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bending_sickleSpent yesterday afternoon over at Elisa and Laura's, joined by Elisa's friend Wulan, invited over to experience the wonder that is okonomiyaki. This japanese dish is a "pan-fried batter cake", to which Elisa added the requisite shredded cabbage, leek, teensy dried shrimp and topped it with bacon slices. (One that she made changed the bacon for cheese.) Then once out of the pan this was all drowned in an absolutely delicious barbecue-esque sauce and japanese mayonaise. Exquisite, albeit difficult to pick bite-size pieces with chopsticks. The verdict from the japanese-home-grown gals (Elisa and Wulan) was that they turned out authentic-tasting. Supper was accompanied by japanese green tea - actually brought in from Japan - which was noticably more "green tea" than many versions available here. For dessert, we had sticky rice balls covered in a sweet bean sauce. I can't remember the name, but I think they were a bit like dango. They were quite tastey, if at first the sweet bean sauce is a bit on the "ooh, different" scale of taste. On the whole, I was thrilled to be trying japanese food that wasn't one of the three restaurant basics (sushi/sashimi, tempura and teriyaki).
We chatted quite about totally random things, like fairy tales - Laura told us two.
One about three sisters, the youngest having one eye, the second two and the eldest three. The middle sister, obviously taken as some sort of freak, is Cinderalla-ized and eventually locked in a barn. A voice, tired of her wailing, tells her to pet the tethered goat just so and say certain things, and lo and behold, a feast! Her continued good health starts getting a bit suspicious for the mother, who sends her one-eyed daughter to spy. Sadly, a magical lullaby of "go to sleep, one-eye" nips this in the bud. So the three-eyed daughter is sent in, the lullaby applied but - oh no! A slip of the tongue - from "three" to "two" - means that one eye remains to spy and discover just what's going on with the goat. So the sister squeals on to her mother, who promptly kills the goat - brilliant move, right? - and resumes starving One-eye. The voice tells her to dig up the goat remains and plant them just so. The next morning a tree with golden apples appears in that spot, which neither of the priviledged sisters can climb - it goes all Whomping Willow on them. Two-eyed sister finally gets permission to climb it and does with no hinderance. The apple's sent to the King to entice the Prince in marriage, and eventually, through another bout of trying to get the apple, Two-eyes gets to crawl out from under the barrel her mother was sitting on - yay family! - and gets to climb the tree again. So the prince decides he likes the money-tree-climbing lass. So they marry, have a ball, and then Two-Eyes banishes her family from the kingdom.
The second fable was about a man who thought himself a failure and unmanly wimp because he let his wife boss him around. He was sure he was the only man who was bossed around by his wife, and said so to the devil one day at a pub. The devil called him on that, saying every man was bossed by his wife, and would the man care to make a win-win deal? He could have a cart piled with eggs and two horses, one a stallion and one a mare, with which to roam the land, staying overnight at people's home to observe marital relationships - ooh, sounds filthy - until he found a manly-man who wasn't bossed around by his wife. Once he found said man, he could keep the cart and one horse, giving the other to the manly man. If the man under whose roof he was staying in that night wasn't a manly man and caved to the whims of his wife, our fellow was to give the man an egg and be on his way. Our man agrees, thinking this an easy task, but soon finds that it isn't. Finally in one town he asks to stay at a house where the wife is incredibly submissive, never making a single decision, waiting on the man of the house, and so forth. So our man thinks his job's done and starts thinking of what he's going to do with his brand new horse and cart in the morning. On his way out, to thank the couple for their hospitality, he offers to give them one of the horses pulling his cart. The manly man thinks about it a while, and picks the stallion. His wife, standng at his elbow, softly says, "Wouldn't the mare be better? After all, she can bear foal, which will bring in more money than the stallion." And the manly man bows his head and agrees. So our fellow finds himself forced to recind the offer and give the couple an egg, because this isn't the manly man he thought he was. And legend has it our poor man is still out there, handing out eggs and looking for a man who's not bossed by his wife.
This obviously led to a discussion on circumsision and then a viewing of bustedtees.com and threadless.com until it was wee and I had to get home.
Today, I dyed highlights into my hair - possibly horrendously unsuccesfully - and watched Juno, which was swell.
