Recipe for destruction.

Ingredients:

1 Madeleine from Sugar Bowl Bakery. (A buttery French cake in a fun seashell shape.)


1 dollop of Nutella. (Hazelnut-chocolate goodness.)


Instructions:

1. Spread the sweet, sweet Nutella onto the Madeleine.
2. Enjoy your creation!

Variations:

-Dip the Madeleine directly into the Nutella jar for no-fuss cleanup!
-Use 2 Madeleines to make a Nutella sandwich!
-Microwave for 15 seconds for a toasty treat!
-Add a marshmallow and roast over an open flame. Best s'more ever!
-Use your imagination!

(It's 5:41 am HST, and I just finished my double-shift. Guess what I survived on...)

My so-called poem.

I saw many shows,
and now I will describe them
in five-seven-five.

Kronos at Disney
with Icelandic throat singer
erotic breathing

gasping and grunting
with Harrington and the gang
my brain exploded

"One Thousand and One"
Boston Court, Pasadena
small theatres are great

Arabian nights
Scheherazade weaves her tales
brainy modern twist

student production
of "Three Penny Opera"
starring Mack the Knife!

Brecht, Weill, dark humor
I don't know whether to laugh
or die of sorrow

South Pas library
hosts sweet Sunday matinees
and provides cookies!

local string quartet
plays twentieth century
edgy brilliant works

The Big Isle awaits
working nights, sleeping alone
back May 28th!

Movie Marathon!

What I'm watching:

Forbidden Planet
Sci-fi movie from 1956, starring Leslie Nielsen in a non-comedic role. Wow! Even though "50's era sci-fi flick" conjures up images of MST3K fodder, this one was actually quite good. It wasn't a cautionary tale about atomic energy, foreign peoples, or McCarthyism, as many of the films of this genre were. It was about something less dated and more scary. The sound effects and music (or, "electronic tonalities" as the credits described them) were very impressive. Also, ROBOT!!


Robby the Robot! He even obeyed Asimov's laws of robotics.

Theremin: An Electronic Oddysey
Documentary about the theremin, an electronic musical instrument which produces sounds with radio waves and is played by waving one's hands around the two antennae. It was invented by Russian scientist Leon Theremin, who was later imprisoned by Stalin but still lived to be 97! Clara Rockmore, a theremin virtuoso and diva, also has a lot of screentime. Clara Rockmore is awesome. She rocks the theremin, except in this case, "rock" is short for "Rachmaninoff."



Factotum
Matt Dillon plays a hot version of Charles Bukowski. Man, Bukowski drank a lot.



Do you see the resemblance? I didn't.

I'm Not There
Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, and two other guys play Bob Dylan. Interesting, but pretentious. Cate Blanchett was really, really great though. She nailed the post-electric, drugged-out, skinny and androgynous Dylan. She has this line where she sounds just like him: "83 shows? I can't DO 83 shows!" Haha! ...I guess you have to hear it.


Can you tell which one is the real Bob?

Next on my queue: Chocolat, (edit) Fantasia, and new House tonight. Yay! (edited more) New House was awesome! Yay yay!