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Plant based eating is so much better for the body than putting 'dead food' into it! I prepare something nice for my body each day. Here is my really easy and simple Avocado and Sunflower seed pate served with a salsa.
Recipe For Avocado and Sunflower Pate
In a blender place two ripe avocados and a cup of soaked sunflower seeds (1 hour is fine for soaking). Add any fresh herbs you feel you might enjoy and season with tamari or shoyu if you wish. Blend until thick but not runny or creamy. Either place in a small bowl of use a 'form' to mould it into a shape for better presentation.
Serve with tomato salsa: In a bowl finely shop two ripe Roma tomatoes (any type will suffice) and add cilantro (or any other herb you like) , bell pepper, chilli and a dash of paprika and I add lime juice to finish off the seasoning.
To make Seed Bread or Seed Snacks:
In a blender put :
3 cups of soaked sunflower seeds (and hour or so is good) ,
2 cups of flaxmeal ,
1 chopped bell pepper,
a cup of dried tomatoes (sundried is ok),
1/4 cup of Shoyo or tamari . This is optional but you may also add a heaped desert spoon of nutrtional yeast if you wish.
I also throw a handful of fresh garden herbs into the mix along with a whole tomato to give it some moisture. I pulse in ther blender adding a little water in orer to achieve a very soft mixture which is 'wet' enough to roll out on my dehydrator tray. I place a teflex mat over the mixture and use my rolling pin to achieve a nice uniform surface.
I score the damp mix with the back of a knife to create biscuity formations. I then turn my dehydrator to no more than 115F and leave on overnight - approx 8 hours - midway or first thing in the morning I turn each of the trays over so that the underside is dried and leave on for another couple of hours.
Recently I have been taken to 'finish' each tray off in the sun for 1 hour in order to achieve a nice crispy outcome.
The seed biscuits or bread is very versatile and can be used anytime as a snack on their own or add avocado or macadamia nut butter or any topping of your choice.
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The Nokia Lumia 610 pushes Nokia's range of Windows Phone smartphones further down the price scale towards the budget sector. This is the territory of cut-price Android phones such as the Samsung Galaxy Ace, HTC Wildfire S and HTC Desire C. All of these make compromises that limit the "smart" capabilities, so let's take a look to see if Nokia can avoid these limitations and deliver a true smartphone experience at a budget price. The Lumia 610 is about the same size as the Lumia 710. It's actually 5mm slimmer but a little heavier, making it feel both slim and solid. Even though it's all plastic, it feels robust. The look may not be premium, but then neither are most Android handsets in this price bracket. First impressions aren't bad at all. It's available in a range of bright colours too. The screen size is the same as the 710. It's 3.7 inches (bigger than the iPhone!) and with a sharp resolution of 480 x 800. It's just a plain old LCD display though, so it isn't as vibrant as more upmarket phones. Nevertheless for the price it's what we'd expect, and it works well enough. The 610 runs Windows Phone 7.5 Tango. Tango is a cut-down version of the usual Mango OS, designed specially for entry-level phones with limited hardware. It captures all the essentials of Mango, and runs just as fast, despite the 610 having a much slower processor than the 710 - only 800MHz instead of 1400MHz. Hats off to Microsoft, because Tango doesn't skip a beat. Tango still supports core apps. That means that you get a good web browser (Internet Explorer 9) with full HTML5 support. You get a very capable navigation suite comprising Bing Maps, Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive, giving you turn-by-turn directions from A to B. The new Nokia Transit extends this to public transport planning. You get a range of Office apps (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, One Note) and a People Hub for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email, Chat, SMS, and Groups. You can download more apps too, of course, although not to the same extent as with Android or iOS. You won't find Skype however, nor will some other popular apps run on the 610 and that's because of RAM. Lack of it. Instead of the usual 512MB, the 610 comes with a measly penny-pinching 256MB. And that means that some apps won't work. "Boo!" we say. That's not so smart for a smartphone. The camera quality is quite reasonable for this price range - 5 megapixels, LED flash, autofocus - and will take decent snaps in good light. The video capability has been reduced compared with the Lumia 710, so it doesn't shoot at HD quality, just VGA (640 x 480 pixels). There's also no capability for HD video playback - presumably because of the reduced processor and RAM. The built-in memory is quite generous, at 8GB, although as with all Windows Phone devices there's no microSD card slot. Boo again! But Nokia do offer 25GB of free cloud-based storage called SkyDrive. That's useful if you live in a good 3G reception area. Connectivity is hard to fault. As well as both quadband GSM and quadband 3G with 7.2Mbps HSDPA, you get Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB and a 3.5mm headphone jack. We're very interested in the battery life of the phone, because the battery life of the Lumia 710 isn't very good at all. The Lumia 610 actually has the same battery, but fear not because with the reduced power requirements of the hardware, the battery life is actually not a problem. You should get 2-3 days between charges if you use it carefully. That's a lot better than most Android smartphones. We do like the Lumia 610. Bringing the power and fun of Windows Phone into the budget sector is a welcome move, and we're already big fans of Tango! More competition is always a good thing. The phone does a lot for the money. It gives perhaps 80% of the experience of a "real" smartphone, but there are a few limitations. We expected the slow processor to be a problem, but it's not really. Similarly the cheaper LCD display and camera aren't a big issue. But the lack of RAM and memory card could become quite annoying. If you have grand plans for your smartphone, then we'd strongly recommend you spend a bit more on the Lumia 710. In the Android camp, you might consider the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 or HTC One V. But if your app-installing intentions are modest, and you fancy the fun and ease-of-use of Tango, the Lumia 610 looks like a great buy. Features of the Nokia Lumia 610 include:
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Hey there, ladies!
