movie: Pan's Labyrinth

So, Pan's Labyrinth.  One of the more acclaimed recent movies, the one everyone was recently up in arms over not winning the Oscar's(or was it the Acandemy Awards?  I keep little track of such things but remember  a fair bit of talk on it at the time.)  This is a movie that I thought I'd love, that I expected to love, that everything I'd heard about led me to believe I'd think it one of the best things ever.  Sadly, I was barely interested enough to watch it all the way through.

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ETA:  Forgot to say: All that said I CAN see why so many loved it as it wasn't a bad movie by any means, this is just about why it didn't work for me. 

movie: Pan's Labyrinth

So, Pan's Labyrinth.  One of the more acclaimed recent movies, the one everyone was recently up in arms over not winning the Oscar's(or was it the Acandemy Awards?  I keep little track of such things but remember  a fair bit of talk on it at the time.)  This is a movie that I thought I'd love, that I expected to love, that everything I'd heard about led me to believe I'd think it one of the best things ever.  Sadly, I was barely interested enough to watch it all the way through.

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ETA:  Forgot to say: All that said I CAN see why so many loved it as it wasn't a bad movie by any means, this is just about why it didn't work for me. 

Am I alone in this?

I was wondering(because I had lunch with Mom and ended up with a hamburger because she ordered and didn't know what else they had...but that's ok, I wasn't there for the food) does anyone else just not like beef?  I like hamburger helper ok, and spaghetti sauce and stoganoff(and meatballs for both) but I just don't like beef in general(you'll note that when I do, you can usually barely taste it for the sauces).  I don't care for hamburgers and I don't like steak, steakfingers, brisket, ribs. etc.

If there's ever an option, I prefer chicken or fish(any seafood, really) then ham if they aren't available.  More often than not, when I go to a function where food is provided, I leave still hungry, because the meat is some sort of beef.  Sadly, it's assumed that everyone in Texas likes beef, especially steak and brisket, to bits, so it dominates pretty much everything when it comes to options.  Sometimes I can eat most of my portion out of politeness if it's really, really good(btw, today's hamburger was rather dry, sadly) but usually, if there's no other option, I pick at it, eat the other dishes, and explain that I'm not very hungry.

Does anyone else not care for beef?  Reassure me that I'm not alone...

BTW, for the curious, I got Bones S2.  I may be able to work it so that I can get Supernatural S2 on Friday or Saturday, though.

Am I alone in this?

I was wondering(because I had lunch with Mom and ended up with a hamburger because she ordered and didn't know what else they had...but that's ok, I wasn't there for the food) does anyone else just not like beef?  I like hamburger helper ok, and spaghetti sauce and stoganoff(and meatballs for both) but I just don't like beef in general(you'll note that when I do, you can usually barely taste it for the sauces).  I don't care for hamburgers and I don't like steak, steakfingers, brisket, ribs. etc.

If there's ever an option, I prefer chicken or fish(any seafood, really) then ham if they aren't available.  More often than not, when I go to a function where food is provided, I leave still hungry, because the meat is some sort of beef.  Sadly, it's assumed that everyone in Texas likes beef, especially steak and brisket, to bits, so it dominates pretty much everything when it comes to options.  Sometimes I can eat most of my portion out of politeness if it's really, really good(btw, today's hamburger was rather dry, sadly) but usually, if there's no other option, I pick at it, eat the other dishes, and explain that I'm not very hungry.

Does anyone else not care for beef?  Reassure me that I'm not alone...

BTW, for the curious, I got Bones S2.  I may be able to work it so that I can get Supernatural S2 on Friday or Saturday, though.

Picspam: Eddie Peng, part 1

 I don't do actor picspams very much, but...well...I adore Eddie Peng.  I am consistently amazed at the fact that an adult male can be so amazingly cute and adorable.  I think he exists purely to prove that wuxia heroes can simultaneously kick butt and make you want to cuddle them for being so darling.

This is part one because I uploaded way too many pics.  This is just Eddie as Eddie.  The next part will be Eddie in costume.  The other people in the tags also make brief appearances.

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Picspam: Eddie Peng, part 1

 I don't do actor picspams very much, but...well...I adore Eddie Peng.  I am consistently amazed at the fact that an adult male can be so amazingly cute and adorable.  I think he exists purely to prove that wuxia heroes can simultaneously kick butt and make you want to cuddle them for being so darling.

This is part one because I uploaded way too many pics.  This is just Eddie as Eddie.  The next part will be Eddie in costume.  The other people in the tags also make brief appearances.

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Subtitles of glory

I love my wuxia DVDs, I truly do. At least partly because YesAsia-Taiseng tends to have some amazing...errors...in the subtitles at times.

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Subtitles of glory

I love my wuxia DVDs, I truly do. At least partly because YesAsia-Taiseng tends to have some amazing...errors...in the subtitles at times.

[Poll #1054554]