Meme via![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ardnaid:
Without looking at the questions under the cut, make a list of your own 6 favorite tv shows and then answer this meme after you've already written them down.
1. Buffy
2. Firefly
3. Spaced
4. Queer as Folk
5. Life on Mars
6. Doctor Who
1. Who is your favorite character from #2?
Firefly: It was Jayne for quite a long time. I do like them all pretty much equally, though.
2. Who is your least favorite character from #4?
Queer as Folk: I honestly have no idea who I like least... I loved them all - except the times when I wanted to slap some sense into them - but I guess I'd have to go with Leslie. Unless I can say Gus, who may not count as a character, being only a baby.
3. What would a crossover between #1 and #5 include?
Buffy/Life on Mars: Crack. A shit-load of crack. And time-travel spellage. And Giles meeting himself being all Ripper and awesome. And Willow snogging Annie. And Xander being a big goofball with Chris and Ray. And poor Sammy trying to arrest Buffy for GBH. And Gene getting confused by Anya and having the book thrown at him by Giles, with a smug Sam in the background. And and and - ooh, and Dawn going with Sam and the barman about what it means to be real. And Spike being kick-ass awesome on nightraids and whinging about finally being back in the motherland and this is the shitty little city he ends up with and betting on football with the boys. (And Tara was left behind, because I don't know what to do with her.)
4. What is your favorite ship from #6?
Doctor Who: Canon = Ten/Rose, Non-canon: Ten/Master baby!
5. If you were to set one person from #3 and one person from #6 on a blind date, who would they be?
Spaced/Doctor Who: *pulls names out of a hat* Daisy and Mickey, or, if we slashed, Tim and Ten ebcause it would be geektastic.
6. If you could meet one person from #4 and spend the day with them, who would it be, and what would you do?
Queer as Folk: Damnit! They're all hot gay guys! I couldn't do the things I'd like! I think I'd like to go around town and just plain chat with Emmett
7. If you could change one thing about #2's plot line, what would you change?
Firefly: There's not much to change, really. *shrugs*
8. Explain a relationship between two people (not necessarily romantic) from show #5 , and why you like the relationship between them?
Life on Mars: Sam and Chris. Chris takes a liking to Sam's idea of policing and sort of looks up to him and tries to learn some trick from him. It's adorable.
9. If the lead title characters (first name in title sequence) from #1 and #3 were both drowning and you could only save one, who would it be?
Buffy vs. Spaced: Tim or Daisy, whoever's first on the credits. Buffy's drowned before, it doesn't stick.
10. If you could change the title characters' order in the credits for #4 , what order would you choose?
Queer as Folk: I don't remember the order and anyway, there were enough episodes focusing on each character that it's all good.
11. If you were able to add a new character, any kind of character you wanted, to the storyline for #6, what would the character be like, and what would their role be?
Doctor Who: Oh come on! This show's only got like two main characters! (Weeell, except now, because we only have the Doctor.) And no main setting! But. Velociraptors. 'Cause.
12. What happens in your favorite episode of show #2?
Firefly: In my ultra-fave episode, Out of Gas, the entire cast is basically left for dead. In my "Coo-ee, let's watch that again!" episode, Jaynestown, Jayne gets drunks and is a hero. Good times :)
13. If you could kill off one of the characters in #1 , who would it be and how would you do it?
Buffy: Unless he actually does get killed, I vote for Ethan. Not so much for the "he must diiiieee!" but because I'd like to see more "I say, old chap, remember the god old days when you were viscious?" scenes between Giles and Ethan, ending in some serious Ripper pwnage. Other than that, most of the characters actually do die, so pretty mute point.
14. If you got the chance to visit the set for either show #3 or show #5, which would you choose?
Spaced or Life on Mars: Mute point because apparently I only like cancelled shows. (That or they're on bloody hiatus.) But I'd go for Spaced because the entire cast seems lovely and the only neat thing I'd like to see on Life on Mars is John Simm, and he's quite reserved, all anti-attention and fanism. So baaaah, I tell you.
ETA: I've changed my mind. An honest-to-Pete 1973 set would be awesome.
