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06 January 2010 @ 09:24 pm
07 January 2010 @ 01:39 am
Still on the raw food challenge!
Though I cheated today, I still had a lot of healthy raw meals lately:
I always start my days with a glass of hot water, then move on to a green smoothie, consisting of, well, basically green stuff and one fruit to sweeten up things. For example:
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Though I cheated today, I still had a lot of healthy raw meals lately:
I always start my days with a glass of hot water, then move on to a green smoothie, consisting of, well, basically green stuff and one fruit to sweeten up things. For example:
( three more )
06 January 2010 @ 06:12 pm
Hello! I am not a raw foodist but I am a vegan and lately a lot of food has been making me sick and....just not good. I've been getting a bit sick of cooked food to be honest. I want to incorporate a lot of raw food into my diet but I don't have a lot of special supplies or ingredients....or money. Does anyone have any recipes which do not require a lot of special equipment and/or food. For instance, I cannot get ahold of nutritional yeast and the only equipment that I have that I see a lot of raw foodists use is a blender/food processor. Can anyone help?
06 January 2010 @ 09:27 am
I am a longtime viewer of this LJ community and would like to invite its members to visit my new Web site, www.thecinemaphile.com. Though it has a focus on films of all genres, languages and time periods, I do have a strong focus on classic film as well, including a recent review of Fellini's "Nights of Cabiria".
I also wanted to say congratulations for keeping this community going. It's such a necessary forum!
I also wanted to say congratulations for keeping this community going. It's such a necessary forum!
05 January 2010 @ 08:50 am
Came across this on the Dr. Oz website. thought id share.
http://www.doctoroz.com/challenges/r
http://www.doctoroz.com/challenges/r
04 January 2010 @ 10:23 am
Salutation chers amis:
-- Maîtresse Renata |
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
The DVD package also contained 4 very nice color reproductions of the movie lobby cards--pictured below. I wanted the movie because of my "infatuation," if you will, of what happened back in 1906 and the murder which some of you read about and were kind enough to comment upon in my LJ. I watched it yesterday and would like to now review it for you who may be still interested in the event also.
Ray Milland (Dial M For Murder) as Stanford White
Joan Collins (Dynasty) as Evelyn Nesbit
Farley Granger (Rope) as Harry Kendall Thaw
Luther Adler as defense attorney Delphin Delmas
Cornelia Otis Skinner as Mrs. Thaw (Harry's mother)
Glenda Farrell as Mrs. Nesbit (Evelyn's mother)
John Hoyt as prosecuting attorney William Travers Jerome
For approximately one hour and fifty-five minutes Hollywood attempts, with Evelyn Nesbit herself as special advisor to the movie production, to tell the story of what I posted in my LJ a few days ago in 11 segments. So I won't repeat myself here.
Harry K. Thaw is on his knee in one of NYC's finest department stores, Lord & Taylor, proposing marriage to Evelyn. Behind Granger is the sales lady and to her left, in the olive colored dress, is Evelyn's mother--Mrs. Nesbit.
I will say this about the movie though: Ray Milland is RAY MILLAND and I found it hard to see him in the role as Stanny White. I felt him far too kind and polite to be the real "Stanny" White even though in her autobiography Evelyn talks kindly of him. I thought Farley Granger did a better portrayal as Harry K. Thaw although he too lacked what it was that Harry possessed--madness. Yet the film did bring out this fact albeit it was very polished and whitewashed from what the documents speak.
As for Joan Collins, a very YOUNG Joan, playing Evelyn--well, she came across pretty good. With a touch of scheming in her character that very possibly could have been in the real Evelyn. Very little emphasis, however, is given to the red velvet swing in Stanny's upper story "love nest." Only one very MILD and short lived scene is devoted to that subject and then it breaks away to another scene sometime later.
"Mad Harry" Thaw stands in front of Stanny White with golden gun in hand a few seconds before he fires 3 shots that kill Stanford White.
Probably the best scene of the movie, and certainly the most accurate based upon my research thus far, was the murder scene where Harry walked up to Stanny and shot him dead in front of all those people. I could not find one small iota of detail that was missing in it. It was performed with all the cold-blooded deviltry of how it was described in the newspapers and other sources I have checked so far in my interest. And, watching it, one can certainly feel what it must have been like to have been present that evening of June 25, 1906 when "Mad Harry" Thaw gunned down Stanny White atop the Madison Square Garden.
(L. - R.) Mrs. Thaw (Harry's mother), Evelyn, Harry's sister Margaret played by Karolee Kelly and defense attorney Delphin Delmas. They are attempting to bribe Evelyn to testify for Harry.
The trial scene was done as though it were but one single trial and not two. But it lacked the drama of the real trial and was not even close to the drama found on a Perry Mason episode. Thus it was rather weak to say the least.
