IF: Forward

Saturday night cinema

Johan Hill stars as Peter Brand in Moneyball

Continuing on my movie theme, I watched Moneyball last night. I feel so behind on this year's Oscar selection. This is a sketch from one of my favourite scenes, when Peter Brand has to explain who he is and consequently gets his own taste at being scouted.

This is a strong year for our Mr Pitt. He also starred in Tree of Life, which I saw earlier this year and posted about, which is also up for a few Oscars.

What did you think of the film? And now, what should I see next?

The Leopard

Battle scene from The Leopard

Mass scene from The Leopard

 The Movie Club movie for this January has been Luchino Visconti's The Leopard. From 1963, starring Burt Lancaster as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina, this movie explores Sicilian life during the Risorgimento - the democratic revolution (1860 and beyond). In particular we follow one family - their fall from nobility, greed, moral decadence, all the good stuff.

It's a lengthy film. I watched the English version. The sets are very lavish and the colourization adds to the effect. You feel like you are watching paintings. There are some goods lines of dialogue as well.

IF: Twirl

Twirling inside of us are those bits of DNA.

Lunch menu 11

 

On the menu this week : Sun burgers.
Let there be sun!

Lunch menu 10

Cabbage, rice noodle salad with a garlic ginger dressing - this is my lunch for the week.

IF: Prepare

The file pile before.

And the file pile after.

Always at the beginning of the year I prepare my paperwork (which I should have been doing all along). Not my favourite activity, but at least it gave me an opportunity to sketch. And it does feel good once done.

IF: Grounded

Fortunately, we haven't had snow fall like this yet this year. Although, winter has only just begun!

Lunch menu 9

Garden Paté on bread with endive and tomato and miso soup on the side. This pâté packs a ginger and garlic punch. Any cold germs in my system: you have been warned!

This recipe comes from Ani's Raw Food Kitchen by Ani Phyo.

Lunch menu 8

Back to work and back to making my lunch for the week. In honour of seeing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last week, I made Swedish meatballs. I must confess, I made it in the shape of a meatloaf instead of rolling 50 little balls of meat - I needed time to draw one of the ingredients!

Have a good week!