I was emailed today by a blogger that asked if she could do a guest post on my blog. It's something I've never done before. I'd like to know the best way to go about it. What should I expect, and what will be expected of me? Any insight would be appreciated.
I had a guest post on my old blog (It was a friend of mine), and I see them all the time.
If this is a blogger that you like and follow, or would like to follow, it might be fun to do. It is a god way to promote her blog to your readers, as well as promote your blog to her readers.
Basically it usually works to where she writes a blog post, then emails you the html for it. You can then make sure it is something you would want on your blog. You know.. have her give you the post a few days before it is set to be published.
Anyway...If you want to publish it, just introduce her and add a link to her site in the post, then add her html.
You can ask that she put a little post on her blog the day that she is guest blogging on your blog and set up a link.
Another thing I've seen is, if it's a project or recipe, it is common for the guest to want to put the same post on their own blog at a later date. This is usually done at least a week later.
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I looked on all the Instructs tagged with stencil, and not one gives a step by step for making a stencil in my favorite open source photo program The GIMP.
Step 1: Materials and GIMP
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GIMP is an open source raster based graphics editor. It was designed to replace Photoshop.
You can get it here. gimp.org
Install it, open it up, and familarize yourself with the interface for a bit. Done? Good. Isn't open source great? Didn't cost a dime!
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i made a stencil a while ago and i wanted to test it before spraying it to my old guitar. but this is what happened: after testing the stencil, the paint caused the paper to curl up.
do you have any idea how i can prevent this the next time i do this?
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The Star of Louisville is a yacht converted to a 2 story dining room with a 3rd observation deck. The weekday lunch cruise took 2 hours and the food was excellent. This is the only short daily cruise we found on the Jeffersonville, Indiana side of the river as Star of Jefferson and Belle of Louisville both board from the Louisville, Kentucky side.


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What is this "Farm to School thing" all about? That is the question the Independence Community School District, and its many partners, have enthusiastically set out to answer.
On May 4–5, 2010, the USDA Farm to School Team visited with school administrators, farmers, teachers, and community partners at Independence Community School District in Independence, Iowa. Independence was the first stop on the Team's tour of fifteen school districts across the country to learn more about Farm to School initiatives.
The Independence Community School District is located in rural, north east Iowa and enrolls approximately 1,400 K-12 students in six schools. On average, the district serves just over 1,000 meals per day using four kitchens with a head cook at each site. In the 2009–10 school year, 35 percent of the students received free and reduced-priced meals.
In 2007, the Independence Farmer's Market Manager approached the District's Food Service Director about this "Farm to School thing," and that was how it all started. With support from school personnel, state agencies, and many community partners, just two years later the District proudly works with ten local farmers to serve students a variety of local products in their lunch program, including asparagus, strawberries, sweet corn, rosemary, mozzarella cheese, and more. In total, twenty different local products were used in the 2009–10 school year.
Adding fresh, local food to the school lunch menu is just one part of the District's Farm to School initiative. Teaching students about where their food comes from and how it gets to the plate is also a top priority. For example, in 2010, several raised bed gardens were built for use in an afterschool program designed to give students opportunities to learn about how food is grown and to, hopefully someday soon, produce food for the school meal programs.
What is this "Farm to School thing" all about? For the Independence Community School District, it is about helping students learn about where their food comes and how it gets to their plate. It is about promoting health and wellness to students, school personnel, and the community. And finally, it is about engaging the community and supporting local farmers by serving fresh, local food in the lunch program.
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Saleh was excellent. We all felt very fortunate to have him as the tour leader. His Bedouin background made him very at home in the desert and in Petra but he also looked after us very well in the towns. His knowledge was first class and he explained the history and archaeology of the sites very clearly. He obviously loves his subject, especially the Nabateans. He also had a good sense of humour and managed a large group (16 of us) very well.
What tips would you give to someone else booking this tour?