Mrs. Thaw (L.), Harry's mother, is begging Evelyn (R.) to please testify for her "dear boy."
Also weak were the two mothers--Mrs. Thaw and Mrs. Nesbit. Glenda Farrell, who played Evelyn's mother, could have been portraying her as she was but I felt Cornelia Otis Skinner, who played "Mad Harry" Thaw's mother, was too bland to be the conniving rich woman who was really Harry's mother.
With all that said I am happy I bought the movie and am pleased to add it to my movie library. I will probably watch it again some day when I am far away from the interest of "just the facts!" Perhaps I'll enjoy it even more.
"Je SUIS un individu autonome."
"Je suis né seul. J'ai vécu seul. Maintenant je meurs seul."
Maîtresse Renata
04 January 2010 @ 11:02 am
Goop in the Girl // BS photos
Young Victoria: 44-76
Inglorious Basterds: 77-99
Rufus Sewell: 100-114
How To Steal A Million: 115-135
Glee: 193-252
Vitamin D, Wheels, Once Upon A Mattress & Sectionals
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04 January 2010 @ 03:12 pm
Hi there!
I've been 50-80% raw on and off, but this time, I'm aiming for a 100% raw week. I'd love to have some raw friends on my flist... anybody?
Day one:
Breakfast: green smoothie
( two more )
Feeling good so far. =)
I've been 50-80% raw on and off, but this time, I'm aiming for a 100% raw week. I'd love to have some raw friends on my flist... anybody?
Day one:
Breakfast: green smoothie
( two more )
Feeling good so far. =)
03 January 2010 @ 10:42 am
Stuffed Zucchini "Parmigiana" w/ Apple-Tomato Bell Pepper Marinara
This is crazy YUM!
More details and the full recipe here.
Happy New years!!
xo
01 January 2010 @ 09:28 pm
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route66icons 02 January 2010 @ 12:34 am
First of all: Happy New Year!
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29 December 2009 @ 03:17 am
I am attempting raw veganness again starting on New Year's.
Toys:
Blender, dehydrator, juicer, orange juice maker, food processor, vegetable peeler, cutting board, canning jars for sprouting, compost bucket. Am I missing anything?
Rice:
Do you guys use rice, or is it too difficult to do? I sprouted black rice successfully but regular wild rice didn't sprout at all. Any suggestions?
Beans:
Do you guys sprout any sproutable beans? I know kidney beans are poisonous. Are beans just too icky or risky when sprouted?
Honey:
What do you feel about raw honey? It's made from an animal, but honestly I support beekeeping as a practice and don't feel like it's harming the environment if it's done in a humane way.
Meat Substitute:
There are certain foods that make veganness bearable for me, including fake jerky, fake meat, fake burgers, soy powder, soy milk, cookies, and vegan cheeses. Any suggestions for changing any of these items to raw items?
(Raw) Brown Rice Flour:
Does anybody here use it?
Can you still eat:
Olives, Pickles, Artichokes?
"Raw Sugar":
Does this bother anyone else?
Percentage:
How do you figure your raw percentage?
Philosophy:
Why are you raw vegan?
When do you actually consider someone a raw vegan, when they have committed to it for the rest of their life, or when they commit to it for a month? Or perhaps when they eat mostly raw vegan but occasionally enjoy a bit of cheese or honey?
How strongly do you believe in being vegan?
Thank you!!!
Toys:
Blender, dehydrator, juicer, orange juice maker, food processor, vegetable peeler, cutting board, canning jars for sprouting, compost bucket. Am I missing anything?
Rice:
Do you guys use rice, or is it too difficult to do? I sprouted black rice successfully but regular wild rice didn't sprout at all. Any suggestions?
Beans:
Do you guys sprout any sproutable beans? I know kidney beans are poisonous. Are beans just too icky or risky when sprouted?
Honey:
What do you feel about raw honey? It's made from an animal, but honestly I support beekeeping as a practice and don't feel like it's harming the environment if it's done in a humane way.
Meat Substitute:
There are certain foods that make veganness bearable for me, including fake jerky, fake meat, fake burgers, soy powder, soy milk, cookies, and vegan cheeses. Any suggestions for changing any of these items to raw items?
(Raw) Brown Rice Flour:
Does anybody here use it?
Can you still eat:
Olives, Pickles, Artichokes?
"Raw Sugar":
Does this bother anyone else?
Percentage:
How do you figure your raw percentage?
Philosophy:
Why are you raw vegan?
When do you actually consider someone a raw vegan, when they have committed to it for the rest of their life, or when they commit to it for a month? Or perhaps when they eat mostly raw vegan but occasionally enjoy a bit of cheese or honey?
How strongly do you believe in being vegan?
Thank you!!!
28 December 2009 @ 11:36 pm
