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February 08, 2004
paint queen
the paint queen of old north durham rides again... this time a few blocks down the street, she deigns to dip her toes into fancy ol' duke park to help out a friend. three rooms in two days, deep golden tan and even deeper cinnamon red. quite handsome. some of our best work to date.
also managed to work in a firefly sesh with sarah and shayne; the pilot wasn't that great (we see now why the network wouldn't air it first) but by the end of the second ep i was starting to get engaged with the characters. i never quite watched it when it first came along; and when the ex dismissed it as joss "doing existentialism" (whatever the hell that means) it didn't do much to make me want to make more of an effort at the time. the premise seems to be novel to some folks, but the melding of western and sci-fi actually seems less than novel to me. maybe i read enough sci-fi to know that it's been melded with every possible metaphor and genre ever1. and the dirty, dusty, backwater colony moon was only fresh when khan was living on it.
more eating/blood sugar stability frustration today; ate a decent breakfast, worked hard. felt hunger pangs at an appropriate time but by the time we sat down to our meal i was crashing hard, tired, queasy. no sugar, just one cup of tea. xa says it's just because i was working hard for two days. maybe so. i hope so. my yearly checkup should be soon; i will have to discuss the possiblity of type 2 diabetes with them i think. feeling, oddly, as if i must be sure to eat enough in one day. feeling highly addicted to strawberries, now prominently displayed at wellspring, i think due to some holiday or something.
saw master and commander with xa, ray, pinky and mr. pinky, whom i was friends with a long time ago, via the station-- we are reconnected now through the magic of blogs, which is nice.
russel crowe is very hot, particularly when he lets his hair down.
1 it should be noted that sarah has probably read at least as much sci-fi as i have, so maybe that doesn't hold water...
Posted by lisa at February 08, 2004 10:29 PM | TrackBack
Comments
The combination of sf and western has been done many times before, true. What I found innovative was the combination of sf, explicit western (train robberies, horses, dusty long coats and so forth) and Chinese. Unfortunately the series didn't last long enough for us to find out if there was an actual Chinese cultural influence of any depth (i.e. the governmental structure) or just the trappings thereof (i.e. paper laterns on the train, people swearing in Mandarin).
about the blood sugar issues: I definitely notice that I need to eat more carbs when I'm doing physical work. When I was working out a lot, I would have a Myoplex shake (25 carbs!) after lifting every day, plus higher carb foods with meals. I can't wait for it to warm up so I can start that again.
Posted by: Sarah on February 8, 2004 10:42 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.