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[itsallovernow]

This is what happens when one is over 30 and lives with a heterosexual male who is also over 30 whom one is not married to:

Megastructures on the National Geographic Channel (From which I learned about Palm Jubaih island in Dubai and the proof that Saudi Arabia has WAY too much money)

More Weather Channel than you can shake a stick or a very cranky cat at

Super Snakes

A new Led Zepplin song book to endure in the wee small hours.

I swear to god, I wish he hadn't found the National Geographic channel. I really, really mean it.

I came home early. Collapsed on the couch and watched the Project Runway finale! Totally think the winner deserved it. Watched a little of Top Chef, but I think they're all gonna be too bitchy to really enjoy. It's also much, much harder to offer up the sensory experience of food as part of a contest when you can't taste it and when the judges don't do anything to describe the ingredients or flavors.

But it inspired me to make dinner. I used the blackberries I had that were about to turn, sauteed turkey cutlets, took them out, reduced the blackberries with wine, took 'em out of the pan, added butter, shallots, more wine, salt and pepper, readded the blackberry reduction, put the turkey cutlets back in and let them finishing cooking in the sauce. I think it ended up being yummy. Since I still can't taste anything, it could have been vile and I would have only had the vaguest idea, so that's something. But it was beautiful if nothing else and I have these lovely blue square plates that make everything look like nouvelle cuisine.

And wow, this entry brought to you by the person leading the world's dullest existence. I blame the snot.

Comments

[electricland.livejournal.com]

this entry brought to you by the person leading the world's dullest existence.

I see you one National Geographic channel and raise you one house.

At least you get to cook!

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

But when you're done, you'll have a house!!!

[electricland.livejournal.com]

done? what is this "done" you speak of?

Anyway, I do hope you feel better soon!

[simplystars.livejournal.com]

can you get him hooked on cartoon network, instead?

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Been there, done that, doesn't help me until later in the evening. Sadly:)

[filmg33k.livejournal.com]

And wow, this entry brought to you by the person leading the world's dullest existence.

Hey! That's MY title!

That said... hugs. Feel better soon!

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Thank you dear. When I'm feeling better I will regale you with full tales of the snot snakes!! I'm sure you can't wait. ( No worries, they're entirely hypothetical and have nothing to do with actual snot).

[simplystars.livejournal.com]

too bad snot-snakes aren't flammable, like those hokey safe non-firecrackers for fourth of july... oh wait. M and fire... hmm.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

We are, thankfully, mostly in the post- M & Fire years. He still occasionally burns the threads of his jeans with the lighter, but I pretend I can't see it...

The snot snakes were mostly envisioned as tiny snakes that would crawl up your sinus cavities, attracted by the snot. Snot snakes and booger boas and you know I was high on theraflu because I couldn't stop giggling about this.

[kernezelda]

That dinner sounds lovely, actually. I tried some shallots for the first time in my life a few weeks back, and liked them - in the recipe that I've totally forgotten.

(((Thea)))

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Shallots are utterly fabulous - a mild alternative to both garlic and onion and perfect for nearly anything savory:)

[raithen.livejournal.com]

UAE- United Arab Emirates. Dubai is in the UAE, not Saudi. ;). And yes, more money than seems precisely useful or needed ;).

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

Yeah yeah, geography schmagraphy:) But dude, they built a whole island in the sea from sand. So fucked up.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

and kinda cool.... One of my Dad's colleagues has been, multiple times, and says it is pretty amazing....

[sugargroupie.livejournal.com]

Yum, I love blackberries. I used to pick blackberries from a tree when I was little, and let them sit in sugar water before eating a bowlful.

For a moment I thought Santino would win, but Chloe seems to represent the entire package of what a designer needs to be to succeed in the business. I'm glad she won.

[simplystars.livejournal.com]

i was very happy for chloe, because i was ITA about the fit of her clothes, and the placement of her seams... and i was happy for daniel, when michael kors said to look him up for a job.

i guess i felt a little badly for kinder!gentler!santino, but i reckon (at least i hope) that he's made enough of a statement that someone will give him a chance too. i thought the look of his collection (aside from that balloony sleeved thing) was very elegant and refined.

and it's funny how they all hated having to crank out that thirteenth look, but every single one of them pulled it off brilliantly. gotta love the last-minute evol, but they smacked it down.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

YEah, totally liked the 13th piece because I think they all proved that they belonged in the final round by managing to all create something beautiful that fit into their collection despite the havoc it caused.

