Tinypliny's Journal

02/04/2010 22:17 #50970

Especially for Jacob - Emma 2009
Category: art

(e:Jacob), this IS the best period Emma-Knightley dance I have ever seen.

I will admit, Emma is probably one of my least favourite works by Austen, but this 2009 adaptation does as much justice to the novel as the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice. In fact, it makes it so picturesque that I am almost ready to overlook the fact that I am always uncomfortable with Emma's character in the real book.

Romola Garai is SO not the Emma that Austen wrote about. She has absolutely no pretension, is much too earnest and can't pull off the insularity that is the trademark of Austen's Emma! For a change, I loved the fact that they miscast so far from the truth that I actually liked this Emma.

Oh, the soundtrack is GORGEOUS and I have been listening to it non-stop for days on end!! It has a bunch of lively innovative waltzes

::DOWNLOAD SOUND::

and some heart-breaking cello and flute pieces

::DOWNLOAD SOUND::

and really everything in-between.

(e:Jacob), you MUST see this (especially if you don't like the real Emma too much. heheh)

tinypliny - 02/12/10 01:38
Haha that is so funny! I don't know why I assumed you must have read Emma. Believe it not, I read one or two novels by Austen, went through the complete George Eliot, Agatha Christie, some Somerset Maugham, the entire Saki, P G Wodehouse, Austin Freeman, Ngaio Marsh and whatnot before I returned to Austen because I had nothing else to read at that time! Austen was BORING compared to the others! :)

jacob - 02/11/10 11:27
So, I have a confession: I've never read Emma. (-_-*) I know, I'm not a true connoisseur. So let me get back to you on the comparison of book and movie. Of course, I'll enjoy the music regardless. (But, I do love the dance.)

01/15/2010 22:18 #50826

What Paul *really* means...
Category: art

Hee Hee...

lilho - 01/16/10 23:23
I have no idea what that means but I like it!

fing - 01/16/10 10:12
Ha somehow I missed this. I love me a warm hoodie.

01/13/2010 20:50 #50814

Mental note. Really mental.
Category: simple pliny

It was not about badges.
It is never about badges.
It will never be about badges.

01/10/2010 21:37 #50792

Did you know? (Coconut Oil)
Category: eating out

That Coconut oil is 92% saturated fat - around 30% more than butter. It has 6% monounsaturated fat and just 2% polyunsaturated fat. In the US, it is consumed in large amounts in nondairy coffee creamers on a regular basis by most of the population.

Anyone who thought that they were cutting out the risk of fattening substances by using non-dairy coffee creamers and didn't know this fact are in for a shock.

Coconut oil can be heated to 177 degree C (that is 77 degree C more than the boiling point of water) before it starts to smoke - this is very convenient for mass scale cooking industry use. You would be hard-pressed to find commercial mass-produced baked goods or confectionary here that doesn't have coconut oil used as a shortening agent.

It is however, one of the best skin moisturisers on the planet.

heidi - 01/13/10 21:18
She made dinner last night??? *jealous*

terry - 01/13/10 14:18
Thank you so much for dinner last night. It was wonderful, and I look forward to finishing it tonight. We should setup a might where you can come cook for us again! I make a great soux chef. : p

oh and you pans can be picked up anytime. I'm home around 5 tonight.

metalpeter - 01/12/10 19:19
I don't use any creamer really. But the flavored ones can be a way to make Hot Chocolate interesting sometimes. I eat a lot of shit that is really bad for me but I would never trust Non Dairy Creamer. One has to ask them selves Creamer uses milk so how can it not be Dairy. One doesn't even have to think that the name says it alone. And if you are using something that has no Dairy base what are the using instead? Have the Dairy it is better for you then what ever it is replaced with. I saw this is true of Fat Free stuff that is just as thick as the stuff with fat. I also say this is true of things that are Sugar Free and have some Chemical that has no Calories but who knows what it does to you.

tinypliny - 01/11/10 14:17
"I really do like it so I hope that you approve!"

You can't expect any mercy from my disapproving beady eyes. hahaha

I am not sure that the metabolism and health-effects of coconut oil as a fat source are entirely documented.

In some clinical trials, medium chain fatty acids have been observed to have unfavourable effects on the lipid profiles of study subjects (young men): :::link:::
In other clinical trials on younger women presenting with abdominal obesity, coconut oil supplementation was associated with some favourable lipid profiles :::link::: However, in this second trial, the patients exercised for 50 minutes a day and also decreased their energy and carbohydrate intake - so I am not sure it would be correct to entirely attribute any of the favourable changes to the intake of coconut oil alone.

I think the bottomline is that moderate intake of any saturated fat - be it butter or coconut oil or lard is fine, if you are exercising and not eating more than what you need to function on a barebones level. If the total calories that you eat exceed the amount that your body can burn (either via exercise or due to a high genetically determined basal metabolic rate), you will store some of the excess energy as fat.

libertad - 01/11/10 13:46
I don't do non-dairy creamer and wouldn't think that it was good for you but isn't coconut oil one of the healthiest oils out there?

It has medium chain fatty acids including caprylic and lauric acids. From what I have seen even though it is very high in saturated fats you can take more of it than saturated fats from other sources because your body breaks it down quicker?

I love coconut oil as a skin moisturizer, it is so cleansing and antibacterial as well. People tend to think of oils as dirty but this one definitely makes me feel super clean and I like putting it in my hair too. I even eat it sometimes too right out of the jar a small spoon full. I really do like it so I hope that you approve!

zobar - 01/11/10 09:14
Non-dairy creamer and whipped topping freak my shit right out, even though some of the flavored ones are pretty tasty. Non-dairy eclairs, on the other hand, don't bother me at all.

- Z

01/08/2010 22:48 #50774

What's more addictive than potato chips?
Category: eating in

If you answered popcorn (or nothing), you would be wrong. Utterly, absolutely, WRONG.

It's Kale Chips! The recipe is so ridiculously simple that even I could have made it 4 years back, but didn't.

To make up for that lamentable lapse, I just made and devoured a kilo of kale chips in addition to the kale salad I had earlier. If you see a greenish looking person scuttling about tomorrow, its probably a safe bet to assume that they are not from Ireland.

If you don't put on your coats and boots, rush to the nearest kale selling-store (or your fridge, if you are already a kale-eating monster), make these chips RIGHT NOW, you will have a sad potato-chip-filled or popcorn-filled Friday evening, suckers.

Assuming you now have that kale in hand, wash it, strip the leaves from the stalks, tear the leaves into BIG chip sized pieces, dry it, spin it down, toss in some olive oil, juice from a quarter lemon and a liberal sprinkle of salt. Dry the leaves at around 90 Degree C (yeah, yeah, F it ->

) for 20 minutes or till the leaves are a dessicated dark earthy green.

DO NOT burn them. Do not raise the temperature. The idea is to dry them, not roast them. They taste THAT much better when dried (than roasted). Watch carefully around the 20-30 minute mark. Just drag a chair in front of your oven door and keep staring at the kale. They will transform into junk food craving gold.

I can't quite explain how they taste, they are bizarrely awesome and extremely addictive. If I keep going at this rate, I might just beat out Pizza Hut in Kale consumption.