I hesitate to even speculate what "mastic" tastes like. I've had rose-flavored cakes and they're quite nice.
Kaylee: You're nice, too. Mal: No, I'm not. I'm a mean old man.
'Serenity'
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Theodosia - Dec 09, 2005 11:34:53 am PST #9066 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Katie M - Dec 09, 2005 12:12:37 pm PST #9067 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Aplets and cotlets. Little jellyish fruit candy things with nuts, basically.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 09, 2005 12:18:12 pm PST #9068 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I hesitate to even speculate what "mastic" tastes like.
The white gumdrops, basically. It has a hint of minty licoriceness, but it's not a strong flavor.
Tom Scola - Dec 09, 2005 1:11:00 pm PST #9069 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The New Yorker is posting the original short story Brokeback Mountain from their archives.
Hayden - Dec 09, 2005 8:50:07 pm PST #9070 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I just finished Cantet's Time Out, an utterly fascinating character study of a middle-class man who can't admit to his family that he's lost his job. Like the other Cantet movie I've seen, Human Resources, this movie has a fundamentally political message, but the politics are far subsumed into the movie's humanism. Few directors care this much about their characters, even when the characters are being kinda shitty to undeserving people. He reminds me of Renoir in his treatment of his characters, even though Renoir's humanism is deeply tied to the richness and art of his shots, whereas Cantet is working with breathless close-ups and office-drab greys. Highly recommended.
DavidS - Dec 10, 2005 9:20:45 am PST #9071 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Nutty Alert: Atom Egoyan on Hitchcock
Hayden - Dec 10, 2005 1:05:10 pm PST #9072 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Richard Pryor, RIP.
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2005 1:16:42 pm PST #9073 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He will be missed.
Thinking about that Superman trailer again. We have a powerful being who so loves the species that he sends his only son to show them the light. But the meat of the story takes place after said son has left and returned.
What up with that?
DavidS - Dec 10, 2005 1:31:03 pm PST #9074 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A world without Richard Pryor. That's a less good world.
Tom Scola - Dec 10, 2005 1:44:19 pm PST #9075 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The first Richard Pryor concert film, Richard Pryor Live in Concert, is the funniest movie ever made. By a wide margin.