I'm sure Santino will find work, he seems to need to find a middle ground between mad creative genius and refined sensibilities though. And much as I dislike Heidi Klum, she was so right that none of the boobs were where they should have been:)

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

Daniel's thirteenth piece was one of his best, really simple and perfect, it just fit his collection theme wonderfully. Better than some of his other pieces, even.

I'm sure Santino will do fine. Although fitting some actual women would be good practice for him - it wasn't just the boobs, but also the hips, and that threw the lower back all off-kilter. His style isn't mine, but he does have a pretty consistently edgy, slightly punk, taste for glamor. Like writers who've developed a voice, Santino has developed a visual "voice". Sadly, I'd say it only showed up in about half of his final collection, which was unfortunate.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

He has quite a visual voice, but I'm not sold on how "wearable" most of his clothes are. Some of the things in his collection were truly beautiful, and wearable, but they didn't hang right. He's designing them as theory, not as something for women to wear.

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree. But that voice still shows a lot of talent, even if he has stuff to learn. Some very good designers simply couldn't manage a personal voice. (And, frankly, I think it's easier to learn fitting than it is to learn individual artistry.) He's not the total package, but I don't think that means he won't do well in fashion as a career. He's hardly at the end of the line. :) And I suspect he does have the willingness to learn from this; he seems intensely commited to his career.

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

I think Chloe's thirteenth look wasn't very good, but there were no faults with her craftsmanship at all. It looked a little dicey for her in the half-way check-in, but she's so consistently high-quality. I was sort of surprised; I thought it'd go to a show-boater, but consistent high quality won out, and I'm very pleased. She does beautiful work, and the other two are a bit more hit or miss. And of the three, surprisingly for someone who doesn't sketch or think about it, she had by far the most cohesive collection. Just a great example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.

Santino's clothes... wow, were such a surprise. He's done some dodgy stuff, but he'd never done anything boring before, and he only had a handful of pieces that weren't... boring. I'd seen so many of those dresses at Sears around graduation time. I'm sure he'll do well, though. He is a good designer, definately, and usually has a very strong vision. But his clothes do fit actual women very, very badly, which is something he'll have to fix. He made stick-thin models look heavy or out of proportion more often than not, and his clothes puckered strangely and had seams that wrapped the body at the wrong place, especially around the bust and hips. (Which, really, are the two worst places for a woman's clothes to fit badly, especially with eveningwear.)

Daniel had some hit-or-miss pieces, including, sadly, some of his signature pieces, but his good work is fabulous and very mature. He'll do very well when he gets to be Chloe and Santino's age, I think.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

how can you do fashion, even as art, without being able to fit an actual body??

confused girl with no patience for couture....

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

It's the difference between theory and practice. Chloe has a very practical knowledge of fitting and saleability, where women need to walk out of the store in them, and Santino has a very theoretical, "artistic statement"-driven experience, where having the clothes look good in the museum or on the dummy is enough. It's a canvas for him, not a practical garment. (It's the same reason why his construction is sort of poor - like that jumpsuit that was just falling apart - while Chloe's construction is just so solid. And why he can insult her by calling her a pattern-maker instead of a designer. He thinks those things are trivia for the business-people, while he works in ideas. That's not an uncommon division in a lot of creative professions, including some engineering.)

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

True, and the mark of a succesful designer is one who can not only create a vision, but execute it in a way that is wearable. I love how finished Chloe's work is while still being utterly beautiful.

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. It's one of her strongest points in that competition; she's utterly, utterly professional in every aspect, and still has gorgeous, polished finished pieces. Most of the designers were doing one or the other.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

I was very glad she won. Her designs were so beautiful and she was the only one who really considered what women want to wear, who had a cohesive vision and whose clothes always looked finished.

I liked Santino's collection, but I didn't like much of his earlier stuff. And Nick was just way too young and never managed to finish anything. I was also totally adoring of Chloe looking at this as proof she was a real designer, getting her confidence up to speed with her talent.

[cretkid.livejournal.com]

HEY! I watch The Weather Channel and National Geographic Channel! *pouts*

heeeeeeee. though, yeah, when sick, NGC is crack. It really is. Or, The Science Channel.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

HEY! I watch The Weather Channel and National Geographic Channel! *pouts*

I realize this:) And you know what? It doesn't make it an ounce less funny!!!

Thing is, I don't want to be watching the NGC. I want to be watching my DVD's, or at the very least, a bunch of crime shows.

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

it was great to see who won project runway. although i have a feeling all three of them will be able to find work. ;)

and that dinner sounds wonderful. ::::handing you a tissue and hoping you feel better soon:::

i tend to live on the discovery science channel....it's addictive...and some days it's all-archaeology-all-the-time. *veg*