sanguine tales of love and beetroot
1. What ever became of Thora Birch?
So, I've been getting a Beanies bag delivered and this week i was given beetroot. Now this was one of primary concerns with getting a Beanies bag- i'd get fruit or veg that i wouldn't a) like or b) have a clue how to use. Unpeturbed i consulting my cooking advisor (Dan) and endevoured to roast them with orange and balsamic vinegar. Whilst the result wasn't bad, it was hardly great- i even tried using the leaves sweating them off with some orange and pepper. I think i cut them too small but more importantly the flavour of beetroot isn't great to start with. I think the lesson there is don't try new things.
outlook- nay!
2. Blogger persona
Was talking to Beth about why she doesn't read blogs and she said it was because the writings on people's blogs seldom match what they are like in the flesh. This started me thinking/getting paranoid about how i come across on this blog, particularly as Pete said my blog says a lot about me (use of bullets etc). I kind of prefer writing to verbal as i can think about saying what it is i want to say rather than doing it on the spot. As i've said before, it'd be better if i had a half hour delay to respond in a conversation but then i really like face to face interaction as well as i can gauge responses etc... but i think we've lost the ability of having 'a cup of tea and a sit down' allowing space to breath in interaction. Instead we seem very much more 'Right. Give me all this information- I'm a very busy person!' but this may restrict the value of time we actually spend together?
Outlook-hmmm!
3. The joy of films
The Showroom has presented me with much gladness and rejoicing for August showing: Dig! Dear Wendy, cafe lumiere, me you and everyone we know, and tokyo story
outlook-yay!
4. Oh Audrey!
Saw, He loves me, he loves me not and really enjoyed it. Tells two different views of a romance showing how each person will interpret events completely differently- lovely stuff
So, I've been getting a Beanies bag delivered and this week i was given beetroot. Now this was one of primary concerns with getting a Beanies bag- i'd get fruit or veg that i wouldn't a) like or b) have a clue how to use. Unpeturbed i consulting my cooking advisor (Dan) and endevoured to roast them with orange and balsamic vinegar. Whilst the result wasn't bad, it was hardly great- i even tried using the leaves sweating them off with some orange and pepper. I think i cut them too small but more importantly the flavour of beetroot isn't great to start with. I think the lesson there is don't try new things.
outlook- nay!
2. Blogger persona
Was talking to Beth about why she doesn't read blogs and she said it was because the writings on people's blogs seldom match what they are like in the flesh. This started me thinking/getting paranoid about how i come across on this blog, particularly as Pete said my blog says a lot about me (use of bullets etc). I kind of prefer writing to verbal as i can think about saying what it is i want to say rather than doing it on the spot. As i've said before, it'd be better if i had a half hour delay to respond in a conversation but then i really like face to face interaction as well as i can gauge responses etc... but i think we've lost the ability of having 'a cup of tea and a sit down' allowing space to breath in interaction. Instead we seem very much more 'Right. Give me all this information- I'm a very busy person!' but this may restrict the value of time we actually spend together?
Outlook-hmmm!
3. The joy of films
The Showroom has presented me with much gladness and rejoicing for August showing: Dig! Dear Wendy, cafe lumiere, me you and everyone we know, and tokyo story
outlook-yay!
4. Oh Audrey!
Saw, He loves me, he loves me not and really enjoyed it. Tells two different views of a romance showing how each person will interpret events completely differently- lovely stuff
posted by hugh at
12:21 PM
4 Comments:
re 2. - just read an article in the sunday times about the modern epidemic of lonliness - 'modern life isolates you. technology allows us to put off proper interaction with people, & we've been taught that it is ok to push the human side of things further & further down the list of priorities'
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dan, at 5:55 PM
Re 1. Beanies bags are a waste of money, don't bother, we had them as a kid - rubbish. By giving you a random selection (name any other company who adopt such a ridiculous policy), they take advantage of their hippie clientelle, as though being able to choose your own consumer goods were some kind of symbol of capitalist evil! Ridiculous.
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Pete, at 5:01 PM
re 1. - you're right, the flavour of beetroot really isn't that great regardless what you do with it, but it was the nicest beetroot i've ever had
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dan, at 10:04 AM
Baffled by a beetroot? Just wait till they send you a Jerusalem Artichoke...or Celeriac.
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Andrew Dowsett, at 8:56 AM
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