Troy and I are in a bit of a lifestyle-change-thing. I'm not going to say we are "on a diet", but more "we changed our diet." This year I am going to be cooking tons of newness, so look for many new recipes, because we currently eat like shit.
It was good. I made the dipping sauce from this recipe. Well, from part of it. I don't have miren, nor do I know what it is, and I don't need another bottle collecting dust in the cabinet. So I just mixed a bunch of stuff together and it was good.
As you can see from the pic some of the flour stayed white and did not tan up. I don't know what that is about but I would sprinkle the whole lot with soy sauce next time. The best part, it was really low in calories, as were the sugar snap peas. They are the only peas that I can eat plain.
Later that night: Premier Movie Theatre: Juno
We had a date night on Monday night. It really threw me of my game when we were leaving the theatre. I was bummed when I remembered that the next day was a work day. Ug.
Juno was a great date night movie, especially if you are in love. I thought Juno was relatable enough as a smart ass, Jason Bateman as great as he was on Arrested Developement and the step-mom kick-ass.
Here is better summary than I could write from IMDB.com
Juno MacGuff (played magnificently by TIFF regular Ellen Page), finds herself pregnant, knocked up by her best friend Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera) on their first attempt at sex. Juno, with the help of her best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby), takes it upon herself to find some adoptive parents. Courtesy of the local Penny Saver, she soon finds childless couple Mark and Vanessa (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner).
With the help of her surprisingly supportive father (J.K. Simmons) and stepmom (Allison Janney), Juno embarks on her pregnancy, which ends up affecting everyone in some unexpected and touching ways.
This was a great film, probably the best I've seen so far at the festival. Ellen Page gives a wonderful performance as Juno, convincingly portraying her as a real independent free spirit. Michael Cera was good and funny, although I occasionally had trouble divorcing his character from George-Michael Bluth. J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney did a nice turn as Juno's parents. Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman were great as the adoptive parents who, while seemingly the perfect suburban couple on the outside, have their own sets of issues on the inside. Bateman especially gave a great performance as Mark, who is worried about sacrificing his own dreams as he connects with Juno over a shared love of music and the reality of the baby sinks in.
The plot was surprising even though I picked up where it was going pretty early on. But the dialog was so great it kept me interested. Some parts were a little precious with the exploitation of teen dialog, but that was momentary. I think one of the best and original lines came when Juno was describing the relationship she had with her biological mother:
"Oh, and she inexplicably mails me a cactus every Valentine's Day. And I'm like, "Thanks a heap coyote ugly. This cactus-gram stinks even worse than your abandonment."She is such a tough and independent little lady, it's touching to see her soften slightly over the period of a year. The final scenes, from her giving birth on, are probably the most touching especially the end. I am sure I will be picking up the soundtrack shortly.
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