2014 NaBloPoMo: Saturday Nov 8

[maybe_amanda101]

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One week in, so out of things to say...
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It's winter. I know this because the bird bath was a sheet of ice.
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Fascinating thing about Canadian meat chickens on Quirks and Quarks today. (No, they don't get growth hormones or antibiotics - it's selective breeding.) I like very much that the interviewee, Dr. Martin Zuidhof, is "an Associate Professor of Poultry Systems at the University of Alberta in Edmonton." Not THE Associate Professor of Poultry Systems at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, just one of them. Food science is endlessly arcane and fascinating; university politics, even more so.
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Anyone seen Interstellar? If so, did you like it? The reviews have left me confused. I am not a McConaughey fan, and Anne Hathaway reminds me of a lemur (this is my problem, not hers. I am aware of this. Nonetheless...) I would appreciate any input.
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How about Big Hero 6? It looks potentially charming.
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Must go watch season finale of Dr Who and drink decaf. My life is so glamourous.
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Comments

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Interstallar. I STILL haven't seen Snowpiercer. Or the 2nd Hobbit movie.

I'm a terrible media consumer :(

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

I hadn't even heard of Snowpiercer.

[ropo.livejournal.com]

I've heard good things from Leonard Maltin and my friend VicTORia about Big Hero 6...

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the reviews have been pretty good, which is encouraging.

[aud-woman-in.livejournal.com]

Well, you can't expect the Department of Poultry Systems to run with just one Associate Professor, can you?

You know how I know it's winter? Daytime temps below 80 for at least a week straight. I'm still waiting.

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

Well, you can't expect the Department of Poultry Systems to run with just one Associate Professor, can you?

Apparently not. Poultry Systems sounds so wonderfully sinister!

You know how I know it's winter? Daytime temps below 80 for at least a week straight. I'm still waiting.

I weep for you. Weep, I say!

[thehappygirl53.livejournal.com]

We took Kyle to see Big Hero 6 and we all really liked it. The animation is just gorgeous and the story was very good. Typical Disney, though, in Hero's parents are dead. Parents fare really badly in Disney films, especially moms. Very interesting take on the future--technology has greatly advanced, but people and their motivations are very recognizable.

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

Sounds good. Thanks!

[franthewndrhrse.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. When I think about it, Anne Hathaway *does* look sort of lemur like.

I have nothing useful to say about meat or movies.

[maybe-amanda.livejournal.com]

She does! And what an unkind thing for me to say, but it's true. I find the ring-tailedness of her distracting. "What is that lemur doing working on a fashion mag/being in a bad Get Smart remake/pretending to be a princess? Lemurs don't do that shit!" They also do not travel between stars.