Be prepared for the basic facilities at the camps. We didnt get a hot shower from Sunday morning until we arrived at the hotel in Madaba on Thursday evening. Sharing a large mixed tent with 15 others is not for everybody, esoecially if you are a light sleeper. And there was only one chemical portaloo for the whole camp with little or no privacy to wash and change. But we all managed! Do take a head torch, sleeping bag liner, hand gel, biodegradable wipes (or take them away with you), travel towel, walking boots.
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"Lucky things if you are booked on this tour. It was an excellent introduction to Jordan with a wonderful itinerary. I would highly recommend it if you dont mind a bit of roughing it. One word of warning, Day 4 was quite arduous - 10 hours walking over rough terrain and we covered 15 miles. The camp food was very good - healthy, tasty and plentiful. Not so sustaining if you are a vegetarian - you mostly got vegetable stew. If necessary, ask them to include more protein eg chick peas."


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Organic and conventional farmers are feeling rooked. And for good reason. A USDA-appointed advisory group known as the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) has just concluded over a year's worth of deliberation on how to address the thorny problem of transgenic contamination of organic and non-genetically engineered (GE) crops— a major threat to farmers' businesses and livelihoods.
The result? A report recommending that farmers and taxpayers bear the heavy costs of dealing with genetic contamination, while leaving the Big 6 pesticide and GE seed manufacturers free from any responsibility for the harm caused by their products.
Eighteen months ago, PAN's Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman testified at the historic USDA and Dept. of Justice (DOJ) joint hearings on corporate control and competition in agriculture. The hearings were attended by thousands of farmers, ranchers and civil society organizations from across the country, with particularly strong participation in the heartland states.
Then last year many of you joined PAN in urging the DOJ to release a final report about those workshops, and make firm commitments to next steps. The agency has finally delivered — sort of.
My kids had a great baseball season playing in Little League this Spring. We've now moved on to other summery things like swim lessons in Berkeley's freezing fog. So I was caught off-guard by last week's surprise collision between my work and home worlds, namely the revelation that USDA has just given Scotts Miracle Gro (the lawn chemical company and much decried sponsor of Major League Baseball), the go-ahead for a new and once again totally unnecessary genetically engineered product: Roundup Ready lawn grass. And they may have pulled off a de facto deregulation of all future GE products in the process.
In my last post, I asked "Where's the data?" — specifically the latest installment from the USDA's Pesticide Data Program, which tests thousands of food samples for pesticide residues every year. The PDP data is the basis for our WhatsOnMyFood.org website that allows you to see which pesticides are found on food (and in water), how often, in what amounts, and with what associated health risks.
After months of delay, the data is finally out. In a nod to the produce industry (who had complained about "misuse" of the data by "activist groups") the USDA included a two page "What Consumers Should Know" factsheet with the report, but otherwise the presentation of results and data is the same as it's always been. And then there's cilantro.
As we reported in last month's update of What's On My Food?, USDA's 2010 pesticide residue data has been mysteriously delayed for five months.
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You can be in Nailed! Jake on Brokeback - 'It moves in a way people aren't used to'
There is also information about the casting of more prominent roles. As we were discussing earlier, Catherine Keener (who starred with Jake in Lovely & Amazing) - along with James Marsden and Tracy Morgan - 'are in final negotiations to star opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel in David O. Russell's romantic comedy Nailed'. Is it really going to be promoted as a romcom? Nailed is due to begin filming in South Carolina on 14 April and still Jake Gyllenhaal is only 'rumoured' to be its co-star.
Brokeback revisted
Some time ago, we were discussing what could well be one of Jake's best interviews to date - it took place in Venice in September 2005 and Jake was interviewed by an Italian journalist who had clearly fallen under the spell of Brokeback Mountain. He asked Jake just the kind of questions that Jake responds to best of all. This interview quickly vanished but now it's back and so I want to grasp the opportunity to repost the interview, and some of Jake's answers, because it will disappear again and it should be preserved. I urge you all to watch it while you can.
The polarities of Brokeback
Jake: Ang describes it the best when he says my character is representative of the New West and the that Heath's character is representative of the Old West. The idea that, Heath's... working hard and staying where you are is what life is and my character's more about progression and moving out of where you've become into something better, or what you consider better, is the New West. It's the place where they both meet and where they both meet is a real place of love.
Ennis is introverted and doesn't share much and I think that Jack, my character, is expressive and wants, I think in a weird, interesting way, beyond ahead of his time and wants this thing to work in the real world and the reality is that somewhere it can't - it can only really exist on Brokeback Mountain.
Jack moving on
Jake: I think there's an issue with like soulmates... I think a soulmate is really someone who not only are they your bestfriend but they're also someone who you... sleep with. But when you can't sleep with them ultimately there's a physical urge that overcomes you. You're a human being and you're alive. And I think that with my character, they drift apart. Their love is still deep but they drift apart and he has to look for at least some kind of physical resolution with someone else. He can't see Ennis that often.
