Eleventh of March

[clevermanka]

Even if you aren't a due South fan, consider watching this one-minute clip of Leslie Nielsen delivering one of the best (if not the best, I mean how many can there be?) parodies of the St. Crispin's Day speech. One of my favorite things about due South (I mean, besides the stunningly beautiful people, the great acting, the charming and tightly-written plots, and the scarcity of problematic elements) is the way they inserted cultural references--sometimes blatantly, sometimes subtly, but always there. I'm sure I missed a lot of them, since it was a Canadian show and I'm not well-educated in Canadian culture or history, but there are so many that I was still constantly pleased and entertained by them. Due South, you guys. Such a good show. Side note: A friend of mine's write group used to study dS episodes for plot development because the writers always wrote an A plot and a B plot and pulled them seamlessly together at the end of the episode and it's an episodic show, so each one is its own contained 40 minute short story.

After reading article one and article two about the Seven Primal Movements (a sort of annoying term, IMO, but valid concept), I'm inspired to build some yoga sequences that incorporate all seven movements.

Shredded carrot ginger pancakes. I am so trying these (with coconut flour--we'll see if they stick together) with the oven baked jerk chicken this weekend.

I'm in a good place today. It's Wednesday, the week's almost half done, next week is Spring Break (so fewer people around and the office closes at 4pm), the leggings I ordered from Etsy arrived, and I slept almost all night last night.

ETA: And my day just got better when I saw on today's Link Roundup on The Toast not one, but two threads talking about shared hatred of Joss Whedon and his fake feminism. MY PEOPLE!



How are you lovelies doing?

Comments

[harvey-rrit.livejournal.com]

OH, that's not right!

First LOL of the day.

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

That clip is brilliant- I've never watched Due South, but this convinces me that I might have to.

Thanks for this ray of sunshine post- my day's a bit on the gray side, so it's especially appreciated!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Be aware, the show is from the 90s and its production values show that. There are no jump cuts, no fancy camerawork, and the chase scenes last longer than we're used to now, but the stunts (people jumping off buildings, out of cars, through windows) are pretty impressive. And it's just...it's just such a good show. If you don't mind some spoilers, this LJ post (http://ariastar.livejournal.com/560064.html) is a great synopsis of what made dS a wonderful show.

And I'm so happy I could brighten your day! Yay!

[kazoogrrl.livejournal.com]

I agree, I've never watched it but I am more and more intrigued.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I consider due South my home fandom, and even without the (brilliant, amazing, and wonderful) fandom and fic, it's a wonderful show.

[kazoogrrl.livejournal.com]

I'd say my home fandoms are the BBC Robin of Sherwood and Northern Exposure. So, as a child of the late 80s-90s, Due South is probably right up my alley.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

If you liked Northern Exposure, I think you'll like due South. But...if you don't, just don't tell me, okay? =D

[ms-danson.livejournal.com]

Tumblr has some good cooking feeds.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

And I'm surprised how many times I come across one that has something I can eat without modifications!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_luaineach/]

How are you lovelies doing?

I'm having a lovely day. At home with the windows open and the smell of jasmine and peach blossoms, working on work stuff that should be wrapped up by tomorrow, leaving me work-free if I want to be from Friday through the weekend. Next week is spring break so will have Jet home all day all week which is <3 and maybe some spur of the moment road trips, march madness starts next weekend, The Secrets of Kell (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485601/) -- a movie Jet and I love -- is the free kids' movie at The Loft Cinema (https://loftcinema.com/), our indi theater and home of southern AZ's largest movie screen, on saturday morning so there's that to look forward to AND I have low carb olive oil cake, low carb coconut meringues, and low carb chocolate walnut meringues in the house. All is good!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Hurray for lovely days and long weekends!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I took a fabulous YogaFlow class last night at the gym. 6:30 on Tues and Maybe Thurs (I need to check that) if you'd like to be a guest for one.
The teacher's name is Lily and I got a real Good Vibe off her as well as a nice class.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I'd be up for joining you next Tuesday. Not like I have any interest in downtown shenanigans for the 17th.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Me neither, anymore.
Cool! The parking can be iffy, so if you want to meet at my house early and go up together, we can also settle up on roasts, shea butter, and a couple of pressies I have for you. :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Sounds great! I'll put it in my planner. Plan for me to head over there as soon as I'm changed from work?

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Sure! I'll remind you to bring the stuff, too.