingleys were both excellent, and I was happy to finally see a Mary who wasn't a total caricature. Donald Sutherland did well as Mr. Bennet. So...worth a rental? Maybe, but don't pay to see it in a theatre if you can help it.
Breakfast: a bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee, with the kitchen timer set so I wouldn't linger.
Lunch: Leftover chicken and potatoes, wolfed down in the 20 minutes between when I got it out of the microwave and when I had to be back up policing the halls.
Dinner: right now, blogging and eating simultaneously while in Derek's office. I just got here from work, and shortly I will be changing into my ballet clothes and walking down the hill to my class.
I guess it just makes me enjoy the meals where I can linger.
Movie reviews from Thanksgiving break:
1) Rent
If you already love the musical, see it. You will like it. If you don't (or if you're at all homophobic), don't bother. It won't convert people like Chicago did. Some good choices were made; the montages during One Song Glory and Without You were excellent. I also liked Rent (the song) and Tango: Maureen. Extra props to Idina Menzel, who was the original Maureen on Broadway and also the original Elphaba in Wicked.
2) Pride and Prejudice
Sorry guys, but nothing holds a candle to A&E's version. Colin Firth is the most excellent Mr. Darcy there ever was or probably will be. In fairness, though, I always have to give new versions a chance. Keira Knightley is just too dippy to be Elizabeth. In my opinion, Elizabeth needs a kind of gravitas that she just doesn't have. Wasn't much fond of the Darcy either. However, the Bingleys were both excellent, and I was happy to finally see a Mary who wasn't a total caricature. Donald Sutherland did well as Mr. Bennet. So...worth a rental? Maybe, but don't pay to see it in a theatre if you can help it.
posted by Suzy at 4:47 PM
4 Comments:
I feel so old--I remember the days before you drank coffee! :)
Hey, that's really not so old...I started drinking cocoa-coffee at age 8, prompted by my Finnish grandmother. Coffee runs in their veins, you know. My hard-core coffee habit (a cup a day) didn't start until high school, though.
You running down the hill in your tutu. What a sight that must have been!
Just you wait until kids come - then you'll really have no time to sit and eat a leasurely meal...at least in the beginning. Personally, I'm dying for someone to come take Owen for just an hour one night so I can take a bubble bath!
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