Thanksgiving scene
Jake: I think there just comes a point in everyone's life, if they're hiding things or not living a life they want to live, where they crack. I think also there's a sense too with my character that he puts up with a lot from other people. He puts up with a lot of criticsm and he puts up with a lot of - not getting what he really needs and he compensates. And at that point he's just tired of not being called a man and he's tired of not - that definition of whatever a man is - what you're supposed to be. He has a family, he loves his son and he's not going to let somebody tell him that he's not the father of his son.
It's funny cos here I've been asked a lot of questions about how my character's more feminine or something than Heath's character and I find it a real... It's a little offensive simplification of what masculinity is and it's exactly the same thing that makes him so angry at his father-in-law in the Thanksgiving scene because it's just naive. What is masculine and feminine? The idea of a gay man, a straight man, whatever it is, it's just an unfair assumption. The idea here is the idea of love and that's really the hardest part and the most difficult of all!
The setting of the story
Jake: It's a real universal story. It had to find its place... it happens that there's an irony in the time that the two of them get together as it's considered the ime of free love and stuff like that. And yet they're not free to love at all. My parents always talk about that time - 'Oh, we were crazy then!' - and I'm like, Yeah, but a lot of people weren't allowed to do what they wanted to do and how they really felt. It's different for everybody and that time's a juxtaposition of what you assume that time period to be.
The Wild West of Brokeback
Listening to Jake discussing the polarity between the Old and New West represented by the two characters in Brokeback Mountain reminded me of this feature (from later in 2005) when Jake brought the contrast up again: 'Ang talks about how Heath's character is a representation of the Old West, and I am the New West, and in the amalgamation of the two, that's where love is. How they are both right and both wrong in their separate ways, and when they come together, it's all right.'
Jake also discusses the contrasting ways in which he and Heath approached their roles: 'Ultimately, me and Heath did come at it from separate corners. And in technique too, in style of acting, we're very different, and it helped the story, us not talking about much of anything before we did it. It was a new approach for me, and it was really hard... I sometimes made choices that were grander, and when I saw the final cut of the movie, I was surprised with the takes that Ang chose: A lot of them were early takes, before I made bigger or riskier choices. There is a subtlety that goes through the whole piece. It becomes torturous after a while as an actor, because it's not your typical interpretation of what a performance should be. In service of the story it works, but as a performer you feel repressed and held back, you know?'
Jake's loneliness and frustration were channelled into his portrayal of Jack: 'In particular, the inability to talk to Heath, or even talk to Ang about what was going on, does ultimately come through. I also think that more than Heath or Ang, I have an intention in my will and my life to want to move, and change, and want to force things out of people. I want to get to the truth of things, I don't want to just sit there sulking, and letting things be. I think that was Jack's intention as well, to want to get things out there, to always force the issues, push them forward.'
And finally: 'I don't worry about people not getting it... I think people are much smarter than that, and more open-minded. Even though it's a sad movie, it's ultimately hopeful. There's not a perversity to it. People mistake riskiness for perversity, for shock value. People expect to be shocked from this movie, and what they really get is a sense of love, of holding on to love, and a salient sense of regret that is not in movies right now. It's a really simple film and it moves in a way people aren't used to, but it gathers up on you, and you're nailed with it. [I hope it] takes people to a place most movies aren't brave enough to go.'
This post is dedicated to my good friend Linda, with whom I was discussing Brokeback Mountain late last night. Thank you for being there.
Includes pictures from IHJ.
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oh i love that Italian interview. you're right, it's easily one of the best interviews Jake has made. Proved once again that, if you ask intelligent questions, Jake could give you insightful answers.
I just ordered Eric Patterson's BBM book (still waiting for it to arrive from US), even though I've read countless articles and discussions about the film already, it's never tiring to "talk" and "read" some more about the film. And Jake is particularly insightful on the masculinity issue that associated with both the Brokeback story/film and homophobia.
btw, it's very easy to download and keep videos from youtube. I've saved that video as flv file now.
Re "Nailed"... it think having Jake's name attached to it helps them to sell this project to other actors, it's quite possible that the "rumoured" bit is used to protect both parties, probably still have some finer details to work out.
Too bad TL doesn't live in S. Carolina! TL Jr could have been a great help!! :P - 24 March 2008 18:34
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
Hi thre Winterbird - oh, this is an amazing interview - quite possibly my favourite BBM one (I have some other Cannes favourites). It was because this one disappeared so quickly that I started downloading them :D
Let us know what the Patterson book is like - I'm intrigued by it and have read little bits and pieces. I should buy it :D
I agree about the "rumoured" label. Jake's name is a big pull - arguably a lot more so than Jessica's - and who knows what negotiations are going on right now. It's a fascinating process.
