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Dec. 19th, 2006 07:54 pmToday I finally saw one of the iconic European films that I'd never had the chance to see before, La Dolce Vita. I wasn't blown away. It looks absolutely gorgeous, but I didn't feel that much was added by the last hour. The point had been made by then. I also didn't know how long it is - I tend to assume that old movies are short by today's standards, unless they're like Gone With the Wind and famous for being really long.
My last Amazon Christmas order arrived today (the last I ordered, anyway - I'm still waiting for some stuff my mother bought me). It contained my Christmas present to myself: The American Diner Cookbook.
Yeah, I know, I don't cook and I'm a vegetarian. I'm going to have time on my hands though, and I figured that lots of the recipes involve ground beef, and it's easy to substitute the soya stuff. What I was really after was the pie and cake recipes, and it has donut recipes as well. There's even a recipe for making your own ketchup, in case I ever get really bored.
Call it pandering to my inner redneck. I somehow survived for 37 years without knowing I have an inner redneck, but it looks like I do, which is a long story I'm nowhere nearly articulate enough to tell at present.
I should really wake myself up sufficiently to peruse some internet news in the near future, because News 24 has become the 24 hour Suffolk murders channel with occasional breaks for the weather. That's another rant I'm not in any state to do justice to.
Still not feeling significantly better, but I put up what few seasonal decorations we do own today.
My last Amazon Christmas order arrived today (the last I ordered, anyway - I'm still waiting for some stuff my mother bought me). It contained my Christmas present to myself: The American Diner Cookbook.
Yeah, I know, I don't cook and I'm a vegetarian. I'm going to have time on my hands though, and I figured that lots of the recipes involve ground beef, and it's easy to substitute the soya stuff. What I was really after was the pie and cake recipes, and it has donut recipes as well. There's even a recipe for making your own ketchup, in case I ever get really bored.
Call it pandering to my inner redneck. I somehow survived for 37 years without knowing I have an inner redneck, but it looks like I do, which is a long story I'm nowhere nearly articulate enough to tell at present.
I should really wake myself up sufficiently to peruse some internet news in the near future, because News 24 has become the 24 hour Suffolk murders channel with occasional breaks for the weather. That's another rant I'm not in any state to do justice to.
Still not feeling significantly better, but I put up what few seasonal decorations we do own today.