Links of the Day:
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halfamoon, nestra's miscellaneous fic recs
Heroes Volume 3: Villains Preview - *le squee*
Philip Glenister talks about Gene Hunt on Ashes to Ashes, Life on Mars's sequel
John Simm talks about Sam Tyler on Life on Mars - Snippet: "I have just finished filming a one-off drama for Channel 4 called the Yellow House – due on air later this year. I play Vincent Van Gogh, and it's based around when he lived in Arles, South France, with Paul Gauguin, in 1888."
* Fran Lebowitz
We chatted quite about totally random things, like fairy tales - Laura told us two.
One about three sisters, the youngest having one eye, the second two and the eldest three. The middle sister, obviously taken as some sort of freak, is Cinderalla-ized and eventually locked in a barn. A voice, tired of her wailing, tells her to pet the tethered goat just so and say certain things, and lo and behold, a feast! Her continued good health starts getting a bit suspicious for the mother, who sends her one-eyed daughter to spy. Sadly, a magical lullaby of "go to sleep, one-eye" nips this in the bud. So the three-eyed daughter is sent in, the lullaby applied but - oh no! A slip of the tongue - from "three" to "two" - means that one eye remains to spy and discover just what's going on with the goat. So the sister squeals on to her mother, who promptly kills the goat - brilliant move, right? - and resumes starving One-eye. The voice tells her to dig up the goat remains and plant them just so. The next morning a tree with golden apples appears in that spot, which neither of the priviledged sisters can climb - it goes all Whomping Willow on them. Two-eyed sister finally gets permission to climb it and does with no hinderance. The apple's sent to the King to entice the Prince in marriage, and eventually, through another bout of trying to get the apple, Two-eyes gets to crawl out from under the barrel her mother was sitting on - yay family! - and gets to climb the tree again. So the prince decides he likes the money-tree-climbing lass. So they marry, have a ball, and then Two-Eyes banishes her family from the kingdom.
The second fable was about a man who thought himself a failure and unmanly wimp because he let his wife boss him around. He was sure he was the only man who was bossed around by his wife, and said so to the devil one day at a pub. The devil called him on that, saying every man was bossed by his wife, and would the man care to make a win-win deal? He could have a cart piled with eggs and two horses, one a stallion and one a mare, with which to roam the land, staying overnight at people's home to observe marital relationships - ooh, sounds filthy - until he found a manly-man who wasn't bossed around by his wife. Once he found said man, he could keep the cart and one horse, giving the other to the manly man. If the man under whose roof he was staying in that night wasn't a manly man and caved to the whims of his wife, our fellow was to give the man an egg and be on his way. Our man agrees, thinking this an easy task, but soon finds that it isn't. Finally in one town he asks to stay at a house where the wife is incredibly submissive, never making a single decision, waiting on the man of the house, and so forth. So our man thinks his job's done and starts thinking of what he's going to do with his brand new horse and cart in the morning. On his way out, to thank the couple for their hospitality, he offers to give them one of the horses pulling his cart. The manly man thinks about it a while, and picks the stallion. His wife, standng at his elbow, softly says, "Wouldn't the mare be better? After all, she can bear foal, which will bring in more money than the stallion." And the manly man bows his head and agrees. So our fellow finds himself forced to recind the offer and give the couple an egg, because this isn't the manly man he thought he was. And legend has it our poor man is still out there, handing out eggs and looking for a man who's not bossed by his wife.
This obviously led to a discussion on circumsision and then a viewing of bustedtees.com and threadless.com until it was wee and I had to get home.
Today, I dyed highlights into my hair - possibly horrendously unsuccesfully - and watched Juno, which was swell.
Meme via
ardnaid:Without looking at the questions under the cut, make a list of your own 6 favorite tv shows and then answer this meme after you've already written them down.
1. Buffy
2. Firefly
3. Spaced
4. Queer as Folk
5. Life on Mars
6. Doctor Who
1. Who is your favorite character from #2?
Firefly: It was Jayne for quite a long time. I do like them all pretty much equally, though.
2. Who is your least favorite character from #4?
Queer as Folk: I honestly have no idea who I like least... I loved them all - except the times when I wanted to slap some sense into them - but I guess I'd have to go with Leslie. Unless I can say Gus, who may not count as a character, being only a baby.