Hope you're having a good night :D - 24 March 2008 18:40
Hey there,
Just trying to catch up on all the great posts. :D
Hope everyone who celebrated had a nice Easter. Wishing all the birthday peeps a very Happy Birthday!
Lots of JakeNews! Again can't get over how fab he looked at that Scholarship luncheon. What a great cause and thanks for the info on how he got involved. How wonderful to help someone out who really needs the support. Gotta adore our Jake. :)
More Nailed news! Exciting casting, really like all of them.
WDW, good luck with the new job.
Okay, back to catching up, lol. - 24 March 2008 19:21
Thank you thank you thank you for reposting that interview. I have heard so much about it and regretted not seeting it. It's very insightful. I love his take on a soul-mate though not necessarily agree with some of it, I like that he acknowledges that Jack tried to find a physical manifestation elsewhere of the love he had for his soulmate Ennis and I guess people today do that especially when they can't be together but often end up being unfulfilled and disappointed. A very good interview. Btw, what is an flv file?
I still cannot watch BBM all the way through without doing the "ugly cry". It's all too real now and the poigniancy takes on even more significance now for all the major players who got hurt in this love story. BBM stands head and shoulders above all films to me, I can't explain.
Jake is usually so calm and still during interviews but I noticed he was fidgeting a lot, like Heath did (I wonder if he got bitten or something). Btw2, those pictures in Venice are beautiful of the two of them. Look at Heath's shoes, I love his lack of image and self-importance. Jake made a real connection to Heath. There have been no other premiers where Heath has had so much fun and smiled so much as BBM because Jake and Michelle made it fun for him.
If I could get some time off work I would be there like a shot auditioning for any part as an extra on Nailed. I hope that one of our Gyllenhaalics gets chosen so they can represent all of us, that would be so cool. I too am disappointed that they are starting to market it as a romcom. Political satire seems much more interesting to many of us. So jake is still only "rumoured" to be attached to this project. I've not heard him talk about it at all. He's spoken of the "moon project" but not this one.
And, finally, I went out and bought my copy of Rendition and I can't wait to go to bed tonight so I can watch it uninterrupted over and over again - ahhhhhh! - 24 March 2008 19:23
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
Hey, good to see you Get Real :D Jake looked so gorgeous at that luncheon - sigh. Thanks so much for the good wishes for the new job - I'm very nervous but hopefully I'll feel better when my first day is done :\
Sheba, thanks so much for that comment and I hope you have a great night with Douglas :D
I was thrilled to see this interview was available again. Everyone should see it. Jake reveals so much about how he managed to breath life into Jack Twist - that mix of dreams, aspirations and having to make the best of what life throws you.
Wouldn't it be great if a Gyllenhaalic got a part in Nailed?! It's about time one of us got a bit part in a movie and then we could 'spot' them :D Political satire is definitely better than Romcom. Hopefully that was just this particular site. I'm still pining for the Moon project :( Just great to see Jake's future films in the news :D - 24 March 2008 20:10
- twistedlogic said...
Thank you so much for finding that Italian interview! I remember it from before and I was gutted when it disappeared, so I've downloaded and saved it now:)
(Btw, Sheba, FLV is a type of file you can download and save YouTube videos with, a quick google seaech should help you find more details :))
I agree this is one of the best BBM interviews,intersting and intelligent questions and answers. I particularly like the bit about Jack's masculinity. The fact that neither character was a stereotypical gay man,in the way gay men are often portrayed in film and TV, is one of the reasons why the love between them is so believable, because it just happens naturally in a world where you would least expect it too. I think that's also why so many people on the other end of the scale were so extreme in their condemnation of the film, without ever having seen, because it called into question all their stereotypes and prejudices. Brilliant interview, thanks agin for finding it:)
Hey Winterbird! The thought of moving to SC did cross my mind when I read the post. Maybe everyone could have a whip round for me;) - 24 March 2008 20:57
- Xenia said...
Hey WDW and everybody, I'm right back from my Easter fatigues and I've just found out that I've got a lot to catch up with...
You WDW did a wonderful job obvioudsly alla the time...:)
The interview you posted is one of the best indeed, I've got it among the extras that my Italian BBM Special Edition is provided with...
And, needless to say, Jake is gorgeous...
BTW, could someone please tell me how can I download videos from YouTube? Please?
It's good to hear about future Jake films, as always, and Nailed is surely a mysterious strange project...But I've got good vibes, sort of 'Secretary' vibes...:) - 24 March 2008 21:02
- twistedlogic said...
Welcome back, Xenia! To download YouTube videos,go to keepvid.com, that should have all the info you need. Or you could download the latest version of Realplayer, which also lets you download and save Youtube vids:)
That's an interesting thought about your Secretary vibes for Nailed, I loved Secretary, so if Nailed is in the same vein I'll be very happy:) - 24 March 2008 21:54
- paulh said...
