Sunday TeaRoom 10/12/08 Good movie or book?

[kongni]

Last great movie I saw - The Dark Knight
Great book I just read - The Idiots Guide to Fasting

Book I'm about to read - The Omnivore's Dilemma

Tea I'm drinking now - Tao of Tea Malty Assam


Wow, sounds like there are still lots of great movies and books out there still to be experienced! Nice to see such a variety of tastes

[Trioxin]

The movie I refered to in the topic was Donnie Darko. I had to pay attention to every second or I would miss something. I will still have to watch it again. Anyway, it was a movie that stuck with me.

I really enjoy movies, around this time of year, Halloween is a classic I will be sure to watch ... again. Books, heh, I picked up The Hobbit for a reread, love those Shire folk.

A special Yame Gyokuro/O-Cha session started the day. I have to say, this gyokuro has grown on me.

I need another, but about to go to a Wegmans for the first time ever.

Donnie Darko is one of my all time favorites. Fantastic movie. Can't wait for this to come out on Blu-ray.

[UncleIroh]

recently finished The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie. it was much funnier and livelier than i expected, given all the serious awards he wins... The Teahouse Fire, by Ellis Avery, was another read i enjoyed recently. definite treat for chado afficionados.

i've got a nice organic match from koyama-en in my chawan today. yummy stuff.

[Beidao]

Since last post I've been drinking Kokeicha, Sencha Gin, Green Rooibos and a lot of Ginseng Oolong. An okey teaday. Now: Bedtime! Great tea-night, everyone

[murrius]

I'm currently reading a John Irving novel "Until I Find You". An incredible read although with strong subject matter. After the first quarter of the novel I was ready to give up as I did not think the sexual abuse of a young boy was all that entertaining. However, I am glad I persisted as it is a facinating read as time passes and the plot develops.

Sencha Miyabi and matcha this morning and Kukicha this afternoon. Having a thanksgiving dinner tonight so I suspect my beverage of choice will involve more alcohol than theanine. Happy Thankgiving long weekend to the Canadians.

[daughteroftheKing]

Yesterday I saw an enjoyable movie: The City of Ember. Nothing terribly outstanding about it and you knew where it was going right from the beginning. But I wanted something light and hopeful.
Vastly different from the last movie I'd seen a few weeks ago, Dark Night - hated it and wish I'd walked out an hour early (terribly disappointing since I'd enjoyed the previous Batman movie so much). [Don't mean to offend anyone; the hopelessness of it just got to me.]

As for books: I'm slowing finishing the last book of Jan Karon's Mitford series (Father Tim novels). Finishing it slowly b/c it's the last of the series and I've enjoyed them so much and hate for it to be over. No great intrigue or drama, just dear small town characters with whom I identify.

Tea today: Aside from some White Peach on ice, only one tea so far: White Darjeeling.

[edkrueger]

If Dark Knight counts as recently, then I have seen a good movie recently. Its was a philosophers movie. It had some faults; Mainly it was so cheery and hopeful.

<spoiler>I especially hated how the ferry incident ended. I would have really liked both of them to blow up to demonstrate how absolutist, deaontologist thinking produces bad consequences, namely more people die. Everyone one would have done the moral thing by Kant and every one would be dead.

The second part that was awful was the cellphone mapping thing. Is that the darkest thing the Dark Knight do? Come on, I'd be happy to have looking after me through my cell phone.
</spoiler>

[laran7]

I'm currently reading a John Irving novel "Until I Find You". An incredible read although with strong subject matter. After the first quarter of the novel I was ready to give up as I did not think the sexual abuse of a young boy was all that entertaining. However, I am glad I persisted as it is a facinating read as time passes and the plot develops.

Your post reminded me that another good book ( with a shocking beginning and subject matter) is "Lovely Bones" in which a murdered child (pre-teen) watches life - her family and friends - grieve, pick up the pieces and move on without her. I picked it up in Borders but did not buy. I like to take things out at the library
whenever possible. I just don't have space to store everything that appeals to me-
thats where I've found the Oliver Sachs books on tape.
My computer is deleting words and letters - the book is by Alice Sebold.

