Ending the week on a good note

[clevermanka]

From bestill: Check out Lizette Greco and (more notably) Lizette Greco's kids. If you have Flash 8.0, check out the video. I'm telling you, if I thought kids of mine would've come out this great, I'd have had a dozen. Oh my god. Cute. Freaking. Kids.

Enough time has passed since the demise of my beloved Lawrence Ruchi restaurant, so I thought it would be safe to try India Palace for lunch yesterday. Well. It wasn't bad. But I have to say, it certainly didn't taste good enough to compensate for the extreme bloating and gastrointestinal distress suffered for the remainder of the day. Ugh. Misery. I took off my jeans as soon as I got home, and put on my loose flannel PJ bottoms. Even those left elastic wrinkle-bumps across my swollen belly. Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh. From now on if I want Indian food, I'm gonna have to cook it myself, or plan a trip to go to the Ruchi in Kansas City.

I've had a little over twenty-four hours of nose-breathing and I'm telling you, life is grand. I'm still waking up at night (only twice last night) and waking for good around 6:00 a.m., but it's progress. Maybe the sleeplessness is just seasonal insomnia. I'd forgotten about that.

Finally, did anyone else hear the NPR story about digital movies that broadcast on Wednesday? This had to be one of my all-time favorite articles ever aired because of one particular quote. Here it is. See if you're as amused by it as I:

At most movie theaters, viewers didn't see the Star Wars films as George Lucas envisioned them. With film prints, quality degrades with each copy and every showing.

Rick McCallum produced the last three Star Wars movies.

"I traveled to 60 cities across America," McCallum says. "I went to small towns, I went to big towns. I went to where ever the films were playing. And I was so dismayed, I was so appalled. I couldn't believe how truly bad it was."

Yeah, Rick. I think that's how we all felt.

Comments

I wonder if it's Goldilocks?

[tessagratton.livejournal.com]

That was so random and awesome! The poor wolfy and his see-through abdomen, that is. I greatly enjoyed it.

Re: I wonder if it's Goldilocks?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I loved it when the son said "I think the little guys will be alright." Yeah. That has to be one of the best home videos I have ever seen.

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

I heard that story and I was positively giggling, giggling I tell you, when I heard Rick McCallum say that.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yep. I laughed aloud. That was some brilliant editing, IMO.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Gah! what IS it that causes that gastro distress from there? I love the tastes but damn the aftermath.
Seasonal insomnia.. check.
Stupid early DST as well.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

what IS it that causes that gastro distress from there?

I'm sure it's the super-high fat and sodium content. That's why I liked Ruchi so much. I'm not saying it was health food, but they relied more on seasonings and less on oil and salt. At India Palace, the mattar paneer tastes like the vegetable korma tastes like the chicken tikka masala tastes like...etc etc. It's like they have three set spice mixtures and don't stray from them. Ever.

[amjhawk.livejournal.com]

Sweet deal - perhaps this means they'll release a special rooty tooty fresh n' fruity edition where there are quality degrades and whatnot! The way Lucas REALLY wanted it! Awesome!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

perhaps this means they'll release a special rooty tooty fresh n' fruity edition where there are quality degrades and whatnot

I'd settle for an interesting plot, and dialogue that didn't make me cringe.

[amjhawk.livejournal.com]

Well, Episodes II and III were decent movies as long as you kept it on mute.

[mechascorpio.livejournal.com]

"You mean I get to go with YOU on your STARSHIP????" hahahaha

McCallum's an idiot. Barbe and I saw E2 in digital, "as intended", and we still wanted to walk out during those romance scenes with Anakin and Amidala. Ugh. Digital just made it all the more painful.

Hopefully, McCallum has nothing to do with Indiana Jones 4, not that that needs to be done.

OMG

[bodandra.livejournal.com]

I saw the picture, thought it was a sculpture, looked at your profile; backed out of it - then recognized what it was ... Sorry.

[theoneinblue.livejournal.com]

That video was hilarious...I needed that. And I'm sorry India Palace isn't doing it for you...the first time I went there, I had the gastro-intestinal distress, but I haven't since...but then, I haven't been there in a while. Good luck in your quest for good Indian food! (and if you have any good recipes, please pass them this way!).

Also, good to hear you are feeling better!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I have some excellent Indian recipes. Next time I make it to yoga class, I'll ask Gopi if she has any of the Hare Krishna cookbooks available for sale and I'll mail you one. Those people know how to eat well, I'm telling you.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Quote-out-of-context, FTW.

Man, I wish the prequels could just be acknowledged for what they are: overfinanced fan films.