Annie Proulx has made the tension between Old west and New West a major factor in many of her stories (see "Bad Dirt"), and also her novel "That Old Ace in the Hole."
I'm fond of one story about two feuding cattle ranchers: one of them invested heavily in the best cattle and methods, while the other just let things kind of happen. At the end of the day, they came out absolutely equal as to results. :-)
Sorry, I live too far from South Carolina to be an extra... I may wait until Jake films that movie about JFK Junior. ;-) - 24 March 2008 22:02
Thanks for reposting that interview. I adore it..and was so devastated when it was taken off the net. Jake is just so sensitive..or seems to be anyway. It was certainly destiny that he portray Jack Twist in BBM. Thanks again for all your fab postings...
Michele - 24 March 2008 22:18
Thanks twistedlogic for that info, will look into it. Me too, with the downloading please.
Paulh, what movie about JFK Jnr? I remember posting about 2 years ago that I'd like him to portray JFK Jnr - is their a project in the works?
I am so jealous that the Italian version of BBM has extras on that we don't. When are they going to release deleted scenes, interviews, extended making of etc? Now, more than ever is a good time to do it as it will bring great comfort to many of us.
As for Jessica Beale, she's a beauty however, I can't remember seeing her in anything so I've no idea if she will have chemistry with Jake. Although he has the habit of making those he's in scenes with look creditable because he's instinctive and reactionery and has good improvisational skills so she should be ok.
Off to bed soon to re-connect with Douglas xxx - 24 March 2008 22:36
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
HI there TL - I reckon we've all got to move - we have til Thursday. You have a double chance with TL JR and if we buy some knackered old car wrecks we could get those in... I'm sure I could do an American accent if pushed.
This interview is incredible - as you say, because it highlights that this film is all about the questioning of stereotypes - both for Jack and Ennis and for us, the audience. Jake understood his role inside out.
Hey Xenia - good to see you! Hope you had a lovely break. So this interview is on the Italian special edition? Wow - what an extra. This interviewer is a Brokie, without doubt. As TL suggests, I tend to download videos with Real Player (although it does crash my PC a bit).
Hi Paul - thanks very much for bringing Annie into the discussion. She hs an amazing feeling for the West. I'm sorry you're too far away from SC - I'm waiting for Jake to make good on his recent promise to film a movie in the UK :D
Hi Michele! I was upset when this interview disappeared too, before I could save it. I'm so glad you like the postings :D
Have a good night everyone! I suppose I should prepare for tomorrow (someone pass the whisky...) :) - 24 March 2008 22:38
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
Hi Sheba - I can recommend TL's suggestion for downloading.
It's crazy isn't it that different regions have different extras for BBM like this. The BBM DVD was just such a disappointment, even now. This film deserved more. And I know that Ang probably wanted the film to be preserved just so but Brokeback Muntain is extraordinary and we would have lapped it up.
Enjoy yourself with Douglas :D - 24 March 2008 22:46
- BirdGirl said...
Hey people,
I hope that everyone had a nice relaxing Easter. I think that I relaxed too much.
Yay Xenia is back. It's been a long week girl.
I was also disappointed with the extras on the BBM DVD WDW. I still kind of think that they will come out with some ultimate, super duper, special edition. And I hate to say it but, now with Heath's passing, they will try and cash in on it more then ever.
Have a good night everyone. And good luck WDW. - 24 March 2008 23:06
Hey, all. For those in the US, Jake is scheduled to appear on Late Night with Conan O'Brien this Thursday evening.
This may be old news for some, but I just found out. I wonder what he's promoting? Maybe "Brothers"? Take care! - 24 March 2008 23:59
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
Hi Bird Girl! Hope you had a good easter - impossible to relax too much :D Oh, I could rant for an age about that DVD :( Thanks for the good luck - very nervous :(
Hey there Rocket Science Chick! Great name btw. Thanks for that. I wonder if it's a repeat? Thanks for letting us know. That is definitely something to watch, although I can't so someone's gotta cap it!!!
Night all :D - 25 March 2008 00:05
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
I've just found out that's a repeat on Conan, but definitely worth watching all the same. Thanks for the info RSC!
http://www.interbridge.com/lineups.html - 25 March 2008 00:07
It's a repeat; that makes sense now! I haven't seen it, so I'll definitely be watching. btw, love the blog! (Especially, the BBM Italian interview you posted today.) I discovered your site a couple of weeks ago and I check it out everyday now. Great work and thanks for all that you do! - 25 March 2008 00:44
im thinking about going to the casting call for Nailed since I live here in Columbia..just to get a chance to meet Jake! thanks for the info
- 25 March 2008 02:16
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
Morning everyone! First day back at work, no more putting my feet up :(
Good to see you here RSC and I'm so glad you like the site :D
Hey Nicole, you must definitely go and let us know what it's like! It'd be wonderful for the rest of us to hear what it's like :D
Off into the big wide (snowy) world. Have a good day everyone and see you all later :D - 25 March 2008 08:05
- agent_krycek said...
