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dolorosa_12) wrote2022-09-25 01:56 pm
dolorosa_12) wrote2022-09-25 01:56 pm
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The surface breaks
I've been having a cosy, relaxing weekend — very welcome after a frantic week of work and a return from international travel. It has very much shifted to autumn in this part of the world, and there is a bite in the air, a bumper apple and pear harvest in our garden, and a feeling that things are starting to slow down. I've spent the past couple of days doing a nice mix of things — some reading, some Dreamwidth catch up, submitting my Yuletide nominations, swimming, yoga, and food shopping.
I've also had time not just to read a book, but also review it over on my reviews blog. The book in question is Seal Skin by Su Bristow, a selkie folk tale retelling that I found equal parts inspired and frustrating. You can read the review to find out why here.
Matthias was away last night at a reunion for his undergrad cohort, and I took the opportunity to watch a Netflix film my sister had recommended to me: Do Revenge, a very silly teen movie about a pair of high school girls who team up to take revenge on the people who have wronged them. The movie is deeply, deeply indebted to the classic '90s teen films, and wears its influences proudly — all the usual tropes are there, the soundtrack is full of '90s bangers, Sarah Michelle Gellar has a cameo. There are lots of Easter eggs if you're a connoisseur of the genre, and I found the whole thing an utter delight — an A+ recommendation from my sister, who knows me very well (and who watched many, many teen movies with me when we were growing up in the '90s).
I'm now trying to figure out what to do with the rest of the day. Cooking (this Smitten Kitchen recipe, substituting beef for turkey as turkey mince is basically impossible to find) and yoga will definitely feature, and possibly a bit more reading.
I've also had time not just to read a book, but also review it over on my reviews blog. The book in question is Seal Skin by Su Bristow, a selkie folk tale retelling that I found equal parts inspired and frustrating. You can read the review to find out why here.
Matthias was away last night at a reunion for his undergrad cohort, and I took the opportunity to watch a Netflix film my sister had recommended to me: Do Revenge, a very silly teen movie about a pair of high school girls who team up to take revenge on the people who have wronged them. The movie is deeply, deeply indebted to the classic '90s teen films, and wears its influences proudly — all the usual tropes are there, the soundtrack is full of '90s bangers, Sarah Michelle Gellar has a cameo. There are lots of Easter eggs if you're a connoisseur of the genre, and I found the whole thing an utter delight — an A+ recommendation from my sister, who knows me very well (and who watched many, many teen movies with me when we were growing up in the '90s).
I'm now trying to figure out what to do with the rest of the day. Cooking (this Smitten Kitchen recipe, substituting beef for turkey as turkey mince is basically impossible to find) and yoga will definitely feature, and possibly a bit more reading.
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This one is on my list-- glad to hear it's as fun as it looks!
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That selkie book does sound frustrating! The almost-but-not-quite ones are so frequently the ones that nag the most, more than books that were simple failures.
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Turkey in general is just not that common here. It appears in the shops in December in the leadup to Christmas, and for about a week in the leadup to American Thanksgiving, and otherwise disappears for the remainder of the year.
That selkie book does sound frustrating! The almost-but-not-quite ones are so frequently the ones that nag the most, more than books that were simple failures.
The thing is, I could see what the author was trying to do, I just fundamentally disagree with her that it was the right approach.
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Do Revenge was indeed very fun, though I'm left wondering whether the audience for it is current teens or just us millennials/Gen Xers who have nostalgia for that genre of film.
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I suspect you may be right — everyone I know who's watched it so far is a millennial. I don't know enough Gen Z people to ask them if they're familiar with all the '90s teen movies, or if they even watch that kind of thing. I should ask my youngest three sisters — they're really the only Gen Z people I know.
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