Pretty good! It’s a Cinderella story in which Cinderella is a preternaturally strong pig butcher (Fan Changyu, played by a winning Tian Xiwei) and the Prince, a preternaturally pretty marquis in disguise (Yan Zheng/Xie Jiuheng, played by Zhang Linghe). I really liked the reversed gender dynamic, which starts with the female lead literally carrying theContinue reading “Drama Queen: Pursuit of Jade”
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Ghost of Yōtei DLC Photo Drop
I did try to get some good combat pics but just haven’t mastered taking pictures in the middle of a fight yet. So, more pictures of me petting deer in my AMAZING outfits against the stunning backdrops of Ezo. I did get one during a cut-scene in camp—I won’t say much about it because IContinue reading “Ghost of Yōtei DLC Photo Drop”
ESC #54
Kinda a Caribbean theme, I guess? Everyone loved the cocktail, the salad, and the calas. The sandwiches were good but the roast pepper aioli turned out weirdly metallic—I think blending the capers (which the recipe called for—was a mistake; better to stir them in whole, I think, along with the chopped fresh basil. Otherwise, aContinue reading “ESC #54”
It’s Totally Even a City!
Oslo wasn’t on my list before, but now…. youtube.com/watch
SPIRITED AWAY: Live On Stage – GKIDS Films
Saw this last week with my friend Sonya and it was GREAT–almost as good as the original. It’s incredible how they crafted an almost scene-by-scene staging of the original anime–by making clever use of a rotating stage, puppets, and visual effects–that never felt derivative. The actors did an amazing job of mimicking the movements andContinue reading “SPIRITED AWAY: Live On Stage – GKIDS Films”
Drama Queen: The Scandal
While it’s true that I’m contractually obligated to watch anything starring Ji Chang-wook, I wasn’t looking forward to watching his latest project, Netflix’s original series, “The Scandal.” I could tell immediately it was a retelling of “Dangerous Liaisons,” a story I’ve never liked. It’s just…bad people behaving badly, and I have to have at leastContinue reading “Drama Queen: The Scandal”
Elderberry
I’ve never been a plant person. I’m a terrible gardener, as we know, and the only house plants that survive at my house are orchids and succulents—ones that can handle abuse and neglect. But I realized as I was hiking with my friend Steph to check one of my favorite stands of elderberry bushes, explainingContinue reading “Elderberry”
Letter of Recommendation: The Samurai and the Prisoner
I haven’t enjoyed a movie so much since I saw Oppenheimer in theaters. The Samurai and the Prisoner is a tense, moody, perfectly paced whodunnit set in the Warring States period in Japan. The story is based by the Yonezawa Honobu novel of the same name, which is based (loosely) in turn on a realContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: The Samurai and the Prisoner”
Loading…Metaphor: ReFantazio
In the immortal words of my friend Zach, there comes a time in the life of every JRPG player when they must make a spreadsheet. And, at least in my experience, that moment always arrives a bit sooner in an Atlus game. I played Persona 5 Royal several years ago on the Switch and reallyContinue reading “Loading…Metaphor: ReFantazio”
Pick up the pace, girlfriend
youtube.com/watch I interrupt your Labor Day programming to bring you this border collie practicing her slow walk in a snail costume.