On the topic of BBMt, for those in the UK, if you watch 'Gavin and Stacey' on BBC3, apparently Uncle Bryn is watching BBMt next week :D
- 25 March 2008 09:19
Morning everyone!
WDW, hope you have a great start today at your new job :) - 25 March 2008 09:22
- Xenia said...
Hey BG,TL, WDW and everybody,yes I'm back and it's been a long week indeed...:)
Thank you thank you TL and WDW for your advices to keep my Jake videos, just downloaded keepvid.com and it works really fine!!
Oh and WDW, silly silly me, I forgot to give you my best wishes for new job...Hope you can do better now dear...
Have a great day everyone! - 25 March 2008 09:23
- Zodiac said...
Thank you for bringing back this video, WDW!!! I loved it but it disappeared from You Tube around year ago. I have saved it now:)I loved his soft voice, the position of his hand and the talk about "physical urge that overcomes you":)
- 25 March 2008 10:16
- *good girl* said...
Hi everyone, hope you all had a lovely Easter :) mine was ok, the only problem is, now I feel even more addicted to chocolate :-/
Welcome back Xenia, it's really good to see you :) I know it's been really hard being with no computer and internet for a week, but you made it and have come back to us safe and sound ;) *hugs*
Thank you WDW for this beautiful post, I agree with Winterbird, it's always good to read and talk about BBM, I can never say how much I love this movie, it's just too intense <3
And seeing Jake being interviewed in Italy makes me feel so sorry for not having known him back in 2005 :( even though I feel blessed for having seen him in Rome :)
Oh, and thank you guys for the infos about how to save vids, I'll have to work on this, it's just too useful! - 25 March 2008 13:46
- *good girl* said...
Oh, sorry for double posting, I forgot to send you my good luck wishes for your new job WDW ;)
- 25 March 2008 13:49
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
HI everyone :D Thanks for the comments and best wishes - back later!
- 25 March 2008 13:57
- paulh said...
Is it true that this blog will soon be celebrating its first birthday?
- 25 March 2008 17:58
- Monica said...
Interview: 'Crawford' Director David Modigliani
The first-time filmmaker describes how his project evolved from a play to a full-length documentary and the benefits of having friends in high places (ahem, Jake Gyllenhaal).
http://www.premiere.com/features/4473/sxsw-2008-interview-crawford-director-david-modigliani.html - 25 March 2008 18:19
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
Hi everyone! Made it home after my first day - I've missed you all and I've missed Jake - sob.
Hey Paul - yes! WDW is nearly one year's old. I can hardly believe it :D
I have to catch up...
Thanks for the info, Agent K :D I've not seen that programme before - how great it's looking at BBM!
Thanks so much Winterbird - I appreciate that :)
Hey Xenia! Thanks for the good wishes. I hope you've had a good day :D
Hi there Zodiac :D I loved the way that jake used his hands in tis interview too - very gentle but also very strong. Like you, I was so sorry when this disappeared before.
Hey Sonia :D I'm sure Jake will be back at the Venice Film Festivl at some time. I know what you mean though - I get such a thrill when I see old pics of Jake in London. And yeay! You sure Jake in Rome too! Thanks for the good wishes :D - 25 March 2008 18:25
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
Hi Monica - We were posting at the same time! Thanks for the link :D
- 25 March 2008 18:25
Thank you so much for showcasing Brokeback. It is such a special movie and both Jake and Heath did wonderful performances with it. I think it is a once in a lifetime movie. One of those special events that people will remember forever.
Thanks for being there too
Trekfan (aka Linda) - 25 March 2008 18:29
- Monica said...
I would say that I love this place! - 25 March 2008 18:34
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
Hi Trekfan - it was a real pleasure to spend some time with Brokeback. And it was good to be able to dedicate this post to you because you are such an advocate of this incredble film :D
Thanks, Monica, that's so nice of you to say so :D - 25 March 2008 19:00
- Nadine said...
Hey (((WDW))) so glad you've got through your first day,hopefully unscathed! I've been thinking about you all day (when I haven't been asleep! Had a go at doing just a very short walk and a couple of small chores in the house and it knocked me flat!)
I can't wait to immerse myself in this Brokeback post,although it might have to wait until tomorrow before I can concentrate on it properly. As you know,"Brokeback" is my favourite ever film by a phenomenal margin and,although I love all of Jake's performances, I doubt any other character will supplant Jack Twist in my heart. Moreover,it is so much more special,poignant and incomparable now because Heath,Jake's partner in that heart-breaking pas de deux,is so tragically lost to us. He was born to play Ennis del Mar,as Jake was to play Jack - if only we had been allowed to keep him for the long,happy and creative lifetime we'd hoped for for him (thinks of (((Matilda))) especially :-( ).
