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Here's a little collage I made of females in horror movies.



I really like horror, ranging from visceral to psychological. Even though there's a strong exploitative side to it, I think horror (with male or female main characters) can get closer to the extreme emotions many females experience, moreso than most romantic comedies or dramas, which are the stereotypical female-aimed genres. This is probably true for any viewer of any gender, but it's been only fairly recently that female appreciation -and not just fainting reactions or distaste- for horror has been discussed. In an effective horror film, both power and vulnerability are dynamic forces in each main character and scene and action.


random rambly woo

DELICIOUSTOWN AND MORE

VICTORIES IN COOKING

mwhahahahahaha I sucessfully made this olive oil rosemary cake for lunch!



I halved the recipe, because I finally found a tin in the house small enough to fit in the toaster oven. I was worried about our rosemary being stale, so I crushed it in a napkin, hoping that breakage might possibly release more flavor. When measuring the vanilla extract, I accidentally spilled some into the batter, so I had to judge how much extract I had to pour back from the measuring spoon.

But it turned out fine and yummy!

Some tasting instinct told me to put boiled peanuts and apple chunks on the side. They became good watery things to nom while the slices of cake cooled (they were pretty hot) and to rest the tastebuds before another slice.

Afterwards, I had mango juice to drink. We got a giant pack on sale a few days ago, yay.

Also on sale: this pretty top at Banana Republic. $10.99 each when I got them! And this weekend in the store, the salespeople walk around giving discount flyers, so I got 25% off too. I got this one and a white one. My mom wanted me to get a purplish blue one as well, but they didn't have my size.

The conspiracy against size 4s is still strong, though. There were cool pants I considered getting that would be fine for Work 2 (where I have to look professional), but they had every size EXCEPT 4. It's really frustrating when you see 0,2,3,5,6,8-14 but no 4. So many times. So many places. But hey, it saves me money on the things I can't find my size for.
At least I haven't grown much since I turned twelve...ten years ago, so many of my older clothes have lasted a long time until they wore out. I still have one pair of shoes from when I was nine! uhh...my shoe size ranges from 4-5 American, sometimes 6 depending on the shoe.
handy international shoe conversion chart
Yeah. It can be really hard to find things.


In conclusion: fun geeky link via meiou_set: How to Be Heian.
Heian Japanese culture is super interesting. I like how specific they can be in describing aesthetics and emotion, even with slim vocabularies. awesome.

Even though I like much of the literature and culture, I'm far from ~embodying the Heian spirit~ Especially since I like excercise. So much so that I get up at 4:45 AM so I can exercise before 6 AM work. but hey, I do it as anti-stress.
Exercise is pretty much decadent in my family. So I guess it counts.