Fangirly Stuff, a Recipe, and Prince Seducing You

[anogete]

I finally broke down and bought matinée tickets to Watchmen last night. I love movies, but I don't enjoy going to the movies. It's a cold day in hell (which happens approximately two times a year) when I actually enter a movie theater. The film was fantastic; I really enjoyed it. They followed the graphic novel closer than I thought they would, and some of the scenes were beautifully filmed with perfect casting choices. I'm extremely critical about action films, specifically super hero ones, so I was worried they were going to give Watchmen a treatment like The Dark Knight. That would have just killed me because I hated that last Batman movie. But no, they did a very good job of fleshing out the characters and plot with surprisingly little unneeded action. Yay for a wonderful job of pacing, you lovely movie makers. Jason's not familiar with the book, but he loved the movie. I've spent the afternoon waving my copy of the graphic novel around, telling him that I know he wants to read it.

I still fangirl Rorschach like woah. He's one of the most solid, complicated, interesting, flawed, tortured characters I've come across in fiction. I love it, and if I was a stupid girl, I'd totally write some Mary-Sue/Rorschach. But I won't because that would bastardize his character and strip away everything that makes him what he is.

In slightly related news, holy crap, I'm still writing. Yay for that, too. And it's chaptered. It's been over a year since I've written anything with chapters. I was beginning to forget what 'Chapter 2' looked like.

And now for the domestic bliss portion of this blog entry in which I convince all of you that I can cook, even if my skills in the kitchen are slightly dodgy.

The only remaining produce I have from last week's box was a couple pounds of butter cream heirloom potatoes. I modified a recipe and came up with a tasty (and oddly pretty) side dish for dinner this evening.

Ingredients:
2 lbs heirloom potatoes
2 cups packed baby arugula
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 oz blue cheese or gorgonzola
salt and pepper

Directions:
- Boil the unpeeled potatoes until they are tender (20 to 30 minutes).
- Drain and using a wooden spoon, coarsely crush them in the pot.
- Add arugula, olive oil, and most of the blue cheese to the potatoes. Mix well.
- Add salt and pepper as desired.
- Sprinkle the last bit of blue cheese on top before serving.

Jason paired this with absolutely disgusting chicken and jalapeño sausages. I, of course, opted for delicious faux Italian sausages by Morning Star. Which is just large amounts of wheat gluten and soy protein. Not a spec of meat in sight.

Also, at the risk of the man himself (Prince) tracking me down and suing me for the measly contents of my savings account, I still uploaded this killer track for anyone who's never had the pleasure of hearing it before. Why? Because he says things like, "First I need a picture of your mother to verify the fact that there's not another one in the universe so supreme." Come on! So smooth! Oh, explicit lyrics and sexual content. Not work safe. It's Prince; you can't expect it to be clean.

Comments

[bleedtoblue.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear you give the movie a positive review. The last couple of movies I've seen that were based on graphic novels were...not good. At least for me. I cite Sin City as one example.

Oh, the potatoes! I'd give up meat before I'd give up potatoes and bread.

And Prince...what more needs to be said?

[anogete.livejournal.com]

I could never give up potatoes and bread. A low-carb diet is unthinkable.

[theredzebra1.livejournal.com]

I've heard differing opinions about Watchmen. Very pleased that you enjoyed it, as we both seem to have high standards for film. I think the negative reviews have more to do with people expecting the film to completely match the graphic novel, when the mediums work on very different principles.

[anogete.livejournal.com]

I've heard that some people unfamiliar with the graphic novel didn't like the movie because they went in expecting a film about superheroes and action sequences. Instead, they got a film that (I thought) catered to the fanboys, the intellectuals, and the dorks. Jason enjoyed it, but he didn't quite grasp some of the things that I took for granted because I had already read the graphic novel. I also read an article that claimed many people were confused about the time line since the graphic novel switches back and forth between 1985 and 1940, and several years in between in an effort to explain the each character's past. I didn't think it was all that confusing in the movie, nor did Jason, but I've heard people complaining about that as well.