Sorry to be downbeat,just a quick skim through the post for now has made me very wistful. I was intenting to try braving the whole film again in the next couple of days. Not sure I should even try it :-/
Anyway, hugs to (((WDW))) for getting stuck into that new job! Good on yer girl. See y'all later...xxxxxxxx - 25 March 2008 19:12
hey woof woof woof WDW welcome back home, have been thinking about you. (runing around in circles wagging my tail)
Im such a doofus, cant bother figuring out how to save videos. UTube keeps grabbin' em back. eff you, UTube. Oh well. Modern times! although the DIVINE interview via the dutch network keeps giving among my favorites. I like this interview the best, frankly. When Jake starts with his Jake and Ang stuff, I think, man, they are like milk and water, whatever that means - love 'em both but I'll take Annie P saying the story is about rural homophobia. (whatever)
Nadine, I love your posts. Folks who call me a drama queen should meet YOU - we are people of the heart!- to hell with the keeper of the Eddystone light (obscure reference)
Directors commentary on Love In the Time of Cholera is super! Southland Tales at the P.O. waiting for me for this weekend. Yay! Jake rules! - 25 March 2008 20:43
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
Hi Nadine! Thanks so much - I got through the day relatively unscathed and have just eaten a dinner that was burnt to a crisp - must've been hungry :D I'm so glad to hear your recovery is continuing and you're getting out into this freezing fresh air :)
I hope you enjoy the interview and post when you feel up to it, and I think it may not be a bad thing to just watch the film and let yourself go with it - if you can. It does me so much good when I get the chance.
Look after yourself, my friend xx - 25 March 2008 20:45
- Wet Dark and Wild said...
Good to see you Pia - we posted at the same time - I hope you had a good birthday. Thanks for thinking of me :D
I love it when Jake gets carried away talking about Brokeback and the shock to his system when dealing with Ang's style of communication. I love how Jake managed to make sense of it and produced such a performance.
I'm looking forward to hearing what you think about Southland Tales. I'm intrigued to see it. - 25 March 2008 20:53
Hey WDW - unscathed. yay!
BBMT interviews - as Jake said, in Dutch interview in Venice, they were given the story, and the screenplay, all they had to do was put on the coats and get on with it. - 25 March 2008 21:06


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After years of commenting endlessly on other blogs, I decided it was time to start some ripples of my own.
I had already considered that blogging might be the equivalent of writing in the sandy margin of the sea, but I feltl the lifespan of many books is not as long as the life of an active weblog. It's the readership that matters. If an idea takes root in someone elses mind and gets passed on, that's reward enough.
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Barack Obama has won the Presidential election with a 1.7% margin of the popular vote. That makes for an evenly divided country with the cities being Democratic and the rural areas being Republican.
We may see gridlock on a continuing basis with a Republican House and a Democratic Senate and Executive Branch, but Obama now has the chance to stack the Supreme Court with Liberal judges, so his plans for making the US a Socialist country will continue at an accellerated rate.
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I only say it is boring because we have been subjected to this unbelievable outrage for almost four years:
• $6 trillion in new national debt under Obama…after he promised to decrease the deficit.
• Obamacare — A massive and incredibly convoluted bill which exponentially increases the federal government's control over our personal lives…which neither Obama nor a single Democrat even read before passing, and which will likely bankrupt the nation.
• In both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, the Obama campaign purposely disabled the credit card verification system for its Web site donations, allowing anyone from any foreign country to donate with no limit and no proof of identity; in both elections it was demonstrated that people overseas and people with obviously false identities were able to donate to Obama campaign, in direct violation of several laws. To this day it is not known what percentage of Obama's campaign funds are illegally obtained, since there is no documentation.
• Billions of taxpayer dollars gambled on "green" companies like Solyndra, NextEra, Ener1, Solar Trust and many others — all of which went bankrupt.
• An intentional refusal to enforce federal immigration laws.
• Unemployment at or above 8% for almost his entire term in office (which was actually closer to 15% actual unemployment).
• Operation Fast & Furious — a government-sponsored illegal gun-running scheme designed to purposely go awry so as to induce public outcry for gun control.
• Spent 20 years listening to a racist anti-American pastor (Rev. Jeremiah Wright), whom Obama described as a mentor. On March 18, 2008, Obama gave a speech in which he said "I could no more disown Jeremiah Wright than I could disown my own grandmother" and "[Wright's church, Trinity United] embodies the black community in its entirety." Now Obama tries to pretend that Jeremiah Wright doesn't exist, and that his extremist anti-white philosophy didn't influence Obama's worldview.
• Increased the percentage of Americans dependent on food stamps to unprecedented levels (now over 15% of the nation's population).
• Militarily intervened in Libya in 2011 without the Congressional approval required by the War Powers Act — technically an impeachable offense.
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