[jazz88]

Movie: Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Reading: Pride and Prejudice
About to read: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Tea: Lemon Drops (A blend of South Indian Nilgiri black tea and Australian Lemon Myrtle)

[chad]

I've been doing a weird mix of movies lately.
Blood Diamond last weekend and Kung Fu Hustle this weekend...time spent with my 16 y.o. son -- I know, I know, strange mix, but I get to explain an awful lot of "real world" scearios when the flix are off-center.

A couple of cups of Stash chia this afternoon. Maybe some Egyptian camomilie to finish off the day.

[Chip]

The movie I refered to in the topic was Donnie Darko.

A movie I have yet to see. I love the music, just haven't gotten around to seeing the movie.

The music is captivating, the score at the end of the movie just sucks you in and makes you "feel" the ending, I was hearing that in my head the rest of the night.

My first trip to Wegmans was interesting. A lot of cool food stuff, but not good on the food budget. Their tea was predictably better than a grocery store, but did not WOW me at all. They had some good Rishi offerings that were the most impressive. The sencha that they were brewing was really mundane.

Enjoyed a lovely sencha session of Chiran Supreme after getting home. Now it is likely SLT for the rest of the evening, unless I brew up a low caffeine selection.

[Cinnamon Kitty]

just finished the first book in the Stephanie Meyer series, Twilight.

If you enjoyed the first book, the next three books are equally good. It's not something I would normally read, but the series is well written enough to be addicting after a few chapters.

I've read a lot of great books lately. I finally got around to rereading and working on finishing a bunch of books by Raymond E. Feist. I am on book ten in the storyline so far. The whole series is fascinating. The best book in the past few weeks was given to me by my parents. They found a cookbook called "The Milk-Free Kitchen" at the used book sale. It made me very happy because I'm always trying to change recipes to be non-dairy and now I have a whole book of milk-free recipes. We've already tried apple-cinnamon pancakes, pork stew with apple cider, and a milk-free pie crust, which were all great.

Today started with some Hojicha. Dad requested Earl Grey after dinner so I had some of that. The Adagio version was actually decent. Currently, I am enjoying some sencha.

[caligatia]

Weekly tea at my sister's today. Sis hated the hazelnut black and Mom got a headache from the Irish breakfast. Sigh. The upside is that I got to drink most of both pots.

Formosa lapsang in my cup at the moment. I'm reading a book on tea and learning all sorts of interesting things. Although obviously the editor missed something, because it says temperatures in the Assam region get up to 180F! I was highly amused.

[jim109]

I am on my 12th book by Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum novels) laying on the beach in South Carolina on vacation. They are so funny! Waiting for 2008 Yunnqn Gold!! Jim

[kymidwife]

Speaking of Halloween:

the first book in the Stephanie Meyer series, Twilight.

I've not really been drawn to this book (yet) though everyone has been raving about it, but great choice for this time of year, eh? I've been reading my brains out, (brains. mmmm. maybe should read a zombie story, ) for the R.I.P. III Reading Challenge. (Frankenstein, Robota, The Graveyard Book, 1602, Strange Roads.) My mini-reviews are here, then follow in the sidebar. At the moment, I'm reading Bram Stoker's Dracula, which I've never read. It was a slow start for me, but now it's getting really captivating. (win!)

OK, so... I resisted too, for a while, for a sort of foolish reason. I first heard about the Twilight series at the Harry Potter symposia I attended this year. Lots of HP readers were also enamoured by Twilight. I resisted initially because I was afraid the books were too "adolescent". But, after some great reviews from some respectable adults, and the realization that lots of adults feel/felt the same way about HP until they actually read the books... and because I have a Vampire Fetish... I gave in. I was not disappointed... going to buy the next 3 books in the series tomorrow. I say... tis the season for blood-suckers.

Sipping some Darjeeling with a pinch of Oolong #18... nice combo.

Sarah

Sarah