3. What would a crossover between #1 and #5 include?
Buffy/Life on Mars: Crack. A shit-load of crack. And time-travel spellage. And Giles meeting himself being all Ripper and awesome. And Willow snogging Annie. And Xander being a big goofball with Chris and Ray. And poor Sammy trying to arrest Buffy for GBH. And Gene getting confused by Anya and having the book thrown at him by Giles, with a smug Sam in the background. And and and - ooh, and Dawn going with Sam and the barman about what it means to be real. And Spike being kick-ass awesome on nightraids and whinging about finally being back in the motherland and this is the shitty little city he ends up with and betting on football with the boys. (And Tara was left behind, because I don't know what to do with her.)
4. What is your favorite ship from #6?
Doctor Who: Canon = Ten/Rose, Non-canon: Ten/Master baby!
5. If you were to set one person from #3 and one person from #6 on a blind date, who would they be?
Spaced/Doctor Who: *pulls names out of a hat* Daisy and Mickey, or, if we slashed, Tim and Ten ebcause it would be geektastic.
6. If you could meet one person from #4 and spend the day with them, who would it be, and what would you do?
Queer as Folk: Damnit! They're all hot gay guys! I couldn't do the things I'd like! I think I'd like to go around town and just plain chat with Emmett
7. If you could change one thing about #2's plot line, what would you change?
Firefly: There's not much to change, really. *shrugs*
8. Explain a relationship between two people (not necessarily romantic) from show #5 , and why you like the relationship between them?
Life on Mars: Sam and Chris. Chris takes a liking to Sam's idea of policing and sort of looks up to him and tries to learn some trick from him. It's adorable.
9. If the lead title characters (first name in title sequence) from #1 and #3 were both drowning and you could only save one, who would it be?
Buffy vs. Spaced: Tim or Daisy, whoever's first on the credits. Buffy's drowned before, it doesn't stick.
10. If you could change the title characters' order in the credits for #4 , what order would you choose?
Queer as Folk: I don't remember the order and anyway, there were enough episodes focusing on each character that it's all good.
11. If you were able to add a new character, any kind of character you wanted, to the storyline for #6, what would the character be like, and what would their role be?
Doctor Who: Oh come on! This show's only got like two main characters! (Weeell, except now, because we only have the Doctor.) And no main setting! But. Velociraptors. 'Cause.
12. What happens in your favorite episode of show #2?
Firefly: In my ultra-fave episode, Out of Gas, the entire cast is basically left for dead. In my "Coo-ee, let's watch that again!" episode, Jaynestown, Jayne gets drunks and is a hero. Good times :)
13. If you could kill off one of the characters in #1 , who would it be and how would you do it?
Buffy: Unless he actually does get killed, I vote for Ethan. Not so much for the "he must diiiieee!" but because I'd like to see more "I say, old chap, remember the god old days when you were viscious?" scenes between Giles and Ethan, ending in some serious Ripper pwnage. Other than that, most of the characters actually do die, so pretty mute point.
14. If you got the chance to visit the set for either show #3 or show #5, which would you choose?
Spaced or Life on Mars: Mute point because apparently I only like cancelled shows. (That or they're on bloody hiatus.) But I'd go for Spaced because the entire cast seems lovely and the only neat thing I'd like to see on Life on Mars is John Simm, and he's quite reserved, all anti-attention and fanism. So baaaah, I tell you.
ETA: I've changed my mind. An honest-to-Pete 1973 set would be awesome.
Links of the Day:
On
halfamoon, nestra's miscellaneous fic recsHeroes Volume 3: Villains Preview - *le squee*
Philip Glenister talks about Gene Hunt on Ashes to Ashes, Life on Mars's sequel
John Simm talks about Sam Tyler on Life on Mars - Snippet: "I have just finished filming a one-off drama for Channel 4 called the Yellow House – due on air later this year. I play Vincent Van Gogh, and it's based around when he lived in Arles, South France, with Paul Gauguin, in 1888."
* Fran Lebowitz
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Date: 2008-02-24 06:17 am (UTC)My eyes are all bloodshot, so I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow befoire I read the fairy tales! They look neat =)
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Date: 2008-02-24 10:41 am (UTC)